The cruel words are all over, and the next thing is to prepare honestly.

On the Rockets' side, they have been discussing this round of playoffs for two full days, each with their own ideas, and Qiao Hai is responsible for summarizing.

Against a team that is bulky on the inside and has no rim protection, the best way to play is to play the small lineup with speed, and then use the speed to attack the Grizzlies' restricted area, relying on this to kill the opponent.

But the Rockets can't play fast, because they also have a clunky interior - Yao Ming, who is still the absolute core of the Rockets, and his total rating has increased to 90 points in mid-April.

If you give up Yao Ming in order to speed up, this is a bit of a sacrifice to the end.

Therefore, Qiao Hai did not consider the strategy of speeding up, but at the same time, he also found that this rocket was completely different from the grizzly bear he built before.

The Grizzlies of the year of 71 wins can be said to be a Grizzly Bear with no shortcomings, they can play fast or slow, they can play focused on defense or offense, and they are almost all-round.

Against any team, Qiao Hai could have responded by changing the team's style, so the Grizzlies lost only 11 games in the regular season that year, and did not lose a single game in the playoffs.

On the other hand, the Grizzlies that season actually set another record, the record for the fewest losses in the regular season and the playoffs.

That season, they lost just 11 games in total.

The shortcomings of this rocket are obvious, because of Yao Ming's existence, they can't speed up, and the previous serious frame protection problem has gradually been solved with Yao Ming's growth.

But now the frame of the rocket can still only be considered average.

Because of the average frame, their defense can naturally only be regarded as average, and the defense is not good, and against a strong team like the Grizzlies, the only thing that can be done is offense.

There are not many problems with this rocket on the offensive end, in addition to not being able to play fast, the rocket in the positional battle is still very powerful.

There are Yao Ming's mid-range to high-post singles strategy, Steve Francis, Ron Artest and interior players to block and dismantle, and you can also play a little hammer tactics at critical moments.

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Therefore, for this round of the playoffs, Qiao Hai's idea is to continue to make a fuss on the offensive end.

After two days of discussion, they quickly came to a result, and finally Qiao Hai made a decision.

"We play a positional battle in the half, and let Steve push the ball through the half court quickly, and the main tactical play can be that Yao takes the ball where he can create a threat, plays alone or plays, and the other players run."

"The difference from the regular season is that we have to play fast in the half! Except for Yao, who is the axis, the other players must run and run all the time! ”

The theory of this style of play is simple, the Grizzlies have a bulky interior, and if they want to tear apart their defense, the best way is to speed up and hit the restricted area.

But Yao Ming couldn't run, so Qiao Hai decided to play a set of positional battles with Yao Ming as the axis, and the other players ran wildly, so that Yao Ming didn't have to run, and the other players could run quickly instead of Yao Ming.

This set of tactical play, in a sense, is a bit like the Princeton offense, and it is a version of the Princeton offense that has accelerated the tempo.

Qiao Hai took over the Rockets for half a season, and there has always been a Princeton offense in the tactical manual, but the Rockets have played Princeton's offense only a handful of times.

This set of playing style is already equivalent to a set of tactics for the Rockets to press the bottom of the box, which is a hole card left by Qiao Hai, and against the Grizzlies in this round of the playoffs, Qiao Hai must throw out his hole cards!

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On April 18, at 7 a.m. that day, the rocket departed from Houston and flew to Vancouver.

Before leaving, Qiao Hai carried a box of weapons he had prepared in advance and put it in front of all the players, coaches and staff accompanying him to fight away.

Everyone was wondering what this box of things was, but Stan Lefu laughed first, he already knew what Qiao Hai was preparing.

The lid opened, and everyone saw a beautifully packaged earplug and eye mask.

"Okay, everyone, one for each person, everyone carries it with them, and there is a high probability that they can use it."

Tang Yi and Brad Stevens also laughed, and Tang Yi also asked, "Joe, is it really necessary?" ”

"It's necessary, it's too necessary, you have to know that in the 01 playoffs, the Grizzlies' off-the-board moves against the Lakers were led by Billy Knight, this time against me, the Grizzlies must win, the two teams had such a fierce war of words before the game, it is impossible for that guy Billy Knight not to use these off-board moves!"

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On the day they arrived in Vancouver, they checked into a hotel near Chinatown.

Then, Qiao Hai found that from the time they checked in at noon to the afternoon before they were ready to go to the competition, a nearby tweeter had not stopped bombarding the noise.

Qiao Hai also let Stanlefour try to call the police and find the police to solve the problem.

But the results were also very touching, and the Vancouver police said they couldn't manage it......

If you can't manage it, you can't manage it, and the rocket side is also very helpless.

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But soon, Qiao Hai and they were pulled out, from the hotel to the stadium, Qiao Hai was still very worried about "traffic jams", "car accidents" and other emergencies.

But luckily, this time, they made it all the way.

In fact, Billy Knight didn't dare to go too far, Qiao Hai's reputation in the city is still very high, and there are still a large number of Grizzly Bear fans who recognize Qiao Hai and regard Qiao Hai as the godfather of the Grizzlies.

Even Billy Knight knows that this playoff trip is his last chance, and if he doesn't win the O'Brien Cup this time, even if Michael Haesley doesn't fire him, the fans will eat him.

After eating him, the crowd of fans will strongly demand that Qiao Hai be invited back, they will see Qiao Hai as a savior, and he is the biggest sinner than Lenette.

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The Rockets arrived at the GM arena without incident, and then they entered the visiting locker room to begin their pre-game preparations.

Qiao Hai was holding a tactical board, and they had been practicing the speed-up play in positional battles for two days, so in terms of offensive tactics, he didn't need to make too many arrangements.

But the defense of this game still has to be said.

"In this game, our regular starting line-up remains the same, the attacking style of play is the way we have practiced in the past two days, there are two points I want to emphasize, we have to run a little faster, and Chris, I have to say a little bit about your run."

"You can only move from the baseline to the penalty area, but you have to run as many times as you want, you have to run back and forth."

Chris Anderson nodded heavily.

Then, Qiao Hai drew a few more points on the tactical board: "Finally, let's talk about the defense of this game. ”

"Steve, your mission in this game is to keep an eye on Chancey Billups, you can get him to break inside, but don't let him shoot."

"Ron, you go defend Maddie, stick him to death, don't let him shoot, don't let him break through, the other players are in normal alignment, and the main defense shoots."

The main defense shot, this is also the conclusion that Qiao Hai came to after watching some Grizzlies game videos.

The Grizzlies don't score many breakaways, and several of the main players are shooting players, and the only player who has to guard against breakaways is Maddie.