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Chapter 22 Coach, Give Me the Ball

The game started again in the second half, and the Kings still played with five main players and played the entire third quarter.

Um!This is Rick Adelman. His habit of manipulating the main force has become very famous at this time.

The Rockets also played with five starters. Yao Ming finally made a change. He asked for the ball frequently in the paint and played very tough.

He is stronger than Brad Miller in height and weight. In terms of offensive skills at the basket, the two are not of the same level. In the first 3 minutes of the third quarter, Yao Ming got 3 shots and scored them all, and reversed the tension between the two sides. score. .

Then Yao Ming realized that he couldn't catch the ball.

It's not that the King's defensive level against him has improved, but that McGrady has started to wave again.

In this quarter, McGrady played super unreasonably. He played the entire third quarter, took 8 shots, hit 2 goals, scored 5 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.

Well, 5 out of the 3 rebounds were taken by Yao Ming, and 2 assists were scored by Yao Ming at the beginning of the third quarter.

Such an inefficient scoring efficiency, this is McGrady!

Yao Ming played for 6 minutes in this quarter. Van Gundy probably felt sorry for him running back and forth on the field and couldn't catch the ball, so he replaced him.

Scott Padgett, who replaced Yao Ming, stood up unexpectedly. He hit all 3 shots and scored 8 points, which prevented the Kings from turning the fourth quarter into garbage time in advance.

In the end, after the third quarter, the Kings led by 88 points 76:12.

In the fourth quarter, Van Gundy made the first adjustments and was late to replace Bob Sura, who was in poor condition.

But it didn't help, because McGrady went into cancer mode completely, and no one could catch the ball except himself.

The king attacked first, and Weber's offense was interrupted by Yao Ming's interference.

Moreover, Yao Ming obviously improved his concentration in the game. After completing the defensive action, he immediately turned around and stuck the Kings players behind him.

This is Yao Ming's third season in the league. He is tall and powerful. Under his position, McGrady easily took off the defensive rebound.

Then he didn't care about his teammates at all, and he dribbled and pushed for a fast break. Before his teammates were in position, McGrady made a move from outside the three-point line.

This season, McGrady's shooting rate from beyond the three-point line is not good. He averaged 5.6 shots per game, can hit 1.8 goals, and his shooting rate is only 32%.

In fact, McGrady's scoring efficiency has never been high. In the two seasons when he won the scoring title, the season with the highest shooting percentage was only 45.7%.

Compared with the future Ku Hao, his three-point shooting percentage is more than that much.

And he especially likes to shoot the kind of large two-pointer that is one step inside the three-point line. This kind of ball has the lowest scoring efficiency.

Fortunately, this season, his accuracy rate in this position has maintained a level, averaging 7.7 shots per game, and can hit 3.8 goals, with a hit rate of just over 44%.

In fact, almost all the four major players in the league have this virtue, and they all prefer to shoot this kind of mid-range and long-range two-pointers. This is probably the influence of a certain basketball god.

Many fans are obsessed with Maddy's picturesque kicks, but the most important thing in a basketball game is to be able to score. No matter how beautiful the kick is, what's the use if you can't score?
This goal McGrady... scored!
"Bang bang!"

The ball bounced twice on the rim. As the Rockets' home rim, seeing McGrady's picturesque cuts, he naturally swallowed the ball with tears in his eyes.

The Kings played smoothly offensively, Brad Miller responded in a high position, and assisted the old cat Mobley to respond with a three-pointer.

Then McGrady attacked. This time, no matter how beautiful his shot was, he couldn't touch the covered basket, and the number of irons was +1.

Mike Bibby got the ball back, the Rockets showed a strong defensive team style, and Mike Bibby hit the iron under the defense of David Wesley.

Yao Ming was stuck, McGrady took off the rebound, pushed for a fast break, and hit a jumper near the free throw line.

The Kings attack, the Rockets once again showed tough defense, Mike Bibby was forced into a dead corner, late and double-teamed in time, resulting in Bibby's error.

He was late and sent the ball to David Wesley. The veteran saw that McGrady's mentality was a little out of balance, so he didn't give him the ball.

Yao Ming had no chance inside, and the pass was late to the outside.

Late ignored Mobley's defense, completed his shot in the blink of an eye, made an unreasonable three-pointer, and successfully completed an assist.

Yao Ming grabbed the rebound and made a late pass.

Mobley's defense was in place, but he was extremely tough late, and once again ignored his defense to complete the shot, the magic arrow was amazing, and the net was crisp.

After throwing the ball, Late retreated blankly, while Mobley sighed helplessly with his hands on his hips and his head lowered.

This kind of unreasonable three-pointer hurts morale.

Mobley even had some doubts, whether he could prevent being late?

In fact, he doesn't have to worry about this at all, because someone can help him defend.

The King's offense failed again, and veteran Juwan Howard grabbed a defensive rebound and gave it to McGrady who rushed to the front.

Kevin Martin is young and has plenty of physical strength. He is actively retreating and has already settled down, waiting for McGrady to come.

