114 against Grizzlies
Although McHale's legs and feet are not very dexterous, he used his virtual and real feet to shake Howard stunned, which made everyone in the Rockets amazed.
"Master! Guru! This is the real master's footsteps. The best white power forward in history lives up to his name! Harden said with a big beard.
"I've heard for a long time that the coach has such a footstep, I only saw it in the video before, but today I saw it live, it's too shocking." Parsons said in surprise.
Jones, who plays the No. 4 position, is very sensitive to footwork, and he was horrified to see McHale finish blowing up Howard. Others don't know, but he often practices with Howard and knows how strong Howard's defense is. But such a strong defense is like paper in front of McHale, and it will be broken with a single stab. False and real footsteps, the fame of the rivers and lakes really has his reason.
Asik was envious. His offensive skills were already rough, and his footwork was even more of a mess. At this time, seeing McHale's virtual and real footsteps, he was shocked like a mortal seeing a fairy.
Even Da Yao, who had cultivated with Da Meng, was shocked at this time.
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While the other Rockets players were still immersed in the shock of McHale's steps, Wen Hao's mind recalled McHale's steps over and over again. The false shots, the turning after receiving the ball, and the feints when shooting are all vivid.
The next time, the Rockets scheduled their training schedule later than usual, because there is a game tonight, and the players need to ensure their physical strength.
But Wen Hao still came to the training hall at four o'clock in the morning. With the recovery ability of the heart of a point guard, he doesn't have to worry about physical problems at all, even if he is tired in the morning, as long as he goes back to sleep, he will still be alive at night. Another point is that he can only play for a maximum of five minutes per game now, and it is still garbage time, so it doesn't matter whether he has physical strength or not.
After completing the last item of each mission, after 800 hits, Wen Hao directly lay on the ground, gasping for breath, and staring at the top of the training hall. A piece of information poured into his mind, and now his physical fitness has reached 32, although it is still below the average, but as long as it grows every day, he will one day reach the top level.
"I wonder if I can play tonight?"
Wen Hao exhaled and muttered.
After a moment, he clenched his fists: "No matter what, as long as you play, you must do your best!" ”
At nine o'clock in the evening, the game between the Rockets and the Grizzlies officially began.
This is the home game of the Rockets, and there are three commentators, Matt Bullard, Bill Worry and the Rockets' former champion, Clyde Drexler, nicknamed the glider.
The Rockets have just fallen to a three-game losing streak and are only in fifth place in the West at 18-10, the same record as the Grizzlies, who are also 18-10, and this game is the first meeting between the two sides this season, and either side wins will push the opponent out of the top five and thus consolidate their standings. So for the rockets, it's a key battle. Brad, who had white hair, spoke first.
Wally nodded, looking at the game that was about to start jumping, and said, "This game is going to be a tough game for the Rockets. The Rockets have always been a fast-attacking team, and their pace is far from what other teams can keep up with. But the Grizzlies are defense-oriented, and as long as they slow down the tempo and drag the Rockets into position, their defense will definitely make the Rockets suffer. It can be said that the Grizzlies' style of play is the nemesis of the Rockets' style of play. ”
"That's right," said Drexler, who wore wide-rimmed glasses, "in this game, the rocket is the sword, the grizzly bear is the shield, and no one can say whether the sword pierces the shield or the shield blocks the sword." But I can give Rocket a little advice. The Grizzlies' defense focuses on the interior, and their black and white bears can almost dominate the interior, so if the Rockets can shoot a few on the outside first and pull their defense to the outside, Howard will have a chance on the inside, and Harden will have more space to impact the interior. In this way, the inside and outside bloom, the grizzly bear is difficult to prevent. It depends on how the rocket feels. ”
All three commentators expected it to be a tough game, but they didn't expect it to be so tough. Although the Rockets tried to score three points on the outside according to McHale's arrangement, the Rockets had no choice but to be collectively dumb and cold in this game, whether it was Garcia, Parsons or Harden Lin, in short, all the three-point shooters were inaccurate.
Throughout the first half, the Rockets hit just two of 13 three-point shots.
If the outside line of the rocket is inaccurate, the Grizzlies can only defend the inside line of the rocket. Howard is under the bag of the Grizzly Bears' inner line twin towers, don't say the word Warcraft, calling him a little beast is a bit too flattering to him. He scored just four points on 1-of-8 shooting in the first half.
In the case of losing both inside and outside, the Rockets scored only 21 points in the first quarter, which is quite bad for the Rockets, who have always focused on offense, and who expected that the Rockets only scored 16 points in a single quarter in the second quarter, which set a new season low.
The 37 points in the entire first half made the more than 18,000 fans at the scene unbearable to look at directly. On the Grizzlies' side, they scored 57 points in the first half because of the outburst of point guard Mike Conley and the excellent play of Randolph on the inside.
"Oh no, 37-57, it's not like a Rocket-Grizzlies game at all, it's like a Grizzlies-Rockets game." Brad said with a frown.
"Just looking at the score, I really can't believe that 37 points were scored by the Rockets, 57 points were scored by the Grizzlies, the team that has always focused on offense only scored 37 points in the first half, and the Grizzlies, who focus on defense and can't attack, actually cut down 57 points, is it my eyes?" Wolly was a little incredulous.
"It's really hard for the Rockets to come back from a 20-point deficit against a defensive team like the Grizzlies," Drexler said, shaking his head, "I'm not a positive name for hitting the fans, but the chances of the Rockets winning this game are really slim." ”
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After half-time adjustments, the second half of the game continued. Although McHale repeatedly encouraged the Rockets, the Rockets' offense did not improve. Especially Howard, McHale was about to cry when he watched from the sidelines.
"Virtual and real steps, virtual and real steps ......" McHale shouted anxiously when he saw Howard take the ball.
But Howard practiced very well in training, and it seemed that he would not be able to do it when he arrived on the court, and he tried to make a virtual and real step several times, but the result was either a mistake or a walk, and McHale didn't even have the strength to cry at this time. My virtual and real footsteps have been ruined like this.
With six minutes left in the third quarter, the Rockets not only failed to narrow the score, but were stretched to 22 points. McHale shook his head helplessly, although anything would happen until the end of the game. But from a coach's point of view, against a defensive team like the Grizzlies, even if there is a quarter and a half left, nothing will happen.
After another pause, everyone in the rocket kept their faces calm and didn't talk much. McHale wanted to set up the tactics, but the whole team had lost their fighting spirit and was dead. It is simply futile to arrange tactics for such a dead squad.
Thinking of this, McHale's heart also sank, and he pointed to Da Yao and Asik: "You guys go up, now I'm afraid that only your twin towers can fight against the Grizzly Bear's twin towers." ”
Da Yao nodded, and then said: "Coach, if we let us go on the twin towers, I think it may be better with Wen Hao's passing." ”
McHale didn't think about it, waved his hand, and said, "Okay, Wen will follow." 'It's clear that he's lost faith in today's game and in his opinion, it's garbage time.
Wen Hao heard McHale's words, but he stood up suddenly, his face excited, and his eyes were full of blood. The spirit of the whole person is in strong contrast with Team Rocket.
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