"Under Wen Hao's control, the Grizzlies' defense that other teams thought was terrifying was completely manipulated by him. Grizzlies coach Jorge was probably crying." Drakes
Le concluded.
There are now two minutes left in the third quarter, and the Grizzlies are still leading by 15 points. It should have been time to rotate. But the Grizzlies coach is riding a tiger. If the main force is replaced now, with the momentum the Rockets have just now, maybe they will blink.
They caught up with the score in time. But if they didn’t change their main players, they would not have enough energy in the fourth quarter and it would be difficult to play.
Gritting his teeth, Joger took Conley and the other two main players off the court, leaving only Randolph and Garfield on the inside as barriers. He hoped that the defense of these two people could last for a few minutes. Now the Rockets are blindly attacking from the outside.
As long as the Grizzlies' outside defense is stronger, when the Rockets break into the inside, they will be at the end of their game. Randolph and Garfield can easily handle it.
After just a few minutes, Jeremy Lin was amazed by Wen Hao's control ability. Seeing that the Grizzlies' main perimeter players had gone to rest, he smiled slightly and asked Wen Hao: "How do you think we should play now?"
Wen Hao looked at the Grizzlies' twin towers inside and said, "I think you should have thought of it too."
The Grizzlies started to attack, with Randolph on the inside beating Asik, resulting in a 2+1, which opened the point difference to 18 points. Joger was relieved.
Looking back, Jeremy Lin controlled the ball and dribbled to break through. Seeing no chance, he passed the ball to Wen Hao.
When Qiaogel saw Wen Hao taking the ball, his heart trembled. But he soon calmed down. Now that the Grizzlies have made their own adjustments, they are ready for both the outside and Wen Hao's breakthrough. I believe they want to make three-pointers again.
It will be difficult to score or break through.
At this time, after Wen Hao got the ball, he suddenly stretched out his left hand, signaling everyone else to move to the left, and then handed the ball to Dayao near the penalty area on the right, and he himself went around to the left. At this time, Randolph also
Following Asik to the left baseline, only Gasol and Yao were left one-on-one on the right.
Seeing this, Qiaogel secretly yelled "Not good".
Before he finished speaking, he saw Dayao leaning on Xiaojia and pushing in. Although Xiaojia was also strong, there was nothing he could do against Dayao who was half a head taller and two points stronger than him.
Yao easily pushed to the basket, turned around and hooked, not only scored the ball, but also caused a foul on Xiaojia, and the score was 2+1 and the Grizzlies got one.
Another Rockets attack, Wen Hao once again passed the ball to Dayao, and then pulled to the left with other teammates. This time Dayao used his body to force himself into the penalty area, turned around and hooked. This time Xiaojia was afraid of fouling, and even
No one dared to jump up to guard.
After the Rockets scored twice in a row, Joger's eyes did not look at Yao, but fell on Rockets No. 5. He couldn't keep up, couldn't keep up, couldn't keep up with this kid's thinking at all, and it felt like
It was like being led around. When he thought he was going to play inside, he played outside. When he thought he was going to play outside, he broke through. When he was preparing to defend against outside and break through, he suddenly started passing to inside again. He was completely fooled.
And there was one thing that Qiaogel didn't expect. He didn't expect that Xiaojia, the main player, had no power to fight back when he was one-on-one with Dayao, the substitute, and Dayao took everything he wanted.
Thinking of this, Joger shouted to Randolph: "Next time you go to defend No. 11, with your weight, there is no way he can carry it."
Although the fat-headed Randolph had a hot temper, he listened to the coach's words. In the next defense, he faced Dayao and used his chest to hold Dayao hard and prevent Dayao from advancing.
But he exerted such force, but it played into Dayao's hands. Dayao held the ball with his back against him and squeezed hard. Randolph quickly increased his strength and pushed Dayao hard, raising his eyebrows and twitching the corners of his mouth.
He said: "You want to carry me? There is no way..."
But before he could say anything, Dayao suddenly withdrew his strength and turned to the right side with extreme flexibility. Randolph threw himself forward due to excessive force, and Dayao easily dribbled and dunked.
Blow up the Toyota Center.
Randolph, who almost pounced on the bully, turned around and glared at Yao fiercely. When he defended again, he kept an eye on it. Although he was using force, he did not use all his strength.
Wen Hao handed the ball to Dayao again. After Dayao took the ball, he turned his back to Randolph and leaned in tentatively. Then before Randolph could react, he suddenly took a step with the dribble, turned around and shot a jumper.
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"Shua." Be honest.
"Oh, Yao has completely defeated Garfield and Randolph. He is still one of the best centers!" Drexler shouted.
"After Dayao returned, there were many doubts from the outside world, thinking that he was too old and had been away from the NBA for too long to be able to return to his former state. But Dayao proved with his actions that he can still do it. Even when facing Randolph
Excellent insiders like Gasol are not afraid at all. Now it’s time for those people to shut up." Another commentator, Brad, followed.
"I think the Grizzlies' inside line was completely destroyed by Dayao today. If Jorge doesn't change his defensive strategy against Dayao, the Grizzlies may be reversed by the Rockets." Volli said hopefully.
Sure enough, Joger made a change. When Dayao got the ball again, he asked Xiaojia and Randolph to double-team Dayao. But Dayao is not only a center with offensive ability, he is also a very good player.
The center who passes the ball. When being double-teamed, his ball will always find Asik at the right time. Although Asik has average offensive ability, the opponent's big men are not on his side. If he can't score, it will be useless.
It's so outrageous.
In this way, under the repeated attacks of the Rockets' interior twin towers, the Grizzlies complained endlessly. On the other hand, looking at their offense, after Conley left the game, they really couldn't find many solutions. Except for Kawhi's two mid-range shots, Lan
Apart from Dov picking up an offensive rebound for the second offense, there was no highlight.
In this way, at the end of the third quarter, the Rockets once again narrowed the point difference to 12 points.
"Chasing 10 points in 6 minutes," commentator Volley said, "and facing a defensive team like the Grizzlies. All I can say is that the Rockets' offense was so smooth in this period."
"Yes, it is true. The Rockets have many offensive points, from the outside to the inside, and they are distributed everywhere. And there are various offensive methods, including three-pointers, breakthroughs, and physical confrontation inside. When did the Rockets suddenly become so good?"
Brad said.
Drexler thought for a while, then his eyes fell on No. 5: "All this is due to Wen Hao. The Grizzlies' defense is very strong, but Wen Hao's ability to control the situation is like a sharp knife, inserting
Hit the heart of the Grizzlies. Open up the situation with a three-pointer first, then expand the Grizzlies defense.
When he was big, he started to break through. When the Grizzlies guarded his breakthrough, he handed the ball to the inside for Yao to go one-on-one. This completely changed the Grizzlies' defense and made the Grizzlies very passive. This was the achievement.
The Rockets' point-chasing frenzy. Wen Hao, a player, should not be underestimated."
"Now I finally know that Alexander's eight million dollars were not unfair at all. Neither he nor Morey were crazy, but we were wrong," Volli said, shaking his head.
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