Healing Basketball

Chapter 434 434. Overbearing Yao Ming (6500 words)
Today's Rose Garden Arena is extraordinarily noisy.

When the visiting team players finished playing, the scene entered a manic mode.

coming!

came back!
It was okay to play against the Timberwolves and Pistons. Those two opponents were enough to stimulate the emotions of the fans.

But when the Clippers and the Grizzlies played back-to-back, the atmosphere of the Devil's home court that the Trail Blazers players were already familiar with faded.

Now, the warden has lifted the ban and returned, and the atmosphere of the devil's home court is back!

Moreover, the Trail Blazers players feel that the fans tonight are more restless than before!
When the spotlight hit the home team's player tunnel and Liu Xiu led his teammates to run out, the fans at the scene were all excited!
Van Horn, who just joined the Trail Blazers, still didn’t get permission to play tonight, but his teammates brought him to the appearance ceremony tonight. It’s the 8th year of his career, even if he reached the finals that year and played against Ivor In those years when Sen worked together...he never felt such an atmosphere at home.

Having been healed by the warden in the past two days, he thinks that joining the prison team actually has nothing to regret.

What's more, the old-fashioned appearance is in control. Looking at the warden who caused the female fans to scream and scream, Van Horn thought about how many girls would stare at them when he went to the street with Liu Xiu in the future... He decided decisively Judgment - Joining the prison team is the best choice, and it is impossible to regret it.

On the other hand, Yao Ming was shocked by the devil's home court in the Rose Garden Arena.

I haven't been here for a few months, and the atmosphere here is already so manic?He had heard that the Rose Garden Arena had become the devil's home stadium, but even if he had prepared himself, when he felt the atmosphere in person, he still felt extremely shocked and...envious!
Think about your own home court, what is that...

Feeling the extra restless atmosphere at the scene, Liu Xiu also became excited for a while, but when the game was about to start, she adjusted her mentality.

From the news I saw before, Liu Xiu also understood the reason. When he was suspended and the Trail Blazers upset the Pistons, the media was hyping up—his suspension did not have as much impact on the Trail Blazers as imagined. , is he overrated?But after the 3 consecutive away games, this voice has disappeared, and when his 7-game suspension is over, he is a "blessing in disguise", letting people know how important he is to the Trail Blazers.

The 'warden is useless theory' hyped up by the media has instead brought Liu Xiu more popularity, more recognition, as well as stronger trust and more enthusiastic support for him from the home fans.

In these 7 games, the Trail Blazers achieved a record of 3 wins and 4 losses. Their record has dropped to 44 wins and 16 losses. They were overtaken by the Spurs with 45 wins and 15 losses and fell to third in the West; The record gap of the 40-loss Sonics team has also narrowed to 19 wins. The probability of the Sonics coming back to the top of the division and pulling the Trail Blazers from the top three in the Western Conference has increased a lot.

The fans felt the ranking crisis, and so did Liu Xiu!
...

"The great magician:
game status.

Copy objects:

Teammate: Gary Payton, characteristic conversion talent: blocking type…

Opponent: Cuttino Mobley, Trait Transformation Talent: Flank Lightning (residual blood), bonus effect: When the host chooses to break through from the flank mid-range, speed +3, emergency stop jump shot +3, layup +3. "

The game started immediately. After preparing for the game and duplicating his talents, Liu Xiu stepped onto the court with his teammates. His starting teammates tonight were still Payton, Raheem, Randolph, and Kwame Brown.

Liu Xiu looked at the starting lineup on the opposite side, and felt that classmate Dayao was really miserable...

This season, the Houston Intent team has almost covered the entire league. I don’t know how many times Yao Ming has been excited and his mentality has exploded. Up to now, Yao Ming’s four starting partners are still: David Wesley, Mobley, Desmond Mason, Joe Smith.

Has it changed?
Of course!
So far this season, Mobley has missed 10 games, David Wesley has missed 7 games, Desmond Mason has missed 2 games, and Joe Smith has missed 9 games.

When they were injured, Yao Ming's starting partner naturally changed.

The healthiest player on the Rockets is Yao Ming again, and there is a high probability that he will be in full attendance for the third consecutive year.

This is not what Liu Xiu expected. Yao Ming has been in full attendance for the past two years.

The Rockets have made a lot of trades this year. Up to now, a total of 23 players have played on behalf of the Rockets. There are some players. I don’t know where they were dug out. I don’t know who they are. It's called 'Surprise Soldiers', but it's not surprising that it has any tricks.

