The Rockets won the game and defeated the Mavericks to take their record against the Mavericks to 1-1 this season.

However, the victory of this game did not attract attention, and it was Qiao Hai's foul free throw tactics used in the last minute that caused heated discussions after the game.

After the game, Qiao Hai also talked about this set of tactics, which he called "penalty tactics, just like penalty kicks in football, one goal at a time. ”

On the other side, Don Nelson was also very emotional: "When Michael (Finley) got the ball, my heart was about to jump out, because I knew that everything was critical at that time, in fact, our last ball tactic was that Michael singled out a feint to attract the defense, and then the last second was given to Antoine (Jamison) who came out on the right side." ”

"But, Dwayne Wade's foul blindfolded me, I don't know what happened, but I quickly guessed ......"

Subsequently, he praised Qiao Hai again: "Qiao Hai is a genius, God knows how his brain is doing, even such tactics can be thought of, perhaps, in the future, when many teams are ahead of three points and the ball belongs to the opponent, they will no longer let the opponent shoot three points, but will sacrifice Qiao Hai's penalty tactics, and then win the game steadily......"

Bill Simmons, the chief writer of the Hoop sports column, analyzed Qiao Hai's strategy: "Qiao Hai's penalty tactics are still more risky, if your side doesn't score a free throw, and the opponent scores all the free throws, this set of tactics will be completely ruined." ”

Adrian Wonarowski, a national reporter for Hoop Sports, retorted to Bill Simmons: "No matter what kind of tactics, you need to take risks, if you don't use the penalty strategy, the Mavericks have a chance to go straight to the three-point game, in fact, from Du Bo's point of view, the two are similar in risk, but if there are two or three players on the team who shoot more than 8 percent of the free throws, the penalty tactics seem more secure." ”

Discussion comes and goes, in fact, it is blowing Qiao Hai.

ESPN directly opened Qiao Hai: "The tactical genius Qiao Hai has released a new work, the penalty kick tactic is powerful, and the rocket wins steadily!" ”

The outside world was blowing hot, but Qiao Hai didn't feel anything.

The name of tactical genius has long been hung on him.

Qiao Hai was not the first to use the shark cutting tactics at the beginning of his career, but he carried forward the shark cutting tactics and used them on a large scale.

Then adding the triangle offense used by the Lakers, Qiao Hai also made some improvements based on the triangle offense founder Tyx Winter.

The Princeton offense used by the Grizzlies is something that even Pete Carell, the founder of the Princeton offense, has to admit: "Joe Hay has improved the Princeton offense and made it stronger, and he contributed to the Princeton offense, and we have to thank him." ”

The Grizzlies' second-year strong-side multi-player pressing defense, after a period of development, has now become a regular defensive tactic for many teams.

If the No-hand-check rule is introduced next year, perhaps more teams will use Qiao Hai's strong-side multi-player pressing defense.

During the Grizzlies period, Qiao Hai also had several sets of backup tactics, including the run-and-gun offense after the small lineup came on the court, and some hammer tactics born out of European basketball.

Greg Popovich also admitted in an interview: "A lot of the Spurs' offensive tactics are learned from Qiao Hai, and he is our role model. ”

Therefore, there are more people who blow Qiao Hai's tactics, and there are more big names, Qiao Hai naturally doesn't feel anything, he is used to it.

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However, after beating the Mavericks, the Rockets summed it up.

In this game against the Mavericks, the Rocket's offense directly played a tie with the Mavericks, so to speak, after the half-time acceleration and physical fitness to meet the requirements, the Rockets' offense has been fully formed!

The biggest takeaway from this game should be the defense in the last moments.

In the final minute and a half, the Mavericks didn't score at all, and the Rockets' defense clearly played a role.

Yao Ming's strength and weight have reached the requirements of the penalty area, so Qiao Hai thought about whether to change the team's defensive tactics slightly.

Let Yao Ming enter the box to protect the frame, and then let Chris Anderson sweep the mid-range, and the outside three-on-one one-on-one.

This should be a nice change.

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Qiao Hai did it when he thought of it, after beating the Mavericks and facing the Hawks in the next battle, the Rockets began to experiment with this new set of defensive tactics.

However, in the first trial, the effect was mediocre.

The Rockets allowed the Hawks to score 121 points, but they themselves scored 123 points to win by a narrow margin of 123:121, 2 points.

Although he won, his defense failed, but the main reason for the failure was not Yao Ming on the inside.

On the contrary, in this game, the reason why the Rockets allowed the Hawks to score 121 points was because the Hawks' outside shooting was too accurate, Jason Terry made 5 three-pointers, Stephen Jackson made 3 three-pointers, and the Hawks almost killed the Rockets from the outside.

Fortunately, the Rocket's offensive firepower was more sufficient, and in the end it was held out to the end, Yao Ming scored a key goal, and the Rocket won 123-121.

In this game, Yao Ming played the best performance of his career, scoring 41 points, 16 rebounds, 7 assists and 2 blocks on 15-of-21 shooting.

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With the improvement of the Rockets' offense in the second half of the season, Yao Ming's data has also soared, and the current average score per game has risen from more than 20 points at the beginning of the season to 26.9 points now, which is finally a bit of a super center.

The rest of the Rockets players are also skyrocketing, Wade's average points per game has reached 17.7 points, Gary Payton is still averaging 16.3 points per game, plus 7.3 assists, and Ron Artest's ball possession has increased, and his average points per game has also come to 14.5 points.

Blue-collar starter Chris Anderson is averaging 6.7 points, 5.9 rebounds and 2.1 blocks per game this season.

The top scorer off the bench was Jamal Crawford, who averaged 9.3 points per game, followed by Boris Dior with 6.7 points and 1.5 assists, and Kelle Korver with 5.5 points.

The Rockets' points per game also skyrocketed through the second half of the season to an average of 103 points per game.

The offensive end is gradually on the right track, and the next goal of the Rockets is naturally to improve the defense, although the Hawks failed in the experiment, but obviously, this failure has nothing to do with tactics, it is purely that the Hawks' outside line is too accurate.

In the next game, the Rockets faced the Spurs away.

The Rockets' current record against the Spurs is 0-2, so in this game, the Rockets' goal is to win.

In this game, the Rockets naturally started with offense, and when the Spurs were playing a slow-paced defensive battle, the Rockets were already crazy at halftime.

In the first quarter, the Spurs were beaten 31-28.

Then, Yao Ming's defensive adjustment in the restricted area also played a role, and in the second quarter, the Rockets' defense also broke out, and the Spurs, who defended the rotation lineup, only scored 16 points in a single quarter.

At the end of the game, the Rockets defeated the Spurs 97-86 and won the game.

With the Rockets' offensive and defensive tactics on the right track, the Rockets, who often lost against strong teams in the first half of the season, can now win steadily even against the Spurs......