full court guidance

Chapter 97

The performance of the "French Little Sports Car" was extremely good at its peak. It could change directions, change speeds, stop suddenly, and turn around at high speeds. He could confuse defenders like a crazy top.

He is not the kind of person who presses the accelerator to the bottom, and the speed is getting faster and faster, which makes people feel like a bolt of lightning.His quickness is cunning and scheming, he moves after making a plan, and then moves after thinking about the countermeasures, piercing into the vital points of the opponent's defense line like a short dagger, making you unable to react at all.

Parker has two unique skills. The first is that when encountering strict defense, he suddenly does not slow down a large reverse top, throws off the defender like a phantom, and then picks the basket to score.Other players also use this movement, but they are not as smooth as Parker. The key is that he does not slow down and does not pause. In the blink of an eye, he will disappear in front of you with a spinning top, and run behind you.

The second is his small toss. Others have a three-step take-off toss. There is always a stage of accelerated preparation. Only Parker does not need this stage at all. And it's a three-dimensional bombing, even the person dribbling the ball is thrown up. When the person falls to the ground, the ball goes into the basket.

Such an awesome Parker, does he have any weaknesses?

Of course there is!

Parker's problem is the lack of three-point shooting ability. In the 05-06 season, Parker averaged 0.5 three-point shots per game, 0.1 hits, and a poor 30% hit rate.Strictly speaking, he actually has no three-point shooting ability at all.

This time, just after Parker dribbled the ball past halftime, David Wesley immediately shrank to the free throw line, wishing he could make a "please shoot" gesture.

The little sports car was also taken aback when it saw this situation.

What does rocket mean?Look down on my three-pointers, right?Give me such a big space?

I!Tony Parker, it's a sports car, it has no emotions, nothing can block my way forward, even if the air is in front of me, I will show it to you!

Parker, who knew how much he was three points from the outside line, didn't mess around. He dribbled the ball outside and waited for his teammates to settle down.

To be honest, such a scene is quite embarrassing. Fighting wits and courage against the air always gives people a kind of stupid and cute feeling.

Pippen doesn't think so, he thinks that Parker is organizing the Spurs' offense and looking for more reasonable opportunities!

Damn, it's almost time to let go of the distance between the two bodies, isn't it a good opportunity?You must know that there are so many teams in the NBA, but no one dares to be late like this!
The Rockets can be said to have 5 people marking the Spurs and 4 people. How could there be a good open opportunity? Parker dribbled the ball a few times and found that he still had to attack by himself.

The French sports car chose to use his special skill, dribbling the ball and accelerating towards the inside.

David Wesley, who got out of the way for a certain distance, had plenty of reaction time, and immediately moved to block Parker's breakthrough line.

The small sports car has no long-range projection ability, but it can still become one of the Spurs' Big Three, not blown out.

He suddenly turned around and leaned against David Wesley, made a big turn very quickly, easily broke through David Wesley's defense, and threw his body into the air in a very strange posture, completing a round Extremely difficult toss.

Well, it's Parker!

It's a bit incomprehensible to be late. Since this kind of ultra-difficult throw can be made, why can't the simpler fixed-point three-pointer be practiced?
At the beginning of the game, both sides were very efficient, but Popovich on the sidelines had already frowned.

As the top coach in the league, Popovich is top-notch in terms of tactical literacy and on-the-spot adaptability. After only watching the opening two matches, Popovich knew that today's game will be difficult.

The previous two-game losing streak at home for the Spurs was because the Rockets caught the weakness of the team's weak three-point shooting ability, especially Tony Parker. The ability to divide, which led to the Rockets being able to unscrupulously double-team Duncan in the interior - you must know that only one Yao Ming is enough for Duncan, and there are outside players double-teaming at any time, Duncan's performance will inevitably be limited.

Although the media is often talking nonsense, it is an indisputable fact that the Big Three of the Rockets restrained the Spurs.

With the growth of Yao Ming, the change of Tracy McGrady's style of play, and the late support from beyond the three-point line, the Rockets' Big Three have become more and more adept at cooperating. They played an alternative triangle offense, and the Spurs were not easy to double-team.

The loss of Bruce Bowen has little impact on the Spurs' strength, but a top wing defender and a good three-pointer are invaluable against the Rockets.

The Spurs' ability to win the regular season No. [-] in the Western Conference this season is entirely due to Popovich's proper training. The Spurs' overall defensive ability has not declined significantly.

Popovich is very clear that if he cannot make quick adjustments, the Spurs will repeat the same mistakes and eventually be eliminated by the Rockets.

Thinking of this, Popovich couldn't help but take a look at Late.

If the Spurs have such an outside core who does not need the ball, he can guarantee that the Spurs can build a dynasty, even if he is asked to trade Tony Parker and Ginobili, he is willing!

