Healing Basketball

Chapter 320. Chapter 320.
Yao Ming still had to get his position under the entanglement of Kwame Brown. He forced into the basket and was flanked by Randolph. He distributed the ball to Joe Smith on the right baseline. Garnett just shoots solid."

When the Trail Blazers attacked, Payton followed suit and lobbed the ball to Randolph.

Randolph faced the frame and singled to kill the inside line. Joe Smith didn't hit the top, and he fought and retreated.

When Joe Smith retreated into the three-second zone, he switched defenses with Desmond Mason who was chasing in the middle!Joe Smith backs away and Desmond Mason goes up to Randolph.

Although he is a small forward, the slam dunk king is bigger than the actual tonnage of 'Little Garnett'. He is 7 centimeters shorter but weighs the same. He has a low impact interception. He is suspected of fouling but the referee didn't blow it. He really blocked Randolph. one time.

Yao Ming just followed Liu Xiu to release the three-second zone. Raheem ran to the left and out of the three-second zone after Desmond Mason changed defense. With Randolph flanking up!
Yao Ming, Desmond Mason, and Joe Smith played a perfect defensive coordination. Randolph's first pass opportunity was gone, and he fell into a situation of being pinched by the opponent's two strikers.

Randolph, whose self-confidence is always high, did not panic, and immediately took action. Before Yao Ming closed to the basket, he turned left and walked to the bottom line, squeezed into the three-second zone, took off, and made a layup...

In this case, Randolph created a decent shot, but it was a pity that he didn't make it.

Yao Ming struggled to get back to the basket, blocked the rushing Kwame Brown, and Joe Smith protected the defensive rebound.

David Wesley catches the ball and sees Randolph and Kwame Brown clapping when they run into the opposite three-point line...He who felt wrong before guessed what the Trail Blazers wanted to do .

Consume Yao Ming!
David Wesley took a quick glance.

Mobley is being defended by Liu Xiu in hand-to-hand combat.

Liu Xiufang is a shooting guard who suffers from height, but he has no speed advantage as a defensive guard. He will basically not suffer from the position of shooting guard. He has a strong and thick body, a sticky defensive style that is willing to do dirty work, and can run Kobe Bryant. The physical strength to vomit...David Wesley doesn't count on Mobley.

Desmond Mason, when encountering Raheem's single defense and Kwame Brown's frame protection, is still in charge of defense and cutting threats.

Only Yao Ming has a clear strength, with an offensive rating of 95, Yao Ming's absolute strength.

It's not the absolute strength of the team like last season. The 95 offensive rating is the absolute strength of the entire league.

Moreover, Yao Ming has an overall offensive rating of 95 during his playing time. In the eyes of others, the center forward's singles this season has already been said to be the same as the shark one and Yao two.

David Wesley made a quick decision and gestured to his teammates.

Joe Smith pulls out to pick and roll, Yao Ming pulls to the middle distance, David Wesley and Joe Smith launch a pick and roll attack!
After Joe Smith picked and rolled David Wesley, he went directly to help Mobley block Liu Xiu. Seeing this, Payton had to give up and flank David Wesley, and switched to defend Mobley. David Wesley singled Randolph, who switched to defend him, made a throw on the right side of the three-second zone!

David Wesley kicks off his pick-and-roll offense with Joe Smith.

The Rockets are also amazing. In the first 10 games, 5 home and 5 away, 3 wins and 2 losses at home, 4 wins and 1 loss away.

It's not just this season, it's been like this for the past few years. The away game win rate is higher than the home game.

Whenever they go to the away game, they always play more excitedly, and it seems that even their smart IQ has occupied the high ground.

Because at the Rockets' home court, there was no playing atmosphere at all. The Rockets' management even hired hundreds of people to go to the scene to stimulate emotions.

In the away game, when they encounter boos or even scolding, they feel more comfortable playing games.

Originally, the Trail Blazers thought that Randolph would launch an offense in singles and consume with Yao Ming, but the Rockets' defense after Joe Smith was better than the Trail Blazers expected, and 'Little Garnett' did not. For nothing, Joe Smith is basically a poor man's version of Garnett.

This situation is within the acceptable range of the Trail Blazers. The Trail Blazers did not say that they must ask Randolph to overpower Yao Ming at this time, but the Rockets did not allow Yao Ming to attack!The close-range defense built by Desmond Mason and Joe Smith around Yao Ming became meaningless, but became self-depleted instead. The key is David Wesley's decisiveness He made adjustments to his style of play, allowing Yao Ming to devote his physical strength to the defensive end, and he and Joe Smith supported the offense!

After a few rounds, the score was 6-9, with the Trail Blazers trailing by 3 points.

When the Trail Blazers attacked, Payton advanced to the frontcourt, gestured to give up the established tactics, and signaled Liu Xiu to play singles.

Now it's not a question of whether Yao Ming can be consumed, but the score may be opened!

The Rockets' slow-paced style of play is too frustrating.

You must score steadily first.

