Chapter 86: The Power of Combinatorship
In the eyes of all the Chinese fans, Chamberlain simply transferred the ball that had just arrived to Jackson, who made a quick shot and made a mid-range shot one step away from the three-point line.
Switching between attack and defense, Alston skillfully dribbled the ball through the half, Yao Ming stuck Chamberlain in the penalty area, and Alston threw the ball over.
After Yao Ming got the ball, he slammed it back, ****** hit Chamberlain's lower abdomen, and a huge force spread throughout the latter's body, knocking him away half a step.
As soon as there was a gap, Yao Ming immediately put away the ball and turned to look at the hoop, he grabbed the ball on his waist with both hands, and after stabilizing the ball, he grabbed the ball with his right hand and was about to jump up. Before the game, Chamberlain had carefully studied Yao Ming's game video, and he was extremely clear about Yao Ming's actions now, and he was going to show his best little hook!
Yao Ming's small hook is full of power and accuracy, and in the current NBA, it is already a top killer move on the inside, and few people can defend it. If ordinary people dared to play hook in front of Chamberlain, he would definitely not be able to distinguish between east, west, north and south, but Yao Ming was different, the latter was too tall, two meters and twenty-six, ten centimeters higher than him, his defensive ability was indeed strong, but not so strong that he ignored the rules of science.
Chamberlain, who had just pushed away, got stuck in one step, and his explosive chest muscles squeezed Yao Ming's shoulders, squeezing his stable body back a step back.
In this way, Yao Ming's attack rhythm was broken, which is also a point found by Chamberlain after research, although Yao Ming is an inside line, but he has an excellent hand and a similar style of play to the outside, not that he has a wide range of kills as a defender, but he has high requirements for attack rhythm.
Yao Ming pushed Chamberlain again, the latter had been prepared, his strong legs were as stable as the Optimus Pillar, Yao Ming did not knock him away from him with two consecutive back pushes, but was pushed several feet away by Chamberlain when he moved, getting farther and farther away from the hoop.
At this time, a black and white figure quickly inserted from the left wing, Yao Ming quickly took a step to jam Chamberlain, and at the same time passed the ball over, a snow-white No. 1 jersey fluttered in the wind, Maddie rushed into the basket like lightning, his legs bent as if stepping on a spring, and he dunked the ball in with one arm.
There was fierce applause and whistles at the scene, Yao Ming's strategy and Maddie's catch and dunk were full of the beauty of basketball, and Chamberlain was envious, this is the center, not only can play alone, but also can respond to passing.
Switching offense and defense, Chamberlain also reached for the ball on the inside, Yao Ming rushed to him first, and blocked Luis's passing route at once. But Luis still chose to pass the ball and threw it towards the hoop with more force.
Yao Ming chuckled in his heart, and the sharp sound of his feet trampling the floor sounded behind him, and Chamberlain shot like a sharp arrow from an angry bow, soared into the air, grabbed the ball with both hands, and dunked into the hoop with a bang.
Chinese fans began to applaud and cheer again, and both Chamberlain and Yao Ming are their idols today.
Yao Ming shook his head in annoyance, Maddie came up and patted him on the shoulder with a smile, glanced at Chamberlain and said, "I'll give you the ball later, you go and teach this little guy a lesson, just like we teach rookies on the outside, and you also teach your compatriots a good lesson today." ”
Chamberlain patted his chest furiously and shouted: "There is a kind of you coming in person, but before rushing into the forbidden area, it is best to prepare a coffin for yourself!" ”
Maddie glanced at him again, held the ball with her left hand and waved her right hand, and said with a smile: "Hey, rookie, you'd better be quiet, do you know that you look like a bear baboon in heat now?" ”
There is no doubt that Maddy is going to organize the offense himself, thinking about what he said to Yao Ming earlier, the Warriors players get nervous, Barnes sticks to Maddy, and from the moment he crosses the halfcourt line, Jackson is ready to make up for it at any time. And Chamberlain was sideways against Yao Ming, desperately entangled, so that he did not have the space to catch the ball.
Maddy dribbled the ball to the three-point line, he squinted, as if he hadn't woken up to look at the frontcourt, Barnes bent down slightly, at this moment, Maddy's shooting action suddenly accelerated, and the soles of his feet used speed to pass Barnes.
Barnes turned around, Jackson came up to make up for the defense, Maddy turned around and put his right shoulder on the shoulder of Barnes behind him, lowered his body center of gravity and slapped the basketball very quickly, stepped on small steps to change direction between Barnes and Jackson in two consecutive crotches, and threw off the two into the restricted area.
Chamberlain was suddenly anxious and had to put Yao Ming behind him to face Maddie. Just when he was in a dilemma, Yao Ming suddenly retreated from behind him and withdrew from the inside line along the bottom line, which made Chamberlain overjoyed, so he didn't care about Yao Ming and focused directly on Maddie.
Maddie strode into the penalty area, Chamberlain's muscles tightened in front of him, and he waited for Maddie to jump, the latter is a well-known dunk in the league, he believes that with Maddie's pride and self-confidence, he will definitely him from the front, this guy is famous for his love of teaching newcomers, and the little emperor James and Flash Wade are living examples.
