Just when McHale was worried, Wen Hao calmly turned his head and said to McHale: "Coach, I have a way that may be able to solve the current problem."
McHale then recalled what Wen Hao said during the timeout just now, and he suddenly realized: "Did you expect that Stevens would play like this?"
Wen Hao smiled slightly and said: "It's just a guess. In the situation just now, this is the only way they can do it. They should be lucky that they made the right bet. Both Rondo and Babu have a high shooting rate."
"Stop talking about this now, just talk about how to solve it?"
Everyone in the Rockets saw that the coach was asking Wen Hao for advice, and they all gathered around. Although Harden was dissatisfied, his ears pricked up at this time. At this time, he had no choice but to look at Wen Hao first.
Any ideas?
Seeing everyone gathered around, Wen Hao spoke up: "We failed to guard them just now and let them burst in. This was a mistake in our defensive strategy. But the most important thing is that we failed to protect the rebounds.
So I think the next thing we have to do is protect the rebounds. And the best way to protect the rebounds is to increase the height of the interior - go up to the Twin Towers."
"Twin Towers?" the Rockets player asked, "Yes, going to the Twin Towers can indeed solve the rebounding problem, but what about the offense? We have always played at a fast pace. Will it be uncomfortable to go to the Twin Towers?"
Wen Hao continued: "Actually, this is easy to solve. We just need to slow down the rhythm. Just grab the rebound, advance steadily to the frontcourt, and then send the ball into the basket in the safest way."
"The safest way? What is that?"
"It's very simple. The closer we are to the basket, the higher the shooting rate, so we just need to give the ball to the inside and let Howard and Dayao play. Of course, the twin towers cannot stand under the basket at the same time. They must play high and low.
Yao has the range and can play in the high post, and Howard will go to the basket. Then others will run around and be ready to cut. This is what I call the safest way."
When everyone in the Rockets heard this, they were all thinking about the feasibility of this method. At this time, after a brief thought, McHale had already made up his mind: "Let's do it like this. Although we don't usually train the twin tower tactics, but
You just need to remember to hand the ball to the inside and then look for opportunities to cut for layups. Also, protect the rebounds."
"Yes!" the Rockets shouted in unison.
In the Xinlang live broadcast room, Yang Yi saw on the screen that Rockets players and several members of the coaching staff were surrounding them, with Wen Hao holding a tactical board in the middle. Yang Yi shouted in surprise: "Yo yo yo, I saw it.
Well, Wen Hao is arranging tactics, and the Rockets and the coaching staff are there to listen carefully."
"Yes, it's really Wen Hao," Ke Fan also exclaimed, "Coach Wen."
"It can be seen that Wen Hao's status in the Rockets has been greatly improved. He used to just help people carry shoes, but now he has begun to take charge of the overall situation." Yang Yi joked.
…
At the North Shore Garden Arena, the referee signaled for the game to continue. When the Rockets players came on the court, Gorman, the commentator on the scene, also shouted: "Twin Towers?!"
Haythorn exclaimed: "Twin towers? Are the Rockets crazy? They have hardly used twin towers in previous games. Even if they have a few times, they are the twin towers of Dayao and Asik. They have never used them."
Dayao and World of Warcraft appeared at the same time. Now at such a critical time, they send out this twin-tower configuration, aren't they afraid of disrupting the Rockets' original system?"
"Temporary change of formation is not like McHale's style. By the way, I just saw Rockets No. 5 seeming to be arranging tactics. Is this temporary change of formation his idea?"
"It's unlikely. Even if he has such an idea, can McHale agree?"
"It's a mess, it's too messy. I really can't figure out what's going on? But they want to win the game through temporary changes in formation, which is impossible."
"No matter how great the coach is, it is impossible for him to make such a big change through a temporary change of formation. Now the Rockets' temporary change of formation has directly changed their original rhythm. Aren't you afraid of being beaten to death by us?"
Amid the chatter of the two commentators, the Rockets served. Wen Hao dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, passed Dayao's screen, went directly to the inside, and then handed the ball to Howard through the gap. Howard faced Joel?
Anthony is a slam-dunk dunk.
"Judging from the first attack, the Rockets' twin towers seemed to be okay. Wen Hao passed through Dayao's screen and passed to Howard, who dunked. This time the twin tower attack was successful. But what about next time?"
Haythorn said.
"They can't play like this every time, and they won't be so lucky next time."
"Even if they are so lucky and can still score, can they guard against our attack? Their twin towers will slow down their pace and they cannot keep up with our speed. Let's see what they do next.
Defense.”
Next, when the Celtics attacked, they still used an outside pick-and-roll, then went to the free throw line, and finally Rondo made a jump shot. However, they couldn't hit every jump shot, and shooting is not Rondo's strength in the first place, and the ball bounced off the basket.
And out.
