Noccioni's three three-pointers forced Van Gundy to call a timeout and rearrange his tactics.
Now it seems that Howard can't keep up with Noccioni's pace. Noccioni's erratic movement makes Howard hard to guard against.
Now it seems that in order to guard Noccioni, we must either replace Howard and find a fast power forward, or use Yao Ming's height to limit him.
But where can the Rockets find a power forward with fast feet? It would be great if someone can use it, but do you still expect to have fast feet? You know, the position of power forward has always been a shortcoming of the Rockets!
Is it possible to borrow a power forward from another team now?
Van Gundy is not that stupid!
Therefore, there is only one way now, and that is to use Yao Ming to defend Nocchioni. Although Yao Ming should not be able to keep up with Nocchioni's movement, he has height. With his height, he can definitely suppress Nocchione very well.
Chioni's Van Gundy can only believe so firmly.
As for what to do inside after Yao Ming comes out? Chandler doesn't have the ability to post up, so asking Howard to defend him should be enough, right?
For Chen Jie's breakthrough, Tracy McGrady will have to pay more attention.[
With this in mind, Van Gundy made a series of arrangements.
All this looks beautiful. But what is it actually like?
Of course, theory still needs to be tested in practice. It is too early to analyze it now. Even a discerning person will know that there is a big loophole in this tactical arrangement.
After Van Gundy finished explaining these words, the timeout ended.
With Van Gundy's request, the Rockets players took the court.
What they saw was a group of Bulls players who looked very confident.
What about being seven points behind? Why are you so confident about Mao? Could it be that we are wrong. Are we the one behind?
Many Rockets players even had such thoughts in their minds. You can imagine how confident the Bulls players looked.
There isn't much to describe about the Rockets' offense. When Yao Ming faced Chandler's inside singles, his success rate basically reached 80%.
In this game, Yao Ming did not have any fouls or physical problems, and his level as the best center in the Western Conference finally showed itself. Facing Yao Ming, even Chandler, who has a strong defensive ability, seemed to have no way.
Watching Yao Ming put the basketball into the basket easily, Chandler could only watch as his score reached 28 points.
In this game, it can even be said that Chandler was beaten to death by Yao Ming.
“Yao………………Ming……………………………” J at the scene shouted Yao Ming’s name very excitedly.
Yao's song also sounded in the stands of the Rockets' Toyota Center.
"Yao Ming, Yao Ming, Yao Ming, Yao Ming, Yao Ming..." [
The rhythm is unified and the voice is exciting...
It’s no wonder Rockets fans and J are so happy, because Noccioni’s three three-pointers previously put them in hell, and they have almost seen the result of the Rockets being reversed again. And at the critical moment
, Yao Ming's two points stabilized the situation.
Of course they were happy.
In fact, the two-point evaluation of Yao Ming in the CCTV broadcast room was also very high.
"When the Bulls started to chase points aggressively, Yao Ming's two points stabilized the situation of the Rockets. When the Rockets were about to fall, he gave the Rockets a lift!" Yu Jia used a vivid metaphor.
This vividly illustrates the importance of Yao Ming's ball.
Next to him, Yang Yi nodded in agreement: "Yes, now Yao Ming has actually grown into a key figure in the Rockets. Hitting such a ball at this time, in Yao Ming's view, is a responsibility! This is what he should do!"
Next to him, Zhang Weiping curled his lips. Obviously, he regarded himself as Chen Jie's number one fan and really didn't want to see the Rockets score at this time, even if the scorer was another Chinese Yao Ming!
After Yao Ming scored two points, he raised his arms and shouted, and the morale of the Rockets was instantly boosted.
This time on defense, the Rockets did their best.
Yao Ming also followed Van Gundy's instructions and came to the outside to guard Nocchioni, who had just hit a hot three-pointer.
Chen Jie dribbled the ball and seemed to have no intention of passing it to Nocchioni, but Yao Ming did not dare to relax.
At this time, if Nocchione made a smooth three-pointer, it would be a fatal blow to the Rockets, and Yao Ming did not dare to neglect it.
