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Chapter 342 Trouble
"The official timeout is over, and the Rockets made a substitution, replacing Yao Ming with Chuck Hayes."

The happy time is always short. The wonderful duel between Yao Ming and Yan Hua came to an end with the arrival of the official timeout. Perhaps because Yao Ming had just recovered, after the end of the official timeout, the head coach of the Rockets Adelman replaced Yao Ming with backup center Chuck Hayes.

Chuck Hayes is a typical blue-collar center. He has excellent lower body strength and not slow movement speed. He also has excellent interior defense ability. In this era when technical centers are almost extinct, Chuck Hayes as a A blue-collar center is still very useful, but Chuck Hayes also has one of the biggest shortcomings, which is height. As a center, his height is only 198, which is too short.

With a height of less than two meters, it's okay to defend those rough insiders, but against a center like Yan Hua who needs to be physically fit, skilled and skilled, and has a large attack range, it's almost for nothing. According to the media, Yan Hua is like a god when facing a blue-collar insider like Hayes who is of average height and has not exploded in physical fitness.

Of course, a center player with explosive physical fitness, such as Dwight Howard, will also be beaten up when facing Yan Hua, but compared to a pure cash machine like Hayes, Germany White Howard can still cause some troubles for Yan Hua.

Yan Hua, who re-appeared, licked his lips slightly excitedly after seeing his opponent player became Chuck Hayes. For Yan Hua, Chuck Hayes was not only an old acquaintance, but also As his own lucky star, Yan Hua completed two system missions on Chuck Hayes' head.

To deal with a center like Chuck Hayes who is less than two meters tall, he can easily teach him to be a man with a mid-range jumper or a turn-around jumper. Moreover, because Hayes has almost no offensive ability, Yan Hua is on the defensive end. You can also defend your teammates at will.

Compared with the slightly relaxed Yan Hua, Chuck Hayes was in a very upset mood at the moment. Chuck Hayes, who was not afraid of Howard when he met Howard, felt guilty when he saw Yan Hua. No matter how hard you try, when you can't cause even a little trouble for your opponent, anyone will be extremely frustrated, especially this guy also likes to play tricks, using his flexible footwork You can't find the north in a flash, which is even more annoying. Anyway, human sandbags have dignity.

As the head coach, Adelman is also very clear about this, so when arranging tactics, Adelman arranged for Luis Scola to double-team Yan Hua. As for Chuck Hayes, Adelman The request to him is very simple, just hold Yan Hua behind his back and don't lose his position easily.

"Well, that's it." Before re-appearing on the stage, it was expected that the Rockets would double-team Yan Hua, and Reggie Troyes made a targeted arrangement, watching Yan Hua who was double-teamed split the ball. To Danny Green in the bottom corner, and after the latter hit an open 3-pointer, Reggie Toyes also showed a winning expression.

Yan Hua's restraint in the interior is too strong. Except for a very few teams with interiors such as Yao Ming, Tim Duncan, and Howard, most teams in the league will be against the Kings when they meet the king. Yan Hua implemented double-team tactics, and this undoubtedly gave the Kings other outside players room to play.

"Maybe my previous decision was wrong?" Looking at the simple and rough play on the court, but very effective Yanhua tactics, Reggie Toyes also began to reflect on his previous decision.

After leading the team to win the championship, Reggie Toyes' spirit and status in the league soared several levels in an instant. In addition, after John Salmons left the team, the Kings still could not find a A suitable replacement, so Reggie Toyes decided to change the team's tactics. After all, as an academic coach, who wouldn't want to become a team like Chuck Daly and Popovich? godfather and sign.

But now, when the team fell into chaos and trough due to tactical transformation, and instead directly handed over the basketball to Yan Hua, this simple and rude superstar X**D tactic seemed to be more effective, Reggie Toyes thought His obsession also began to waver.

"Can't Yao play?" Contrary to Reggie Toyce's "long-term" worries, Adelman is worried about the fact that when Yao Ming is on the court, the Rockets don't need to double-team Yan Hua. Maintained a balance of power with the Kings, but after Yao Ming left the court, the situation on the court seemed to be a little out of control.

Double-teaming defense against Yan Hua, who is deep into the basket, will easily lead to the outside defensive miss, but Yan Hua's passing vision is still very good, every time he can find the teammate who ran out of the open space just right, but not including Clamping is not enough, with Chuck Hayes' height and defensive ability, let him defend Yan Hua alone, basically allowing Yan Hua to withdraw money without restrictions.

Looking at the unscrupulous Yan Hua on the field, and Yao Ming who had already put on his coat and sat on the bench, Adelman finally shook his head and gave up the plan to let Yao Ming appear on the stage in advance.

Although Yao Ming made a successful comeback this season, considering Yao Ming's history of repeated injuries, the Rockets still made a very conservative adaptation plan for Yao Ming, using a method of reducing playing time to let Yao Ming gradually adapt to the confrontation on the court Rhythm, after ensuring safety, gradually increase Yao Ming's playing time. After all, with the Rockets' current situation, they can no longer afford Yao Ming's next injury.

Even though Yao Ming was unable to play, and even though the Kings had already sieved the offensive end, the Rockets players on the court, like an unbeatable Xiaoqiang, persisted tenaciously and worked hard to maintain the point difference from being stretched too much. , waiting for Yao Ming's re-emergence.

And after Yao Ming left the field, the little black bean Brooks, whose tactical status had been improved, also started to exert strength with the old man Luis Scola, and continued to keep the Rockets alive through continuous pick-and-roll cooperation.

Even so, at the end of the first quarter, the Rockets at home still trailed the Kings by 23 points 30-7.

And as the whistle sounded for the end of the first quarter, the Rockets players on and off the court also breathed a sigh of relief. For them, such a point difference is actually acceptable, as long as Yao Ming is not in the period If they are not beaten by the king during the time period, they will still have a chance when Yao Ming makes his comeback.

(End of this chapter)