On November 12, the Bobcats played at home against the Rockets!

This is the first time that "Elvis" Chuck Hayes has faced his old club Rockets since his transfer, but it has not received attention. The major TV stations did not broadcast the game live in the United States, and China did not broadcast the game live, and now China's home team has become the Eagles. Chinese fans watched the Eagles play at home against the Wizards in front of their televisions.

Every player who changes teams often holds back their strength and plays a good game against their old club. Hayes often wondered how he would feel when the Bobcat encountered the rocket. Agitated? Uncomfortable? The Rockets met the Rockets in Game 6, and Hayes was at peace. The calm is because he thinks the Bobcats will win!

Hayes, Azubuuk and Weaver greeted their old teammates, who won championships together a few months ago and are now rivals.

Hayes walked over to Maddie first. After leaving the rocket, they only made one phone call and said a few inconsequential words, which were roughly "I'm leaving, you take care ......"

Now the two met on the field, smiled and hugged, and neither spoke.

Hayes is gone, and the two Rockets are abducted. Yao Ming left, in exchange for a sick number and three useless players. Earthlings know that the rocket is finished. Hayes didn't know what to say.

Maddie thinks something about the same, what can he say? The Rockets had Hayes and Yao Ming to win the championship, and he now seems to be back to the magic period of fighting alone. Who is responsible for all this? The only difference with the Magic now is that Maddie has a championship ring and an MVP trophy, and has no regrets. All he had to do was play happily until he retired.

Hayes greeted Battier, David Lee, and others one by one.

Battier blessed Hayes. "Fight well. Win the championship again! Trying to win this season's MVP, but the Bobcats will have to strengthen their defense. ”

"The players are still grinding, maybe it will be better in the future." Hayes smiled, "Sean, you have to work hard." ”

Battier showed a wry smile, the Rockets' defense is not as good as before, and the outside line depends on him alone. Hayes could see Battier's disappointment with his team. He'll still fight hard, but he's not thinking about the results anymore.

When David Lee and Hayes hugged, he whispered, "Is there any drama about my trade?" ”

Hayes whispered, "Bad news, Morey is asking for a price, you can't come to the Bobcat." Let's fight well in the rocket first. In '09, if the lynx has the money to afford you, we can work together again. ”

David Lee smiled: "Alas, it can only be like this. Let's see if the Bobcats can defend against our invincible pick-and-roll and jump shots! ”

"Haha, we'll do our best!" Hayes slapped David Lee the back and laughed. He heard some dissatisfaction in David Lee's tone. Now the Rockets' main tactic is to block Maddie's singles after the pick-and-roll. Maddie is breaking less and less now, and it's basically jump shots.

Hayes didn't want to think back to Maddie's main attack. He and Yao Ming desperately squeezed out the position on the inside, and then saw Maddie end the offense with a dry pull-up jumper on the perimeter, and Maddie's jump shot arc is very flat, the power is relatively large, smashed on the basket, it is easy to pop up in the 3-second zone, and it is difficult for the interior player to grab the rebound. It's a pity for Battier, David Lee, Millsap and others, especially Battier, whose contract didn't expire until 2011...... Looking at the current Rockets, Hayes has a feeling of jumping out of the fire pit, this is no longer the championship team of last year. The head coach was replaced by Adelman, and after Oden was reimbursed for the season, they quickly signed Grizzlies abandoned Chakalidis, and the roster was unrecognizable.

Centre-forwards: David Lee, Chacalidis.

Power forwards: Millsap, Scola, Novak.

Small forwards: Battier, Childis, Mike Harris, Kirk Snyder.

Defenders: Hyde, Claxton, Tyrone Lue, Blake, Maddy, John Lucas III.

The Rockets have enough 15-man lineup, but if they want to win the championship with this lineup, it is possible to go to China to play CBA.

The only scorer the Rockets can rely on is Maddy, David Lee averages 14 points per game as the second scorer, but he is not Yao Ming, his single ability is average, and he can't attract bags. Maddy put up super statistics of 29.4 points, 4.4 rebounds and 5.2 assists, but the Rockets had a 1-4 record and only defeated the weak Bucks 102-87 in October.

Hayes returned to his home box and D'Antoni asked, "What did you say when you were smiling so happily?" ”

"I suggest that David Lee come and hug my thigh when his contract expires in '09, but I don't know if the Bobcats will be able to give him a big contract at that time." Hayes laughed.

D'Antoni smiled, his favorite outside center (really this style) Bagnani is coming, and he doesn't care about David Lee at all.

D'Antoni looked at Jeff Van Gundy again and said, "Jeff, today you talk about tactics, you know the style of the Rockets best." ”

With the Okafor problem solved, the Bobcats are now too harmonious internally, and the head coach can be replaced at any time...... Van Gundy was not polite, summoned the players over, and gestured with the tactical board: "The Rockets don't have Van (Weaver) and Chuck now, and they are not fast enough." When attacking, play as fast as the previous few games, and when defending, the interior line is settled as soon as possible, and the formation is 131 joint defense, and the bottom line is left with Andris (Biedrins) alone. Focus on defending Maddie. He will certainly borrow the cover of David Lee and Millsap to play alone, and the two will cover him, and point guard Blake and small forward Battier can relax their defense a little, they lack the ability to attack with the ball, as long as they can defend against threes. David Lee and Millsap have mid-range shots in the high post, and if you want to interfere with it, it's as simple as that, and we can definitely win this game. ”

Van Gundy was in a relaxed mood and didn't take the rocket seriously at all.