In order to get these extremely low-paid 'surprise soldiers', the Rockets sent away Jim Jackson, Tyronn Lue, and Morris Taylor.

"Houston Rockets, 32 wins and 28 losses, averaging 95.2 points per game, conceding 92.1 points per game, shooting 44.3% from the field, restricting opponents from shooting 42.6%..."

"Yao Ming, 24 years old, 226 cm, 136 kg, C, ability evaluation 93, offense 95, defense 90... played 60 games, averaged 33 minutes per game, averaged 22.3 points, 9.4 rebounds, 2 assists, 0.4 steals and 1.8 blocks per game... Shooting 55.2 percent from the field and 86.2 percent from the free throw line..."

Liu Xiu felt that Yao Ming's offensive and defensive evaluations were lowered by "average performance".

However, even if there is no weight gain, it is more than 130 kilograms. Not everyone is as talented as O'Neill, and the continuity is not good enough.

It is also related to the lack of outside strength of the Rockets. Mobley, David Wesley, and Desmond Mason are all good players, but Yao Ming, who is about to enter the golden period of his career, should be the best teammate on the outside. ', are not qualified, put any strong team in the playoffs, these three brothers are only the strength of the fourth or fifth star.

Regardless of whether Yao Ming wants to be the boss or the second boss, the Rockets have two levels of players vacant.

...

At 3:11 pm on March 8, as Kwame Brown flicked the ball away from Yao Ming's head, the Trail Blazers played their last game in a row against the Rockets at home.

Payton received the ball and passed it to Liu Xiu in the frontcourt, taking David Wesley away.

Yao Ming + the poor version of Garnett, just looking at it makes Liu Xiu have a big head, and the other big head is a butcher, who has no intention of going to the basket at all.

Liu Xiu beckoned to the inside to play Yao Ming, of course he had to play a pick-and-roll... The one who expanded was naturally not Yao Ming, but Joe Smith expanded to defend against the pick-and-roll.

Liu Xiu didn't rush or shoot, and passed the ball straight to the bottom line on the right side of the three-second zone after using the screen. Randolph caught the ball and made a quick mid-range shot before Desmond Mason's defense was in place...The ball hit the basket After making a full circle, Yao Ming regrettably swiped out of the frame. Yao Ming caught the rushing Raheem and received a defensive rebound.

The Trail Blazers retreated in an orderly manner, and David Wesley did not speed up after receiving the pass, controlling the speed within the comfortable range of Yao Ming.

Offensive and defensive conversion.

Yao Ming came to the frontcourt and dropped low.

Feeling the expectant eyes of his teammates and listening to the cheers of the fans, Kwame Brown pressed towards Yao Ming full of passion, and then let out a few strange screams in succession...Yao Ming hit him with an "ahhhhh" with.

Yao Ming originally planned to make a domineering dunk, but he was so pissed. After two hits, before he could fully enter the basket, he grabbed the ball tremblingly, but the distance was not bad. He turned around and threw... I go!
Kwame-Brown's jumping speed in the confrontation frightened Yao Ming to quickly change the top-down throw towards the basket into an upward throw with an arc. The hasty change is ironic!

Joe - Smith actively rushed, Randolph stuck position, Joe - Smith did not hold the ball and knocked the ball out of bounds, the referee whistled to signal the Blazers backcourt ball.

Seeing the possession of the ball, Kwame Brown roared and beat his chest excitedly.

The high school student roared with iron blood, and Joe Smith, who had failed in the rush, almost sent a 'hi bro'.

Although the champion of parallel imports looked a bit unintelligent, it made the cheers of the fans even stronger!
Guard against Yao Ming!
That's right, when Yao Ming retreated, he gritted his teeth and gave Kwame Brown a look with mostly the whites of his eyes...

To the Trail Blazers offense.

The cheers or boos of the away fans seem to make the Rockets players more excited.

Liu Xiu went to the frontcourt to catch the ball and saw that the defensive enthusiasm of the Rockets players became even higher!This is the team in the league that is least afraid of the devil away...

Liu Xiu did not continue to play the pick-and-roll, and Randolph seemed to have a chance to catch the ball and make a mid-range shot, but judging from the situation in the last round, after Randolph received the ball, Yao Ming cut off the ball on the other side of the basket from Randolph. Line, Joe Smith expands to defend against pick-and-rolls and can also interfere with receiving the ball in the top arc area. Randolph seems to have a lot of room to operate after receiving the ball. In fact, it is better to make a quick shot before Desmond Mason sticks. Chance.

