thenovelthief Chapter 190 190. It's So Eccentric (6000 words for tickets~)
Chapter 190 190. It's So Eccentric (6000 words for tickets~)
Chapter 190 190. It's So Eccentric (6000 words for tickets~)
Almost got an offensive rebound by Cato.
Liu Xiu protected the ball and avoided Francis' rush.
Francis' frontcourt rush can often play a role in interrupting the opponent's fast break. Van Gundy Jr. encourages this aspect and makes good use of it.
Failed to complete the steal, but Francis prevented Liu Xiu from passing the ball to Miles. When Liu Xiu smoothly moved the ball, Mobley had already defended Miles.
It's a pity that I didn't hit a counterattack. The position just now was very good, and I grabbed the ball a little inside the free throw line.
Glancing at the buff 'Sturdy as a Rock', it was more useful than he expected!
In this era when the three-pointer is not yet popular, there are many point guards or shooting guards in the league who are not very good at long-range shots, which means that there will be a lot of cases where he shrinks to the free throw line.
The probability of this buff triggering is naturally extremely high!
It's just that there were few rebounds grabbed here before, so he felt that the probability of triggering was not high.
In fact, it's just because he didn't really learn to rebound in the first half of the season, and he didn't get this buff.
Now, grab an extra rebound a night in this area, is it possible?
If there is still room for improvement, rebounding is more stable...
Depend on!The warden is a point guard!
Liu Xiu came outside the three-point line in the frontcourt, and Francis withdrew a step to defend.
This Liu Xiu is not good, Randolph the bottom line on the right side of the three-second zone leaned against Cato to ask for the ball, Liu Xiu lobbed the ball over.
Randolph singled out Cato, turned his back to the frame and rushed to the sideline of the three-second zone. Before he could completely get rid of the defense, he made a strong shot...
Miss!
Yao Ming protects the defensive rebound!
One of the tallest and heaviest players in the league, just like the last match, Yao Ming alone fully stretched the Rockets' ability to protect the frame!
Like Gasol, Duncan, Randolph dared to rush in and chisel, even if the probability of success is not high.
But Yao Ming, who has sufficient physical strength in the opening stage, is really a moving Great Wall in the eyes of attacking players!
Francis received the ball and advanced it to the frontcourt, and the Rockets adjusted their position.
Yao Ming opened up the space and came to the left side of the three-second zone. Randolph expanded out, and Spantinia protected the frame.
Liu Xiu retreated to the free throw line, no matter how Liu Xiu defended, Francis rushed inside!
The impact is really fierce!Liu Xiu feels similar to defending Wade.
When he got to the inside, Francis took off against Spantina and forced a throw...Francis's ball was too reckless, he could score with multiple drawbars, and the touch looked good, but he chose to come hard. After turning around, Luo Le came out...
Yao Ming, who followed up, hit the ball and tiptoed to make a tip!
The Blazers players who played against the Mavericks the day before yesterday are really uncomfortable with the sudden pressure on their mobility. They are much faster than Bradley.
Francis continued to press and press the frontcourt to limit the speed of the Blazers' serve.
The Rockets rely on personal ability + defense and play strategy to start!
Yao Ming also changed his style of play tonight, focusing on catching and shooting and protecting the frame. Cato was the main one rushing, Francis and Jim Jackson took turns playing singles, and Mobley did a good job of catching up and shooting...
In the opening stage, the Rockets' offense was so-so. Yao Ming scored two points to break the ice. Later, Francis scored 2 points and 1 assist. Mobley scored a long two points. Fouled and made two free throws.
The official timeout was entered at 6 minutes and 31 seconds into the first quarter, and the Rockets only scored 11 points in a little more than half a quarter.
However, the Trail Blazers only scored 9 points in half a quarter!
……
The score was 9 to 11, Maurice Cheeks clapped his hands to encourage the players who returned to the bench.
His goal of consuming Yao Ming with Spantonia was not achieved.
Spantinia's presence on the court will inevitably represent a reduction in the offensive diversity of the Blazers. If McDyess is replaced, the Blazers will play better offensively, but then Yao Ming will not get even a single shot at the basket. Little restrictions.
