In front of the Toyota Center bench, Rockets acting head coach Bickerstaff felt helpless

The Rockets' results this season are not good, starting with only 4 wins and 7 losses.

Because the team reached the Western Conference Finals last season.

The top management quickly fired McConhair and chose to put himself on

But

James Harden and Dwight Howard have become separated and have no communication.

In addition to being able to take the tribute flag of the Portland Trail Blazers who lost all their main players in the summer,

In the other three games, it is difficult to win a single victory.

On the other hand, the 76ers, a team in the rebuilding period, are better than their own team that shouts the slogan of winning the championship every year but cannot achieve anything.

However, there is still good news

There seems to be something wrong with Young's shooting touch recently.

In the last five games except in Miami, Young's shooting percentage is no longer a disappointing 60, or even 70.

But 54, which is at the same level as Durant and James.

Especially in the Celtics game two days ago, if the Celtics basket hadn't helped force Thomas's winning three-pointer, it would have been difficult for them to achieve a record of 10 wins and 6 losses.

so

In order to reverse the current decline of 5 wins and 10 losses,

In order to prevent myself from hearing the quarrel between the two in the locker room

he made adjustments

Replaced the old and frail Jets Terry and Terrence Jones, who only knows how to abuse vegetables.

Beverley, who has the most fighting spirit, and Capela, who is the most energetic on the team, were put into the starting lineup.

Let Capela and Howard form a twin tower to seal the penalty area, and then let Ariza lead the defense on Young. Try to see if you can take advantage of the time when Young's offensive touch is not good.

to get a victory

Come and get some protection for your career as an acting head coach, which will not last too long.

Even if it's just to let him finish the season.

However, just 4 minutes into the game, Bickerstaff felt continuous sweat on his forehead.

because

Grant, the 76ers' most unstable outside factor

Facing the strategy of shrinking the inside given by the opponent Capela

It exploded from the start

And it was a big explosion of 4-for-4 three-pointers.

To adjust? Or not to adjust?

Destroy the confidence of young people.

No! What if you are beaten to death? Do you have to bear the blame?

Forget it, it's better for Capela to be beaten than for Howard to be beaten.

Faced with Howard's current extremely poor state, Bickerstaff decided to endure it and take a look.

After Grant's problem eased slightly, the 76ers' adjustments made Bickerstaff uneasy again:

Moore, who was facing James Harden, started running around Noel and Howard crazily after Grant stalled.

"Substitution, substitution." Knowing that James Harden's off-ball defense was at the bottom of the league, Bickerstaff hurriedly asked Beverley, who was guarding Covington, to take over Moore to provide Harden with defense."

Wipe your ass"

Can you escape defense by guarding Covington?

Obviously, no! After Covington made two inbound dunks, Bickerstaff could only choose to solve the problem by calling a timeout.

"The Rockets' defense is so bad."

“What else can James Harden’s defensive contribution be other than his eyes?”

"Young was against him on the defensive end, and he didn't even commit a single foul today. If so, what he was doing on the court would be worse than sitting on the bench like he was in G5 last year."

Thanks to the presence of Kardashian, Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith and Shaquille O'Neal were very harsh in criticizing James Harden's defensive mistakes.

This led them to ignore the Rockets' overall defense.

really

rotten

They can neither guard outside the three-point line nor guard mid-range shots inside the three-point line. They can only defend the three-point field under the basket.

Since it can achieve a good shooting percentage except in the three-second area under the basket;

The 76ers delivered a perfect offensive test paper in the first quarter

Scored 42 points in a single quarter

Even among 10 people scoring in a single quarter, there is no longer only one.

Instead, Grant and McKinney achieved this statistic.

As for Young, who didn't attack much in the first quarter, he demonstrated his value to the Rockets and 76ers with 4 rebounds and 8 assists in a single quarter.

As for the Rockets

James Harden, who played for 12 minutes, was still complaining to the referee when he came off the court:

Young fouled

He tapped my wrist several times, why didn't you call a foul?

"No, no, no" Even though James Harden's metaphor was vivid and specific, the referee on duty still disagreed with his theory.

"

James Harden returned to the bench and began to curse the referee after drinking some fluid to rehydrate him.

because he doesn't know

You would call yourself a shooting foul at any time, so why are you gritting your teeth and refusing to call any defensive fouls in this game?

"Does Young have a superstar whistle now?" This is the answer that James Harden came up with after thinking about it for a long time.

James Harden is unhappy, and Rockets' other core player Howard

But very happy at the moment

Since the 76ers put 99 of their defensive focus on James Harden in the first quarter;

He got a lot of easy dunks and second offensive opportunities in the paint.

Let him play so happily for the first time after leaving the Magic;

By the way, he also completed a double-double in a single quarter.

But he didn't expect that his happiness was somewhat incompatible with the pessimism of his teammates.

But at the end of the second quarter, Howard couldn't laugh anymore.

because

Young, who provided a ball for his teammates, began to use 1-4 and 1-5 high-post screens after returning to the court in the 9th minute of the second quarter.

Throwing the ball

Capela and Howard never leave the edge of the three-second zone in the pick-and-roll.

The effect was naturally good. He made 5 goals in 8 shots. Using the ball to shoot three-pointers in a single quarter extended the 15-point lead to 27 points.

"Houstonians wanted to take advantage of the fluctuations in Young's shooting to steal a victory. Unfortunately, he felt completely online today, and he also locked James Harden's score at 11 points."

"You can't attack, you can't defend, and you can't defend. Houston's substitutes seem to be able to get a lot of rest time today."

"If the 76-40 score in the first half continues, Young should be able to get his fourth triple-double in the third quarter today."

Because he had been guarding James Harden from outside the three-point line, Young still maintained his first half performance when he clocked out in the third quarter.

6 rebounds data

O'Neill's prediction was biased

In fact, for Young, who was born in Duke, data is not the main thing. As long as he can win, he will accept it even if you ask him to sacrifice data.

129 to 89

In their fifth road trip of six consecutive games, the 76ers scored a 40-point victory at Toyota Center.

Young only played 33 minutes in this game

In these 33 minutes, he made 7 of 10 shots and scored a season-low 17 points.

And with the blessing of the "Arc Top King", he scored a career-high 16 assists.

Although Young did not get a triple-double in this campaign, the 76ers improved their single-game three-pointer record from 15 to 22.

As for James Harden, he made 7 of 27 from the field and 0 of 10 three-pointers. He only scored 14 points.
Chapter completed!