The standard iron-blooded defense is a bit like the defense of Ewing + Oakley + Mason in Liu Xiu's impression, Jeff Van Gundy, the old ratings killer.

To deal with this defense, the method is very simple, inside singles maintain efficiency, do not play team offensive and defensive battles with the opponent, and the opponent's team defense cooperation can be eliminated invisible.

But the butcher's attitude of never going inside, the warden knew that his perfect plan to defeat the opponent's defense was broken... So far in his career, the butcher has fought against the little giant 8 times, and his hit rate is 39%...

If you play directly to Randolph in singles, Joe Smith only needs to stick to Randolph's mid-range and long-range shots.

Players who are mainly at the basket have a hard time playing against the Rockets this season, and Raheem is in a similar situation.

Liu Xiu quickly analyzed the current situation, and it was easy to make an offensive choice - singles!
Mobley's defense is tough, fast enough, and his weight of 95 kilograms has enough confrontation. Although Liu Xiu got the breakthrough route by changing direction in front of his body, it was not enough to get rid of Mobley. When stopping, Mobley was in place on defense, stuck to Liu Xiu in time, and restricted Liu Xiu from jumping and shooting.

But Liu Xiu didn't shoot. He predicted Mobley's defense, took advantage of the trend to the left side, dribbled the ball with his left hand, and took a step towards Mobley with his right side. Mobley was knocked back a step!
Immediately afterwards, Liu Xiu grabbed the ball and continued to turn left. Mobley's defense was full of tenacity. After being knocked back, he immediately pressed back and moved a step to the left to prevent Liu Xiu from turning around and shooting...Mobley found out just as soon as he moved his foot No, Liu Xiu's pivot foot is his right foot!The body appears to be turned to the left, but in fact it doesn't move at all!But after realizing it, it was too late to make up for it.

Liu Xiu withdrew her foot protruding to the left, turned right with her right foot to face the basket, and made a mid-jump shot...a hit!
Peyton watched the cursing, and the butcher went crazy after watching it.

Payton: Does this mean that the most important part of my back-up is the back-up in sports?

Butcher: Another step ahead of me!I just started to develop the back-to-back attack in sports combat, and this guy has been tested in actual combat in the game!

Liu Xiu's technique and movement are not skilled in this ball, and the technique he uses is basically a low-post back-up technique directly applied to the high post. It can also be used to deal with Mobley, who is excellent in defense but not top-notch, and he is very hungry for shooting. Feel...but already usable in competition.

Gloves and butchers, just suffer a bit from the warden's mind.

It's a disaster for the number one parallel importer...

In the transition between offense and defense, Yao Ming played back in the low post. Amid Kwame Brown's tragic screams, Yao Ming slammed into the basket and smashed the ball into the basket brutally through Kwame Brown!
2 to 2, Yao Ming had a good vent and retreated contentedly. His teammates were so excited-we have the strongest center forward!

However, Yao Ming still felt the pressure when he saw the unyielding face of the humiliated Kwame Brown. The parallel import champion is really not as easy to deal with as in the past two years. The timid champion of parallel imports.

When the Trail Blazers attacked, the Rockets players began to strengthen their confrontation!
This was expected by the Trail Blazers. Faced with David Wesley's defensive strike, Payton made a tactical gesture-all West Coast power!

Although I don't know why this name was chosen, but the warden wanted to use this name, and the coaching staff and teammates agreed.

In the past two days, the warden likes to play the game of 'you don't listen to me, I will play the Rockets tomorrow'.

The offensive strategy based on scoring in mid-range singles, purely relying on personal ability, the first to go, naturally Liu Xiu.

Payton is the player with the best basic shooting skills in their team. After coming to the Trail Blazers, he shot 44.6% of the long two-pointers and 45.1% of the mid-range shots. It's not necessary; Raheem and Randolph both score mainly at the basket and also score from mid-range. Yao Ming is on the court, and they will not compete for singles.

The teammates opened up, Payton was in the support position, Kwame Brown was under the basket, Randolph and Raheem were ready to rush.

The team coached by Jr. Van Gundy has a very good reading of the opponent's offense, self-response on the defensive end, and execution. Addition, the emergency stop jump shot "哐" kicked off the prelude to tonight's iron strike.

