Chapter 395: The Role of the King's Second Team
Punching Harden and kicking Paul, O'Neal's words were so good that he thought Zhang Feng was a court bully, but if you consider that Harden and Paul are both very talented in acting, these words instantly turned into irony, not only satirizing the combination of Deng, but also nakedly ridiculing Barkley.
The trend of the game suddenly changed so much that D'Antoni couldn't sit still, and took advantage of the official pause to quickly adjust his tactics.
"Play how you want, don't be rash, the other party is not a fool" D'Antoni said in a stern tone, obviously dissatisfied with the fact that the whole Rockets team deliberately played a game for Capela just now, and he emphasized that the other party was not a fool, and also secretly told Paul: Don't despise Zhang Feng, such obvious tactics, who can't see it?
Management has always been a combination of grace and power, and after the lesson was over, De Antony began to boost the morale of the players: "The King's shortcomings are very obvious, as long as Zhang Feng is strangled, the King's offense and defense are half wasted, and at the beginning of the next quarter of the game, he will use the strategy of covering and assisting in defense."
For D'Antoni's tactical strategy, Paul was very paused, and he nodded in response: "Except for Zhang Feng's position, the other main defensive position of the Kings is above the small forward, fortunately, their small forward offensive ability is not very good, I suggest that Ariza is mainly responsible for Zhang Feng's assistance defense and packing."
As a 3-and-D player, Ariza naturally had no objections to Paul's proposal, and D'Antoni nodded and went on to add: "On offense, we play more high and use the pick-and-roll to avoid Zhang Feng's single defense advantage."
In this way, Harden, as the main offensive force of the Rockets, is happy to accept it, although he is not afraid to go head-to-head with Zhang Feng, but he can't refuse the temptation of easy goals, not to mention that in his opinion, most of the two teams will fight until the last minute, and his playing time is definitely more than 40 minutes.
After the timeout, the players of both teams returned to the court, with the Rockets led by Harden and Ariza, and Capela and Paul continuing to rest off the court, and generally every team arranges such a rotation.
But unexpectedly, the Kings did not reserve a single starter, Bogdan and Mason came on the court with a second lineup, and Zhang Feng and Rose were leisurely receiving massages.
People are more popular than people, but who let the Kings lead by more than 10 points, this scene made Harden very unhappy, and he could only vent his anger on the offense.
In the blink of an eye, the second quarter of the game played for 5 minutes, and the situation developed as Zhang Feng expected, the second team of the Kings was not the opponent of Harden and Ariza at all, Harden not only took what he wanted from the outside, but even scored under the basket like a bag.
Fortunately, although the king couldn't defend it, the offense was not too bad, and the second team resolutely implemented the tactics set by David - infinite running, unlimited passing, and finally relied on the magic goals of Bogdan and Giles, but did not let the Rockets catch up with the score.
With Ariza 3 sticky, the second quarter entered the first official timeout, and the TNT trio began to analyze the game.
"It's unbelievable that the Kings' second team played well, not only didn't dig a hole for the starters, but also bit the score," Kenny said in confusion.
"Well, Harden's defense isn't great, even the bench can easily score on his head, you don't forget that he's always been like that, right?" O'Neill deliberately 'reminded him'.
"Harden is not wrong, Paul is not on the court, he has to take on the responsibility of one-man offense, and the King's offensive strategy is infinite passing ......."
Barkley didn't speak, and O'Neal interrupted directly: "It's understandable that you can't connect the whole team defense, but how to explain that Kings player Bogdan scored 4 goals on his head, it's always a reflection of one-defense ability, right?" ”。
In the face of the aggressive but conclusive evidence of O'Neal, Barkley directly pretended not to hear it, turned to Kenny and said, "You see, the suspension is back, what kind of adjustments will the Rockets make?" ”。
Actually ignored, O'Neal's depressed tutoring, Kenny smiled and took over the topic and said: "First of all, Paul and Capela definitely need to get back on the court, and secondly, in the face of the King's infinite passes, the Rockets also have to catch up with them by moving and running, they must concentrate and give it their all".
At the end of the timeout, De Antony's arrangement was really the same as Kenny thought, Paul and Capela were in the mall, but the Kings surprised the three of them, Zhang Feng and other 5 starters were still resting, and they had no intention of playing.
"The Kings are really inflated, I don't know why they continue to use the full second lineup" Barkley showed a disdainful smile, in his opinion, the Kings are so arranged, with the strength of the Rockets' starters, not to mention a 10-point lead, even if 20 points are to be chased back, it will be a matter of minutes, and the continuous scoring of the first quarter is the best proof.
Barkley was not the only one who thought the king was too childish, but even O'Neill narrowed his eyes, and a puzzled expression appeared on his face, indicating that he could not understand.
After another 4 minutes, the King's performance surprised Barkley and O'Neal, Paul's return to the court did not give the Rockets much advantage, although the offense was more ruthless than the previous Harden team, but the defensive problems were still not solved, and the Kings' second team relied on excellent ball transfer ability and good luck to successfully hold the lead.
The game quickly entered the second official timeout of the second quarter, and Harden walked off the court with a disheartened face, not even noticing the high-fives of his teammates.
"Almost, the previous purpose has been achieved, and it is time for us to play next" Seeing Harden's series of actions, Zhang Feng knew that he was already distraught.
Why specifically mess up Harden? Because Zhang Feng knows that Harden's offense is too strong, he not only has a beautiful three-point song, but also a mysterious European step, even if he forcibly breaks through, he also has super core strength as support, not to mention that he can also cause a lot of fouls through personal experience.
With such a strong opponent, Zhang Feng couldn't find a suitable way to deal with it at first, but fortunately, he recalled the game between the Rockets and the Celtics, at the last moment of the game, Harden was miserable by the close defense of the Celtics players, and then Harden did not control his emotions and was whistled by the referee for a technical foul, which eventually led to the Rockets losing.
The art of war is cloudy: the upper army is strategic, the second is the battle, the second is the army, and the next siege, corresponding to how to deal with Harden, the best way is to disturb his mind, the so-called attack is the top, if the attack is not successful, we should consider how to why Harden formulates defensive tactics, how to assist in defense, and how to wrap up.
Of course, the dumbest way is to let Harden play alone for a long time and let him play to his full strength.
As for how to disturb Harden's mind, there should be no better way than to let the Kings' second team go up and play him.
First of all, in the first quarter of the game, Zhang Feng abused Harden bloodily, he must have wanted to find the court in the second quarter, but at the beginning of the second quarter, he faced the second team of the Kings.