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Chapter 220

The substitution for the Timberwolves, Rockets coach Rick Adelman some disapproval.He once led the Kings to play the most gorgeous offense in the league, but at that time he had to keep big men like Webber and Divac on the court to grab rebounds.In Adelman's view, it is stupid not to let go of the center on the field, which will greatly reduce the team's right to speak in the interior.

Perhaps the head coach of the Timberwolves drank too much last night... Adelman thought this way, but did not change the team's tactics.

But he quickly found out that he was wrong, because after the game restarted, the Timberwolves quickly increased the offensive tempo, and their shooting positions were obviously moved outward.This is Yao Ming's bad luck. When Van Gundy Jr. coached him in the past, he hoped that he could gain weight to improve his strength. This made him a monster around the basket, but at the same time he lost his speed.For Yao Ming, defending near the three-point line is already the limit, and he can't turn his head back to protect the basket.

Adelman had to pin his hopes on the shooting percentage of Timberwolves players. As long as the opponent continued to shoot and hit the iron, the Rockets' overwhelming advantage inside would allow them to better control the rebounds, thereby increasing the number of rounds for the team.

At the beginning, the Timberwolves players' shots did not look very reliable. Even Xu Hao himself missed a three-pointer.But Adelman failed to see the dominance of the players under his command in the interior. The Timberwolves' rebounding strategy is very clear. Love is responsible for blocking the opposing players, and then two people rush to grab rebounds, and the last two stand on the three-point line. In addition, prevent being hit back at any time.

Adelman, who has coached NBA teams for many years, has to admit that the Timberwolves' outside players have a strong desire for rebounds, and their only inside player Love also has a good level of judging the placement and blocking of rebounds.For a while, the Rockets couldn't take any advantage. Under the strategy of blocking + rushing, the Timberwolves actually got a lot of secondary offensive opportunities. This was incredible in Adelman's view and completely subverted his imagination. , Aren’t teams that don’t have enough insiders going to be blown away?

Enough rebounds made the Timberwolves players feel hotter and hotter, their shots became more and more accurate, and the point difference between the two sides became smaller and smaller.Later, Love began to consciously move to the outside, forcing Yao Ming to expand his defense line. Otherwise, when a tall inside turret shot from outside the three-point line, no Rockets player could interfere with him.

This situation made Adelman feel a little bad. He paced around the sidelines irritably, like ants on a hot pot.The inside line is undoubtedly the advantage of the Rockets, but now the Timberwolves don't want to play with you inside, which means that the Rockets punched in the air. It is almost impossible to achieve the expected effect, and even has a disadvantage danger.

Before Adelman came up with a solution, Xu Hao started to make trouble.Her height has an absolute advantage when facing Brooks. Hitting three-pointers consecutively on the opponent's head looks like humiliating Xiao Heidou, but Xu Hao can't care too much. At this time, helping the team score points Most importantly, as for the opponent's psychology, who cares so much?
Xu Hao's three-point shot helped the Timberwolves quickly tie the score, but failed to complete the overtake. After all, Yao Ming still has no solution on the offensive end.Even so, Xu Hao is very satisfied with being able to keep pace with the Rockets, and he believes that McHale thinks so too.More importantly, the team's lineup of one big and four small has achieved the expected effect and can be used more in the future.

The biggest problem for the Rockets now is the lack of scoring explosiveness. Strictly speaking, the only two players on the team who can score are Yao Ming and Martin.Needless to say, Dayao, Martin, who replaced Tracy McGrady as the Rockets' top outside scorer, is obviously not as good as his predecessor. Maybe he can contribute 20+ points in every game, but he can't be counted on when he needs to explode.

With more than 4 minutes left in the first quarter, the coaches of both sides began to dispatch troops one after another. This is the time period when most coaches start to replace the substitutes.Adelman only replaced Yao Ming and Scola, two inside players who consumed a lot. In fact, he also wanted to replace Brooks. Unfortunately, Lowry, the main substitute in position [-], was not tall enough. Well, at least his shooting is more reliable than Lowry, and the points lost on defense can be made up on the offensive end.

McHale was more courageous than him. Except for Xu Hao, the other four players were all replaced. This is also a habit he has gradually developed this season.Now Xu Hao's average playing time per game ranks first in the team, and he can also be ranked in the top ten in the entire league. His physical fitness can fully support such a huge consumption.So when the first substitution was made, it was good to let Xu Hao continue to lead the second team on the court to continue to attack crazily, which would ensure the continuation of the team's offensive firepower to the greatest extent.

However, if Adelman makes such substitutions, the Rockets' lineup will still be better than the Timberwolves in terms of overall strength. It depends on how Xu Hao brings up the second team.And Xu Hao's method is very simple, that is, other people pull away and he holds the ball to do it alone.

Of course, in addition to singles with the ball, Xu Hao will also play with Milicic. As for the others, they just wait to shoot from outside the three-point line. Anyway, Jordan is also making his debut at this time, so they don’t need to be afraid No rebounds.

At this time Sessions was also on the field, Xu Hao naturally swung to the second position, but he also had the advantage when facing Martin, this time it was in terms of strength.Martin is a very weird scorer, with quick shots and good breakthroughs, but he doesn't have a strong body. Xu Hao simply puts his back in the elbow area and turns around to shoot. Martin has nothing to do.

In these more than 4 minutes, Xu Hao scored 7 points with sudden shots and also sent 2 assists, helping the Timberwolves lead 32-28 by 4 points at the end of the first quarter. This was already a great success for them. This is a very good result.

McHale was clearly satisfied with his adaptability, as he asked his players to continue the same lineup and style of play in the second quarter during the break.Adelman didn't guess what the Timberwolves' strongest weapon was. Maybe he thought it was outside shooting, but in fact long-term and large-scale running is the key to the Timberwolves' victory, as long as they don't suffer from this in the next game. Exhausted, they can let the Rockets players follow behind to eat dust.

Maybe other people can keep up with their footsteps, but Yao Ming, the biggest killer of the Rockets, is absolutely impossible.

(End of this chapter)