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Chapter 92 dragging its feet

This season, after the Mavericks knew that the opponent was likely to be the Rockets, they had started to study the opponent more than half a month in advance. As a result, the more they studied, the more terrifying they felt, and they felt that they could not win at all.

Many pseudo-fans feel that averaging 20+ per game does not seem to be a big deal, and there are at least dozens of stars in the league who can do it.

However, the actual situation is not the case. There are more than 32 players in the 400 teams in the league. Among them, those who can average 20+ per game in the season are either the team leader or the second leader. Some teams even have no field What about players with an average of 20+?

As a result, the Rockets' Big Three are all 20+ fierce men, so many people say that the Rockets' Big Three are probably the most special Big Three in the history of the league.

In fact, there have been many Big Three teams in the history of the league. The Los Angeles Lakers in the 60s formed Wilt Chamberlain, Jerry West (the logo is his image), and Elgin Baylor; Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnson, James Worthy; the Celtics Big Three in the 80s Larry Bird, Kevin McHale, Robert Parish, and more in the 80s and the new century , will not list them one by one.

The composition of these Big Three can indeed enhance the team's competitiveness for the championship, but after all there is only one basketball, and the Big Three will definitely sacrifice in terms of statistics.

The most well-known of them is probably Chris Bosh in the Big Three of the Heat. When he was in the Raptors, Bosh was the dragon king and a top center with an average of 20+10 per game. As a result, he soon became a CBA teammate in the Heat. , wave a board.

Is Bosh's strength regressing?
The answer is obviously not. If he is not strong enough, why would James and Wade form the Big Three with him?
The real reason is the possession of the ball. Bosh is only the third or even fourth or fifth offensive option in the team. James and Wade’s style of play is mainly to break through and hit the basket. Bosh often It is necessary to pull away the opponent's defensive players to provide James and Wade with more breakthrough space. If they are far away from the basket, can they still grab rebounds so easily?
The Big Three of the Heat have really reached their peak, and they have to wait for Ray Allen and Sean Battier to join the Heat to bring offensive firepower to the Heat's outside line before the Big Three can truly taste the taste of a championship.

Among all the Big Three, the most reasonable combination is probably the Big Three of the Spurs. Duncan is responsible for defense most of the time, Parker is responsible for scoring, and Ginobili is responsible for leading the sixth man. Reasonable time allocation allows the Big Three of the Spurs to get all The Big Three teams have the most championships. From this, it can be seen that Popovich is really the reincarnation of Zhuge, and his level is really much higher than other coaches.

But the Big Three of the Rockets are really different from the other Big Three. The fundamental reason is because of being late!

His style of play does not take possession of the ball, and it is entirely by virtue of his super high shooting percentage that he uses three-pointers to score, which makes his statistics look like a giant.

Yao Ming is in charge of defense and offense at the basket, McGrady is in charge of organizing the team's offensive system with the ball in the middle distance, and is late to contain the three-point line. This is the division of labor of the Rockets' Big Three.

After the Big Three returned to the game, Late took the initiative to reduce the number of shots, averaging only 14.5 times per game, but his scoring efficiency increased instead. With the Big Three, his three-point shooting percentage reached 60%!

What a terrifying three-point shooting rate, which is more than 10% higher than the shooting rate of all other players in the league!

As long as he is on the field, even if he stands two or three steps away from the three-point line, the defensive players must always concentrate, otherwise they may be attacked by his super fast shooting speed at any time.

At the same time, McGrady also gained more space for breakthroughs and organization. Defensive players no longer dare to double-team him easily, which can make him more calm when organizing offenses.

Even if Yao Ming faces double-team defense inside, he can still pass the ball out by virtue of his height advantage, reorganizing the team's offensive rhythm.

It can be said that the team mode of the Rockets' Big Three cannot be replicated. As long as they are late and leave the Rockets, there will be absolutely no one in the league who is similar to him to replace his original position.

The media still has insight. They have already seen the power of the Rockets’ Big Three, and also saw that the Rockets’ weak role players will surely become their burden. Therefore, the pre-match predictions before the playoffs between the Rockets and Mavericks, The result given by most media is [-]-[-]!

Incredible?

Actually not at all!It makes sense to say that the Mavericks can split [-]-[-] with the Rockets, because the entire league knows how to win the Rockets - fight offense!

After the Big Three came back, more than half of the games the Rockets lost were due to violent attacks by their opponents.

The Mavericks' offense is one of the strongest teams in the league.

The depth of this year's Mavericks lineup is terrifying. The old driver looks like a single-core player with amazing efficiency. In fact, there are too many people who can play for the Mavericks.

