Super Basketball Manager

Chapter 189 Truly Unsolvable! ?

"Vote for Mayo?" When Chris Paul held a canvassing flyer tailored for Mayo by Space City, a humorous smile appeared on his face...

"Don't underestimate the New Orleans Hornets..." Trevor Ariza, who started his career with the Hornets, said to everyone very rigorously at the pre-match mobilization meeting.

"As long as that kid is wearing a yellow and green jersey, they will always be a strong team..." said fellow former owner Tyson Chandler.

During the warm-up, the little man's behavior and actions attracted Ron's admiring eyes. He is Chris Paul, the best point guard in the league, none of them...

And please don't forget his age, only 26 years old, a full ten years and eight months younger than the master point guard who retired from the Phoenix Suns...

The NBA is bloody slashing with knives, not gentle embroidery competitions. For 20 years, all the unsolved players have loved to cut the inside line.

Their cutting can change the trend of a game, make your best inside barrier full of holes, and make the Losers who failed because of this regret.

Yes, it seems that there is no more passionate three-point rain and dunks towards the basket, but the former is like an instant beheading, done overnight, and the damage caused by the incomprehensible cut is similar to Ling Chi. The seemingly careless free throws are more tragic than the storm...

It's like Ling Chi's execution, cutting you alive piece by piece...

Will be based on courage and act with wisdom.

Xiang Yu was brave, but he couldn't kill the 20 Qin army alone.

However, when he took the lead and rushed forward, he could make the Chu army's blood boil, followed by shouting and marching forward, outnumbered and outnumbered.

Likewise, a player scoring triple digits only happened on March 1962, 3 or in a video game...

So in a real game, the choice of the incomprehensible is to defeat one person, or defeat the enemy for a while?

"Hi! Paul!" Before the start of the game, Chandler and Paul had a face-to-face bear hug. After the tea was served, the friendship lasted forever. As soon as they met, the two began to tease each other...

"It's been a long time since you've gained weight, buddy... how about it, is there a guy here who will pass you a lob pass?" Paul smiled knowingly.

"Of course... Hehe, buddy, don't take too many chicken feathers as arrows today... How many points are you going to get? It's interesting! We need this victory..." Chandler said carelessly, making David West and others of the Hornets ignore for a while...

"...Don't make things difficult for me, old Qian!"

In an atmosphere of laughter and laughter, the competition officially began!
Under Ron's behest, Adelman resorted to a strange move. He took Scola off the starting lineup and let Dragic and Lowry double control the starting lineup...

Chandler took the lead in attacking his former owner. First, he succeeded in jumping the ball and seized the opportunity. Then, for the first time, he took the inside position and singled out Okafor with the ball.

2 free throws in the bag... The Rockets took the lead.

Finally figured out the trick of Houston's double point guard starting...

They double-teamed Paul, which is why they started with two point guards. Unfortunately, they underestimated the kid's dribbling ability and vision.

The double-team failed to interfere with Paul's dribbling, but instead allowed him to send 7 assists in the first quarter, allowing the Hornets to shoot 5 of 4 three-pointers in the first quarter.

On the other hand, Chandler fully played the role of killing the old master. He led the Rockets' lineup of one team and four teams to attack the defensive system of Hornets coach Byron Scott, who is known for his defense.

At 30:28 in the first quarter, the two teams were evenly matched, and the Hornets took a slight lead by 2 points...

In the second quarter, the New Orleans Hornets made a bold change, replacing rookie Collison and Paul also playing a double-control lineup. So far, Paul has put his dribbling energy on the offensive end, showing his edge...

After his pick-and-roll with Emeka Okafor, he broke through Lowry and came to the free throw line. When it seemed that everything was going to end with a shot or a dribble layup, he threw the ball into the air like a hypnotist teleporting objects with his mind, another alley-oop...

Why did everyone on the Hornets—West, who had been mediocre for a few years after entering the industry in 2003, Peterson, who was lingering in Toronto, and Stojakovic, who was repeatedly resold after being frustrated—began to play with full confidence?Why can Okafor, who can only make two goals per game with the Bobcats, average 12 points per game and at least one or two alley-oops every night?

