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Now the Supersonic team is not afraid of playing against other teams. The team with both offense and defense is not too afraid. What they are afraid of is meeting a team like the Rockets. Take control, the key is that the Rockets' pace is too slow. : Read novels[ ]( ·~ )

If the difference is only a few seconds, it will basically not have any impact on the players, but if the difference is too much, the players will feel extremely uncomfortable.

In this situation, it depends on the player's self-regulation ability and the head coach's control ability, but these two things are not very good for the Sonics.

Everything is like this, it's easy to think fast, but difficult to think slow, if it wasn't for Stephen supporting the team there, the Sonics would have been knocked down by the Rockets long ago.

As long as Yao Ming and McGrady can stay healthy, the Rockets will be a first-class team in the league. Both of them have suffered from injuries this season, but the injury time is not long, and the injury time is just staggered. So the Houston Rockets have remained competitive and remain among the playoff teams.

But only relying on the two of them, the Rockets can only be regarded as a strong team, and they are not yet at the level of a championship team. The Rockets need to be further strengthened, but the salary structure limits the Rockets' operating space.

Because the salaries of Yao Ming and McGrady alone account for [-]% of the salary space, especially McGrady, his salary is too high.

His salary this season is 100 million US dollars, which is already the top salary level in the league, but McGrady's performance is a bit unworthy of this salary.

According to McGrady's current performance, and excluding the injury factor, he is now holding a contract of 1000 million US dollars or a little more than 1000 million, which is reasonable. At the same time, the Rockets also have 1000 million space to recruit another powerful player of.

Unless Alexander is willing to pay the luxury tax, the Rockets' current situation is a dead end. The main reason is that the contracts of Yao Ming and McGrady are a bit long, and at the same time they are a bit big, and both of them have potential injuries.

This brings limitations to the operation. Not all teams are willing to gamble, and not all teams have the space or willingness to take such a large contract. When you see McGrady now, you know* * How wise it is for Vichy not to give players big contracts easily.

When McGrady won the league's scoring title twice, who would have thought of his current situation, now McGrady, playing ten games may have a performance in line with his worth, and it is only possible.

This means that most of the time you pay the price of a top player, but you get a first-class player. For a businessman who likes to care about everything, this is like stealing money from him, so even if Alexander started I like McGrady very much, and now I only frown when I see McGrady.

Comparatively speaking, Yao Ming's performance is far more stable and efficient than McGrady's, and even his injuries are lighter than McGrady's. Therefore, Yao Ming gradually took over the position of team boss from McGrady. Grady didn't respond. 【New】( ·~ )

This is a problem with McGrady's character. He lacks the kind of domineering, especially compared with the later transformed Yao Mingyi. However, his ability and talent are still what he is now. The Rockets are indispensable, without his outside support and cooperation, Yao Ming's threat will be greatly reduced.

Especially in terms of passing the ball to the inside, McGrady is unmatched by others in terms of timing and passing skills. In the Rockets' current lineup, he is the one who will pass the ball to Yao Ming most, and then Sean Batty Er, followed by the main point guard Alston.

After Yao Ming left the field, the Sonics' internal and external cooperation was finally opened up, and Coupard's small hook was also used in a decent manner. When Yao Ming was on the court, Coupard didn't score a single point. , but when he faced the old Dikembe Mutombo, Coupard showed the demeanor of the league's new generation of outstanding centers.

However, Van Gundy was also prepared for this. He took out a small note from his pocket and looked at it, and immediately sent Hayes up. The combination of him and Mutombo was purely a defensive combination, but it was very good. Restricted Coupard's play.

For the Supersonics' player characteristics and rotation, Van Gundy is not only well aware, but at least he still remembers it. Since April, besides analyzing the opponents in the regular season, at least half of his energy has been put in the playoffs possible opponents.

And the key point is the Sonics. According to the current rankings, the Houston Rockets rank sixth in the West, while the Sonics are second in the West. It is impossible for the two teams to match each other, but there is still a long way to go before the end of the regular season. Ten games, anything can happen in the middle.

It is unlikely that the Houston Rockets will go up. Even if they go up, they will be promoted to fifth place in the West. It is impossible to go up to the top half.

Although the San Antonio Spurs are not strong this season, they are deadly, and no one dares to underestimate the Spurs.

Because everyone knows that the Spurs in the playoffs are the real Spurs, and the current Spurs are not bad if they can have [-]% of the playoffs. I didn’t watch the last few games, and the Spurs took turns to let the three main players rest , but still maintain a winning streak.

