"Coach, since we made too many mistakes in the attack, it would be better to do this..."
When everyone was silent, Wen Hao spoke.
Head coach McHale's heart lighted up. Although he didn't know what other evil ideas Wen Hao had come up with, after getting along with him for more than two months, he already knew that Wen Hao didn't have much ambition in his daily life, but when it came to games,
Among them, the mind’s eye is the most numerous.
Wen Hao continued: "We did not suffer offensively against them, but the difference was in our mistakes. They only had 5 turnovers in the first half, while we had as many as 18. It was the extra 13
A mistake allowed them to catch up with the score."
"That's right." McHale admitted that it was indeed these extra mistakes that allowed the Celtics to catch up with the score.
"In this case, we can slow down the pace and the mistakes will naturally be reduced." Wen Hao said.
"Slow down the pace? No, no, no, that's too risky. What we have been training is how to speed up. Now if it suddenly slows down, there is a high possibility that the players will not be able to play. That is too risky, and it will never work."
McHale shook his head repeatedly. As a cautious coach, he would not take such a risk.
Wen Hao smiled and said: "Coach, you misunderstood me. What I mean is that when attacking, our rhythm remains unchanged and we still play fast balls, but on defense, we have to retreat as soon as possible to beat them
Forced into positional combat."
McHale thought for a while and realized that this was okay. So he asked Wen Hao: "What next?"
Harden, who had never gotten along well with Wen Hao, said with a cold face: "Rondo and Barb not only like to play fast breaks, they are also very good at playing positional battles. Their efficiency when playing positional battles is almost the same as when playing fast breaks."
Look, you are leading us to death."
"Indeed, they are indeed good at playing positions," Wen Hao said with a smile, "but it depends on who they are playing against. Against teams that are not strong inside, the two of them can break out at will, and they can almost score as long as they break in. But we
There is Howard inside, and he has a height of 2.26 meters.
Dayao, as long as these two people stop there, there are two big mountains. Even if they can jump, it will be difficult to overcome. Therefore, we can try our best to defend from the outside, prevent the sudden attack, let them rush in, and then cover it from the inside.
They. Coach, what do you think of this?"
The Rockets players stopped talking, thinking about the possibility of this style of play. McHale didn't say anything either. He was not thinking about the possibility of this style of play. He knew that this style of play was feasible without thinking at all. He is now
He is mentally evaluating the risks of this style of play. As long as the risk is greater, he will abandon this style of play.
But after considering all aspects, McHale finally concluded that under the current situation, this style of play has the least risk.
At the same time, McHale was once again surprised in his heart: How did this kid Wen Hao grow up with a brain? He just had the brain of a coach.
So McHale readily agreed with Wen Hao's style of play. At the same time, he looked at the bearded Harden and asked: "James, what do you think?"
To be honest, Harden was reluctant to follow Wen Hao's advice, but objectively speaking, the style of play mentioned by Wen Hao was the most suitable for the current situation. In order to win and win the championship, he could only do a little bit.
Head: "Yes, I agree."
Although it was said bluntly, it puzzled the Rockets players. Harden was at odds with Wen Hao on weekdays. Everyone could see this. In many cases, Harden would even intentionally go to
Excluding Wen Hao, what happened today? Why did he suddenly agree with Wen Hao's opinion? Did Harden take the wrong medicine or did they take the wrong medicine?
Seeing that Harden agreed, McHale immediately made the decision: "Okay, we will play like this in the second half. Offensively, we will continue the offense from the first half. Defensively, we will do what Wen Hao just said, defense and shooting. As long as they
If they rush in, let the inner wire cover them, I don't believe they can still fly."
Soon, the third quarter of the game was about to begin, the fans returned to their seats one after another, and the two commentators also took their seats.
Gorman said with a smile on his face: "To be honest, the Rockets' backcourt combination of Harden and Wen Hao really surprised me. These two people who had hardly cooperated with each other suddenly worked together.
Such a tacit understanding is almost as good as our backcourt combination of Rondo and Babb. But the Rockets made too many mistakes. If they continue to make mistakes like this, even if their backcourt combination is better, they will not be able to beat us.
"
Haythorn also said with a smile: "The Rockets have never been good at controlling mistakes, and there were especially many mistakes today, as many as 18 in the half. This is simply a high school team. I think it will be difficult for them to win today."
"
At the beginning of the second half of the game, the Celtics continued to be their main lineup, with Rondo and Babb on the court. On the Rockets' side, all other starting players played, but at point guard, Jeremy Lin was not the original starter.
.Since the combination of Wen Hao and Harden worked very well just now, McHale let Wen Hao play.
The current players on the Rockets court are: point guard Wen Hao, shooting guard Harden, small forward Parsons, power forward Jones, and center Howard.
