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Chapter 101 Yao Ming is the Core
On May 5, the media in Phoenix broke the news that the Rockets and the Suns met in a nightclub the day before the player contest and stayed out all night, causing a sensation in the United States!
Most NBA players, especially black players, have extremely corrupt private lives. The most representative one is Rainman Sean Kemp. He had seven illegitimate children when he was less than 30 years old. The high child support caused him to retire directly. Immediately went bankrupt, and all the nearly 90 million dollars he earned in his career was in vain—you know, that was 9000 million in the [-]s!
Dwight Howard is also a player representative of this kind of private life erosion. At his peak, he could replace James' top center alone. In 2019, he has been reduced to the point where he is about to play without the ball. , At the age of 1, he is still in high spirits, and the whole world believes that he can still rule the league.And Howard looked very haggard, and he was about to go to the CBA to play for money.

But no matter if it is the Suns or the Rockets, the main players are all the clean-spirited type. Needless to say, Yao Ming, for the sake of image, he almost never appears in nightclubs.McGrady also married early at a young age, at least there is no problem in her private life.

Nash on the Sun's side is also a representative of a good man. He has two lovely daughters with his wife, and Stoudemire has no scandals.

Among these people, probably only the late lace news is the most—but the whole world knows that these news are actually stir up by the media on their own initiative.

For example, if you are late to play with the Lakers or the Clippers in Los Angeles, if a Hollywood actress appears on the sidelines, the media will immediately associate this actress with being late, but in fact, you may not have told the actress about being late In a word.

As soon as the Phoenix media broke the news, the whole world was excited. Now that the Rockets are in full swing, there is no news to write about. The main players from both sides hang out in nightclubs. Isn't this just news?
As a result, before the start of the game, no one cared about the prediction of the outcome of the game between the two sides, and they were all guessing what they were doing in the nightclub?
Some media caught up with Late and asked him what impression he had of Phoenix nightclubs. Late, who was practicing shooting at the time, looked confused: "Nightclub? What is that? I haven't been there at all."

Seeing him pretending to be stupid, the reporter immediately broke the news: "Some media have already broke the news that the Big Three of the Rockets, Nash, and Bell have all gone to nightclubs."

Late frowned, still full of question marks.

After dinner yesterday, Xiaosi, who got the late promise, was very excited, and proposed to take everyone to relax. As a result, everyone had a casual drink in a bar, and went back to each house without even drinking. Damn, the reason why I went to the bar was to give Xiao Si a face.

Yao Ming and McGrady were also questioned by media reporters, as if they had done something outrageous.

Just finished warming up, when I was late, I received a call from Tian Ying: "Brother, you are not allowed to mess around when you are playing outside, or I will make you look good."

Being late, I can't laugh or cry: "Junior sister, do you think brother is someone who will mess around? All this is really just the media's speculation, don't worry."

"Well, senior brother, you have to behave well, it's all his fault for beating Nash to the ground!"

Reluctant to hang up the phone late, he glanced at Nash who was smiling awkwardly at him: "Sorry, I didn't expect things to turn out like this. Amare is almost desperate. The only thing I can think of is you."

Waving his hand late: "Don't worry, I don't care what the media says."

Do you really not care what the media say if you are late?

of course not!

He has decided that he must perform well today and prove his innocence.

At [-] o'clock in the evening, the match between the two sides officially started. Yao Ming easily won with a jump ball in the middle circle, and the Rockets won the first attack.

Suns starting lineup for home games: Boris Diaw, Tim Thomas, Sean Marion, Raja Bell, Steve Nash.

Rockets starting lineup: Yao Ming, David - Lee, McGrady, late, Ralph - Alston.

Alston received the ball, dribbled the ball across half court, and directly lobbed the ball to Yao Ming inside.

Dior is only 203cm tall. Standing with Yao Ming, his height only reaches the position of his shoulders.

The Suns did not try to double-team, but allowed Yao Ming to single-play Diao in the interior. He had obvious advantages in height, weight and confrontation ability. People dunk.

Yao Ming, who took the lead for the Rockets, looked calm. Dealing with an insider like Dior is effortless for him now.

The Suns quickly served the ball from the baseline, and it took less than seven seconds to complete an attack. With the advantage of speed, Diaw completed the support near the free throw line. Lagabel received the ball from the baseline and made a three-pointer.

The ball was out of position when the defense was late, leaving Lagabel open.

The Rockets had been mentally prepared before the game, knowing that the Suns would definitely fight against the Rockets on offense, relying solely on defense and scoring efficiency, the Suns would never be the opponent of the Rockets, only by bringing up the offensive rhythm and playing the Suns' own rhythm, they There is a possibility of winning.

