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Chapter 159 The Ruler Above the Basket

Turning around, Stephen made a goal, but turning around, Yao Ming caused another foul for Oberto. After making two free throws, Yao Ming scored nine points in less than 2 minutes of the second half, and at the same time caused two fouls. Nesterovic and Oberto's fouls, what is dominance, this is dominance.

In this way, the Rockets not only pulled back the lagging score, but also overtook the previous two points, and Yao Ming's strength is still as unstoppable, simple, rough, fast, and effective. This is how the inside offense is. If a player of this level gets to the basket, the only way is to foul. If the foul cannot be stopped, then there is no other way.

Popovich hesitated at this time and called a timeout, but there was nothing to arrange. Just to interrupt an opponent's scoring momentum and call a timeout?Although he had expected Yao Ming's prowess, and had seen all of this in the recent Rockets game video, after actually meeting Yao Ming, Popovich felt that he still underestimated the big man from the East.

The Spurs have never had such a powerful big man. Even in the heyday of the "Twin Towers" period, the insiders dare not say that they are so strong that no one can beat them, otherwise they will not be taken by the Lakers consecutively. By the time of three championships, the Spurs' two big insiders, who can be killed by one O'Neal, have nothing to do.

Although the foul tactics were invented by Mr. Nelson, they were carried forward by Popovich. Why did the Spurs raise so many inside players in the year they won the championship, just to deal with O'Neal, but as O'Neal gradually aged, although he When he was on the court, no one could underestimate his power, but he could no longer maintain the same threat throughout the game.

Encountering such an incomprehensible player again made Popovich vaguely think of the memories of when he was hiding in the video room alone and studying a player day and night, but he soon figured it out, Yao Ming It’s not O’Neal, it’s not that he’s not as strong as O’Neal, the two can only be said to be of different types, but they are equally powerful in the interior, but Yao Ming has a very important flaw, his physical strength prevents him from being able to maintain this throughout the court So Popovich just told the players on the field to be more aggressive when defending. It doesn't matter if he can't defend, just waste his physical strength.

Paying too much attention to Yao Ming's defense gave Howard a lot of offensive opportunities. He hit two goals on both sides of the 45-degree angle twice in a row, further widening the gap in the score. With Yao Ming firmly guarding the penalty area Inside, the Spurs' offense only relies on Ginobili and Stephen to fire outside, and it is conceivable that the perimeter offensive shooting rate cannot guarantee rebounds.

Robert Horry tried another inside shot, but it only added a statistic to Yao Ming's blocks. Mutombo, who was wearing a suit, sat on the field and saw Yao Ming's block shots with his own style. Finger, this is his proprietary gesture, whoever uses it is asking for foul, Stephen has tried this with his own experience.

When Yao Ming leaned on Oberto's top defense and hooked the ball into the basket at a position far away from the basket, Bill Walton, the commentator of the TV station broadcasting the game, called it a "sky hook". fans, this is a well-known fact.

Moreover, although Yao Ming's hook is not as good as the real sky hook, but the distance of the shot is so far that it can no longer be regarded as a small hook. Let's call it a big hook. It is especially useful when entering the space under the basket, and players don't have to work hard to get a position, and it can also save energy.

Following Yao Ming's hook fans, Popovich stood up and called a timeout. There was no way, the score had been stretched to more than five points. The purpose of calling a timeout was to not only strengthen his own defense, but also to solve the problem. Offensive question.

Popovich first replaced Robert Horry with Muhammad. Although Robert Horry's offensive ability is stronger than Muhammad's, because he has played more than one quarter of the game, he is a bit weak in physical strength. Under such circumstances, instead of pursuing the dispensable offensive ability, it is better to replace with more physical players to fight against the opponent.

At the same time, Popovich asked Stephen and Ginobili to rush to the basket bravely and not be afraid of being blocked. Yao Ming's ability to block shots is not outstanding, as can be seen from his average number of blocks per game. Nobili glanced at each other, and said to himself, coach, you didn’t go on the court to feel it yourself. Now Yao Ming doesn’t know what kind of medicine he took, so he doesn’t need to try it. It feels like you just need to rush over, and his hand can reach yours. In front of him, this feeling was terrible. Of course Yao Ming was not like this before. Not to mention that Stephen had never fought against Yao Ming. Ginobili has fought against Yao Ming countless times, but he has never felt Yao Ming's strength like today.

But what the coach said, they can only obey. If they are blocked, they will be blocked, and they may even cause the opponent to foul. This is a [-]-[-] probability, and it is their own home court. Squeeze Keith Bogans aside, although everyone is a second-round pick, but Stephen can't bear to keep his hands, holding the basketball like a pack of dynamite, he rushed towards Yao Ming bravely.

