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Chapter 123 Tactical Questions
The Warriors' continuous quick counterattacks made Yao Ming unable to play any role on the court-there was actually one person on the Warriors' side who was a spectator, and that was Murphy.

In these few rounds of attack, it was as if he was completely invisible, and he didn't play any role at all.

Fortunately, in the next few rounds, Yao Ming immediately adjusted his offensive strategy. With his huge advantage in height and skillful small hook, Yao Ming dominated the basket again.

After the first quarter, the Rockets led the Warriors by 26 points at 24:2. They were late and were replaced in less than 8 minutes of the first half.

After coming off late, the ball was concentrated in the hands of Grant Hill and Brandon Roy.

Although the media likes to talk nonsense, Hill, who is generally considered to be the first generation of Jordan's successor, is actually very good. He was regarded as the favorite of heaven when he first entered the NBA, and he became the All-Star vote leader as a rookie.

If there is no strength, it is obviously impossible to do this by relying on the alliance's praise alone.

He is elegant in autumn, with comprehensive skills and strong defensive ability. Although he is now 33 years old and his athletic ability has declined sharply, he has received the new medicine given late, and his injuries are no longer a problem.

So Rockets fans saw why Grant Hill was called Jordan's successor. He led the Warriors, a group of not-so-good role players, and actually played back and forth with the Rockets, whose main force was still on the court.

If you have to talk about Hill's weakness, it's probably that he, like Jordan, is inaccurate in three-pointers.

The biggest surprise for the Warriors came from Milicic. He defended Yao Ming three times in a row. Although it was just a flash of inspiration, he still let the world see his unrealized talent potential.

The purpose of the Warriors' introduction of him is to bet that he still has the potential to be tapped.

Old Nelson is a person who dares to think and do. After the first quarter, his eyes lit up and he began to adjust the team's tactics.

Murphy, who had been playing soy sauce in the second half, was replaced, Milicic played center, Matt Barnes played power forward, Grant Hill small forward, Roy shooting guard, late point guard.

This is a proper lineup with one big team and four small teams. The old Nelson arranged tactics: "If Yao Ming is on the court, we must speed up the offensive and defensive rhythm, bring the speed up, and we must run! Don't worry about their rhythm. Fighting, we only play our own, whoever has an open chance, can shoot at will."

If it were Van Gundy, he would definitely not arrange tactics like this.

But I have to say that the old Nelson really grasped the weakness of Yao Ming's slow moving speed.

The two sides returned to the court in the second quarter, Yao Ming was still on the court.

This made Late couldn't help but shook his head slightly. Thibodeau learned from Van Gundy, and there will be no problem in training the team's defensive ability, but obviously he can't let go completely now. In order to keep his position as the head coach, he had to work hard. The main force of death.

The Warriors took possession of the ball first, took control of the ball late, moved diagonally to pick and roll with Roy outside, and passed the ball to Roy hand-in-hand.

Roy made a false pass and passed the ball back to Late.

Billups has been conscientiously following late, not giving him a chance to get an open seat.

Late took a look at the positions of his teammates, and chose to break through inside.

Billups didn't dare to open the distance, causing him to be late and easily break through, and immediately turned around to catch up.

Facing Yao Ming late, he took off and gave the ball to Milicic.

Milicic got an excellent chance to make a shot, but he hesitated for a moment, resulting in a slow shot. Yao Ming turned around and stuck to him, and slapped him.

Fortunately, Milicic's sense of the ball is very good, he immediately stabilized the ball and passed it to Hill who ran over to meet him.

Hill has rich experience and did not take a strong attack. Instead, he took the ball beyond the three-point line, gestured for his teammates to move, and reorganized the offense.

Milicic glanced anxiously at Old Nelson, then at Late, and was relieved to see that neither of them had expressed anything about his mistake just now.

Hill waited for two seconds, then suddenly accelerated the breakthrough.

The Rockets immediately retracted to the inside, limiting Hill's breakthrough route.

Although Van Gundy has resigned, Yao Ming is the offensive and defensive core of the Rockets team. With the introduction of Prince and Billups, their defensive ability has not declined. Among the current starting five players on the team, only David Lee's defensive ability is relatively weak.

Seeing that there was no chance, Hill immediately passed the ball to the left corner. Matt Barnes had been standing there for a while. David Lee lacked defensive awareness and did not follow up, which gave him an open shot.

Prince reacted extremely quickly, immediately gave up on Hill, and chased after him.

His wingspan is amazing, Matt Barnes didn't dare to mess around, he stabilized and passed the ball to the late responder.

Old Nelson was already yelling from the sidelines: "Shoot! Do you want to be replaced?"

After a few pulls, Billups' defense against Late was no longer so tight. Late finally got a shot and hit a three-pointer from a 45-degree angle on the left.

