No matter how the Lakers' offense is playing, the Rockets will always play their own way, which is what Jeff Van Gundy has repeatedly asked. They must maintain their own rhythm and don't dance with others.
Jeff Van Gundy, who has a bald head and a dissatisfied vampire image, studied under Pat Riley, Old Nelson and other famous coaches. But in fact, his style is very similar to Spurs coach **Vitch
, they all insist on implementing strict discipline.
At the same time, the Rockets are also one of the teams with the most distinctive rhythms in the NBA. In addition to the Rockets, the Suns and Spurs also have very distinct rhythms.
However, both teams value rhythm, but their rhythms are completely different from each other.
The Rockets' rhythm is slow and firm. No matter how the opponent plays, they must maintain their own rhythm. Whatever you do, I just keep my rhythm.
The Suns' rhythm is fast and swift, and they try hard to bring their opponents into a rhythm they are familiar with. Once their opponents follow the Suns' rhythm and get faster, half of the game is basically lost.
The Spurs first danced with their opponent's rhythm, then slowly and unconsciously brought the opponent's rhythm to their own track, and finally turned against the guest.
At the beginning, because McGrady insisted on playing in singles, the Rockets' rhythm was a bit fast, which also made Yao Ming completely useless on the court. Many times, the offense was over before he could get into position, and he had to run back to participate in defense.
Running back and forth between offense and defense.
After Jeff Van Gundy called a timeout, this trend was curbed. The basketball was firmly handed to Yao Ming's hands, and the entire rhythm of the Rockets slowed down. An offense could last for twenty seconds and would never be played.
Nineteen seconds. Although the attack is a bit delayed, and it feels like it is delayed until there is no other way before taking action, but it is very efficient.
This slow transition speed between offense and defense makes the Lakers quite uncomfortable and even uncomfortable. The Lakers' offense is not as fast as the Suns in pursuing a shot every seven seconds, but it will never be as slow as the Rockets.
The extent. The completely slowed down Rockets seemed to be very adaptable to this style of play, especially Yao Ming. When he easily squeezed Bynum's defense under the basket, he slowly dunked the basketball in like a blue release.
The basket seems so relaxed and comfortable.
When the game entered the last two minutes of the first quarter, the Rockets not only made up for the previous score gap, but also went ahead by two points. At this moment, the Lakers fell behind 27:25, and Phil Jackson stood up and called today
Lakers' first timeout.
"When Yao Ming is on the court, pick up the speed." Phil Jackson only said this during the timeout.
Yao Ming's condition seems to be very good today. After taking the offensive right from McGrady, he has played five or six consecutive offenses, making three of five shots, four of five free throws and scoring ten points. In addition, there are three
A rebound and an assist. Although Bynum followed the pre-game arrangement and defended Yao Ming in front of him, and achieved certain results, but how good it was, it really wasn't.
The forward defense can indeed interfere with Yao Ming's ball, but once Yao Ming receives the basketball while being surrounded by the forward defender, Bynum has no other way to stop Yao Ming except fouling, and sometimes even a foul may not be able to stop him.
Block it. In the first quarter, Yao Ming once received a lob from Tracy McGrady and still put the basketball into the basket even though Bynum fouled early.
What's more important is that Bynum has already committed two fouls. He must be replaced at this time, otherwise if he gets another foul, the Lakers' inside rotation will need to be tested. After the timeout, the Lakers made substitutions, using
Turiaf replaced Kwame Brown, replaced Andrew Bynum, and replaced Chris Mihm, who returned from injury. Kobe was replaced and replaced by Odom, and Adrian
Then stay on the field.
The Rockets also replaced their internal and external cores along with defensive expert Battier, and replaced them with veterans Mutombo, Bunch Wells and Chuck Hayes.
Compared with the Rockets' rather gorgeous main lineup, the Rockets' bench lineup seems a bit shabby. Mutombo has strength, but no one knows how old he is this year, and how much he can perform on the court is unknown.
.Chuck Hayes is a treasure that the Rockets found among the undrafted rookies last year, but at 1.98 meters, he plays in the post. Although he has a solid bottom plate and can hit people, he has no offensive threat.
Bunch Wells has the strongest offensive power among these people. The Rockets were able to sign him, and they signed him with a contract of only two years and five million US dollars, which was indeed a big deal. However,
His game attitude has become a huge problem after he failed in his bid for a maximum-paying contract.
Although the Lakers also put on a substitute lineup, for Adrian, this lineup is more handy. Lamar Odom, the only star on the court, is a nice man who is easy to talk to, which makes the control
Adrian, who is holding the basketball, has complete control of the ball, but on the Rockets court, there is no one who can defend him... there is no one!
Jeff Van Gundy specifically instructed Bunch Wells to defend Adrian. If he defended seriously, he would be able to restrict Adrian due to his size. But Bunch Wells did not have to defend Adrian seriously.
Meaning, Adrian didn't make any fake moves at all when facing Bunchy-Wells' defense, but broke through directly on the right side.
To Adrian's surprise, and to the surprise of many people, Adrian easily broke through Bunchy-Wells' defense, and the two didn't even have any physical contact.
Facing Mutombo, Adrian glanced at the reasonable collision area and directly chose to go hard.
boom!
The two bodies collided in the air, and Mutombo's black hand hit Adrian's basketball hard.
Without watching Mutombo's finger-wagging performance, Adrian walked directly to the referee and said: "He just stepped on the legitimate collision zone with one foot."
When Adrian said this, the referee hesitated a little. He didn't see it clearly just now, and he didn't call a foul just because he wanted to favor the home team. Now that Adrian said this, he couldn't help but feel that in retrospect
What Adrian said was true. After a slight pause, the referee on duty continued: "I am responsible for my own penalties."
Smiling, Adrian didn't say anything else, but immediately retreated to defend.
"Beep."
During the Rockets' offense, Mutombo spread his hands helplessly, but the referee's gesture was extremely clear: an offensive foul, and he patted his elbow, indicating that Mutombo had raised his elbow during the offense.
action.
Obviously, the referee is looking for a balance.
Putting pressure on the referee is also a skill. Just the right complaint and a slight mention of words can bring benefits to yourself.
Adrian, who is an assistant coach, is very clear and his execution is not bad. Although the referee has only found a balance once, after this, he will definitely pay more attention to actions that are close to fouls in the remaining games.
In the NBA, if you are determined to find fouls, even a clean gentleman like Ray Allen may not be able to finish a game.
Of course, this is also a bit harmful to Adrian himself. The referee will not only pay attention to one person, unless it is a personal grudge. While the referee will pay more attention to the Rockets' actions in the penalty area, they will also pay more attention to Adrian's actions.
However, Adrian is confident to deal with this. Since this season, he has not committed many fouls. He has always mastered his own fouls very well, averaging only 2.1 fouls per game, because Adrian has never bothered or wanted to
