Yu Xiaochun immediately received the "Offensive Rebound Special: 17-18 Season Final Edition" sent by Scott Jr. to his mailbox, and immediately copied the link and sent it to his and Yang Yiming's >"This is the latest research report of that smart wearable device company?" Yang Yiming had just woken up from Nina's hypnotic massage, and slowly woke up on the bed, looking through his phone.

"Well, almost." Because he couldn't expose Scott's identity, Yu Xiaochun had no choice but to continue to use the smart wearable device company as a shield. In order to add credibility, he added: "It is said that they have done some research on the shooting habits of players, statistical reports on rebounding points, I want you to see it, and test the reliability of the data from the perspective of grabbing offensive rebounds, you can take a look at it when you have time." ”

"Okay, I'll see."

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Yang Yiming, who was lying on the bed that day and clicked on this link, never expected that the content in the link could really have an immediate magical effect. To be honest, Yu Xiaochun found the "Ten Sealing Cheats" of smart wearables last time, and he also studied it very seriously inside and out. The principle of blocking cheats is based on each player's shooting habits and offensive tendencies, grasping the weaknesses that can be exploited, and amplifying them in the form of statistics. This method is actually the same as the training principle of Yang Yiming's usual tactical class, except that the tactical class focuses on the team, and this set of cheats is completely individual.

But to say that to study offensive rebounding in a similar way, it can't help but have a bit of a swaggering flavor in the charlatans.

He had only heard that in football, some teams would study the direction of the penalty taker's shot, hoping that their goalkeeper would make an accurate prediction in advance. But even then, it's rare to hear of a team that actually wins a penalty shoot-out by doing their homework in advance. It is not easy to judge the direct shot, and the rebounding ball of basketball usually has to go through the rebound of the basket and the rebound, and the shooting force and angle are a little off, and the final landing point may be very different. Even if this "special" focuses on the rebounding point of the Rockets players after their three-point shots, it is a huge sample.

Is there really a statistical way to figure it out?

Yang Yiming thought to himself, this is just the whims of technical otakus. But since I sent it, I just finished the massage, and I am full of energy and refreshed, as if I have been reborn again, so I can read it in my spare time and have fun!

But he didn't expect that the "Offensive Rebounding Special: Season End Edition" that he watched casually would come in handy the next day!

After a day off in Dallas, the Rockets challenged the Mavericks on the night of March 12. The Mavericks have long since lost the fighting spirit of every opponent at the beginning of the season, and the team has probably identified the "goal" of the high pick in the lottery area from the owner Cuban, facing the league's No. 1 Rockets, the ball game has not yet started. This is exactly in line with Coach D'Antoni's strategy of "taoguang and obscurity", he let Nene, Ryan Anderson, Derrick Rose, and James Harden take turns to rest, and Paul will take the lead against the Mavericks, and Yang Yiming will get 32 minutes of playing time.

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Yang Yiming's usual playing time is about 26 minutes, and the offensive rebound data is 0.9 per game, that is, he can generally grab an offensive rebound in a game. But he didn't expect that the game had not yet finished at halftime, and he had already collected three offensive rebounds.

The first offensive rebound came in the first quarter and was entirely the result of his personal hard work. Paul and Capela blocked on the line, Paul successfully attracted the double bag, and Capela went straight to the basket. How could Paul let go of such a good opportunity and stuffed a blow from the gap between the two people, Capela took advantage of the situation to turn around and put his hands into the basket!

But probably the ball came too easily, Capela's dunk actually smashed on the back edge of the basket, and half of the basketball bounced out of the basket! Fortunately, Yang Yiming was alert enough, he went down along the bottom line from the other side as usual, took off the bounced basketball from the air, and didn't wait for anyone to land, he hit the board and made up the basket and threw it!

First offensive rebound.

But this offensive rebound has little to do with the content of the "special", except that it came a little early, in fact, it was grabbed by Yang Yiming's own enthusiasm, which is in line with the usual pattern of most of his offensive rebounds - rushing after teammates shoot, relying on physical explosiveness and excellent temporary adjustment ability.

So when he got the first offensive rebound data of the game, Yang Yiming still didn't take what he watched the night before seriously. He and his teammates continued to put pressure on the Mavericks, and with one minute left in the first quarter, the Rockets hit a three-pointer to extend their lead to double digits. The Mavericks' JJ Barria tried to miss the color, and the Rockets had 7 seconds left on the offensive time, and Gerald Green advanced through the halftime!

Yang Yiming, who followed Green as fast as he could, suddenly flashed in his mind the content of the previous night's review: Gerald Green's direct three-point shot after receiving the ball has a high accuracy, and the direction and strength are usually very good. But if you only dribble and pull out three points, you often take too long to adjust in the air, and the force is too large, and you can seize the opposite direction of the trajectory in advance when competing for offensive rebounds...

Thinking of this, Yang Yiming raised his eyes and looked at the timer above the opposite ball frame, the time was approaching 4 seconds, Green was blocked by the opponent when he passed the half, and he wasted half a second by changing direction. When he reaches the three-point line, and then wants to break through to the layup, there is not enough time left!

Yang Yiming guessed that Green must have realized the urgency of the situation, and he was sure that his teammates would shoot three-pointers. said that it was too late and that it was fast, Yang Yiming was sure of this thought, his feet sped up, and he walked into the Lone Ranger forbidden area. Green's shot is 45 degrees to the right, and if the research is correct, and he shoots too hard, the ball will bounce to the left side of the basket at 45 degrees...

Before the Mavericks could return to the defense, the box was empty, and only the backup center Nolens Noll who was left in the previous round was stationed!

Yang Yiming faced Noll, pretending to rush to the right side, and waited for Noll to be deceived and ready to get stuck, but instead he took a step back and retreated to the left penalty area line. Green's shot drew a flat and sharp arc in the air, and sure enough, it hit the left edge of the basket and the border of the rebound. In 0.9 seconds, Yang Yiming's exit distance was just enough, and the rebound ball was impartial, falling above his pre-selected position, supported by his right palm!

Afraid that there would not be enough time to attack, Yang Yiming didn't dare to readjust on the ground, stabilized the basketball with his left hand in the air, and then pulled the ball out when his body fell!

The lights are on and the bell is ringing!

Just the right score!

It's a pity that this shot was swept around the basket and finally didn't fall into the net. But it doesn't matter anymore, Yang Yiming realized that he really despised the content of that link the night before, and even so, he had already picked up 2 offensive rebounds in a few minutes!

In the second quarter, Yang Yiming repeated his old tricks, picking up Eric Gordon's short three-point shot under the basket, and passing inside to Gordon himself, who licked the basket successfully!

In the end, the Rockets defeated the Mavericks 105-82 and locked up a playoff spot. Yang Yiming, who took the treasures obtained by accident, finally played 32 minutes and scored 17 points, 9 rebounds, 1 assist and 2 blocks, including 4 offensive rebounds, setting a new personal record!