“DAMN！”

Korver, who was in charge of guarding Battier, was also very annoyed that Battier was missing a clean ball, but he was still watching Maddie near the 45-degree three-point line on the weak side.

It was a mistake that shouldn't have happened, at least that's what Korver thought.

'Korver seems to be unhappy with his defensive performance. Smith saw the clue, what the shooter was thinking, he still knew it very well, shook his head slightly and said: "If you don't watch the game from the height of a high-angle camera, it is really difficult to see the subtlety of the rocket's air cut cooperation just now." ”

"It's rare that you also have a useful tactical comment." Barkley nodded shamelessly and said: "That's right, the Rockets' air cut just now is quite weird, if the 76ers players and coaches can't see the mystery, it is estimated that the bottom corner of this game will be leaked countless gaps." ”

"It's a new tactic, isn't it? There doesn't seem to be such a tactic seen in the previous streak. Smith frowned and recalled.

"I really haven't seen it, because the opponents of the Rockets before were either completely weak enough and could be defeated without such tactics at all. Either that's the flank defense and the tactics can't be used. Barkley nodded.

"The 76ers happen to have a rather interesting front-guard combination, so the Rockets' tactics work~"

Meanwhile, Phoenix.

"Dad, what tactic is Barkley talking about, why can't I see it?"

Su Yin was in school, but he was probably watching the game on a computer or something, and he couldn't understand Barkley and Smith's analysis, so he sent a text message to his father asking for help.

"Look at one more round, look closely at Alstom's movements and Scola's movements, and you'll know." Boss Su was not ready to say the answer directly, but asked his daughter to continue to observe, hoping that she could find out the clues by herself.

Toyota Center.

“POST！”

After Lowry received the baseline ball, he wanted to continue to launch a light-speed counterattack to play a fast attack, but the tactical literacy of this Rockets team is quite good. And the course is very experienced. Mutombo, Maddy, and Battier are all players who started defense, and they have long seen through the 76ers' strategy, and this time the defense is quite decisive, and they have already begun to return to their own half when Battier makes a three-point shot.

In desperation, Lowry came to the frontcourt, and with a command order, the 76ers players moved in unison.

Several beautiful changes, Chen Mu turned his back to the basket on the strong side and asked for the ball with his hand.

"Sure enough, I want to use the Chinese kid's low-post singles!"

Smith looked quite excited, and shouted again. Said loudly: "The worst defense in the Rockets is Luis Scola, and it just so happens that the Chinese kid is the strongest point of the 76ers, if there is no help from his teammates, this group of opponents will definitely be slaughtered under the basket!" ”

"How could it not help, you see~" Barkley stretched out his hand and pointed with the old god on the side: "The defense has come." ”

Chen Mu held the ball with his back, and just wanted to start playing singles, he heard footsteps behind his body, and when he looked sideways, Battier came to help defend.

Scola and Battier's bag clip!

Chen Mu was a little stunned all of a sudden. Battier is the opposite of Korver, and how dare he let go of our marksman to trap me? Isn't this self-defeating??

But when he staggered around and was about to give the request to Korver in the bottom corner of the weak side, he saw a pair of long arms waving between Korver and himself. The passing route was tightly sealed.

Tracy McGrady, his scoring is so dazzling, his peak is so brilliant, and he did have some problems defending in the middle and late stages of his career. This made many people forget that when he was with the Raptors, Maddy relied on defense to start his road to stardom.

Maddie's physical response. With his long arms, explosiveness, and good vision on the court, he has the natural potential to be a defensive gatekeeper.

But later, because he was really isolated after coming to the Magic, Maddie turned on the scoring champion mode, and the defense that he relied on to become famous gradually lost some, until in the end, he became the No. 1 Rocket who only cared about offense and defense in the hearts of many fans.

In fact, in the 1999-2000 season, more than half of the games were played as a substitute, and Maddie, who played an average of about 31 minutes per game, once averaged 1.9 blocks per game in a single season. At the same time, when he was with the Magic, Maddie also averaged 1.7 steals per game and was a veritable outside blocker.

Maddy's defensive attitude at this time is indeed not on the same level as at the beginning of his career, but his long arm will not betray him, his vision and basketball IQ will not betray him, and it is still enough as a stealer who cuts off the opponent's ace and sends a time-traveling long pass.

Oops, make a mistake!

The basketball in Chen Mu's hand was about to pass out, and at this time, he saw Maddie's position, Battier was close at hand, and the two-handed knife was about to be cut off, and it would be troublesome if he didn't handle the ball!

At this moment, Chen Mu's afterglow glanced at the top of the arc.

"Whoosh!"

Basketball out!

Battier secretly cursed in his heart that he was unlucky, if the basketball in Chen Mu's hand stayed for even a millisecond, he could complete the steal, but unfortunately Chen Mu made a move at this moment, and the basketball crossed his fingertips and rushed straight to the top of the arc.

Lowry receives the ball, Alston guards tightly, and a dark shadow whistles past behind Lowry.

"Kyle!"

