Howard is not an interior player who is good at offense, and his role value is more reflected in defense, and from the analysis of rebounding and block statistics, Howard's ability to protect the basket is first-class. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Even Jordan Jr., who has no independent offensive ability, is still a sweet spot in the league, not to mention Howard, who is better than Jordan Jr. in all aspects, but affected by the league's small-ball atmosphere of emphasizing offense and light defense, coupled with getting older, Howard has become rarely interested.

Digging deeper, the reason why Howard has become less popular is the loss of traditional basketball concepts, and the role of the center in the basketball system has reached a negligible level, so even if Howard is still dominant, it is still not taken seriously.

Just imagine, how can a run-and-gun team be willing to pay tens of millions of dollars to support a blue-collar superstar, and most teams are more willing to pay less money and sign some practical interior players who don't compete for the ball and the star of the house, such as Bogut, Biyombo, etc., so Howard is not doing well in the Rockets, and the reason is still the difference in the tactical system.

Howard is a defensive center, Harden is also known for not defending, two stars with completely different styles of play are partnered together, and it is a matter of time before they part, but fortunately, Howard has refound his position in the Hawks who are based on defense, and has re-proven himself, if he continues to stay in the Rockets, under D'Antoni's tactical system, he will only become a chicken rib.

In the offseason, the Knicks' team management also contacted Howard, and the two sides did not negotiate because the Knicks also played a run-and-gun route last season.

Howard is not the center of gravity in the Hawks' tactical system, but he is the core of the defense, which is why Howard is like a fish in water under Budenholzer, and the Hawks were able to get through the first-round series thanks to Howard's important play.

The playoffs have reached the second round, the opponent is stronger, and it is time to reflect the value of superstars, Budenholzer repeats his old tricks and pins his hopes on Howard, Howard also lives up to the trust, playing a double-double in the first game, as for why he still loses the game, blame Anthony for killing God and being invincible.

In Wang Zhuo's view, Budenholzer's tactical strategy is no problem at all, the playoffs have reached the moment of hand-to-hand combat with bayonets, and no one wants to be a superstar as a decoration, Howard played vigorously in the first quarter of the second game, turning the Knicks' interior line upside down.

If it weren't for the Knicks relying on Anthony, Porzingis and Rose's outside flowering, I am afraid they would have fallen into a passive situation long ago, and the situation is still unfavorable to the Knicks.

The closer you get to the basket, the easier it is to score, which is an eternal truth in basketball games, the Knicks rely on the outside, and it is impossible to feel hot all over the court, but the Hawks are the opposite, and it is easier to score.

Wang Zhuo would not understand such a simple truth, so Wang Zhuo decided to change his tactical strategy and make a targeted defense against Howard.

The Knicks' center position is luxurious, with three towers on the inside, Noah, Oden and O'Quinne, as the saying goes: "Three stinkers, beat Zhuge Liang." "The three major interior lines took turns to carry out a wheel war against Howard, even if Howard was really a superman, he had to take off a layer of skin.

In the first half of the second quarter of the game, Howard still stayed on the court, and judging from the situation in the first quarter of the game, Noah's defense of Howard was not ideal, so Wang Zhuo took the lead in sending O'Quinn to the court in the second quarter.

O'Quinn's offensive ability is not weak, and while interfering with Howard, he can also improve the Knicks' offense, and in the first offense of the second quarter of the game, O'Quinn hit a long-range shot that stepped on the three-point line.

Howard's dominance is mainly concentrated in the restricted area, and the farther away from the box is the less effective it is, and O'Quinn has a mid-to-long-range shooting that Noah does not have, which makes Howard's super defense untargeted.

It was the Hawks' turn to attack, Howard was tall and long-armed, and his strength was stronger than O'Quinn, and he just wanted to dunk when he received Schroder's pass, but he was hugged by O'Quinn, the referee's whistle blew, O'Quinn fouled, and Howard stood on the free throw line.

Howard's free throw level is not effective, Wang Zhuo would rather the team foul than Howard score easily, besides, the Knicks have no shortage of strong interior lines, one or two fouls are completely drizzle, if Howard does not score free throws, the Knicks grab the rebound, even if they fight for a foul, they will only make money.

Howard stood on the free throw line, took a deep breath, dribbled the ball twice, shot with a straight arm, and hit it steadily, Budenholzer nodded with a smile, satisfied with Howard's free throw.

Budenholzer seemed to rejoice too soon, and Howard's second free throw was ridiculously wide and almost missed a three, and O'Quinn grabbed the ball.

One of the two free throws, no one can tell whether the foul is worth it or not, after O'Quinn got the rebound, he handed it to Jennings to dribble to the front court to play tactics, O'Quinn received the ball under the basket, and did not choose to play with his back to the outside, but dribbled to the outside, trying to lure Howard out of the line.

Howard was not fooled, after O'Quinn broke away from Howard's defensive range, he jumped directly and shot and hit again, Howard could only watch O'Quinn score, but he was helpless.

Wang Zhuo's tactics against Howard are somewhat similar to Sloan's tactics against Yao Ming, when the Jazz team in the Oku would shoot an accurate three-point shot, in order to pull Yao Ming away from the basket, Delong waited for the opportunity to break through, Yao Ming chased Oku, Delong would not hesitate to break through, Yao Ming did not leave the restricted area, Oku shot three points on the outside, so that Yao Ming was completely in a dilemma.

In the next round of offense, Howard was violated by O'Quinn again on offense, this time completely disappointing Budenholzer, Howard stood on the free throw line and missed two free throws, Porzingis flew to grab the rebound, Jennings instigated a fast break, Ray Allen received the ball from 45 degrees outside the three-point field on the right side, and the Knicks had a 6-point lead.

O'Quinn paid two fouls, and the Knicks took a 6-point lead, and such a "****" tactic achieved good results.

Budenholzer didn't call a timeout and stood on the sidelines, but Tim Hardaway Jr. stepped up and broke through to the inside to hit a board shot to stop the bleeding for the Eagles.

At this time, Wang Zhuo suddenly walked to the sidelines, signaled the referee to pause, and the players on both sides returned to the bench, during the pause, Wang Zhuo replaced the hot O'Quinn and replaced Oden to defend Howard. (To be continued.) )