The Trail Blazers' scoring efficiency in singles was not good, but the Rockets' offensive efficiency at the beginning was very good. Yao Ming scored 4 points in a row after dunking Kwame Brown!
The Trail Blazers had no choice but to flank Yao Ming. Relying on Yao Ming's singles, the Rockets came from behind and played a 12-8 start. The Trail Blazers called a timeout after trailing by 4 points.

However, although the Rockets led by 4 points at the start, Hubie Brown, the commentator of Time Warner Cable Sports who returned to the commentary booth, disliked the Rockets' offense very much.

Because Yao Ming played singles in the first few rounds, the rest of the Rockets really stood and waited for Yao Ming to attract a pincer in singles and then split the ball, catch the ball and shoot.

The Rockets team played very well defensively, but this does not conceal the Rockets' super center utilization ability.

After the timeout came back, Hubie Brown's prediction came true-the Rockets could not continue to expand their advantage.

The Trail Blazers replaced Payton, replaced the little flying mouse, replaced Randolph, and used the extravagant, Raheem, and Kwame Brown to partner in the frontcourt, and added a small flying mouse to score in singles from the outside. The offensive efficiency has been greatly improved.

As for the Rockets, they scored 4 points in the first 12 minutes and only 5 points in the next 8 minutes!
The difference is that in the opening 4 minutes, Yao Ming played many singles, but in the next 5 minutes, he hardly played singles. He only made two shots, 2 of 1 shots.

Kwame Brown was very irritable tonight, and was very upset when he was dunked. Coupled with the old hatred of being abused by Yao Ming before, tonight, Kwame Brown went berserk on the defensive end!
所谓旧恨，指的是过去两个赛季，两人交手3次，夸梅-布朗3场比比赛合计25投6中；姚明3场比赛命中率最低63%，3场比赛合计31投20中。

Kwame Brown wanted to forget this as a nightmare before he joined the Trail Blazers, but now, he doesn't!He takes this as motivation, and every time he sees Yao Ming, he will think of a comment from the media—this is the difference between the real No. [-] pick and the parallel import No. [-] pick.

Kwame Brown has nothing to do with Yao Ming. Yao Ming scored 4 points and 6 assist in the first 1 minutes, but he can deal with the rest of the Rockets!
When Yao Ming is not playing alone, he basically pulls out to the mid-range to respond, and his teammates frown one by one to score.

Kwame Brown's shrinking defense is very good, every round is like playing his life, and he got 5 rebounds, 2 block and 1 steal in 1 minutes!

However, the Rockets did a good job defensively during this period. Joe Smith and Desmond Mason built a close-range sweeping defense around Yao Ming. To 9 points, the Trail Blazers were forced to play inefficient singles in the middle and long distances. In these 4 minutes, the Trail Blazers only scored 5 points.

However, the Trail Blazers were so inefficient in scoring. They only scored 5 points in 10 minutes with a single strong three-point shot by Little Flying Squirrel. They still beat the Rockets 10-8 and chased the score to 18. 20, stop the Rockets!
At 9 minutes and 11 seconds into the first quarter, Van Gundy Jr. called a timeout and replaced Yao Ming with Mutombo, Joe Smith and Witherspoon as strikers. After the official timeout, Sura, who came off the bench, continued to fight with Mobley. Partner back line.

After returning from timeout, the Trail Blazers replaced the frontcourt combination of Outlaws, Randolph, and McDyess. Liu Xiu continued to play, and the little flying mouse who had just made a contribution took a rest and replaced Payton.

The Blazers are on defense!
During this period of time, the Rockets' defensive continuity is still good.

Although the operation of signing Mutombo with a middle-class salary to block space and refusing to sign the All-Star point guard Nash with an annual salary of tens of millions is blinding, but currently claims to be 38 years old and averages 15 points and 3 rebounds in 6 minutes per game. Mutombo, with 1.3 blocks, is indeed a very good signing. His defense allows Yao Ming to rest on the bench with peace of mind. It is the third year in the NBA, and it is the first time that he has a backup center who allows him to sit down with peace of mind.

This season, both Yao Ming and Mutombo have never lost a game. Yao Ming averaged 32.8 minutes per game and Mutombo averaged 15.2 minutes per game, completely splitting the 48 minutes of playing time. No other player has played against the Rockets this season. The position of the center brings the Rockets a high degree of tacit understanding and stability on the defensive end.

Maurice Cheeks concluded that if he attacks aggressively at this time, there is a high probability that he will not play very well, so he chose to defend against the Rockets!
To defend against Mutombo, it is enough for the butcher to squat under the basket. Kwame Brown is not needed. Let Kwame Brown rest and continue to consume Yao Ming.