At the same time, the Spurs are also the defending team. Never underestimate the heart of a champion. This sentence is what Tomjanovich said in the Rockets, but it also applies to the Spurs. As the third team in the past 20 years Although the team that won three consecutive championships lost Stephen and made his strength slightly lower, it still cannot be underestimated.

Especially in the playoffs, playing against one opponent in a row is a test of the head coach's ability. If you choose the head coach who gives Van Gundy the most headache and is unpredictable among the other 29 head coaches in the league, **Vich is definitely the top three one.

The Spurs are currently unable to attack the top three in the Western Conference, but it is not a problem to ensure their current position and maintain their home court advantage. A coach like Vivić cares about every advantage and will never let it go . ( ·~ )

If the Spurs are unwilling to give up their fourth position, then Van Gundy absolutely does not want the team to rush to fifth. Facing the Spurs is not a good choice, but with the current situation of the Rockets, they dare not choose opponents too much. Because the qualification for the playoffs is not fully guaranteed yet. [ ]

After analyzing their own schedule and opponents, as well as those of the Phoenix Suns, Dallas Mavericks, and Denver Nuggets, and then calculating their respective winning percentages, the final result is that the Rockets have the highest probability of falling to seventh in the Western Conference. The probability of being eighth in the West is the second highest, and the probability of keeping one's current position is about the same as falling out of the playoffs.

Everything can be deceiving, only data can't deceive people. Although Van Gundy is not a data party and regards this sentence as Lunyin, he dare not ignore the role of data. Since the probability of falling to seventh in the West is the highest , then follow this to make preparations.

After doing the same analysis work on the opponents in the first half, the Rockets found that whether they fell to seventh or eighth in the West, they had the greatest chance of going to the Seattle SuperSonics, because the Sonics kept the current Western Conference. The probability of the second position is about the same as that of rising to the first position in the West, but the probability of falling to the third position in the West is only 17.00%.

To be honest, if Van Gundy is allowed to choose, he would most like to meet the New Orleans Hornets. Although the New Orleans Hornets have long occupied the top position in the Western Conference this season, in terms of real strength, they are still in the playoffs. Still inferior to several other western powerhouses.

The Rockets are afraid of running into a team with a strong point guard, but if Van Gundy is asked to choose between Kobe and Pau Gasol, Stephen and Chris Paul, Van Gundy would rather run into Chris Paul, at least he The degree of abnormality is incomparable with the other two.

As a person who has to deal with the game in detail before the game, what Van Gundy dislikes the most is some unexpected or uncontrolled situations in the game, like Stephen and Kobe Bryant, both have this ability, You calculated according to his average points per game, and it turned out that he got twice the number of points per game. What to do, all the countermeasures are empty.

However, the probability of the Rockets meeting the Hornets is the smallest. Although the probability of meeting the Los Angeles Lakers is not high, the last thing Van Gundy wants to meet is the Los Angeles Lakers. The lineup is the most reasonable and balanced among the three of them.

Another factor is the factor of the head coach. Phil Jackson's command rarely has any magical touches, but he rarely makes mistakes. At the same time, he rarely intervenes in the game and lets the players decide the direction of the game. Said, but a difficult point.

The Lakers have super internal strength. It is not that the strength of a single player exceeds Yao Ming, but their overall strength. Paul Gasol, Odom, Turiaf and many other players are relatively strong. It's not that Bynum is still on the injured list, the Lakers' inside line is even more terrifying.

After offsetting the Rockets' inside advantage, the Rockets will face the opponent's outside advantage. If McGrady is still the same McGrady who just joined the Rockets, Van Gundy will not be too worried, but now Mike Grady has long been a different person.

On the offensive end, McGrady is still [-]% to [-]% of the previous level. In terms of connecting teammates to organize offense, McGrady is even stronger than before, but on the defensive end, due to injuries, McGrady is a little afraid of confrontation. This made him dare not invest too much on the defensive end, and his defensive level was not even half of what it used to be.

On the other hand, the Supersonics, whether on the offensive or defensive end, strongly rely on Stephen alone to lead them. This kind of team is considered the best defense. As long as you restrain Stephen, the game is basically half successful.

Of course, Stephen is not so easy to be restricted. There have been countless teams trying to accomplish this task this season, and most of them ended in failure. Targeted tactical arrangements, and then adjusted according to the results, the tactical effect will naturally be different.

At the same time, in consecutive matches, Stephen's state must have ups and downs. In the regular season, this phenomenon actually exists, but it is not obvious, and it is difficult to use. But in the playoffs, it can be used.

Therefore, Van Gundy has done a lot of research work on the Sonics. Now, among the head coaches in the league, who knows the Sonics best, then Van Gundy ranks second without hesitation, and Carlesimo is naturally the first.

