Healing Basketball Chapter 190

Chapter 190 190. Just so eccentric (6000 words for a ticket~)

Almost got an offensive rebound by Cato.

Liu Xiu protected the ball and avoided Francis' rush.

Francis's frontcourt rushing can often play a role in interrupting the opponent's fast break. Van Gundy Jr. encouraged him in this regard and made good use of it.

failed to complete the steal, but Francis stopped Liu Xiu from passing the ball to Miles. When Liu Xiu moved the ball smoothly, Mobley had already guarded Miles.

It's a pity that I didn't play a counterattack. I was in a good position just now, and I grabbed the ball at a point inside the free throw line.

glanced at the buff of 'Rock Solid', it was even better than he expected!

In this era before the 3-point shot, there are many point guards or shooting guards in the league who are not very good long shots, which means that there will be a lot of cases where he shrinks to the free throw line.

The probability of triggering this buff is naturally very high!

It's just that there were few rebounds here before, so he felt that the trigger probability was not high.

Actually, it was just because he didn't really learn the rebound in the first half of the season and didn't get this buff.

Now, is it possible to grab an extra rebound every night in this area?

If there is room for improvement, rebounding is more stable…

Depend on! The warden is a point guard!

Liu Xiu came to the three-point line in the frontcourt, and Francis took a step back to defend.

This Liu Xiu is not easy to stand out. Randolph leaned against Cato on the bottom line on the right side of the three-second zone to ask for the ball, and Liu Xiu hoisted the ball over.

Randolph singled against Cato, turned his back and turned his face to the sideline of the three-second zone. He hadn't completely got rid of the defense, and he made a strong shot...

Missed!

Yao Ming protect the defensive rebound!

One of the tallest and heaviest players in the league. Just like the last match, Yao Ming alone fully filled the Rockets' rim protection ability!

Like Gasol, Duncan, Randolph dared to rush in and chisel, even if the probability of success is not high.

However, Yao Ming, who had sufficient physical strength at the beginning, was really a moving Great Wall in the eyes of box-attacking players!

Francis received the ball and advanced to the frontcourt, and the Rockets' position was adjusted.

Yao Ming opened up the space and came to the left side of the three-second zone. Randolph and Spantania were expanded to protect the frame.

Liu Xiu retreated to the free throw line, Francis no matter how Liu Xiu defended, he forced the inside line!

The impact is really fierce! Liu Xiu feels similar to defending Wade.

When he got to the inside, Francis took off against Spantinha and forced a throw... Francis's shot was too reckless. He could get in with multiple levers. Roller came out in a circle...

Yao Ming, who followed up, scored the ball and tiptoed to make a tip!

This sudden pressure on the movement ability, the Trail Blazers player who just played the Mavericks the day before yesterday is really uncomfortable, much faster than the big bamboo pole Bradley.

Francis continued to press the frontcourt to limit the Blazers' serve speed.

The Rockets rely on the strategy of personal ability + defense dragging and playing!

Yao Ming also changed his style of play tonight, focusing on catching and shooting and protecting the frame. Cato was the main rusher. Francis and Jim Jackson took turns to singles, and Mobley did a good job of receiving and shooting...

The Rockets' offense played so-so in the opening stage. Yao Ming scored two points to break the ice, followed by Francis with two points and one assist, Mobley scored a long two points, Jim Jackson made a single three-pointer, Yao Ming received the ball and made a mid-range shot. Made two free throws for fouls.

The official timeout was entered at 6 minutes and 31 seconds in 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 the first half!

The score was 9-11, and Maurice Cheeks clapped his hands to encourage the players who returned to the bench.

He didn't achieve his goal of using Spandania to consume Yao Ming.

Spantigna's presence on the court is bound to mean that the Blazers' offense is less diverse. If McDyess is replaced, the Blazers' offense will be better, but Yao Ming won't get even a single shot when he stands under the basket. A little bit of restriction.

Moreover, when Spantania was on the court, Yao Ming didn't need to go to the main attack, he only needed to do a good job of defense to lead the Rockets to compete with the Blazers, thereby saving energy and prolonging the time of the vigorous stage.

Yao Ming has plenty of physical strength and the Rockets' starting lineup is really strong.

This is the reason why the Rockets have repeatedly been able to outcompete the weak.

Maurice Cheeks consoled himself - last time he started 7-14 behind, and this time he was only 2 points behind, which is good.

He used the core combination of Momonga + Harrington and replaced the core combination of Randolph + Liu Xiu.

On the Rockets side, Yao Ming was replaced, Francis, Mobley, and Jim Jackson continued to play, and the power forward was replaced by the new aid Clarence Witherspoon traded during the All-Star weekend. Morris - Taylor topped the center position.

