After the Kings coach made arrangements during a timeout, the game continued in the second quarter. This time, McHale's lineup was the dual point guards of Wen Hao and Jeremy Lin, plus small forward Parsons, power forward Jones and center Warcraft.
Howard.
In fact, this lineup was also drawn up based on Wen Hao's suggestion. After thinking about it for a moment, McHale did not object to it.
The first goal was attacked by the Kings. Thomas dribbled the ball past half court and successfully scored a goal through their pre-designed tactics. Wen Hao failed to prevent this goal, but he was not annoyed at all. Because the coach had already said
However, if he can't guard him, it's okay, as long as he suppresses Thomas offensively.
Looking back, the Rockets attacked and Wen Hao dribbled the ball forward. Thomas and their shooting guard of the opponent team had noticed Wen Hao's side and were eager to double-team him. When Wen Hao just crossed the midfield
The moment they crossed the line, the two of them rushed towards Wen Hao immediately.
But Wen Hao had long been prepared for this. He quickly handed the ball to Jeremy Lin and let Jeremy Lin control the ball. He himself stayed far away from Jeremy Lin and ran towards the weak side.
Thomas and another player did not relax their defense against Wen Hao because they knew that the Rockets would definitely continue to use him a little bit after Wen Hao played so smoothly just now, and Wen Hao would not stay away from the strong side for a long time.
But the facts proved that they were wrong. After Wen Hao stayed away from the strong side, he kept standing in the open space on the weak side and had no intention of going to the strong side. The two defensive players paid too much attention to Wen Hao and relaxed against Jeremy Lin.
The defense over there. You know, Jeremy Lin is also an impact player.
He is a very strong player. In the past two years, his game has become more and more aggressive. How could he let go of such a good opportunity? He changed direction and accelerated, but got rid of the defensive player and entered the paint. He saw Cousins coming over.
To cover up the defense, he threw the ball directly into the air, and the Warcraft alley-oop was successful.
When the Kings coach saw this, he secretly thought that this might be a tactic deliberately deployed by the opponent. However, nothing could be seen from just one ball, so he did not make adjustments immediately, but waited for the next two rounds to continue to observe before making a decision.
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Next, Thomas dribbled to the frontcourt, broke through the fake shot, and assisted his teammate to hit a three-pointer. Looking back, he and his teammates continued to plan to double-team Wen Hao. But this time, Wen Hao simply connected with the ball.
Without any plan, he ran directly to the frontcourt to take his position. Jeremy Lin went to the backcourt to catch the ball, came to the frontcourt, and began to organize the offense.
Thomas and his teammate felt like they couldn't turn the corner. They watched Jeremy Lin dribbling the ball past half court and slowing down the Rockets to successfully attack. It suddenly dawned on them. It turned out that this was how the Rockets had just arranged it.
Only then did the Kings head coach realize it. He looked at McHale and said to himself: McHale, it seems that I haven't seen him for two months. Your on-the-spot command ability is really good.
Little did he know that this was Wen Hao's idea.
The Kings head coach was directing the players from the sidelines, indicating that they could now defend one-on-one. He couldn't guard Wen Hao but let Jeremy Lin rush to the basket wantonly.
But soon, he discovered that this didn't work. Because in the next round after they separated to defend, Wen Hao suddenly moved closer to the strong side. After Jeremy Lin's hand-to-hand pass, he went directly to the right side.
Fifteen degrees, at the moment of getting rid of the defense, he suddenly stopped for a jump shot and hit two points.
When the commentator Drexler saw Wen Hao hit the ball, he thought for a moment and said: "This goal fully demonstrates Wen Hao's ability to read and control the game. When he saw the opponent's opponent
When he double-teams, he stops catching the ball
, causing the opponent's double-team to fail. And when the opponent started to defend one by one, he suddenly became active again, using his flexible running and precise jump shots to deal a blow to the Kings. His ability to read and control the game,
It’s really rare among players.”
"Yes, it seems now that neither the Rockets nor the Kings can guard the other, and the score between the two sides has been stalemate. If the head coaches of both sides can't find a way to solve the defensive problem, it may be difficult to determine the winner of this game.
." Another commentator, Brad, said.
Sure enough, as the two commentators said, the coaches of both sides saw that although they could not guard the other side, they could also score, so they did not make any changes. Until the end of the first half, no more timeouts were called.
After halftime, the score between the Rockets and the Kings was 50 to 48. It was basically a close match. The Rockets started with five players, and the least they scored was 6 points. Wen Hao played for 21 minutes in the entire first half.
He scored 11 points, 7 assists and 3 rebounds. His performance was very eye-catching.
The commentator Drexler looked at Wen Hao's first half highlights on the big screen and kept nodding his head and said: "Eleven points, seven assists and three rebounds in the half. The Chinese's performance in his first start seems to be...
It was pretty good, at least in the first half."
"Yeah, judging from the first half, neither side can guard the other. As for the player matchup, the same is true for Wen Hao and Thomas. He scored 11 points, seven assists and three rebounds, and his opponent
Thomas also scored 13 points and five assists. It can be said that the two of them are evenly matched. I don’t know what kind of performance they will have in the second half." Brad said.
"Yes, the performance of the two of them is evenly matched. Even in terms of assists, Wen Hao is better than Thomas. But there is one thing where Wen Hao is not as good as Thomas."
"Oh? Which point?"
"Three-pointers. In the first half of this game, Thomas made three of four three-pointers, while Wen Hao never even took a shot from outside the three-point line, let alone hit a three-pointer. It was at one point,
Wen Hao is worse than Thomas. In the second half, if Wen Hao still doesn't have three points, then forget it
Thomas can't guard him, and I'm afraid he won't be able to defeat Thomas. An article I read yesterday put it well, saying that for a point guard, three-pointers are the most basic ability, and Wen Hao has not developed his three-pointers yet.
points. It's going to prevent him from being a really good point guard."
"If we only look at this one game, this is also the reason why his score is not as high as Thomas's."
"Whether this game can be won or not, it seems that we can no longer bet on Wen Hao, but it depends on how McHale arranges his troops. After all, Wen Hao is just a point guard who cannot shoot three-pointers. Even if it is effective,
At most, it only has a tactical effect, but it is far from a strategic effect."
