full court guidance

Chapter 59

Some media immediately jumped out, accusing the Big Three of the Rockets for being satisfied with winning a championship and having lost their aggressiveness. The Rockets' record this season will definitely decline rapidly.

As if to confirm the accusations of the media, on November 11th, after a four-day rest, Yao Ming was still exhausted in the game. He took 5 shots in the game, and his shooting percentage was only 22%, barely scoring 36.4. point.

Ralph Stone, the street ball king, obviously still hasn't fully adapted to the rhythm of the NBA. He doesn't know how to pass the ball to Yao Ming, and he doesn't know how to play outside pick-and-rolls against late players. Although he has a good shooting percentage in this game, it leads to late shots. The number of times dropped sharply.

Rocket rookie David Lee performed poorly, especially his defense, which is almost equivalent to nothing.

In the end, the six Hornets scored in double figures. With their overall performance, they narrowly beat the Rockets by 3 points.

The only normal performance in the Rockets was late, but because of too few shots, he only scored 18 points, which was obviously not enough to support the Rockets' offense.

On November 11th, the Rockets played against the Orlando Magic at home. Facing an opponent who can usually drop the hammer, Yao Ming still failed to adjust well. The fatigue accumulated from last season and the Asian Championships affected him, making his shooting percentage only 8%. , barely scored 40 points again.

The performance of Swift, who the Rockets management had high hopes for, was disappointing, with a shooting percentage of only 39%. Except for dunks, he basically couldn't even make open shots.

Alston's shooting percentage is not high, 12 of 4, failed to revitalize the team's offense.

Late in this game, he didn't take many shots, only 10 of 6, and scored 18 points again.

In the end, the two sides played an ugly game, and the Magic overturned the Rockets in an away game 76:74.

When the final whistle blew, fans booed dissatisfied fans at the Rockets Arena.

On November 11, the Rockets challenged the Heat in an away game. This year, the Heat are the favorites for the championship and are very strong.

Yao Ming finally regained his form in this game, and his shooting percentage returned to 50%, but Alonzo Mourning, who was facing him, was 10 of 6, which was obviously better.

The cause of the Rockets' defeat was team rookies Derek Anderson and Swift, who made a total of 29 shots and only hit 9 goals!Outrageously inefficient.

Because of snatching the ball, the number of late shots dropped sharply. In this game, he made 8 of 8 shots from beyond the three-point line and scored 24 points, but it was useless.

After the three-game losing streak, the morale of the Rockets was extremely low. The Houston media criticized the signings of the management, thinking that Derek Anderson and Swift were two idiots who clearly had no strength but only knew how to grab the ball. The chemical reaction between the giants-well, McGrady is not back now, but Yao Ming and Late led the team to win a lot of victories.

The largest sports newspaper in the country denounced in the article: The current Rockets are a disgraceful loss, and the role players are frantically swiping statistics, regardless of the team's record.

Van Gundy's employment has also been greatly questioned. The media asked three times in a row. It is understandable that Yao Ming is not in good condition due to fatigue.

Van Gundy, who was accused, actually had a headache, and his hair, which was not much, was about to fall out.

He has obviously arranged tactics, asking the players to break through and score the ball, and try to let the late arrivals end the offense as much as possible. As a result, these guys acted as if they didn't hear it. There was a problem with his control of the team.

Then the Rockets overturned the Nets in an away game and lost to the Celtics by 20 points. People can't understand what happened to the Rockets now.

After the Rockets played against the Timberwolves, the wolf king Garnett saw that he was late, which led to a poor performance in this game and was snatched a victory by the Rockets.

After the game against the Timberwolves, the Rockets ushered in good news. McGrady finally recovered completely and can return to the team.

But what happened next is unbelievable.

Dissatisfied with McGrady's private surgery in the summer, which led to the team's poor record at the beginning of the season, the management asked Van Gundy to hide McGrady in the snow!

Van Gundy had no choice but to comply. Although McGrady can enter the team's roster in every game, he can only play for a few minutes, which seems extremely abnormal.

Affected by this incident, the morale of the Rockets dropped again, and then suffered a wave of shameful seven-game losing streak.

Yao Ming really wanted to win, but suffered from fatigue, his state has been fluctuating, and finally he was injured after this wave of seven-game losing streak.

After losing to the Bulls at home in the 14th round, Yao Ming felt discomfort in his left ankle and immediately contacted the team doctor.

The rocket's quack doctor didn't know whether he was entrusted by the management, or his level was not very good. The result of the diagnosis was that Yao Ming's injury was not serious, and it would not affect his next appearance.

