"We can see that Rockets starter Artest is back today. With his addition, I believe the Rockets will have a higher winning percentage against the Magic today."

Director Zhang said relaxedly while sitting on the temporary commentary platform.

At the beginning, Hayes and Howard jumped the ball.

Howard beat Hayes on a jump ball and the ball fell into Turkoglu's hands.

Lewis provided a pick-and-roll for Turkoglu on the outside, but Artest, who was guarding Turkoglu, followed closely. Even if Lewis blocked it, he still caught up in an instant.

After all, being a strong defensive player is not just talk.

Turkoglu is a point forward for the Magic and the brains of the team.

But now that my brain is being closely guarded by Artest, I feel very uncomfortable and it is difficult to exert my due strength in this situation.

In desperation, Turkoglu had to pass the ball to point guard Alston.

The title of "King of Street Ball" is not given for granted. After receiving the ball, he rushed straight in, but was blocked by the strong Lowry. He took a few steps back while dribbling the ball in an awkward shape.

Alston suddenly pulled out, wow!

The ball went in.

The first goal was scored, and the home Magic fans excitedly shouted Alston's name.

Lowry slapped his right hand in frustration.

When it was the Rockets' turn to have the ball, Magic head coach Hollins gestured towards Turkoglu, and Turkoglu said to others: "Play the defensive tactics we practiced a few days ago."

The other 3 people nodded and said: "Okay!"

Howard was confused. Have we practiced tactics these days? Why don't I know?

Did the coach give them special training without telling me?

In fact, it wasn't that Hollins was hiding this from Howard, but that Howard had been playing games and playing games on his phone the past few days and forgot to turn off the airplane mode.

As a result, Hollins searched all over the world for someone but couldn't find anyone, so he could only practice with the other four people.

Although Howard is missing the center, Hollins is still very confident that this game can defeat Rockets Yao Ming's inside singles tactics.

Because Hollins has been forgetting sleep and eating in the past few days, according to Yao Ming's fixed position when playing in singles in the first game, which is on both sides of the free throw line.

Combined with the characteristics of zone defense tactics, let Howard mainly defend Yao Ming, while others randomly assist in defense. This can ensure that the team can not only help defend Yao Ming, but also interfere with the Rockets' 3-pointer from outside.

So, when Yao Ming once again entered the inside to ask for the ball in singles, Lewis immediately ran over to help Howard defend. Yao Ming felt that his chance was not good, so he passed the ball to Hayes, who was guarding Lewis, and Hayes' mid-range shot was interfered with.

"哐"

The iron is struck.

Howard blocked Yao Ming and took off the rebound. His face was full of surprise.

"This is your tactic! It's very useful."

Finally no more singles from Yao Ming!

Seeing that the tactics were initially effective, Hollins looked at Wang Jiexi provocatively.

Wang Jiexi smiled and gave a thumbs up to Yao Ming who was looking at him.

Indicates No. 1's high pick-and-roll tactics.

Yao Ming nodded, then returned to defense and talked to his teammates.

"On offense in the next round, use a high pick-and-roll."

Here, Magic Alston dribbled the ball from the outside, played a simple pick-and-roll with Lewis, rushed inside and was stopped by Hayes.

The physically strong Hayes covered Alston, making him very uncomfortable. The difference in strength and size made Alston a little cautious when dribbling the ball.

Seeing that there was really no chance, he passed the ball to Lewis who was standing on the outside.

Lewis saw that Lowry was short, so he forced a 3-pointer from the outside.

"Bang!"

Not entering.

Hayes immediately went inside to fight Howard.

Howard was immediately stunned.

On his left was Hayes and on his right was Yao Ming. He was sandwiched between the two and could not move. He watched helplessly as the rebound fell into Yao Ming's hands.

"Yao, you guys are too much of a bully. There are two of you squeezing one against me."

Yao Ming smiled and said nothing, passed the ball to Lowry, and the Rockets began to attack.

Wang Jiexi nodded with satisfaction from the audience, Hayes did a good job.

As a short insider with a height of 198, although he is short of height, his agility and speed are better than those of ordinary big insiders because of his short height.

