With WOJ's revelations, various discussions emerged.

ESPN posted a statement to take stock of the Rockets lineup. The starting lineup included Paul, Harden, Tucker, Ariza, Capela, and Eric Gordon and Ryan Anderson, plus players such as Nene, are already considered a super team and have a chance to find a bargain in the buyout market.

TNT interviewed the Rockets executive president Ted Brown, and talked about why they had to make continuous big moves in recent times. The answer was that the Rockets had always wanted to win the championship and had never stopped forming a super lineup. It was just that there was no Harden before and it lacked attractiveness to other super players. However, with cornerstone players like Harden, the Rockets have attracted super giants like Howard to join.

The online gambling website simultaneously increased the Rockets' odds to win the championship, directly surpassing the Warriors, Cavaliers, and Spurs, but still ranked behind the Kings. The reference suggestion is that the Rockets' lineup lacks running-in, especially the ball rights issue of Harden and Paul.

Regarding the ball rights issue, famous coach and commentator Hubby Brown expressed his opinion: Harden and Paul's compatibility issues are very easy to solve. They have super personal abilities and do not need to work together in the team. They can pass the ball and attack in turn. Moreover, with their existing lineup, they can completely target the Kings through unlimited defense swaps, because only Curry and George's holding of the ball are excellent.

Su Yang saw all kinds of discussions and found that they were all talking about the point. He couldn't help but sigh that there were too many smart people in the NBA.

It can be said that the Rockets' lineup is designed for the Kings, especially at the limit, if you don't win the championship for two years, you will collapse.

I don’t know what the effect of the real fight is. The Kings can conduct some targeted training in advance, especially the Rockets’ unlimited defense switching routine. It will be a headache when encountering short pick-and-rolls, because when changing defenses indefinitely, the players responsible for blocking will be easily disassembled.

The No. 10 vs. the Hawks, the Kings trained before the game.

Su Yang instructed the whole team to practice the short pick-and-roll series tactics around Antetokounmpo, and did not emphasize targeting the Rockets, but only said that they would practice casually.

Compared with ordinary pick-and-rolls, short pick-and-rolls are more launched at positions far away from the three-point line. After disassembling the ball, you can often get more operation time and space, either hitting the basket by yourself or shooting, or looking for teammates.

"When our opponents play like this, they will definitely try to stay in the penalty area, gamble on Giannis' mid-range, and block the other people's receiving space, waiting to return to defense..." Assistant coach Mike Brown casually assumed that assistant coaches such as Di Brown and West nodded in agreement.

"Giannis' shooting and organization are indeed almost..."

Su Yang nodded and turned to say, "But his impact is strong enough. Even if he disrupts the opponent's defensive formation, he will be considered completing the task."

In today's league, LeBron is definitely the most powerful one to perform short pick-and-roll series tactics, followed by Dream Green, but the King does not have those two guys, so he can only develop Antetokounmpo's impact ability to the extreme. Anyway, the penalty area will be freed.

After arranging the training, Su Yang went to the media center to accept pre-match interviews from reporters and directly talked about PJ Tucker's deal.

"To be honest, the Rockets have created the strongest lineup they can get half a year earlier than me. The competition in the Western Conference will become very exciting next time. If we can play against the Rockets in the playoffs, we can stage a wonderful series for fans..."

In between words, the Rockets were obviously not taken seriously.

The interview was quickly sorted out into news, posted by ESPN on social platforms such as Twitter, and corresponding comments emerged.

The mainstream view is that the Rockets' lineup is indeed very strong now, but the lineup depth is still not enough. Perhaps the starting five tigers can tie the Kings, but entering the rotation stage, King Lavender Thomas Cowinton Brogdon Jr., is desperate.

Therefore, Su Yang does have the capital to look down on the Rockets, and can only look forward to the combination of Harden and Paul, which will produce unexpected results.

At eight o'clock, the game between the Kings and the Eagles began.

Su Yang specially presented the championship ring to Bazemore, and congratulated on signing a four-year, $70 million contract.

The Kings started the game with a crushing momentum, leading by up to 27 points at the end of the three quarters. The Hawks took the start early, and Su Yang then arranged for the third-tier players such as Zhou Qi, Donian, and Galloway to take the stage, and finally defeated the Hawks and ended with 11 points.

