Rebirth of Hayes Cyclone

Chapter 66 [Gap]

"The Rockets replaced Howard with Azubuike. It seems that they want to take special care of Kobe. Although Azubuike's offense is average, his defense is tighter than Wells." Drexler introduced.

"Yeah. On offense, the Rockets need Wells, but now it's mainly on defense." Matt Brad laughed.

Both commentators were former players with good vision. Of course they noticed that Jeff Van Gundy often let Bunche Wells stay on the court to collect statistics during garbage time, but the person who focused on training was Azubuike. Zubike took the game very seriously and was impressive in defending with his energy.

Many teams will let the players who are sent away frantically swipe their data before the transaction, so as to increase the value of the player.Some experts can see it, but they won't say it. This is an unspoken rule of the NBA.

The game restarted, and the Lakers also made substitutions, replacing Walton and Turiaf, who also defended a zone defense.

The Rockets hit the ball to Hayes.

Turiaf is 208cm tall and weighs 112kg. He has no other characteristics, but is strong.The Lakers replaced him just to allow him to use his strength to limit Hayes and put pressure on him.

Hayes takes the ball from the outside and has a speed advantage against Turiaf.

He stepped down the dribble twice, passed Turiaf in disguise, and entered the inside lane. Radmanovic blocked his breakthrough route.

Radmanovic is also 208cm tall, his style of play is soft, his defense is not good, and his offense can only sway on the outside.Hayes can hit Radmanovic, but there is no time. As long as he uses the back, Turiaf will catch up and form a double-team.

Hayes gave the ball to Shane Battier outside, Battier wanted to make an open pass again, the Lakers were already in position, Battier had to transfer the ball to Yao Ming.

Yao Ming turned around and shot a jumper, and the ball went wide.

Kwame-Brown's offense is not good, but his tall, strong and speedy defense is also a typical headache for Yao Ming. When he resists Yao Ming, his teammates will give up their defenders and prepare to intercept.Although there is space at this time, it is difficult to pass the ball to the open position due to the long distance from the Rockets' ball-handling player and the person in the middle.

Yao Ming can only use a turnaround jumper, and the inside containment force is greatly reduced.If Yao Ming can make a good pass at this time, the Rockets will be able to play much better. Because of his height advantage, Yao Ming will not be able to see his teammates. Unfortunately, his passing awareness is not good enough.

The Lakers protected the backboard and passed it to Kobe.Battier and Azubuike dropped back to double-team Bryant.

Kobe dribbled the ball near the free throw line and made a sudden stop for a fadeaway jumper.Both Battier and Azubuike failed to block the shot and scored again.

13:20.

The Rockets attacked and handed the ball to Hayes, and the Lakers also double-teamed.

no?again?You should double-team Yao Ming.Hayes groaned in his heart. It's not that he hasn't been double-teamed before, but this is the first time he has been double-teamed.

The Lakers' two big men didn't want to completely block Hayes' shooting angle, but to prevent him from hitting the basket, forcing him to only shoot jumpers from the outside and in the high post.

"Looks like Hayes is in trouble. The Lakers guarded him the way the Rockets did to LeBron James last week against the Cavaliers. What would Hayes do when James' shooting percentage dropped? He passed the ball," Drexler said.

Hayes doesn't need a pick-and-roll and can fake Turiaf, but Demanovic will follow him immediately, making it impossible for him to make an easy shot.His starting speed in the first step is not bad, but if he continuously dribbles past others, his speed will slow down, and he will be easily double-teamed and intercepted by those who catch up behind him.

He chose to pass the ball, and Alston shot gloriously.

Kwame Brown grabs a backboard.

Battier and Azubuike pestered Bryant, and Bryant passed the ball outside to Radmanovic, who, after attracting Hayes to defend, transferred to Turiaf.Turiaf has very few offensive methods, only the basket, and he dunks vigorously with the ball in both hands.

13 to 22.The Rockets trailed by 9 points.

Something has to be done at this time.How can we break the opponent's double-team?Hayes misses Tracy McGrady very much. If McGrady is here, the Lakers will definitely not be so easy on the outside, let alone double-team him unscrupulously.

Alston passed the ball to Yao Ming, and Kwame-Brown defended Yao Ming.Yao Ming struggled to get the position and finally received the pass. Kobe stepped forward and double-teamed Yao Ming.Yao narrowly escaped the double-team and handed it to Azubuike, who missed a three-pointer with an open jumper.

The rebound was taken by the Lakers again.Turiaf blocked Hayes with his wide body and allowed Smush Parker to pick up the rebound easily.

The Rockets failed to make consecutive offenses.Bryant catches the ball in the backcourt and takes it to the frontcourt. Azubuike retreats to the inside and Battier follows.Bryant pulls up a jumper one step beyond the three-point line.The ball goes in again...

13:25.

The game developed in a direction that no one expected. Without Odom, the Lakers led the Rockets by a big score.

