Legendary basketball manager

The intermission soon ended and the game resumed.

Howard only took a 2-minute break before going into battle again.

And Yao Ming has just returned from injury, coach Mark - Jackson does not want to overuse, so he is still pressed on the bench.

In order to limit Howard, Jackson sent a veteran who hadn't played for a long time-Chuck Hayes.

Haiye is 1 meters tall.But judging by size, he is not material for playing inside at all.

However, under his unremarkable appearance, he has a unique ability-historical level of lower body strength!

How to describe how stable Hayes's bottom plate is?

Many star insiders that fans can think of, such as Duncan, Garnett, Stoudemire, and even the old shark-Shaq O'Neal, have tried to play Hayes in the low post.

But their strong fights, without exception, all ended in deflation.

To put it simply, if you want to beat Hayes, you have to rely on skill, and don't try to use brute force in vain.

With him on the court, at least there is no need to worry about Howard's crazy singles.

However, Shen Fei in the VIP box silently shook his head when he saw this scene.

In his view, although Hayes has the ability to defend the big inside, but overall, he is not a qualified backup center.

First of all, Hayes' skills are relatively rough, he does not have the ability to attack with the ball, and he cannot use shooting to open up space for the team.

Putting him on the field means that the team needs to play 4 on 5 in the offense.

Secondly, although Hayes has amazing lower body strength and can defend the opponent's strong attack, his defensive ability will be greatly reduced once he encounters a more clever opponent (knows how to make a difference and avoid head-to-head confrontation).

"It seems that we have to find a backup center for Yao Ming."

Shen Fei muttered to himself.

............

The game continues.

As soon as the Magic came up, they showed a different attitude towards the game.

And Howard did not have Yao Ming's restrictions, and began to overwhelm the inside.

He first grabbed an offensive rebound when his teammates shot hard, and succeeded in a second take-off and dunk.

In the process of Warcraft's two take-offs, Hayes was basically in a helpless state of watching.

Then, Howard drew a double-team in the low post and used a pass across half court to find Quentin Richardson who was open and helped the latter hit a [-]-pointer.

This is not over yet.

Howard not only showed his power on the offensive end.

On the defensive end, he also showed the demeanor of Warcraft.

In the first round, Rockets veteran Kevin Martin broke through the Magic's outside defense, rushed to the penalty area and then made a throw.

Howard is like a magic soldier, a volleyball cap slaps the ball away.

On the next possession, Lawson dribbled the ball past Jamal Nelson.

After coming near the free throw line, he chose to stop and jump at the free throw line because he was afraid of Howard.

Unexpectedly, the moving speed of Warcraft is far from being comparable to that of ordinary insiders, and it even came up with a stride and completed the block again.

And these two successful defenses also helped the Magic fight back.

"Mr. Billionaire" Rashad Lewis, who had a dismal performance in the first quarter, hit three-pointers in two counterattacks!

"Hey! In just 3 minutes, the Magic team played a wave of 10:2 climax."

"Now the score between the two teams is 44:35, and the point difference has been narrowed to single digits!"

Zhang Weiping commented in a timely manner.

Fans at the Toyota Center have gone quiet.

They set their sights on Mark Jackson on the bench, hoping that he would make adjustments quickly.

However, the Rockets coach looked calm and watched everything that happened on the court calmly.

His confidence is not groundless.

Soon, the situation on the field changed.

In an offensive and defensive transition, Ty Lawson dribbled through the half court and directed his teammates to move.

At this time, Martin, Courtney Lee and Scola, who have the ability to shoot, all opened to the outside.

And Hayes mentioned outside the three-point line, setting up pick-and-rolls for him.

With the help of a screen, Lawson accelerated and passed the opposing Magic backup point guard-Chris Duhon.

After breaking into the inside line, he did not rush to make a shot, but observed Howard's position from the corner of his eye.

Seeing that he was already stepping on the steps and was about to chase the big cap, Lawson immediately changed his trick and passed the ball back to Hayes.

Then, Lawson ran quickly to Kevin Martin and set up an off-ball screen for the latter.

Martin used the pick-and-roll to get outside the three-point line.

After receiving a pass from Hayes, he set up a "crooked machine gun" and shot decisively.

After the basketball left his fingertips, it spun at a high speed, drawing a beautiful arc in the air...

"Shu~"

Hollow into the network!

47:35, this is a three-pointer to "stop the bleeding"!

After tasting the sweetness, Lawson followed suit in the next round.

only.This time the object of the catch became Courtney Lee.

Xiao Li lived up to expectations, and under the cover of Lawson, he threw open space, and made a move from outside the three-point line, adding another three-pointer for the team!

50:35, the point difference widened again!

"Hey, the rocket tactic is rare."

In the comments section, Zhang Weiping said in surprise.

"Typically, the big guy picks and rolls the little guy"

"But in these two rounds, the Rockets let point guard Lawson set up pick-and-rolls for two wing players."

"This tactic is very novel! The Magic have obviously never seen a similar tactic, and they can't handle it all at once!"

Director Zhang analyzed with a smile.

............

On the court, the magic players seemed to have been poured cold water, and each one had their depression written on their faces.

Especially Howard.

Since the second quarter, every time he defends the opponent's pick-and-roll, he has worked tirelessly to jump to the outside line.

Who would have thought that the Rockets would switch to Lawson as the pick (set up the pick-and-roll) role in pick&roll.

Small guards are so fast that even Howard has a hard time keeping up.

In this way, the rocket's perimeter can naturally get some space.

At the same time, on the sidelines of the Rockets' bench, Mark Jackson was beaming, obviously very satisfied with the tactics just now.

In fact, it was Shen Fei who inspired him to ask the defender to pick and roll the big man.

When he first heard the idea, Mark Jackson didn't take it seriously.

However, by chance, he let the players run this tactic during training, and the effect was surprisingly good!

This led to Lawson's performance today.

[The manager is not a monster, is he?At such a young age, I can think of so many tactics that I have never heard of before, but have very effective tactics...]

Mark Jackson was puzzled.

And as this wave of counterattacks was suppressed, the morale of the Magic team also plummeted.

In the middle of the second quarter, the score came to 57 to 42, and the Rockets always maintained a lead of more than 10 points.

At this time, the main forces of both sides were almost rested, and they went into battle one after another.

When Yao Ming, Tracy McGrady, George and others returned to the field, the Magic fell into extreme passiveness again!