full court guidance

Chapter 169

Old Nelson showed his seasoned coaching experience. He saw through the Rockets' substitution adjustments in advance.

As he expected, Thibodeau is a coach who pays more attention to defense. When the team falls behind, his first thought is not to replace the offensive players to catch up with the score, but to build a stronger defensive formation. Reduce the opponent's scoring efficiency.

This kind of tactics in the early years was indeed correct. After all, at that time, almost all the strong teams in the league were top defensive teams.

But since the late appearance, many teams have begun to realize how terrible a super three-point shooter is. Maybe they are not so stable, but they are often able to give opponents a fatal blow at the most critical moment.

Thibodeau's adjustments were very conservative. He also saw that the Rockets could not do anything about the Warriors' pick-and-roll tactics, so he made adjustments. He played Hayes, who performed well in the series against the Jazz, and replaced him with a bad defense. David Lee.

Although Hayes is only 198cm tall, his lower limbs are strong and his speed is not too slow. He is very suitable for pick-and-rolls.

But if Hayes plays power forward, he really has no attack power at all.

After all, Yao Ming needs to sit under the basket, and it is impossible to give Hayes the best position under the basket. The score can only be scored by Hayes. Once he is slightly away from the basket, he will have no effect on the offensive end.

The Warriors' substitutions were quite a show. They replaced Milicic, who was the only player on the court who could barely compete with Yao Ming!
All the TV stations around the world that broadcast today's game were shocked by the old Nelson's hand - that was Yao Ming, the unshakable Great Wall of China, and the old Nelson actually replaced Murphy. Is this planning to give up the inside line completely? ?
Pippen gloated and said that Nelson was kicked in the head by a donkey. How could he give up because he couldn't guard Yao Ming? Even the Bulls led by Jordan back then had blue-collar players like Longley fighting inside.Although Milicic's defense against Yao Ming was not effective, Murphy was a softie at all. He could only float outside and shoot, and he had no resistance at all. If he was asked to defend Yao Ming, he might not be embarrassing Fat Tiger.

Barkley's view is similar to Pippen's, except that he believes that Nelson just made a wrong choice, and he believes that he will readjust soon.

The two commentators of the imperial court said that Yao Ming's opportunity came. When Milicic defended him, it was still a little bit effective. Murphy, who was not able to fight, played, wouldn't this allow Yao Ming to score points?
Almost all professionals believe that Nelson's substitutions are very bold, but some are questionable.

The strange thing is that some so-called "fans" in China have a glass heart attack. I don't know if these people's brain circuits are different from others. They actually think that the Warriors removed Milicic because they looked down on Yao Ming.

They did everything possible to find a way to slam the Warriors, saying that Nelson didn't respect the opponent and deserved to lose the game.

The Rockets are not disrespecting Yao Ming, they are simply too respectful.

Old Nelson looked at all the players under him, and found that except for Milicic who could barely stand up to Yao Ming, the others really didn't have that ability.

As an attacking head coach, the old Nelson's first thought was that if he couldn't defend, then I'll fight with you to attack.

Milicic was evaluated by the media as having comprehensive skills and being able to play multiple positions as center, power forward, and small forward.

But a comprehensive player often means that none of the abilities is top-notch. He has a pretty good shooting ability, but the range is not far enough and the accuracy is not very ideal.Although Murphy's confrontation ability is not as good as Milicic's, Murphy's shooting range has reached beyond the three-point line, and his shooting percentage is as high as 40%. This is an advantage that Milicic does not have.

Just like being late, no media has ever described him as a very comprehensive player. When almost everyone mentions him, the first thing that comes to mind is the three-pointer.

He has practiced this to a superb level, coupled with the European step breakthrough that he only mastered this year, he is still not a comprehensive player lately, but no one denies that he is one of the top superstars in this league.

Old Nelson clearly realized this, so he pulled out Murphy, who had been sitting on the bench but had more distinctive technical characteristics.

The first time the Rockets attacked after the substitution, the Warriors told the world that they did not give up on Yao Ming's defense.

Anyway, Milicic can't stand up to Yao Ming by himself, so I just double-team him.

Insane off-ball double-teaming!
Chuck Hayes was completely emptied.

Murphy finally got playing time, of course he performed with his heart. Although he was not good at confrontation, he had teammates to assist him and used his strength to resist Yao Ming, while Harrington circled forward to defend.

The two insiders of the Warriors were all attracted to Yao Ming.

Yao Ming didn't dare to hold the ball in the penalty area because he might be intercepted.

