"One step strategy?" Although Conley seemed to understand a little bit, he was still a little confused.
"That's right, let's take a step. Haven't you noticed that Rockets No. 5 only breaks through but rarely shoots? This means that shooting is his shortcoming. So when defending, just give him a step and shoot to prevent breakthroughs.
He has nothing to do but pass the ball. As long as you force him to pass the ball, it will be considered a success."
"So that's it!" Conley suddenly realized. He secretly admired Paul in his heart and walked onto the court. At this time, he was already full of confidence. With the coach's advice and his defensive ability, the Rockets' No. 5
No matter how hard it is, it is impossible to break through. After all, No. 5 is not James, and the people on earth cannot stop it.
After returning to the game, the Rockets replaced the twin towers inside and brought up Howard and Jones. No matter how bad Howard played, he is a superstar after all, and he must be played in a fixed period of time in each game.
Otherwise, people will be unhappy. And now that the Rockets are lagging behind, the opponent is unlikely to use the tactic of cutting Huo, so Howard must be used. And when Howard is used, Jones must be paired with him. This is what McHale feels has the best effect after many experiments.
Inside combination.
As for the candidates in the backcourt, he did not make any substitutions. It is still Harden, Jeremy Lin and Wen Hao.
On the first Grizzlies offense, Randolph relied on his physical advantage to carry Howard to the basket, turned around and hit the ball with a hook.
Although Howard is much stronger physically than Randolph, he is not as big as Randolph. As long as Randolph is carrying him, he can't jump no matter how good he is. This is why Howard was beaten to death when he saw Yao.
One reason.
McHale shook his head helplessly. There was nothing he could do about it. He only hoped that Howard could return Randolph's favor later.
The Rockets attacked. After Jeremy Lin controlled the ball for half the game, he handed it to Harden. Harden wavered for nearly ten seconds before passing the ball to Wen Hao when he saw no chance. Wen Hao received the ball and wanted to break through, but when he was about to start, he failed.
For a moment, he saw that Conley did not rush to defend with all his strength this time, but only wandered one and a half steps away from him.
There was a loud bang in Wen Hao's mind, and Paul's figure floated through his mind: Another step in defense...
Although Wen Hao recovered from the blow, he was still a little timid about this defensive method that once made him lose all his confidence. In desperation, he had no choice but to pass the ball to Howard inside.
Howard carried Randolph twice, but it was as if he had hit a human shield. He was unable to carry anyone else, and he was bounced two steps outward.
Seeing this, McHale on the sidelines shouted anxiously: "False and real steps, fake and real steps..."
But as soon as Howard turned around, Randolph slapped the ball down and passed it to Conley before launching a fast break and scoring 2 points.
On another attack, Harden couldn't break through and passed the ball to Wen Hao. Under Conley's defensive defense, Wen Hao couldn't break through and didn't dare to shoot, so he had to hand the ball to Howard again. This time, as soon as Howard got the ball, he was immediately confronted.
When the Grizzlies and the Black Bears double-teamed him, he held the ball with both hands and kept twisting his upper body, but he couldn't shoot or pass the ball.
"False and real steps..."
McHale almost cried.
Unexpectedly, Howard practiced well in practice, but he couldn't use it at the critical moment. While he was waving left and right on his elbows, the referee's whistle sounded, and Howard violated the three-second offense.
"Oh, no, Howard made another mistake," commentator Volley sighed, shaking his head.
"This big man has explosive power, speed and jumping, but his steps are too messy. When will he learn to play with skills instead of pure strength?" Another commentator, Brad, also shook his head.
"I heard that he has recently been learning McHale's footwork and has made rapid progress. Why don't he use it?" Glider Drexler said with great expectation, "If this big man learns McHale's footwork, his power will at least be as good as
Add a third."
When the three commentators were talking, the Grizzlies added two more points, widening the point difference to 9 points, but only 6 minutes were left. Although chasing 9 points in 6 minutes is not difficult for the Rockets, if the opponent switches to the Gray
It would be too difficult for the Bears to play against a team with a slow pace and strong defense.
What's more, Harden's breakthrough is ineffective now, Howard is double-teamed by the two Bears, and Wen Hao cannot break through due to Conley's step-back defense. Only Jeremy Lin can occasionally hit a mid-range shot, but this is equivalent to a 9-point score difference.
It's a drop in the bucket. The Rockets seem to have reached a desperate situation.
In Memphis, many fans were already celebrating in advance.
"What about rockets? What about Warcraft? Weren't they tortured by our black and white bears?"
"No matter how powerful No. 5 is, so what? If you take one step to defend him, he will be useless. He will be like a useless person."
"I heard that World of Warcraft has been practicing some steps recently. I think he is practicing walking, right? One World of Warcraft and the other No. 5. Look at how embarrassed they are. They are like two monkeys being played by us, hahahaha..."
At this time, Conley faced Wen Hao who was holding the ball, and he also looked proud: "Don't you know how to break through? Come on, make a breakthrough, or you can also make a jump shot, let's do one..."
Wen Hao frowned slightly in the face of the provocation. In front of such a defense, he really couldn't break through, but when he handed the ball to Howard, Howard didn't work. The Rockets seemed to have nothing to do under the Grizzlies' unbreakable defense. Could they cheer up?
In the first game, are we going to swallow the bitter pill of defeat with the Rockets?
No, it can't be like this. I will never give up until the last second! Little Carter's stubborn figure is still vivid in my mind. Facing an opponent several times stronger than himself, he never gave up. How could he give up?
At this time, Wen Hao vaguely seemed to hear McHale's roar to the Warcraft: "... virtual and real footsteps..."
Hearing McHale's voice, McHale's figure flashed in his mind. Suddenly, Wen Hao's heart moved and he passed the ball to Jeremy Lin next to him.
As long as Wen Hao passes the ball, Conley's defense will be successful. He looked at Wen Hao with a joking smile: "Chinese, defending you is easier than taking off a woman's clothes."
Qiao Geer breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Wen Hao passing the ball. This defense was considered a success.
But at this moment, Wen Hao ran without the ball and came to the edge of the unoccupied penalty area on the right side. He opened his hand and asked Jeremy Lin for the ball.
Jeremy Lin already had great trust in Wen Hao, so he did not pass the ball to Harden, but passed it to Wen Hao. However, he was still a little confused. There was no room for breakthrough when he got the ball here. Conley was already on guard when he shot.
How to deal with it?
When Jeremy Lin was confused, Wen Hao turned his back to Conley's defense, took a step in, and then suddenly turned around with his left foot to face Conley from the side, and raised the ball with his right hand.
Conley instinctively thought that Wen Hao was going to hook, so he jumped up and hit Wen Hao. With his jumping ability, he could definitely block Wen Hao even if he hooked.
But at the moment he jumped up, Wen Hao's right hand did not move, but retracted it, shrunk his body, and took a step forward with his right foot, just in time to avoid Conley who flew out.
Conley screamed in his heart that it was bad, but it was too late. He had already flown over Wen Hao's head, his back was turned to Wen Hao, and it was too late to pull him back.
At this time, Wen Hao faced the unguarded basket and easily hit the board into the basket.
"Whoosh!"
When the basketball hit the ball, the entire Toyota Center froze for an instant. The next moment, an incredible voice came from Drexler's mouth - virtual and real...steps!
