NBA villain

Chapter 691 Rocket Three

The Rockets are a very different team from the Suns. When they played against the Suns, they were like a thunderbolt, and they erupted wave after wave. However, when they played against the Rockets, their pace was even slower than that of the Spurs.

Head coach Jeff Van Gundy emphasizes defense. The requirement for Rockets players is to reduce all speed, no fast breaks, no turnovers, and drag all games into a quagmire of positional offense.

After playing two rounds, the Warriors players were a little uncomfortable. No matter how fast they were, the Rockets still crawled slowly like a turtle.

McGrady faced Danny Granger and made a jumper against the defense. The Rockets 4-3 and led by 1 point

At this time, 3 minutes had passed in the first quarter, and the Warriors seemed to be unable to find their own state in such a game rhythm.

Montgomery called a timeout, and the raucous arena lowered its tone for the first time.

"We have to increase our speed, we have to play transitions, grab rebounds and push opportunities, add a little more speed, rush to the basket, shoot three-pointers, and play our characteristics."

In the noisy voice, Montgomery drew tactics and shouted at the Warriors players.

Yang Di nodded, deeply convinced, since the first quarter, he hasn't scored a single goal, and it's time to attack with all his strength.

……

Back from the timeout, the fans applauded.

The Warriors kicked off from the backcourt, Fisher advanced to the frontcourt, Yang Di came out, and was still in the elbow area with Tyson Chandler to form two human walls.

Ray Allen circled out, the Rockets switched defenses, and Hayes interfered with Ray Allen receiving the ball.

At that moment, Yang Di narrowed his eyes and immediately turned around and ran back to the basket.

"careful!"

Van Gundy exclaimed, Yang Di turned around too fast, and as soon as Hayes shifted, he took advantage of the speed to make an empty cut. Fisher had quick eyes and quick hands, and hit the ground for the ball.

Yao Ming followed Yang Di's footsteps and raised his right hand high, ready to defend Yang Di.

Yang Di dribbled the ball with his left hand and walked towards the center line. After two dribbles, he spread his five fingers to catch the ball.

"Bang!"

Chandler dunked with both hands, Yao Ming saw that he couldn't defend, and stepped aside early.

"Pretty!"

The goal this time was extremely exciting, Yang Di passed it out, and he felt very refreshed.

The fans were even more excited, high-fiving each other, and Monta Ellis and others on the bench stood up, imitating Yang Di's behind-the-back pass movements, or waving towels.

In fact, it was just a simple attack, but because of Yang Di's coquettish pass, the entire Oracle Arena was boiling.

The morale of the Warriors rose, and they were ready after halftime.

Alston pushed forward with the ball, and Fisher started to press forward before halftime. Alston's ability to control the ball is too good, but his body is too poor. Fisher is better than him because of his good health. Hope In terms of physical confrontation, it can destroy Alston's dribbling feeling.

If it can cause a pass error or something, that's the best.

In the frontcourt, McGrady wants the ball, at 45 degrees from the three-point line, Danny Granger opens his arms to defend McGrady.

McGrady was two steps away from the three-point line, and Yao Ming came out to do a pick-and-roll for McGrady. The combination of the two, the longest coordinated move is the pick-and-roll.

With Yao Ming's high-quality pick-and-roll, McGrady has a favorable position advantage.

Tyson Chandler took a step back to defend, McGrady resisted the desire to pull out, pulled the ball out, and moved Chandler away, but Chandler remained unmoved.

The moment he hesitated whether he could grab an offensive rebound, Danny Granger had already caught up.

At this moment, Yao Ming was in the pass, and Tyson Chandler followed calmly.

McGrady held the ball with both hands and raised it high. Danny Granger was almost the same height as him. He transferred the ball to the wing and gave it to Shane Battier who responded.

Yao Ming received the ball from the low post, and 19 seconds have passed, leaving him with the last 5 seconds of attack time.

He didn't have much time to react, he leaned his back against Chandler, turned around and made a big hook, his body had only reached the edge of the paint area.

"so far?"

Yao Ming's hook is really far away, which is the attack range of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

The fans stared wide-eyed, guessing that the ball might be Yao Ming's random hook when the time was running out.

"Shh!"

But the basketball didn't even hit a rebound, and went directly into the net.

"The hook is so far away?"

Yang Di was also taken aback. When he played against the Mavericks before, Yao Ming's hook at the basket was very accurate, but he had never done so from such a long distance. His hand feeling today seems to be a bit good.

Yao Ming clenched his fist in secret celebration, and the Rockets quickly retreated.

Ray Allen came halftime with the ball, and Shane Battier was ready early, with his arms outstretched, to guard against death.

What's interesting about this game is that the outside scorers on both sides are defended by small forwards. In today's league, shooting guards still do scoring work, while small forwards are mostly defensive fighters.

Battier's defense was very clean, with long hands and long feet, and he followed Ray Allen closely. Ray Allen had no room to make a shot, so he made a low pass to Yang Di.

Yang Di turned around, put the ball underneath with both hands, then raised the ball after drawing a circle, and made a fake shot.

Unmoved, Hayes raised one hand high.

Yang Di suddenly stepped on the ground with his toes, and jumped up like a spring. He raised his arms and flicked lightly, ignoring the big hands in front of him that almost covered his face.

"Shh!"

Mid-range hit.

Hayes glanced back, and followed Yang Di to the front field expressionlessly.

But he sighed in his heart, very helpless, Yang Di was about ten centimeters taller than him, and with the advantage of his wingspan, he couldn't interfere much when he shot the basket. Ski, is also an obvious misplacement.

Although Hayes is only in the second season in the NBA this year, his actual age is one year older than Yang Di, and he has a lot of court experience. His strongest is rebounding and defense. The terrifying power is at least at the level of Yang Di's first season in the Warriors.

When he first met Hayes, Yang Di even slapped this player with his back. Later, he found that this unattractive guy was very powerful, and his foot was as stable as an old tree. He was very efficient when he played Hayes with his back. Low, it is better to directly attack the frame.

The Warriors scored 4 points in a row, leading the Rockets 7-6.

The momentum of scoring quickly seems to have a bit of the demeanor of playing against the Suns in the previous round.

But then, there were two more offensive misses, and Yang Di also missed a jumper. The Warriors' scoring increase slowed down, and they were entangled in a gap of one point and two points with the Rockets.

At the end of the first quarter, the Warriors led the Rockets by 21 point 20 to 1.

(End of this chapter)