The Rockets served the ball from the bottom line without any haste, and Alston spent almost eight seconds in his own half before halftime.

Diaw knew he couldn't guard Yao Ming, so he moved around to defend, making it impossible for Yao Ming to catch the ball easily.

Alston's passing ability is not good, he can't break through the defense around the front, he doesn't force it, and distributes the ball to the outside.

When he was late to catch the ball, he opened his hand and made a fake move. Lagabel immediately raised his vigilance and fully opened his long arms, covering almost the entire route of lateness.

This is the strength of a top defender. He doesn't necessarily need to beat you physically, but he can block your way out of the ball so that you can't find a chance to shoot.

McGrady ran over at this time, made an outside pick-and-roll with late, and received the hand-off pass from late.

Lagabel had no choice but to switch defenses and followed McGrady up.

Sean Marion stood in front of the late. He is also a top perimeter defender, ugly and strong. Obviously, the Suns' defensive strategy today is to strictly guard against the Rockets' perimeter. The inside line let Dior entangle Yao Ming and use the defense around the front to increase Yao Ming's ability to catch the ball. difficulty.

At present, there are only a few two or three teams in the league that can play this way. Lagabel and Sean Marion are both top perimeter defenders, and other teams do not have such a luxurious configuration.

The defense around the front is suitable for those defensive players with flexible feet, coordinated bodies, and good explosiveness. At the same time, it is a destructive defensive method for the defended opponents who move slowly, have rough skills, and have low basketball IQ.

Is Yao Ming that kind of stupid?

Obviously not!

It's just that the Rockets currently don't have a good pass master-McGrady's point forward style of play after changing his style of play looks very comprehensive, but there is still a long way to go from a pass master.

But the Rockets have already figured out a countermeasure and let McGrady make a breakthrough!

When defending around the front, the most important thing is not to go around the center, but other players must keep an eye on the passer, otherwise give the opposing player time to adjust and hang the ball to the center under the basket. Facing the basket, this is no different from sending points.

Is McGrady's breakthrough great?

If it is McGrady who is covered in injuries, his breakthrough will probably be the same. The league average is slightly higher, and the top wing defenders are not afraid of his breakthrough at all.

But McGrady, who has recovered to his peak, has an extremely fast start-up burst speed, and he is tall and long-legged, with excellent sensitivity, and the first step is unsolvable.

As soon as Yao Ming saw McGrady catch the ball, he immediately moved aside a little, as if he was planning to make room for McGrady to break through.

Dior didn't dare to be careless. Now all the centers in the league recognize that Yao Ming is more difficult to guard than O'Neal!

One is that O'Neal has fallen from his peak, and the other is that because of Yao Ming's height, his small hook is almost impossible to block, not to mention Diaw's disadvantage is so obvious.

It was too late and then too soon, McGrady started to explode immediately after receiving the ball. Although Lagabel had already caught up, his physical fitness was completely behind McGrady. Can only follow McGrady to eat ashes.

Dior jumped up to cover the defense almost without hesitation, and McGrady was not greedy for credit, and directly jumped up and passed the ball. Yao Ming easily caught the ball and made a jump shot from close range.

Dio hurriedly withdrew, but the difference in height made him stretch out his arms in vain, praying in his heart that he couldn't make the shot!
Yao Ming's short-range shot was hit with almost no interference, and he easily scored 2 points again.

The rocket's internal and external dual-core lightly bumped their fists, and the tacit understanding was already in their hearts.

The Suns still insisted on fast break tactics, and the attack time must not exceed 13 seconds. This time Marion got a shot from the outside.

It's a pity that although Marion's shooting percentage is not bad this season, his three-point shooting ability has degraded to the point where he can't bear to look directly at it. McGrady only gave him a slight interference, and Marion was furious.

The Rockets used the old routine to press the position and attack, and there was no rush at all.

And their core is very clear, at least in the opening stage, the core of the Rockets' offense is Yao Ming.

Dior couldn't guard him at all, he was at a disadvantage in height and strength, and he didn't dare to be careless when he used the forward defense and McGrady was a breakthrough master.

And the Rockets don't necessarily just use McGrady to break through and break through the defense around the front. Occasionally they will distribute the ball on the outside. After passing the ball a few times, as long as the defensive player can't keep up with the rhythm, they will immediately pass the ball in and get a chance. inside hands.

Under the clear offensive decision-making, the Rockets' offensive efficiency was extremely high. Eight minutes before the end of the first quarter, Yao Ming scored 8 points and 15 rebounds, dominating the game.

The Suns trailed by 18 points at 24:[-]. Although it cannot be said that there is no chance, it is obvious that they are completely unable to resist Yao Ming, a big inside killer, and bigger problems will gradually become prominent.

(End of this chapter)