Popovich immediately shook his head again, throwing away this wishful thinking, and refocused his energy on the court. More than a season has passed, and he still hasn't come up with an effective way to break the Rockets' Big Three.

In the middle of this season, he did propose a way to deal with lateness, but that was on the premise that lateness led the team alone. Now that lateness has the strong support of Yao Ming and McGrady, he doesn't even need to take on too many tasks on the offensive end. That's enough for the Rockets to win.

"Would you like to fight against the Rockets?" Popovich glanced back at the bench. Crazy Fan has entered the final years of his career. The veteran signed with the Spurs with a minimum salary to win the championship. In fact, his first choice this season is the Rockets. , But in the end the Rockets management rejected his self-recommendation.

Today's Madman Fan's strength can no longer be compared with his peak period. This season, his shooting percentage is only 39%, but in order to win the championship, he is very desperate on the defensive end.

Veteran Brent Barry, with a shooting percentage of 45.2% in the regular season, including 39.3% of three-pointers, is a fairly reliable scoring point in the Spurs' bench lineup, but his problem is poor defensive ability and three-pointers Rate - can't compare with being late.

After hesitating for a while, Popovich finally decided to let the main lineup continue to play.

The Rockets' bench lineup is not strong enough is their biggest problem. They hope to use a deeper bench depth during the bench time to try to open the score.

While Popovich was thinking, the ball has been exchanged several times on the court, and the shooting percentage of both sides has dropped.

The Rockets' tactics are clear. McGrady is the core point of the team's offense with the ball, and the organization forward style of play sorts out the team's offense. With more than a season of training, McGrady has become a representative of the organization forward style of play.

Yao Ming's task today is not heavy. He is responsible for keeping Duncan in the paint. Of course, if he has the opportunity, he can also choose to score by himself.

Being late outside the three-point line restrains the defense and prevents the Spurs from double-teaming. In this way, both David Lee and David Wesley can get easy shots and their efficiency can be guaranteed.

On the defensive end, the Rockets emptied Parker and let him fight wits with the air, mainly marking Manu Ginobili and Michael Finley who are capable of three-pointers. Once the Spurs want to play inside, the players marking Parker can immediately double-team Duncan. .

This tactic worked very well, and the Spurs felt uncomfortable playing, especially Tony Parker, who was emptied many times by his opponents, but because he didn't have a three-point basket, he still had to force his way to the basket.

With an excellent floater and Parker turning around, in fact, his efficiency today is not bad, but the connection between him and his teammates has been completely separated.

After more than 8 minutes in the first quarter, the Rockets led by 24 points at 18:6. Yao Minghe was replaced late for a rest, and the Rockets were led by McGrady.

This made Popovich heave a sigh of relief. If there is any weakness in the Big Three on the Rockets side, it is probably physical strength.

Yao Ming and late are not the kind of players who can play high-intensity games for a long time. Once their physical strength declines, the efficiency of the two will also be affected. Therefore, when the score is not too anxious, Van Gundy will let them off the court at a fixed time to rest .

Zhu Gewei also made substitution adjustments at the same time. Parker and power forward Robert Horry, who had performed very well before, were replaced. Brent Barry and Van Exel were on, and Ginobili was in charge of the ball.

The Rockets' lineup is completely incomparable with the Spurs. After the substitutions and adjustments, the Rockets' first attack encountered strict marking by the Spurs.

McGrady held the ball at the top of the arc and signaled his teammates to open the singles-when he led the team alone, this was the Rockets' regular scoring method.

But the Spurs chose a three-two defense, just to bully the Rockets. Now that the strength of other role players has declined too much, McGrady just broke through with the ball and encountered a double-team.

McGrady forcibly stabilized and passed the ball to Ryan Bowen on the outside. Bowen got an open shot and took a look at the basket before making the shot. As a result, the ball still missed.

The Spurs immediately counterattacked quickly, and Ginobili snaked through and easily completed a layup.

After Yao Minghe left the field late, the Rockets' offense immediately misfired. McGrady also had a hard time. The opportunity has come up, but his teammates are unreliable. What can I do?
The Rockets attack again, and the Spurs still choose zone defense to prevent McGrady from breaking through. If he wants to split the ball, let him split it.

Popovich firmly believes that with the current Rockets role players, it is simply impossible to kill the game. Even if they are given too many open opportunities, they may not be able to make shots.

From here, we can see how decisive Popovich is. Knowing that the team was restrained by the Rockets' Big Three, he still came up with a solution.

With the Spurs' targeted tactics, Tracy McGrady was unable to support himself. After the first quarter, the Spurs overtook the score and entered the second quarter with a 2-point lead.

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