The Lakers and Rockets had a very fierce offensive battle, and it seemed that the Rockets had the better firepower, maintaining a slight lead from the beginning, and gradually expanding the advantage, and by the halfway point of the third quarter, the Rockets had led the Lakers by 12 points 82-70. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"They're really not good at team defense, and McHale knows that, but he really came up with such a move." Bickerstaff laughed.

"yes, Howard still thinks he's the same guy he was four years ago, and he doesn't want to play with his teammates, and on the defensive end, he can't go back to the same level as he used to be when one person on the inside guards the other two. But McHale still has a hand, and it's a really good idea. D'Antoni replied.

"Seeing that we don't have many three-point shots, so the five players sent are moving fast, including the center, putting our outside line into the inside line to shoot, with Howard interfering on the inside, giving Kobe Bryant a chance to play in the middle distance, consuming Kobe, and then shrinking the inside line after Kobe is tired of getting off the court, when our outside hand is cold, they can completely win the victory, not to mention that they are so accurate today." Bickerstaff accurately analyzed the tactical strategy of the rocket.

As Bickerstaff said, the Rockets have begun to tentatively shrink inside.

This tactic The Rockets have been training since the beginning of training camp, focusing on three-point shooting on the offensive end, and if they can't shoot three-pointers, they will touch Harden.

On the defensive end, as analyzed by Bickerstaff, put the inside line first, there is Howard who can just take a moment, Howard just won, then it is easy to win, Howard just can't, it depends on whether his outside feel is good, and he may always be ahead of the lead, after all, three points are one point more than two points, and if he doesn't feel good, he will have a chance to win at the last moment.

This tactic has been played for a while this season, and it has been nicknamed the "blind-several-put-hit" tactic by fans.

"I have to say that McHale has a good strategy this time, a lineup configuration like the Rockets, it's still quite easy to make the playoffs with this style of play, no, we've been behind today, Kobe and Nash have come to rest, what should we do next? Mike. Bickerstaff laughed.

D'Antoni didn't answer, but called a timeout for substitutions.

Nash played full in the first quarter, and played more than 6 minutes in the third quarter, and it was time to rest, Kobe Bryant played too many singles today, although Beverley was short, but he was strong enough, and he liked to find confrontation very much, giving Kobe a lot of physical contact, Kobe Bryant scored less than 29 points in the third quarter, but at the same time he began to gasp.

Gasol is like a real veteran, blocking and shooting, and shooting when he has an open position, but it is time to rest.

The lineup sent by D'Antoni is Jeremy Lin, Nick Young, Liu Ren, Green, Whiteside.

"Liu, next you take Kobe's place to score in the middle and long distance, they will definitely shrink the inside, and they will probably defend one and three points, but there will definitely be no defense in the middle distance! Everyone except Liu plays according to the tactics, Jeremy, you can run back to the basket at any time to force the opponent to shrink ......" D'Antoni finished arranging the offensive strategy and began to arrange the defense again: "When defending, Jeremy, Nick, Liu, and Drummond will defend three points, and the inside line will be handed over to Hassan!" ”

The lineup on the Rockets' side is Beverley, Harden, Brewer, Ariza, and Howard.

Obviously, the lineup on the Rockets' side is for a quick shrink clip!

One of the easiest but most difficult ways to defend in the NBA is to use the other way to give back to the other, and when a team builds its own defensive system, it will not deliberately study how to deal with its own defense.

Because the defensive system is mainly used to prevent most non-superstar players, real superstars can't be prevented, and there are always loopholes in the defensive system, just like today, Kobe Bryant took what he wanted from the middle distance, and grabbed the weakest link of the Rockets' defense.

If Kobe Bryant was in his twenties, he would definitely seize this opportunity to score sixty or seventy points today.

D'Antoni's idea is very simple, since the opponent's defensive strategy is surprisingly effective, then use the opponent's defensive strategy to deal with the opponent, it just so happens that the opponent's strongest is the three points, and the defense is also the three points of the main defense.

If the opponent finds a way to deal with their own defense, it also helps the Lakers solve the problem of the opponent's defense.

The Lakers' current roster is so deep and there are many versatile players, it is basically impossible for other teams to imitate the opponent's defensive style!

D'Antoni did it once last season and again this year!

After the pause, the third quarter has not yet been played, and the Rockets have hit 20 three-pointers, obviously rushing to break the three-point shooting record of a single team in a single game!

Liu Ren tried to shoot a three-pointer after coming on the court, but missed due to Ariza interference.

Now this lineup is much faster than Thackeray and McCollum led by the third old man, and the moment Liu Ren shot the iron, the four outside immediately turned back to defense.

As in the first quarter, Howard and Whiteside were half-hearted in rebounding, and both struggled to grab the rebounds that the other was protecting.

The Lakers defended quickly, and the Rockets didn't fight back.

In positional battles, the Rockets are ready to keep passing the ball as before, to see who feels good in the hand, or who is not in place in front of the defense to shoot.

What made the Rockets feel very uncomfortable was that the Lakers' four short men all pounced outside the three-point line to defend closely, and the Lakers' previous defense was all rotational defense, preventing shooting and breaking through at the same time, so the Rockets were given a lot of opportunities to shoot.

The Lakers are now sticking to the Rockets' offensive players outside the three-point line like sticky dogs.

After a few passes, Beverley, Ariza, and Brewer didn't have a good chance to shoot, and it was time for Harden to play alone.

To Harden's surprise, it was not Liu Ren who defended him, but Nick Young! Nick Young sticks very tightly, and now Nick Young has a good defensive attitude despite poor defensive skills, plus Nick Young is tall enough and his physical fitness is not bad, and Harden is under a lot of pressure to continue shooting three-pointers.

So Harden's choice is to force the inside!

It went well, and it was easy for Harden to break through to the basket, which went even more smoothly than he expected, and he at least thought that someone would come to make up for it.

Under the control of Morey, the team naturally has the lowest shooting percentage and scoring efficiency of any scoring area, according to the data analysis.

But Harden who entered the basket was dumbfounded, the huge body of the big man in front of him completely blocked him and Howard, and he couldn't see where Howard was at all!

Sell? Come on, Harden is not stupid, this guy in front of him didn't jump when he saw him suddenly come in, such a big body, such long arms, Harden is sure, as long as he shoots, he will be capped!

Dead friends don't die poor, Harden passes a high lob ball!

The ball is thrown really high! Whiteside jumped and straightened, but his long arms didn't touch the ball.

Howard, who was behind Whiteside, also jumped up with the strength of eating-milk, but he didn't touch it either.

It just so happened that the direction of the fall was the direction of Brewer, who was defended by Liu Ren, and Liu Ren easily accepted the wrong ball, quickly went down, and chased down the three-point shot.

It didn't affect the confidence because of the previous trial shot, and this time I made a decisive hit after adjusting it.

"Hahahaha, James, are you the undercover agent we sent to the Rockets? You know that no one in your team will receive this ball, and it was passed to the boss on purpose, right? Nick Young's sneer came.