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Chapter 41 One-sided crushing



Chapter 41 One-sided crushing

Timeout, Blazers bench.

All the players stood in a circle, McMillan happily praised the excellent opening attack, then looked at Su Yang, asking if there was anything to add.Su Yang nodded and said, "Frye is ready to shoot a three-pointer..."

Judging from the first few rounds, Ade took the ball to face Hayes. He didn't play the ball to find the rhythm, and he didn't hit the back to squeeze the space. The Rockets will definitely make adjustments.

Based on Su Yang's experience in watching Rockets games for many years, Adelman would arrange for Yao Ming to switch defenses every time a player restrained Hayes.

Su Yang was sure that Adelman would operate like that, so he made Frye ready to shoot a three-pointer and beat the Rockets hard.

After explaining the main idea, and then laying out several specific tactics, Su Yang finally emphasized to keep the initiative and don't be afraid of making mistakes.

McMillan went on to add a few words, the whistle sounded at the end of the timeout, and the game continued.

Players from the two teams re-entered the field, the Rockets kicked off from the bottom line, and Alston quickly took the ball across the center line.

Yao Ming was still stuck in the right elbow area, and relying on his weight advantage, he slowly pushed Frye down.

Roy hurriedly searched from the bottom corner, and according to Su Yang's pre-match arrangement, he helped defend in advance and interfered with receiving the ball.

Seeing this, Alston put down his hands to stop the hanging pass, and then twisted his hips to face to the left.At the same time, Hayes set up a screen in the left elbow area, McGrady took the opportunity to get rid of Webster, strode to the top of the arc, bowed and raised his hand to signal for the ball.

Seeing this, Su Yang shouted and waved his hands, reminding that McGrady can be double-teamed, leaving Hayes alone.

Adelaide did as he heard, and formed a double team with Webster, who squeezed through the screen, at the moment McGrady received the ball.

When he was younger, McGrady might have been double-teamed directly, and his body was three points. Unfortunately, he was getting older and his knee was injured. McGrady hesitated for a while, turned around and faced the double-team duo, bent over The ball is passed back 45 degrees to the right.

Alston reached out to catch the ball, took advantage of Yao Ming's uplift to cover, twisted his hips sideways and went straight to the paint.

The impact speed was very fast, but after Adelaide completed the double-team, he was already ready to shrink. A simple lateral movement position blocked Alston's route to the basket, and he did not worry about Hayes getting an open shot. Chance.

Amidst the cheers of the audience, Alston stopped, turned and threw the ball to Hayes.

With only four seconds left on the shot clock, Hayes stepped out without hesitation and turned around, making a hand-to-hand screen.

McGrady rushed up to catch the ball, followed by jumping off the ground, flying against Adelaide and Webster to interfere with the shot.

Dangdang!The basketball bounced off the rim and fell into the net.

"YEAH!" The Toyota Center immediately resounded with cheers, and the Rockets fans were very excited to see McGrady's goal.

McGrady calmly turned around and returned to the defense, as if he was unwilling to make such a difficult shot at the beginning of the game. Hayes also waved at McGrady from a distance, as if he was a little embarrassed by his throw-away pass.

Su Yang saw it, and suddenly recalled the scene of Hayes taking the ball open under the basket and actually shooting it across the bridge.

In the transition between offense and defense, Jack dribbled the ball to the top of the arc, passed it to Roy on the right wing, and then found Frye to cover and ran to the basket.

As predicted, Yao Ming is defending Alder in the short corner on the left, and Hayes is defending Frye.

Hayes didn't follow Frye out, but waved his hands, trying to interfere with Roy's pass to the basket.Roy immediately threw the ball to the top of the arc, and Frye caught the ball and raised it high. Seeing that Hayes was still in the paint, he raised his hand and scored a three-pointer.

Boom!The basketball hit the hoop and scored 14 to 4.

The players on the Rockets bench were collectively confused, and Adelman frowned slightly, realizing that things were not that simple.

The two teams switched offense and defense. Alston caught the ball from the bottom line and rushed two steps forward, raising his hand and making a long pass.

The basketball flew straight to the 4th perimeter on the right side of the frontcourt. McGrady caught the ball and switched to patting with his left hand, raising his right hand to indicate his position.

Seeing this, Yao Ming started to get stuck on the right waist, and Frye hit the ball twice but failed to resist, but McGrady passed the ball to the left.

