Rondo has made up his mind to fight against Dayao like he did against World of Warcraft. As long as Dayao is defeated again, the Rockets' inside line will almost collapse. At that time, it will be easy to beat the Rockets again.
It was the last few minutes of the third quarter. Wen Hao, Harden Parsons and others had already taken a rest, but the Celtics did not dare to replace Rondo and Barb. Now is the critical moment to chase points.
If these two generals are replaced, it will be even more difficult.
Wen Hao sat on the bench to rest, but his mind was not idle. He watched the game on the court with the eyes of a coach. Rondo and Barb, the Celtics' most powerful breakthrough players, kept rushing inside the Rockets.
Trying to cause a foul on Dayao.
But Dayao didn't play much time today and only committed one foul. If he wanted to beat Dayao, he would have to commit at least four more fouls. And Dayao is different from Warcraft. Warcraft likes to jump, so it's easy to foul.
Dayao was not very good at jumping, nor did he like jumping. He just stood there and stood in front of Rondo and Babu like a big mountain.
One can imagine how difficult it would be for Rondo and Barb to score past Yao, and it would not be easy for them to cause Dayao to foul.
This continued until the end of the third quarter. Although they also caused two fouls by Dayao, they paid the price of three mistakes and were beaten by the Rockets into two counterattacks. At the end of the third quarter, the point difference was still
8 points.
The audience at the scene was a little depressed at this time, not because of the 8-point difference, but because facing the Rockets' current defense, the Celtics seemed to be helpless. In front of the mountain-like Yao, they were very disappointed.
It's difficult to score. As a result, they can't shoot from the outside and can't score from the inside. The Celtics have almost lost their offensive firepower.
Their head coach Stevens kept scratching his head at this time. Given the current situation, he couldn't think of any good solution at all. Now we can no longer let Rondo and Barb burst in, with Yao here
, they are almost committing suicide by rushing in, which will do more harm than good.
In desperation, he had no choice but to accept the assistant coach's suggestion: Let Rondo and Barb pick and roll on the outside. Joel Anthony can also move up the line to pick and roll, and then let the ball carrier shoot from mid-to-long range.
This is a risky move. If the ball holder has a high shooting percentage, there is nothing to say, but if the ball holder is not in good condition today and cannot make a shot, it is tantamount to asking for death.
However, there is no other way to use this method at this time, so we have to treat the situation like a dead horse.
As for the Rockets, McHale didn't make any adjustments. He kept in mind the warnings of his predecessors: when the team is playing well, there is no need to change. If it is changed, it will destroy the current rhythm.
Over the years, McHale has followed this warning. If the team is playing well, he will not make any changes.
He didn't make any changes. The assistant coach didn't think there was any problem, and the experts on the scene didn't think there was any problem either. But there was only one person - Wen Hao - he glanced at the head coach and saw that McHale didn't make any changes.
Meaning, he asked: "Coach, don't we need to do anything?"
McHale shook his head and said: "Wen Hao, if you look at the game from the perspective of a coach, you will know that there is no need to make any changes now. When the team is in an advantage, we do not need to make changes. This is
The teachings of countless predecessors.”
Wen Hao didn't think so. He was thinking about what he would do if he were the Celtics head coach: "But coach, if I were them, I would definitely..."
"Needless to say," McHale waved his hand to stop Wen Hao, "Just watch the game with peace of mind. Wen Hao, I know you have a lot of ideas, but you are a player, at most a player with a coaching mind, but you are not a prophecy
It is impossible for a teacher to know what step the other team's coach will take next. What we have to do now is to wait and see what step they will take and then think of countermeasures."
Wen Hao wanted to say something else, but Dayao next to him shook his head at Wen Hao without leaving any trace. It was best not to talk too much now. The relationship between him and the coach had only eased recently, so he should not conflict with the coach too much.
Wen Hao understood what Dayao meant, sighed helplessly and endured it.
Following the referee's signal, the fourth quarter of the decisive battle finally began. First, Jeremy Lin assisted Parsons and the Rockets hit a three-pointer, directly widening the point difference to 11 points.
McHale glanced at Wen Hao, meaning: I'm right, just play like this, no need to make any changes.
But when McHale just turned back to look at the court, he saw Rondo and Barb making a pick-and-roll on the outside. After Barb got the ball, in a brief unguarded situation, he shot from outside the three-point line and made an accurate hit.
The heart of the basket. He not only has breakthroughs, but also has three-pointers from the outside.
But McHale didn't care. It was just luck. No one can hit three-pointers every time.
Then the Rockets missed the attack. Looking back, Barb dribbled the ball from outside the three-point line. Joel Anthony suddenly raised the three-point line to set a screen. Barb passed Jeremy Lin and took another shot from outside the three-point line.
, hit again.
The Rockets played a fast break, and Jeremy Lin hit a layup for two points.