However, he was careful about being late. Recently, when the team lost, the media accused him of not being able to take responsibility. The number of shots in each game became less and less.

After knowing that Yao Ming's left ankle was uncomfortable, Late immediately helped Yao Ming contact the medical laboratory of the University of California for a follow-up visit, but the result was not optimistic.

Yao Ming's left ankle is a fatigue injury, conservative treatment will take at least three months of recuperation!

Even with the most advanced new CDPPE drug combined with surgical treatment, it will take about one and a half months to fully recover.

After receiving the diagnosis result, Yao Ming's expression changed immediately.

Now the team is in dire straits, with internal and external troubles. It's really not the right time for me to be injured at this critical moment.

He was late but he had already prepared himself psychologically. He persuaded him: "You played for a whole season without any serious injuries, and you played non-stop in the Asian Championships. You didn't get enough rest at all. I really don't understand. What is there to participate in a game of this level in the Asian Championships? If those domestic players can’t even compete in the Asian Championships, do you think you can take them to the world championship? Even if you don’t want to win the world championship, you want to win a medal. At least you have to have good teammates, right? My three-pointers are so accurate, I dare not say that I can dominate the game by myself. Your ankle injury this time is both accidental and inevitable. It is a problem caused by your long-term hard work. You should be thankful that this time it’s just a fatigue injury, if it’s a fracture, you probably have to recuperate for a season.”

Yao Ming finally sighed, and said with complicated emotions: "Now the team is in such a bad state, McGrady has recovered, but the management refuses to let him play, I..."

In the end, Yao Ming still didn't dare to mess around, and he notified the team management.

Seeing that Yao Ming went to the hospital by himself, the Rockets management couldn't stop them, so they had to announce that Yao Ming would not be able to play due to injury and would have a truce for 2-3 months.

This is good, now there is only one latecomer left in the Rockets' Big Three lineup, and those veterans who wanted to hug their legs in the summer but failed couldn't help but secretly rejoice.

The ability to score late is very strong, which is recognized by the league.But everyone knows his weakness. He doesn't have the ability to attack with the ball. He can only finish shots from the outside and can't drive the entire team. Now almost all the media are pessimistic about the Rockets, thinking that they might as well take this opportunity to make a bad start and strive for next season. Choose a rookie with good quality. Adam Morrison is a good candidate. He has shown dominant strength in the NCAA, and his position happens to be a power forward, which can make up for the weakest link of the Rockets.

But even so, no media is optimistic that the Rockets will be able to rise from the ashes next season.

Because the late contract expires this year, regardless of on-court or off-court factors, it is impossible to stay in the Rockets late. Without this important outside endpoint, the dominance of Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady is obviously not enough.

On November 11th, the first day after the 27-game losing streak, Late took the initiative to find the management, saying that if he wants to sign with him after the end of the season, he must agree to a few conditions.

Carroll Dawson had already resigned due to a heart attack in the middle of last season. Morey took over. This is a manager who likes to use big data analysis to search for treasures in garbage dumps. Ray couldn't say no.

How much is a late deal worth?

Judging from the news that has been obtained so far, the Knicks are willing to pay a huge price to get him, and the Golden State Warriors are bound to win him. They even specially invited Don Nelson to coach the Warriors next season for this reason. Even the Los Angeles Lakers are willing. Give considerable chips in exchange for being late.

After the contract expires, Late can naturally choose to sign with other teams freely, but because of some clauses in the league, this will cause him some economic losses. If he signs with the Rockets first and then trades a few valuable draft picks Right, there is no need to worry about the future of the Rockets.

It is precisely because of such thoughts that the Rockets have not made major reinforcements to the lineup this season.

Without much thought, Morey agreed to the condition of being late.

The conditions for being late are very simple. Let Swift and Derek Anderson go, at least not give them too much playing time. uncomfortable.

At the same time, being late requires the team to make tactical adjustments. Except for Mutombo, the center position should try to choose players with better shots.

Because there was no requirement for McGrady to play, the management agreed without any hesitation this time.

After negotiating the terms with the club, I was late and found McGrady and asked him to wait patiently.

McGrady has a championship in his hands, and he is not in a hurry at all. He smiled and said that he still feels a little discomfort in his back. If he can rest for a while, it would be perfect.

In the next game, the Rockets will sit at home against the Atlanta Hawks, and they are determined to win this game late.

The Eagles can be described as the Rockets' hard-fought brothers. The Rockets currently have 3 wins and 11 losses, ranking the bottom of the league.The Eagles are not much better, currently only 2 wins and 10 losses.

Even so, the media does not seem to be optimistic about the Rockets' ability to win this game.

(End of this chapter)