Chapter 209: Princeton's sword aura is beginning to appear
The Rockets have completed their two-game winning streak on the road, and they can return to Houston to take on their next opponent.
The Rockets' first home opponent this season is the Denver Nuggets, and this year's head coach of Denver is the future celebrity 47-year-old De? Anthony was in charge of the first time, full of spirit, and wanted to lead Denver to some results.
However, the two consecutive defeats since the start of the season have cleared his mind a lot, and this time he is away to challenge the champion team of the year. Anthony wasn't sure.
This year's Denver has a couple of great players on its roster, McDies and Van Ander? The arrival of Axel has greatly improved Denver's attacking power, and now Billups in the Denver team has only just cut off the head, and has not yet attracted the attention of other teams, and the Partisan captain needs to be honed before he can become a talent.
Others, such as Danny? Fortson, Corey? Alexander and other players are also playing diligently.
After the game started, the Rockets quickly took control of the situation on the court. Anthony wasn't the master tactician he would be.
Now he can only be called a 'rookie' or a very vegetable kind.
It is also this year's experience that makes De? Anthony knew his shortcomings and went to Europe to study for 3 years, and when he returned, he was immediately called a bare-handed star coach.
However, that's all for later, and now he is not the opponent of Jing Lao Tang, and Denver's players still have a big gap with the Rockets in terms of tactical literacy and ability.
Now they can only rely on the singles of a few core players to score, and if there is a problem with physical strength and feel, then Denver will be in big trouble.
Although, McDyce was evenly matched with Garnett at the power forward position, Van ? Xcel also used his speed to attack the Rockets' defense again and again, but this behavior could not last the whole court after all, and the Rockets had already established the victory at halftime.
62:40 The Rockets entered the second half with a 22-point advantage.
In the second half, Denver had all but given up the game and watched the Rockets wreak havoc on their own basket on their own home court.
The Denver Nuggets don't do anything about it.
The Rockets' powerful firepower began to show again, and the deliberately cultivated Krohill scored 22 points in the game, and his standard shooting hand and handsome appearance won the support of many female fans.
At the end of the game, the Rockets defeated their opponents again 122-91 and won three in a row.
Looking at that young De? Anthony, Tiger said silently in his heart: Hurry up and go to Europe, so that the NBA can be interesting.
And Lao Tang looked at Lao Tang from the side, who was very concerned about the head coach of the Nuggets, and asked a little strangely: "What, boss, are you interested in the coach of the Nuggets?" ”
Tiger nodded very sharply and said: "I see the figure of a generation of tacticians in him, although this person is young now, he will succeed one day." ”
However, what Tiger didn't know was that it was today's game with the Rockets that strengthened Germany? Anthony's determination to play small-ball tactics was something Tiger didn't expect.
After getting their third win on their home court, the Rockets continued to sit on their home court to face Chris? Webb's Sacramento Kings.
In joining Divac, Peja, Weber. The Kings, with great players like Williams, are on the rise.
The day before the game started, Tiger took the Kings' players to understand, a burst of tsk, Dawson on the side looked at his boss, and asked curiously: "Boss, what's wrong, what's so good about the King's team list, is there a player suitable for the Rockets?" ”
Tiger looked up at Dawson and said, "Not really, it's just that I'm thinking about this Kings team, with their head coach Adelman, this team is going to be a big force in the West in the next few years, and they're going to be an opponent that no team wants to face." ”
Dawson paused for a moment when he heard this, and said, "Is it that exaggerated, their last player now is just Webb, he has not proven himself far away in Washington." ”
Tiger laughed when he heard this, and said: "Then he hasn't met the right coach and tactics, and now the King's staffing, as long as they can solve the factional problems within the team, they are one of the most favorable contenders for the championship in the next 5-7 years." ”
As if to prove something, the Rockets met with stubborn resistance in the game against the Kings the next day.
The King's current tactics are very clear, the passing and receiving are very fast, often after many reversals, find the vacancy and then shoot the basketball, after all, the passing speed of the basketball is faster than the speed of the human march, plus Webb and Divac have the ability to shoot in the high post and play in the low post, the Rockets actually fell behind in a short period of time.
Looking at the king players who passed and received the ball quickly on the field, Lao Tang began to frown.
The Rockets' fast attack can't play because the Kings players are very fast to retreat, and often the Rockets on this side have just controlled the rebound, and at least three of the Kings' players have retreated.
At this time, Tiger leaned out from behind the Rockets bench and said to Old Tang: "Rudy, what, this bone is not easy to gnaw." ”
Lao Tang smiled indifferently and said: "This is good, it's almost, if you want to clean up the rockets, they are not qualified enough, if they have a mature guard, they still have a good chance, and now they are not the opponents of the rockets." ”
After speaking, he stood up, walked to the sidelines, and made a gesture to Bodiroga, who was stunned, and then gestured to show that he understood.
