NBA: Opening breaks record

Chapter 119

The plane left for Houston in the afternoon, Meng Hua got up at ten o'clock, and went to the training hall to receive new tasks.

This time, he finally chose the vertical jump that he wanted to choose at the beginning.

【Increase vertical jump height】.

[Release the training task: 40000 times to touch the height on the spot. 】

[Mission Reward: The vertical jump height has been upgraded from D-level to C-level. 】

The foundation is D-level, which is acceptable, and the strength of the lower body is only E-level at the beginning.

On the plane, he was not polite to Rivers, put on the earphones, reclined the seat, and took the time to rest.

He is also concerned about the Winter Olympics held in China. Gu Ailing, who won gold for China, said in an interview that he has to rest for ten hours a day.

The hero sees the same.

He doesn't know if ten hours is too long, but not getting enough sleep will definitely affect the game at night.

One or two games may still be able to persist, but there are 82 games in the regular season. Adequate sleep is the first step to playing a good game.

When I woke up, the plane had already landed. There are several airports in Houston, and I don’t know which one it is.

In a daze, I transferred to the bus again, and arrived at the hotel not long after.

After filling our stomachs, we set off for the arena after three o'clock.

It can be seen from the expressions of the players that everyone doesn't pay much attention to the Rockets and can't lift their spirits.

The No. [-] Nets in the East are gone, not to mention the Rockets who are in the bottom of the West.

This made Meng Hua a little anxious. Of course he wasn't afraid of losing to the Rockets, but he needed to win by 20 points if he wanted to complete the task.

Vogel put him up against Jaylen Green, the second-best pick in the same class.

At this moment, in the locker room of the home team, Green is asking the head coach Silas for a fight.

Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes.

Green will actively challenge the battle, winning or losing is partly because of public opinion.

The team is aiming to be a bad player. Although his playing time is guaranteed, he can't win the game. The fans are laughing at him as a parallel importer.

The most exasperating thing is that Cunningham's Pistons won the Lakers in the same bad team, which made him even more unbalanced.

Meng Hua became a blockbuster in the Lakers, contributing top ten goals non-stop, and even made lore shots.

At first, he refused to accept the undrafted pick, and thought of wrestling with him to see if he was superhuman.

After Meng Hua defeated Brother Antetokounmpo, he was a little scared when he saw that he was protruding from inside and outside, and his skills were comprehensive. He didn't want Meng Hua to lose his standard next time, which made him eager to try again.

In addition to the reason for Meng Hua's strong performance, there is also the competitive relationship with Cunningham.

The number one pick and the second place are born to be compared.

Not only that, the current situation of the two is also very similar.

In the East, the Magic's Wagner is playing better and better, catching up behind Cunningham, and his fans even have more fans than Cunningham.

And in the West, he was overwhelmed by the Thunder's Jedi, and he didn't have the second place at all.

In any case, he wanted to beat Meng Hua in this game, he couldn't lose to Cunningham.

If the team can't beat the Lakers, he also wants to get comments such as "The Rockets lost, but Green didn't lose".

Meng Hua didn't know, he was already being targeted, and it didn't matter if he knew, he had already faced off against the bosses of many teams. In the last game, he blocked Durant and Irving, mere rookies.

It is not without reason that he is so confident. From the video Song Siying sent, it is not difficult to guard Green.

Green is thin, afraid of confrontation, and his shooting is unstable. What's more fatal, his defensive attitude is very poor and his tactical quality is also very low.

It is said that the famous Paul Pierce once commented that Green's future will be like McGrady.

Meng Hua sneered secretly, Pierce, no matter how aggressive you are, no matter how unafraid of being stabbed, you can't talk nonsense. This is probably the worst time McGrady has been hacked.

Against such a player, the ending is self-evident.

At the start of the game, the Rockets' Wood jumped to the ball. As soon as Green held the ball, Meng Hua cast the dragon-binding hand.

No matter how bad your opponent is, you must go all out.

Strength and weakness are only relative and temporary. If the opponent's momentum is not contained at the beginning and he becomes more courageous as he fights, the strong and weak will also change positions.

Sure enough, Green was very uncomfortable with Meng Hua's close-fitting press. He was thin and weak, and his lateral movement was not as fast as his opponent's.

For two consecutive rounds, he couldn't open up space in singles, chose to force a shot, and soon got two irons.

Rockets head coach Silas has a smile on his face. This season, the team aims to do a good job of training. It is enough to train a few rookies while losing.

The Lakers' offense is like quicksilver. When the opponent does not defend, any NBA team can score 60 points in a single quarter; when the opponent defends slightly, it can score 40 points.

And when the opponent looks defensive like the Rockets, it is very difficult not to score 30 points.

The Lakers just can't defend well, but the offense is still decent.

Meng Hua and James played new tactics in practice, playing pick-and-roll smoothly, taking turns to ravage the Rockets basket.

Either James broke into the penalty area and dunked, or after Meng Hua covered, Ecstasy went outside the three-point line and scored a three-pointer.

Meng Hua's absolute speed has also been raised to B-level. Don't say that the Rockets have no intention of defending. Even if they are serious about defending, they can only pray that Meng Hua doesn't feel good.

After Green hit two irons, he didn't hit hard again. Although he was second in the list, his tactical status in the team was not that high.

Veteran Gordon took the lead and hit a three-pointer, kicking off the Rockets' counterattack.

Kevin Porter Jr. followed the veteran and also hit a three-pointer.

Wood was overwhelmed at the basket, and O'Neal was possessed.The Turkish rookie Shin Kyung who replaced him on the field also offered a full-moon scimitar in the paint and contributed 8 points in a single quarter.

The Lakers defended so carelessly, and Meng Hua's heart was almost gone. It's hard to say whether he will win or lose if he plays like this. Do you still want to win by 20 points?
At the end of the first quarter, they scored 34 points.

This is an illusion, as if they are very strong, and they are indeed very strong. They successfully defended against the Rockets who wanted to rot, allowing them to score 35 points in a single quarter. The Pistons and Magic in the East have already written their thank you letters.

During the intermission, Vogel didn't say a word.

If the Rockets are a strong team, he will publish Chicken Soup for the Soul.

The way the game is played is due to the players' own psychological problems. Vogel wants to leave them alone and let them think about it for themselves.

Of course, he also made appropriate adjustments and asked Meng Hua to defend Gordon. He scored 8 points in the first quarter, the highest for the Rockets.

The lateral speed of the S-level, the absolute speed of the B-level, the super long wingspan, the excellent anticipation, and the solid defensive habits, so Gordon experienced a nightmare in the second quarter.

Afraid of being young, Gordon's heart skipped a beat. He was prevented from enjoying basketball, and once thought of retiring.

However, the rest of the Lakers, including James, were all strolling around the court, as if they felt that as long as they exerted their strength in the fourth quarter, they could KO their opponents.

Fortunately, the Rockets are young after all. Under the strong firepower of the Lakers, they messed up their positions from time to time, and frequently staged a good show of making mistakes and giving points.

At halftime, the Lakers led by 8 points.

It's not very good, but it's acceptable, after all, the hope of leading by 20 points is retained.

(End of this chapter)