Chapter Sixty-Nine: Small Ball or Big Ball

The two-game losing streak not only made the Rockets lose the dazzling aura of the 22-game winning streak, but also lost their first place in the West.

The next two games are against the Warriors and Suns, and if you are not careful, the Rockets could fall directly into the top five. This is definitely not good news for the Rockets.

However, there is also good news for the Rockets, which is that Landry is back from injury and can play against the Warriors.

After arriving in Auckland, the team went straight to the hotel and played two back-to-back games, and when you add a long flight, you can get tired.

When he arrived at the hotel, he ate a little casually, and after filling his stomach, Lei Lin fell asleep.

Because he played two games back-to-back, Adelman did not arrange for the team to practice the next day, and rested in the hotel until about 6 p.m., when the Rockets went directly to Oracle Arena.

After arriving at the Oracle Arena, Leylin and his teammates went directly to warm up.

At this time, the Warriors had already started to warm up in the court, and unlike the Rockets, there was a clear division of labor, and the Warriors players were shooting there one by one.

Mid-distance, long-range, three-point, a few points above, stood full of their players.

On the Rockets' side, Raelin practiced offense under the basket with Scola, Hayes, Landry and Uncle Mu. The other players were there to pass and shoot.

“showtime!”

After getting the answer from Uncle Mu, Lei Lin patted his head.

How did you forget about this?

Looking at the gray-haired old Nelson on the sidelines, how could Leylin forget this mad scientist!

Nelson wasn't the best as a player, but helped the Celtics win five championships.

Although as a head coach, he has not been able to lead any team to win the championship. But that doesn't stop the Nielsen Megatron Alliance.

The Bucks' bold overhaul saw the team reach the playoffs nine times and the Eastern Conference Finals three times in a decade.

After coming to the Warriors, Nelson changed his tough defense with the Bucks and played with shelling, so much so that the team was nicknamed the track and field team by many.

Although not very successful with the Warriors, he still led the team to the playoffs four times in seven years, and reaching the playoffs in the 92-93 season was the last time Nelson Sr. made the playoffs before he joined the Warriors again, which means that the Warriors have not been able to make the playoffs in thirteen years.

From this point of view, the Warriors were a lively team at the time.

But after a season of inactivity, Nelson Sr. chose to make a comeback, serving as the head coach of the Warriors last season, not only leading the team to the playoffs, but also successfully eliminating the Mavericks, the best team in the regular season, in the first round of the playoffs, creating the Black Eight Miracle. It's just that in the second round, he was not able to continue to create miracles.

But the old Nelson's bombardment tactics did get his approval.

The success of the Mavericks and Warriors proved that his crazy moves were fruitful.

What is shelling?

Shelling, also known as the small-ball tactic. The small-ball tactic refers to fast playing, using blocking, passing, and running to create opportunities to shoot in the game.

In the small-ball tactics, the player's ability to break through with the ball is very demanding, and basically all five people on the field need to have the ability to break through with the ball. Such a game seems to be very spectacle, but the inevitable disadvantage of this tactic is the lack of defensive ability and lack of consistency, so although it can win the fans, it cannot win the championship.

In fact, the bombardment tactics were not created by the old Nelson himself, but were only reformed on the basis of his predecessors.

This goes back to another famous coach in the league, Pat Riley.

While coaching the Lakers in the 80s, Pat Riley reached the pinnacle of his coaching career, and after having Magic Johnson, the Lakers played a bombardment tactic and swept the league at one point.

At that time, the Lakers were the most spectacular team in the league, so they were called Showtime, and in the 12 years of the first bombardment, because of their efficient offensive ability, they reached the Finals a total of nine times and won five championships.

But there is a difference between the bombardment of the time of Pat Riley and the bombardment of the present, that is, he has Abdul-Jabbar as a center.

And now the team that is booming basically does not have a center forward in the real sense.

Just like the Warriors they are going to play against now, the center of the team is a Beedrins.

After returning to the locker room after the warm-up, Adelman took his tactics board and set up his tactics there.

