i have a coaching book

Chapter 339
After riding the corpse of the San Antonio Spurs to the top spot, the Phoenix Suns can't rest easy, because the next game is about to face the Houston Rockets.

The Rockets, which formed the "Yao-Mai Combination", defeated the Kings in the last ranking game. With a record of 35 wins and 25 losses, the Kings are half a game ahead of the Kings, and they have reached No.5 in the Western Conference regular season. is strong.

Recently, the Rockets are in a good state. They have encountered strong teams in a row. They only lost to the Spurs in the top three in Texas. Now they are in a two-game winning streak.

Although the Rockets keep recruiting and improving their strength rapidly, their head coach's strength and style are very problematic.

At 3:11 p.m. on March and November, the match between the Phoenix Suns and the Houston Rockets is about to begin.

In fact, you don't need to look at the information, and you can know who the Rockets coach Van Gundy's starting five are with your eyes closed?

Stubborn, he almost played with a lineup, with David West at point guard, Bob Sura at shooting guard, Tracy McCready at small forward, Juwan Howard at power forward, and Yao Ming at center.

In the jump ball, despite Stoudemire's physical talent, but facing the outstanding little giant of the East, any struggle he had in scrambling for the ball was useless.

Yao Ming, with a correct attitude, did not underestimate his opponent just because his height had the absolute advantage. He jumped up steadily and put the basketball into McGrady's hands.

David West received the ball and pushed it forward, without any hesitation, he directly hoisted the basketball to the inside.

In the low position on the left, Yao Ming catches the ball with his back and hits the back to squeeze away Stoudemire's close defense. With his footsteps, he turned around and slid into the basket with a hook with his right hand.

The basketball sneaked into the basket obediently as if it had eyes.

2 to 0! !
As soon as the Eastern giant opened the game, he showed off his unparalleled height and newly honed dreamy footsteps, which gave the Suns a bad start.

The offense and defense were switched lightly, the Suns attacked, Nash pushed the fast break, and the offensive rhythm increased.

He turned around and passed David West who wanted to pressure him to slow down. Without stopping for half a minute, he pushed the ball with both hands while running, and passed a long pass. The basketball landed precisely on the left side like a cannonball. side Richardson's hand.

In the face of McGrady's defense, Richardson did not mess around, and the title of the two-time scoring champion is not easy to mess with.

Richardson jumped straight up and made a quick pass to the inside.

Stoudemire rushed over, easily caught the ball, dribbled a step, and took off directly from the basket.

A loud bang.

Stoudemire slams the basketball into the rim in the air.

Tomahawk split button, two points succeeded.

2 to 2! !
Stoudemire's physical talent is too perverted, and his speed is actually comparable to that of a small guard, and he will not be eclipsed.

In the center position and running, he dared to be the second, and no one dared to be the first.

After Stoudemire's dunk, Yao Ming stepped to the free throw line.

So mobility is still very important for a center forward.

However, although Yao Ming felt bitter, it seemed that the head coach didn't care about it at all, and still followed the steps, letting Yao Ming increase his weight and strength, and develop Yao Ming's low-post offensive ability.

As a result, he polished and polished, and finally used his height talent to attack.

The increase in weight is nothing more than a reduction in speed, which slowly becomes a defensive loophole.

The Rockets attacked, David West dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, and still chose to pass.

This is Van Gundy's tactical arrangement, which is to let the stars take turns playing singles.

David West couldn't understand why he didn't sign a point guard who could only defend, but chose him, a scoring player with violent offensive firepower.

He couldn't figure it out and didn't withdraw. If he doesn't want to play, he has to suppress his desire to score, but try to play the task of point guard well.

At the top arc of the three-point line, McGrady catches the ball and puts on an offensive three-threat posture. He can play as a point forward.

Facing Richardson's defense, McGrady feinted and took advantage of the extremely fast first step to dribble into the three-point line.

Richardson moved sideways and followed. McGrady didn't have any other extra actions. He immediately pulled the ball up, drew the bow and set the arrow, and made a two-pointer.

McGrady's shot point is very high, his jumping ability is amazing, and he is an emergency stop jumper with a fadeaway. Coupled with his height and long arms, almost no one can block his mid-range shots.

The basketball traced an arc of a full moon in the air.

Swish!
McGrady raised the knife and dropped the basketball accurately into the basket, scoring a large two-pointer.

4 to 2! !
Since joining the Rockets, McGrady has taken more large two-point shots, but fewer and fewer three-pointers, and his offensive efficiency has declined.

However, Van Gundy was very satisfied with McGrady's choice!

Obviously has the range of the three-pointer, McGrady is fully capable of making three-pointers, but Van Gundy sealed McGrady's three-pointer ability and changed it to a large two-pointer with one step of the three-pointer.

The euphemistically named two-point offensive hit rate is higher, however, the offensive efficiency is not high.

If the Rockets still have the lead, if they fall behind by more than 10 points, there is almost no need to play the game, and the Rockets can't catch up at all.

Just because even if the team is behind and there is not much time, this team still chooses two-point offense steadily.

The look of not being in a hurry, I didn't know that I thought the Rockets were leading!

