Legendary basketball manager

Nowitzki scored an unreasonable three-pointer, and the Rockets naturally needed a response.

Such a heavy burden naturally fell on McGrady.

In the next round, Jeremy played a pick-and-roll tactic with t-mac.

It is very rare for two outside players to play pick-and-roll in this period of 11 years.

Therefore, Marion and Terry were obviously underprepared in defense.

McGrady bounced off the pick-and-roll.

Terry, who had no time to change his defense, could only replace Marion and come to McGrady.

But as soon as Terry's front foot arrived, the next moment t-mac was already flying into the air, making a three-pointer...

His dry pull is still so ecstasy, and the height of the jump makes Terry have no desire to block shots at all.

"Shu~"

Basketball hollow into the net.

At 14:20, the point difference immediately returned to 6 points.

At this time, on the Rockets' bench, Mark Jackson waved his hand, and the three players walked to the technical table together, waiting to play.

In the subsequent defensive round, Yi Jianlian accidentally fouled while defending Nowitzki.

Taking advantage of this dead ball opportunity, the Rockets made a wide range of substitutions.

After some deployment of troops, the Rockets' lineup became: Tracy McGrady, George, Danny Green, Tucker, and Big Ben.

The "Ultimate Basketball" lineup is here again!

In the previous three games, the Rockets have not come up with this lineup because they are afraid of Nowitzki's single-point blast.

But now that both sides know the bottom line, Mark Jackson also put a "patch" on the "Ultimate Basketball" lineup, so he dared to use it again.

............

The game continues.

Marion served from the sideline and passed the ball to Terry.

The Jets played a pick-and-roll with Nowitzki at the top of the arc.

But George and Tucker, who were in charge of defense, switched defenses directly.

Upon seeing this, Terry immediately signaled his teammates to pull away.

With this kind of ball, it is a very good choice for him to play a small game against Tucker himself, or let Nowitzki play a small game against George.

After the other three Mavericks players pulled away, Terry decided to come by himself!

There is no other reason, it is to implement his indomitable style of play in this game.

Nowitzki was also very supportive, quietly took George, retreated from the bottom corner, and left the stage completely to Terry.

Terry took two steps back to put distance between him and Tucker.

Then, he suddenly lowered his center of gravity and accelerated to break through to the right.

Unexpectedly, Tucker's reaction and lateral movement speed are very fast.

"Boom..."

As soon as the two met, Terry slammed his head into Tucker's chest.

Tucker didn't say a word, nor did he fall backwards and draw an offensive foul.

Instead, Terry took a step back.

But he quickly adjusted his center of gravity, dribbled the ball to his left hand, and then blasted the ball vigorously, letting the ball float above his left hand, and made a large crossover!

However, Terry's change of direction still failed to shake Tucker.

"Boom..."

The two collided again.

This time, Terry has realized that something is wrong.

He wanted to reorganize the attack, but Tucker was so powerful that he had already stuck up at this moment, and a pair of iron hands stretched out unscrupulously.

Terry was prevented from retreating again and again, and the ball was unsteady.

Kidd and Marion rushed to respond.

However, the Rockets players they were facing were extremely mobile, always blocking the passing route, and did not give the two of them a chance to catch the ball.

Soon, Terry was forced to near the middle circle, and accidentally received the ball.

Tucker reached out with both hands, and pressed the basketball in Terry's arms.

The two immediately became entangled.

"Beep!"

The whistle blew and the referee called a scrimmage.

In this regard, Terry was very dissatisfied.

He spread his hands and complained to the referee that Tucker had made a defensive foul just now.

The fans at the scene saw that their players were emotional, and immediately gave their support:

"referee. sucks!"

"referee. sucks!"

"referee. sucks!"

......

Tucker shook his head with a smile as he listened to the boos.

The referee did not change the meaning of the penalty.

He brought the duo to the center circle and tossed the ball high...

Tucker obviously had the height advantage, and with a light jump, he slapped the ball back to his own half.

Rocket Ball!

McGrady held the ball through half court and came to the top of the arc to organize.

At this time, the five Rockets players on the court all stood outside the three-point line.

There is no one inside!

The Mavericks players have never seen such a tactic.

Both Nowitzki and Chandler were at a loss.

Ben Wallace suddenly came up and set up a pick-and-roll for Tracy McGrady.

With the help of cover, t-mac passed Marion's defense in one step and rushed to the penalty area.

Nowitzki decisively chooses to help defend.

Because he knew that if he hesitated for a second, McGrady might be about to slam dunk.

But when Nowitzki shrank like this, Tucker was emptied.

McGrady flicked his wrist and immediately passed the ball.

Kidd on the side knew Tucker's shooting rate in the corner, so he left George and stepped forward to defend.

Tucker turned into a wall and "bounced" McGrady's pass to George.

When Pickle received the ball, there was no one in front of him.

He even dribbled the ball on the spot without haste, adjusted his breathing, and then shot slowly.

After the basketball left his fingertips, it spun at a high speed, drawing a beautiful arc in the air...

"Shu~"

Hollow into the network!

14:23, the point difference came to 9 points!

At the critical moment, the Mavericks quickly handed the ball to Nowitzki.

Faced with Tucker's defense, Nuo Tianwang decisively took a back attack.

George stepped forward to double-team.

But Nowitzki spun in the opposite direction, followed by a difficult fadeaway jump shot...

Come in too!

16: 23!

However, the Rockets' players were not discouraged by the defensive failure.

George and Tucker exchanged experience on the spot for the first time, and then devoted themselves to the offense.

Offensive and defensive transition, McGrady dribbled the ball again to the top of the arc.

Since the teammates all fell on the outside, even with a player like Ben Wallace who lacks shooting ability on the team, the space on the court is still stretched wide.

Zhang Weiping saw the Rockets put up such a formation for the second time, and said in surprise: "It seems that the style of play in the last round was not created temporarily... What kind of tactics is the Rockets, this is the first time I have seen it!"

Su Qun was also a little puzzled: "Mark Jackson has a novel tactic again. This is one of the joys of watching the Rockets game. He can always come up with something different."

And Shen Fei, who was far away in Houston, smiled knowingly after seeing the "five-out (five-out)" tactic being put into use.

This tactic he told Mark Jackson in the middle of the season.

It's just that Shen Fei was just a basketball fan in his previous life, and his understanding of tactics was only superficial, but he didn't understand it.

Therefore, there is no way for Mark Jackson to directly bring this tactic to the table.

Fortunately, after half a season of research, the young Rockets coach seems to understand it, so he dared to use it in an important game like the Western Conference Finals.

"Not bad, it's getting more and more interesting..."

Shen Fei murmured with a smile.