"Today's starters Luther, Tracy, Sean, Luis, Ray! When defending, defend the joint defense, prevent the breakthrough and not prevent the shot, thunder, pay attention to the control of the rebound! When retreating, the speed must be fast! Do you understand? ”

"Understood!"

"Attacking, we played more inside today, didn't they play shelling? We play positional warfare, they are small-ball tactics, we are big-ball tactics, let them know that our big-ball tactics are always the mainstream! Alright, guys, come on! ”

"Come on!"

After laughing, the players shouted loudly.

Back on the pitch again, it didn't take long for the game to start.

Contrary to what Leylin imagined, the Warriors didn't even play a proper center, and the tallest being their forward Al Harrington.

"What a mad scientist!"

Looking at Harrington in front of him, Raelin criticized Old Nelson.

Beep......

After the whistle, Rylin easily won the ball for the Rockets.

Hyde, who played as the starting point guard, handed the ball to Maddie after half court, and Maddie shook it twice before handing it directly to Leylin on the inside.

After Raylin received the ball, he faced Al Harrington and directly began to play strongly.

In fact, Harrington is considered an inside jack-of-all-trades, capable of playing the three positions of small forward, big forward and center, and has a certain ability to break through with the ball.

It was precisely because of this that he was selected by the old Nelson and got the hand through the transaction.

And what impressed Lei Lin was that this guy specialized in Yao Ming, and when he played against Yao Ming, he went around the front defense and pulled to the three-point line to shoot three points, which gave Yao Ming a headache.

However, Lei Lin is not Yao Ming, and his movement speed is not slow, so Harrington did not go around the front to defend, but resisted Lei Lin behind his back.

I don't know if it's not in place, but in a pair, Lei Lin knows that this guy's strength is not as bad as he imagined.

After two pushes, Leylin turned around.

Syllable!

Just as Leylin was about to dunk, a hand hit Leylin's hand directly, knocking the basketball off.

Beep!

Shooting foul!

Glancing at Harrington, Raeling stepped onto the free-throw line.

Swish!

Holding the basketball in one hand, he made a few strokes above the free throw line, and threw it directly, and the basketball drew an arc directly into the basket.

Two free throws, the Rockets dominated the opponent in Oracle Arena, 2-0!

"It's really fast!"

Raylin had just run inside the three-point line when the Warriors' offense had already hit.

The bearded Davis faced Hyde's defense, without thinking, took a step inside the three-point line and made a direct jumper.

Swish!

Direct hits.

"Damn!"

As soon as Raelin ran to the basket and was ready to grab the board, the opponent scored! It's useless to do this back and forth by yourself, no wonder Yao Ming has a headache when he encounters a warrior?

Turning back to the basket, Leylin received a pass from his teammate and hit Harrington again.

Bang bang bang......

After a few arches, Leylin turned around and dunked with one hand to end the fight.

Unlike Yao Ming, Lei Lin is more flexible and explosive.

The Warriors missed the attack, and Rallin, who had a height advantage, easily picked up the rebound. The Rockets' offense was unhurried, and after Raylin was in place, Hyde handed the ball directly to Raelin.

Swish!

After pushing Harrington away, Leylin hit an easy basket directly.

Three times in a row, Nelson Sr. certainly knows the Rockets' tactics.

walked directly to the sidelines and shouted.

"Al, go around, Stephen pay attention to the help defense pack!"

The Warriors were still on a fast break, with Petrus catching the ball and hitting a mid-range jumper.

Back to the Rockets' offense, as soon as Ralling got to the basket, Harrington went straight around the front defense.

"Damn!"

After getting rid of it twice, Leylin really couldn't get rid of Harrington's bypass.

No wonder Yao Ming has a headache?

After muttering, Leylin looked at Maddie, who was holding the ball, and pulled it out to block it. After escaping Harrington's defense, Railling followed Maddy down the middle and drove straight to the basket.

BOOM……

After receiving the ball from Maddie, Leylin pressed the ball directly into the basket.

"Ah......h

Pounding his chest, Leylin shouted wildly, venting the pressure of the previous two games......