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Chapter 44 Pick and Roll
"This is really cheating."

At the end of the halftime game, looking at Spencer Hawes who was dejected when he came off the court, Yan Hua cursed in his heart almost at the same time as Spencer Hawes, Spencer Hawes in his heart The scolding is because he was blown away by Yao Ming on the court. It stands to reason that as the king's starter, Yan Hua should be on the same level as Yao Ming to take on the heavy responsibility of facing Yao Ming, and Spencer Hawes as a substitute, You only need to go on the court to pick up a few wallets when the main players are off the court to complete your task, but in the second quarter, when Yao Ming came on the court, the head coach replaced Yan Hua and let Spencer Hawes go Fight against Yao Ming. As for Yan Hua, he brought a substitute lineup to ravage the two short guys inside the Rockets. The head coach's arrangement made Spencer Hawes feel unbalanced.

As for Yan Hua, he scolded the Kings players on the field for ruining the situation in which he finally moved back. At the beginning of the second quarter, Yan Hua led a group of substitutes to work hard to close the gap between the two sides. It was reduced to only 2 points, but as soon as these main players came on the field, the situation was reversed instantly. At the end of the first half, the Kings were already behind the Rockets by 11 points. According to this style of play, it may be the third quarter. If the game can't be finished, the game will enter garbage time, and before the game started, the system issued a task to Yan Hua, not only requiring Yan Hua to surpass Yao Ming in three statistics, but also requiring the king to win.

Head coach Reggie Hawes and Yan Hua are in the same mood now. Before the start of this season, Reggie Hawes' goal was to lead the Kings to the playoffs. It can also be called perfect, but judging by the current posture, the king is afraid that he will go to the lottery zone again.

"Yan, after the timeout is over, you continue to play, Kevin, Bobby, Andres, Drew, you guys are also ready."

"After the second half started, we need to change tactics, Yan, I need you to come out from the basket and set up a pick-and-roll for Bobby near the top of the arc, understand?"

"Bobby, as long as the big guy from the Rockets comes out with Yan, you try to break through to the basket, attack yourself if you have a chance, and think about passing the ball if you have no chance."

"Others, when Bobby breaks through, remember not to stand still, but to move and run. Only by running can you find more opportunities to make shots. Do you understand?"

Because he was very dissatisfied with the team's performance in the second quarter, Reggie Troyes yelled at everyone at halftime, and then began to criticize the Kings' lineup and offensive tactics. Adjusted, the king's current offensive tactics are based on the perimeter, mainly relying on Kevin Martin and John Salmons to take turns in singles as the main scoring method, but Kevin Martin and John Salmons They are not the kind of superstars who can't solve the offense, so when the two of them can't play, or the hand feels bad, the King's offense is basically over. In today's game, Kevin Martin and John Thrall Mons played very awkwardly, so Reggie Toyes wanted to transfer the ball to veteran Bobby Jackson, and then let Yan Hua pick and roll Yan Hua for him in the high post.

"Yan, perform well!" After arranging the lineup and tactics for the second half, Reggie Toyes walked up to Yan Hua again, and had a few words with Yan Hua alone. The situation the king is facing now is very bad , but Reggie Toyes couldn't find a trustworthy person who could save the team, so he could only temporarily pull out the veteran Bobby Jackson to drive the ducks to the shelves, but since it was a pick-and-roll, then cooperate with Bobby Jackson Yan Hua in Jackson's pick-and-roll is very important, so Reggie Toyes hopes that Yan Hua can take advantage of this opportunity, because this is a good opportunity for Yan Hua to enter the core circle of the King's tactics.

"I will, coach." Yan Hua was very excited when he heard the head coach Reggie Troyce asked him to cooperate with Bobby Jackson in the pick-and-roll, because Yan Hua learned from Kwame- From Brown, he not only learned an excellent low-post defense, but also learned a lot of high-post pick-and-roll and support, but this King is a team that lacks tactics, not to mention the tactical system, even in a small area. There are very few fixed tactical coordination, so the pick-and-roll and support that Yan Hua learned from Kwame Brown is basically useless.

After the start of the second half, not only did Reggie Toyes make adjustments to the king's main lineup, but for the Rockets, Rick Adelman also made adjustments to the main lineup on the field due to their large lead. Adjustment, probably to try some new tactics on the king.

Since the king lost the jump ball after the opening game, the king had the first chance to attack after the start of the second half. After successfully sending out the baseline ball, Yan Hua trotted towards the frontcourt. Then he stopped when he ran near the free throw line, and did not go directly to the place closer to the basket to compete with Yao Ming for the position as before.

"Huh? The king is going to change his lineup?" After seeing Yan Hua's offensive position, Yao Ming was also a little confused. In the previous games, Yan Hua would basically rush to a place about three meters away from the basket on the offensive end. Seize the position, and then wait for the pass from his teammates. However, in this attack, Yao Ming was ready to wrestle with Yan Hua, but Yan Hua stopped near the free throw line. Therefore, based on previous experience, Yao Ming Just guessing whether the king is going to change.

Pick-and-roll defense has always been Yao Ming's shortcoming, and of course it is also the shortcoming of all big centers. However, although the king has already stepped on the pick-and-roll to deal with him, Yao Ming still moved towards it after seeing Yan Hua staying near the free throw line. Yan Hua ran over to where he was.

After Yao Ming moved, Yan Hua quickly left the free throw line and ran towards the top of the arc. After reaching the designated position, he took the position ahead of time, and at the same time put his hands between his thighs, making a very standard move. The blocking action.

Just one second after Yan Hua took his position and got ready, Bobby Jackson took Kyle Lowry and ran over along the three-point line. When Bobby Jackson's body was close to Yan Hua's While continuing to move forward, Kyle Lowry was firmly blocked by Yan Hua.

Yao Ming, who had just chased after him, was easily broken by Bobby Jackson when facing Bobby Jackson, and when Yao Ming was pulled to the top of the arc, Scola was also led to the end by Drew Gooden Near the corner, the Rockets' basket is now completely empty, so Bobby Jackson, who broke through Yao Ming, seized the opportunity to rush directly to the basket and score a layup.

"Beautiful." Reggie Toyce, who rubbed his hands nervously before Yan Hua and Bobby Jackson's pick-and-roll, was beyond words after seeing this successful pick-and-roll. Not only that, Reggie - Troyce also hopes that this pick-and-roll success is just the beginning.

(End of this chapter)