Chapter 089 Team Security, Don't Read!
On December 22, the Bucks arrived in Houston and started a battle with both teams absent from the first scoring point.
The mosaic record is very bad now, mainly because the team leader Steve Francis is absent due to injury, and the team is led by the old cat Cat Cartino Mobri.
Laomao was Reed's previous inspirational second-round pick. As the second-in-command player who played in the second round, he has played All-Star data at the top of other teams in several years.
It’s a pity that the mosaic record has been poor in the past two years, so Laomao is not favored by fans and is considered a data brush.
Or in other words, when he was by Frances' side, the attention that should have belonged to the old cat was snatched away by Frances.
In fact, in the past two years when Yao Ming arrived at Mosaic, Mosaic made great achievements.
Not to mention Francis and the Old Cats, Mosaic also has Eddie Griffin, the No. 7 pick in the first round of this season.
Eddie Griffin plays as a power forward, and is a space-type power forward who can run, jump, defend, and shoot three-pointers. He also cooperates well with Yao Ming.
However, the mosaic is a mosaic after all.
The boss can only cry and get poor. He has already lost his ancestral grave after winning two championships with his dream.
The management is even more brainless and has no idea of winning the championship. At most, it just wants to sell tickets to make a profit.
Therefore, the luxurious lineup of the mosaic with two inside and two outside was not only unable to maintain, but instead took the initiative to dismantle.
Having said that, this mosaic is not good now.
Even if Francis was not injured and was intact here, there was no way to stop the Bucks from winning the game.
The Bucks are not strong inside, and the mosaic is even more outrageous. Otherwise, the mosaic would not have been able to use lottery picks to choose inside players for two consecutive years.
The only inside player who can be used for mosaics is rookie Eddie Griffin.
Before coming to Houston, although George Carl did not study mosaics much, this did not prevent the Bucks from playing in the inside.
In this game, He Li started the game against Eddie Griffin. However, Anthony Mason did not replace He Li as a substitute, but instead temporarily played as a center forward and continued to do dirty work.
He Li represents the Bucks to jump shot, but he didn't jump to win the jump, but he had no relationship at all.
Mosaic passed a few goals in the first attack, but it was handed over to small forward Walter Williams.
Walter Williams has a basket, but his hit rate is average, and it's okay to break through.
Perhaps Walter Williams felt that the Bucks did not have a real center in this game and there was not much pressure in the penalty area, so they broke in and challenged.
But he didn't expect that He Li would be a big hat when he stepped forward.
He Li: "I'm going to tell you, I haven't been so hard-blooded for a long time!"
Although He Li's cap is very pleasant, he is actually not very understandable.
Walter Williams can clearly shoot on the defensive loophole of the Big Dog, but he has to enter the inside to challenge him and Anthony Mason, and show off his layup skills. What kind of brain circuit is this?
With the help of He Li's big hat, Kassel picked up the ball from the outside and immediately launched a fast attack.
The Big Dog did not learn from Ray Allen's lesson and successfully dunked in the fast-breaking space with Kassel. Fortunately, nothing happened after the Big Dog landed.
The Bucks scored two points first, and the Mosaic turned to a three-pointer to catch up.
It's also interesting. Eddie Griffin seemed a little afraid of He Li and did not dare to enter the inside singles to play He Li, but went to shoot from the outside.
He Li: "This scene seems a bit familiar."
Eddie Griffin received a three-pointer from outside the three-point line and shot a three-pointer, but He Li didn't mean to go out to defend. Eddie Griffin was defended by Reed, and there seemed to be no confrontation, but the three-pointer hit the iron.
The rebound fell to the basket, and mosaic center Kevin Cato scored the rebound with one or two, but as soon as he jumped, He Li blocked the ball and flew directly out of bounds.
"Good cooperation!" Anthony Mason and He Li clapped and celebrated.
Eddie Griffin ran outside, and the mosaic inside became even weaker.
Although the mosaic center is tall, Anthony Mason can also block him by his strength and tonnage. When he cannot fully jump, He Li's blocking is accurate.
