Basketball Myth: Super Guard

Chapter 1246
The pause ends soon.

Watching the players walk onto the court, Coach McHale still frowned.

On offense, Harden has gradually recovered his form. Yao Ming and Scola in the inside have obvious advantages and can always maintain a continuous scoring output.

It's just that he was a little worried about defense. The point difference was stretched to 9 points in just a short moment. It was not a problem of the Rockets' offense, but a problem of defense.

How to prevent it?
Harden can't guard Qin Hao at this point, and Iguodala, Butler, Leonard, these three positions can't be guarded either.

How should a guard, a small forward, and a power forward defend the three small forwards of the 76ers?
"I hope the 76ers' three-pointers will not continue to be so accurate." Coach McHale shook his head and didn't think about it.

There are only a few minutes left in the game, that's all.

On the field.

The Rockets attacked, and Harden pushed the ball into the frontcourt. First, he suppressed the rhythm. The ball passed two or three times, and finally passed it to Yao Ming. Yao Ming directly overwhelmed the position close to the basket. Bates could only smile wryly, watching the ball go in.

The 76ers fought back.

Qin Hao came to the frontcourt and saw that the Rockets' defensive line had expanded so much that they almost jumped beyond the three-point line. Obviously, they were afraid of their three-pointers and refused to let them shoot three-pointers.

"Pick and roll."

Qin Hao made a gesture, used the pick-and-roll to break through, and went straight to the inside.

The Rockets' defensive line expanded too much, there was no time to stop it, and the inside airborne was too big, so they could only watch Qin Hao easily make a layup and return the favor.

In the next few rounds, the Rockets relied on their inside advantage and defended the three-point line on the defensive end, and did not lose to the 76ers.

But they can't always maintain a high enough hit rate.

boom!
With a muffled sound, the Rockets hit the iron.

Iguodala grabbed the rebound and quickly launched a counterattack. When he reached the center line, he passed the ball to Qin Hao. Qin Hao took the ball and rushed to the basket. The Rockets players rushed to Qin Hao, but Qin Hao had no choice. Instead of a layup, he scored the ball and gave it to Butler outside the three-point line in the left corner.

boom!
With a muffled sound, Butler hit a three-pointer.

The home fans were all relieved, just now they thought it was over again.

The 76ers' counterattack was too fast, and they didn't give the Rockets a chance to calmly arrange their defense. After all, the Rockets had Yao Ming and Scola, and their speed couldn't keep up with the 76ers' counterattack speed.

Fortunately, the ball missed.
"not good."

"Be careful."

At this moment, a figure rushed into the inside line quickly. Yao Ming was already stuck in the position, waiting for the rebound to start, but suddenly, an arm stretched out in front of his eyes. Before he could react, he grabbed the basketball past.

Yao Ming was taken aback, and when he looked closely, he saw Qin Hao pass the ball, and then passed it into Butler's hands.

"It's over now."

"Shh!"

This time, Butler hit a three-pointer.

The audience lamented. In this situation on the court at this time, losing offensive rebounds and allowing the 76ers to make three-pointers is the most terrible thing for the Rockets.

Unknowingly, with only 2 minutes left in the fourth quarter, the 76ers led by as much as 12 points.

Coach McHale called a timeout again. In this situation, he already knew in his heart that he might lose today's game.

Chasing 2 points in 12 minutes is too difficult.

However, Coach McHale still made serious arrangements, and only emphasized one point: "Defend the three-pointer well, defend every ball well, and only when we defend it can we have a chance."

"Yes."

Yao Ming and the others nodded in unison.

As for the 76ers, Coach Luke's arrangement was very simple. He didn't let the players continue to shoot three-pointers or change the lineup. He only said: "Give the ball to Qin."

In the last 2 minutes, leading by 12 points, the 76ers only need to do one thing to win the game, and that is to keep scoring.

As long as the 76ers can score, it will be difficult for the Rockets to catch up.

At this time, the style of play just now was not safe. Coach Luke felt that the safest thing to do was to hand the ball to Qin Hao and rely on his personal ability.

The two sides returned to the field.

At this time, the score difference was too big, and the home fans lost confidence. The audience seemed a little depressed, and the atmosphere was dull and lifeless.

Harden took the ball in the backcourt and faced Qin Hao after advancing to the frontcourt. He was still somewhat apprehensive, and finally passed the ball to Yao Ming. Yao Ming singled and caused a foul by Speights. In the middle, the point difference became 10 points.

When he turned to the offense, Qin Hao came to the frontcourt, but he changed his previous fast-paced offense and suppressed the rhythm outside the three-point line, and passed the ball after a few seconds.

The others were not in a hurry, the basketball was passed among several people, and the ball was not returned to Qin Hao until only 24 seconds remained in the 8-second attack time.

"It's going to be singles."

The Rockets players also knew that Qin Hao must be playing singles, but they didn't dare to go up to double-team easily, because once they went up to double-team, it was equivalent to giving the 76ers a chance to shoot a three-pointer.

At this time, everyone on the 76ers can shoot three-pointers.

Harden pounced on Qin Hao, and Yao Ming guarded the inside line as the last barrier.

The next moment, Qin Hao started, and accelerated with a change of direction. Harden quickly retreated, but Qin Hao stopped suddenly, stopped hard and got up half of Harden at once, before Yao Ming came up to defend , Qin Hao jumped up after only taking a step forward, and made a jump shot with an emergency stop.

I saw the basketball flying out from Qin Hao's fingertips, drawing a beautiful arc, and finally pierced through the net with a "swish" and made a hollow hit.

"I lost."

"No chance."

The ball was hit, and the home fans were completely stunned.

There is only more than one minute left in the game, and the point difference is still 12 points. It is impossible to catch up.

In fact, it is true. When Qin Hao scored this goal, and with the continuous consumption of time, the Rockets had no chance. In the last minute or so, Harden missed a three-pointer, and Yao Ming also made a three-pointer. , or did not enter, the game is completely gone.

"drop"

When the game ended, the score was 120:108, and the 76ers beat the Rockets by 12 points. In the end, the Rockets didn't use foul tactics, because the point gap was too big and meaningless.

This made the home fans a little reconciled. Although Harden's performance was mediocre today, Yao Ming played extremely well. He scored 36 points, 12 rebounds, 3 assists, and 3 blocks.

With such a performance, he still lost in the end.

"The 76ers' counterattack in the last quarter was too powerful."

"Yeah, I didn't expect them to send out such a lineup. A Speights and four players who are about two meters long are so scary."

"The main reason is that the offensive end is too scary."

People sigh.

Although they were not reconciled to losing, the home fans did not admit that the 76ers were very strong, very strong, especially their offense was too sharp in the last quarter.

(End of this chapter)