Xiaofan's defensive coaching ability is really excellent.

The Rockets' defensive adjustment is in place this time.

Witherspoon made Harrington, the new core of the Blazers' second unit, very uncomfortable!

With a height of 198 cm, he can move very quickly in the power forward position, and he can carry a weight of 120 kg.

Harrington's performance was limited, and the little flying squirrel seemed to be unable to support alone, blind waves, unable to let go, and unable to play with cooperation.

The first quarter hit 9 minutes and 22 seconds, and the Blazers called a timeout.

Nearly three minutes, they only got 4 points!

And the defense of the combination of Momo, Wesley Person, Miles, Harrington, and McDyess was not good. The Rockets scored 8 points with Francis' breakthrough! 13 is 6 points behind 19.

Francis is in really good shape tonight!

In this pair of 8 points, 6 points were scored by Francis!

If you keep playing like this, you are really behind the Rockets by more than ten points in a single quarter!

I thought about using the 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.

Morris-Cheeks remembered, Witherspoon was the old man of Van Gundy Jr.!

Clarence Witherspoon, once known as the 'Successor of Barkley', the 92nd No. 9 pick, averaged 18 points, 10 rebounds and 2 assists per game in his second year.

Before finishing the second grade, the 76ers dumped a six-year, $30 million contract. You must know the NBA salary at the time. Pippen signed a seven-year $21 million contract more than a year ago, and Jordan took it. The contract is still the same four-year $16 million 'sky-high' contract.

I didn't expect Witherspoon's second grade to be the pinnacle...

But his strength is still good. In the 00-01 season, he averaged 11+9 data per game and got a 5-year, $26 million contract from the Knicks.

In the 2001-02 season, when Van Gundy Jr. was the coach of the Knicks, he used Witherspoon as an aunt and averaged 8 points, 8 rebounds, 1 steal and 1 block per game.

Excessive defensive action and too many fouls are problems with Witherspoon's defensive end, but in this game where the defensive confrontation is full from the beginning, it's just right!

Van Gundy Jr. left the Knicks, and Witherspoon was abandoned. The Rockets traded Witherspoon back in the middle of this season, probably at the request of Jr. Van Gundy.

As expected by Maurice Cheeks, Van Gundy Jr. is going to cry, and finally there is a backup power forward who works well! It's old, but it's better than before.

On the Blazers side, at this point, Maurice Cheeks handed over the option to Kevin Pritchard—to free Momo to let him roam freely? Or do you want to be steady?

Kevin Pritchard struggled for half a minute, but neither option was chosen, and the third option was executed…

The suspension came back, Liu Xiu was replaced again, the inside was replaced by a combination of Dale Davis and McDyess, and Ruben Patterson and Travis Outlaw were also replaced.

The Trail Blazers started to defend against the Rockets!

With adjustments like Kevin Plitcha, Maurice Cheeks knows that in the eyes of his chief assistant coach, their strategy of using the offense to break the Rockets' rhythm strategy was shattered, or was dragged in by the Rockets. The quagmire of defensive battles.

This is an expected situation with a higher probability. Before, it was difficult for them to break free from the defensive quagmire when they played against the Rockets, let alone now.

but…

"Kevin, your defensive positioning strategy..." Morris-Cheeks stopped.

Kevin Pritchard is still cold: "It's 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 gave Zach more opportunities after he trained himself, and now you don't want to. Give Sharif a chance, and so does Travis."

"Won't that affect the record? In Zach's case, there was no talent in our team that was better 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. progress, he will think that as long as he improves a little faster than the young people on the same team.

In Sharif's words, his basic skills and game experience are enough for him to complete most of the adjustment work only through training. When he can do better than Travis and Darius, we will give him playing time. s Choice.

Travis is too young, he's only 19 years old, he can't do anything, let him figure out what kind of player he wants to be first..."

Co-authoring 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 right in order to help his teammates score better and help the team better.

The training strategy of giving unlimited firepower to train Liu Xiu like those weak teams will not work.

His own chief assistant coach did not do that either. The adjustment he made for Liu Xiu was to put Liu Xiu in a better position to grab the board and initiate fast breaks from the perspective of team strategy.

This is a good style of play, but the problem is that Liu Xiu's ability in this area is not so good that it is better than the regular style of play.

Such a slanted team strategy. Maurice Cheeks looked at the court. He felt that Liu Xiu might not feel any changes, but it did have a certain negative impact on the strength of the team.

After listening to the chief assistant for a long time, Maurice Cheeks only heard one meaning - I was treated differently, what?

After the first quarter, the score was 18-25. In the last two and a half minutes, the two teams scored 5-6. The Blazers trailed the Rockets by 7 points and entered the break.