In addition to the Big Three, the Rockets only have David Lee who is barely available, but he is only a first-year rookie with a mid-range shot, and his defensive ability is almost equal to zero. Obviously, it does not fit the Rockets' current tactics.

As for the remaining players of the Rockets, they are either veterans who have no desires and desires and have fallen to the point where they are almost unusable, or marginal players who are not strong enough.

The Rockets also made some trade attempts in the middle of the season, but other teams are not stupid. Knowing that the Rockets' role players are weak, they naturally refuse to give the Rockets any more assists.

The Rockets traded Mucci Norris for Hornets' backup center Mark Lampe, then traded Derek Anderson for Heat rookie guard Gerald Fitch, gave up veteran Jon Barry, and signed former Timberwolves guard Rich Fram.

These transactions are just fringe transactions. Under the conservative Van Gundy, he can hardly get playing time. Some fans can’t help but complain when they see these transactions of the Rockets. The management of the Rockets signed so many guards. Is it good to use it as an addition to the transaction?

No one can understand the operational thinking of the Rockets management. Their deputy general manager, Morey, is keen on big data analysis. He searches for treasures among junk players, but how good can the treasures found among junk players be?

Now that McGrady has transformed into a point forward, it is most correct to find some strong defensive substitutes for the team and let the Big Three have enough rest time. Unfortunately, Morey seems to have his own ideas, and no one can change him. Decide.

On April 4, the Mavericks sat at home to meet the challenge of the Rockets, and the first game of the playoffs between the two sides officially started.

The Mavericks also gave Morey a hard blow with the facts. The players he recruited were of no use at all. Nowitzki's playing style floating on the outside made Yao Ming's defensive ability at the basket a display , David Lee can't keep up with the old driver at all, Zhuwan Howard has fallen seriously, and he can't keep up with the old driver.

In this game, the Mavericks are all soldiers. The old driver scored 32 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists, which is the main contributor to the Mavericks' victory.

In addition to him, Jason Terry also scored 24 points and became a good helper for the old driver.

The Mavericks' substitute players scored in double figures. Diop, who switched from the Cavaliers to the Mavericks in the summer, performed poorly against Yao Ming and could hardly pose an effective threat. But Dampier played as a substitute center and beat Hayes!

He is a blue-collar center, scored 14 points in this game, and he can do whatever he wants on Hayes.

The strange thing is that there are still media boasting that Hayes' defensive ability is strong and he is seriously underestimated.

He is only 198cm tall, and his defensive ability is not bad, but he is not underestimated. His height at the basket has become his biggest shortcoming. Facing players who are nearly 20 cm taller than him, what he can do very limited.

With the outstanding performance of the substitute players, the Mavericks beat the Rockets 115:103.

The Rockets' late performance was stable, but under the full control of Josh Howard, they didn't get many shots. In order to limit the lateness, Howard himself didn't score. He scored 6 points in the game, which was all the Mavericks played. The lowest among the players.

The single characteristic of being late is limited in the playoffs, especially when the opponent has a strong defensive point on the outside. More lateness can only restrain the opponent's defense and cannot give the team too much on the offensive end support.

The two sides fought again on the 26th. The Mavericks' tactics remained the same, but Yao Ming was very strong in this game. He made trouble in the interior and knew that he could not restrain the old driver. Yao Ming decided to respond in his own way.

McGrady also increased the pick-and-roll cooperation with Late on the outside, and distributed the ball in time many times, allowing Late to get some shots from the outside.

In the end, with the performance of the Big Three, the Rockets won an away game.

迟到13中7，效率“一般”，砍下21分1篮板1助攻。

姚明26中19，砍下45分12篮板3助攻，把小牛内线轮了个遍。

麦迪19中10，砍下23分9篮板8助攻，组织前锋打法日渐成熟。

火箭三巨头砍下了接近90的分数，结果总比分居然只有113:108，火箭的角色球员总共只贡献了23分！其中还有10分是大卫李这个一年级新秀拿到的。

After winning this game, the Houston media was not satisfied and criticized Van Gundy for being too conservative in his tactics.

This is really wrong to blame Van Gundy. The bald man has tried his best, but the role players who can't support the Rockets are really rubbish. It is almost impossible to let them score. They can only ask them to try their best to defend and let the Big Three carry the offensive burden of the team.

On April 4, the Rockets returned to their home court against the Mavericks and took another blow.

With the excellent performance of role players, the Mavericks defeated the Rockets again. Juwan Howard, David Wesley and other veterans have regressed to the point where they can't even keep up with the defense.

Barkley, who explained the game, said: "The Rockets' role players are a bunch of garbage that others don't want. Not only did they not help the Big Three on the court, but they were holding them back."

(End of this chapter)