Because Chris Paul is neither Allen Iverson nor Kevin Johnson.

He is unique.

Of course, Paul's jumper adjustments may not be consistent enough compared to Tim Hardaway or Nash's wide range that can be shot at any time with an emergency stop. Fortunately, his cuts and right-hand swing layups are sufficient.

He is not like Kevin Johnson, the Assassins or Iverson, who mostly add new ideas to the offense by cutting the ball or scoring: he has the brain of a positional commander, and the vision, judgment and decision-making ability of a natural point guard.

The decision to kill, just like Xiang Yu commanding the Western Chu cavalry, made the whole team invincible...

Chandler, who was abandoned by the Hornets, knows best that the opposing head coach Byron Scott once made a strategy for himself, and now it is also applied to Okafor. On the defensive end, the Hornets are not as good at blocking shots as other teams.

And to be able to play a lot of cooperation in such a chic way, and to be able to resist the enemy thousands of miles away, because the Hornets control a large amount of the ball in the hands of Paul, and he alone judges... On the offensive end, West and Okafor took turns to raise the screen, West's 45-degree post-up singles, and the shooters' bottom line crossing the screen and then catching and jumping. These are the Hornets' specialties.

In the first half, there was a burst of crushing punches, and the Houstonians raised their heads and were already 12 points behind...

Everyone knows that Paul must be contained to kill the Hornets.

But it’s easy on paper, but difficult to operate: You rarely see the Hornets collectively pulling away to let Paul one-on-one: Their screens, off-ball running, pick-and-rolls at the top of the arc, and flash cuts have reached the point of proficiency, and Paul—as mentioned earlier—can sneak into any corner like a ghost, and can always find teammates.

A cunning, clever and unselfish kid who has the ball-handling ability of a smiling assassin, and has two smart screeners-West shoots straight to the three-point line, praised by Paul himself as a "17-foot assassin", and Okafor is very good at using the reverse cut after the screen to capture the opportunity of the alley-oop. Don't forget that this guy once snatched the best rookie crown from Warcraft before he was injured...

Of course, the Hornets' trump card is the group of shooters who force you to follow to open up space in the bottom corner...

From this point of view, all the players of the Hornets complement each other, so Paul is almost an unsolvable weapon, making the entire Toyota Center unsolvable...

"In the second half, we can't 'wait for the wind'... After all, the tactic of double point guards is not our forte..." When Adelman looked at Ron during the intermission with similar pleading eyes, the latter also clenched his cheeks and his brain was running fast...

Looking at Paul's 12 assists on the stat sheet, and then seeing that the entire Rockets only had 7 assists in the first half, Ron had to smile humorously, expressing his willingness to bet...

"Ah! It's my fault... It's my fault... I should have known that I have no talent for skills and tactics..."

"This is no less than using one's own weaknesses to attack the enemy's strengths..." Taoist Qing Were said.

Olajuwon also expressed his views on the sidelines. "Perhaps, according to common sense, everyone knows that to kill the Hornets, Paul must be contained. But why can they still occupy the top positions in the Western District for a long time? Thinking about it the other way around, if we let Paul score, we will still play our game. Who can guarantee that our game can't beat the opponent?"

"You mean..." Ron had a flash of inspiration...

"That's right, let's pick up our own conventional weapons... Go our own way and let others say it..." Olajuwon continued to mutter proudly: "In this way, they will fight their way and we will fight ours. Maybe each will lead the way for hundreds of years, and there will be an exciting match that will last forever..."

"Princeton..." the three said in unison.

Adelman spread his hands, saying that this was what he wanted to say...

In the second half, the Rockets gave up the decision to sacrifice Dragic to restrict Paul. "We have done too much in controlling Paul." Ron said.