On the other hand, the atmosphere is completely different.

Adelman is a man with a serious expression, more like a scholar than Van Gundy in a tracksuit, with a suit and neat haircut. He happily took over Van Gundy as the head coach of the championship team, and wanted to add a glorious stroke to his coaching career, but this season the Rockets have experienced a lot of changes, the two cores have left, Oden is injured, Fisher returns to the Lakers, and finally settles down, and the team's record has plummeted compared to last season. When he arrived at the Rockets, he rarely had a smile on his face, he was never welcomed by the fans, and all he heard was scolding.

"Don't stop running, take advantage of your teammates' screens, pass the ball, pass the ball." Adelman said that he said this almost every game, but most of the Rockets, including Maddy, did not really understand the spirit of Princeton's tactics, and Maddy's style has hardly changed.

Before the start of the season, experts predicted that Adelman's Princeton tactics would give Maddie plenty of room and freedom. However, fans saw a completely different result than many pundits, with Maddie, who was given unlimited firing rights, greatly improved his stats, but was unable to lead the Rockets to a satisfactory record with the help of Princeton tactics.

The so-called "Princeton tactics", in simple terms, refer to moving without the ball, cutting and running back, constantly passing, adhering to overall basketball and team spirit, focusing on inside passing, and inside command. This tactic pays great attention to the four links of "space, practice, observation, and execution", among which the reverse run is the signature of Princeton's style of play. The essence of this tactic is "man movement, ball movement, coordination." "Man-to-man refers to moving without the ball, cutting in the air and running back, and ball movement refers to constantly passing and sharing the ball. Therefore, this tactic is very demanding on the players, requiring the players to constantly run on the pitch to pull out the gaps.

As a result, the Rockets are completely eating Van Gundy's "old book". "Inside Command" is just an empty word, without Yao Ming, David Lee, Millsap, and Scola are all newcomers, how did they command Maddie?

When Maddy broke out, the Rockets' role players didn't play as well as they should, and shooters like Battier and Hyde all showed a downward trend in shooting percentage. Maddie's laziness is well-known throughout the league, and it is difficult for the proud Maddie to change herself to adapt to the tactics and teammates of Princeton's tactics that require more running. Maddie's infinite singles and role players silently watching have become the biggest characteristics of the Rockets. After the game, the media began to break the news that his teammates did not support Maddie enough...... The game is about to begin.

The Bobcats made a change in their starting lineup today as Petrus and Okafor were involved in a trade and didn't appear in the lineup, and the Rockets recalled Gortat from the NBDL. Starting five: Calderon, Azubuuk, Gerard Wallace, Hayes, Biedrins.

Rockets starters: Blake, Maddy, Battier, Millsap, David Lee.

Biedrins, who is a jumper, flicked the ball to Azubuuk, who passed to Calderón. Hayes reached for the ball at a 45-degree angle on his favorite right side. Calderon hoisted the ball high in. Blake turned his head slightly, Hayes passed the ball again, Calderon shook off Blake to catch the ball, made a three-point shot in the bottom corner, and the ball went in! 3 to 0.

"It's good." Calderon and Hayes clapped their hands.

"It's his lack of concentration." Hayes laughed.

Alston was traded out last season because his defense wasn't good enough, and Blake's defense may not be as good as Alstom's, and even more sadly, he is already the best defensive of the Rockets' existing point guards.

Calderon went straight back to his own half and didn't press Blake, which was also one of the Bobcats' tactical arrangements. The reason for this is to allow the Rockets to complete the offense faster and get stuck in a run-and-gun rhythm. As long as the Rockets don't make a shot, the Bobcats will immediately counterattack.

Sure enough, as Van Gundy predicted before the game, Millsap went to the high post to cover Maddy. Maddie received the ball and broke through on the left side, took a step, and immediately stopped and jumped to shoot the ball! 3 to 2.

Hayes just raised his hand and watched Maddie throw in. What he thought in his heart was that if he had been a teammate for a year, how could he give some face, so he would let you make an easy shot. In the next round, it won't be so easy.

The Bobcats attacked, and Battier played against Hayes. The Rockets' defensive formation is still 122 defense, and they use the same strategy against James. Battier was on the perimeter, and once Hayes broke through, Millsap came up from behind to cover it. Battier and Hayes have been training against each other for a year and are familiar with all of Hayes' habits, so they are confident that they can prevent Hayes' breakthrough. But Hayes is equally familiar with the rocket's weaknesses.

Hayes took his position, Wallace ran from the side, and Hayes passed the ball to Wallace, who took advantage of the situation to bypass Maddie. At the same time, Hayes retreated and ran towards the middle. Battier had no choice but to defend Wallace. Wallace took a step and passed the ball back to Hayes, after the change, Maddie stood in the high position and did not move, Hayes had already received the ball in the middle and rushed into the basket, jumped up with the ball with one hand, David Lee jumped up to block, Hayes shrank in the air, retracted his right hand and gently sent the ball out, Biedrins received the ball and dunked the basketball with both hands! 5 to 2.

The Rockets' offense was still the same old routine, with Millsapura pulling to the high post, and this time Hayes rushed directly to Maddie and wrapped up Maddie with Wallace. Maddie gave Millsap the ball, who missed the shot. Biedrins grabbed the rebound and made a long pass to Hayes. Hayes received the ball without pausing and flicked his hands to Wallace, who ran on the other side, who hit a pull-up jumper in the face of Battier. 7 to 2.

Now the rocket doesn't seem to be able to compete with the Bobcat!

(To be continued)