Kevin Plitcha and Maurice Cheeks discussed the lineup rotation and tactical adjustments.

Liu Xiu continued to be sent.

"Jace didn't hit a single counterattack, Kevin."

"This kind of thing is not something we want to practice right away, we have to be patient."

"I haven't seen you being so patient with Travis..." The yin and yang head coach is online!

Kevin Plitcha wanted to hang that stinky boy up and smoke him.

It was because he was constantly ridiculed by his friends and bosses in order to cultivate this kid!

Liu Xiu suddenly received a system prompt and was confused.

They did a good job defending just now, right? Although it failed to narrow the score difference, it also stopped the momentum of collapse at the beginning in time.

Ignore the chief assistant coach who may have reached menopause, hurry up and discuss the details with the teammates who are about to play together on the basis of the tactical strategy arranged by the coaching staff.

Soon, the second quarter began.

The main strategy of the Blazers is divided into two situations.

One is the positional warfare attack, this is very simple, just follow the positional warfare tactics.

The other one—mainly on defense, playing counterattacks or playing transitional sections.

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 where the Blazers could come back tonight.

However, because Liu Xiu grabbed 21 rebounds frantically in the last game, tying Yao Ming's record for single-game rebounds set by Yao Ming in January this year, the Rockets attach great importance to this.

The Blazers' strategic intentions were also obvious, so in the second quarter, the Rockets' offensive and defensive strategy changed a bit - actively competing with Liu Xiu for rebounds, reducing Liu Xiu's chances of grabbing rebounds and counterattacks.

Although Liu Xiuqi's ability to counterattack is also good, theoretically it is not enough to bring a fatal threat to the Rockets, but there are conditions to suppress, and little Van Gundy will naturally choose to suppress and eliminate threats large and small. .

Liu Xiu is very **** defensive rebounds, Randolph is very **** offensive rebounds, McDyess and the extrajudicial fanatics and Travis Outlaw are very active in looking for open mid-range shots when they are on the court, Dell- Davis and Spantania were also very aggressive against Yao Ming when they came on the court...everyone is working hard.

But tonight, the Rockets' defensive performance was really good, and the offensive perimeter shooting performance was also excellent.

At the end of the half, the Rockets managed to widen the difference to double digits, leading the Trail Blazers by 11 points 49-38.

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.

After the intermission, the situation did not improve. After less than half of the third quarter, the Rockets were beaten 13-7 by the Rockets!

4 minutes and 35 seconds into the third quarter, the score came to 45 to 62, with a difference of 17 points!

The Blazers were stopped again.

Lost the All-Star. Tonight, Francis, who went mad the whole way, played better and better. He did not rest for a second in two and a half quarters, and scored 20 points!

Yao Ming played 6 and a half minutes in the first quarter, 9 minutes in the second quarter, and more than 4 minutes in the third quarter, for a total of 20 minutes, scoring 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 a shot!

He shot 5 of 8 on offense and easily scored 13 points. It was cool to put his energy into the defense.

the other side.

Nearly half of the third quarter, the Trail Blazers scored less than 50 points. Maurice Cheeks felt that the game was almost explained.

He replaced Randolph and didn't struggle anymore. There are still two away games to come. Now that the situation is over, let's save the players' energy.

But unlike before, he left Liu Xiu on the court.

Maurice Cheeks sent the lowest-educated team in NBA history—Momong squirrel, Liu Xiu, Travis Outlaw, Miles, Harrington.

Liu Xiu looked at this lineup and wanted to ask the other party - are you afraid that we have no culture?

Oh! By the way, Liu Xiu remembered, Yao Ming didn't read much, but Yao Ming was replaced!

Liu Xiu played for nearly 9 minutes in the first quarter, more than 8 minutes in the second quarter, and more than 4 minutes in the third quarter. In 21 minutes, he scored 8 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists, and his performance was really average. .

Opposite is the combination of Francis, Mobley, Eric Piakowski, Witherspoon, and Morris Taylor. Liu Xiu knows that the other party is not careless and ensures the bottom line of strength. There are no double guns in the backcourt. replace.

Francis and Mobley are both big guys with an average of 40+ minutes per game.

Although I know that there will be occasional games like this, but Liu Xiu, who has only lost 10 games in his career so far, is still in a bad mood...I don't want to give up!

When came on the court, Liu Xiu pulled a teammate on the court to emphasize the details of the play.

The high school students felt Liu Xiu's seriousness and the spirit of not giving up.

Originally wanted to play casually, but seeing Liu Xiu like this, the four teammates were embarrassed to play casually.

Anyway, you have to go up to fight, so why not fight!

The harder the fight, the better the data, right?

came back from a timeout, and the Trail Blazers took the lead.