Unsurprisingly, the Rockets still played top defense in the last 3 minutes of the first quarter, and the Trail Blazers only scored 6 points during this period.

But during this time, the Trail Blazers limited the Rockets to only 4 points!
At the end of the first quarter, Liu Xiu intercepted Sura's confident long pass, but it was a pity that the ultra-long three-pointer at the buzzer hit the basket, and there was an extra iron... After the first quarter, the Trail Blazers scored 24 to 23 Overtake the Rockets by 1 point!
...

The first quarter was full, with 8 of 3 shots and 2 of 1 free throws. Liu Xiu scored 7 points, the highest in the team, second only to Yao Ming who scored 8 points. The rate was lowered to below 7% by the backcourt three-pointer in the last 3 seconds.

Entering the intermission, Liu Xiu ate grilled sausages to recover his strength. He was not surprised at all that he had entered the iron-blooded mode that the Rockets like tonight.

Some coaches follow the trend of the times and change their tactics towards the most suitable style of play for the current rules.

But some coaches, under the new rules, tried their best to play tactics that he liked better under the old rules.

Van Gundy Jr. is the latter.

If the NBA wants to completely get rid of the iron and blood era, in addition to changing the rules, it has to wait for most of the players to be replaced.

Just like the Jagged Age, it started in the mid-90s and reached its peak in the 03-04 season.

And the 03-04 season is regarded as the pinnacle of the iron-blooded era, because the league changed the rules after this season, otherwise God knows whether the iron-blooded defense can be more wild.

More than half of the season has passed, and Van Gundy Jr. has improved his defense again. Although it is not as brutal as restricting opponents to average 88 points per game last season, it is already very brutal. After the All-Star Weekend, he only lost 10 points per game in 90 games.

Being forced to follow the Rockets' rhythm is something that every team will encounter this season. If you can't resist, then 'enjoy' it!

But Liu Xiu has already learned about Yao Ming's changes from the live broadcast and video, but she was still surprised when she felt it personally!
If you can't leave the short-range defense, you can't leave. Joe Smith and Desmond Mason can do the supplementary defense that needs a large range of movement. Otherwise, why use them-Yao Ming.

They all learn from Shaquille O'Neill. Yao Ming in the original time and space went to learn Shaquille O'Neill's weight, but he didn't learn anything else;

Yao Ming here learned from O'Neill to save energy, focus on what he is good at and what he should do, and dare to say no to things that he should not be busy doing!

What's more, Liu Xiu didn't expect that Joe Smith was better than any power forward he remembered Yao Ming's partner in his previous life and suitable for him... But think about Joe Smith being regarded as a small Garnett. % comprehensive mid-range shooting percentage, averaged 44 points, 11 rebounds, 7 steals and 1.2 block per game, which is really not surprising.

Yao Ming played like this, compared to the match at the beginning of the season, the actual defensive effect was a lot stronger!
More calm, smart, confident... domineering!
The main thing is domineering, this is the domineering that Liu Xiu has never seen in Yao Ming's entire career in his previous life.

This kind of domineering is not a dunk in the game, but the willfulness and ego that a superstar should have.

Yao Ming's changes are mostly praised in the American basketball world, but in China, there is a group of magical species who attack his professional ethics and attack him for not being obedient as a professional player should be...

However, he is just such a clown, most people think that Yao Ming is already very good.

Yao Ming dared to make such a change, and Liu Xiu knew why.

In addition to the function of the armguard, and with his warden on the front line, no matter how domineering, self-willed, and egotistical the little giant is in the club, he still looks so mature and stable...

After thinking wildly for a while, Liu Xiu put away her distracting thoughts and wondered if there was any way to break the deadlock.

It's not impossible to grind the rhythm with the Rockets. He is not afraid of playing key goals with the Rockets.

But there is still a way to think about it...

At this time, the system prompts!

"The height is [-] meters. Yao Ming, who is about to enter the golden period of his career, is already the most famous giant in the league and a powerful pillar; in Rose Bay, the host is also a pillar. In the hearts of the people in Rose Bay, the host is [-] meters... …The Lord of Ages quest: Giants and Giants trigger.

Goal: Buckle Yao Ming.

Reward: Every time you buckle Yao Ming, you will be rewarded with 1 healing points. After you finish every buckle, you can start the follow-up task 'Giant Killer'. "

(End of this chapter)