The world of basketball

Chapter 132 The second position with a very different style
Harden's touch in the first quarter was already against the sky. Just now, he hit three consecutive three-pointers. Fortunately, the Spurs were able to respond in time, so the point difference was not widened.

The Rockets didn't change their style of play, they still played according to the tactics given by D'Antoni, that is, play fast, open up space, and leave the rest to Harden. It seems that Harden handled it well.

This is Jimmy Butler's fourth regular season game in the Spurs. They have just won the opening three-game winning streak. He wants to continue the team's game state. It made him a little angry, angry at himself.

Mu Xiaobei put Capela on his back, and in the second season Popovich had allowed Mu Xiaobei to play head-to-head in the low post, which was a recognition of Mu Xiaobei's strength.

The Spurs are a very, very team-focused team. Players who like to play singles will often be taken off the court. Even if his singles efficiency is very high, generally speaking, players who can have the right to play singles in the Spurs are definitely superstars.

Such as Duncan, such as Pacmanu, such as Kaad Jr., and now Mu Xiaobei and Butler also have this right.

As for Duncan's former generals Robinson and Iceman George Gervin, that age was too old, and Popovich's status was not as high as it is now.

Mu Xiaobei faced Capela, then turned around and slid to the baseline, Butler made an air cut, Mu Xiaobei hit the ground and passed the ball to Butler, Butler faced Harden and gave a physical confrontation layup.

Generally speaking, if Lonnie Walker catches the ball, it should be given to the bottom corner. Mu Xiaobei returned to a 45-degree angle and then covered a three-pointer, but Butler went straight to the layup.

For him, this is already a very good opportunity. Harden has greatly improved his defense in the season with Paul, because he has defensive ability.

When the Thunder played the sixth man, Harden's defense was very good. He has consciousness, body, speed, lateral movement, and has all the conditions of an excellent defender.

But when he arrived at the Rockets, he began to be criticized for his defensive eyes. This is very helpless, because he is the only one who can control the ball when the team is single-core, and he must reserve enough physical strength on the offensive end.

This year, the Rockets only have Harden single-core to lead the team. He seems to have returned to the time without Paul. Of course Harden has become more mature, but his physical strength is only so much, and he should spend more on defense and less on offense.
So in this game Butler relied on air cuts to score a lot of points, which is the price Harden needs to pay to save energy on the defensive end.

Harden asked Capela to come up to pick and roll. In a game called 2k, when a certain skill is very strong, the game will give him something called a badge. Many of the insiders have a badge called Iron Wall. Refers to the quality of the pick-and-roll.

Capela's pick-and-roll quality is definitely the top in the league. The most important thing is that he has a generous body, which can block defenders tightly and give Harden Paul more delay time.

The pick-and-roll is the oldest style of play in the league. It can be said to be a very quintessential tactic in the sport of basketball. It is very simple, but it can also generate a lot of complex tactics.

Among them, there are requirements for the person who blocks and the person who dribbles. The person who blocks is required to be able to hang people and have the awareness of tearing down.

Among them, the biggest significance of the pick-and-roll is that it can achieve misalignment. For example, the pick-and-roll between the [-]st position and the [-]th position, whether the [-]st position plays the [-]th position or the [-]th position plays the [-]st position is very advantageous. The ability of the number position to defend against the small is very important.

The Rockets are the team that plays the most ball-holding pick-and-rolls because they have the two guards who can play the most pick-and-rolls-Harden and Paul.

As for the Spurs, they are also the team that plays the most pick-and-rolls in the league. Not only pick-and-rolls with the ball, but they also have a lot of off-ball screens.

Harden's efficient performance is still continuing, and now they have reached the middle of the second quarter, and the Spurs lead by five points. For the opponent is the Rockets, this lead is nothing.

Harden used Capela's pick-and-roll to go left, and Mu Xiaobei shrank his defense, giving Harden room to accelerate to the left, but giving Butler room to adjust his defense.

Harden tossed his left hand upwards. Sure enough, the alley-oop was handed over to Capela in the end, but Butler was stuck in front of Capela, making it difficult for Capela to make a direct shot through Butler. Capela could only take Come down, then start again, but this pause gave Butler a chance. When Capela got up, Butler severely cut the ball off, and then got the ball and rushed forward.

Jeremy Lin, Butler, and Gay went to the frontcourt to support each other. The Rockets only had Ennis defending in a timely manner. This is a three-on-one opportunity in the frontcourt.

Butler gave to Jeremy Lin on the left, Jeremy Lin stopped the ball, Ennis hesitated for a moment, just because of the hesitation, Butler had already rushed to the basket, Jeremy Lin made a lob from outside the three-point line, Butler caught the ball Go straight in.

"Good shot Butler, we have always talked about defensive counterattacks, defensive counterattacks, only when the defense is in place, causing fouls on the opposite side or receiving rebounds, can we play counterattacks, and the arrival of Butler has greatly improved the defense of the lineup for the Spurs. Intensity," O'Neill said.

"??? Hey buddy, you don't have to do this, really, how did you learn to speak like this? This is not the O'Neill I know." Kenny said.

"Oh? How would the O'Neill you know talk?" O'Neill asked.

"He would say: Hey Capela, a softie, it's a shame that he can be bullied by small players! The Rockets' offense is like flying, it's better than my grandma going up to fight! If in the past , I can overthrow their entire team by myself!" Kenny said with a smile.

"This is a misunderstanding of me, really, you never understood me." O'Neill said.

A burst of gags made the atmosphere much more joyful. Harden still led the team to complete the offense efficiently, but at the same time Butler was also steadily scoring and scoring. Two shooting guards with very different styles clashed like this .

Last season, and even this offseason, the Rockets and Butler had been rumored for a long time. Rockets fans also looked forward to Butler's arrival to bring a great improvement to the team's defense, but no one expected that Butler would eventually Le's choice is the Spurs.

Now Harden is undoubtedly a little envious of Butler. He often feels that his game is a little tired, scoring is not tiring, and he even enjoys it a little bit, but connecting teams is a very tiring task. When Paul was doing this kind of thing, Paul was doing it, and he just shared it a little bit, but everything is different now.

(End of this chapter)