full court guidance

Chapter 8 Double record debut
On the coaching bench of the Lakers, Tomjanovich shook his head slightly, dismissive of Van Gundy's substitution.

Yao Ming is tall and heavy, and consumes far more energy than other players. Reducing his playing time can be said to be a kind of protection for him. It is not a wrong choice to replace him at the right time.

But the situation of No. 66 being late is completely different. He only played about 7 minutes in the first quarter and the third quarter respectively. He should be very energetic, and his three-point shooting ability is dreadful. Down, simply incomprehensible.

The defensive ability of the Rockets' lineup is not bad, but the offensive ability is not good. Facing Kobe who is in excellent form in this game, he can't give him too much restrictions, especially without Yao Ming's deterrence under the basket. Kobe repeatedly broke through and scored layups, or assisted his teammates, and quickly opened the score between the two sides.

Fortunately, for the Rockets, Tracy McGrady finally showed his superstar strength at the critical moment. He shot from inside and outside and scored 6 points, which did not let the score between the two sides stretch too far.

Seeing that the situation was not right, Van Gundy panicked a little. The original score difference of about 16 points turned into [-] points. He hurriedly replaced Yao Ming.

Yao Ming showed his performance as soon as he came on the court. He received the bag inside but did not pass the ball, turned around and made a hook.

Not to be outdone, Kobe made another mid-range shot, scoring 84:100.

In this season, the Rockets' average scoring is only a little over 90 points, ranking last in the league, but their defensive strength is really strong, and their opponents only score a little over 90 points.

Sometimes the style of a team can be seen from the score alone.

During the 04-05 season, the league still focused on half-court offense, and very few teams averaged more than [-] points per game.

The Lakers' ability to score such a high score in this game is also related to their overall super high shooting rate. So far, the Lakers' overall shooting rate has exceeded 50%. win.

The Rockets' overall shooting rate is 45%, which is the result of 12 of 10 for one person who was late, which raised the team's shooting rate.

The two sides continued to fight for half-court offense. There was back and forth, and the score was tight. At 6:24 in the fourth quarter, Yao Ming made a foul on the inside. The Houston Rockets requested a substitution. No. 66 was late and Bob Sura was no. , David Wesley, who played not long ago, switched to point guard.

Arriving late to the arena, the Staples Arena was booed unexpectedly, and actor Nicholson on the sidelines clamored loudly, trying to use this method to dampen the morale of being late.

Being late was no ordinary rookie, and he would not be disturbed by such a small trick at all, and quickly walked in front of his defender.

His task is to defend Kobe. Van Gundy tried to use McGrady to defend Kobe before, but the effect was obviously not very good. Since he couldn't defend anyway, he might as well just use late to defend. At least this would allow McGrady to focus more energy. On the offensive end.

Seeing that he was late to play, Kobe seemed a little excited. He has scored 39 points today, with an overall shooting rate close to 60%, and he is in excellent condition.

Atkins dribbled the ball across half court and gave the ball directly to Kobe. Kobe put on a three-point threat and suddenly jumped out of the three-point line.

"Bang!"

Kobe Bryant is furious!
Being late this time, he didn't taunt the little blacksmith any more. He knew that the little blacksmith was already a little impulsive when facing him. The three-pointer just now was extremely unreasonable.

Even if Kobe Bryant's three-point shooting rate is not bad this season, but shooting against the three-point line is not a good choice no matter how you look at it.

Late said that as a rational player, he will definitely choose the most suitable and effective offensive method.

Really fragrant!

So Late also came with an unreasonable three-pointer, because Kobe went to defend McGrady this time, and it was Atkins who stood in front of Late.

Atkins is a veteran All-Star, but now he is more than 30 years old, his physical ability has declined, and his strength has also declined sharply. The most important thing is that Atkins' height is only 180cm, which is still the official height. I don't know how tall I am.

What is the late registration height?

191cm!

It's a rare opportunity to bully others, how could such a good opportunity be missed by being late.

Atkins is not easy to deal with. He knows that he is at a disadvantage in terms of height and wingspan. He is old and his jumping ability is not good. He used a lot of small moves when defending, but he still made Late jump.

So Atkins resorted to housekeeping skills - blindfold Dafa!
"Shua!" The ball went in.

"OMG, this is the 11th three-pointer late tonight. Atkins couldn't guard him at all, and he shot him hard. He responded to Kobe just now with his tough shooting method. three-point shot!"

The audience in front of the TV: John Smith, you big-eyed guy actually betrayed the revolution. I don’t know who said that late is a softie who can only shoot outside?Is it actually a tough shooting method now?