I don't know what McGrady was thinking. He knew that his three-point shooting rate was average, but this time he counterattacked and chose to chase the three-pointer. Barnes lunged forward, stretched his arms to give a slight interference, and the ball bounced off the frame. out.

Kevin Martin turned around and easily picked off the rebound, and the Kings organized the offense.

During this period of time, the efficiency of both sides was very low. The King's offense was blocked by the Rockets, and the Rockets' offense was blocked by McGrady.

Big Mouth Barkley spouted again: "I don't think McGrady is worthy of being called a superstar anymore. He played very impulsively when he knew that he felt cold today, which has seriously damaged the entire team. If he can make breakthroughs and passes Combined with the ball, with the excellent three-point shooting rate as late as today, even if the Rockets are at a disadvantage now, they will not be as big as they are now."

Steve Kerr said: "That's right, we just saw that when facing Mobley's defense, Late shot very resolutely. Even if Mobley's defense is in place, it may not be able to prevent him from scoring points. Recently I He has learned a Chinese idiom called “改盘选物” and used his own three-pointer when he was late, proving to the world that he can score on the basketball court as easily as he can get out of a bag, and I believe that all three-point records in the league in the future will be his.”

Van Gundy on the sidelines was also very anxious to get angry. McGrady had a problem playing, couldn't he see it?

The key is that McGrady is now the head of the team. Will replacing him at this time affect his mood?
Van Gundy has a lot of scruples. Yao Ming was trained by the Rockets themselves as the No. [-] pick. It seems that he has lived up to his status as the No. [-] pick. He has gradually shown his strength, but his state is not very stable.McGrady has already proved himself in the Magic. Two consecutive scoring titles are enough to prove his strength on the offensive end.

Just between hesitation, the Rockets and the Kings had another two rounds of offense and defense.

McGrady's two offenses hit the iron again. Yao Minghe was late because he couldn't get the ball, so he could only run back and forth in vain.

At this moment, both of them had a desire for the ball in their hearts at the same time.

At 7:44, McGrady finally fired again. He made a large two-pointer in one step from within the three-point line. In this quarter, he has made 7 crazy shots, hit 2 goals, and scored 5 points!
The score between the two sides was opened, and now the Kings lead by 102 points at 84:18.

Van Gundy finally couldn't take it anymore, called a timeout, and then replaced McGrady.

McGrady, who was replaced, had a straight face and couldn't see any emotion, but everyone knew how upset he was now.

When arranging tactics, McGrady sat by himself, looking a little out of place.

Yao Ming never thought of giving up the game. Seeing McGrady sitting on the side, he finally couldn't help but said: "Coach, give me the ball, we still have a chance."

Currently the team's second-biggest player is Yao Ming. Compared with McGrady, who is already a little bit crazy, Yao Ming's performance is more stable, and his deterrent power on the defensive end also makes him more reliable.

Van Gundy only hesitated for a moment before agreeing to Yao Ming's request.

"Next, pay attention to our tactics. Being late will be our most important offensive end point. I allow you to shoot in any situation. If you feel that the ball you shot is not sure, pay attention to remind your teammates to rebound. Yao, pass the ball The timing is up to you. Your dominance in the interior is not comparable to that of Brad Miller. Believe me, your strength is very strong. You are already the best center in this league. Even O'Neal can't match you .Other players have the option to drive inside for a rebound after a late [-]-pointer."

Being late was quite surprised by Van Gundy's arrangement. It seems that the coach trusts his shooting very much.

At the end of the timeout, the Kings, who felt that they had a great advantage, also chose to make substitutions. Mike Bibby came on, Kevin Martin was replaced, Brad Miller came on, and Darius Sangueira was replaced. , Matt Barnes came on and Cutino Mobley was replaced.

The Kings cooperated offensively, Matt Barnes ran without the ball to get rid of the defense, caught the ball and rushed to the basket.

Yao Ming was like a mountain, blocking Barnes' layup route, and slapped Barnes hard, Yao Ming blocked +1.

After completing the block, Yao Ming clenched his fist with one hand and raised his head to the sky with a long roar.

Scott Padgett, who was in excellent form today, grabbed a defensive rebound. He passed the ball to David Wesley.

Eddie House has already taken a good position on the three-point line, just waiting for the late arrival.

But when he was late, he stopped at the logo position of the midfielder and took off directly to shoot.

The arrows were like meteors, piercing the air in the Toyota Center Arena and easily getting into the net.

In today's league, no one has ever dared to shoot in the middle of the game at a critical moment.

The late arrival of the goal undoubtedly ignited the enthusiasm of the Rockets fans, and the applause of the whole audience rang out.

The King's offense played smoothly again, but Webb at the basket received the ball but did not dare to shoot at all.

Because Yao Ming opened his arms and protected the basket.

Webb passed the ball to Eddie House, Wesley rushed to interfere, and Eddie House hit the iron.

Yao Ming easily took off the rebound, saw that he was late and ran to the king's half, quarterback made a long pass, caught the ball late, and shot again with the logo!

(End of this chapter)