against the front

Chapter 40
"Ron played very excitedly today!"

As the former boss of the Kings, Ron Artest played a fairly good season in the Kings last season, averaging 20.5 points, 5.8 rebounds, 3.5 assists, shooting 46% from the field and 38 from the three-point range. The data of % is basically Artest's best season since he entered the league, but Artest failed to lead the Kings to the playoffs. When playing a game, Artest was kicked out by the King's management after the end of the season, so this time when he returned to the Arco Arena, Artest also made every effort to prove himself here It's been a while.

Perhaps it was the way the Kings management sent Artest away, which made Artest vent his anger on coach Reggie Toyce. Therefore, in the few minutes after the opening, every time Artest made a goal, They all wanted to provoke the King's bench, but Artest's demonstration against Reggie Troyes angered the fans at the Arco Arena. The Kings fans, who applauded and cheered Artest when he entered the court, also began to boo Artest after seeing Artest's NC move.

Ron Artest, who was traded by the Rockets from the Kings to Houston this season, was originally the third in charge of assisting Tracy McGrady and Yao Ming. Looking at it, Artest's status in the Rockets is still not as good as Yao Ming, but in terms of the number of shots per game, Artest has surpassed Yao Ming. In today's game, the Rockets' head coach is also the former king's head coach. Rick Adelman, the coach, even gave Artest unlimited firepower.

So after the start of the game, Artest was very excited at the beginning of the game. The Rockets' three offenses after the opening were all completed by Artest, so that Yao Ming, who is the core of the Rockets field, In the few rounds just now, I didn't even touch the ball a few times, but Artest's performance in these rounds was still very good. John Salmons, who is in position, basically has nothing to do with Artest.

After several consecutive offenses in the opening game, Artest's shooting rate began to decline, and the Rockets also began to transfer the ball to the inside in due course. Combining internal and external tactics has always been the Rockets' old line. Starting with Wen Hayes, Moses Malone, Dameng Olajuwon, the Houston Rockets have always had a history of super centers, so combining internal and external tactics is a long-standing tactic in the Rockets, although Yao Ming's inside Compared with these predecessors, there is still a certain gap in dominance, but in this era of withered centers, Yao Ming can be regarded as one of the best inside giants.

Although at the beginning of Adelman's entry into the Rockets, the Rockets' management shouted to liberate the team's offense and play beautiful basketball in the Rockets, but after Adelman took office, everyone discovered that everything was bluffing. Yes, what Princeton, what beautiful basketball, you can't see any shadow on the Rockets at all. Although the Rockets' current offense is much more flexible than the half-court offense and defense in the Van Gundy era, the Rockets are still not separated from the inside and outside in essence. Combination, high pick-and-roll, star singles, these old-fashioned tactics.

After successfully receiving a pass from his teammate on the left side of the paint area, Yao Ming began to slap the basketball while digging in against Yan Hua behind him. In terms of low-post singles skills, Yao Ming is absolutely the best in the current league. One of the best in the interior, coupled with the strength of the upper and lower body has always been Yao Ming's strength, so Yao Ming's attack with the ball in the low post has always been one of the most stable offensive routines for the Rockets. Double-teaming, Yao Ming passed the ball to his teammate after attracting the opponent's defense, so when Yao Ming started to single Yan Hua in the low post, Rick Adelman, who had been standing on the sidelines since the opening, also nodded slightly .

After exerting [-]% of his strength and sitting fiercely behind him, Yao Ming realized that Yan Hua, who was holding him up behind his back, was not moving at all. Moreover, when Yan Hua was defending his back-up singles, no matter what position he chose, The position of the elbows is also quite particular. It doesn't look like a rookie who just entered the league, but like an experienced veteran. It seems that Yan Hua has made great progress recently!
If it is a player like Dwight Howard, he will definitely do it a second time after he backs up once, but Yao Ming will not do this. It's either a brain problem or a lack of insight, and unlike Howard's offensive range that is only limited to two meters around the basket, Yao Ming's mid-range is very accurate.

So after turning Yan Hua with his back for the first time, Yao Ming directly chose to turn his back, and while turning his back, Yao Ming also took half a step back, deliberately widening the distance between him and Yan Hua, After successfully completing the turn, Yao Ming used his unique trick, a back-turned jumper.

"How to defend? How to defend?" In the system space, after practicing for so long with Kwame Brown, who is called one of the best low-post defensive centers of this era by the system, Yan Hua's low-post defense is actually quite good That's right, in the games that have ended, there are very few opposing insiders who can easily take advantage of Yan Hua when they are playing in low positions. Of course, this is also related to the fact that there are really no good centers in this era. However, in the first round against Yao Ming, Yan Hua was educated by Yao Ming. Yan Hua really didn’t know that when a player of Yao Ming’s height used a fadeaway shot, what should he do? How to defend.

Yan Hua, who failed to defend Yao Ming, walked straight to the baseline while muttering in his mouth, ready to serve the baseline ball. The big center of Mi 2 turned around like a guard and shot backwards. Yan Hua couldn't figure out how Yao Ming practiced this technique.

"Yan, don't be discouraged, just pay him back for this attack." After the baseline ball was delivered, Yan Hua ran towards the frontcourt expressionlessly, just when Yan Hua just ran near the middle circle , the king's current boss Kevin Martin, after seeing Yan Hua's expression a little unhappy, he followed Yan Hua to comfort Yan Hua.

(End of this chapter)