Wenhao continuously assisted Dayao, allowing Dayao to beat Ibaka in isolation. In today's era when big centers are scarce, others may be afraid of Ibaka, but Dayao beat Ibaka like a child.
.There is a huge difference in both height and weight, and Yao's footsteps are rare among big centers. Ibaka is not that at all.
When Thunder coach Scott Brooks saw this, he immediately waved his hands on the sidelines and said: "Switch defense, Ibaka, you guard Howard, let Perkins guard Dayao."
Scott Brooks thinks about it this way: Ibaka is 2.08 meters tall and weighs 111 kilograms (because the feet and pounds that NBA is accustomed to use are not intuitive to understand, so this book uses meters and kilograms), and Big
Yao is 2.26 meters tall and weighs 140 kilograms. It would be too much for him to guard Yao. Although Perkins is also 2.08 meters tall, he weighs 1
Kilogram, although it is a bit of a disadvantage to guard against Dayao, he is still better than Ibaka.
And in Brooks' mind, Dayao is just a guy who hasn't played basketball for several years. He has only been in NBA for half a year now, and his condition is far worse than before. It's enough to use Perkins to guard against him.
At this time, the two sides continued to fight on the court. Durant used his long arms to hit a jumper over Parsons' head, and the score was opened to 5 points. Looking back, the Rockets attacked and dribbled the ball to the frontcourt.
After that, Harden was already reaching for the ball, but Wen Hao didn't give it to Harden. This was not because of prejudice, but because Wen Hao knew very well how to play now. He passed the ball to Dayao, letting Dayao
Yao continued to attack.
Dayao sat with his back to Perkins and took two steps closer. Although Perkins weighed only 1 kilogram, how could he withstand Dayao's 140-kilogram crush? In just two steps, Dayao had already leaned against him.
Within the reasonable collision zone.
Dayao finally took another step closer, then suddenly turned around.
Perkins thought that Dayao was going to hook the shot, so he jumped up to block the shot. But Dayao did not take off immediately. Instead, he waited for Perkins to fall, then used his feet to exert force and suddenly took off. Perkins was across from him.
A slam dunk.
Perkins seemed to be pressed down by a mountain from above his head, and a strong sense of oppression arose in his heart. His whole body fell backwards and fell hard to the ground.
"roar--"
Dayao landed on the ground and roared at the audience, completely releasing the sullenness that had accumulated in his heart for more than half a year.
The entire Thunder team was shocked by Dayao's momentum. On the Rockets bench, all the players jumped up, including head coach McHale, all shaking their fists and cheering for Dayao's wonderful goal. The Rockets on the court
The players also kept shouting and applauding Yao's dunk. Except Harden.
He was secretly angry as to why Wen Hao didn't pass the ball to him just now.
Thunder coach Brooks was a little anxious at this time. He underestimated Dayao. I didn’t expect that Dayao, who hadn’t played for several years and had just played for half a year and was still a substitute, could actually perform like this. It’s really amazing.
It's too scary. It seems that one person alone cannot stop Dayao at all, so he can only adopt a double-teaming strategy against Dayao.
So the next time the Rockets attacked, when Wen Hao passed the ball to Dayao, Perkins and Ibaka came to defend Dayao at the same time. When defending, Perkins was in front of Dayao, but
Let him have a comfortable shooting opportunity; Ibaka is behind to block the shot at any time. This is the so-called front cover and back cover.
Coach Brooks secretly breathed a sigh of relief. This way, everything should be safe.
But before he could relax, he tightened up again. Ibaka and Perkins went to double-team Wen Hao, and the Warcraft side was naturally empty and undefended. He slipped past Dayao,
Perkins was shocked, could it be a pass-cut cooperation?
Fortunately, after Warcraft ran over, the ball was still in Dayao's hand.
But the next moment, when Warcraft bypassed Dayao and came to the basket, Dayao, who had his back to the basket, suddenly threw the ball back from his head. The ball flew past the unsuspecting Perkins and Ibaka.
The top of the head was just within reach of the Warcraft. It turned out to be a pass-and-cut coordination. And it was an extremely wonderful pass-and-cut coordination.
The Thunder coach couldn't bear it anymore and hurriedly called a timeout with only two minutes left in the first quarter.
In the central live broadcast room, Yang Jian couldn't help laughing proudly when he saw Brooks's appearance: "Coach Brooks was already panicking. The Rockets made him panic with Dayao alone. First with Ibaka, and then with
Perkins, these two people have no choice but to deal with Dayao.
Next, he had to use Ibaka and Perkins to double-team, thinking that he should sit back and relax this time. But he forgot that Yao was not a big man who could only shoot. His passing consciousness and technique
He is also very good among big men, but Brooks suffered a loss this time."
