Legend Raiders

Chapter 405

A whistle stopped the game.

Qin Tao, who returned to the court, was out of breath and couldn't help feeling a little annoyed.

He didn't expect the Spurs to change so quickly, and he didn't expect Popovich to have such terrible tactical attainments.

You must know that the Spurs' style is absolutely impossible to play fast with others. Even when the small ball tactics became popular a few years later, the Spurs' rhythm did not speed up much.

But the current Popovich was obviously forced out of this set of things by McHale. He was able to arrange such a lineup and tactics when he was completely unprepared. Meow is all fine, okay?
But the game is like this, you never know what will happen next second.

Now is the time to test McHale.

"The Spurs have a very unique lineup. We need to contain their rhythm now and prevent them from playing their own things."

McHale started with some nonsense, and immediately looked at Qin Tao and the others.

Honestly.

It's really a bit of a genius that he can come up with the lineup just now, and the final effect is also very good.

But that's all he has. Popovich not only reacts quickly, but also puts on an even weirder lineup. Isn't this special?
So if he really wanted to say something now, he really didn't know how to arrange it.

Curb the pace?

What rhythm to curb the Spurs?
People don't play with you anymore, and they are facing hard steel with you, what do you think?
What's more, the Spurs are superior, not simply playing fast with you, isn't it still their slow pace when attacking?

Headache!

This issue is really a very serious matter for the current Rockets.

First of all, McHale said a lot of tactical arrangements and explanations that he didn't know about, and secondly, Qin Tao, who knew where he would go in the next few years, was a little bit blind and didn't know how to deal with it.

At least he had tried to break the situation alone just now, but the final result was very bad.

Harden didn't stand up. Except for Beverly who was okay on the defensive end, including veteran Garcia, their performance was very limited.

Nothing.

They couldn't figure out a way, and the game couldn't wait.

Everyone could feel the difference as the two walked toward the court.

The Spurs still had that weird lineup, the players were smiling, and they couldn't see the slightest bit of depression before the game.

The Rockets are different here.

If they were wild wolves after the start of the game, then they are a group of trapped beasts now.

Their expressions did not conceal the slightest anxiety, and the situation where no one communicated and no one spoke was the most deadly thing.

I can't control it anymore.

Qin Tao, who was walking behind his teammates, swept them one by one, shook his head helplessly, and was ready to carry everything on his shoulders.

Game start.

When Beverly received Qin Tao's pass, his expression looked very dull. Without that enthusiasm, his fighting spirit seemed to be suppressed a lot.

They came to the frontcourt one after another, and the Spurs suddenly rushed forward.

They were very resolute in their previous defensive strategy, which was to prevent them from scoring and running comfortably.

Simultaneously.

The scene that made McHale and other Rockets players feel the worst off the court appeared in their eyes in just the past three seconds.

Qin Tao was "isolated".

Under the tight defense of the Spurs, Boris Diaw didn't face Qin Tao's hard steel at all, but just hovered around him, without the feeling of a brave man winning at all.

But Qin Tao has already discovered this trend, but he has no choice. If he doesn't play like this, the Rockets will collapse completely.

A burst of performance followed.

Qin Tao let everyone see his terrifying strength, and made countless people watching the game exclaim continuously.

But after halftime, Qin Tao scored 28 points, 13 rebounds and 3 blocks. The performance of the rest of the Rockets was indescribable.

When they returned to the locker room, there was no need to say what mood they were in. Naturally, there was no relaxed mood.

The Spurs are chattering, listen carefully, if they let outsiders know what they said, I am afraid that outsiders will have a look of confusion at that time.

Guess what they said?
If expressed in one sentence, they said they would have such an effect, even they were a little confused and unbelievable.

At this time.

As Popovich and other assistant coaches entered the locker room one by one, the way Duncan looked at the old man changed at that time.

During the 20 years of working with him, Duncan, Ginobili and Parker have witnessed all kinds of magic of this old man.

But after eating salt vegetable noodle soup for 20 years, he suddenly came up with a table of delicacies from mountains and seas, which was delicious and unbelievable
Tsk tsk, don't say anything.

But after a bluff, the old fritters restrained themselves one by one.

Anyway, they are also a strong team that has stood at the top of the pyramid for many years. If they lose their temper because of this thing, they will be laughed to death if they tell it.

As the coach, Popovich, who was the initiator of this arrangement, waited for their emotions to stabilize and said unhurriedly: "It's only half of the game. I think you guys know better than me what the Rockets will do next." many!"

Duncan and the others looked at each other, and everyone's face was more serious.

do not forget.

They are now behind.

Although the Rockets' performance in the first half was terrible, who knows what kind of changes they will have in the second half?
What's more, despite Qin Tao's half-time game, when he was walking to the locker room, he was sweating and breathing a little rough, so he really didn't see the sign of a huge exhaustion.

As soon as all these things were combined, Duncan and the others silently made preparations.

After their tie with the Rockets just now, their physical strength is not so easy.

soon.

When the two sides returned to the arena, at the beginning of the third quarter, the Rockets, as Popovich reminded them, launched a "suicide" attack on them.

That drive to forget everything cost the Spurs a price. The 12-point lead was quickly chased by the Rockets to four points.

That does not work!

Popovich immediately changed his tactics. Duncan and the others, who had been resting for almost halftime, finally played at this time.

As a result, the Rockets immediately ran into trouble.

McHale couldn't find a lineup to deal with the Spurs after the main players were put together like this, so he could only let Qin Tao and the others continue to fight hard on the court.

pity.

They are people not machines.

Three minutes before the end of the fourth quarter, Qin Tao, who had already scored 3 points, suddenly lost hope for the game, and the energy he had been holding back was vented.

pause!

Qin Tao directly signaled to the referee for a timeout when the ball was about to die.

He, Harden and the others buried their heads and walked off the field, not to mention taking more with that bleak energy.

(End of this chapter)