Frye breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that Yao Ming took the opportunity to continue to get stuck with his back, and he couldn't stand it even more.

McGrady wanted to return to the basketball at the same time, and he passed it to the waist, while the other Rockets players withdrew one after another.

It was obvious that Yao Ming was going to play singles, Su Yang immediately yelled to remind him to shrink and pinch, and Webster and others followed suit.

In a hurry, Yao Ming combined the ball and turned forward, raised his hand and passed directly to the top of the arc, and Alston received the ball wide open.

Jack hurried back to the defense, so fast that he almost fell to the ground.Surprisingly, Alston didn't make a shot, and passed the ball to McGrady at the 45-degree three-point line on the right, but Webster also returned to defense at the same time, raising his left hand to interfere with McGrady's rush shot.

With 8 seconds left on the offensive clock, McGrady observes for a moment, steps up to join the ball, pulls up and shoots.

when!Basketball hits the basket and hits the iron.

Adelaide jumped high to get the rebound, landed and passed it to Jack, and the Blazers launched a fast break counterattack.

Still playing the tactics of the previous round, the ball was passed to the right wing first, and Frye went up to screen.

Hayes hesitated for a while, still did not follow out to defend, but knelt in advance to prepare.

Frye didn't care so much, he took the ball and directly looked up at the basket, confidently shooting three-pointers like training.

bass!The basketball went into the net hollow, 17 to 4.

The booing in the arena stopped suddenly, and the Rockets players on and off the court, the coaching staff, and the fans all realized that something was wrong.

Frye's three-point shot after the top of the arc is not an accidental position, but a fixed and common tactic!

Adelman hurriedly turned his head to discuss with the teaching assistant, and stroked his hair smoothly, paying great attention to hairstyle.

Easy side Rockets attack, Alston dribbled the ball across the center line, raised his hand and passed directly to the right wing position.

McGrady catches the ball and observes sideways, while Alston rushes to the waist and screens off the ball with Yao Ming.

The Blazers team's defensive attention naturally focused on the right area, but McGrady suddenly turned to the left, raised his hand and threw the ball to the top of the arc, then bowed and started, with the help of Yao Ming's uplift cover, he went straight to the left along the free throw line Go away at half time.

Meanwhile, Battier holds the ball on the left wing, hands up, as if waiting for Tracy McGrady to settle.

"Oh? Adelman was afraid of being beaten by Phil Jackson back then, so he also played the triangle offense?" Looking at the Rockets' typical triangle tactics, Su Yang was puzzled, "Medina route, Kobe often runs? "

"No! This is a 2IN ROLL tactic..."

Su Yang came to his senses suddenly, and immediately yelled at the field, reminding McGrady to cut outside.

Before the words fell, McGrady stopped and twisted his hips, instead of rushing to the waist according to the triangle attack routine, he rushed to the top of the arc, and with the help of Hayes' downhill cover, he threw away Webster who was closely chasing him, and raised his hand to catch Baba. Thiel passed the ball and made a three-pointer.

Perhaps it was Su Yang shouting to remind him, Webster actually squeezed past the screen in time and flew to interfere with the shot.

when!Basketball hits the basket and hits the iron.

Aldridge jumped to catch the rebound, landed and turned around and threw it to Jack. The Blazers launched a fast break counterattack.

Once again Frye mentioned the top of the arc as a screen, and Jack passed the ball to Roy on the right wing for an air cut.

This time, Hayes chose to follow up to defend Frye, and stuck to him as if he was facing a big enemy.

At that time, Roy put the ball straight to the basket, and Jack cut the ball and carried Alston for a layup.

The basketball bounced into the net with a bang, and the referee blew his whistle at the same time, calling Alston for a foul.

Amid the boos all over the court, Jack stood on the free throw line and made an easy hit and added a penalty. The Blazers led 20 to 4.

The whistle sounded again for a timeout, and Adelman rushed into the arena, ignoring his disheveled hairstyle.

In the ESPN commentary booth, Van Gundy laughed unabashedly, and seemed no longer depressed about the Rockets firing him.

"The Rockets are facing the same problem in the playoffs against the Jazz. Chuck Hayes is a player who works extremely hard and has great ability to defend in the low post, but his shortcomings are also prominent. The Rockets need to introduce..."

After Van Gundy finished speaking, Jackson went on to say: "The game has become a one-sided crush. If the Rockets can't solve the defensive problems against Frye and Aldridge, then they are very likely to lose the home opener."

(End of this chapter)


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