The Lakers attacked, Kobe broke through and scored, Caron Butler fired from the outside, David Wesley gave a slight interference, and the three-pointer hit the basket.

Yao Ming grabbed the defensive rebound and passed the ball to David Wesley. David Wesley immediately flicked the ball and gave it to the late player who had already run to the frontcourt.

Kobe was so fast that he quickly caught up with the late ones.

Late, who was catching the ball, stopped about two steps away from the three-point line. Kobe yelled inwardly, pounced up, took a step later, and slapped Late's wrist with a slap.

A three-point shot was late and the referee had already blown his whistle. Kobe fouled and made three free throws late.

"Shhhhh!"

Three times in a row, late and easily scored all the free throws, his 36th point, 14 of 11, no 2-pointers.

In the next two attacks, the ball was late and did not touch the ball, but both sides scored two goals each, and the score became 94:104, with a 10-point difference.

Almost everyone can see that although the team is behind by a large score, the Rockets have mastered an important means of chasing points-a late 3-pointer!

Tomjanovich made on-the-spot adjustments, allowing Kobe to tighten his supervision on being late, adopting a close-to-defense strategy against him, and almost completely denying him the chance to catch the ball.

Late did not behave like a rookie at all. He was not in a hurry and was just wandering outside the weak side three-point line. Kobe did not dare to let go of his defense.

Yao Ming, McGrady, and Late formed a special triangle on the court. The other two players of the Rockets were in charge of passing the ball. important tie point.

This triangle is completely different from the previous triangle offense of the Lakers, but it is also difficult to limit.

In the next few attacks, the Rockets defended the Lakers' offensive, but the Lakers couldn't restrain Yao Ming well, which led to the scores of the two sides gradually catching up. With 2 minutes left in the fourth quarter, the scores of the two sides had become With a score of 107:110, there is only a three-point gap.

No one thought that the development of a game would become so ups and downs because of the debut of an undrafted player.

Just over halfway through the third quarter, the Rockets trailed the Lakers by a full 28 points. Almost everyone believed that the game had entered garbage time, but with the late three-point performance of non-draft players, the score was quickly drawn closer.

If it weren't for Van Gundy's inexplicable substitutions at the beginning of the fourth quarter, perhaps the Rockets have now overtaken the score.

Late performance in this game, 15 of 12, plus three free throws, has scored 39 points, and his playing time is less than 20 minutes.

Everyone knows that the three-point gap may be wiped out in just one offensive round.

At the critical moment, it depends on our department. Kobe faced the late defense, put on a three-threat posture, tried three times with his left foot, suddenly jumped up and fired, and was not experienced enough late, so he could only give slight interference. Kobe hit a key three-pointer.

The Rockets attacked, but were defended by the waiting Lakers, and failed to get a shot. Seeing that the time was approaching 24 seconds, McGrady suddenly passed the ball to the late side.

"This is a throwaway ball, the Rockets have no time to reorganize the offense." John Smith is concentrating on explaining the game, "Then let's see what will we choose when facing Kobe's full defense late? Oh! Unbelievable, He took a shot against Kobe's defense and scored! At the critical moment, Late scored a key three-pointer again. I think the player who performed the best in this game is him. Whenever the Rockets are pulled away by the Lakers In the score, he used his precise three-pointers to give the team hope for a comeback. He has hit 13 three-pointers and scored 42 points, breaking the single created by his opponent Kobe Bryant. Three-pointer record! What an unbelievable rookie, he broke a league record in his first show, wait, the current league first show record is also very close to him, Wilt Chamberlain in his own Let's wait and see if this amazing rookie can break this ancient record."

The Lakers attacked, and Caron Butler continued to play brilliantly, receiving a pass from Odom and hitting a two-pointer, 110:115.

When it was the Rockets' turn to attack, the Lakers were so afraid of the late three-pointer that Yao Ming easily completed a single in the paint, 112:115.

Then the two teams pressed time, the Lakers did not score, the Rockets McGrady scored 2 points, the score was 114:115, and there were only 26 seconds left.

Kobe looked at his watch, broke through in the last 2 seconds, made a mid-range jumper, was late to interfere, and the score was still 114:115.

In the last 2 seconds, the Rockets called a timeout. After the timeout, the Rockets will serve in midfield.

Tomjanovich quickly arranged tactics, especially for late and McGrady.

But after the game whistle started, the position of the Rockets players made everyone a little confused.

(End of this chapter)