The Rockets made it to the playoffs in 2oo9 years.

After Yao Ming was reimbursed that year, the Rockets entered the reconstruction period.

With McGrady being traded, Yao Ming retired, Artest left, and the Rockets won the Lotto Championship for three consecutive years.

While maintaining competitiveness, they try to enter the playoffs, while cultivating low-couple potential players, and then keep trading, hoping to exchange gross tickets for the whole money.

James Harden is the result they have waited for three years.

This season, James Harden has improved from the sixth man who averaged 16.8 points per game to the core guard of the team who averaged 25 points per game.

His scoring, assists, rebounds, steals, and turnovers all set career highs.

And it's not a little higher, but a significant increase.

He was selected as an All-Star, proving that he is indeed a superstar embryo and can become a core player of the team.

This is his fourth season in NBa. He is only 23 years old and there are endless possibilities.

Just like the Rockets, the players are all young people, Jeremy Lin, Parsons, and Asik.

This summer, they will have huge cap space to sign an All-Star player naked.

So, for the Rockets, they entered the playoffs as eighth place, and the mission has been completed.

They don't have much chance of winning when facing the Lakers.

If you can win one game, you will make a profit, two games, three games, what if you win four games?

I guess the forum in China exploded directly and then Nasdaq went public.

After the Rockets played in Los Angeles for three days after the last regular season game with the Lakers.

The players train during the day and go to Los Angeles in groups to relax in the places where they are sensual and sensual.

Although Houston is also a big city and strip clubs are well-known throughout the United States, it is still not as good as the colorful Los Angeles.

In short, the spirit of the two teams is different before the game begins.

All the Lakers players looked serious, and the purple lights hit their faces, one by one like sculptures.

The Rockets players are much more relaxed, and they feel that they are not here to play in the playoffs, but to play in exhibition games.

Of course, this does not mean that Rockets players will let go during the game.

The playoffs are the playoffs, and when they go to the stadium, everyone will fight to the death.

After the opening ceremony, players from both sides stood on the bright yellow floor of Stamps.

For Li Liang, it feels really no different from the regular season.

The opening ceremony did not become even grander, and the stars who invited the national anthem were not very big names. The audience in Los Angeles never used uniform clothing or wielding towels.

Everything looks no different from the regular season.

If there is any difference, it is that Mike Brown's nagging before the game is much more than the regular season.

Mike Brown didn't prepare much for some regular season games, but let the players swing themselves anyway.

Different in the playoffs, Mike Brown has been holding meetings with the coaching staff these days, watching videos, and formulating tactics.

Although it is the first round, the opponent is the Rockets, which ranks eighth, and it cannot be underestimated.

The Rockets are Harden, Asik, Jeremy Lin, Parsons and Smith.

This is a very young, oldest Asik is 26 years old and the youngest Greg Smith is 22 years old.

On the Rockets' bench, Garcia is only 31 years old.

Another 3O-year-old player is Delfino, and the Rockets players are all young people in their 2O years old.

Compared to the Lakers, it is a nursing home.

But in the playoffs, the veterans are looking at.

The competition officially started at 2:30 p.m. Pacific Time.

Playoff games are always scheduled on the afternoon of the rest day.

Because the time zone in the United States is large, especially Los Angeles, which are on the Pacific Coast.

If the game time is normally scheduled to play at night, the audience in the eastern region will have to watch the game in the early morning.

So for the sake of live broadcasts across the United States and for the sake of audiences from all over the United States to watch the playoffs, the game time will be arranged in the afternoon.

The result of such a game schedule is that Chinese fans are in a miserable state, and it depends on the playoffs that need to be waited until the early morning.

The Rockets and the Lakers are among the two most popular teams in China. I wonder how many Night Owls fans stay up late to watch this playoff game at night.

Howard and Asik stood in the middle circle and jumped the ball.

Howard was the first to compete for the ball, Nash got the ball, and the game began.

The 2o13 playoffs kicked off.

In the first goal at the opening, Howard came to the horn position to meet, and Nash passed the ball to Howard.

Howard received the ball from the side, suddenly turned around and cut into the basket from the middle, forcing a layup!

Li Liang stood at the bottom corner and was stunned.

Hum? Why did Howard get the ball by himself?

I think I've seen this scene somewhere?

Mike Brown Are you studying under Carlisle?

Anyway, Li Liang didn't listen to his tactical arrangements, so how could he start with Howard's singles?

Howard hit the inside with the ball, and a forced one-handed throw shot, but he didn't even touch the basket.

Asik stood in front of Howard straight, the Turkish 2.18 meters tall and strong figure were really not for nothing.

The ball missed, the two men grabbed it together, and the ball flew directly to the bottom corner.

Li Liang stood still and didn't move, the ball flew to him, jumped gently, and took the ball down.

People stand at the bottom corner, and the ball comes from the sky.

In the regular season, Li Liang can shoot this goal.

In the playoffs, Greg Smith rushed over to defend.

Li Liang made a fake shot and Smith flew out.

Li Liang dribbled through the bottom line, and Asik and Parsons came to assist in defense.

Li Liang passed the ball to the inside, and Howard received the ball with both hands and dunked!

The Stamps Center exploded with its first cheer this afternoon!

Li Liang played this ball very calmly, because Howard's throwing basket was not stuck in the basket, so the offensive time did not return to the table.

In this case, Li Liang could actually make a false move and take a step in.

But he did not shoot, but after attracting more defenses, he cleverly hit the inside, allowing Howard, who had a bigger shot to attack the basket and scored the first point in the playoffs.

The attack time has passed 20 seconds, and it will be time for a while.

Li Liang's calmness was really unexpected.

Mike Brown on the sidelines was also worried that Li Liang would fluctuate in the playoffs.

After all, they are newcomers. Many rookies finally adapted to the regular season and were taught to be a good person as soon as they played in the playoffs.

Judging from the first goal, Li Liang did a good job. Mike Brown made the decision to play more and succeed in the game.

Li Liang must have passed the ball after listening to his own arrangement.

In fact, Li Liang didn't listen at all. He just passed on the news when he saw Howard had a chance.

And he felt that the Rockets' defensive strength seemed to be worse than the Magic.

It was the Rockets' turn to attack. Jeremy Lin passed the ball and passed it to Parsons on the outside.

Smith gave Parsons cover, and Li Liang came out to delay the obstacle and then recycled it.

Parsons had no chance either.

The Rockets' two pick-and-rolls on the outside did not pose a threat to the Lakers' defense.

Because the two cover men Asik and Smith had no cover at all.

Their cover is really just cover, just like Big Ben.

The ball was finally passed to Harden. The tactics were not played, so it depends on Harden.

Harden faced Kobe 45 degrees on the right. After dribbling from the crotch continuously, he took a direct move from outside the three-point line!

Hit!

It seems that Harden has a good feel and has not been sucked dry by nightclubs in Los Angeles.

Li Liang walked up to Kobe and said, "What are you defending against? You don't pounce? It depends on his shot?"
To be continued...