Chapter 411: Little Overlord

Chapter 414
The Houston Rockets have always been known for their tenacity. I have to admit that the NBA’s team culture has continuity. The Phoenix Suns suffered a lot from the Rockets in the 1990s. They were beaten by the Rockets for two consecutive years under the situation of great superiority. Unspeakable pain in the history of the Suns.
The Rockets now have the same strong style. As an experienced head coach, Adelman has felt the team’s problems in the first quarter. The offensive end is under the circumstances that Yao Ming can’t play, other players’ autonomy. Insufficient offensive ability, if it weren't for Luthor Hyde and Luis Scola who came off the bench, the Rockets would definitely be behind more in the first quarter.
Defensively, the lack of athletic ability of the Rockets’ outside line can’t keep up with the Suns’ offensive pace, especially at the end of the first quarter when the Suns put on the five small lineups. Punch through. You need to know that the head coach of the Houston Rockets last season was Jeff Van Gundy. The defensive system he built is still in place. The Rockets also have excellent third defenders like Shane Battier.
But even if the Rockets gain strength, there is still no way to stop the three ball-handling players Nash, Dior, and Jaskovicius from penetrating in positional warfare-their positional offensive coordination is getting better and better.
Defensive and rhythmic issues cannot be solved in one game, so Adelman decided to work offense. In the second quarter he decided to increase Luis Scola's playing time and ask Yao Ming to rest more on the bench. Then sent offensively capable Kirk Snyder on the front line, letting Battier play against Dior at the fourth position, and the Rockets also came to a small lineup.
Adelman was forced to do so, because in fact, the Rockets’ lineup is indeed deformed. In addition to a super center inside, the tallest person among the other rotations turned out to be the 6-foot-9 Scola. Under normal circumstances, Yao Ming The center to replace him is 6-foot-6 Chuck Hayes. Although Hayes can top people in low post defense, his height, defense and rebounding are all big problems.
However, at the beginning of the second quarter, the Rockets played well with this lineup. The Suns used a small lineup, and Scola became the high point on the court. His excellent low post skills began to help the Rockets chase points little by little. At this point, Nash and Stoudemire are sitting off the court. Jascovehus controls the offense on the court. Tonight, the European kings are in a normal state. Two attempts on the outside to make a direct three-pointer missed and gave it back. The Rockets have a long rebound chance to counterattack.
The Rockets' counterattacks are not fast, but they have a good ability to seize opportunities. After two counterattacks, a layup and a point shot, Battier's three-pointer from the bottom corner, the Rockets suddenly closed the point difference to 4 points. On the sidelines, Leon still sits firmly on the Diaoyutai and has no plans to call a timeout. He does not intend to mess up the rotation rhythm shortly after the second quarter.
Jaskovicius dribbled the ball over the half, Dior took the ball from the three-point line and organized the offense at a high position. Hill ran back into the post but Snyder followed the defense very tightly, and the air cut attack failed. Dior passed the ball to Bell on the left. Bell didn't have much threat with the ball, so he could only return the ball to Jaskovicius. The Suns' offense was somewhat stalled. Now they don't have a main attack point on the field.
Stoudemire was a little anxious on the sidelines, he said to Leon: "I should be on the court at this time, I should be on the court."
According to the rotation at the beginning of the season, Stoudemire should bring the bench lineup to overwhelm the interior at this time. However, because of his knee injury, Leon reduced his playing time after his return. Generally, he played more in the first quarter and played less later. Today, Stoudemire was eager to try, but Leon still did not resume his previous substitution strategy, playing a small lineup in the second quarter to let Stoudemire sit down.
Stoudemire’s feelings, Leon could understand, but he still said: "Don't worry, isn't Yao sitting down there too?"
Yao Ming was indeed sitting off the court. His performance in the first quarter was rather abnormal today, which caused the Rockets to fall into a passive position at the beginning. Playing against an offensive team like the Suns, once you become passive at first, it will be difficult to play later. But Leon is also worried that Yao Ming will rebound in the back. Once he scores high points in the paint, the threat to the sun will be huge.
Just a Luis Scola has already caused some headaches inside the Suns. So Leon still resisted his temper and let Stoudemire sit on the bench, waiting for Adelman's adjustment. The second quarter went on for a short and a half. The Rockets slowly reversed the momentum. Scola shined in the interior. He made many changes in low footsteps, ghostly fake moves, and long flowing hair that made Marion. The two of them were at a loss with Dior. And he also has a precise mid-range jumper. He basically supported the Rockets' offense in the second quarter relying on his personal ability.
It is conceivable that Scola, who is still on the bench, will soon become the starting power forward of the Rockets, because the offense of his competitor Chuck Hayes is not enough.
However, the Suns still maintain the lead in the score. Whenever the Rockets are about to catch up with the score, the Suns can always hit a key three-pointer from the outside to suppress the Rockets' momentum. Finally reached the official timeout, the two sides are about to rotate personnel, Leon patted Stoudemire on the shoulder, indicating that he is ready to debut. Stoudemire bounced off the stool. He saw the bench opposite, Yao Ming had also stood up.
The main lineup re-launched, but Leon let Marion off the court to rest, allowing Grant Hill to stay on the court to participate in the offense, and Hill was surprisingly useful on the offensive end. He quickly integrated into the Suns' offensive system-but to be honest, the current Suns do not have any special system at all. A team full of offensive talent, the system is often a constraint for them. Only a team like the Boston Celtics, where everyone can only play a trick, needs a system to guide their offense.
Adelman also kept Scola on the court. With two low threats, Scola and Yao Ming, the offensive threat of the Rockets will be greatly increased, and the opposing Suns have a relatively sloppy inside defense, Dior is short, and Stoudemire is single. In the air defense, Yao Ming and Gascora took turns to cut, and in most half of the game, they can always cut through the sun's defense.
Adelman thought very well, but he ignored it. The Suns' defense is indeed average, but Fox Leon is a defensive expert, and he naturally has his means to deal with double low attackers. After coming back from the timeout, the Rockets' first offense changed the matchup. The person who was marking Scola was Dior, and Stoudemire began to directly confront Yao Ming on the defensive end.
Stoudemire started defensively against Yao Ming.
Stoudemire's single defense is indeed not good, but today is facing Yao Ming, Leon told him to prevent Yao Ming from receiving the ball anyway. Stoudemire's enthusiasm was very high, and he spared no effort to start defensively against Yao Ming~EbookFREE.me~ and Yao Ming could not receive the ball. The player's position shifted, Yao Ming opened up and gave Scola the low post. Scola received the ball from the low post. He had already shown his state and confidence in the second quarter. He wiped out the basket and wanted to make a layup. The missed Stoudemire slapped the ball to the fan!
Stoudemire's defensive skills and awareness are average, but his bounce and wingspan have made him quite good in blocking. If this season is not considered the game after returning from injury, his average block per game has reached a career high of 2.3. In the return from injury, he averaged 2 per game.
A big hat was given to Scola, Dior got a backcourt rebound, Nash caught the ball and launched a quick counterattack. Stoudemire, who had just blocked shots, has already rushed to the frontcourt. Nash shifted the ball to the left in a wide range. After Hill received the ball, he made a cross to the center. After Stoudemire received the ball, the Overlord made a bow and jumped directly in the center One-armed buckle! After scoring the goal, Stoudemire showed his biceps to the fans on the spot. With one offense and one defense, the bully played domineering.
In contrast, Yao Ming seems a little unable to keep up with the Suns' targeted defense and fast pace. He is not in good shape tonight.
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(End of this chapter)