Under normal circumstances, in a series, as long as it is not the time to fight against the water, there are few coaches who will keep changing the starting lineup. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Indeed, whether the team is dead or alive depends on this trembling, no matter how hard and tired you are, you have to grit your teeth to survive this round of the series, or you will have to go on vacation early. Both McMillan and Adelman thought so, so they fielded the same starting XI again in Game 3.

This time the red of the court replaced the red and white of the previous Trail Blazers, and the fans with red oil paint on their faces howled, using all the methods they could think of to identify their territory, which was Houston, the Toyota Center, and the home of the Rockets. When it comes to the playoffs, every team's home court becomes the home of the devil, and the fans do their best to make noise for the visiting team, banging on the inflatable stick when the opposing player makes free throws, and looks like you want to look good if you score a free throw. Fans are one of the purest people in the world, they are hell-bent on making the team better, and they don't care who their actions get in the way. Ye Feng said that this is normal, because the Trail Blazers fans do the same, and the Rockets are treated at Portland's Rose Garden Arena.

The score was tight, the two head coaches couldn't come up with anything new, the time for testing had passed, and now the Rockets and Trail Blazers were like warriors who didn't even use swords, and would only attack their opponents in the most primitive way to see who was more likely to fall. The Trail Blazers have become a weakened version of a center + four shooters when they play, Blake, Roy and Ye Feng frequently shoot outside the three-point line, Ade uses his hard-to-block straight-arm jumper to make trouble in the middle range, Oden basically has no right to shoot, his most important task is to grab the rebound, and by the way, put the ball into the basket.

The Rockets played an inside-out game, with players happily passing the ball from the outside to the inside and then letting the inside out. Yao Ming and Scola are not a deterrent on the inside, and these two are equally good at getting rid of defenders with their feet, which forces the Trail Blazers to have someone to go up and make up for it. It's a pity that the Rockets players didn't have the desire to shoot crazy from beyond the three-point line from the beginning, which is a strange thing for the team under Adelman, as if the only way to do it is to keep shooting, shooting and shooting. Only Battier hit a shot from beyond the three-point line twice in the first quarter of the entire team, and even Brooks, who was the team's leading scorer in the first two games, didn't score anything from beyond the three-point line, which is really not his style.

In fact, the Rockets don't shoot three-pointers because they can't find a shot on the outside, and Battier's two shots only create a small shot space for him in the bottom corner through continuous transmission, and being able to hit has proven that he is an excellent 3-and-D player. Ahead of the game, McMillan made a point of emphasizing the importance of defence, hoping that his players would become hungry wolves on the field at the Toyota Center, frantically surrounding opponents and not giving them any chance to shoot. For the head coach's instructions, Ye Feng and Blake implemented it successfully, only Roy was a little painful, because Battier was a serious small forward, but he was forced into the second position by Adelman, and there was no way to stop this guy with his physique. Fortunately, Battier focused most of his energy on the defensive end, and when he was attacking, he only threw three-pointers from beyond the three-point line, so Roy didn't look so embarrassed.

And when the two sides changed to the bench lineup, the Trail Blazers suddenly began to exert force, Fernandez fired frequently on the outside, and the Rockets' backup point guard Lowry was 13 centimeters shorter than him, and there was no way to stop this guy's three-point shot. Fortunately, Landry relied on his strong athleticism and undead style to chisel on the inside, and forcibly relied on mid-range shooting and secondary offense to continue the Rockets' life, otherwise Adelman could only change to the starter in advance to fill the hole. This is the most common situation in the playoffs, where neither side can help the other, not to mention that they are only fourth in the West against fifth in the West, and strictly speaking, the two sides are not very close in strength.

Da Yao was obviously a little tired, and his substitute Hayes didn't contribute at all after coming on, so Adelman had to let him run on the pitch longer. But now that Oden has learned to be well-behaved, he can not only withstand Yao Ming from behind, but even occasionally go around the front defense and cut off the ball that Brooks passes to the inside. Da Yao had no choice but to give Scola the right to shoot inside, and he concentrated on grabbing rebounds.

Ye Feng didn't have time to pay attention to what his fellow countryman's situation was, because he was still trying to deal with Artest. This brainless guy has obviously been warned by his own coach, and this game actually showed illogical calmness, so that Ye Feng had to guess whether he was an imposter or not, but those small actions that can make people bruise still exist, plus this is the home stadium of the Rockets, and the so-called home whistle is not completely non-existent. After all, as long as the referee has a blow penalty that is unfavorable to the home team, whether it is justified or not, he must always accept the unanimous criticism of the fans on the spot.

However, compared to before, Ye Feng still improved, he did not let Roy control the ball alone, and he also took on part of the responsibility of organizing the attack. This is where the benefits of the Trail Blazers having three ball-carrying points are revealed. Blake can be used as a transition, Ye Feng and Roy have to have ideas, ideas, skills and skills, and support each other while also being able to quickly find the loopholes in the opponent's defense, and then use them. Of course, the Rockets also have two outside ball-carrying spots, but Artest's playmaking skills are close to none, and his favorite thing is to rampage with the ball all the way to the basket and then shoot it.

Every player on both teams gave their all, including the two head coaches on the bench. Although one is an old man with gray hair and the other is a black man in the prime of life, there is no so-called mercy on the basketball court, even if they can let the winner invite the loser to drink a glass of wine after the game, they will inevitably meet each other on the court. The Trail Blazers focus on the outside, the Rockets focus on the inside, and the two sides seem to be able to make a stumbling block in what the other side is good at, whether it is Artest, Battier or Oden, they are gritting their teeth to clamp the opponent's areas of strength, and they dare not relax a little.

Judging from the first three quarters of the game, perhaps this is how the tug-of-war was born in many cases.