He immediately passed the ball to Hayes, and Hayes was very close to the basket. Yao Ming pinned down two Warriors defenders in the paint, and Hayes awkwardly passed the ball outside the paint. ——His shooting range is only at the basket, and he is not allowed outside the three-second zone.

The Warriors' unreasonable way of playing cards unexpectedly achieved good results on the defensive end.

Yao Ming and the two insiders of the Warriors competed for positions at the basket, resulting in no extra space in the three-second zone. It was impossible for Hayes to continue rushing in to occupy the few positions at the basket, which would move Yao Ming. The space is completely taken up.

But his poor range, fully exposed at this point, has become the Rockets' biggest weakness.

This is why the Rockets obviously made corresponding adjustments, but they still fought hard for seven games in the series against the Jazz. It is because Hayes can defend against pick-and-rolls, but he can be emptied wantonly.

Under the double-teaming of the Warriors, the Rockets' outside transition became no longer smooth, and their weaknesses of lacking a breakthrough master and a three-point shooter were exposed.

David Wesley, who played poorly in this game, barely made a shot when 24 seconds were almost exhausted, and the ball missed again.

Yao Ming tried his best inside, jumping hard to grab the offensive rebound, while Hill of the Warriors retreated immediately, and the three cobblers caught Yao Ming in the middle.

Yao Ming did grab the rebound, but immediately fell into the double-teaming of Murphy and Harrington. Hill rushed forward from one side and snatched the ball from Yao Ming.

When did my brother Yao suffer this loss, and his face changed with anger at that time.

Glancing at Chuck Hayes, Yao Ming's mood was extremely complicated.

Tomatoes, waste snacks.

No one likes a bitter defense, even Yao Ming who is based on defense!

The reason why they won the championship in the first two years is because the Rockets have a super three-point shooter on the outside and a breakthrough master. Even if the team's bench lineup is a little weaker, they never have to worry about the team's offensive firepower.

Now the Rockets lineup looks pretty good, with a balanced offense and defense, but that is based on Yao Ming's strong dominance, and the scores of other players are almost all related to Yao Ming.

After Hill completed the steal, he immediately passed the ball to launch a counterattack.

David Wesley couldn't keep up with the late arrival and was thrown off.

Late to receive Roy's return pass, and fired again from beyond the three-point line, sprinkled a handful of salt on the Rockets' wounds.

Roy averaged 3.2 assists per game this season, nearly half of which came from counterattacks and back passes to late shots.

The Rockets were a little confused, and Billups even glanced at Thibodeau, as if he wanted to wait for him to make adjustments.

Thibodeau is young and inexperienced in this situation, so he chose to wait and see.

So Yao Ming once again enjoyed the treatment of being double-teamed without the ball-there are too many stars being double-teamed in the league. For example, a certain Mamba is double-teamed every day. Yao Ming was double-teamed before he got the ball in the paint. Probably only the peak O'Neal enjoyed this treatment.

Yao Ming is inexperienced in this situation. He tried to move a little farther away, but Murphy still kept up. He didn't worry about the rebounds at all. After all, Hayes was so tall and he could control the rebounds. Not far.

Ballups Billups is also very difficult, he is a traditional point guard.Control the tempo after dribbling half court, and if he has the opportunity, he will launch a fatal blow.

But when they are all on the ground, he is used to throwing the ball down a few times, passing the ball to pull the opponent's defense, the running position that should be moved, the position that should be blocked inside, and then he will look for opportunities to hand the ball comfortably teammate.So Billups' assists have always been 6.0+.A large part of it is because after passing the ball to the inside, the inside players directly and comfortably 1V1.

Now the Warriors don't give Yao Ming a 1V1 chance at all. Although Hayes is standing near the inside, it is almost like giving it for nothing.

It would be great if there was a breakthrough master at this time!
Billups felt in his heart that his own breakthrough ability was mediocre, and although late's defensive ability was not top-notch, it was not something he could easily deal with, but now he could only rely on himself.

Billups pressed the time, and when the Rockets had 8 seconds left in the offensive round, he suddenly started a breakthrough.

Late has been paying attention to Billups' movements, and has become more vigilant when he sees changes in his rhythm. Billups's first step is not very fast, and Late catches up.

The two continued to engage in physical confrontation, and they were secretly surprised when they arrived late. Billups' confrontation ability is very strong!
He has played against many stars now, and Billups is actually not weaker than top guards like Kidd and Nash in terms of pure feeling!
Even if he won the FMVP of the 04-05 season finals, Billups was still underestimated by the media.

He made an unexpected choice at the most critical moment. Billups dribbled the ball and suddenly strengthened the confrontation. He was late and suffered pain. There was a little distance between the two, and Billups shot directly.

(End of this chapter)