It's enough to allow him to run back and forth between the 3-point line and the penalty area. It can help Yao Ming resist Howard, reduce Yao Ming's physical consumption, and retreat to defend the Magic's 3-point shooter from the outside.

Although this will consume a lot of Hayes' physical strength, Wang Jiexi does not require him to provide any help in the offense, as long as he exerts all his strength on the defensive end.

Yao Ming, on the other hand, tries his best to keep his energy on the offensive end and reduce unnecessary consumption on the defensive end.

In addition to these, Wang Jiexi also gave him a task.

When the Rockets attacked again, Lowry dribbled the ball from the outside and the Magic positioned themselves according to tactics.

But they found that Yao Ming did not go inside to get the ball, but cooperated with Lowry on the outside to play a high pick-and-roll.

Then, Alston felt uncomfortable. He was blocked by a wall, and Howard stood stupidly on the inside.

And Lowry was already more than 1 meter away from him, a 3-pointer.

Whoosh!

Entered.

At this time, Howard came slowly.

On the sidelines, Hollins was so depressed that he vomited blood and shouted anxiously: "What are you doing? Pay attention to people and cheer up."

Hollins suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart. The Rockets changed their tactics in the second round. Did he guess that I would target Yao Ming in singles inside?

Sure enough, in the next three minutes, Hollins' premonition came true.

The Rockets and Magic went back and forth, but none of the Rockets' shots came from Yao Ming's inside singles, all of them were high pick-and-rolls.

The five players on the magic field were caught off guard, and they didn't know whether to defend or not to defend.

Let's defend, the inside line is empty, Yao Ming cuts into the penalty area and scores.

Don't worry, Lowry felt a little better this time. He hit two 3-pointers in a row and scored 6 points and 2 assists.

These first 3 minutes completely became Kyle Lowry's personal show.

At this time, the score on the court was 12-7, and the Magic was only 5 points behind.

The situation is much better than the last one.

"I really didn't expect that in the second game, Kyle Lowry, who had just been promoted to start and played two games, led the team to suppress the Magic."

"If it weren't for Yao Ming's dazzling brilliance in this playoffs, Kyle Lowry would have entered the fans' attention faster."

"This is mainly due to the fact that head coach Wang Jiexi likes to use newcomers, and as long as the newcomers perform outstandingly, he will boldly re-use them without hesitation."

"Of the five Rockets starters on the court, two of them were selected from the bench. They are point guard Kyle Lowry, who performed well in this quarter, and power forward Haye, who can share Yao Ming's defensive pressure in the paint.

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"But I am really looking forward to this game. Regarding Wang's arrangement, Yao and Howard will no longer face each other. I am very curious about whether Yao will really not play in singles again in this game?"

The on-site commentators were very curious about Wang Jiexi’s arrangements.

Magic head coach Hollins saw that the team's defense was starting to mess up and called a timeout.

"Turkoglu, you can take a rest for this period, Pietrus, come on."

Hollins decided to replace Turkoglu because he was being closely watched by Artest, a defensive hero. It was obviously difficult to perform in this game, and he was a bit redundant on the court.

So Hollins simply replaced "French Jordan" Michael Pietrus, who had been performing well in the playoffs.

Hollins instructed: "After you come on the field, you should play alone when you have the opportunity, and when you see your teammates have good opportunities, pass the ball."

Pietrus nodded with joy: "Coach, don't worry, I will definitely play well and achieve the results you want."

"Um"

Hoslin turned to Howard again and said: "Howard, you have to be more determined on the court and don't hesitate. When you see your teammates being blocked, you have to come out to cover in time."

Howard frowned and said, "But I'm out, what about the insider?"

Hoslin smiled and patted his arm and said: "I believe that with your physical fitness and explosive power, you can come back to cover before the opponent scores."

Howard scratched his head and said, "Okay! I'll try."

...

Pietrus is good at individual defense, has considerable shooting range and shooting ability, and can use his good physical fitness to break into the basket, but he is not an excellent ball-handling attacker.

When Wang Jiexi saw French Jordan playing, a thought suddenly came to his mind.

As for why Wang Jiexi knows this person and is very clear about it, it is mainly due to his title of "French Jordan".
Chapter completed!