Seeing that McHale seemed to be replacing Harden and Warcraft, Wen Hao was a little anxious. After all, all fools knew that if Harden was to be replaced now, it would be Wen Hao who would be replaced. But against a top point guard like Parker
, has always been his dream, how could he be willing to end like this.
Thinking of this, Wen Hao gritted his teeth secretly. Now he can only stay on the court by conquering McHale with his strong performance.
On the next ball, when he received a pass from Jeremy Lin, he saw that Parker was slightly relaxed in his defense, so he suddenly stopped and shot a jumper.
"Wha—" There was no room for maneuver, and the basketball hit the ball hollow.
Turning around, Parker caught the ball at extremely fast speed and went straight to the front court. Before everyone on the Rockets had recovered, he succeeded in a layup.
Wen Hao took the serve and moved it to the frontcourt. Seeing that Parker's return defense was not in place, he made another emergency stop.
Seeing this, Parker rushed towards Wen Hao. It must be said that the speed of French sports cars is really unstoppable. Under such circumstances, ordinary players would not be able to cover Wen Hao at all. However, Parker jumped with all his strength.
Later, he was able to block Wen Hao's shooting angle.
However, his judgment was wrong. Wen Hao did not jump up, but just made a fake jump shot. When Parker was tricked into jumping up, Wen Hao suddenly hit the ground and the ball bounced at Parker's feet.
, came into the hands of Dayao inside, and Dayao was able to catch it easily and hit it easily.
On the sidelines, McHale, who was originally going to replace Wen Hao, saw this and temporarily gave up the idea of replacing Wen Hao.
What he means is that if Wen Hao performs better, he can feel more at ease, and Harden can also rest more on the sidelines, which will be of great benefit to subsequent games.
But **Vic was a little anxious at this time. He originally thought that with Parker's sharp breakthrough, he should be able to tie the Rockets temporarily. But according to the current situation, if the fight continues like this, Parker will be defeated in less than two minutes.
It's time to hold on no longer. If he waits until Parker can't hold on anymore before playing Duncan, then Duncan will be fighting against the Rockets alone.
**Vicci has never been a person who hesitates. He made a prompt decision and replaced Duncan.
Duncan's substitution worked wonders. On the first goal after taking the field, when Parker attacked, Duncan raised the three-point line and set a screen for Parker, firmly blocking Wen Hao, who was defending Parker, to one side. Then he went inside
When Yao came up to defend Parker, he suddenly went down, cut through and received Parker's pass, and actually made a dunk.
On the next shot, after playing a pick-and-roll with Duncan, he hit a jumper. As for the Rockets, although their shooting rate was not low, their efficiency was much lower than that of the Spurs. Three minutes later
, the score has been overtaken by four points.
On the sidelines, Rockets coach McHale frowned again.
In the Xinlang live broadcast room, Ke Fan watched and shook his head: "The pick-and-roll between Parker and Duncan is so powerful that even Harden and Warcraft can't guard against it. Naturally, Wen Hao and Dayao also have some difficulty."
"Indeed, in recent years, under the guidance of **Vic, although the Spurs have many tactics, they are generally based on pick-and-rolls. Moreover, their pick-and-rolls are so varied and unpredictable that it makes
You can't defend against people. They are rarely defended in the playoffs, let alone the Rockets, who don't defend very much in the first place." Yang Yi said.
"Now that the Spurs have put Duncan and Parker on the court at the same time, the Rockets are in trouble. McHale is also aware of this. It seems that he is going to replace Wen Hao and Dayao and replace him with Harden and Warcraft. Although
Harden's defense isn't very good either, but compared to Wen Hao, it's still a little better."
…
Sure enough, after a dead ball, McHale replaced Harden and Warcraft, replacing Wen Hao and Dayao.
After Harden came on the court, the Rockets' offense really improved. In addition to his breakthroughs and jump shots, Harden also continued to cause fouls. They led the Rockets and the Spurs to play inextricably in the first half. At the end of the half,
When the whistle sounded, the two sides were tied at 53. Harden scored 18 points in the first half, the highest score among both sides. As he walked towards the tunnel, he seemed to glance at Wen Hao intentionally or unintentionally.
In the Xinlang live broadcast room, Yang Yi said with some regret: "In the first half today, Dayao scored 10 points and 5 rebounds, and Wen Hao scored 6 points and 4 assists. Although they all seemed to be performing normally, they were worse than
Harden's 18 points were even worse. It's no wonder that after they were replaced in the eighth minute of the second quarter, they didn't play more than half a minute in the last few minutes."
"McHale seems to have some prejudice against yellow people. Although his views have changed a while ago due to Wen Hao's outstanding performance, it is very difficult for him to completely change his mind.
It’s difficult, so Wen Hao still doesn’t have the full trust of the head coach. His Jeremy Lin’s situation last season was almost the same,” Ke Fan said.
"If we want to change this situation, we can only let Wen Hao explode in several consecutive games like he did before. However, without the full trust of the head coach, such explosions are rare."
"So, many fans in China have suggested that if the Rockets don't change coaches, then Wen Hao will change teams. There is no chance of success in the Rockets."
At this time, the third quarter of the game had begun. Naturally, Wen Hao and Dayao were still sitting on the court watching the modern combination battle against GDP, but they could only watch.
Wen Hao bit his lip and looked at the field with depressed eyes. Although he was unwilling to do so, there was nothing he could do.
Dayao next to him looked at Wen Hao, as if he could see through Wen Hao's thoughts. He smiled slightly and said to Wen Hao: "Wen Hao, pay attention to them."
Wen Hao was stunned, looked at Dayao, and then turned to look at the court following Dayao's gaze. On the court, Parker and Duncan were constantly attacking the Rockets' defense with their skillful pick-and-rolls. Although
The Rockets are surrounded by monsters, but his defense alone seems to be somewhat inadequate. Not to mention Harden, who brings out the essence of eye defense to the fullest.
"What are you looking at?"
Wen Hao had this question in his mind, but before he could ask it, he suddenly understood: "You mean, let me watch their pick-and-roll?"
"That's right," Dayao said with a smile, "the two of us are playing pick-and-rolls, and they are also playing pick-and-rolls. Can't we learn something from their pick-and-rolls?"
"Really!" Wen Hao finally understood, "They have been playing pick-and-roll for so many years, and their experience is unparalleled. If we can learn some of the essence of pick-and-roll from them and use it on ourselves, then our pick-and-roll will be the same."
Isn’t that great? Even if we can’t guard them, we can still use pick-and-rolls to attack them!”
