"Adelman has to find a way to restrain Li Cheng! It would be difficult to restrain him if he had gone mad. ”

"With the best defender in the league, the Rockets shouldn't have no way to take Li Cheng, and Battier will definitely stick to Li Cheng more tightly in the second half."

"But now the Rockets still need to solve their offensive problems, and Maddie started the game with a very nice series of attacks, but then it seems to disappear. As the league's strongest scorer, how can he put away his fangs? ”

"Yao Ming's problem also needs to be solved, he scored only seven points in the first half, which is very rare. So whether the Rockets can turn back the situation in the second half depends on what adjustments Adelman will make in the locker room. ”

Adelman kept his marker on the locker room's tactics board, eager to get his team out of his game. But sometimes, the team played back to Van Gundy's set of "defense by pressing, relying on the hardness of the whole team, and offense by Yao Mai." "Tactics too.

The entire tactical board was drawn all over by Adelman, but it remains to be seen how the team will change in the second half.

Compared to the tense atmosphere in the home dressing room, the atmosphere in the away dressing room is much more relaxed. In the relatively soft music, the Pacers players closed their eyes and chatted with each other. After all, the score is now 61-52, and they are leading by nine points.

Li Cheng and Granger were chatting, but O'Brien ran to Li Cheng and sat down.

Seeing the coach coming, Li Cheng and Granger naturally stopped talking and turned their heads to look at O'Brien.

O'Brien said bluntly: "In the second half, Maddie will probably strengthen his individual ball-handling singles, and I don't need you to limit him on the defensive end. I need you to come up with more strength to attack, and as long as we scored more points in the second half than the Houstonians we won. ”

Seeing Li Cheng and Granger nodding their heads, O'Brien continued: "You two have to use the width of the court, pass the ball more, tear up their defensive space and then seek individual scores. I'm sure you two have that kind of strength. ”

"Don't worry! Instructor. Li Cheng and Granger said at the same time.

"I believe in your abilities, and I believe in your tacit understanding." O'Brien patted them on the shoulder.

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After the start of the second half of the game, the Rockets did not pass smoothly in two consecutive offenses, and the Princeton system was nowhere to be seen, and the final offense still depended on Yao Mai's personal ability to complete. Because a lot of time was wasted on passing, and the ball was impatient at the end, these two attacks were in vain.

Instead, the Pacers extended the margin to 11 points after Granger's mid-range shot was scored.

Seeing that the score difference was getting wider and wider, Maddie was anxious, and he simply turned on the mode of individual singles.

After a few simple conductions of the ball to open up space, Maddie held the ball and directly forced Granger. He broke through and disrupted the Pacers' defensive formation, and the Pacers' interior line also appeared empty, and Yao Ming's homeopathy was liberated. In this way, the Rocket's passing became smoother.

Battier and Yao Mai put the ball into the basket one after another, the Pacers' lead is being eroded, and the Rockets gradually have a feeling of getting up.

And the Rockets are playing with a feeling, and the Pacers on the other side can't watch their hard-earned advantage erased. Lee Cheng and Granger also began to show their offensive firepower.

In the defense of Li Cheng, Battier took the term "maggot of tarsal bones" to the extreme. He seemed to be attached to Li Cheng, no matter how Li Cheng moved or where he moved, he followed Li Cheng's footsteps closely.

In the past, Li Cheng encountered defensive players who were hard-hitting, and it was the first time he had encountered a player like Battier who stabbed people with a soft knife.

The Pacers' long-leaning forward duo had a dumb fire, and their offensive firepower was also affected.

And in such a situation, Li Cheng is not too anxious. He is the focus of the opponent in every game now, and he has accumulated some experience, and the best way to solve this situation in the face of this situation of not being able to find space to shoot is to use passes and assists to solve this situation.

In addition, Li Cheng's "game task" today is to complete 5 assists, and his technical statistics are only 2 assists so far. In this situation, he is also happy to assist his teammates. Why not crack Battier's pervasive defense while being able to count jù to complete the task?

"Li Cheng seems to be in some trouble, his movement is already very elegant, but even if he can receive the ball, it is very difficult to shoot."

"Battier's defensive ability is really strong, and under his defense, Li Cheng has difficulty even jumping, let alone shooting."

It is indeed difficult for Li Cheng to jump up and shoot, but this does not mean that he is completely blocked. After getting through the cover of his teammates, he was also able to help his teammates with the pass of guò, and he played very patiently.

Through guò's own runs, tear apart the opposing defenders, and then distribute the ball to the most suitable spot with good vision and awareness.

The Rockets have more chances because of Maddie's more singles, and they are no longer falling behind on the court. And the problem of the Pacers' lack of attack power originally caused by Li Cheng's dumb fire was also solved with the change of Li Cheng's thinking.

Both teams are prone to play more and more in the case of attack, and after playing high, the offensive firepower is more sufficient.

In a game like this, where both teams have very ferocious offensive firepower, the fans in the stands are addicted. Their cheers never stopped, especially the cheers of the Chinese fans, which have always been like a loudspeaker that turned the volume up to the maximum, outputting their cheers without interruption.

As the frequency of offensive and defensive transitions on the field accelerated, the fans in the stands even played "Mexican waves." ”

Under the frantic attack of the two teams, time flies. The managers of both teams did not call a timeout and the game went on very smoothly.

When the third quarter came to the ninth minute, Li Cheng assisted Murphy to shoot a three-pointer. It was the former's sixth assist of the game and the latter's third three-pointer of the game.

Given that neither team called a timeout in the previous six minutes, the scorekeeper called a timeout after Murphy's goal. This suspension is the official suspension of the NBA, because the two captains do not pause, the NBA official cannot play commercials, so the main role of this suspension is for the NBA official to play commercials.

O'Brien wanted to take advantage of this pause to make substitutions, and after Li Cheng knew that he was going to be replaced, he hurriedly came to the coach's side. "Coach, now I have no problem with my fitness at all. Sean (Battier) is definitely not as good as me now, maybe he will be replaced, this is my chance to score, I haven't scored in a long time, I'm about to be suffocated. ”

Granger almost didn't spit out the drink in his mouth when he heard Li Cheng's words, "You think you are holding your pee!" It's still suffocating. ”

O'Brien laughed too, "You kid! He shook his head helplessly and continued: "Then you have to give me a good fight if you stay on the field, and I won't let you play if you don't have a few more points." ”

"Coach, I promise to shoot you a few holes in the Houstonian's ass."

"Haha! Go ahead! O'Brien patted Li Cheng on the back with a smile on his face.