Yao Ming had already felt Stephen's power. Seeing Stephen rushing forward, Yao Ming didn't want to resist Stephen. He turned sideways immediately, but his hand stretched out to cover Stephen. Stephen saw Yao Ming give up. With a little body position, he immediately jumped up and jumped into the air, made a lever movement in the air, avoided Yao Ming's block and dunked the ball into the basket.

Mutombo shook his head slightly on the field. He didn't like this method very much. In his opinion, for this kind of attack, Yao Ming should block the opponent's impact directly instead of hiding and blocking it sideways. Covering, blocking is a game for the brave. If you dodge it, you will lose the best opportunity to block, which is very undesirable.

"That kid is very strong, and Yao may not be able to carry it." Sitting next to him, Ryan Bowen explained something for Yao Ming, and there was another sentence he didn't say, because he was afraid that Mutombo's face would not look good. Even if Mutombo is just a defensive player, there is no problem with fouling. Yao Ming can't do that. He is responsible for the whole team's offense, so he can waste precious fouls on one defense.

After Stephen scored a goal, it seemed that Yao Ming's touch was interrupted. In the next attack, although Yao Ming successfully got to the position, he missed the shot. Stephen jumped up to grab the rebound again, and then threw it directly in the air. Ginobili completed a fast break for Ginobili, who was already fast, and brought the score closer again.

In the process of scoring and playing, Yao Ming suddenly transferred the ball to Luther Hyde on the other side. Under Van Gundy's training this season, Hyde's performance is far higher than his draft pick. The main reason why Jongbari was given up was that after Hyde received a pass from Yao Ming, he jumped up and shot directly outside the three-point line. With the ball hollow into the frame, the Rockets widened the gap again.

The score rose alternately like this. The Spurs had an advantage in the two positions of Stephen and Ginobili, but the Rockets also had a very obvious advantage in the interior. The Rockets have extremely firm tactical goals and obvious inside advantages, but it is inextricably linked and cannot be handed over.

However, the scene was extremely ugly. Both teams were defensive-driven offensive teams, and the defense was so tight that it was suffocating. However, this situation made Jeff Van Gundy on the sidelines frown, because in this situation Under these circumstances, the score gap cannot be widened. Wouldn't it be more difficult for the opponent's main force to return to the field, and Yao Ming's physical strength is not enough to support him to play the entire second half. Van Gundy checked the time and decided to compare the original The tactic replaced Yao Ming 1 minute earlier.

Van Gundy is such a coach. He is an elegant representative of hard work making up for one's weakness. From his two deep dark circles, it can be seen that the league has worked as hard as him in the position of coach. He is the only one. His style is in Formulate strict targeted tactics before the game, and then formulate a reaction strategy for how to respond to what kind of situation arises. When it comes to the game, strictly follow the tactics. Substitutions should be made in minutes and seconds. If the other party made any changes, he would take out a small note to see how to counter the other party.

According to the normal situation, Van Gundy would never change his tactics easily, but sometimes he had to change. Every time at this time, Van Gundy was very entangled, because if he changed his tactics temporarily, there would be more than one quarter of the game. At least half of the small notes will go out to work. This is the most distressing thing for him who is not good at improvisation.

Soon, Yao Ming's breathing became thicker and heavier, and his footsteps on the court began to slow down. Although his shots were still stable, he scored four more points with shots and penalties. After raising his own score to twenty, he was used by Van Gundy. Swift was replaced, although twenty points is not too much, but you must know that there is still a quarter of the game that has not been played.

Now that the offense is increasingly inclined to the outside, it is not easy for an inside player to score [-] points, not to mention that most of these [-] points are scored in the third quarter. Nessler, who has always been against Bill Walton, has to admit that the current Yao Ming has entered the ranks of the league's top players.

Although the Rockets replaced Swift with a very strong physical fitness, his basketball IQ was very low. Except for the dunk, his other offensive methods were almost zero. He tried to block the shot in less than ten seconds after he played. Stephen was fouled for his move and gave Stephen two free throws.

Going back to the offensive end, after the pick-and-roll was misplaced, facing Stephen's defense, Swift actually wanted to dunk on Stephen's head, but was blocked by Stephen's big solid cap, and the arrogance he had just entered the field suddenly disappeared. And Fei, when he came back, Stephen taught him again with a dunk after a breakthrough, letting Swift know that when he is on the court, no matter whether he is attacking or defending, above the basket is his territory.

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