Chapter 12: The Collapsed Panagio
The game on the field continued, and Roy asked Rodriguez for the ball just after halftime.
At such a critical juncture, as the heart of the team, he clearly wants to step up.
But as soon as he got the ball, Bynum and Barria strictly implemented Tang Tian's tactics and wrapped them in the first place.
Roy is indeed strong, but in his rookie season, he is not strong enough to easily break through the bag.
Panagio felt that his breathing was a little stagnant, this Tang Tian had been using a bag clip on a rookie!
Roy tried to force his way through, but Bynum and Barria were short speed defenders, and his attempts failed.
Time ran out and he had to give the ball to Rodriguez.
In the same three-point big vacancy, Rodriguez didn't throw the ball anymore, he directly took the ball and broke inside.
With his sudden attack, the Rockets' interior defense quickly contracted, and the combination of Hayes and Millsup was short in height but had an advantage in speed, which quickly blocked his breakthrough route.
Rodriguez didn't have a chance to break through to the basket, and Webster on the outside was clinging to Novak again.
Fortunately, as an international guard, he has a good nose on the court, and after the Rockets contracted under the basket, a high lob ball was given to Aldridge on the right side.
Roy's scoring ability is outstanding, but you must know that Aldridge is the star of the year and his scoring ability is also explosive.
Aldridge took the ball in one step inside the free-throw line, which was a very comfortable position.
He saw Millsap come back to defend and directly chose to turn around and play back, which was his forte, and he repeatedly scored in college.
But soon, he realized that something was wrong, and every time he singled out, Millsap pushed him out, and he was completely inferior in the confrontation of strength!
There was an uproar at the scene, and Aldridge didn't seem to be able to move Millsap at all!
Tang Tian touched his nose on the sidelines at this time.
In Aldridge's rookie period, confrontation was his biggest weakness, which is why the Bulls traded him immediately after selecting him.
Others may not know this, but he knows it.
A set of backs down, and he was forced to the free throw line.
In the end, he had no choice, and he chose to turn around and shoot a backward jumper.
But just the moment he turned around.
"Smack!"
Millsap took advantage of his long arms and anticipation to break the ball in one hand!
There was an uproar at the scene, and the Trail Blazers made a mistake!
After Millsap broke the ball, he quickly pushed the fast attack, and the two defenders of Bynum and Barria ran quickly from left to right.
There was an exclamation at the scene, although the short guard was short, but he couldn't stop it!
The Trail Blazers retreated and couldn't keep up, and Millsap passed the ball to Barria, who scored on a lightning-fast layup!
Panagio couldn't sit still any longer, and directly reached out and called a timeout.
There was an uncontrollable burst of whistles and cheers.
After Tang Tian called a timeout, the Rockets launched a wave of 6-0 offensive! Directly stopped the Trail Blazers!
This kind of on-the-spot command ability, even in the NBA, I'm afraid few coaches can do it!
At this moment, the faces of those media were smacked.
While fans are happy to see a yellow coach swept away, they are also happy to see the media being slapped in the face.
After the timeout, the Trail Blazers made an adjustment and let Roy play without the ball, a move that instantly cracked the Rockets' double bag.
I'm running without the ball, you're not going to be able to use a double bag on me, are you? If you use it, it's a local 4 to 3.
It can be seen that Panagio's on-the-spot adaptability is not bad.
However, this move didn't work at all, because Tang Tian seemed to have predicted this move a long time ago, and sent Baria to defend Roy without the ball all the way.
In terms of height and ability, Barria is not Roy's opponent at all, but compared to speed, Barria is completely victorious.
Roy wanted to get rid of him, like he wanted to shake a piece of kraft candy, and he couldn't shake it off.
When he was finally forced to stop the ball and catch it with his back to Barria, Bynum's bag came over again.
It's back to square one.
Panagio couldn't help but reach out to support his forehead when he saw this scene, this Tang Tian's coping ability was too perverted.
As the game went on, the audience noticed that the seemingly powerful Trail Blazers suddenly became unable to play.
Aldridge was under Millsap's tough physical confrontation and his shooting percentage was not guaranteed at all.
Webster can only catch and shoot, and has no offensive ability with the ball at all.
Rodriguez's three-pointer was out of bounds and was wantonly vacated by the Rockets.
The only capable Roy, who is not all in the game, is dead.
Of course, these are not the most important, the most important thing is that every adjustment of Trail Blazers coach Panagio was perceived by Tang Tian in advance, and then it didn't work at all.
At the end of the fight, Panagio kept looking down at the floor, and he was completely broken.
At this time, there is no need for commentators and media to say, they also know what is the reason for this to happen.
Tang Tian's pause.
That pause, which made the Rockets who fell behind 2-10, instantly reborn!
This yellow coach's judgment of the situation on the field, and even his understanding of the opponent, are at an extremely high level!
The Trail Blazers were no longer able to assemble an effective counterattack, and the Rockets' offense was a wave after wave.
This Trailblazers team is indeed as Tang Tian said, with an average level of defense.
Not only did Millsap play vigorously, but Novak also continued his playing touch on the outside, hitting three-pointers in a row.
In the end, with Millsap's 26 points and Novak's five three-pointers, the Rockets defeated the championship favorites Trail Blazers 88-73 and ushered in two consecutive summer league wins.
This wave of two consecutive wins instantly made the fans climax.
The first to explode were domestic fans, who were already indignant after those American media reports full of prejudice against the yellow race, but they could only endure it before they knew the truth of the incident.
Now that Tang Tian slapped his face head-on, they finally let out a bad breath.
The explosion was followed by the American Rockets fans, who also had doubts, but now, they can openly say that Tang Tian is an absolutely powerful addition to their coaching staff for the new season.
Although the new season has not yet started, the combination of Van Gundy and Tang Tian has already made them begin to reverie infinitely.