Looking back, in a positional battle, Nash held the ball directly in the middle and played a pick-and-roll with Stoudemire.

After Nash got rid of David West, he accelerated to the inside, and under Yao Ming's nose, he made a quick layup, beat Yao Ming with a weak footing, easily hit a big, and scored two points.

Yao Ming's defensive mobility was targeted, allowing the Suns to score frequently.

However, during the offense, Yao Ming directly caught the ball to face Stoudemire, made a mid-range shot, and made a steady hit, showing his excellent mid-range shot.

Later, in the pick-and-roll with David West, Yao Ming played big and small. Facing Nash's defense change, he also sent the basketball to the basket easily like a training shot.

If the Suns are in a pincer attack, Yao Ming can also respond to the pass and let his teammates get an easy chance to attack.

You can also squeeze into the inside for post-up singles, and use flexible and dreamy footsteps to easily get to the basket to score points.

Yao Ming can play like Gasol and become a superstar.

Instead of enhancing, learn from Shaquille O'Neill.

In Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady's offense, the Rockets' offensive firepower was flourishing.

However, it is still no match for the more intense and violent offensive firepower of the Suns.

The Suns' 7-second run has been shining, Yao Ming can't outrun Stoudemire, and Juwan Howard can't outrun Marion.

Once the Suns speed up and the Suns rush up, they almost have a five-on-three chance.

And David West's height of 183cm is simply a natural offensive dislocation, he can't defend against people.

McGrady has the body, technology and sense of experience.

However, Van Gundy assigned him the task of offense, so he will stay on defense.

His physical fitness cannot support his offensive and defensive efforts.

Therefore, the rushing Suns actually only faced Sura's defense alone.

One hit five, there is almost no suspense, and the Suns' running and bombing is almost unsolvable.

Even if they are caught in a positional battle, the Suns' inside offense is a pick-and-roll tactic initiated by Nash and Stoudemire.

The Rockets couldn't defend either. Yao Ming's movement problems made him unable to defend against pick-and-rolls.

However, a short guard like David West was also signed, so after the pick-and-roll, the opponent's center can bloom at will.

Therefore, in the playoffs, the Rockets will lose if they play the Jazz, which can only play pick-and-roll tactics.

The Jazz actually fought and became the Rockets' nemesis inexplicably, but Van Gundy couldn't do anything about it.

On-the-spot scheduling is almost zero.

In the lineup battle, with Nash and Stoudemire's unsolvable offensive firepower, the Rockets' wing players can only help defend.

The Rockets' defensive line shrinks, and Nash can deliver ammunition to the outside.

Richardson and Joe Johnson, the two three-point guns, did not show any mercy. They frequently blossomed on three-pointers, and the Rockets retreated steadily, with bruised noses and swollen faces.

The Rockets, who had lost sight of the other, were completely lost by the violent offensive firepower of the Suns, and had no choice but to parry.

When the Rockets were beaten down, D'Antoni actually showed mercy, replacing Joe Johnson, and Lin Bai went into battle.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Lin Bai came on the court, he actively moved his position, and his three-point shots were completely unreasonable. He was one step away from the three-point line, and he dared to pull the ball and shoot angrily.

However, Lin Bai's seemingly unreasonable shots and poor offensive choices ended up inexplicably attacking.

Simplicity can be called a flawless example, and it can be said that it can be done in a hundred steps.

Like a god, Lin Bai shot the Rockets from beyond the three-point line without a trace of life, and teamed up with Richardson to set up a three-point storm.

The Rockets directly doubted life and couldn't arouse any desire to fight.

After the first quarter, the Phoenix Suns played a rare violent attack and directly beat the Rockets with a score of 52 to 25.

The Rockets were battered in a single quarter, widening the gap to 17 points.

The Suns almost established the victory of the game in one quarter.

In a sense, this is called murder.

If the Rockets don't want to be defeated by the massacre, they should obediently raise their hands and surrender without too much resistance.

Otherwise, the Suns will never show mercy.

When the second quarter started, the Rockets really didn't dare to move, and didn't dare to go all out at all. Once they exerted their strength, they would be hit head-on by the Suns.

Lin Bai obviously didn't have such a tacit understanding, and he stabbed a few times when he had the opportunity, without showing any mercy.

Seeing that Lin Bai was playing desperately, the other substitute members of the Suns didn't dare to hold back.

It's just because D'Antoni usually achieves a 7-man rotation, and the playing time of the substitute players is limited. Now that he has the opportunity to perform, the fool will not work hard.

The Suns, who played really well, directly beat the Rockets with a score of 38 to 26 in the second quarter.

At the end of the first half, the Phoenix Suns led the Houston Rockets by 90 points 51 to 39, and the game went straight to garbage time at halftime.

In the second half, Lin Bai and the starting Five Tigers punched out of get off work, sat on the bench, and watched the Suns continue to chase down dogs.

The substitute players don't care about the face of the Rockets at all, but work hard to fight for their appearance and their contract.

At the end of the game, the Phoenix Suns beat the Houston Rockets 156 to 101, 55 points at home, stepped on the opponent's corpse, stabilized their top position, and at the same time won a wave of 7 consecutive victories.

(End of this chapter)