The lower limit of the Rockets tower group; the upper limit of Jokic’s creativity

The Rockets' four towers defeated the Knights' twin towers.

Udoka came up with a four-tower lineup that lost two games in a row at the beginning of the season. The price was that the space was narrow, and Durant was forced to hold the ball. The result was that the ball was stolen and pushed back in the first quarter, and the whole game was mediocre:

After all, in the lineup, Durant, a seven-foot monster, was counted as a shooting guard. In turn:

Durant, you are not a defender. Who should be Adams, Jabari Shenjing, etc.?

Digression: The last time Durant seriously played the No. 2 position was during his rookie year; it was also at that time that he was ridiculed as Du Tieshen by the domestic media, although thinking about it now, it feels like a lifetime ago. Sophomore Jeff Green stood 4, he stood 3 and took off.

But the Rockets won the overall bet: Jarrett Allen did have one of the top ten goals today, and Mobley also had a gorgeous basket in the third quarter, but the Rockets won from start to finish with all the rebounds and inside scoring.

Due to Sheppard's hotness during this period, the Rockets have gradually been able to use his scoring as a means of preemptive attacks for the second team.

Amen There was an explosion of fire today that Mobley couldn't even react to. It's a pity that he couldn't sustain such an outburst.

Jabari still carries the most silently: 7-foot 3D. The lead in the first quarter is due to his three-pointer. He relies on him to deal with Mitchell when retreating, and he relies on him to defeat Mobley alone in the third quarter. He is a small-ball player in a big lineup and a leader in a small lineup, but he has sustained it.

I joked with people last season that Shen Jing is like the son of Luis Scola and Boris Diaw. This season Shen Jing is becoming more and more Dior, with a little bit of Griffin's positioning in the Clippers in the later period, even like Magic in 1996: No. 4 physique, working as a point guard, he may not be able to continuously push the ball to break through and look for starts from all angles, but rely on his back and reading, "If you don't pinch me, just sit and play, if you pinch me, just give it." Shepard is waiting.

Today, Shen Jing's fight against Mobley felt a bit like Savoy's fight against the thick eyebrows: the American genius' speed and flexibility kept him out of position, but the European brother's broad shoulders and thick back had the upper hand.

Only when Mitchell was catching up in the fourth quarter today, Shen Jing was not there for a while. The Rockets really relied on the ruthlessness of unity and the hotness of Holiday to fight for the most fatal period.

Throughout the game so far, although there are many problems of this and that, the games the Rockets have lost are the Thunder, the No. 1 team in the West, the Pistons, the No. 1 team in the East, and the Spurs, who started off brilliantly.

The defense and frontcourt maintain a very high lower limit, while Shen Jing and Durant maintain the upper limit.

Today’s game was even more typical: the four-tower formation, which had lost consecutive games at the beginning of the season, first set the tone and carried the Cavaliers’ twin towers. Then Shepard Okogie and the others came up and directly opened up the score: first wrestling and physical combat, and then the prodigal son.

The scene may not necessarily be smooth, but it is not a monster-level team. It really can't beat the rocket-like front line - today this front line also lost Ethan and the electric fan.

Jokic's ninth triple-double in 14 games this season, but it was not easy for the Nuggets to win:

The Pelicans spread their wings and soared high in the first quarter, speeding up the pursuit and beating the Nuggets hard.

As we talked before, the Nuggets have only one true defender besides Braun, Murray; the Nuggets even started today with Cameron Johnson standing at the 2 position, but at this time, it became clear that Kayo and Bruce Brown are precious.

When the forward is used as a defender, it is difficult to hold the ball in the position, but there are air cuts, counterattacks, ball runners, and weak side cuts, which slowed down in the second quarter.

When Kayo and Jokic made a two-turn layup in the second quarter, the English commentator said a truth: Kayo learned quickly. When playing in the Nuggets, all he had to do was give the ball to Jokic and then run around him.

Kayo even switched roles with Murray today, playing a two-man spin with Jokic and feeding Murray in return.

Watson ends wildly as an offensive arrow: after all, he is the most explosive man on the team besides Gordon.

In the second half, the Nuggets' defense tilted toward the strong side and appropriately focused on the weak side and backdoor. However, the Pelicans were also stuck and couldn't get over it. The final result is also the epitome of the aces of the two teams: Fat Tiger is powerful, Quinn is brave, but cannot continuously grasp the gaps on the weak side, and Jokic's brain is even better.

Jokic basically made Quinn pay the price every time he scratched the door.

The Fat Tigers tried to attack Jokic in the second half, but Jokic directly predicted and pressed the ball, which showed Bruce Brown: Every time he stole away, the timing was perfect.

Although Murray was put under pressure, he and Valanciunas occasionally played a two-man game and found the back door, which was quite effective: Today, Jokic and Murray faced pressure from the Pelicans, and both sent beautiful football anti-offside through passes: Jokic and Murray made dough, Cayo and Bubu went to the oven and sprinkled sesame seeds, and Watson ate them all.

Jokic has nine triple-doubles in 14 games this season, totaling 173. He is still 8 short of the Oscar and 32 short of Westbrook. Is it possible to surpass the Oscar at the end of the year and surpass Westbrook this season?

Next door Alexander, after four games in ten days, finally played in the fourth quarter.

Finally, let’s talk about a balloon story that has nothing to do with basketball today, although the theme is related to basketball:

In Game 7 of the 1969 NBA Finals, Lakers owner Jack Kent Luke pre-ordered thousands of balloons for the “World Champion Lakers” and planned to release them when they won.

Rival Celtics coach and player Bill Russell returned to the locker room to tell the players about this, and the players were furious.

Russell said: "Everything can happen in the world, but the Lakers can never beat us."

In Game 7 in Los Angeles, the Celtics defeated the Lakers, who had three superstars in West, Baylor and Chamberlain, and won the championship.

Russell retired after winning his 11th NBA championship in 2013. Boss Cook failed to put down these championship balloons after all.

Destiny does not necessarily mock those who pop the champagne at halftime, but it often rewards those who work hard.

source:7m cnvn