Moreover, when Spantinia is on the court, Yao Ming doesn't need to be the main attacker. He only needs to do a good job of defense to lead the Rockets to compete with the Trail Blazers, thereby saving energy and prolonging the period of full energy.
Yao Ming is full of energy and the starting lineup of the Rockets is really strong.
This is the reason why the Rockets have repeatedly been able to defeat the strong with the weak.
Maurice Cheeks comforted himself-the last time he was 7-14 behind in the start, this time he was only 2 points behind, which is pretty good.
He replaced the core combination of Randolph + Liu Xiu with the core combination of Little Flying Squirrel + Harrington.
For the Rockets, Yao Ming was replaced, Francis, Mobley, and Jim Jackson continued to play, and the position of power forward was replaced by the new aid Clarence Witherspoon, who was traded during the All-Star Weekend. Maurice Taylor hits center.
Xiaofan's defensive coaching ability is indeed excellent.
The Rockets' defensive adjustments are in place this time.
Witherspoon made Harrington, the new core of the Trail Blazers second team, very uncomfortable!
With a height of 198 centimeters, he is extremely agile at the power forward position, and with a weight of 120 kilograms, he can carry people.
Harrington's performance was limited, and the little flying mouse seemed to be alone, blind, unable to let go, and unable to cooperate.
At 9 minutes and 22 seconds into the first quarter, the Trail Blazers called a timeout.
Nearly 3 minutes, they only scored 4 points!
And the defense of the combination of Momonga, Wesley-Person, Miles, Harrington, and McDyess was not good at all. The Rockets scored 8 points by relying on Francis' breakthrough! 13 is 19 points behind 6.
Francis is in really good shape tonight!
Among the 8 points, 6 points were scored by Francis!
If we continue to play like this, we will really fall behind the Rockets by more than ten points in a single quarter!
I wanted to rely on offense to force the Rockets to replace Yao Ming in advance, but I didn't expect Witherspoon, who came from the nursing home, to play such a role.
Maurice Cheeks remembered that Witherspoon was Van Gundy Jr.'s old subordinate!
Clarence Witherspoon, once known as "Barkley's successor", was the No. 92 pick in the 9 class. He averaged 18 points, 10 rebounds and 2 assists in his sophomore year.
Before the second grade was finished, the 76ers gave up a fat contract of 6 million dollars for 3000 years. You must know the NBA salary at that time. Pippen signed a 7-year 2100 million dollar contract more than a year ago, and Jordan took it. The contract is still the 'sky-high' contract of $4 million for 1600 years.
I didn't expect Witherspoon to be at his peak in his second year...
但他的实力还是可以的，00-01赛季打出场均11+9的数据，从尼克斯那里弄到了一份5年2600万美刀的肥约。
01-02赛季，小范甘迪还是尼克斯队主帅的时候，把威瑟斯庞当大妈用，场均差不多能拿到8分8板1抢断1盖帽的表现。
Excessive defensive moves and too many fouls are the problems of Witherspoon's defensive end, but for this game that has been full of defensive confrontation from the beginning, it's just right!
When Van Gundy Jr. left the Knicks, Witherspoon was abandoned. In the middle of this year's season, the Rockets traded Witherspoon back, probably because of Van Gundy Jr.'s request.
As Maurice Cheeks expected, Van Gundy Jr. was about to cry, and finally there was a backup power forward that worked well! It's always a little old, but it's better than before.
For the Trail Blazers, at this point, Maurice Cheeks handed over the option to Kevin Pritchar -- is he going to free up Momonga and let him play around?Or do you want to play it safe?
Kevin Pritchar struggled for half a minute, did not choose both options, and implemented the third option...
……
After the timeout, Liu Xiu was replaced again, and the combination of Dale Davis and McDyess was replaced inside, and Ruben Patterson and Travis Outlaw were also replaced again.
The Trail Blazers began to fight the Rockets defensively!
With the adjustment of Kevin Pritchar, Maurice Cheeks knows that in the eyes of his chief assistant, their strategy of using offense to break the Rockets' rhythm strategy is shattered, and they are still dragged into the team by the Rockets. The quagmire of the defensive battle.