On the same night, the Rockets' new lineup played the Warriors in the first match, with a 124-109 victory. Paul scored 28 points and 8 assists, and Harden scored 28 points and 6 assists. The key defensive oppression made Leonard score only 12 points. The only disadvantage is that Harden's three-pointer was a bit eye-catching. He actually made 2 of 11 shots. If he hadn't scored 16 free throws in the game, he would have had few points.

In the relevant interview after the game, Popovich complained that Harden could not touch it, and that he would have three free throws, which caused Spurs players, especially Leonard and Danny Green. Every time he faced Harden, he would have symptoms of difficulty in choosing and delayed action.

Not many fans care about Popovich's connotation.

Most fans lamented that Paul and Harden had a very good running-in. The two took turns to find pick-and-roll, breaking down the Spurs' strong overall defense, turning the game into a regional two-on-two, and then using a large number of three-pointers, forcing the rest of the Spurs to double-team.

Throughout the game, the Rockets made 18 of 50 three-pointers, becoming the team with the most three-pointers in a single game.

Rockets general manager Morey forwarded the data website BAR on Twitter for a 50-point three-point study, writing: "This is a great attempt. Data analysis is changing this league. The Magic Ball will lead the arrival of a new era. Let us witness it together!"

Pistons legend Isaiah Thomas reposted Morey's Twitter and wrote disdainfully: "Haha! What's the magic ball? It's just that the league canceled the hand     check rules and prefers to encourage offense. Once the defense intensity increases, it's useless."

When Su Yang saw Thomas' tweet, he liked it after thinking about it over and over again. He ignored what kind of speculations it would arouse from fans and the media.

As early as the 1990s, the Mavericks had a lot of three-pointers. The Nuggets had played running and bombardment earlier, but they did not succeed because the version rules were not good for them. The so-called data analysis leading the change is a tough problem.

Take a day off and the Kings face the Pelicans.

After half of the game, the Kings led a lot. Su Yang was confident that there was no suspense and began to let Antetokounmpo try the short pick-and-roll tactics.

Given Antetokounmpo's screen quality and Curry's three-point deterrence ability, the Pelicans were forced to use a switch to take action.

The power forward against the Pelicans is Dante Cunningham, and his ability to catch up is just right, but when encountering an Antetokounmpo, non-carbon-based creatures who can make a layup with one step outside the three-point line, they can only call Davis for the rest of the defense, and Davis will fall as soon as he touches it.

"Davis may be the one with the worst power in the lower plate among the super giants, and he is not as good as Yao Yao in the rookie period..."

Su Yang frowned when he saw that Antetokounmpo was playing well, but the referee saw Davis falling frequently and symbolically gave Antetokounmpo an offensive foul, ignoring Davis' two drags, making the short pick-and-roll tactics only temporarily put them on.

Without playing short pick-and-roll, Cousins ​​instead took the ball and attacked continuously at low posts, giving Kentucky junior Thomas a good class.

After the whole game, the Kings won 115 to 101, Cousins ​​scored 28 points and 14 rebounds, and won a four-game winning streak.

After a day off, the team flew to Los Angeles to challenge the Lakers.

The game should have been a crushing victory, but Curry seemed to have a grudge against Staps' basket, making only 3 of 14 three-pointers, which ended up winning only 11 points. Fortunately, Cousins ​​scored 40 points, 12 rebounds and 8 assists.

The team flew to Oakland overnight to challenge the Warriors back to back.

Before the game started, team doctor Tom Kaufman reported that Curry had some force on his left ankle, and Su Yang decisively asked for a rest.

Cousins ​​also took a rest. After going up to the two main players, he was a little bit no match for the Warriors and eventually lost to the Warriors by 13 points.

On the same night, the Rockets, who did not have Paul, defeated the Cavaliers 117-113, mainly because of the entanglement between Tucker and Ariza and LeBron. The Rockets made 46 three-pointers, including Harden 6 of 14 and 14 free throws.

The Rockets played the magic ball to the extreme.

Many fans left messages on Twitter and Weibo, asking Su Yang for deeper views besides giving likes.

Su Yang bluntly said that the style of playing is not the key, the key is the player's ability and the team's on-the-spot response, and it can be done with one-star shooting.
Chapter completed!