full court guidance

Chapter 166
Milicic slapped himself a little annoyed, and then served Hill from the baseline.

After Hill dribbled the ball across the half, he still quickly handed over the ball to the late.

Billups posted it as soon as possible, and did not give late outside calls a chance.

Late observed his opponent, controlled the ball and moved left and right, looking for a better place to cooperate.

Harrington wandered one step inside the three-point line. Although David Lee was criticized for his defensive ability, he still kept up conscientiously.

When Late moved to a 45-degree angle on the left, Harrington suddenly cut inside. David Lee turned around slowly and failed to keep up. Yao Ming immediately adjusted his position slightly, trying to block Harrington and Milicic two people.

Milicic crossed positions with Harrington, rushed to the outside line and cooperated with late pick-and-rolls.

This time Yao Ming couldn't keep up, and David Lee was out of position. If he chose to follow up, Harrington would be left empty at the basket.

David Lee did a good job this time, switching defenses immediately.

With the cover of Milicic, Late got the chance to single out David Lee.

The two had been teammates for a season. At the beginning, David Lee was able to quickly gain a foothold in the Rockets and become the team's starting power forward. The late arrival contributed a lot.

But after just one year, the two became rivals.

Late is very aware of David Lee's defensive weakness, and he doesn't need any dazzling fake moves. He directly changes hands behind his back and takes a European step with his right foot to the right.

David Lee's weakness of slow turning speed was exposed, and he was thrown away by being late in an instant.

When I broke through late, I also observed the positions of my teammates and found that the Rockets' defensive system was still there. The defense line composed of Billups and Prince did not blindly choose to double-team the inside line. They had full confidence in Yao Ming.

Only David Wesley seems to have given up a little position, so that late seems to have a chance to pass the ball to Roy.

But being late is clear that this is a trap. David Wesley's playing skills have declined, but some veteran experience will not be affected much.

"It looked like there was no other option but to keep going inside."

Being late, my brain was running fast, and I found that there was no good way, so I could only choose to challenge Yao Ming's inside line again.

Yao Ming raised his arms under the basket, even if he was late, he was not sure that he could throw the ball into the basket under Yao Ming's defense.

But he knew very well in his heart that he was the boss of the team and could not shrink back at this critical moment.

When he took the second step, Late chose to make a sudden throw.

It's a pity that Yao Ming has been training with him in the summer. Yao Ming is very clear about the late breakthrough level. He moved up at the first time. Because the moving speed was too slow, Yao Ming failed to block the ball, but he still touched it lightly. Hit the ball.

Then he turned around immediately, opened his arms to protect the basket, and David Lee, who finally ran back, easily picked up a rebound.

Missing two shots in a row, he was a little annoyed at being late, and glared at Yao Ming: "Brother Yao, why are you so tall?"

"Haha, there's no way, it's natural."

Yao Ming smiled and ran slowly through the half court. The Rockets attacked again.

Their style of play was still to attack the inside. Yao Ming got a lob from Billups inside, and his big butt sat back hard. Milicic staggered a few times and was almost squeezed out of position.

Yao Ming is so clever, he immediately chose to turn around to the baseline, and added a slightly backward shot from close range!

His natural soft touch, coupled with the non-stop hard training the day after tomorrow, turned into a score at this moment.

It's shameless for a 229cm big man to shoot backwards. The Warriors can't stop them at all.

"Damn it! Buddha spits!" The DJ at the Toyota Center yelled.

Yao Ming, who has always been calm and introverted, clenched his right fist hard. It seems that he is in good condition today.

"Today Yao Ming is in a good state. He prevented Late from breaking through the basket twice in a row to score, and he played well in the interior. Our Chinese team has such a reliable mobile Great Wall, and Late is a super shooter. I am really looking forward to the Olympics next year. .”

The reasonable guide said calmly: "The two offensive rounds of both sides actually have very clear tactics. I don't know if you have noticed. The Warriors just started with a late attack with the ball. They sought pick-and-roll cooperation with Milicic, but Yao Ming's The performance has been affected. The Rockets mainly focus on the inside line with obvious advantages on the offensive end. Milicic, who performed well in the last round of the series against the Suns, was greatly affected when he played against Yao Ming. Showed a convincing level. I think the tactical choices of both sides are very reasonable, and the next step is to see how the Warriors can break their own scoring drought."

Reasonable guidance is the number one small forward in Chinese basketball back then. He won the World Championships in scoring and his tactical quality is not bad.

In fact, he read it right. The strategy that the Warriors set before the start of the game is to focus on pick-and-rolls and learn the tactics of the Jazz.