This is expected to be a situation with a greater probability. It was difficult for them to break free from the defensive quagmire when they played against the Rockets before, let alone now.
but……
"Kevin, your defensive positioning strategy..." Maurice Cheeks stopped.
Kevin Pritchar is still cold: "It's pretty good, isn't it?"
Maurice Cheeks rubbed his chin and smiled: "I didn't expect you to train players in the game. I remember that you even waited for Zach to train himself before giving him more opportunities. Now you are not willing." Give Sharif a chance, and Travis too."
"Wouldn't that affect the record? In the case of Zach, there was no one in our team with better talent than him at that time. We had to use less playing time to stimulate him and let him fight for himself, otherwise he wouldn't be so fast. He will think that as long as his progress is faster than the youngsters of the same team, it will be fine.
For Sharif, his basic skills and game experience are enough to allow him to complete most of the adjustments through training. When he can do better than Travis and Darius, it is better for us to give him playing time s Choice.
Travis is too young, he's only 19 years old, he doesn't know anything, let him figure out what kind of player he wants to be first..."
Co-authoring and exercising Liu Xiu's ability on the court will not affect the record?
Indeed, the impact will be much smaller.
When Liu Xiu is on the court, he will be willing to sacrifice his shot rights in order to better help his teammates score and help the team better.
Cultivating Liu Xiu with a training strategy of giving unlimited firepower like those weak teams will not work.
His own chief assistant did not do that either. The adjustment he made for Liu Xiu was to put Liu Xiu in a better position to grab the rebound and launch a fast break from the perspective of the team's strategy.
This is a good style of play, but the problem is that Liu Xiu's current ability in this area is not so good that it is better than the conventional style of play.
Such a team's strategic tilt, Maurice Cheeks looked at the court, he felt that Liu Xiu might not be able to feel any changes, but it would indeed have a certain negative impact on the team's strength.
After listening to the chief assistant for a while, Morris Cheeks only heard one meaning-I just treat them differently, what's wrong?
……
After the first quarter, the score was 18 to 25. In the last two and a half minutes, the two teams scored 5 to 6. The Trail Blazers fell behind the Rockets by 7 points and entered the intermission.
Kevin Pritchar discussed with Maurice Cheeks and made lineup rotations and tactical adjustments.
Liu Xiu continued to be sent.
"Jess didn't hit a single defensive counterattack, Kevin."
"This kind of thing is not something that can be practiced immediately, we have to be patient."
"I didn't see you being so patient with Travis..." The yin and yang head coach went online!
When Kevin Pritchar heard that, he wanted to hang that brat up and smoke him.
It is because in order to cultivate this kid, he was constantly teased by his friends and bosses!
Liu Xiu suddenly received a system prompt and was at a loss.
Did they do a good job defending just now?Although it failed to narrow the point difference, it also stopped the momentum of the collapse at the beginning in time.
Regardless of the chief assistant coach who may be in menopause, hurry up and discuss the details with the teammates who are about to play together on the basis of the tactics and strategies arranged by the coaching staff.
Soon, the second quarter began.
The main strategy of the Trail Blazers is divided into two situations.
One is the offensive of positional warfare, which is very simple, just follow the tactics of positional warfare.
The other is to focus on defense, playing counterattacks or transitions.
The first one is not easy to play. The Rockets' offensive and defensive capabilities in positional warfare are among the best in the league.
The second is the point where the Trail Blazers may come back tonight.
However, because Liu Xiu crazily grabbed 21 rebounds in the last game, tying Yao Ming's single-game rebound record set in January this year, the Rockets attach great importance to this point.
The strategic intentions of the Blazers are also obvious, so in the second quarter, the Rockets have a little change in their offensive and defensive strategies-actively compete with Liu Xiu for rebounds, reducing Liu Xiu's chances of grabbing rebounds and counterattacking.
Although Liu Xiuqi's counterattack ability is not bad, theoretically it is not enough to bring a fatal threat to the Rockets, but if there are conditions to suppress, little Van Gundy will naturally choose to suppress, and eliminate all threats, large and small, invisible .