The butcher can't beat the inside line of the Rockets, and the bishop who focuses on attacking the frame is not easy to play, but it doesn't matter, there is a warden behind the glove!
Liu Xiu came to the high position of the free throw line and leaned against Mobley. Mobley's defense was similar to Liu Xiu's, fighting, entangled, and active, but the effect of fighting against consumption was much worse.

Liu Xiu caught the ball and turned left, breaking through from the flank!

Speed ​​+3!

Liu Xiu's speed did not decrease under Mobley's pressure and defense. He quickly rushed to a step outside the right sideline of the three-second zone, grabbed the ball, stepped out and stepped on the right sideline of the three-second zone, before Yao Ming's supplementary defense moved in place. Diving layup shot...

Layup +3!Liu Xiu's layup temporarily increased to the top level of 95, and the shot felt very good.

The ball went in!

Liu Xiu scored 6 points!In the past 3 rounds, the Trail Blazers, which only relied on Kwame Brown to score two points, finally had a regular score again.

This ball brought a big blow to the Rockets players. They did a good job defending and attacking well. They forced the Trail Blazers to play singles, but they failed to defend!Mobley's post defense formed a hindrance, but the speed +3 made up for it. The Rockets players felt that Mobley's defense had no effect on Liu Xiu, and it had a greater blow to Mobley himself.

When the Rockets attacked, the ball came into Mobley's hands. He was hit like that just now. He wanted to return it and chose to do it himself.

The seasoned Peyton keenly judged Mobley's thoughts and actions, and attacked Mobley.

Mobley played the ball, Payton judged the passing route and slapped the ball away, Liu Xiu grabbed the ball and counterattacked! 'Flying Squirrel' triggers, counterattack speed +3!

Mobley chased and defended hard, and Desmond Mason, who retreated quickly, chose to double-team Liu Xiu. Liu Xiu rushed to the frontcourt and tried his best to get close to the basket, and sent the ball... Randolph followed up in the middle and made a layup!
10 to 9, the Trail Blazers overtook the score, and the Rockets called a timeout!
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Maurice Cheeks ecstasy!
It's not about overtaking the score, it's just 1 point. It will be very difficult for them to gain a clear lead next.

The Rockets will definitely allow Yao Ming to take over as the main offensive position to stabilize the situation. Single-core teams are like that, and when things go wrong, they look for stars.

Isn't their Trail Blazers also looking for the warden when they are undecided.

Maurice Cheeks is pleased with the improvement in the tacit understanding between the players!
Payton quickly understood the characteristics of his teammates' style of play, did not insist on playing the established tactics, and could quickly make adjustments according to the actual situation.

It's that aspect of Payton that fits in fast.

Also, they are playing less and less deliberately on the court.

There is no need to emphasize that Liu Xiu is a shooting guard, and there is no need to say that a shooting guard can only shoot, but how to do it as needed, and the ball is smoothly concentrated from the beginning to Liu Xiu, who is getting stronger and stronger, to the beginning More scattered to each strong point!

This is the purpose of letting Liu Xiu change his position!

Maurice Cheeks was not overwhelmed by joy, and the rotation was normal, replacing Payton with Lynch Hunter, replacing Randolph with Joan Barry, Raheem moved to the power forward position, Kwame -Brown continues to carry the center position.

Defense, singles, rushing, wing shooters, all work together.

Don't want to widen the point difference, just want to continue to consume Yao Ming.

If the opponent doesn't use Yao Ming to counterattack, then Maurice Cheeks will be very happy. It is naturally better to have an advantage when Yao Ming's physical strength is at its best.

The Trail Blazers adjusted quickly. After the rotation and tactics were arranged, the players took the time to adjust and think.

Maurice Cheeks reviewed the starting lineup and muttered in a regretful tone: "If only the bishop's three-pointer is better, I remember he made 8 three-pointers this season and scored 3. The shooting talent is really good." Good……"

At this time, the voice from the side startled Maurice Cheeks!
"Coach, do you need me to develop a three-pointer?"

Maurice Cheeks turned his head... looked up, and it was Raheem!
The muttering behind his back was heard by the person involved, and Maurice Cheeks was very embarrassed.

I didn't mean that... Maurice Cheeks wanted to say that, but before he could, the immature warden appeared...

Liu Xiu said: "Bishop, if you want to develop three-pointers, I suggest that you give priority to the development of fixed-point catch and shoot shots from the bottom corners of the two wings."

When Raheem had a question, he asked, "Why the bottom corner?"

"Battier, Posey, Fisher, Bowen, they're all very good spot-up shooters in the corner, where the defenders often overlook, and the shortest distance to the basket ... your height and wingspan facing the perimeter The supplementary defense has a huge advantage, and when it is necessary to practice well, you can receive the ball at the bottom corner and face the defensive shot. It can be a very good offensive option..."

Raheem nodded repeatedly when he heard the words, Maurice Cheeks didn't know much about three-pointers, but he didn't interrupt when he thought it made sense, and there was a second-year high school student taking notes next to him-height and wingspan have an advantage In the case of the situation, the priority is to develop the bottom corner fixed-point catch and shoot...

(End of this chapter)