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Chapter 241 Rocket Death Five Minions 2.0 Participate!

"not so good."

Wang Chao shook his head and expressed his thoughts.

"Not to mention that these center forwards cannot replace Dayao's role in the team, it is extremely unwise to trade draft picks and some potential rookies in the team as bargaining chips."

General Manager of the Rockets: "..."

Of course he understood what Wang Chao said.

But the problem is, the Rockets are currently facing the situation, what if they don't reinforce the inside position?Is it possible to let Whiteside or Gobert on the bench replace Dayao?That would only make things worse.

Who would have thought that Dayao would be injured at the beginning of the season?

"Don't worry." Seemingly seeing the general manager's concerns, Wang Chao smiled with a relaxed expression. "The reason why the lineup was tested during the preseason was to avoid this situation, but I didn't expect it to be used so soon. The current Rockets lineup does not require any trade signings, only a little Adjusting the starting lineup, changing the style of play and tactics is enough to deal with it."

"Is that really feasible?" Not to mention the general manager, even the head coach McHale sitting on the side was a little tangled.

He knew what Wang Chao was referring to, that wonderful lineup with him as the center forward.

To be reasonable, although he played quite well in the preseason, as a traditional head coach, and a person who has transformed into a coach after retiring from the center-oriented era, McHale feels that there is even a center in a lineup. None, it's just deviant.

Besides, what does it mean to play well in the preseason?Neither side is serious about fighting. Once both sides are serious, the result may be completely different.

But who would dare not listen to Wang Chao's words?
When choosing to come to the Rockets, Wang Chao was destined to become the team's biggest ball bully. After all, the premise of his arrival was that the team fired the team's general manager Mo Dog for no reason or reason.

It is absurd for a player to join the team's request that they fire their general manager, but Wang Chao did just that, and the owner of the Rockets also agreed.

Then in the two years since Wang Chao arrived, the Rockets reached the finals twice and won the championship after more than ten years, and even led the team to an exaggerated regular season record of 72 wins and 10 losses.

All kinds of achievements have made Wang Chao's position here more and more detached. Basically, except for the owner of the Rockets, everyone on the team depends on his face to act, ranging from the team's signings and signings to daily training. As well as the itinerary, it can only be carried out with Wang Chao's approval.

Therefore, the meeting held by the general manager of the team is just a form of making suggestions, and Wang Chao needs to nod to implement it.

But now, their plan was directly rejected by Wang Chao.

There will be no changes to the Rockets lineup, and the regular season will continue with the current lineup.

But as Wang Chao said, after Dayao was injured, the Rockets needed to make some changes to the current lineup, some changes that had already been tried in the preseason.

On November 11, the Houston Rockets faced the Toronto Raptors at home.

Due to the butterfly effect brought about by Wang Chao's crossing, Kyle Lowry's career trajectory was directly changed. He did not play in the Rockets and made his mark, but gold can shine everywhere, so the Raptors went around in circles , and finally got together the garbage brothers combination, Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan, which also made the Raptors' combat effectiveness soar. The negative record ranks third in the Eastern Conference, and has been one of the strongest players in the Eastern Conference in the following years.

This is definitely a formidable enemy that should not be underestimated. Without Dayao, even if the Rockets still have Wang Chao, they can gain the upper hand in the game, but it will take some effort to win the game.

It should be like this.

However, the Rockets fans, who were still immersed in Dayao's reimbursement for the season and the team's strength plummeted, ushered in a big victory at their home court with a look of bewilderment.

At 117:104, the Rockets beat the Raptors by 13 points at home, refusing to lose streak.

Winning is still secondary. The key is the starting lineup and style of play that the Rockets sent in this game, which is jaw-dropping.

The starting five of the Rockets are Wang Chao, Butler, Leonard, Parsons and Middleton.

This lineup is very similar to the lineup the Rockets deployed in the preseason, except that Thomas Jr. was replaced by Middleton.

But there is nothing wrong with doing this in the preseason. After all, the preseason record will not affect the team's record. How dare the Rockets play like this in the regular season?Moreover, when Garnett is not performing well and Dayao is reimbursed for the season due to injury, being so irresponsible for the game is likely to cause the team to suffer a wave of losing streak and fall out of the top record rankings.

But in this game, the Rockets still won, and the winning process was wonderful and beautiful. The team's offensive end revolved around Wang Chao, and the offense was almost extremely fast. Almost every round ended within 10 seconds. Boom tactics look like a 7-second attack.

But the Rockets are obviously different from the Suns back then. Although the offensive rhythm is as fast, the Rockets' defense has not fallen behind while focusing on offense.

This is why Wang Chao replaced Thomas Jr. with Middleton.