The Celtics' Joel Anthony wanted to grab a rebound, but was stuck behind Dayao like a mountain. Warcraft easily picked up the rebound, and the Rockets attacked. This time, Wen Hao and Dayao were still in the pick-and-roll.
Then he went to the basket, Yao
He also followed up. However, because the Celtics strengthened their defense on the inside, Wen Hao had no chance to pass the ball to Dayao. However, he accurately found Harden on the outside and passed the ball to Harden. Haden
There was no one on the defensive line, and he fired a three-pointer from the outside.
But he failed to hit the three-pointer, and the basketball bounced out of the basket.
However, at this time, the Rockets' Warcraft and Dayao were both under the basket, so there was no way for the rebound to fall to the side. This time, Warcraft blocked the position. After Dayao grabbed the rebound, seeing that he could not make up for it, he immediately threw it to Harden from the outside again. Harden
With no one on guard, another three-point shot was fired. This time, it finally hit the target.
At this time, Yang Yi, who was in the Xinlang live broadcast room, finally understood: "That's it."
Ke Fan didn't know why and asked: "So which one is this?"
Yang Yi said: "The Rockets sent out the Twin Towers. Although they did not play at the original rhythm, they played slower, but they were more stable, and their rebounds were better. Defensively, the two of them went inside like this
At one stop, the Celtics can only shoot from the outside or from mid-to-long range. Once the shot fails, the rebound must belong to the Rockets; and on offense, with the twin towers, Rockets players can freely shoot.
Anyway, there is a backboard, so what are you afraid of?"
"Oh, so it's like this. No wonder the Rockets only played two rounds and led by 5 points."
At the North Shore Garden Arena, the two commentators did not admit defeat. They were still arguing: "The Rockets' lead is only temporary. Their twin towers are moving too slowly and will definitely slow down the Rockets' rhythm. As long as the Celtics
If you fight quickly, you will definitely catch up."
But the reality is not what they said. The Rockets play inside and have a very high success rate. As long as they score, the Celtics will not be able to launch a fast break, and then the Rockets will not have the problem of not being able to retreat.
So in the next five minutes or so, the Rockets continued to implement the policy of playing inside. Not only did the outside line feed Dayao and Warcraft inside, they also passed the ball to each other, and the two took turns attacking Kyle.
A unique basket with a very high success rate.
Even if they fail to score, there is still a second offense, which means that every time they dribble the ball to the frontcourt, they can almost always put it into the basket.
As for the Celtics, although their mid-range jump shot shooting percentage is very good, as long as they don't make a shot, they have no rebounds.
As a result, with two minutes left before the end of the game, the Rockets once again led by 10 points.
Until this time, Celtics commentator Gorman finally thought: "The Rockets' twin towers are really effective. They can perform efficiently both on the offensive and defensive ends. It seems that what we just said
It seems too early to say."
"I really didn't expect that the Rockets' on-the-spot change of formation would have such an effect. McHale...oh, no, it was that move from No. 5 that really killed us." Haythorn looked depressed.
"Who is this kid? Why did he come up with it even if the coach didn't think of it, and the effect is so good?"
Gorman was extremely dissatisfied. After a moment, he pinned his hope on Rondo: "But will our Rondo give up? No, he will never give up. He is so stubborn that he will not give up until the last second.
I won’t give up at all.”
"Yes, Rondo will definitely try his best. Let's see what wonderful performance Rondo will have."
…
At this point in the game, the Celtics head coach has no choice but to rely on the players' personal abilities.
At this time, Rondo did not disappoint people. After dribbling the ball past half court, he suddenly raised his hand and hit a three-pointer with a bang.
Looking back, Wen Hao was a little careless when handling the ball and was intercepted by the Celtics. After Rondo quickly advanced to the frontcourt, he didn't even look at the basket and hit another shot from outside the three-point line.
At this moment, McHale was shocked and shouted to the Rockets players: "Be careful of three-pointers, guard against three-pointers, and let two points go."
Turning around, the Rockets failed to score from the Twin Towers this time. The ball bounced farther and fell into the hands of the Celtics. They fast broke again, and Rondo rode forward alone and dunked.
In less than a minute, Rondo scored 8 points in a row, instantly narrowing the point difference to 2 points. The morale of the fans at the scene was greatly shaken, and the cry of MVP was already echoing in the North Shore Garden.
McHale hurriedly called the last timeout. He had to emphasize that the duck that caught his mouth could not just fly away.
But McHale really couldn't think of any way at this time. Rondo suddenly broke out and was unstoppable. The only way he could take was to flank him. But now is the most critical last minute. If he passes the ball, the consequences will be disastrous.
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At this time, when McHale had exhausted all his options, Wen Hao had a smile on his lips. His voice was not loud and he said to McHale: "Coach, don't worry, I won't let us lose." (