Lowry is also a chicken thief, and he also played a careful eye at this time, staring at Korver in the bottom corner, from the angle at the top of the arc, he can indeed pass the ball over, Maddie's interference is aimed at Chen Mu, and Lowry has no problem here.

But at the same time, he put the basketball behind his back with one hand, and an orange ball suddenly appeared in front of Iguodala, who rushed over, and then took advantage of the moment when Alstom's center of gravity was biased to the weak side, and broke through and rushed straight to the penalty area!

"Bang!"

It's Iguodala again, it's another heavy dunk!

“THAT’SIT！”

Cheeks threw punches hard and applauded the players' performance.

Battier and Scola wrapped Chen Mu, Alston defended at the top of the arc, Maddie guarded Chen Mu's passing route, biased towards Korver, and Mutombo Needless to say, he was naturally entangled with Daimpot under the basket.

Well, Iguodala is empty.

Iguodala's alert run ushered in an opportunity, and he was excited after the dunk. Waved his arms and high-fived Lowry.

"Good shot, the 76ers also calculated it, but took advantage of Chen's containment, and the tactics started from him, but it didn't end in his passing. Lowry's behind-the-scenes hand-to-hand is quite exciting, and that's the benefit of having multiple tactical initiation points inside and outside! ”

Smith nodded heavily, and the 76ers are now Lowry, Iguodala, and Chen Mu, all three of whom have the ability to initiate tactics. And Lowry, unlike Miller, is still a threat with his three-point shot. It is impossible for the other party to let him go. So theoretically, Lowry would be more of a threat than Miller if he was at the top of the arc.

The Rockets players couldn't help but feel a little disappointed, and it was hard to be happy when Iguodala scored twice in a row.

But a voice came from the rocket array.

“CALM。”

Passing the baseline ball, Maddie passed by his teammates and said, "Remember the tactics, BLINDTHEM." ”

“…… Be! ”

The players are regrouping. The Rockets began a positional offensive.

Everything was the same as in the previous round, Alston handed over the ball to Maddie, and then walked to the top of the arc, and Scola blocked the strong side of the baseline. Then he ran back, Mutombo covered under the basket, and the 76ers changed defenses inside.

Then, Maddie sent a long ball through the pitch.

"Huh!"

bottom corners. Battier's shooting gesture is held high, the basketball brushes over the net, and the crisp sound is invigorating. The Toyota Center is crying out.

"Here we go again...... Not again! ”

On the commentary bench, Barkley also saw the tactics used by the Rockets for two consecutive rounds, reached out and slapped the table, almost knocking Smith down.

"The Rockets are using this tactic again, and under this running position, Korver is like a blind man, at a loss!"

"Hey, hey, hey, be careful that the Blind Association is looking for trouble with you......" Smith had a black line on his face, and hurriedly said solemnly: "Metaphor, just metaphor, haha, I hope you don't care too much, and it only represents Sir Ba's personal opinion, well, that's it." ”

"Kyle, what's wrong?"

On the court, Chen Mu was also a little confused, although the rockets have rich running methods, in addition to the interaction between Scola and Maddie on the strong side, Mutombo, Battier, and Alston at the top of the arc are also running.

But the whole team's moving ball is the basic requirement of a team with mature tactics, and they have not seen such complex running positions, in fact, in order to give Korver more room to shoot, the 76ers themselves also have some quite complex running tactics.

As a skilled marksman, Korwall should be familiar with this kind of movement, but under the Rockets' runs, he seems to have lost his way, and he can't keep up with Battier's position.

What went wrong?

Chen Mu couldn't see the secret, and while trying to put pressure on Scola under the basket and looking for opportunities to implement individual singles, he was also carefully observing the overall movement of the rockets.

There must be something in this strange void that we haven't understood thoroughly, maybe it's just a fairly simple technique, but because of the location, we can't understand it.

In the face of Scola, if the Rockets are not trapped, Chen Mu can still score easily and efficiently. However, back on the defensive end, Chen Mu had a lot to think about, but he gave Scola a chance to turn his back, and his gorgeous steps with long hair and sweat were thrown on Chen Mu's face, and then the basket was successful.

Damn, careless!

Chen Mu secretly scolded himself for being careless and shook his head angrily.

Chen Mu scored frequently on the offensive end, because of the existence of Lowry at the top of the arc, the Rockets were not good at implementing Chen Mu from beginning to end, and the 76ers' offense played relatively smoothly.

And the Rockets also seem to have seen that the 76ers players want to figure out the reason for Korver's leakage, and in the first quarter of the game, they never used that magical air-cut tactic again.

The difference between the two sides is very small, alternately rising, Chen Mu played well on the offensive end, and Alstom, who was in excellent form in 22 consecutive wins, was not ambiguous and scored points frequently. By the time the main forces of both sides returned to the court in the second quarter, the Rockets attacked and once again ran out of strange tactics.

"Huh!"

It's Battier again, and it's another bottom corner three.

The Toyota Center is almost frying. (To be continued......)

PS: I read a post about rockets back then, and my nose is sour, why is this? I'm obviously not a rocket brain-dead fan!