Next, the Lakers' shooting percentage finally dropped, but the Rockets' efficiency was even lower. After the Lakers double-teamed Hayes, the Rockets' offense failed. , Outside players can't make shots.In the end, Yao Ming could only rely on inside singles to catch up with the score.

After the first quarter, 18 to 34, the Lakers led by 16 points.

Watching Kobe play, I often encounter double-teams and choose to play hard without passing the ball.Hayes previously felt that this treatment was inappropriate.

Sometimes, the team needs someone to stand up and make strong shots, even in the face of double-teaming. When the team as a whole cannot open up, it needs individual ability to open up the situation.

Kobe scored 20 points in a single quarter and overwhelmed the Rockets alone.This is simply a challenge to the modern team basketball style of play.Kobe was so accurate, he seemed unstoppable.This is only the first quarter. If this feeling can be maintained, Kobe must score at least 60 points.

Hayes began to admire Kobe.He found the gap between himself and Kobe, that is personal ability.His personal ability is still not strong enough. Although he can score in singles, if the opponent double-teams with all his strength, he will feel difficult.

Kobe can also take the ball calmly in the face of double-teams. He dares to shoot and can make it.He jumps high and has a high release point. He can avoid the block, even if the opponent blocks his face with his hand, he can't change his feel.

Hayes can't.He is not as flexible as Kobe and relies more on strength.If he is one-on-one, he can squeeze the opponent away. When he encounters a double team, especially someone who is taller than him, his disadvantage in athletic ability will undoubtedly be revealed. The big hat is likely to fall on his head.

This is really the tragedy of floor flow.

Hayes couldn't break the double-team, and his teammates frequently hit the iron.

When McGrady was on the court before, he gave Hayes an illusion that as long as he attracted double-teams and passed the ball, his teammates could easily score.Now that McGrady is not on, I realize that this is not the case at all.Without Tracy McGrady, the Rockets' outside offense has directly dropped to a notch.Alston's specialty is long shots, and Azubuike is not good either. Although his attitude on the field has been recognized by the coaching staff, but when it comes to offense, at this time in his previous life, he was still looking for a feeling in NBDL...

In the second quarter, Kobe took a 6-minute break, and the Rockets failed to recover the score.The Lakers have always maintained a lead of more than 15 points.

The Lakers' substitute Farmar and Vujacic hit three-pointers respectively.

The Rockets' outside offense is completely unable to open.

Seeing the one-sided trend of the game, Drexler said helplessly: "I really didn't expect the Lakers to beat the Rockets like this in the away game. It is said that the Lakers players did not support Kobe enough. The other Lakers players performed well today. It’s because the Rockets’ outside line is completely misfired. Alston is 6 for 1 and Battier is 5 for 1. The Rockets really can’t do without McGrady.”

Matt Brad said: "It's okay if it's just that the outside players are not allowed. Hayes was also double-teamed and completely disrupted the rhythm. He missed 6 shots in a row. This is not his style. In this game, We're finally seeing his flaws, which is his ability to break double teams..." Matt Brad said.The explanations of the two commentators were obviously biased, and neither wanted to see the Rockets lose.

Hayes didn't want to lose even more, so he mustered up his strength and hit a few times.

However, during this period of time, he seemed to be possessed by the God of Decline.Every professional player has had the experience of suddenly feeling cold and unable to make any shots.

When chasing points was most needed, Hayes ran into this situation.He pushes away Radmanovic and misses a jumper; instead runs out of the three-point line, evades the defense and turns around and misses a jumper; squeezes into the three-second zone and uses sea steps to shake away his opponent, a small hook at the basket He didn't score either; grabbed an offensive rebound, dunked and flew!
Even a rookie shouldn't be able to do this, right?Am I cursed by Odom?
Hayes was subbed to rest, feeling a little frustrated.

I remember that before the game, he chatted with Thibodeau and said: "I will never become the same as Kobe. I don't feel inferior. I don't think Kobe is the strongest. He is not a team player. Although he is majestic, but It must have been painful being his teammate."

Kobe's teammates are in pain?Hayes now really wishes he could become like Kobe, if only he could score consecutively under double-teaming.He is indeed different from Kobe, because he is far behind in scoring ability.

"Don't worry about it, everyone has bad times, I believe you will find your touch in a while." Jeff Van Gundy said.

"I'm sorry, I'm still not good enough offensively. But... I will improve." Hayes covered his head with a towel, and said to Thibodeau beside him: "Tom, when I train again, I want to practice strong hitting, you That's right, you can't just rely on passing to break double-teams."

Thibodeau smiled and nodded.He often deployed defensive tactics to double-team Hayes in team training games, and Hayes chose to pass the ball almost every time.For this reason, Thibodeau talked with him, hoping that he can use strong blows to solve the problem.Hayes' idea is, isn't it more reasonable to find a way to pass the ball to the open space?I am a reasonable emperor.

Now, he figured it out.How to play is reasonable depends on the state of your teammates. Knowing that they are inefficient and passing the ball, reasonable will become unreasonable.

At this time, the Rockets requested a timeout.Battier committed three.

(End of this chapter)