Chapter 831: Depressed O'Neill
Ding Hongxing's offensive means are unique in the entire NBA history, he can break through to the basket, can dunk, can cut in the air, can break through and then stop to shoot, can use cover and then use the misplaced defense to attack the basket, can hit back, can hook hands, can step to the basket, and from time to time can perform a good show to shake the defender down. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Of course, as an organizational defender, his passing is also historic, when the opponent is trapped, he can always pass the ball to the open position, such Ding Hongxing, how do you let the opponent defend?
In addition, the Rockets, or Ding Hongxing, have a revolutionary change in basketball, that is, their three-point range is getting farther and farther, and they can shoot at a distance of one meter or even two meters outside the three-point line, and the shooting rate is not low, Ding Hongxing's shooting rate can reach about 45 percent, and the shooting rate of other players can also reach about 35 percent, which is already the shooting rate of elite shooters among the league's three-point shooters, but this is only their ultra-long three-point shooting rate, It can be seen that the whole Rockets team has used ultra-long three-point shooting as a conventional offensive means in training.
The ultra-long three-point not only gives the Rockets an additional offensive weapon, but more importantly, the change of basketball concept, the change of the opponent's defensive strategy, in the past, the opponent defended three points, only need to step on the three-point line to defend, but now they must step out of the three-point line one meter to defend, in this way, the space behind them has become larger, especially when the Rockets use a five-pitcher lineup, the space in the opponent's restricted area is incredible.
Sometimes, some fans who can't understand this kind of doorway see the Rockets' opponent's restricted area inexplicably leaking a fine light, and the Rockets can easily score with a counterattack, and feel that their defense is too poor, in fact, because they are too afraid of the Rockets' ultra-long three-pointers.
The more the media discussed, the more they felt that the current Rockets were unable to defend, and if they wanted to win the Rockets, they would simply shrink the whole team, counting on the Rockets to feel bad, but the problem is, even if there was a miracle, the Rockets would not feel good, but could they be expected to have a bad feel for the entire series?
Soon, the second game of the series between the Rockets and the Lakers also began, in this game, the Lakers still focus on O'Neal, which is their most threatening point, in defense, O'Neal is still sitting under the basket, not pulling out, it should be said that such a strategy is still right, if O'Neal is allowed to run with the rhythm of the Rockets, then sooner or later he will be dragged down, he will be dragged down, and this game will not have to be played.
The Rockets used Ben. Wallace came to defend O'Neal with Rashid. Wallace came to make up for the defense, it turned out that the double Wallace's defense of O'Neal was still the most effective, Big Ben had the strength to withstand O'Neal, at least he wouldn't let him run under the basket so easily, Rashid waited for the opportunity to block O'Neal on the side, and even went to the bag in advance, forcing O'Neal to only pass the ball out, which made O'Neal play very unhappy, sometimes, O'Neal is also a very emotional player, when he plays well, his emotions are high, and he will play well, and now he is under the defense of Double Wallace, When I feel that there is nowhere to go, I am very depressed.
At the beginning of this game, Ding Hongxing used a forced breakthrough to hit a layup after confronting O'Neal in the air, and made a foul on O'Neal, plus a free throw, just two minutes later, O'Neal was upset by Big Ben in an attack, he opened the way with an elbow, and a turn, it was an elbow hit Big Ben's chin, and was caught by the referee and fouled.
O'Neal emotionally theorized to the referee, because he thought that Big Ben had already fouled him, he had a lot of small actions, but the referee was unmoved, if that level of small actions also had to blow fouls, O'Neal would be defenseless, an NBA game is estimated to be less than half a half, and both sides will be punished to no one's place.
O'Neal was furious and accidentally brought a foul language, which resulted in a technical foul.
O'Neal has already been fouled twice and now has a technical foul. Jackson had to replace O'Neal off the court, and Tomjanovic immediately replaced Big Ben with Olajuwon, and he made it clear that he wanted to use Big Ben to play O'Neal.
As soon as Olajuwon came on the court, he was full of spirits, and he won consecutive inside singles, and the other players also performed well, and the attack was very smooth.
On the other hand, the Lakers, after the absence of O'Neal, they not only lack a strong offensive point, but also lack the containment of the interior line, which makes their outside offense very difficult.
In the first ten minutes of the first quarter, the Rockets beat the Lakers 31-14, and seeing that the point difference was almost 20 points, O'Neal would not play the game directly in garbage time. Jackson gritted his teeth and took the risk of replacing O'Neal, and here, Tomjanovich immediately replaced Big Ben.
Ding Hongxing's grasp of the scene is so powerful, as soon as O'Neal came on the court, he changed his offensive strategy and began to force a breakthrough again, with his dribbling and breakthrough ability, it was too easy to break through the Lakers' outside defense, often Rashid. Wallace a single block, the Lakers were forced to change the defense, and the Lakers' No. 4 player who changed the defense was afraid of Ding Hongxing's three points, and he had to be very close, Ding Hongxing broke into it with a slight change of direction and accelerated, and after entering, O'Neal subconsciously came to make up for the defense, Ding Hongxing made a layup feint, and shook O'Neal up, at this time, Ding Hongxing really jumped and threw the ball out, O'Neal's huge body jumping in the air was uncontrollable, and smashed on Ding Hongxing when he landed, foul.
And Ding Hongxing's layup also hit, and he had to add a free throw, and more importantly, O'Neal committed three fouls and may not be able to play in the first half of the game.
Sure enough, Jackson immediately replaced O'Neal, and Tomjanovich immediately replaced Olajuwon, such a substitution is more of a psychological warfare, he is reminding Jackson that your O'Neal also has someone to restrain and is not afraid of you at all.
Jackson is very helpless, the Rockets' three-point threat is too great, and he doesn't let O'Neal out is already the limit, which also causes O'Neal to be alone under the basket, so that he has more opportunities to foul, which is an unsolvable problem, and can only expect O'Neal to adjust himself, and the head coach has nothing to do.