Mosaic free throws from outside the world seemed to understand that there was no way to play inside, so he could only choose to shoot from the outside.
The old cat caught the ball and was like a shot, and he didn't want to be double-teamed by Reed and Kassel.
Although the old cat passed the ball, it didn't pass it much. When he was double-teamed, the old cat turned into Kobe and chose to play it himself, but it turned out to be a clang.
Anthony Mason grabbed the rebound and passed the ball to Reed. Reed made a quick break and directly chased for three points with one shot.
The mosaic failed to score a three-pointer, but the Bucks were beaten first.
One minute of the start, the Bucks played a 5-0 mosaic, and mosaic coach Rudy Tomjanovic had no choice but to call a timeout to wake up his players.
However, the strength gap is here. The Bucks are the first in the East and the second to last in the West. Faced with such a big gap, no matter how hard the mosaic struggles, it is useless.
Although the mosaic can score next, the Bucks also started to serve the main dishes.
George Carl was like playing inside, and the Bucks played counterattack fast attacks in the first two goals. He Li's inside offense ability is useless, and now he can finally come in handy.
"Didn't you eat? So soft, I'm deducting this?" He Li finally found an opportunity to play Eddie Griffin alone. He didn't want to play Eddie Griffin easily, and then he dunked.
In the past, He Li's back hit other power forwards basically remained motionless. He Li could only use the jumping skills he learned from Ewing to jump and turn around and open the space to shoot.
This time, he met the rookie Eddie Griffin who was almost playing. He Li's height, tonnage and strength can suppress Eddie Griffin. He Li naturally had to deduct one if he had the chance.
After all, the All-Star Game is about to begin, and the dunk contest is often the main competition for rookies.
The dunk contest does not mean that rookies can participate if they want to sign up. NBA officials can refuse rookies to sign up.
But if you usually have a wonderful dunk performance in the regular season, you will receive an official invitation.
As the All-Star Game approaches, He Li said, "Don't pretend, I'm showing off! It's time to show off my real skills!"
Just so happened that today I met a living target who can bully - Eddie Griffin.
What's more coincidental is that Eddie Griffin was once the No. 7 pick in the first round. He Li said that my number is also No. 7, but it's just a jersey number, not a draft pick.
People feel refreshed when they are happy. With double happiness, He Li made 6 of 8 shots in the first quarter, scoring 12 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists and 3 blocks.
However, He Li played well in the first quarter and consumed a lot of physical strength.
He Li continued to play in the second quarter, mainly connecting his teammates to attract double-teams, and the number of shots dropped sharply.
On the other hand, He Li only played half a quarter in the second quarter to ensure that he had sufficient physical strength in the third quarter, and of course he was also to guard against whether there would be any accidents in the fourth quarter.
Fortunately, the Bucks lineup and momentum are unreasonable to lose to the Mosaic.
In the first half of the game, not only He Li played well, Big Dog, Cassel, and Tim Thomas all played very well.
Only Reed was limited by the old cat and performed poorly as well as before.
But it doesn't matter, as long as the Bucks can win.
Reed knew very well that Ray Allen was injured, and it seemed to be a strain on his left leg. He had to undergo a preliminary cultivation for two to three weeks. In addition, Reed had at least 10 starting opportunities and was not in a hurry today.
There is really no one in a hurry on the Bucks. On the other hand, the chaos has emerged after the first half of the mosaic.
In fact, at the beginning of the first quarter, the mosaic attack was like constipation.
It's normal that the second section was not impressed.
The Bucks led by 17 points into the second half, and after the third quarter, they led by 31 points. In the fourth quarter, they naturally became garbage time without any suspense.
"Secret team, don't worry!"
Lei Alan, who was ill in bed, received a call from He Li, and was also amused and crying.
"Boy, don't think you can get carried away by scoring 31 points in the third quarter! Playing the Spurs back-to-back tomorrow, you should restrain me now! See how Tim Duncan dealt with you!"
Although Ray Allen said this on the phone, He Li didn't see it. Ray Allen, who was thousands of miles away, could not hide his smile.
Chapter completed!