full court guidance

Chapter 5 Non-draft rookies with different styles
Of course, Van Gundy couldn't give up the game easily. Seeing that the score was so far behind, Van Gundy dispatched the starting lineup in the third quarter, trying to reverse the situation.

I have been late for a whole quarter, and I didn't get a chance to play.

However, beyond everyone's expectations, the situation changed suddenly at the beginning of the third quarter.

In the second quarter, Kobe Bryant, who made zero three shots, directly took over the game. He shot from inside and outside, and scored 5 points on 8 of 6 in just 13 minutes, further widening the score gap.

On the other hand, the Rockets still maintain their characteristic half-court battle mode. Point guard Bob Sura failed to pass, and missed all three shots from the outside. McGrady also turned into a blacksmith, and only scored two points in one of three. .

Yao Ming, who was 5 of 4 in the second quarter, didn't touch the ball for a full 5 minutes. He was frantically stuck inside, and he was just wasting his energy for nothing.

Van Gundy's tactics are rigid and criticized, but this does not prove that he is not a good coach.

In fact, he knew very well that the reason why Bao Buchuan refused to pass the ball to Yao Ming who got the position was because he valued statistics very much.

Yao Ming, who is singles in the interior, needs to fight against the opponent's interior. It is impossible to shoot immediately after receiving the ball.

Tracy McGrady, the team's perimeter core, was also affected by Kobe's strong performance. He just joined the Rockets this season and was eager to prove his strength as the top four shooting guards. Pulling out his hand dryly ruined the team's chemistry.

If the coach is changed, a timeout may have been called 2 minutes before the start of the third quarter. Van Gundy waited until 5 minutes. Seeing that the team was hit by a 13:2 spurt, the score between the two sides has widened By 44:72, a full 28 points behind.

Even the TNT commentary felt that the game had entered garbage time. Kobe was in very good form in this game and felt hot. He is currently 19 of 12 and his shooting percentage is as high as 63%.

After calling a timeout, Van Gundy let Late replace Bob Sura and made some deployments to the team's tactics.

Even with so many points behind, Van Gundy intends to try again. Even if he can't regain the disadvantage, he can also try new team tactics.

The timeout ended, and Kobe stood in front of him late again.

The little blacksmith just looked at him coldly, taking advantage of the gap before kick-off, he suddenly said: "Do you still think I'm a blacksmith now?"

I can't talk because I'm late, after all, I was the one who started talking trash, and now I'm being slapped in the face, and I deserve it.

At the beginning of the game, the Rockets’ tactical changes were quickly seen in the commentary. John Smith exclaimed: “It’s unbelievable. The Rockets don’t seem to have given up hope. Not a main force, but it seems that Coach Van Gundy values ​​him very much, and seems to want him to experience the NBA game more, so I think it is now possible to declare the end of the game, a full 28 points difference, I don’t think The Rockets' offensive power can equalize such a huge disadvantage, especially when the overall state of the Lakers is still quite good today."

The basketball was quickly passed to McGrady. This time, he held the ball with one hand at a distance of about a distance from the top of the three-point line. Yao Ming was on the weak side of the inside line, and he also stood near the weak side when he was late, echoing Yao Ming. .

Then McGrady suddenly started, breaking through Caron Butler, Odom hurried forward to double-team, McGrady passed the ball to Yao Ming from close range.

With the ball on Yao Ming's back against Chris Mim, back-to-back singles, with the Lakers' current weak inside, it is impossible to be an opponent of Yao Ming's big killer, and Chris Mim can't defend him alone.

Kobe Bryant hastily let go of his defensive object and double-teamed Yao Ming.

Yao Ming was not greedy for merit, he threw the ball outside, and McGrady, who had moved to the bottom corner of the three-point line after the breakthrough, received the ball. He made a gesture and aimed at the basket. Caron Butler had already switched defenses because he was blocked by the inside line. , Kobe had to save again.

But McGrady's aiming at the basket this time was just a fake move. He threw the ball aside, and it was empty in front of him late.

He was late to catch the ball, made a three-point shot, and didn't even look at whether the ball was scored or not. He turned around and retreated directly. Even Yao Ming gave up on rebounding the moment he saw his shot.

"Shh!"

The sound of scrambling the net was crisp and sweet, the Rockets scored three points, and the score was rewritten to 47:72, with a difference of 25 points.

The Lakers attacked. After a series of tactical adjustments, Chris Mim formed a dislocation and beat McGrady hard. McGrady fouled and Mihm made 2 free throws.

The point difference returned to 27 points.

The offense and defense changed positions, and the Rockets did the same again. McGrady successfully broke through the defense against Caron Butler.