Seeing Chamberlain come out, Maddie really jumped up in front of him, seeing this, Chamberlain smiled brutally and provoked, raised his big hand high, stared at the ball in Maddie's hand, and just waited for him to make a move, he gave him a big hat to let him know why the flowers are so red!
As a result, while Chamberlain was happily waiting, the ball in Maddie's hand suddenly flew sideways, not towards the hoop at all, and Chamberlain had no chance to face Maddie head-on.
The ball left Maddy and passed into the hands of Yao Ming, who was so tall that when he made a jumper, everyone but Chamberlain could limit him.
The Warriors' defense was really unreliable, Yao Ming didn't touch the opponent around him after he withdrew from the inside, and after receiving the ball, he jumped lightly and scored two points.
Seeing this combination, Adelman shook his head, his brow furrowed and seemed unhappy. This made Chamberlain feel very uncomfortable, pouted and sneered: "This old guy can really pretend, fuck, those who pretend to be forced will be thundered by the sky!" ”
Louis, who was serving, grinned when he heard this and said, "No, Z, you misunderstood this old man." He shook his head for the simple reason that Adelman had definitely set up a Princeton pass rotation for the Rockets, and the ball was constantly moving from areas with strong defensive pressure to areas with less pressure. However, the two combinations of Yao and Maddy just now were classic tactics of the Van Gundy era, which was obviously not what the old man wanted to see. ”
Whether Adelman wanted to see it or not, Maddie didn't go to the Princeton tactics he was unfamiliar with, but organized the offense as he pleased.
The Warriors attacked Barnes and hit the iron, Hayes stuck Chamberlain and let Yao Ming grab the rebound, Alston dribbled the ball through the half, and Maddy was anxious for Chamberlain to go to class, so he cheered up and reached out for the ball to play alone.
Seeing this, Adelman immediately stood up dissatisfied, put his hands on his mouth to make a horn shape, frowned and commanded: "Don't be rash, follow the training, boys, give the ball to the right people!" ”
Maddie glanced at Adelman, who was on the defensive edge of Barnes from outside the three-point line and slashed a three-pointer. After hitting the three-point shot, he drooped his eyelids and muttered as he ran down, "Am I not the right person?" ”
Barnes was not annoyed when he saw that his defense was ineffective, he listened to Maddy's words, and said as if he was very kind: "It seems that your head coach doesn't like you, Maddy, you need to behave, he doesn't seem to know that you were a two-time scoring champion." ”
In the last game, Kobe Bryant fell into a single mistake and caused the Lakers to lose, and the Warriors' favorite right now is this kind of opponent, five to one is much easier than five to five, right? Besides, Maddie can beat Kobe Bryant? Even Kobe Bryant's singles team had to lose, and if Maddy did the same, the Rockets would have no chance of winning.
Luis slickly used Jackson's cover to shake off Alston and run into the penalty area, Yao Ming was attracted to him, withdrew the defense of Chamberlain, Luis immediately passed, but Maddy grabbed the ball directly from the middle, took the lead and ran to the front.
Yao knew that he couldn't keep up with his teammates, so he used his huge body to block Chamberlain and Louis at the same time, and at the same time smiled and explained him: "Don't care, Lao Zhang, can I not know that it is dangerous for Lu Dao to let you go?" It's called baiting, I deliberately let go of you and let your teammates pass the ball to you, Maddie has been waiting for this ball for a long time. Have you seen "Thirty-six Strategies" and "The Art of War"? I suggest you take a look, that is the essence of the combat experience carefully summarized by our ancestors of the Chinese nation, if you can study it thoroughly, you can definitely go sideways in the NBA! ”
With four points in a row and an assist, Maddie came to confidence and attacked the Rockets again, he waved his hand to Yao Ming to pull away, and held the ball to face Barnes and Jackson's bag and burst inside.
Barnes and Jackson are both tough guys on defense, and they don't have the ability to say that they are not Maddie's opponents one-on-one, but the two teamed up, and Maddie wanted to break through the two again, it would be almost a fool's dream.
Maddie was trapped, and rushed in hard, like a sea fish trapped in a fishing net, three rushes and two rushes to Chamberlain's side, the latter subconsciously surrounded him, as soon as he let go of Yao Ming, Maddie immediately jumped up, shook his hand and passed the ball to Yao Ming.
Yao Ming slapped the ball and stepped into the penalty area, no one on the inside line was defended, and he rarely came to a two-handed dunk.
Chamberlain served to Louis with a black face, and Nelson Sr. shook his head and waved for a timeout.
In fact, for the Rockets, the elder Nelson still doesn't pay much attention to it, in his eyes this is just a regular season powerhouse, and there is no threat to the Warriors' championship journey. It's just that the cooperation between Maddie and Yao Ming is very good, and Chamberlain has met such a strong inside and outside partner for the first time, and his performance is not satisfactory, and the old Nelson wants to adjust him to make him grow faster.
Looking at Chamberlain, who looked annoyed, old Nelson smiled loosely: "Z, calm down your mentality, I understand your current mood, don't worry, in fact, it is very simple to deal with Yao and Maddie's cooperation, they are cooperative, what is cooperation?" That is, two people join forces, as long as one of them is prevented, then the cooperation between the two will naturally collapse. ”
"So, Z, go and defend Yao, concentrate on guarding against you, a compatriot, as long as you do it, then we can win half of it!"