CHAPTER XXVII
The Rockets took the lead, but in the next few rounds, they fell into passivity.
O'Neal forced Yao Ming on the inside, and Yao Ming was at a disadvantage in the confrontation and was squeezed into the board by the big shark to score.
Looking back, Second Uncle Huo made a mistake when blocking Maddie and did not completely block people, Yao Ming's early pass made a mistake and was cut off by Heat team Haslem.
After the Heat broke the ball, Wade counterattacked with the ball and scored a layup in the front court.
The Heat beat the Rockets 4-0.
This is just the beginning, Maddie on the Rockets' side received the ball and pulled out a non-score, looking back, O'Neal hit the basket to attract Uncle Huo's bag, and then gave the ball to Haslem, who scored directly on the board.
Here, the Heat didn't give the Rockets a chance, Yao Ming hit O'Neal's small hook hand and was taken off by Wade, who was making up the defense, and Haslem pressed the second uncle Huo who was stuck in the position, and took the backcourt rebound.
The Heat team played to the frontcourt, Wade and Haslem did the blocking, and directly broke through a Huo Ershu, and the ball also scored.
The two sides played for two minutes in the opening game, and the Heat beat the Rockets 8-2.
Van Gundy loudly reminded the players of their defensive positions on the sidelines, but Tang Tian behind him couldn't help frowning.
That's what he wanted to give Van Gundy advice before, but he didn't have time to say it because of TNT.
In the previous opponents of the Rockets, the interior line was not strong, and the combination of Yao Ming and Howard did not suffer on the defensive end, but the Heat team had O'Neal, and the shortcomings of Huo Ershu's slow pace after he got older were infinitely magnified.
You can't keep up with the rhythm when you block and dismantle, you can't keep up with the pace when you defend, and you can't go back when you help defend it.
The game continued on the court, with Maddy breaking through to finally score a goal, but back up the Heat scored two more shots from the inside through Wade and O'Neal.
After more than three minutes, the Rockets have trailed the Heat by as many as 8 points at 4-12.
Van Gundy was forced to call a timeout.
"We play joint defense, and we can't let the Heat score easily under the basket anymore." Van Gundy picked up the board, touched his bald head, and quickly drew on it.
After Van Gundy finished arranging his tactics, he threw the tactics board to Tang Tian.
"Zhu Wan, when you attack, go to the basket more and get into the position, don't block and dismantle, Da Yao, you pull to the position of one step outside the free throw line, except for Sean, everyone else goes to the basket when they attack, Haslem's defensive ability is average, let's break him this point." Tang Tian also made some adjustments to the offensive layout according to the changes in the situation on the field.
Two coaches, one offensive and one defensive, this can be regarded as a spectacle in the NBA.
After arranging the tactics, the timeout was almost up, and the players were on the field one after another.
Tang Tian put down the tactical board, stood at this time and said to Van Gundy: "Jeff, I think that in the current situation, replacing Zhu Wan and replacing Paul may be more effective than joint defense." ”
Van Gundy turned his head to look at Tang Tian, then didn't speak, and sat back on the bench with a straight face.
Seeing his reaction, Tang Tian could only smile helplessly, turned around and walked back to the bench and sat down.
The game on the field continued.
The Rockets attacked, and after Yao Ming changed from the free throw line to the high post to hold the ball, O'Neal was completely pulled out of the interior.
Tang Tian's judgment was indeed right, after O'Neal came out, the Heat's interior line seemed very empty.
Alston borrowed Battier to block and break through to the basket, attracting Haslem to defend and then giving a ball to Maddy, who was following closely, and Maddy received the ball and watched the score with a beautiful gliding lever.
Haslem turned around and couldn't defend and could only watch the Rockets score.
"A beautiful offensive option, Shaq's movement speed is already on the slow side, and with the relationship of age, it is impossible to recover this time." Miller, who was in the commentary seat, couldn't help but exclaim, as a recently retired celebrity, he was obviously better at analyzing the situation on the field than predicting who won and who lost.
Miller's exclamation did not fall, and when he turned around, Wade took advantage of the block and dismantled Uncle Huo's footsteps to keep up, and then quickly distributed the ball to the outside Posey in the face of the joint defense, and Posey made a three-point shot, and his hand was up and down.
15 to 6, the point difference is going to double digits.
The cheers of the fans at the scene shook the sky, and the Heat clearly dominated the two sides.
It seems that Barkley's "show moment" is not far off.
Bryn was cheering for the Heat's goal, but Miller looked at the Rockets bench with a puzzled expression.
Van Gundy's face stiffened.
As a defensive master, in fact, when Tang Tian brought it up, he also realized that Howard Sr. was the crux of the defensive end.
But the question is not whether Howard is replaced or not, but that this is proposed by Tang Tian.
Under the pressure of Dawson, he has already conceded and handed over the team's offensive rights, if Tang Tian is allowed to dictate the defensive arrangement, then what is the meaning of his existence as a head coach?
If Dawson realizes that he is dispensable, then the end of class is not a matter of minutes?
So the defensive arrangement does not involve Tang Tian, this is his bottom line.
The Rockets' offense, the same tactic, O'Neal chose to take it back this time, Yao Ming made a fake fax shot, and hit it directly in the middle of the distance.
Yao Ming has such a good feel as a big center, which is quite rare in NBA history.
For two rounds in a row, O'Neal didn't accept it, nor did he collect it, and the Rockets' offense was on the right track.
But on the defensive end, Uncle Huo was suddenly cleaned up again on the defensive end, and this time Wade showed his personal ability and used his speed to score three layups.
The score difference has not changed.
Van Gundy glanced at the scoreboard at this time, and couldn't sit still, so he stood up directly from the bench, pointed to Hayes on the bench, and motioned for him to replace Howard Sr.
Tang Tian couldn't help but smile bitterly when he saw this, this Van Gundy was really ...... The style of an old-school coach!
knew that he was wrong, but he wanted to save face, and he was stunned that he did not follow his suggestion to replace Millsap.