Momonga's outside singles hit a three-point shot!

Looking back, Francis made a strong throw to the basket and scored in return.

Momonga played singles again, and Liu Xiu scored the ball. Liu Xiu's bottom line receiver kept passing the ball to the other side of the three-second zone. Harrington cut in to catch the ball and jumped, got rid of Witherspoon's defense, and made a layup. .

Liu Xiu's second pass this time surprised Harrington very much.

If he was a second slower, he would lose his chance this time, and he would be entangled with Witherspoon again.

Harrington can see from this ball that Liu Xiu has a deeper and deeper understanding of his playing habits!

is a typo. Since playing against the Magic, Harrington is the core of the strategy as long as he plays. The Blazers coaching staff wants to take advantage of this.

But tonight Witherspoon's mobility and tonnage are almost equal to garbage time. Maurice Cheeks has the idea of the chief assistant, and let Liu Xiu be responsible for the main link of tactics and increase the field. On the 'resource tilt', Harrington became the endpoint and the pinning point, with an unexpected gain!

Of course, the most important thing is the Blazers side. Randolph, Ruben Patterson, Dale Davis, McDyess and other players who really support the team's lower limit have been replaced, and the Rockets are on the side. I feel that it has already entered garbage time, and the defense is slack. In the second half of the third quarter, the Blazers really started the offense!

The Rockets' offense also played better because of the Blazers' defensive decline. Francis broke through like no one, and Mobley and Piakowski had excellent shooting opportunities on the flanks.

The two teams fought back and forth at this stage.

By the end of the third quarter, the score was 60-78, and the difference was still as large as 18 points.

The Rockets feel stable, the Blazers, even Liu Xiu thinks it's over... But!

At 10 minutes and 05 seconds, Momonga made a three-pointer in a singles; at 11 minutes and 17 seconds, when Miles helped to flank Francis, Liu Xiu completed a steal and passed it to Momonga who was going down quickly, and Momonga made a layup.

Then Francis missed a jumper from the free throw line, and the Trail Blazers attacked in a positional battle. Liu Xiu singled the ball to Momo, and Momo made a three-pointer on the right side of the top arc... Was knocked down by Mobley, but was knocked down and shot the ball before out!

When the referee whistle blows, the ball falls into the basket!

Momonga also added a penalty and scored 9 points in a row, chasing the score to 69 to 78!

As Mobley missed a three-pointer on the outside, the Trail Blazers narrowed the difference to 9 points after three quarters!

From clenching his teeth and reluctant to give up, to playing his life and fighting with the opponent for half a quarter, he began to want to give up... Suddenly, as soon as the little Momonga made an output, Liu Xiu realized that the opportunity really came!

From Momonga's point of view, it was Liu Xiu's competitive spirit that drove the three high school teammates to work hard, creating a chance for him to score 9 points in a row in the last minute.

The three high school students were equally excited.

Maurice Cheeks and Kevin Pritchard are stunned…

They didn't make any substitutions in the second half of the third quarter. It seemed that there was no hope for them, and they suddenly gave back their hope!

This is of course a big surprise!

Morris-Cheeks takes a deep breath, can't rush, can't look up.

Chase!

Of course, keep chasing!

I looked like I had no chance before, but now I have a chance, of course I have to win 40 tonight!

On the other side, Yao Ming took off his training suit and began to chant the name of the fruit again.

This time, it wasn't to scold his teammates, it was purely emotional expression.

9 to 0!

Too Nima suddenly!

He thought he could beat the prison team in three quarters to clock in and get off work!

But don't say, Yao Ming is really jealous of Liu Xiu's teammates' treatment.

Little flying squirrel! The sixth person with more than 12 million US dollars!

Their Rockets' highest-paid player isn't as high as a mouse.

As for when Liu Xiugang joined the Trail Blazers last summer, Yao Ming felt that Liu Xiu was really pitiful to go to the bench for Momo... That's all in the past, isn't it?

Yao Ming, who was getting more and more angry, went straight to the bench opposite. Under the watchful eyes of everyone... He snatched Liu Xiu's rock candied gourd with a hawthorn ball left, took a bite, and then handed the sign to the pioneer who had been waiting to receive the sign. The player's caddie, chewing on the candied haws, turned around and left.

Blazers players collective question mark face.

Seeing the aggressive appearance of the moving Great Wall, I thought what was going on here.

fight?

Yao Ming is very tall, but the Blazers players are really not afraid of Liu Xiu being beaten.

Even a little bit expecting someone would want to do that…

They were just curious about what Yao Ming wanted to do.

I didn't expect to come to grab the warden's sugar candied haws to eat!

is simply cruel!

(end of this chapter)

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