full court guidance

Chapter 175

Before Monta Ellis came on the court, Thibodeau also specifically emphasized that we must pay attention to sharing the ball and seek cooperation with teammates.

After all, Thibodeau was an assistant coach next to Van Gundy during the Rockets' consecutive championships. At that time, he was late and had more say in the coaching staff, which caused the Rockets to pay more attention to offense.

As a selfless player, Late actually doesn't like that kind of giant star. He prefers to see tacit teamwork. In every attack, his teammates will actively run and pull to create space for others to shoot. The concept has also affected Thibodeau to a certain extent. In addition to tough defense this year, the Rockets rely more on sharing the ball to achieve such an excellent record in the regular season.

Too bad Ellis didn't think so.

Share the ball?Looking for cooperation?
nonexistent!

My idol is Kobe, he averaged 27+ shots per game last season, I also want to learn from him!

Being so messed up in the crucial Western Conference finals, it can only be said that Ellis really has a problem with his IQ, and he didn't know his own weight at all.

Even Yao Ming, who has always been kind, was irritated!

Rotten Tomatoes!It’s okay to play like this during the regular season and during the bench period. Anyway, there are not many substitute players with strong scoring ability.

But now in the most critical Western Conference Finals, the Warriors have raised their offensive tempo, and their scores are rising, while their most important super scorer is late and still sitting on the bench to rest.

I, Yao Ming, worked so hard to catch up with the score, so I just let you, a small character, go out?

How can this be tolerated?

At this critical moment, Yao Ming still did not lose his mind, he just blocked Monta Ellis and rubbed his head: "Monta, pay attention to the rhythm, don't be beaten by the rhythm of the Warriors, let's take it slowly .”

ha?
Take it easy?
As fast as your tortoise crawls, it will affect my scoring data, Mouth!
It can only be said that Yao Ming's high EQ prevented him from doing impulsive things. Normally, as the boss of the team, he had already expressed his opinion, and Monta Ellis should be obedient.

But our Monta Ellis is born to be strong—oh no, he is born to be strong. He firmly believes that he must be a superstar in the league second only to his idol Kobe.

The reason why the Rockets are behind now is not because of their own problems, but because the players of the Rockets are a bunch of spicy chickens. As the successor of the Mamba, I, Monta Ellis, must shoulder the responsibility at this time. on the shoulders.

Angrily, he slapped Yao Ming's big hand on his head, and shouted angrily, "Don't touch my head!"

This was embarrassing, because the sound was so loud that the audience in front of the TV could hear his words: "don't touch my head!"

This English sentence is so simple that the Chinese audience in front of the TV can understand it.

My brother Yao touched your head because he thought highly of you, but you dare to yell at our brother Yao, it's really going to turn the world upside down!

The Chinese fans were blown away, and they all searched for channels to climb over the wall and went to the US SNS to complain about Monta Ellis' mental retardation.

The TV station broadcasting the game saved some face. Although the combination of Lao Sun and Zhang Lili was also very angry, they still tried their best to find an excuse for Monta Ellis. Zhang Lili said slowly: "I talk to many people. NBA players have been in contact, most of the time players touch their heads to express intimacy, but not everyone is like this, for example, Hornets point guard Chris Paul hates being touched on the head, I think Monta Ellis should be as well."

On the contrary, the American TV station was not polite at all. Barkley lashed out at Monta Ellis: "Has Ellis been kicked in the head by a donkey? How dare he yell at Yao? Doesn't he know at all that the reason why the Rockets are now Is it the result of his recklessness?"

Pippen gloated: "It seems that something is wrong with the Rockets' locker room. Yao Ming's character is too soft. He has limited control over the Rockets' locker room."

Yao Ming is indeed a bit embarrassed now. Ellis' sudden outburst is not only slapping him in the face, it may even affect his prestige in the team's locker room.

He knew very well in his heart that he should make a strong response, so he pointed to the sidelines: "Get down!"

As he said, he raised his hand and called a timeout——Thibdeau was actually ready to call a timeout to replace Ellis, but Mutombo, an old fritter, stopped him, saying that it would be better for Yao Ming to handle it by himself. Thibodeau chose In order to trust the veteran's experience.

Thibodeau still lacks some experience in dealing with the team's locker room relationship. If he called a timeout immediately, Yao Ming, who was just yelled at just now, would not be easy to attack if he interrupted him like this, which would affect his performance in the locker room. prestige.

When the Rockets players returned to the rest area, Monta Ellis looked unhappy and snorted at Yao Ming.

Thibodeau suddenly had a headache.

