Chapter 101: Test the knife with Harden
At first, Rose did not agree, and Wang Zhuo did not force it, but persuaded him bitterly, and in the end, Rose reluctantly accepted it and was willing to try to change the regular style of play. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Wang Zhuo understands Rose's psychology, after all, no player is willing to give up the most familiar way of playing and switch to the field that he is not good at, let alone a star who has already become famous.
Wang Zhuo not only took Ray Allen as an example, but also listed Jordan in the latter part of his career, Ray Allen changed from a variety of offensive means to a main three-point shot, and cultivated running without the ball and receiving long-range shots to the point of being superb, but Jordan changed from a fierce physical confrontation in the early stage to a step-back mid-range jumper that saved physical strength.
Therefore, it is not so much about letting Rose learn from Ray Allen, but rather imitating Jordan, the god of basketball has to make changes in order to continue his career, and after Wang Zhuo cited Jordan's example, Rose's resistance has significantly weakened.
In fact, when Rose came back from a major injury, he also tried to change his simple and rough style of play, but the effect was very poor, and the data fell sharply, so at the beginning of Wang Zhuo's proposal, Rose refused.
Wang Zhuo has his own ideas, Rose's previous style of play is too big, both to organize and attack, the body is overloaded and naturally easy to get injured, give up the organization, focus on attacking, reduce the pressure on the shoulder, and greatly reduce the hidden danger of injury.
In addition, Kobe Bryant retired, Wade's state declined, the talent of the scoring guard withered, and Rose switched to scoring guard, and the degree of physical confrontation was correspondingly reduced, which was beneficial to Rose.
Van Gundy had reservations about Wang Zhuo's suggestion, and after repeated attempts in training, Rose showed excellent potential to play as a shooting guard, and in the end, Van Gundy completely let go of his doubts about Wang Zhuo and turned to unwavering support for Wang Zhuo, and Van Gundy finally understood why Wang Zhuo's reputation among players was so high, and even the unruly Anthony bowed his head.
After successfully convincing Rose, Ray Allen became the most suitable mentor, running without the ball, catching and shooting, three-point shooting, everything can be called a textbook, with Wang Zhuo's battlefield training method, Rose's three-point shooting level is getting better day by day, the first attack in the first game of the preseason, and the first cold arrow successfully shot is the best feedback to Rose's change.
Of course, Van Gundy's defense should not be underestimated, Harden's loss of the ball is the most powerful evidence, and the Knicks' offense and defense after the opening show Wang Zhuo's eclectic offense and Van Gundy's simple and steady defense.
The hearts of Rockets fans are broken at the moment, they didn't expect Van Gundy's iron-blooded defense to reappear in the Toyota Center, the difference is that Van Gundy has turned against him and become a nightmare that strangled the Rockets.
After Rose broke the ball, he quickly counterattacked, and the front court was flat, but Rose did not choose to break through the empty basket, but stopped near the free throw line and made a jumper, "Boom", the ball hollowed into the net, and the Knicks opened 5-0.
Rocket offense, Harden dribbled to the top of the circle again, after Howard left the Rockets, Harden became the unique core of the Rockets, attacking, passing, and completely dominating the team's offense.
Rose mentioned the high marking, Harden has learned a lesson, much more cautious, continuous change of direction, standing on tiptoe, pretending to shoot, Rose was shaken to the center of gravity, in a hurry, leaning his body and jumping up, raising his right arm, trying to block Harden.
Harden saw the opportunity, took a step back, dodged Rose's block, and then leaned forward, leaning on Rose in the air to shoot, "clang", the ball smashed on the neck of the hoop and bounced away, but the referee's whistle was very timely, Rose fouled, Harden stood on the free throw line, two free throws and two hits.
Although Rose has the essence of Van Gundy's defense, defense has never been his strong point, and it is inevitable that he will miss the front foot in the face of a foul maker like Harden, but it also fully proves that Rose is willing to defend well.
The Knicks attacked, Grant dropped the ball to Noah, Rose cut in, Anthony ran back on the left, Noane passed inside, Rose transitioned, didn't look at the pass, and led directly to Anthony, the rhythm was very appropriate, Anthony took a steady step with the ball, jumped out of the free throw line, and the ball was hollow into the basket.
Rose was fouled on his back, no longer obsessed with offense, but instead played to his passing advantage, focusing on the Knicks' offense, after all, the Knicks' offense has too many strong points, and there is no need to bear too much offensive pressure.
Harden seems to feel provoked, the title of the first quartile in the league was originally done steadily, who knew that he killed a Rose halfway, the name was better than him, and the honor was more than him, obviously for the title of the first quartile, Harden naturally would not give up.
The Rockets served in the backcourt, Harden held the ball outside, sent a second pass, and Ryan Anderson raised his hand in the bottom corner of the right side for three points and hit a hollow shot.
The ball was converted, Rose broke through the ball, Porzingis cut and dunked in the air, and the score was 9-5, and the success rate of both sides was very high, because both sides did not understand each other's tactical systems.
Looking back, Harden singled Rose with his back, stepped back and made a jumper, the ball bounced two on the neck of the hoop and fell into the basket, Harden was obviously targeting Rose, Rose assisted, he also assisted, Rose assisted again, and he scored, in short, the home court of the Rockets, the edge cannot be overshadowed by Rose.
The game moved forward in an orderly manner, with the defensive intensity gradually increasing and the shooting percentages of both sides gradually decreasing, Van Gundy called a timeout, rearranged his tactics and did not opt for substitutions.
Before the pause ended, Wang Zhuo walked up to Rose and muttered something in his ear, and after listening carefully, Rose nodded seriously.
Players from both sides reappeared, Grant dribbled over the half court, Rose received the ball on the right side, Harden in order to prevent Rose from shooting three points, stepped forward and hugged Rose tightly, who knew that Rose changed direction, directly left Harden behind, rushed into the inside line, faced Capela, folded in the air, and the ball hit the board into the basket, crisp and neat, which is what Rose is best at.
Harden was stunned in place, and could only watch Rose send the ball to the basket, D'Antoni's run-and-gun system only focuses on offense, not defense at all, which can well cover up Harden's poor defensive shortcomings, it can be said that Harden likes this system the most.
It is not difficult to explain why it is difficult for Harden and Howard to coexist, Harden only attacks and does not defend, Howard is the best defensive player, the pillar of the interior, McHale is a defensive coach, and he pays more attention to the importance of Howard in his system, which leads to Harden's dissatisfaction, and in the end, McHale is out of class and Howard is gone.
Wang Zhuo's words to Rose are very simple, that is, to do everything possible to amplify Harden's poor defense, Harden is not convinced, and until he is convinced, the title of the first score is snatched, and the elimination of Harden is the first knife to try to grab the first score.