The Lakers failed to attack this time. Atkins received a pass from Kobe and hit the iron with two points. The rebound was taken by Er Ye.

When the Rockets attacked, McGrady still took the ball one step above the three-point arc. Unfortunately, this time he failed to break through Caron Butler and passed the ball to David Wesley.

David Wesley was not in a hurry, he regained control of the ball, and after everyone was in position, he passed the ball to McGrady.

McGrady made a false pass, and the ball was sent to Late outside the three-point line on the weak side. Late took a knife and dropped it, and the three-pointer hit the net again. The score was rewritten to 52:72, with a 20-point difference.

In just three rounds, the Rockets actually caught up with 8 points, but the 20-point difference still seems so far away.

The Lakers were not in a hurry. Facing Huo Erye's defense, Chris Mim made a successful foul and made two free throws again, with a score of 52:74.

The Rockets' offense is still the same as the previous few times, and McGrady is still used as the starting point of the offense.

In fact, almost all teams know this. McGrady played brilliantly with the Magic in the first two seasons. He won the scoring title for two consecutive seasons. His offensive ability is obvious to all, especially his pull-up shooting. , With his excellent wingspan and jumping ability, his pull-up will hardly be interfered by defensive players-of course, this sudden shooting method cannot guarantee a very high hit rate.

Yao Ming pulled out and set a pick-and-roll for McGrady, but Chris Mim stood under the basket and didn’t move. Yao Ming’s shooting percentage near the three-point line was not high, and he didn’t dare to shoot at this critical moment. Late, ready to adjust playmaking.

But being late has a fart passing ability, and he himself is very aware of this, beckoning to Yao Ming: "Brother Yao, block it for me, I will throw one."

He spoke Chinese, even in front of Kobe Bryant, the little blacksmith couldn't understand him.

Yao Ming was taken aback for a moment, but then he ran to Wan Lai's side and gave him a pick-and-roll.

There are many people who don't like Yao Ming, mainly because his playing style is not pleasing enough. In the NBA where flying supermen are rampant, Yao Ming's jumping ability can be almost equal to zero, and the muscles under the basket collide. How can there be a flying dunk?

But one thing I have to admit is that Yao Ming is already very strong at this time, his amazing height and huge body are his biggest advantages.

This pick-and-roll can be said to be solid. Kobe's reaction speed is not slow at all. He hurriedly bypassed Yao Ming's pick-and-roll, but the late figure did not appear.

What about people?

It turns out that being late didn't make a breakthrough at all, and he didn't have the ability to attack with the ball. The Rockets players knew it all, but as an undrafted player with a short contract of ten days, other teams didn't know his weaknesses at all. When it came to the pick-and-roll, he instinctively thought he wanted to break through.

But being late only used Yao Ming as a wall and provided him with a space to shoot.

"Shh!"

Late for the third time in the second half, he hit a three-pointer again, and the point difference became 19 points!
At this time, it was only 3 minutes from being late to the game.

Yao Ming was so excited that he gave Chi Lai a high-five, and put his arms around La Lai's neck: "It's so small, it's ok, don't tell me, we seem to have the language advantage, and we don't need to cooperate with each other in the future." Worried that others will understand what we say.”

Yao Ming's wide-eyed smile resembled the word "囧".

At this time, the National TV Sports Channel has also reached a climax, and Lao Sun and Lao Zhang are already somewhat incoherent.

At the beginning of 05, the Internet was far from as developed as it was more than a decade later, and Late was just an unknown player with a short contract. The two of them didn't even know his details, but now Late's performance is astonishing. Defend Kobe, but his scoring ability has been displayed to the extreme.

Lao Zhang had no choice but to ignore the background information of being late, and praised: "We can see that the player who is late is very explosive in scoring. In this game, he made seven three-pointers and hit a total of six goals. Scored 18 points, and the only one who didn't score was blocked by Kobe, which shows that the shooting level of this player is really amazing."

Old Sun smiled and said: "Yes, but this player's name is quite interesting, late! Haha."

Anyone who watches the game attentively can see that when Late is on the court, he has a completely different style of painting from the other two teams on the court.

In today's league, it is common sense that the closer to the basket, the easier it is to score. The Suns' running and bombing is still in its infancy. There has never been a player as extreme as being late. All his shots are outside the three-point line. ——The league's old-school sharpshooter Reggie Miller didn't dare to exaggerate like him.

The game continued, the Lakers switched offense, and Kobe broke through with the ball.

In the 04-05 season, Kobe's style of play was a combination of sudden points and shooting, which was very difficult to defend. In his later years, he lost his speed advantage, and his scoring method became mainly shooting. Without breakthroughs, his scoring efficiency was natural. Crazy drop.

(End of this chapter)