Pick Westbrook

Chapter 62 Show Your Strength in Front of Your Idol

The second game.

The Rockets took the bench lineup, and at the same time led the team alone by the league's scoring champion Tracy McGrady.

The Bucks also took the bench lineup, but let Artest continue to stay on the court.

"Obviously, Tracy McGrady and Artest will be on the same page in this game."

"Coach Li Lai of the Bucks is going to use Artest to test McGrady's current firepower to see if he is still the league's most unsolvable offensive scorer."

On the court, Tracy McGrady, who was connecting the teams throughout the first quarter, was also full of anger.

Because the Bucks have been restricting his conduction of the ball, he hardly has any eye-catching assists. Instead, he frequently creates opportunities for Yao Ming to play inside.

"So, am I being looked down upon?"

"The league's top four, Tracy McGrady, will one day allow opponents to not even double-team?
What an irony! "

The angry McGrady took the initiative to ask for the ball from beyond the three-point line, then bent down, his tired eyes began to shine, and the drooping eyelids disappeared.

White Horse Silver Spear is going to singles!

The Rockets players who are familiar with McGrady's habits all stretched to the weak side.

Artest lowered his center of gravity, and shouted with confidence: "Don't come to help defend, I want to defend him alone."

McGrady was even angrier when she heard this sentence.

"You want to defend me alone? Hey, why do you think you can defend me alone!"

Seeing that Artest chose to take a step back to defend, McGrady was relentless, raising his hand was a symbolic pull.

Artest followed up in an instant, and instead of choosing to interfere with the shot, he blindfolded McGrady.

"This defensive judgment is correct."

Jordan off the court said with satisfaction.

At the same time, he was very dissatisfied with McGrady's shot choice.

Even if your McGrady's physical talent is enough to pull up directly in front of most players, but after all, you are shooting against the defense, and now you are still facing the defense of Artest, a former DPOY player.

"If you play like this, the hit rate will not be high."

boom!
It's hard.

Tyronn Lue nodded happily and said: "If McGrady can't stand up and lead the team to score points in the second quarter, the Rockets can't keep up with our offensive firepower."

Li Lai nodded in agreement.

That's what he did by letting Tyronn Lue gather intelligence on the Rockets before the game.

McGrady averaged 38 percent shooting this season, the lowest in his career.

So let him frequently fall into singles and block the connection between him and his teammates. This is definitely the best defensive strategy.

The Bucks attack.

Dragic broke through with the ball, and after a pick-and-roll from Crohill, he easily reached the basket and scored.

"After the Rockets lost Yao Ming, the interior defense is also a big problem." Kenny Smith shook his head and said.

Barkley looked at the players on the Bucks court and sighed.

Dragic's playing style is very similar to that of Phoenix's Zonda, both of whom are extremely fast players.

Of course, the defense of the two also stretched their hips.

With the characteristics of Dragic's style of play, the opponent team must match a big center in the interior as a barrier.

Otherwise, with his mobility, he can continuously enter the hinterland and cause damage to the opponent team.

The Rockets' backup center is Dikambe Mutombo, known as the Mountain of Africa, a future Hall of Fame-level defensive champion.

It's just that he is 43 years old this year, one year older than Reggie Miller who is sitting off the court.

At this time, it is really difficult for Mutombo to provide the Rockets with more court value.

"The management of the Rockets is really picky."

"With the combination of McGrady + Yao Ming, wouldn't it be better to bite the bullet and spend a lot of money to get some useful substitutes?"

"Uncle Mu, who is about to become a grandfather, has been brought in to play as a backup center. This is really too much."

Tyronn Lue cursed at the Rockets from the bench, calling out elder abuse in his heart.

This season's Mutombo has to play 10 minutes per game after Yao Ming is off the court.

Although he can still contribute 2 points, 5 rebounds and 1 block per game, anyone with a discerning eye has discovered that Uncle Mu really can't run anymore.

If the Rockets' management can find a better center forward, Yao Ming won't be so tired every second half.

on the field.

Tracy McGrady and Artest singled out continues.

Baima Yinqiang finally passed Artest with his unsolvable first step, and scored with a ecstatic domineering one-handed dunk.

"Looking good is really good-looking, but the efficiency is really low enough."

Rick - Adelman looked at the score of 45:42 on the field, the Bucks have already led the go-ahead, and finally shook his head helplessly.

"Substitution!!!"

The Rockets returned to the starting lineup.

At the end of the second quarter, the two teams tied at 55:55.

The second half.

Li Lai specially called everyone together and said, "Very well, the current situation on the field is very favorable to us."

"Next, we can't relax our double-team defense against Yao Ming, forcing him to consume more energy every time he scores a goal."

"As for the other Rockets players, McGrady handed it to Artest, Luis Scola is a very powerful player on the offensive end, Villanueva, you have to pay attention!
You don't need to participate in the team's double-teaming, just focus on your defender. "

"Streetball kings Alston and Sean Battier are much easier to defend, just keep an eye on their three-pointers."

"If they want to break through and try a half-stop, then boldly let them try. Compared with Yao Ming's terrorist attack inside, that is what we need to see."

Westbrook and everyone nodded again and again. Under Li Lai's defensive arrangement, they were more confident in winning tonight's game.

During this period, Li Lai specially called Yi Jianlian to his side and said.

"This is a rare opportunity for you to meet your idol."

"Go fight!"

"Let him know how much potential you have!"

Yi Jianlian nodded solemnly, he has been waiting for this day for a long time.

The game continued in the second half.

As soon as Yao Ming came up, he scored against Yi Jianlian's basket.

It seems that the little giant also wants to win tonight's game.

There is no way, with the pattern of the Western Conference, if you lose a game or two, it is very likely that you will be directly out of the ranks of the playoffs.

See which team is now eighth in the Western Conference.

— Oklahoma City Thunder!
The record is 16 wins and 12 losses.

The 58% winning rate is only ranked eighth!

Hammond, who was sitting behind the coaching bench of the Bucks, admired Li Lai's decision more and more when he thought of this, and the Thunder, which seemed to have taken advantage of it, seemed to be swayed by Li Lai.

There is so much competitive pressure in the Western Conference this season, and the currently reported next year's draft is a rare draft year.

Blake Griffin, Hashem Thabeet, James Harden, Tyreke Evans, Ricky Rubio, DeMar DeRozan, Brandon Jennings, Zhu Holiday, Ty Lawson
Which of these players is not a proud man with superior combat ability and talent?

The current record of the Thunder is not going up or down, and it is impossible to choose to play poorly under the lineup with Bogut + Jeff Green + Durant + Michael Reed, and work hard for next year's draft year.

They wanted to make the playoffs, but they encountered the ghost pattern of this year's West.

So the Thunder can only bite the bullet and go for the playoffs.

"Hmph, I really hope they don't make it to the last bus in the Western Conference playoffs. In that case, Sam Presti will take revenge for bullying us."

Hammond gritted his teeth while clutching his big belly.

(End of this chapter)