Liu Xiu struggled to grab defensive rebounds, Randolph struggled to grab offensive rebounds, McDyess and the outlaws and Travis Outlaw actively looked for open mid-range shots when they played, Dell - Davis and Spantigna were also very active against Yao Ming when they came on the court...everyone was working hard.
But tonight the Rockets' defensive performance is really good, and the offensive perimeter shooting performance is also excellent.
At the end of the half, the Rockets successfully opened the point difference to double digits, leading the Trail Blazers by 49 points 38 to 11.
The Trail Blazers scored 21 points in the second quarter, a little more than the first quarter, but the Rockets scored 24 points in the second quarter.
……
Back from the halftime break, the situation didn't get any better. After less than half of the third quarter, they were beaten 13-7 by the Rockets!
第三节4分35秒，比分来到45比62，分差17分！
The Trail Blazers were suspended again.
Losing the All-Stars, Francis, who went crazy all the way tonight, played better and better. There was no rest for a second in two and a half quarters, and he scored 20 points!
Yao Ming played 6 and a half minutes in the first quarter, 9 minutes in the second quarter, plus 4 minutes in the third quarter, and played a total of 20 minutes. He scored 13 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists and 3 blocks. After entering the official timeout Be replaced to rest!
Yao Ming is about to burst into tears!
The teammates finally gave it their best!
He made 8 of 5 shots on the offensive end, scored 13 points easily, and put his energy into the defensive end, which is cool.
the other side.
Nearly half of the three quarters, the Trail Blazers scored less than 50 points, Maurice Cheeks felt that the game was almost over.
He replaced Randolph and didn't struggle anymore. There are still two away games to come. Now that the general situation is over, let's save the players' energy.
But unlike before, he left Liu Xiu on the court.
Maurice Cheeks sent the combination with the lowest education in NBA history-Flying Squirrel, Liu Xiu, Travis Outlaw, Miles, Harrington.
Liu Xiu looked at the lineup and wanted to ask the other party - are you afraid that we are uneducated?
oh!By the way, Liu Xiu remembered that Yao Ming hadn't read much, but Yao Ming was replaced!
首节刘秀打了接近9分钟、第二节打了8分多钟、第三节又打了4分多钟，21分钟时间里，他拿到了8分5板3助攻，表现确实一般般。
On the opposite side was a combination of Francis, Mobley, Eric Piakowski, Witherspoon, and Morris Taylor. Liu Xiu knew that the opponent was not careless, and guaranteed the bottom line of strength, and there were no double shots in the backcourt. replace.
Francis and Mobley are both big players averaging 40+ minutes per game.
Although I know that occasionally there will be such a game that is under pressure, but Liu Xiu, who has only lost 10 games in his career so far, is still in a bad mood...he doesn't want to give up!
When playing, Liu Xiu pulled his teammates on the field to emphasize the details of the game.
The high school students felt Liu Xiu's seriousness and the spirit of not giving up.
Originally, they wanted to fight casually, but seeing Liu Xiu like this, the four teammates were embarrassed to fight casually.
Anyway, they are all going up to fight, so it's better to fight!
The harder you play, the better your statistics, right?
……
Back from the timeout, the Trail Blazers went first.
Little Flying Squirrel played outside singles and hit a three-pointer!
Looking back, Francis made a strong throw under the basket and scored back.
Little Flying Squirrel played singles again and scored the ball to Liu Xiu. Liu Xiu's bottom line catcher passed the ball to the other side of the three-second zone without stopping. Harrington cut to catch the ball and took off, got rid of Witherspoon's close defense, and made a flying layup. .
Liu Xiu's second pass this time surprised Harrington.
If he was a second slower, his chance would be gone, and he would be entangled with Witherspoon again.
Harrington can see from this ball that Liu Xiu's understanding of his playing habits is getting deeper and deeper!
It was a mistake. Starting from playing against the Magic, Harrington was the core of tactics as long as he played. The coaching staff of the Trail Blazers wanted to make good use of this.