Not to mention that his physical strength is still sufficient at this moment, even if Yao Ming is out of breath, he will use his last strength to defend Nocchioni.
This is Yao Ming’s professionalism!
McGrady worked hard to defend Chen Jie. He knew that before, he could still be lazy because there was a big man standing inside. Even if Chen Jie broke through, he might not be able to score immediately. But now, the big man has already
After being pulled out, the inside line is really undefended now. If Chen Jie breaks through, it will undoubtedly be two points.
McGrady didn't dare to give Chen Jie such two points so easily at this time.
Therefore, he opened his arms and refused to give an inch.
However, he seems to have forgotten that the Bulls have more than just one Chen Jie.
No, this sentence should be said like this, this game is five on five, not one on one between him and Chen Jie!
Just when McGrady thought he could successfully defend Chen Jie's breakthrough with all his efforts, Nocchioni wandered over.
He set up a pick-and-roll for Chen Jie, and everything can be described by Zhang Weiping's commentary.
"We see that Nocchioni came to the outside, but Chen Jie did not pass the ball. Oh, the Rockets switched defenses, and Yao Ming defended Nocchioni. It seems that Chen Jie also felt that due to the interference of Yao Ming's height,
Nocchioni would not continue to shoot three-pointers, so Chen Jie did not choose to pass the ball. Chen Jie seemed to want to break through by himself. McGrady opened his hand and he looked very focused. Let's see, Nocchioni
O'Neill is here, is he going to set up a pick-and-roll for Chen Jie? This is rare. In the past, Chen Jie's pick-and-roll teammates were basically Chandler's. Chandler is an explosive player. After the pick-and-roll,
Quick play can give him an extra point of attack, and he and Chen Jie often cooperate in alley-oops. But this time, for some reason, Chen Jie started a pick-and-roll with Noccioni. Chen Jie used the pick-and-roll to get rid of Tracy McGrady,
Tracy McGrady was blocked by Nocchione. Chen Jie faced Yao Ming. Chen Jie changed direction. He broke through Yao Ming. He went in. There was a vacuum inside the Rockets. Chen Jie took off. Chen Jie flew up and dunked. Dunk.
,Chen Jie scored a dunk!"
Zhang Weiping had a rare moment of passion at the end.
Chen Jie's shot was indeed beautiful, and the shot past Yao Ming was also very crisp.
Skiles saw the ball and shook his fist slightly. Although it was only a two-pointer, his tactic worked.
Why let Noccioni set up a pick-and-roll for Chen Jie?
It's very simple, because after the pick-and-roll, Chen Jie can break through Yao Ming at once. With the speed at which Chen Jie changes direction, it is very simple to pass Yao Ming.
This is also the biggest flaw in the Rockets' tactics that Van Gundy just deployed.
That is, he had everything figured out and everyone's defense figured out, but he seemed to have forgotten at that moment that basketball is a sport for five people. Basketball is not five one-on-one, but five-on-five!
Therefore, although Nocchione was restricted by Yao Ming, he could still cooperate with Chen Jie.
Yao Ming can limit Nocchioni, but he cannot limit Chen Jie.
Noccioni cannot break through, but Chen Jie can.
This pick-and-roll cooperation made all the Rockets' tactical arrangements a challenge.
Either Van Gundy will rearrange his plans now, or he can only hope that the Rockets can maintain stable scoring on the offensive end.
But, is this possible?
Will the Bulls, who are chasing points separately, give the Rockets such a chance?
Obviously, the answer is no.
In the next offense, the Rockets successfully prevented Yao Ming from receiving the ball, and McGrady missed a pull-up shot under Chen Jie's defense.
The Bulls got the ball and Chen Jie broke through again and scored two points. This time, the Rockets made a change and Howard came to help defend.
But facing Howard, Chen Jie didn't feel any pressure and just dunked directly.
Howard and Juwan Howard's active defense not only failed to guard Chen Jie, but gave Chen Jie a chance to enter the top five.
