The Fifth Point Guard

Yao Ming's progress is visible to the naked eye.

After reappearing in the middle of the second quarter, the stadium has become his stage.

First, he sent a dreamy step at the basket, turned back and forth, and used a feint to point up Big Z and Boozer at the same time, and then easily changed hands to score.

Then came two consecutive mid-range jumpers.

On the defensive end, Ilgauskas was given a big head-on cap, and almost turned the big Z cap over.

Then he grabbed a valuable offensive rebound on the offensive end, made a hard move under the basket, and sent the ball into the basket with one hand while Boozer was hanging on his body, scoring 2+1.

Additional penalty hit.

In almost 5 minutes, Yao Ming almost played a dominant performance, scoring 9 points, 4 rebounds and 1 block.

Sun Zhengping said: "We know that Dayao has a nickname called 'little giant', but facing the old giant who has played in the league for more than 6 years, Yao Ming played very excitedly, with a dominant level on both offense and defense. Performance. In comparison, Ilgauskas's performance is far worse than the previous three games."

Zhang Weiping interjected: "That's right. When Yao Ming met Sean Bradley for the first time not long after the start of last season, he also scored 30 points. Most of the time, Yao Ming faced opponents who were shorter than himself. Yao Ming is more than ten centimeters taller, but when he meets a player who is about the same height as him, Yao Ming's fighting spirit is extremely high every time, and he can perform very well."

Sun Zhengping said: "Actually, Yao Ming's agility advantage is not outstanding enough when facing up against ordinary players, but compared with players with the same height of 2.20 meters, Yao Ming is faster than other players in terms of footwork and movement. few."

After the first half, the away Rockets extended their lead to 8 points, with a score of 42-50.

Those who get the inside win the world, this sentence is true.

Yao Ming's strong performance led to a group of outside shooters.

Mobley, Jackson, Piakowski and other players all scored three-pointers in the first half.

At halftime, Silas stood in the middle of the locker room.

"Boys, we actually did a good offense in the first half, but the defense was really bad. If we continue to play like this, they will definitely score 100 points in the Gund Arena!"

Silas didn't get angry and arrogant, his eyes scanned the locker room.

"Shin, what do you think?"

The players immediately looked at Shentong.

Instead of arranging tactical changes by himself, the head coach took the initiative to ask the players for their opinions?

However, many players quickly reacted.

Yao Ming is a Chinese player, from the same country as Shentong, and Shentong should know him better than anyone else, so Silas asked Shentong, in fact, to get some good ways to deal with Yao Ming from Shentong.

After all, in the first half, Yao Ming got whatever he wanted inside the Cavaliers. Neither Big Z nor Boozer could limit his offense.

Shen Tong lowered his head and thought for a moment, then stood up.

"Yao's attack seems to be difficult to stop at present."

"what--"

There was booing in the locker room.

"but!"

Suddenly quiet.

"There are other ways to affect his offensive efficiency, that is physical strength, which consumes his physical strength by speeding up the offensive rhythm. A big center like Yao can't run back and forth on the court a few times. When his physical strength is exhausted , The state and feel of the offensive end will inevitably be affected."

James, who was sitting next to him, nodded thoughtfully when he heard this.

"In addition, Yao's defense is basically at the basket. His height is indeed an advantage, but being too tall is also a disadvantage. Big Z, Carlos"

When Ilgauskas and Boozer heard Shentong calling their names, they quickly focused and listened to Shentong's guidance.

"When you are attacking, you should use more shots from outside to score and reduce fighting inside. To be honest, even Shaquille and Yao one-on-one inside will not take much advantage."

Shentong's tactics are not analyzed by his own brain.

From 2019 to the present, Shentong has more "factual" experiences in its mind.

Think of teams like the Phoenix Suns and Satramento Kings back then, but the Rockets suffered.

The Rockets with Yao Ming as the core have a slow pace. Facing such a team with a very fast offense, it is often easy to lose sight of the other in the transition between offense and defense.

In addition, Okur and Boozer of the Utah Jazz are also Yao Ming's sufferers.

These two people have been shooting from the outside all the year round, but they don't confront Yao Ming head-on.

I would rather play O'Neal than Okur and Boozer.

With these experiences, Shentong's proposal is very targeted.

After listening to Shen Tong's suggestion, Silas couldn't help nodding.

"Great advice from Shin, lads, that's what we should do in the second half."

Only a few rounds were played in the second half, and the commentary of the double-level combination was a bit confused.

Sun Zhengping: "This."

Zhang Weiping: "Yes"

Shen Tong broke through and succeeded in a layup, and quickly returned to defense after high-fiving James.

Yao Ming had just run halftime.

Yao Ming was ready to attack inside, but was immediately flanked. James attacked from behind and snatched the ball with both hands.

This time the Rockets returned to defense very quickly.

The Cavaliers failed to get a fast break opportunity and fell into a positional attack.

Yao Ming just ran back to the inside, but found that the surrounding area was very empty.

Big Z stood at the top of the free throw line and shot from a high position, hitting a mid-range shot.

Sun Zhengping: "The Cavaliers obviously accelerated their tempo on the court in the second half."

Zhang Weiping: "Immediately after defending, I switched from defending to attacking to play a fast break. After falling into the position, I used the weakness that Yao Ming couldn't defend, and scored with mid-range shots."

Francis' breakthrough goal was broken by Shen Tong.

James has already started at full speed.

Shen Tong flicked the ball forward, and James broke through the fast break after receiving the ball, facing Mobley and Jackson who returned to the defense, he took a direct step and walked in the air.

Flying over the Rockets' double interception, James dunks the ball into the basket with one hand!

Only 3 minutes into the third quarter, the Cavaliers have already tied the score.

The Rockets called a timeout.

Cavaliers bench.

"This tactic is very effective, let's keep it going."

"Yao can't defend, if Cato goes to defend the big Z, Carlos, you have to shoot decisively."

"Pay attention to protecting the backboard, this is the most important thing!"

Shen Tong felt that the game was stable.

With 30 seconds left before the game, the Cavaliers have the ball.

Shentong never expected that the Rockets would be able to fight with him until the last moment.

Although the Cavaliers accelerated their tempo and took advantage of Yao Ming's weakness in movement, they still couldn't completely restrain their opponents.

At this moment, Shentong has the ball.

He looked up at the time, and there were 7 seconds left in the attack time limit.