He is very clear that Coupard can cause trouble for Yao Ming on the defensive end, but his offensive ability will definitely not be able to break through Yao Ming's defense, but his playing time does not exactly match Yao Ming's playing time.

Because of Yao Ming's physique, he will have to rest for a few minutes after playing for about 10 minutes. After the rest, he will not have this problem when he plays again, and Coupard usually plays the entire first half. Therefore, the few minutes in the middle when Yao Ming was not on the court was very likely to be used by the opponent.

Mutombo's defensive effect on the attack on the frame is very good. Many players who like to hit the basket will eventually eat his hotpot. Relationship, the ability to protest is reduced, and the defensive effect is not very good.

At this time, Scola is replaced by Hayes, and he and Dikembe Mutombo will have a very good defensive effect. Although this will greatly reduce the offensive power of the inside, but the game is like this, there are gains and losses. For Van Gundy, defense is the most important thing.

His basketball philosophy is to compare who can make the opponent score less. He just took advantage of this time to play an outside line to let the opponent's defense expand. It will be better to play when Yao Ming comes back. Big scoring weapon, just play it.

Sure enough, Luther Head, Steve Novak and other players who are good at three-pointers were sent on the court by Van Gundy. The three-pointers were shot like crazy, and the results were extraordinary. By the first half Towards the end, the Rockets once widened the point difference to more than ten points. If it wasn't for Stephen's success in attacking the basket at the last moment, the point difference might even continue to widen.

In the second half, the Sonics still played against the starting lineup of the Rockets as substitutes, but they were unexpectedly not at a disadvantage, but they were also unable to overtake the score. Stephen returned to the court with 5 minutes left before the end of the third quarter , as soon as he came on the court, he hit a two plus one on Sean Battier, and turned around to block Yao Ming's shot.

This game was dubbed as the Chinese Derby in China, and the fans called it a fight. Naturally, there were a lot of people who followed it. Seeing this scene, the fans were in a dilemma. They didn't know which one to support.

Both Stephen and Yao Ming played relatively well in this game. Due to the difference in their positions, there was basically no chance of a direct confrontation between the two, so the fans watched it very happily, and there was no controversy.

But as soon as this cover came out, fans of Yao Ming and Stephen's fans had a dispute. One said that Stephen didn't give Yao boss face. What are you doing to block shots? That's what other inside players should do. Why are you rushing to show off?

Stephen's fans expressed their support for this kind of behavior. It doesn't matter how good the relationship is. When they are on the court, they should exist as opponents. They can do what they want without showing any sympathy. This is called a professional player. Yao Ming should also understand Stephen's behavior.

The fans were in a mess, the game was still going on here, Stephen had just blocked Yao Ming's shot, and when he came back to attack the basket, Yao Ming returned one. Each blocked the other once, and now the fans have nothing to contend with.

However, Stephen still had the upper hand. At the end of the third quarter, after the Rockets executed the last attack and left the Sonics with [-] seconds, Carlesimo called a timeout to arrange the last shot. In fact, there is nothing to arrange, and it is not the last shot of the game. The main purpose of the timeout is to turn the baseline serve into a half-court serve.

The serve was executed by Kurt Thomas, and others covered and moved. Although the Rockets also knew that the focus of defense should be on Stephen, Sean Battier's speed was not as fast as Stephen's after all, and he was only pulled down by two steps. Kurt Thomas's When the serve arrived, Stephen jumped up to catch the ball in the air, and when he landed, he was still more than one meter away from the three-point line.

When the ball was flying in the air, the final whistle had already sounded, but the ball finally flew into the basket without hesitation. With Stephen's three-pointer at the buzzer, the Sonics chased the point difference to only five points .

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Sonics launched a fierce attack, chasing the point difference to only one point. Van Gundy called two timeouts in a row to stabilize the situation. McGrady showed his superstar at this time The ability, the sliding layup after the cut and under the attack of three people, passed the ball to Scola's hands, allowing Scola to score easily.

However, Stephen immediately responded with a turn around behind his back to pick the basket and a stand-up pull. The two started a scoring duel. McGrady wins in gorgeousness, and Stephen wins in mighty domineering. The styles of the two are completely different. , But they all showed the demeanor of a super scorer.

McGrady gave up his response first, which was tantamount to declaring that he was defeated in this scoring battle. Whether it was physical strength or mental perseverance, he was no match for Stephen, and with Stephen's performance, the Sonics overtook the score. After that, the Rockets were never given a chance again, and the score was kept to the end in one fell swoop.