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Chapter 178 The Return of the Dead

In this year's playoffs, Yao Ming's average playing time has reached a record high, including the first two games he has played against the Warriors. Yao Ming's average playing time has reached an astonishing 41.4 minutes.

In the 05-06 season, when he joined the Rockets late, the Rockets successfully won the championship. Yao Ming's average playing time was only 31.5 minutes per game.

In the 06-07 season, the cooperation of the Rockets' Big Three became more and more mature. In the playoffs, they easily won the second championship without encountering decent resistance. Yao Ming, as the core of the team's inside line, even dropped to 28.7 minutes.

This year, the Big Three were disbanded. In order to pursue a better record, Yao Ming also played 38.9 minutes in the regular season, which is already very amazing.

It can be said that Thibodeau has the same problem as many coaches-he likes to fuck the main force, and he doesn't have enough experience in using big men like Yao Ming.

At the beginning, even though Van Gundy was criticized for his rigid tactics and rigid employment, Van Gundy did at least one thing well, that is, he protected Yao Ming very well, and rarely let Yao Ming play for more than 40 minutes. In most cases, Yao Ming played The time is controlled at about 33 minutes, and when the game is going well, he will even further reduce Yao Ming's playing time.

In fact, when the media often discuss the Big Three of the Rockets, they think that the lineup composed of Yao Ming, McGrady and Late is the most dominant and perfect lineup in the history of the league.

The reason why their record in the regular season is not good is that there have been problems of one kind or another within the team.

In the first year, Tracy McGrady and Yao Ming had conflicts over ball rights and team status. In the second year, it was even more speechless. It turned out that the management of the Rockets was too stingy. Not only did they not take advantage of the great opportunity to strengthen the lineup , and even banned McGrady from playing games, and Yao Ming encountered some injury problems, this is the reason for the Rockets' mediocre record in the regular season.

Being late came out of the Rockets, and it is clear where the Rockets' problems are.

As for that dead miser in Alexander, how could it be possible to strengthen the Rockets' lineup?
He wished he could squeeze out the last remaining value of Yao Ming. Maybe Yao Ming's playing time would set a record, and Alexander would play tricks among them.

Now is the time for the Rockets to pay the price.

The Warriors have insisted on double-teaming Yao Ming without the ball since the first match between the two sides. It is not just because Hayes' offensive ability is too weak and he can be released at will. The more important reason is that the Warriors need to intensify The speed at which Yao Ming consumes energy in the paint.

After the rest period, the two sides still only made some fine-tuning, and still insisted on their established strategies.

The only strong point for the Rockets is Yao Ming. Billups has no advantage when facing lateness, and even being late will severely suppress his scoring.

When Alston is on the court, the Rockets' offensive power will be slightly improved. His excellent ball-handling skills brought by playing streetball are the foundation for him to gain a foothold in the league.

As for Monta Ellis, huh, since the conflict with Yao Ming in the first game, his playing time has been significantly reduced.

To change the team leader, he probably won't even get a second of playing time.

It's just that Yao Ming has a kind personality. He thinks that if he insists on not letting Ellis play, he will be suspected of crowding out his teammates.

It's a pity that Ellis didn't appreciate Yao Ming at all, but felt that Yao Ming was afraid of his dominance on the court.

It can only be said that mental retardation also has the joy of mental retardation. If the Rockets management is not stupid, they should trade Ellis out. His rookie contract will expire next year. With his current state and strength, I believe there will be many Teams are willing to take high-ranking picks or players with good functionality in exchange for chips.

Thibodeau doesn't use many rotations, especially when the Rockets and the Warriors are in a stalemate, he trusts only six or seven players, which leads to the Rockets' main players playing a particularly long time.

In the third quarter, the two sides still maintained their respective offensive rhythms. The Warriors insisted on playing fast break tactics and wanted to bring up the rhythm. The Rockets desperately pressed the rhythm and wanted to increase the success rate.

Billups is experienced and has a big heart, and he controls the team's rhythm perfectly.

It's a pity that the long-term fatigue battle finally brought adverse effects. In the second half of the third quarter, when the score between the two sides was still very stalemate, Billups was injured.

At that time, Billups dribbled the ball across the half court, and immediately posted it for defense when he was late.

In such an important game in the Western Conference Finals, neither side had any reservations, and the physical confrontation due to the late arrival was quite fierce.

