Chapter 364: Tradition and Change (Part II)
The Rockets' offense was slow, and Maddie dribbled through the half court unhurriedly. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
The Rockets rely heavily on Maddy's individual singles and offensive playmaking on the perimeter, and Maddy's work is no different from that of the Magic, except that he needs to be more balanced with interior players.
Maddie holds the ball and dribbles sideways, opening up enough distance from Ariza.
Young Ariza is like a cobra with long arms outstretched and eyes fixed on the basketball in Maddy's hand, and he loves the feeling of playing against such top stars.
Maddie passed the ball out and to David Wesley.
Wesley didn't move and passed the ball back to Maddy, who grabbed the basketball with one hand and pressed down on his shoulder to make a triple threat against Ariza.
"This guy is very good."
As soon as he saw Ariza's defensive movements and posture, Van Gundy Jr.'s eyes lit up and he spoke to the assistant coach on the side.
"Yes, it was a second-round pick that the Knicks drafted last year, and he was very physical, but his shooting ability was terrible, and the key thing is, he didn't have any three-point shooting ability."
"Oh, no wonder it's just a second-round show." Van Gundy said that if Ariza had the ability to shoot, it would have to be a first-round pick.
But right now, Ariza, who doesn't have much offensive ability, is just right to defend Maddie.
Maddie turned into two hands with one hand and broke through.
The speed of the first step from the right dribble of his dominant hand was very impressive, and after Ariza adjusted his pace, he kept up.
"Followed?" Maddie felt Ariza sticky defense and stopped on the spot.
Changing direction to her left hand, Maddie took a step to the left, then suddenly stepped out, widening the distance between her and Ariza.
Ariza pounced, and Maddie was already jumping straight in the air, raising his proud arms and shooting lightly.
"Huh!"
The basketball arc is very low, but it still passes through the heart.
With a 2-2 draw, it was the Warriors' turn to attack the round.
The Warriors haven't served the baseline ball yet, and the whole Rockets team is like a frightened bird, quickly retreating to defend, and when Davis receives the ball, all five people are off the ground, like a big enemy.
Yang Di didn't expect that it was just a fast attack by the Warriors, and the rocket reacted so much.
The Rockets' players thought of the recent match with the Suns, and in the end the Rockets cut a hundred and a few points, which was already a rare high score for them, while the Suns scored more than 120 points, and the opponent scored more points and blossomed in an all-round way.
Davis slowly advanced through the half, looking for Yang Di to come out to block the demolition.
The two blocked at the top of the arc, and Davis dribbled to the left, taking advantage of Yang Di's block, to shake off David Wesley's defense.
"Bang!"
When David Wesley couldn't stop his body from colliding, Davis took advantage with his strong body and then broke through.
Juwan Howard couldn't help but come over to wrap Davis, Yang Di moved his steps down, Davis paused slightly, and then threw the ball.
Yang Di took the basketball thrown by Davis in the air and met Yao Ming, who was filling in the position.
Almost half turned around, Yang Di lifted the ball again, made a shooting feint with both hands, and then dribbled with his low hands, dribbled two steps and rushed to the basket.
The long arm swept his hand and turned around to make a half-hook motion.
Yao Ming stood dead and didn't move, and Zhu Wan Howard ran over to wrap up, and Yang Di had very little space around him, so he could only take the risk of choosing to pass.
The pass was in the right direction, hitting the ground into the hands of Chandler, who was in the open space.
Chandler jumped up to dunk and was pulled down by veteran Bowen who rushed from the side, and the ball didn't go in, but he got two fouls.
"Beautiful!"
Yang Di walked over and high-fived Chandler, and Davis, Ariza and others also walked in and high-fived Chandler.
If Yang Di chooses a long-distance horizontal pass, it is likely to create opportunities for Dunleavy, but he did not risk passing the ball like this, he chose a more stable way to deal with it, although he will not get an assist, but his mistakes will be very low.
Chandler hit one of two free throws, and the Rockets hit the ball.
"The Rockets are a traditional team, and the Warriors are a new type of team for change."
Montgomery turned his head and said with a smile to his assistant coach: "The Rockets are attacking the position one by one, the pace of the offense is very slow, and the success rate is playing, and we deal with them, mainly playing offensive and defensive conversion, as long as Davis is not restricted, Yang Di will also open this point, and then it will be in full bloom." ”
And the Rockets don't have a good guard, and Wesley goes to defend Davis, which is almost like a misalignment.
As a result, the Warriors played a very fluid offense, leading the Rockets by eight points at 19-11 halfway through the first quarter.
Van Gundy immediately called a timeout.
"Yao, I think you need to step up and take more responsibility on the offensive end and take Chandler down in the low post, and he hasn't had a single foul so far." Van Gundy said to Yao Ming, Zhengse.
Yao Ming nodded, silently saying that he understood what the coach meant, but in his mind, he remembered what Yang Di said to him, is it really useful for him to chisel two points again and again?
Coming back from the timeout, Yao Ming singled Chandler with his back.
Squeezed Chandler away, turned around and hit a small hook shot, and the Rockets trailed the Warriors by six points 13-19.
The Warriors attacked in the frontcourt, Yang Di went to the line to receive the ball, and in the elbow position, Chandler covered Davis for running without the ball.
Davis came out to catch the ball, Yang Di ran to the basket along Chandler's secondary cover, and after Chandler blocked Juwan Howard for Yang Di, he continued to move to the line to block Davis.
Chandler moved three times in the round, and the referee almost missed a covering foul.
At this time, Yang Di took the lead and got rid of Zhu Wan-Howard to attack the basket, and Davis shook his hand and passed the ball between Yao Ming and Zhu Wan, just in the hands of Yang Di.
Yang Di stepped in, stepping outside the three-second zone and flying.
Yao Ming couldn't catch up, and really watched Yang Di complete the dunk and press the ball into the basket with one hand.
21 to 13.
The Rockets served very fast, Wesley dribbled, adjusted his direction after consecutive crotch drops, and dribbled to the left side of the arc top.
Wesley's strength is that he is good at blocking and pick-and-roll, which is usually the case with small players like this, but after coming to the Rockets, his task is to take the ball across the half court, and then pass the ball to Maddie or Yao Ming, and then run without the ball, as a point of containment for outside firepower.
This directly weakens a lot of his ability, and after passing the ball to Yao Ming in the low post, he can only move to the wing or the bottom corner.
Yao Ming received the ball and rose up to hit Chandler with his back.
"Bang!"
The second time, Yang Di came over to wrap the clip, Yao Ming forcibly took a big step, turned around in the middle, and took the bag of two people, relying on his height.
Chandler jumped up to defend and fouled Yao Ming's shooting cylinder.
The "beep~" whistle blew, and Yao Ming caused Chandler to foul the defense and walk to the free throw line.