Zhiba NBA

Chapter 209 (two hundred and eight) Fighting the Sun Again
The Houston All-Star Game not only brought honors to the Rockets players, but also made them spend a relaxing All-Star Weekend without travel and fatigue.After a few days of rest, the players are in good condition.And their next first opponent is the Clippers who just played against each other not long ago.

Captain Elton Brand has been in a brave state this season and was selected to the All-Star team for the second time in his career.As a representative of the young fourth position in the league, Bosh lost the All-Star selection, and he is also trying to learn from his predecessors.And the old Rockets player Mobley also has hostile feelings when facing Reid who squeezed him away.In this exciting game, Brand scored 32+12, outperforming Bosh, who was 21+8, proving that he is not in vain.Mobley also broke out and scored 30 points.But the Rockets, with no one scoring more than 30 points, bloomed more. Six players scored in double figures and finally won with 6 points.

The next two opponents, the Warriors and the Magic, were not strong enough to cause any trouble for the Rockets.Especially in the battle against the Warriors, the surprise player Varejao broke out unexpectedly and contributed a large double-double with 14 points and 16 rebounds, which caused a burst of exclamation from the media.It turns out that there are still potential rookies at the end of the Rockets' bench to be discovered.

On February 2, the Rockets ushered in a gold-rich opponent-the Suns who had just defeated them.This time the players are gearing up and vowing to shoot down the sun at home.Before the game, Yuanfei also assisted Ashuai to carefully arrange tactics.

"Due to the absence of the Suns' Stoudemire surgery, their inside line mainly starts with Diaw and Thomas. Marion comes up to play the third position, but plays the fourth position in the rotation. Since Marion is a very tall and strong player in the third position, with a pair of long arms like a gibbon, he is not at a disadvantage in terms of size when facing Chris. And these three have long-range shooting ability, and Yao will struggle on the defensive end. This is the difficulty we face inside." Yuan Fei concluded.

"Then how about we reduce Yao's playing time in this game? Let him play only 20 minutes, so that his physical fitness should be able to maintain a large amount of movement needs on the defensive end." Ashuai immediately put forward his opinion: "As for the second team, Chris has no obvious matchup advantage, and we still use normal tactics."

"No, I have another idea for that."

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Adelman has made countless calculations and arranged a lot in a targeted manner.But when the Suns' starting lineup came out, he was shocked.The Suns Kurt Thomas suffered a broken right foot and will be absent for a month and a half. Small forward James Jones replaced him in the starting game, and Marion took the power forward position.

"This is the configuration commonly used by the Suns' second team, so we still proceed as planned." Ashuai is still in the old habit, speaking from a macro perspective, he only needs to make substitutions and adjustments.

The Rockets came up and handed over the ball to Billups for the main attack.Chauncey hit Nash with his back as easy as picking something out of a bag. He took half a step with one foot, turned around and hit a jumper.

"Quick back and defend!" Chauncey didn't relax at all after scoring the goal, reminding his teammates loudly, while he stepped forward to interfere and cut off the line between the server and Nash.

The sun's good fast break was destroyed, and it could only fall into the positional battle and slowly organize.After passing the ball several times, it was handed over to James Jones.The 03-level young player is slender and has a very accurate three-pointer.Jefferson immediately pressed up and didn't give Jones room to shoot.Jones could barely pass the ball, Bell caught the ball and missed, and Yao Ming protected the rebound.

Reed missed a three-pointer, but Yao Ming grabbed an offensive rebound and made it.Diaw's height is only 203cm, he is powerless when Yao Ming is under the basket.The Suns quickly served to launch a counterattack, Marion received a pass from Nash and made a three-pointer from the bottom corner, 3:4.

The rocket's strategy is to slow down the tempo and play steadily, and Billups is still playing Nash on the wing with his back.Marion couldn't stand it and tried to help defend. Chauncey quickly sent the ball to Bosh.

The goal was scored and Dior was fouled, and Yao Ming made an extra penalty!
Diola went to the free throw line and received a pass from Bell for a jump shot, but Yao Ming didn't defend it at all.Bosh, who was closer to this position, reached out to interfere symbolically, but there was no substantial effect, and the ball scored.

Yuan Fei nodded again and again off the court. In his opinion, the players understand the meaning of the data more and more and make choices.Diaw is already considered a relatively good jumper in the league, but his mid-range shooting will not exceed 45%.And once Yao Ming went out and was passed by the Dio Olympic ball, the opponent's hit rate was more than 6% when he went to the basket.It is difficult to cover everything in defense, and there can only be gains and losses. For example, the Spurs, whose defense has been at the forefront of the league in recent years, prefer to put their opponents in mid-range shots.

The rhythm was slowed down by the Rockets, and the three-point shooter was locked by the Rockets. The Suns' positional battle basically relied on mid-range shots to score, and the efficiency was naturally not high.After the first quarter, they only scored 19 points, and made 8 of 1 three-pointers. Only Nash made 1 goal.As for the Rockets, Yao Ming himself scored 6 points on 5 of 11 shots. He was replaced by Pulzbila at the end of this quarter.

Yao Ming watched from the sidelines in the second quarter, and the Rockets formed a very small lineup, Varejao, Turkoglu, Jefferson, Roy and Spanoulis.Lao Te is tall and slow in the 3rd position, and his speed is easy to keep up with the opponent, and he is a little bit lacking in confrontation when he hits the 4th position.This time it was just right to meet Marion, who was also dubious.Royspan, a new force with faster feet and better physical fitness, took over the defense in the backcourt, and faced the Suns' dual point guards without giving in.The Suns sent two point guards Barbosa and Nash to the court at the same time to speed up, but the rhythm was up, but the defense was lost.The Suns scored 33 points in this quarter, but the Rockets scored 34 points.

In the second half, the Rockets changed again.Bosh mentioned the 5th position on the game, Reed mentioned the 3rd position, plus Lao Te, Roy and Billups.The little Kuailing of this lineup is not under the sun at all. The players ran fast breaks like clouds and flowing water, scoring 18 points in half a quarter.But A Shuai waved his hand again and changed his formation again. This time Amir Johnson came on the stage to stare at Dior.

Johnson is only 206cm tall, which is considered short in the center position, but it is more than enough for Dior.In addition, his athletic ability is stronger than that of Yao Ming, he can run and jump, and his wingspan is very long.On the offensive end, although he doesn't have much singles ability and his shooting is not accurate, he is energetic and good at cutting. Coupled with his good physical fitness, he has a strong ability to finish at the basket.He interspersed back and forth to disturb the inside of the Suns. As long as Billups made a through ball in place, Johnson immediately slammed the ball after receiving the ball.After Johnson dunked again, the point difference has been widened to 15 points.

When Yao Ming returned to the court in the fourth quarter, Billups slowed down again and returned to the style of slowly grinding the position, which completely destroyed the Suns.Although they tried their best to chase points, they couldn't reverse it because the previous pit was too big.

101:114, the Rockets beat their opponents to avenge their previous revenge.In this game, Ashuai fully utilized Billups' strong ability to control the overall situation, adjusting the rhythm of play through constant substitutions.If Nash can be called the king of running and bombing, then Billups is Han Xin's general who needs more soldiers.Because he can perfectly fit various styles of play, he can give full play to the Rockets' deep bench and diverse player functions.

(End of this chapter)