When returning to defense, the old Nelson yelled: "Don't waste the opportunity, play more decisively."

The Rockets made some adjustments to their offensive rhythm. Billups played a pick-and-roll with Prince, and suddenly fired from the outside and hit a three-pointer.

The Warriors immediately sent a fastball from the baseline, and Roy dribbled the ball straight to the Rockets' halfcourt—although he has the ability to hold the ball now, but his ability to initiate a fast break is not enough, so when necessary, the ball will be handed over In the hands of Roy, and in this way, it can also reduce the defensive pressure that he will face lately.

Roy has excellent physical fitness and mature skills, but he suffered serious injuries in his senior year, otherwise he would be a popular candidate for the top three in this year's draft. It is actually an unexpected surprise for the Warriors to pick him up.

He rushed across the Rockets' half court like the wind and rushed directly to the basket.

At this time, Yao Ming hadn't had time to run back. Facing David Lee's defense, Roy used a large forward change, easily cheated David Lee's center of gravity, and completed a wonderful dunk.

After scoring the goal, Roy was very excited and walked back shaking his head.

Late went over and rubbed his head: "How many times have I warned you that this kind of large-scale frontal change will cause great harm to your body, and it is forbidden to use such movements in the future."

Roy smiled shyly: "Didn't you develop a drug that helps recovery? Now I don't worry about injuries at all."

Late said: "There is a saying in China that medicine can never kill a man. Even if my medicine can help you recover, but the huge pressure on your body will not change. If you don't change your style of play, it will be considered a failure." No medicine can save you."

While speaking, the Rockets' offense also arrived.

Yao Ming once again wanted a position inside, but Milicic failed to block him—he defended Yao Ming's three attacks in the first quarter, which was more like a flash of inspiration.

But after the Rockets scored, the Warriors immediately brought up the rhythm and frantically hit the Rockets halftime.

Yao Ming had to speed up and run towards his own half. In order to buy time for him, Billups ran to block Roy who was holding the ball.

Luo was not greedy for credit, and immediately passed the ball to the late.

Seeing no one around when I was late, Zhang Shou made a super long three-pointer at the logo, and the goal was scored!
Yao Ming folded his hips helplessly, and shook his head at Late from afar.

Just now he ran back desperately, it was a waste of effort.

The Rockets have rich experience and have not been led by the Warriors. They still follow their past habits. Billups is a very stable point guard who never messes around.

David Lee got his chance at midrange and hit a jumper.

The Warriors launched a fast break again, and Yao Ming had no choice but to run to his own half.

This time Billups didn't dare to give a chance to be late, and Jordan Farmar, who came off the bench for the Rockets, ran to defend Roy.

But Farmar was not strong enough and was easily broken by Roy.

Facing Yao Ming's deterrence, Roy was fearless and made a drifting layup near the bottom line.

The Warriors are on the move.

Now even the fans on the sidelines can see that the Warriors don't even want to compete with the Rockets. They are playing at their own pace, taking advantage of Yao Ming's weakness of slow movement and eliminating his defensive advantage in the paint.

In the continuous back and forth running, Yao Ming's physical strength was rapidly consumed, and his role in both offense and defense was very limited. If he changed to a slightly more experienced head coach, he should choose to replace him now and let Yao Ming rest to save his strength.

One must know that Yao Ming has played more than a full quarter today, and it was already time for him to replenish his energy.

Thibodeau did not dare to replace Yao Ming, and he also saw that the Warriors are now on the rise.

As a defensive coach, his first thought was not to fight the Warriors offensively, but how to stifle the Warriors' scoring momentum.

Yao Ming, who is the core of the team's defense, must not leave the court now, and he has obvious advantages in the penalty area. With him, there is no need to worry about scoring.

But he seems to have forgotten that when the Rockets' Big Three joined forces last season, almost all defensive-based teams in the entire league were hammered by the Rockets' Big Three. The reason is that they have a super marksman on the outside.

Now that the super sharpshooter has joined the Warriors' camp, the Rockets' strong defense has no obvious impact on late arrivals.

Seeing that Yao Ming was exhausted, Billups adjusted his offensive options by himself and was late for a breakthrough with the ball.

He has strong confrontation ability, and with his skillful dribbling skills, he still broke through the late defense.

The Warriors didn't seem to have thought about defending seriously. Seeing Billups rushing in, no one came to double-team to make up for it.

While Billups completed a layup, the Warriors served.

Roy dribbled the ball across the half, and Hill played an off-ball screen with Late just past half, blocked Billups, and Roy's pass arrived.

He was late to catch the ball two steps beyond the three-point line, raised his hand and shot, and hit the bull's-eye with one arrow.

(End of this chapter)