The world's best combo guard

Chapter 281 275 [Terrifying Hit Rate]

Although the 38-year-old Uncle Mu has a top-notch defensive awareness and good defensive experience, his defensive actions are a bit out of touch after all, especially when facing an extremely fast breaker like Li Hao.

So, no accident, in the next second, Mutombo could only watch helplessly as Li Hao sent the basketball to the basket steadily.

"Haha, No. [-] of the Lakers has successfully completed a breakthrough. It seems that his breakthrough this time is very easy."

"Well, we have to admit, there is no way Mutombo can guard against a breaker like Lee, I think Yao has to return to the court"

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that there is really no challenge for Li Hao to beat Mutombo. If the Rockets continue to allow Li Hao to break through like this, then their inside line will completely lose their sense of existence.

In this case, Yao Ming must return to the court as soon as possible.

Jeff Van Gundy really replaced Yao Ming back on the court, but he did not replace Mutombo, but let Mutombo and Yao Ming form the inside twin towers.

The entire arena was in an uproar.

Yao Ming + Mutombo's inside duo?Among other things, this height alone is probably the only one in the alliance.

Li Hao frowned. He didn't expect that Jeff Van Gundy would do something like this all of a sudden, but it was undeniable that the insider deterrence of this combination was really strong enough. Anyway, Li Hao immediately decided that he would not break through.

"Move, this is our advantage, we don't have to finish inside the paint"

Phil Jackson immediately requested a timeout, and he also saw Jeff Van Gundy's purpose, which was to completely lock the penalty area.

However, from the perspective of Phil Jackson, this tactic is not unbreakable. The combination of Yao Ming + Mutombo's inside twin towers is certainly deterrent, but the athletic ability is seriously insufficient. Your own players only need to complete the finish on the outside. That's fine, there's no need to head-to-head with the opponent. You must know that whether it is Li Hao, Kobe, Caron Butler, or Derek Fisher, they all have the ability to shoot from a distance.

Therefore, Phil Jackson waved his hand, and then made personnel adjustments. Only Kwame Brown was left inside, and all the others were replaced by pitchers. Kwame Brown has only one task, which is to grab as many rebounds as possible. He doesn't need to take care of the offensive tasks.

As the game continued, the Rockets took the lead in attacking. It had to be admitted that Yao Ming had significantly improved both offensively and defensively. He used his height advantage to directly cooperate with Tracy McGrady for an alley-oop.

Conversely, in the Lakers' offense, after Li Hao advanced the ball to the frontcourt, he did not pass the ball in a hurry, nor did he shoot directly, but observed the running positions of the players on both sides while dribbling.

The next second, Li Hao handed the ball to Caron Butler who ran over to meet him, and then he quickly circled behind Caron Butler, and at the same time, the basketball came into his hands again.

And at this time, he was in an undefended state.

"brush"

A three-pointer went into the net hollow.

Li Hao's touch tonight is really good. Like the ball just now, in many people's eyes, Li Hao shot a little anxiously. This is not a good time to make a shot, but he still hits the shot steadily.

Jeff Van Gundy's combination of Yao Ming + Mutombo is actually very good on the defensive end and the offensive end. After all, the Lakers' inside height is not enough, but this combination also has an offensive end. Big downside.

That is, it is easy to be cut off.

What do you mean?
That is, as long as the Lakers cut off the connection between the Rockets' outside and inside on the defensive end, the power of their combination will instantly lose its power.

For example, in the next wave of offense, McGrady held the ball and advanced to the left side of the paint area of ​​the free throw line. Facing the defense of Caron Butler, he tried to pass the ball to Yao Ming inside. McGrady was very confident in this pass. On the one hand, the height of his pass is very good, on the other hand, Yao Ming's height is high enough, and it seems that the ball came to Yao Ming's hands as a matter of course.

However, what he didn't expect was that the moment he passed the ball, a figure rushed out between him and Yao Ming and completed the steal in an instant.

And this person is none other than Kobe.

After completing the steal, Peter Pan, who has quick eyes and quick hands, quickly turned to counterattack with the ball, while the Rockets' inside twin towers were limited by the speed of returning to defense, so they could only witness the successful completion of Kobe and Caron Butler's counterattack.

There was a quick burst of boos from the Toyota Center, but what could this mean?

In the next few rounds, when the Lakers used such counterattacks in a row, Jeff Van Gundy frowned on the sidelines and had no choice but to dismantle his twin tower combination.

Obviously, his twin-tower combination is ineffective on the defending champion.

Many fans who followed this game had to feel sorry for Jeff Van Gundy at this time.

To be honest, Jeff Van Gundy's twin-tower combination is really good, but he has a natural disadvantage, that is, it can only be effective for teams that focus on the inside. For the Lakers, they have excellent athletic ability and do not rely on the inside to win. The team can only fall into a passive situation.

56: 48!

At the end of the first half, the away Lakers took an 8-point lead.

The Houston Rockets played very well tonight, and they played what people expected to see throughout the first half.

For example, the MM team jointly contributed 30 points, and the little Oriental giant Yao Ming even scored 19 points in the first half, a new half-time record in his career.

However, it's a pity that their opponent tonight is the defending champion Lakers. The Rockets' MM combination played brilliantly in the first half, and the Lakers' backcourt twins are also not far behind.

Li Hao scored 18 points in the half, and Kobe scored 15 points in the half.

In the case of the Lakers backcourt Gemini contributing 33 points, the Rockets trailed by only 8 points at halftime. In the eyes of many people, this is already a kind of success.

The Lakers No. 80.00 impressed many people in the first half because he shot [-]% from the field.

Many people think this data is a bit unbelievable, but it is the truth.

You must know that the Lakers No. [-] is an outside player. Under normal circumstances, it is not surprising that an inside player has such a high shooting percentage, but if an outside player has such a shooting percentage, it can only explain one point.

This perimeter player is really hot tonight.

Many Rockets fans are praying at this time. They hope that after the intermission, the Lakers' No. [-] shooting rate will drop rapidly, otherwise this game will really be impossible to play.

In front of a scorer with a shooting percentage of 80.00%, it is difficult for them to imagine how the Rockets should win this game.

(End of this chapter)