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Chapter 88 Pick and Roll
The offense of both sides was very smooth, but since Wu Di and Kirilenko played, the situation has become different.The two men began to strengthen the defense of the taller team. Both of them had a certain ability to assist in the defense. Under mutual interference, 5 minutes passed before the two teams scored four goals each.

The Jazz called a timeout. The Rockets were originally a defensive team and were used to this kind of game. For this reason, Adelman replaced McGrady and replaced Battier to strengthen the defense.

But the Jazz can't. They are an offensive team. If they don't score for a long time, the feel will drop, and the Jazz will lose.

After the game restarted, the Jazz changed their tactic and played a pick-and-roll.The pick-and-roll is the Jazz's main tactic. The reason why they didn't use this tactic before is because the Rockets' defense is not very tight, and they can score goals alone.

The Jazz's pick-and-roll tactics have been studied in depth, and the usual blocking tactics are nothing at all, they can be used anytime, anywhere.

Now they have to use two pick-and-rolls or even three pick-and-rolls. If there is no more pick-and-roll, the complexity of the pick-and-roll tactics will double.

Boozer blocked people for Deron, and Deron threw off Hyde and went inside.Landry switched defenses to Deron, Deron passed back, Boozer received the ball and squeezed Hyde away with strength.Hyde interfered as much as possible, and Boozer had a hard time dribbling, but Okur immediately came to block him. Boozer threw off Hyde and faced Yao directly.Boozer's acceleration sprinted past Yao, directly to the rim, and then another dunk at the rim.Dayao just turned around and couldn't block the shot, so he could only watch Boozer score.

This is the second pick-and-roll, a very effective but confusing tactic.

The Jazz used the pick-and-roll, and the Rockets are no exception.Hyde tried singles against Deron, but failed, so he passed the ball to Wu Di, who was in the second position.Wu Di gave Dayao a look, and Dayao immediately pulled forward and stood near the free throw line.

Wu Di rushed into the three-point line with Kirilenko on his shoulders, and Kirilenko hit Dayao while retreating.Wu Di immediately took the opportunity to shake off Kirilenko, went inside, rushed to the basket with Okur on his shoulders, and then passed back to Dayao.

Dayao followed Wu Di, reached out to catch the ball, then hooked the ball from the bench and scored the ball.Dayao's hook is still very accurate. The hook is a technique that every traditional center will use, only those new centers are not very good at it.

Both sides played on the pick-and-roll for a few minutes, which made the offense smoother.In the 8th minute, the two sides made another substitution. All the players who had been on the field were replaced. Dayao was replaced by Uncle Mu, and Hyde was replaced by Alston.For the Jazz, Boozer was replaced by Millsap, Okur was replaced by Collins, and Deron was replaced by Price. With Kirilenko and Kover on the court, this lineup is weak.

In fact, this is the gap between the Jazz and the Rockets. The Rockets have a lot of people who can use them this year. Can play in garbage time.

The Jazz's current lineup needs to survive the last 4 minutes of the second quarter.Among them, except for Millsap and Kirilenko who still have certain strengths, the others have no advantage against the Rockets.

Therefore, the Jazz must continue to play the pick-and-roll to the end, and they still play according to the complexity.

The Jazz continued to run his pick-and-roll, but the Rockets stopped.After Wu Di received the ball, he faced Kirilenko and began to rush forward. The Jazz lacked Okur inside, and Wu Di began to be unscrupulous.

Kirilenko tried very hard to block Wu Di, but unfortunately, his physical fitness was not as good as Wu Di.After squeezing twice, he was pushed aside, and he watched Wu Di rush into the inside.

Millsap came over to cover the defense, but Wu Di didn't even dodge. He grabbed the ball directly in his hands and started taking three steps.Millsap immediately stood still. If he moved again, Woody's collision with him would be a reasonable collision.

Wu Di laughed, and Millsap was fooled. As soon as he took a step, Wu Di kicked the floor hard, got up high, and threw the ball.Because Millsap stood still, it was too late to pounce, so he stretched out his hand needlessly, signaling himself to defend.

Millsap scratched his head remorsefully, but he didn't know that if he didn't stand still, Wu Di would definitely hit him directly, just like how he buckled Bynum when he was riding.

Rockets fans cheered for Wu Di. They have very complicated feelings towards Wu Di.They like to watch Wu Di's games because Wu Di plays very passionately and is a player they like very much.However, the Rockets did not reuse Wu Di this season, which disappointed the fans. In the eyes of the fans, Wu Di is expected to become the Rockets' third giant, just like Rajon Rondo is known as the fourth giant in the Celtics. Same.

Unfortunately, I don't know why, Adelman just doesn't use Wu Di, and there are even rumors that the Rockets are looking for a home for Wu Di, and they want to trade Wu Di.

Fans expressed great regret over this news. They could not control the operation of the management. Even if the management traded the Yao and Mai combination, they could not stop it, let alone only Wu Di.

Wu Di's goal did not affect the morale of the Jazz, and the Jazz continued to attack as usual.But it's a pity that they spent a lot of effort to score, but they were easily smoothed out by Wu Di, and even the whole team didn't get as many points as Wu Di.

The Jazz's game rhythm is pick-and-roll, pick-and-roll, and pick-and-roll, while the Rockets' rhythm is Wu Di, Wu Di, and Wu Di.

In 4 minutes, the Jazz only scored 8 points, and Wu Di himself scored 13 points, all of which came from Wu Di's breakthrough shots.

With Wu Di's crazy score at the end of the second quarter, the Rockets led by 7 points and entered the second half.

In the second half, the Yao-Mai combination returned to the court again, and the pick-and-roll tactics were played again.The Rockets' pick-and-roll is basically based on the cooperation of Yao Mai and Yao Wu, which is simple and effective.

"That's right, just play at this rhythm, we can win this game." Adelman gave Wu Di a rare smile.

Wu Di nodded silently, he is not a dog, he would come up to him and wag his tail if he smiled.He will try his best to play on the court, but if he has a good relationship with Adelman, forget it!

In the second half, the Jazz worked hard to chase points, but the Rockets played amazing defense, leaving the Jazz with almost no good opportunities.Throughout the second half, the Jazz had 6 or 7 24-second offensive violations, which shows how tightly the Rockets defended.

The Rockets were very happy after winning the first game, but the Jazz were a little depressed after losing. They felt that today's game was a bit inexplicable, and they didn't know the real reason for the loss.

(End of this chapter)