Looking back, Barb dribbled the ball from outside the three-point line again. McHale was busy directing the players on the sidelines to attack Barb. He had already scored two three-pointers in a row and he couldn't let him shoot anymore.
But at this time, Barb passed the ball to Rondo. Rondo was in the air, raised his hand, and hit another three-pointer.
Celtics head coach Stevens punched his left palm with his right fist in excitement. It seemed that he was right this time. Rondo and Barb both hit three-pointers. The point difference narrowed to 4 points.
At this time, the Rockets had to call a timeout. McHale said to the players: "Pay attention to defending their three-pointers. Be sure to expand your defense. As soon as they pass the center line, immediately go up to defend and don't let them have the slightest chance to easily shoot."
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On the Celtics side, Stevens seemed to have anticipated McHale's strategy, saying to the players: "We threw in three three-pointers, and the Rockets will definitely defend our three-pointers next, so next time
Coming down is our opportunity to break through. Of course, we can't rush to the basket to die. We only need to rush to the free throw line halfway, and then stop for a jump shot. After all, this kind of shooting rate is higher than that of three-pointers. Now we are chasing points.
, the higher the hit rate, the better.
After returning from the timeout, the main players of the Rockets have already taken the court. However, Warcraft, who had four fouls, did not take the court, while Dayao remained on the court.
The Rockets' offense was organized by Jeremy Lin and Jones scored a dunk. Looking back, the Rockets' defense followed McHale's arrangement and focused on defending the Celtics' three-pointers. However, after Rondo got the ball, he and Babb
He made a pick-and-roll, and then suddenly reached the three-point line. Then he stopped for a jump shot far away from Dayao. He hit another goal.
Next, the Rockets made another mistake, turning around and allowing Barb to reach the three-point line. Although he missed the emergency stop jumper, Rondo quickly grabbed the offensive rebound and scored two more points. At this time, the Celtics
We have already caught up and are only two points away.
The Rockets players are a little confused on the court at this time. Didn't the coach say they can shoot three-pointers? How come they have continuous breakthroughs?
McHale was also a little confused. If his team's three-pointers were going well, he would definitely let his players continue to shoot three-pointers. Unexpectedly, the Celtics did the opposite and began to break through.
While McHale was still confused, Rondo of the Celtics missed a shot and was grabbed an offensive rebound by Joel Anthony. Then he passed the ball to Babb and hit another two points.
As soon as the goal was scored, the two teams were tied. The entire North Shore Garden Arena was in a state of excitement, and the Celtics were in high spirits. Stevens looked happy. Although he was not a famous coach, he faced McHale who did not know how to adapt.
coach, he can still win the bet.
McHale finally recovered from his daze and knew it was time to call a timeout. Although he had not yet figured out a way to deal with Stevens, he could at least interrupt the opponent's momentum and touch.
After the timeout, the Rockets players were a little depressed. They were leading by 8 points just now, but in less than three minutes, they were tied. They lost points too quickly. Of course, they didn't dare to say that the head coach's strategy was wrong.
As a person in the game, most of them didn't see anything wrong with the head coach.
In the Xinlang live broadcast room, Ke Fan saw the Rockets being tied and said helplessly: "It seems that when watching the Rockets game, you need to prepare a quick-acting life-saving pill. Just now, we were leading by 11 points at most, and in the blink of an eye we were caught up.
Teacher Yang, tell me, what’s wrong with the Rockets?”
"In my opinion, the Rockets' problem in this period is mainly in their defensive strategy. When the Celtics let up a three-pointer, they did not defend the three-pointer in time. After the timeout, they started to defend the three-pointer, but they shot another two-pointer.
Yes. This is one. The second is that the rebounds in the backcourt were not protected well. The Rockets players rushed outside to defend the three-pointer, leaving only Dayao inside to grab rebounds. Of course, he couldn't grab the three Celtics.
Yes, they grabbed two offensive rebounds in a row, and both ended up scoring. This is the Rockets' problem."
"Then how to solve it?" Ke Fan asked the question again.
Yang Yi thought for a while and said: "The Rockets' first priority now is to defend the opponent, and the second is to solve the rebound. Rebounds are easy to solve, and everyone can grab them together, but it is difficult to defend the opponent. Because you don't know the opponent.
What will happen next, and McHale is not the kind of coach who is good at adapting, so this problem is difficult to solve."
Indeed, as Yang Yi said, McHale is also having a headache at this time. The rebounding problem is easy to solve, but the problem of guarding opponents is not easy to solve. Stevens is not the kind of coach who is static. He always
Will they take the initiative to seek a breakthrough? I don't know how they will attack next. How to solve this?
But when McHale was troubled, Wen Hao calmly turned his head and said to McHale: "Coach, I have an idea..." (To be continued.)