By the time the rocket attacked again, the rocket's speed suddenly slowed down.
Seeing this situation, Adelman, the head coach of the Kings on the sidelines, immediately stood up, walked to the sidelines, and shouted loudly: "Inside, pay attention to the defense of the inside, Chris pay attention to more defense." ”
Adelman is very smart, he knows the changeability of the Rockets' tactical system, and this extremely fast to extremely slow change is not something that the team says will change.
The personnel of the rocket on the field have reached a state of mastery of the rhythm.
The Rockets took advantage of the inside line to pull away, Bodi Roga entered the inside line, and when Webb made up for it, Garnett received a pass from Bodi Roga, and a turn over to hit the board, and Di Vac, who was on his misplaced defense, could only watch the ball and drill into the basket.
Although Big Ben's defensive and rebounding capabilities are much stronger than those of Big Ben, but in terms of offense, Big Ben's mid-range shooting and strong play under the basket make the King unable to wrap Garnett, because as long as there is a pack, Garnett's pass will be like a scalpel, accurately cutting the opponent's defense.
After the Rockets changed their tactical play, they quickly changed the situation on the court, although on the defensive end, the Rockets still struggled to defend themselves, but on the offensive end, the Rockets' tough play made the Kings a technical team very uncomfortable.
Seeing that the rocket improved the situation on the court little by little, Lao Tang's frowning brows off the court began to slowly calm down.
Lao Tang secretly said in his heart: Although your offense is very sharp, if you want to make a difference in the league, tough defense is inevitable, look at the guys in your team who specialize in defense, how many such teams come, how many rockets will be destroyed.
Tiger also saw a little bit on the sidelines, and secretly admired Lao Tang in his heart, thinking: The old guy is still powerful, he found the king's weakness in a few back and forth, and the lack of physical confrontation ability restricts the development of the king very much, no wonder the king can really rise after a season or two, and the physical strength alone is enough for them.
By halftime, the Rockets had a 10-point lead, and the Rockets had a huge advantage in physical matchups, especially on the inside.
Big Bus and Big Ben are monster-level existences, and Olajuwon's pace is not something that Divac and Webb can handle, and the Rockets finally overtook the score and stretched it to 10 points at the end of the first half.
At halftime, Lao Tang also described in detail the characteristics of the king's tactics, so he listened to Lao Tang say: "I will give you a brief description of the characteristics of the king's tactics, everyone pay attention to it." Princeton's style of play was played by Pete? Carell invented that he used this style of play to lead Princeton University, a school that no student has an athletic scholarship to 500 wins in the NCAA and set a record for the lowest 14 points conceded. The motto of 'Princeton' is 'strong takes advantage of the weak,' and smart takes advantage of the strong. The essence of this style of play is 'human movement, ball movement, coordination.' 'Man-to-man is to move without the ball, cut in the air and run back, and ball movement refers to the continuous passing and sharing of the ball. That is to say, the king's tactical play is to run out, but your defense, resolutely can't run along, if that's the case, you really don't play, you are now stuck in the divisional defense, everyone is responsible for the defense in their own area, appropriate packing, and bullet defense, which is what you have to do in the second half. ”
Seeing that the Rockets players were nodding their heads, Lao Tang told some more knowledge about the 'Princeton System', and the Rockets players were ready to start playing.
Looking at the rocket players who were about to appear, Tiger said to Lao Tang worriedly: "Rudy, do these boys understand what you said today?" ”
Lao Tang said with a smile: "I can guarantee that they didn't understand what the 'Princeton system' was, but I asked them to play zone defense, and I think they all understood." ”
Tiger asked curiously, "Then what's the use of telling them about those tactical systems?" ”
Lao Tang squinted his eyes and said: "Hehe, I'm not talking about it to the players, I'm talking about it to Scott and Mark, if you don't give them a lesson for such a good opportunity, will they be able to remember it in the future." ”
Tiger quickly understood what was going on. Pointing at the old soup, he said with a smile: "You are really cunning, you are worthy of the old guy who has been in the alliance for so long." ”
Lao Tang also laughed and said: "If you want to be a good coach, you don't just rely on the knowledge in books, the things on the spot are also very important, I tell them now, they will remember it quite firmly, because when they think of what I said, they think of this competition, can it have an effect." ”
Tiger smiled and nodded, didn't say anything, and the two of them strode out of the players' tunnel, ready to start the second half of the game with the king.
(To be continued)