From today on is the king

Chapter 408 406. This is the first step!
Liu Reck felt an irresistible impact coming from the back of his hand, and the ball bounced off the backboard because of the potential energy of Liu Reck's hand being slapped!

The ball was definitely a thug, but the referee didn't whistle!This golfer-in-one block is virtually whistle-free!

Thanks to Muhammad's good sense of rushing, he grabbed a defensive rebound and made a tip-up to score two points.

Liu Mang felt the Rockets' beautiful teamwork defense, and then remembered that the Rockets this year are no longer the bad defensive team of last year!This year's Rockets' defense ranks in the top ten in the league, and the average conceded points per game is only 92 points.
Yao Ming's statistics may not be eye-catching, but his enthusiasm, his height threat, and his defensive effect in the interior are extremely strong!In addition, there is Eddie Griffin by his side, and Francis, a small cap chasing expert on the outside, the Rockets' inside defense is extremely strong!

It's the Rockets' offense again. After Francis has a good inside line this season, the ball dominance attribute has dropped a lot. The ball possession rate has dropped from 30.00% last season, the most terrifying level in the league, to 20.00%.

The Rockets have five positions, and the one who can really say that the offense can play against the opponent is the old cat Mobley facing Jason Terry.

This year is a year of transformation for Francis. He started to have a sense of teamwork. He led the team to the playoffs next season. Unfortunately, he just made it to the playoffs. He just found a style of play that suits his career. The contrast of Yao Ming's combination is full of reverie.

But this time, although Francis wants to let Mobley play singles again, Mobley's situation seems to be not very good.

Jason Terry tried his best to defend around the front, desperately trying to prevent Mobley from receiving the ball in the low post.

Although Jason Terry has always been a poor defensive player, he seldom really lags behind, because he really works hard and always finds ways to make up for his poor defense.

Francis wanted to pass to Mobley because he was really afraid of making a mistake, so he chose the best attack with the ball!
As soon as Francis lowered his weight and dribbled the ball, he saw the scene that had made him angry all the time. The guy opposite, who was already in the second grade, retreated to the free throw line again!
"Stop shooting! If you dare to shoot, I will return you a block!" Liu Mang said loudly.

Francis is furious, you should get closer if you want to block the shot!There are two meters away, do you think you are a spring person!

However, Francis still chose to break through and rushed towards the left.

Just when Liu Mang saw that Francis was about to reach the free throw line on the left side of the basket, he wanted to move over to delay the opponent's breakthrough. At this time, Francis suddenly changed direction to the right center!

Liu Mang reacted very quickly, kicked his right foot, and jumped towards the left...

With a muffled groan, Liu Mang was blocked!
Yao Ming didn't know when he moved out to block Liu Mang!

Francis changed direction to the center and stepped on the free throw line towards the basket. Fortunately, Ratliff had excellent defensive awareness. When Yao Ming pulled out the pick-and-roll, he judged the opponent's intention and came to the reasonable collision zone arc position to defend and blocked Francis.

However, this is what Francis wanted. Yao Ming blocked Liu Mang and then turned around to cut. Francis threw the ball to the basket. After Yao Ming cut in, the matchbox bounced in the air, received the ball and pressed it into the basket!
The Rockets' trio is so strong!
Liu Mang saw that Yao Ming and Francis, who were only rookies, combined with such lethality. Coupled with Mobley's excellent individual singles, it is no wonder that the Lakers, which will face the Big Four in the playoffs next season, can still win a game, and lose two games within 5 points!
The Rockets got off to a good start today!

The old cat Mobley's touch, such a pull-bar layup can be hit accurately, Francis' pass, Yao Ming's pick-and-roll feel are all very good, the Rockets started off very well.

Liu Mang received the serve and advanced to the frontcourt. Just as the Rockets were concentrating on their defense, Liu Mang suddenly called a timeout.

Seeing Liu Mang making a time-out gesture, the referee didn't react and was stunned for a second before blowing the whistle.

Needless to say, the Rockets players feel suffocated!When the opponent is ready to defend, the opponent suddenly stops attacking and it is called a timeout. This feeling is like watching some movies when the pants are taken off and the power suddenly cuts off!
Although the Eagles players are also inexplicable, but the little hooligans will not just call a timeout to play, there must be some purpose.

Thinking of this, the Eagles players suddenly became worried. Could it be that they were injured by the shot blocker just now?That "snap" sounded very likely!
Could it be that when you dribbled the ball, you found that it didn't feel right?Broken fingers or the back of the hand?
The players thought so, and coach Kruger thought the same way. Seeing Liu Mang return to the bench, coach Kruger hurriedly asked, "Ace, are you okay? Is the timeout an injury?"

"Oh, it's okay, I want to call a timeout for fun..." Liu Mang replied casually while thinking.

"..."

The Eagles were inexplicably silent, and a group of people had black lines all over their heads.

It's really called a pause!

