Chapter 68: Mutombo's Iron Elbow Beats His Teammates
()Chapter 68: Mutombo’s iron elbow hits his teammates
"Snapped!"
"Beep!"
"Bang bang~~swish!"
The sound of the referee's whistle and the sound of the basketball bouncing on the rim and falling into the net were almost in a series.
Adrian got up from the ground and gently clenched his fists. At the same time, he lowered his head and put his thumb on the corner of his mouth to prevent others from seeing his snickering.
Mutombo, on the other hand, wrinkled his dark face with unknown age, spread his hands, and looked helplessly at the referee. However, no matter how innocent he appeared, the referee's gestures were firm and could not be shaken at all.
The questionable big hand foul gesture, two plus one, the sound of the thug just now can be heard even from a long distance away, not to mention the referee who is standing next to him and watching carefully.
"Finally, we have reached the first stage of the strategy."
Seeing Van Gundy on the sidelines scratching the top of his head with little hair in distress while signaling Yao Ming to get ready to play, Adrian secretly smiled.
The first step in the strategy was to get Yao Ming onto the court.
Try to minimize or even give him no rest time!
Yao Ming's physical strength has always been a big problem. His height and weight make his physical exertion on the court much faster than others. Generally speaking, Yao Ming can only maintain a high level of performance for thirty minutes. Once
If the playing time in a game exceeds thirty minutes, then he can only rely on perseverance to persevere.
But there is a lot of uncertainty in perseverance. Those who shout that anything can be solved as long as they work hard are either fools or liars!
Although this is more than the normal form, Yao Ming only rested for two minutes less. But for Yao Ming who is used to this substitution mode, the two-minute rest may be very important. Anyone who exercises regularly knows that if you are used to continuous
After doing a ten-minute heavy exercise, you rest for a period of time. One day, you are suddenly not given any time to continue resting after exercising, or you are asked to continue after a very short rest period. This feeling is very uncomfortable, and the physical exertion will also be
This has greatly increased my ability to practice four groups, but I may only get through three groups, or even be too tired to move even before three groups.
The purpose of the Lakers is to exhaust Yao Ming's physical strength in the first three quarters so that he cannot appear in the last quarter. Even if he can appear, his power will be greatly reduced and he will no longer be a deterrent. If he stays in the last quarter to play
With Yao Ming in perfect physical condition and in good condition, this game will undoubtedly be difficult for the Lakers.
Compared to Yao Ming, McGrady is not as scary to the Lakers. This is not to say that McGrady is not as threatening as Yao Ming, but because the Lakers have ways to defend McGrady.
Adrian did a good job defending Tracy McGrady earlier, and... how should I put it, Tracy McGrady lacks the desire to win!
He was a genius when he was a teenager. During the Magic period, he relaxed his defense because he took on almost all the offensive responsibilities. Years of hard work in the NBA, coupled with constant injuries, have long since worn away his fighting spirit, and he has
Without the obsessive-compulsive disorder of "How can I go home and sleep until I kill you tonight" like Kobe and Jordan, it would be impossible to maintain one's fighting spirit.
If it were the playoffs, McGrady might still play hard at the last moment, but in the regular season?
Forget it, you can’t do it!
In fact, McGrady's lack of fighting spirit in the decisive moment was already revealed when he was the core of the Magic. But no matter what, he succeeded in getting Yao Ming to play.
"I'm sorry, Brother Yao. Although I grew up watching you play, today everyone has their own priorities, so I can only do this." Looking at Yao Ming dragging his heavy steps onto the court, Adrian only said
I can express my apology in my heart. Yao Ming was in good condition after coming on the court. He quickly hit a turnaround jumper at the free throw line. Bynum jumped to interfere, but Yao Ming caused a foul and hit a two-plus-one.
On the offensive end of the Lakers, the ball was firmly controlled by Adrian. Adrian called Mihm out to do a pick-and-roll. In fact, his pick-and-roll didn't make much sense. It was mainly to open up the inside. Now at the Rockets Stadium
The last three insiders are all piled up in the penalty area. Although Hayes is a pocket-sized player, he is still an inside player no matter how small he is.
With the help of Mihm's pick-and-roll, Adrian broke into the free throw line and did not rush again. Instead, he immediately stopped for a jump shot. The basketball spun and flew into the basket, causing Yao Ming, who was just about to save, to do a useless effort.
The rest of the first quarter passed quickly.
The two sides tied the game at 32:30, with the Rockets still leading by two points, but Yao Ming's physical strength was wasted.
At the beginning of the second quarter, the main lineup sat off the court, and Adrian was still not substituted. His rapid recovery of physical strength was fully demonstrated here. At the end of the first quarter, Adrian felt his legs were heavy, but in the second
When the festival came to the field, he became lively again.
Yao Ming was replaced. At this moment, the Rockets' lineup is center: Mutombo, power forward: Scott Padgett, small forward: Novak, shooting guard: Bunchy Wells.
,Point Guard: Spanoulis
This is a pure substitute lineup, but its offensive power is not bad. Scott Padgett, Novak, and Spanoulis all have good three-point ability. Especially Spanoulis, this guy is known as
'European Kobe', it is a pity that he was not reused under Van Gundy.
On the first play, Spanoulis looked around the court, finally passed the ball to power forward Scott Padgett who was pulled out, and then quickly started running.
Padgett hesitated for a moment while holding the ball. In the end, he did not choose to shoot but passed the ball to Bunchy Wells, who was occupying the position in the low post. Bunchy Wells held the ball behind his back and arched it a few times, and directly chose
Turned over for a layup.
"Snapped!"
Adrian, who had been paying attention to him for a long time, immediately rushed forward and easily blocked the somewhat muddy layup. The basketball was obtained by Vujacic and then passed back to Adrian.
Holding the ball and pushing to the frontcourt, he waited for the Rockets players to complete their position before launching the attack. He called Tuliav to come out and set up a pick-and-roll. With Tuliav's pick-and-roll, Adrian rushed straight to the inside without stopping.
Tombo's positioning this time was very particular. He stood just in front of the reasonable collision zone with his eyes wide open as if waiting for you to hit him. However, Adrian flicked the basketball and threw it away.
The pass was passed back to Vujacic on the right side of the top arc.
Vujacic caught the ball, hit the basket, and then shot!
"Rebound!"
Because he had just come on the court, Vujacic's shooting didn't feel very good. The moment he took the shot, he felt that the force he used was a little too small. Sure enough, the arc of the shot was obviously a bit short, and it hit the front of the basket with a bang.
Adrian did not leave the basket, but followed the big men to the basket and rushed towards the fallen rebound. Fighting for offensive rebounds is an attitude. Adrian was not sure how to defeat several seven-footers.
It's one thing to grab such a rebound above the head, but it's one thing to be unsure, and another thing to do it or not. Anyway, the Rockets don't play fast breaks, so don't worry about giving them fast break opportunities.
To Adrian's surprise, he grabbed the rebound with ease. Although it was strange, Adrian was about to launch a second attack and glanced to the side. He was originally just preparing to look at the position of his teammates, but instead
Suddenly, he found a black thing quickly enlarging in front of his eyes!
There was no time to react. Adrian's head jerked back, barely avoiding the black and hard object flying towards him. At this time, he only heard a bang, followed by a scream, and then a human body fell.
The sound of falling to the ground.
After being stunned for about half a second, Adrian saw clearly that the man who fell on the ground was wearing the red No. 10 uniform of the Rockets. He was covering his forehead with his hands and fell to the ground unable to get up.
Spanoulis fell to the ground, and blood could be seen faintly flowing from between his fingers.