Although the second-year Middleton is still a bit weak, his speed is not as flexible as that of Thomas Jr., unlike Thomas Jr., who can be used as a ball-holding point during offense to share some of the pressure of holding the ball on the offensive end for Wang Chao, but he On the defensive end, he is much better than Thomas Jr. Even if he is not good at defense in his future career, his height of 2 meters and wingspan of 01 meters determine that even if he is not good at defense, as long as he is serious, the effect of defense will be great. will be bad.

When the Raptors saw the Rockets starting with such a lineup, they were of course a little confused, but they quickly reacted, and they were the same as those teams that encountered the Rockets' death five small version 1.0 in the preseason. The first reaction is to let the inside attack the basket.

But like those teams in the preseason, the effect of the interior offense is not satisfactory.

The current main player of the Raptors inside is Jonas Valanciunas, who is 2 meters tall and weighs 13 kilograms. He is considered a relatively large center forward.

However, as a second-year rookie, Valanciunas averaged only 8.9 points and 6 rebounds per game in the Raptors last season, and his skills are still very immature.

When facing Wang Chao, Valanciunas couldn't give full play to his advantage inside, and he didn't even have the slightest advantage in terms of strength.

Wang Chao's newly obtained fighting madman talent is not for viewing. With 88 strength and fighting madman talent, Wang Chao's confrontation ability is quite outstanding. He was in a hurry and had no offensive rhythm.

猛龙队纠结在内线进攻的第一节比赛，瓦兰丘纳斯6投1中仅得到2分，而火箭队却趁此机会打出一波12:0的攻击波直接拉开分差。

The 2.0 version of the Rockets' Death Five is definitely not as weak as it looks, and even has a slight advantage in rebounding. The Raptors have been robbed of offensive rebounds by Wang Chao many times.

After the whole game, Wang Chao scored a large triple-double with 27 points, 19 rebounds and 12 assists, especially in rebounds. With 7 offensive rebounds, people can't help but wonder, which side of the inside is more dominant?

如果说击败猛龙队的这场比赛是运气的话，那么11月13日火箭客场123:114击败76人，11月14日连续背靠背客场109:106击败纽约尼克斯，以小球战术斩获三连胜，是真的让全联盟都惊讶了。

Such a play actually really works?This is a bit too exaggerated, right?

There is no center, not even a power forward in the traditional sense, and even a traditional point guard does not exist in a strict sense. How can five swingmen in their early 2 meters be so powerful on the field?

The media all over the league reported it vigorously.

"The general manager of the Miami Heat and the legendary coach Pat Riley once proposed that the ultimate form of basketball in the future will be five all-round players with a height of about 5 meters on the court. The position is blurred. Everyone Can be competent for any position on the field, there will be no obvious shortcomings, and naturally there will be no fatal weaknesses."

"Obviously, the current Rockets lineup is infinitely close to the ultimate form of future basketball that Riley said, and in the previous three games, it can be seen that this style of play has merit The average height of the Rockets' current five starting players is exactly 2 meters, although Wang Chao is the only one who can truly achieve complete position blurring, but the effect on the field is very good."

"In this era where there are fewer and fewer top traditional centers, perhaps the changes made by the Rockets are really the direction of future basketball development."

On November 11th, the Rockets played at home against the Denver Nuggets. Facing the team with the fastest offensive rhythm last season and known as the Denver Athletics, the Rockets of the Death Five 16 version staged a game against each other at home. An extreme run and bomb battle.

The offensive rhythm of the two teams was full in the first quarter. The Rockets scored 40 points in a single quarter, and the Nuggets also scored 36 points. Immediately after entering the second quarter, the Nuggets began to lose support and gradually fell behind in the confrontation , Only scored 23 points in the second quarter, while the Rockets scored another 32 points in a single quarter.

The reduction in the Nuggets' offensive ability is not due to lack of physical fitness and the Rockets can't run, but when the Rockets began to adapt to the Nuggets' running and bombing rhythm and strengthened their defensive capabilities, the Nuggets' offense encountered great resistance.

Although it is a re-enactment of the Warriors' death squad, the defensive ability of the Wang Chao rocket version of the death squad far exceeds that of the Warriors' death squad.

The three defensive cores of Wang Chao, Leonard, and Butler, plus Chandler Parsons and Middleton's height and wingspan brought about the defensive talent, the effect of the five people's defensive strength is comparable. exaggerate.

You know, even Parsons and Middleton, who are not good at defense, have averaged more than 1 steal per game in their careers. They are not defensive champions but they are not defensive black holes.

In the second quarter, the Nuggets made more than 8 turnovers in a single quarter, all of which were made by the Rockets' half-court pressing defense.

Both offensive and defensive ends are blown up, how can this game be played?
In just three quarters, the difference between the two teams went straight to 30 points.

In the end, the Rockets beat the Nuggets 132:107 by 25 points and won four consecutive victories. It also proved to the entire league once again that the Rockets' dead five small lineups are powerful!
(End of this chapter)