Coach Kruger watched Liu Mang thinking, and knew that this kid was talking nonsense. He didn't know what the purpose was. He really wanted to know but it was hard to ask.

Anyway, a timeout has been called, and coach Kruger also intends to emphasize the defensive strategy and ask the staff to bring the tactical board over.

When the staff handed over the tactical board, Liu Mang just thought of a way, saw the tactical board stretched out, and caught it...

Suddenly, the atmosphere became awkward.

The Eagles players all looked at Liu Mang who was holding a pen with his left hand on the tactical board...

Coach Kruger looked at Liu Mang in astonishment, Liu Mang also reacted, and quickly returned the tactical board to Coach Kruger.

However, Coach Kruger made a "come here" gesture, and Liu Mang stretched out his hand, so embarrassing!
Coach Kruger is in a good mood recently, and he is still in the very good mood after crawling out of hell, so he is full of childlike innocence, so he simply let Liu Mang arrange this strategy. This kid is quite good in tactics.

The point is that this is a timeout called by Liu Mang. After thinking about it for a while, he must have his own ideas. Coach Kruger didn't intend to call a timeout at this time, so even if he arranges tactics, he emphasizes defense. It is better to arrange for Liu Mang.

Feeling the atmosphere of his teammates wanting to laugh but not daring to laugh, Liu Mang was even more embarrassed!
But Liu Mang is also an idiot, so my master arranges it!
As a result, Liu Mang took the tactical board back and began to arrange: "Carlos replaced Theo, Theo, take a rest first, Carlos, when you go up, pull Yao Ming out on the offensive end, and go to the place farthest from the basket..."

The teammates don't think about whether this arrangement is good or not. The key is to change players at the beginning of the game?This is a bit unexpected.

Why does it feel so strange?How does it feel like the routine of the bitter-faced coach of the Spurs?

Ratliff was a little strange, and Boozer was a little panicked, but Ratliff really had a hard time defending against Yao Ming. Yao Ming was too flexible, beyond expectation, and he was so tall, and he was tired with a hard top.

While Boozer was terrified, he immediately became excited again when he saw the coach agreeing to the substitution.

Boozer was ecstatic: This is the treatment of the main players!Sure enough, the little boss likes to cooperate with me the most!

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Back from the timeout, the Rockets were baffled. The opponent called a timeout at this time. Their head coach Tomjanovich was just as confused as Coach Kruger, and there was really nothing to arrange.

So the Rockets didn't make any adjustments, but after seeing the Eagles' lineup after playing, the Rockets were dumbfounded.

The overall height of the Hawks' current lineup is 20 centimeters shorter than the overall height of the Rockets!

And these 20 centimeters are all the height difference of the center position!
The Eagles played the ball in midfield, Liu Mang received the serve and dribbled it beyond the three-point line, Boozer pulled to the middle distance, Eddie Griffin thought Boozer was playing power forward, because Muhammad always played the center position when the Eagles played small lineups.

Liu Mang gestured for a pick-and-roll!
Raheem did not continue to sit in the low post to ask for the ball, but pulled to the middle distance of the left baseline, where he was the most accurate mid-range shot. Jason Terry ran around the baseline to the right corner, and Muhammad came to the top arc to screen and roll Liu Mang. Yao Ming had to follow.

The basket is empty!

Liu Mang received Muhammad's pick-and-roll to avoid Francis' active defense. A horizontal pull dodges Yao Ming who was pulled out, and rushed to the inside. At this time, Eddie Griffin made up.

Boozer cuts in at the right time, Liu Mang hangs inside, and James Posey on the baseline makes up for the basket to prevent Boozer from lobbing.

James Posey's defensive awareness is excellent and in place, but!Liu Mang's pass was not for Boozer, the ball landed in the middle distance from the bottom line on the left side of the basket!

Raheem felt so good when he received the ball. The ball landed just in front of his chest.
The fans at the scene were all silent, Nima, when will our family be able to play such a tactical cooperation?
Don't we all play the second grade and the fourth grade, and the quasi-veteran after the fourth grade?

This unexpected lineup combination and coordination, this pick-and-roll that makes the opponent's defense play around, this makes the opponent's most active defender unable to find Bei's beautiful lob...

After being surprised for a moment, the fans at the scene began to cheer loudly!
Our family also has tactics!

"COY..."

"COY..."

"COY..."

The fans at the scene began to shout the best coach, which made Coach Kruger on the sidelines feel embarrassed.

Liu Mang was ecstatic in his heart, and he played the Jazz's pick-and-roll coordination. The key is to combine the pick-and-roll master and the pass master for the first time!

Although they are only facing the Rockets, which are in the early stage of defense, although the Rockets have improved defensively, the loopholes are also obvious, so the difficulty is not too big. If you really want to say that they play defense, the Rockets may not be as good as the Hornets or the Bucks. After all, they are a real playoff team.

But this is the first step!Liu Mang felt that what he had learned from Shuang Sha could be brought into play!

(End of this chapter)