It’s just that with the experience of playing seven games in the entire series against the Jazz, the Rockets have made some adjustments in their defense. They allow late arrivals to enter the paint, and they will never double-team easily. I believe Yao Ming’s defense at the basket Ability, this tactical adjustment is very obvious.

Hill dribbled the ball across the half again, passed the ball late and pulled it away, still playing according to the tactics arranged before the game.

Being late and deflated twice in a row is a rare situation. Will he make temporary tactical adjustments?
Do not!
Late chose to continue playing the pick and roll.

The Rockets' defensive tactics seem to be adjusted properly, but almost all the pressure is placed on Yao Ming's shoulders. David Lee's weak frame protection ability is of no use at this time. It is good if he does not miss anyone. .

Yao Ming also has to take on heavy responsibilities on the offensive end. He was fine at the beginning when he had enough physical strength, but if he has to carry the entire team on both offensive and defensive ends, his physical strength will inevitably be greatly affected.

Late quickly figured this out, and once again directed Milicic to come out and play pick-and-rolls.

Yao Ming still didn't follow and continued to sit at the basket.

Lately borrowed Milicic's pick-and-roll cover, moved a step to the left, and saw that Billups failed to bypass Milicic's pick-and-roll in the first place, and immediately chose to shoot outside the three-point line without hesitation.

He shoots the ball with a high arc. Immediately shooting after using the pick-and-roll of his teammates is also one of the late signature scoring methods. When he had almost no ability to hold the ball, this tactic could only be used occasionally. Now he can make breakthroughs Yes, the number of shots after this kind of pick-and-roll cover has almost doubled, and the efficiency has always been good.

It's a pity that I'm late today and it seems that I haven't found the touch yet, and the third shot in the opening game still misses!

"It was a bit unreasonable to play the ball late. He just used the pick-and-roll cover of his teammates and immediately chose to shoot. This caused him to be insufficiently prepared when shooting. Yao Ming easily got the rebound. It seems that the Warriors need to think about it. Otherwise, they may be beaten by the Rockets."

The Rockets still pushed forward slowly. Yao Ming once again took advantage of the inside line and faked past Milicic's defense to easily complete a tiptoe dunk.

At the beginning of the game, the Warriors missed all three shots, and the Rockets made all three shots. This does not seem to be a good sign for the Warriors.

Old Nelson was not in a hurry at all. Regardless of the fact that the Rockets had a six-point lead temporarily, in fact, as long as they were a little careless, this point might be recovered in an instant.

This is the self-confidence of being late. Old Nelson has seen it more than once. When the team is at a disadvantage, it is as easy as cutting melons and vegetables for the team to stand up and score points for the team.

To be honest, the old Nelson is actually quite dissatisfied. He thinks that late has not shown all his offensive abilities on the court. He believes that if he wants to, late can definitely score 40+ points in the season.

Old Nelson didn't say much, but the Warriors coach who was late on the court responded immediately. Before the team served, he called Al Harrington to his side: "AL, when Yao asked inside, your first Go around and defend for a while."

"Eh? But what about David Lee? His scoring ability is very strong."

"Don't worry about David Lee. I will let Grant mark him. David Lee is good at shooting, but his athletic ability is not outstanding. Grant is good enough for this job."

The late adjustment is also very targeted. After all, the Rockets' lineup has not undergone much change except for Billups and Prince. He still has a very deep understanding of these former teammates.

According to his tactical arrangement, Roy will be responsible for man-marking Prince and David Wesley at the same time-these two people are not strong in scoring ability, especially David Wesley, who has rapidly degraded to an average of only For a small role with less than five points, even if this kind of person lets him go, as long as he can interfere a little when he makes a move, that's enough.

In addition to making adjustments on the defensive end, Late has also changed on the offensive end.

The Warriors still dribbled the ball across the half, and this time it was handed over to Late to sort out the ball.

Milicic pulled out the pick-and-roll again. According to the Rockets' defensive arrangement, Yao Ming would not come out from the basket to change defense.

In fact, Thibodeau's tactical arrangement is like this. If Yao Ming stays away from the basket, his weakness of lack of athletic ability will be greatly highlighted, and at the same time, his deterrence at the basket will be reduced.

In the absence of interference, Milicic's pick-and-roll is very solid, and Billups cannot bypass the wall in the first place.

Late again chose to take an unreasonable sideways step, and then suddenly shot a three-pointer.

In Zhang Lili's words, the ball was played unreasonably at all, the tactics were too simple, and the pick-and-roll is not played like this.

It's a pity... In basketball games, scoring is the only way to explain everything. As long as you can score goals, no matter how unreasonable your tactics are, they are still good tactics.

The terribly late and stable three-pointer will not disappear because he missed all the first three shots. The basketball draws a high arc, plunges into the net, and is late for the three-pointer.

(End of this chapter)