Damn, when Late was still in the Rockets, the Warriors' locker room was monolithic!
Both Yao Ming and Late are typical low-key Chinese characters, but Late knows how to use his own advantages better, which allowed him to have a great say in the Rockets locker room, even when he had conflicts with Yao Ming. McGrady didn't dare to stab him in front of Late-at that time, Late was just a rookie who joined halfway.

Now it's late to go, the Rockets' locker room lacks a real leader.

Yao Ming's character is still too kind, which makes the new team members lack awe of him.

Billups stood beside Yao Ming, expressing his intention to stand on the same front as Yao Ming, and Prince followed suit.

"Sorry, I didn't expect him to play like this." Billups apologized softly to Yao Ming. After all, it was his idea to let Ellis play.

Yao Ming didn't mean to vent his anger, and said calmly: "It's not your fault, it's his own personality problem. You are just thinking about the team."

Monta Ellis is clearly not fit to play -- at least not today.

No matter how good his statistics are in the second quarter, he has already had a worse impact.

Veteran David Wesley immediately looked longingly to Tom Thibodeau, who wanted to play again.

But Thibodeau didn't even look at him. He glanced at Spanoulis first. The Spanish defender has excellent skills and strong organizational skills, but he can't adapt to the NBA, which leads to his unsatisfactory performance on the offensive end. The defensive end also lost intensity.

Thibodeau's attitude made David Wesley extremely disappointed, regretting that he was too indulgent in the summer and barely participated in training.

He is already in his 30s. If he does not maintain a high degree of self-discipline, let alone keep his condition from declining, even if he wants to recover a little strength, he will be much worse than young people.

Monta Ellis' chaos and David Wesley's uselessness made the Rockets' outside line suddenly in a hurry. Except for Alston, no one was available!
As the king of streetball, Alstom does not have the trust of Thibodeau. His ball-handling skills are superb, but his ability to read the game is terrible, especially when he cooperates with a super center like Yao Ming. It is said that he has no experience at all. Even though he joined the Rockets last season, he has never learned how to cooperate with Yao Ming.

But now there is no other way, Thibodeau made up his mind almost without hesitation: "Raff, next you play, once the Warriors have a loophole in your defense, you can choose to use a breakthrough to attack the opponent's defense..."

Listening to Thibodeau arranging tactics for Alston, David Wesley couldn't hide his loneliness.

He could be regarded as Yao Ming's direct team back then. Seeing him like this, Yao Ming felt a little uncomfortable, so he patted him on the shoulder and comforted him: "David, don't worry, we will win."

But such consolation is completely meaningless to David Wesley.

He only had a wry smile in his heart. Even a gentle person like Yao Ming would not comfort me by saying that I played well. Could it be that I really have no way to gain a foothold in this league?
Yes, I'm 34 years old, and I've earned enough money in my life. It's time for me to rest.

Perhaps Yao Ming never expected that his casual words of comfort would actually make David Wesley decide to leave.

But he also made up his mind, maybe my offensive ability is no longer good, but at least I still have experience, I can still work hard, and I can help the team on the defensive end.

After the timeout ended, the Warriors made some adjustments to the lineup and came back into battle late.

After the Rockets replaced Alston, their breakthrough ability is actually not bad.It's just that Alston's confrontation ability is not as good as Ellis', and his scoring ability is much worse than Ellis', and he has a big disadvantage in height.

The Warriors were quick to adapt. The two sides exchanged the ball within two rounds, and the Warriors' offensive strategy changed.

From the previous players working together to cover each other's running positions, it has become a one-on-one style of play-the one being bullied is Alstom.

Alston is 188cm tall and weighs only 79KG. He lacks the ability to fight as a point guard, let alone when facing a shooting guard?
The strategy of the Warriors is also very clear. Late and Roy, whoever faces Alston, will take the ball to single-handedly.

Roy's single-challenge technique can be described as simple and rude, relying on his physical advantages to take it hard!
He is 198cm, but the height of a standard shooting guard. In addition to his comprehensive skills, his body is also very strong, and his breakthrough shooting ability is balanced. After only one season, many media believe that he is Kobe's successor. In fact, Roy's offensive efficiency Compared with Kobe in his peak period, he is not inferior.

With a 10cm height advantage and better jumping ability, Roy literally swallowed Alstom alive.

It is even easier for Late to face Alstom. After all, the two have been teammates for a year, and they have practiced countless confrontations. Late is well aware of Alstom's weaknesses and can easily deceive him. Mobile phone opportunity.

Throughout the second half of the second quarter, the Warriors' perimeter duo just grabbed Alston and played without stopping at all. The streetball king almost didn't cry.

(End of this chapter)