Director Zhang also smiled and said: "It seems that Dayao is really back. Ibaka and Perkins are both excellent big men in the league today, and Dayao can play these two around with his performance."
Announce to the giant that Yao Yao is back again."
Thunder coach Brooks had no time to think about this at this time. He said to the players surrounding him: "Inside, inside, we can't lose the inside anymore. The outside players try to retract as much as possible to reduce the space and not give it to Dayao and Howard.
An easy shot."
"What about the perimeter?" Durant asked.
"If you can defend the outside line, then guard it. If you can't guard it, let it go. Now we can only guard the inside line and let go of the outside line. After all, the inside line has a much higher shooting rate than the outside line. And the Rockets are playing smoothly with the twin towers now.
It is impossible for them to suddenly switch to outside play at this time. It would be stupid to do that, and no coach would do that."
So the Thunder players all nodded in conviction.
On the Rockets side, after the players returned to the rest area, when McHale was about to encourage the players to continue working hard, Harden said directly to McHale: "Coach, I have something to tell you."
McHale was stunned, then pulled Harden aside and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Coach, the general manager and you both told me at the time that for the sake of the championship, I would cooperate with the Chinese." Harden's tone seemed a little angry. "Okay, I have started passing the ball to him now, but you
Did you see that when I asked for the ball, he didn’t give it to me, what’s going on?”
McHale was stunned again. The battle was fierce just now, and he really didn't notice this. When Harden said this, he could only pretend to be dumbfounded: "Is there any? I didn't see it."
"Coach!" Harden's tone became more and more unpleasant.
McHale hurriedly used other words to excuse himself: "We are playing now. If we have anything to say, we will talk about it after the game." After saying that, he hurriedly left Harden, asked the assistant coach next to him for the tactical board, and began to arrange it for the players.
Harden was unwilling to give in, but it was game time and he still had to focus on the overall situation. This is what he has been saying in his heart these days.
McHale said to the players surrounding him: "Very good, very good. You played very well just now. Compared with the Thunder, we have the advantage in the inside. Next, we will continue to attack their inside and use the height of our inside.
and weight to crush them."
"Yes!" the Rockets said in unison.
Seeing that the Rockets players had no objections, McHale felt reassured. But at this moment, Wen Hao's slow voice sounded: "Coach, I think this might be better."
"It's you again!" McHale cursed in his heart. He was afraid that Wen Hao would speak. If Wen Hao would make a comment like this every time he arranged his tactics, then what dignity would he have and how would he be able to lead the team in the future?
.
But at this time Wen Hao had already spoken, and he couldn't refuse, so he asked: "What?"
Wen Hao smiled slightly and said: "Coach, I think the head coach of the Thunder also thinks that we will resolutely play inside, and he will definitely make the Thunder shrink their defense. So we might as well take it by surprise, and then switch to the outside and use three-pointers from the outside.
.They tightened their defense, which made it easier for us to shoot three-pointers, and even if we couldn't make the shot, couldn't our twin towers still grab rebounds? So I think the effect of playing this way should be better."
McHale thought for a moment, then shook his head cautiously: "No, we can't take risks. We have countless predecessors who have learned from countless games - when we are at an advantage, it is best not to try to change."
Seeing that McHale disagreed, Wen Hao said nothing more and just fell silent.
At this time, Thunder commentators Lao Lang and Xiao Lang were commenting on the sidelines: "The Rockets' twin towers are extremely effective. It seems that Coach Brooks should think of a strange move to contain Dayao's offense. I just don't know what strange move he should use."
."
"I think the best way now is to shrink the defense and let the little guys around them shrink back. As soon as Yao gets the ball, get into his arms and see how he shoots again?"
"Your method is good, but I don't know if Coach Brooks will listen to you."
Before he finished speaking, he saw that the two sides had already continued the game.
The first offense was completed by the Thunder. Durant hit a three-pointer from the outside, finally opening the point difference to 6 points.
Looking back, the Rockets attacked, and the Thunder followed Brooks's arrangement and reduced the space to a very small area, almost all within the three-point line. They were waiting for Dayao to attack.
But after Wen Hao dribbled the ball past half court, he did not hand the ball to Dayao, but directly threw it to Harden, which meant that Harden could shoot a three-pointer.
Harden was stunned at first. He didn't expect that Wen Hao would pass it to him. It seemed that he had misunderstood him just now. What he didn't expect was that Wen Hao would not listen to the coach's words again. Even he, a member of the Rockets,
It is impossible for an ace to fail to act according to the coach's intentions so often. Has Wen Hao become too courageous?
But at this time, he had no time to think too much. He only felt a feeling that he was bound to hit quietly in his heart. He immediately raised his hand and fired from outside the three-point line... (To be continued.)