But tonight, Witherspoon's mobility, tonnage, and Harrington's tonnage are almost equal to garbage time. Maurice Cheeks, based on the idea of the chief assistant, let Liu Xiu be in charge of the main part of the tactics and increase the field The 'resource inclination' on the Internet made Harrington the terminal point and containment point, and there was an unexpected harvest!
Of course, the most important thing is the Trail Blazers. Randolph, Ruben Patterson, Dale Davis, McDyess and other players who really supported the team's lower limit were all replaced. I feel that I have already scored garbage time, and the defensive end has slackened. In the second half of the third quarter, the Trail Blazers really started their offense!
The Rockets' offense also played better because of the Blazers' defensive decline. Francis broke through like no one, and Mobley and Piakowski had very good shots on the wing.
The two teams fought back and forth at this stage.
At the end of the third quarter, the score was 60 to 78, with a gap of 18 points.
The Rockets felt stable, while the Trail Blazers, even Liu Xiu felt it was over...but!
At 10 minutes and 05 seconds, Flying Squirrel made a single three-pointer; at 11 minutes and 17 seconds, when Miles helped flank Francis, Liu Xiu completed the steal and passed it to the fast-moving Flying Squirrel, who made a layup.
Then Francis missed a jumper from the free throw line. The Trail Blazers attacked in a positional battle. Liu Xiu singled the ball to Little Flying Squirrel. Little Flying Squirrel caught the ball on the right side of the top arc and made a three-pointer... was thrown down by Mobley, but the front ball was thrown down Voted out!
When the referee blows the whistle, the ball falls into the basket!
Little Flying Squirrel also made an extra penalty, scored 9 points in a row, and chased the score to 69 to 78!
As Mobley missed a three-pointer in an outside single, after three quarters, the Trail Blazers narrowed the point difference to 9 points!
……
From clenching his teeth and unwilling to give up, to playing with his life and fighting the opponent for half a quarter, the score did not show any sign of shrinking and began to want to give up...Suddenly, as soon as Little Flying Squirrel hit the output, Liu Xiu found that the opportunity really came!
From Flying Squirrel's point of view, it was Liu Xiu's competitive spirit that drove the three high school teammates to work hard, creating the opportunity for him to score 1 points in a row in the last minute.
The three high school students were equally excited.
Maurice Cheeks and Kevin Pritchar are in the dark...
They didn't make any substitutions in the second half of the third quarter. It seemed that there was no hope, but they suddenly gave hope back!
This is of course a big surprise!
Maurice Cheeks took a deep breath, not rushing, not going up.
Chase!
Of course we have to keep chasing!
It looked like I had no chance before, but now I have a chance, of course I want to win 40 tonight!
On the other side, Yao Ming took off his training clothes and began to read the names of the fruits again.
This time it's not scolding teammates, it's pure emotional expression.
9 to 0!
It's too sudden!
He thought he could beat the prison team in three quarters and clock in to get off work!
But don't say it, Yao Ming is really jealous of Liu Xiu's teammate treatment.
Little flying squirrel! The sixth man with more than 1200 million dollars!
The highest paid player on their Rockets is not as high as Momonga.
As for the idea that Yao Ming felt that Liu Xiuzhen was pitiful when he joined the Blazers last summer, and he wanted to serve as a substitute for Little Flying Squirrel...that is all in the past, isn't it?
The more he thought about it, the more angry Yao Ming went straight to the opposite bench, and under the watchful eyes of everyone... snatched Liu Xiu's candied haws with one hawthorn ball left, bit it off, and handed over the lot to the person next to him who had been waiting to receive it The Trail Blazers caddy turned and left after chewing on candied haws.
"????"
The collective question mark faces of the Trail Blazers players.
Seeing the menacing appearance of the Great Wall of China, I thought I was going to do something.
fight?
Yao Ming is very tall, but the Trail Blazers players are really not afraid of Liu Xiu being beaten.
It's even a little hopeful that someone will want to do that...
They were curious about what Yao Ming wanted to do.
I didn't expect to come to grab the warden's candied haws to eat!
It's cruel!
(End of this chapter)