The first goal was played by the Celtics.
Rondo dribbled to the frontcourt. Facing Wenhao's defense, he was still in the posture of slowly bending over to dribble.
Wen Hao's defense did not move back, but pressed forward, already pushing out of the three-point line, less than half a step away from Rondo.
The on-site commentator Gorman saw this and said: "What's wrong with the Rockets point guard? He is defending Rondo like this, and Rondo can pass him in one step. Did he go crazy during the halftime break?"
"To be honest, his defense is hard enough, but his physical fitness is too average. He couldn't guard Rondo in the first place. Now that he adopts this kind of defense, he is obviously looking for death." Haythorn shook his head, seeming to be worried.
Wen Hao mourns.
Sure enough, before he finished speaking, he saw Rondo take a sudden step forward and pass Wen Hao in an instant. Although Wen Hao tried his best to push Rondo with his chest from the side, it was to no avail. Rondo went straight towards him.
Inside, Howard rushed to cover from the other side, and Rondo had a strange smile on his lips. He only needed to change direction slightly to get out of the way of Howard and score a layup.
But when he was about to change direction, he suddenly realized something was wrong. It turned out that Wen Hao had been pushing him on his left side with his chest. He couldn't change to the left at all, so he could only go to the right. And on the right was Howard's hood.
will come down.
Rondo had already taken three steps at this time. He couldn't find anyone to pass the ball, so he had no choice but to go for a layup.
There was no doubt that a "snap" that resounded through the North Shore Garden sounded like thunder over Rondo's head. Rondo was almost startled.
Howard slapped the ball away with a big shot, and it just fell into Wen Hao's hands. Wen Hao caught the ball with one hand, and then without even looking at it, he threw it directly behind his head.
Harden was already running forward, and the ball caught up with him from above his head. Harden held the ball and accelerated forward.
Babu was closest to Harden. He chased Harden and ran forward. When he reached the three-point line, he finally caught up with Harden and continued to interfere with Harden's dribbling from the side.
But what is Harden best at? Touching porcelain. When he saw Barb running almost parallel to him, he immediately leaned toward Barb and made a shooting motion at the same time.
"Beep..."
The referee's whistle sounded, and Harden committed a foul on Barb in his best way. What's even more terrible was his random shooting action. After the ball circled the basket for a few times, it actually went into the basket.
The Rockets players on the sidelines stood up and waved towels. Howard walked over and punched Harden in the chest, shouting: "Good job!"
Harden's expression remained the same, as if this had long been a normal thing, he stood on the free throw line and steadily hit the free throw. A successful 2+1.
The two commentators on the sidelines felt unspeakably miserable at this time. They thought it was Rondo who scored easily this time, but they didn't expect to be slapped away and beaten to a score of 2 by the Rockets.
+1.
Rondo looked ugly. He already had an alien appearance. Now his expression turned cold again, making him look scary. He took the serve and moved it to the frontcourt. According to his surname, this time
We must continue to break through Wen Hao and score a goal.
But Rondo is no longer a child. He is now the leader of the Celtics. He has learned to mature. He did not attack by himself, but handed the ball to Barb. The mistake just made him a little too angry.
Gao, he needs to calm down, so he shouldn't take the ball for the time being.
After Babu got the ball, facing Harden, he still chose to break through. He was upset when he was beaten 2+1 by Harden just now, and he had to break through Harden. After swaying left and right, he easily broke through.
He went in, but at this moment, he found that there was suddenly darkness in front of him. He looked up and couldn't help but screamed something bad. He saw that Howard had already rushed over with his teeth and claws.
In desperation, Barb threw a high shot. However, due to the hasty shot, the ball bounced on the basket and was caught by Jones, who immediately gave it to Wen Hao.
Wen Hao took the ball and saw that there was no Rocket in front of him, so he dribbled forward. However, his dribbling speed was not very fast, and he was quickly caught up by Babu and blocked in front of him.
At this moment, he activated the Unbreakable Breakthrough skill, and with just one change of direction, he passed Babu in an instant. Babu behind him was stunned. This kid didn't seem to be very fast. How could he be so fast at the moment he passed?
Babu was passed, and Rondo blocked Wenhao again. At the same time, Parsons on the left was almost down.
Wen Hao came to Rondo, suddenly pulled the ball up with his right hand, and passed it to Parsons from behind.
Seeing this, Rondo quickly moved to the left, trying to steal the ball.
But Wen Hao didn't pass the ball. When Rondo moved to the left, he pulled the ball back and scored a three-step layup.
At this moment, the Rockets players were excited again.
Gorman, the on-site commentator, finally said after staring for a long time: "It turned out to be... Rondo's fake fax layup from behind!" (To be continued.)