So in the third quarter, in the first few offenses, Paul easily scored points again and again, and his points were close to double digits in terms of statistics. However, Mayo and Scola, who returned to the starting lineup, blossomed at two points, especially the former, who almost smelled the smell of his first All-Star trip in his life, felt hot, and beat the old Maurice Peterson into a sieve...

The Rockets kept chasing points, and Scott had to stop the game, and then went to Collison, and used Paul, a three-time defensive first-team player, to defend Mayo...

This seems to be going the same way as the Rockets in the first half, no less than self-defeating martial arts. Paul, who shared the pressure on the defensive end, was no longer so agile when he cut in. On the other hand, the Rockets were at the end of the third quarter. When Paul took a break, relying on the strength of Dragic and Nick Young, he overtook the score in one fell swoop and kept it until Paul played again in the fourth quarter...

At the moment of death, the aura of an all-star always shines brilliantly, how could Paul be an exception?

But this is almost the first ace player who made the Rockets decide to give up containment since Ron took office.

"Let's take a gamble! Rick (the old man's name)!" His weird smile made even Adelman shudder, as if a game was like a child's play in Ron's eyes...

So, with Paul continuing to show off his power, he raised his personal score to 35 points, but this time, the Rockets didn’t plan to defend no matter how they were abused. They closed the door and let Lowry fight Paul. This is the new strategy of Ron and Adelman—in fact, it is also the best strategy...

Although it is gambling, how could Ron, the most treacherous gambler, bet on an uncertain game?
In these series when Ron took office, Lowry averaged 17 points per game; people said that he was not a pure point guard, because he frequently entered the opponent's camp with his thick body, and turned the opponent's inside line upside down like a swingman...

For a long time, Lowry has not been able to get rid of the shadow of injuries after the high-load operation of the body. Some people are still talking about his average score of nearly 20 points per game, relying on the cover and containment of Mayo, Scola and the Rockets Princeton tactics.

But one thing has been overlooked—he is not a good long-range shooter, and the peripheral space created by Chandler's huge threat on the inside doesn't help him much—at least not like the crazy little black bean Brooks, who only needs to shoot three-pointers from the outside to reap the benefits.

He relied on his much thicker tonnage than the average point guard. In the last game against the Clippers, perhaps inspired by Baron Davis, he actually learned to cut in and frequently rely on small throws to score points...

Arenas' latest blog talks about pure point guard vs. scoring point guard. His opinion is: "If a point guard can't attack, he can't help the team."

That's what Paul is, and now Lowry is...

His approach was a head-to-head pounce.

He decisively cut into the low post, and then continued to divide the ball to create long-range opportunities, allowing the Rockets to shoot 8 of 5 long-range shots in the crucial fourth quarter.

This strategy is simple and crude, but it is realistic and effective.In the half-court battle, he can still cut freely and score the ball accurately, and only he can do it.The Rockets fight fire with fire, at least on this night: directly attacking the rim or betting on three-pointers, Lowry is the lead dice that Ron drives the game, only winning but not losing...

"Look, we looked at ourselves, but they sacrificed their own style in order to deal with Mayo like we did in the first half..." Ron stood up excitedly, and blew a whistle. In his opinion, the game has actually been won safely...

The Hornets were completely in disarray, and they suddenly realized that even if Paul could easily score points, in turn, Lowry can do Paul's work well...

At 1 minute and 07 seconds before the end of the game, Okafor faced Lowry after the pick-and-roll and changed defenses, and was directly swayed by a crotch dribble...

Borrowing ESPN's commentary: "The best defensive guard in the league may not be able to hold Lowry and let a lame center face him?!"

Similarly, Paul, who was stuck with 12 assists and scored 38 points in the game, scored sparks in the game, but this time, after Mayo was heavily marked and misfired, Lowry scored a career-high 41 points and 12 assists-this may be his most brilliant game of the season.

115:108, the Rockets won four consecutive victories...

Seeing the remarks made by Paul's teammate CBA after the game, Ron showed a calm smile on his face...

What is the real unsolvable?

Not Paul, not Kobe...

It's called Team Winning!
　Ask for a ticket!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)