Billups just isn't the kind of player who can't help being late. He has excellent confrontation ability, but he is not the most outstanding wave, and he doesn't get rid of late's explosive power without taking a step. This allows late to fight with all his strength without worrying about him Break through your own defense and get inside.

In fact, in the first two games, Billups' efficiency has not been very high, because of the late interference on the defensive end.

It can be said that being late is one of the most defensive players in the Warriors. As the boss of the team, he leads by example. Of course, other players dare not be lazy on the defensive end.

If Nelson didn't pay attention to defense at all, and Late played a leading role on the defensive end, it would be impossible for the Warriors to beat the sun in full swing.

Late is very clear, Yao Ming is the real indispensable core of the Rockets, and Billups is the engine of the Rockets' offensive end. Without his passing, Yao Ming's power in the interior will be greatly reduced. In the original history, because of the lack of An excellent breakthrough player and passing master, Yao Ming is often surrounded by defense in the paint but has no choice.

Every time Billups attacks, it takes a lot of effort to get rid of the late defense.

And there is another advantage of being late, that is, his average playing time this season is much less than Billups.

Old Nelson fulfilled his original promise. He tried his best to control the late playing time to about 10 minutes, which also made late the team leader with the shortest playing time in the league.

The NBA season is very long, with a total of 82 games in the regular season. In such a fierce confrontation, it takes a long time to play the game, which consumes a lot of body. When the time enters the Western Conference finals, the advantage of being late and playing for a short time is highlighted. .

By the third quarter, the late physical strength was still sufficient. After two seasons of training, his weak physical strength had been greatly improved.

Billups, on the other hand, felt exhausted, and his legs were as uncomfortable as lead.

But he didn't want to give up the victory. Billups called Alston to play an outside pick-and-roll with him, and then broke through and cut in from the left.

Alston's pick-and-roll ability is terrible, just a little delay in the late defense.

Late went all out, easily bypassing Alston and pasting Billups again.

Billups chose to change direction and turn to the right, suddenly felt a sharp pain in his right ankle, the basketball flew out of his hand, and sat down on his buttocks.

Late, who was by his side, helped him almost instinctively, saving Billups from falling to the ground.

This change came too suddenly, and some players on both sides hadn't turned the corner, and they saw that Late and Billups had already started to hook up.

and many more?

When did you two get together?How dare you engage in sex at such an important time?
This is the Western Conference Finals!
Late waved at the Rockets, the referee finally saw that Billups' situation seemed wrong and called a timeout.

David Lee and Alston of the Rockets came up and took Billups from the late shoulder. The two sandwiched him and pushed the limping Billups out of the court.

Yao Ming put his hands on his hips, panting heavily, and looked at Billups with a disappointed look.

He knew in his heart that without Billups, it would be impossible for the Rockets to win this round of the series.

Before leaving the game, Billups thanked him for being late.

If it wasn't for being late to help him, he was sprinting at full speed at that time, and a sudden fall may lead to aggravated injuries. Being late is tantamount to helping his opponent.

Being late just shook his head: "Basketball games are about competition, not life and death enemies, not to mention that I and those guys are friends."

As he spoke, he pointed to the players on the Rockets field. Except for Prince, everyone else had been late teammates.

While Billups was being checked for injury, the Rockets brought on David Wesley again.

The veteran just went down to rest not long ago, and his physical strength has not recovered much at the moment, and he looks like he is about to collapse.

For the Rockets not replacing Ellis, the media commentary broadcasting the game expressed a complete understanding.

After all, the point difference between the two sides is not that big, and the score has been stalemate. Ellis can indeed strengthen the Rockets' offensive power after playing, but his defensive ability is well known. More importantly, that guy is now a ticking time bomb. To do so is to kill himself.

I don't know what the results of Billups' examination were. Anyway, after the start of the fourth quarter, Billups appeared on the court again. His ankle was wrapped in a thick bandage, which was quite touching.

Billups staged Return of the Dead, which greatly stimulated the morale of the Rockets.

The veteran David Wesley is completely desperate to fight, and in the limited playing time, he completely consumes his physical strength on the defensive end.

But Yao Ming once again stirred up trouble inside. I have to say that Yao Ming is really terrible now. Players like Milicic, Harrington, Biedrins, and Murphy took turns to play, and they were all defeated by Yao Ming. Can not take care of themselves.

Even in the third quarter, Milicic, who had poor mental quality, began to doubt himself a little bit.

why?
He obviously only entered the league a year earlier than me. Even if he is a few years older than me, my talent is not bad. Why can he beat us both?

(End of this chapter)