April 26.
The fourth game between the Trail Blazers and the Rockets is coming soon.
Compared with the last game, facing the shouts and insults of Houston fans, all the Trail Blazers players have already been completely used to it and ignored it.
They have the determination to beat the Rockets in tonight's game.
Rockets bench, Rick Adelman is still in the mood to accept live interviews.
"We have never been afraid of the Trail Blazers. Of course they are a very strong team, and the players in the team are very young. They will definitely have a good record in the West in the future."
"But we're really not scared of this young Blazers team right now."
"Yao and McGrady are very strong players. Their performance in the last game is their normal performance, and they will continue to fight with this performance."
"So, 1:2 really means nothing to the Rockets. We will get close to the next round with a big score of 4:2, absolutely."
All! All!
The halftime whistle blows and the game begins.
"Attack! Attack!"
Zhang Jun yelled on the court, signaling his teammates to speed up the offensive rhythm.
Yao Ming's deterrence on the court is too great, which is why the Trail Blazers suppressed him throughout the series. Otherwise, Yao Ming would really let go of the game. Zhang Jun even had a hunch that Yao Ming could score 40+ games every game. score data.
So tonight's game started from the jump ball. Zhang Jun reminded his teammates to pay attention to the consumption of Yao Ming's physical strength and prevent him from catching the ball.
"Nice job, Brandon!"
"You go to complete the offense, and I have me on the defensive end!"
Brandon Royon completed the offense on the court with Aldridge's pick-and-roll.
Zhang Jun's yell was echoed by Luo Yin, who nodded solemnly to express that he would go all out.
In the next round, Luo Yin broke through and singled Battier.
Change direction in front of the body, accelerate, fight, turn around and go to the basket.
The double team is coming!
call!
Luo Yin flew directly out of the court, but the moment he landed, he passed the ball to Jarrett Jack in the bottom corner.
Swish!
The latter made a steady three-pointer.
Luo Yin's body slid on the floor for a few meters. When he reached the shooting area, he didn't choose to stop and take a break. Instead, he quickly got up and ran towards the backcourt.
The Rockets did not intend to stop at all. Seeing Luo Yin fell to the ground, McGrady quickly served the ball to signal his teammates to drop.
"The Trail Blazers team played very hard tonight!"
Kenny Smith said with some admiration.
Barkley shook his head apprehensively and said, "The Trail Blazers will never be able to defeat the Rockets without breaking the restrictions imposed on them after the Rockets change. This is absolute."
"So no matter how hard the Trail Blazers players work, if they can't beat it, they can't beat it."
Switch offense.
Yao Ming got the ball inside and was double-teamed by Zhang Jun's help defense.
Slap!
The ball was blocked by him, and Yao Ming fell to his knees on the ground during the fight.
Blazers fast attack!
Zhang Jun sent the basketball to the sky, and Luo Yin took off from the free throw line and glided in the air to score a dunk.
Interpretation desk.
Su Qun couldn't help reminding everyone: "Recently, the word Zhang Luolian has appeared frequently on the Internet, and many fans are talking about it, but I still want to remind everyone."
"It's not that simple to catch dunks alley."
"This action requires a very good understanding between the passer and the dunker. They must be familiar with each other, know each other's speed, jump height, and take-off details, so both of them must be very familiar with the passing timing and take-off timing. Even to the point where two people are one person.”
"And Zhang Jun's and Luo Yin's consecutive dunks were fast-break alley-catch dunks, which is another dimension more difficult than the alley-catch dunks just now."
"The alley-oop dunk in the fast break is the most difficult. Don't look at how easy it is for players to dunk on the field. Why don't other teams and other combinations in the league often play like this? Only Zhang Jun and Luo Yin of the Trail Blazers beat."
"It's not that those players don't have such abilities, but it's really a test of tacit cooperation."
"The two twin stars of the Trail Blazers are quite suitable."
The game continues.
The Rockets quickly called a timeout.
They found that the Blazers' offensive firepower in the first quarter tonight was a bit too fierce, and Luo Yin's outstanding performance was a bit surprising.
In the eyes of most people, although the core of a declared team of the Trail Blazers is three young players Aldridge, Luo Yin and Zhang Jun, everyone knows that Zhang Jun is the most threatening of the three. players, so that they all ignored the excellence of Luo Yin.
In fact, Luo Yin has already grown into a very good shooting guard, and has even entered the top five in the West. It's just because Zhang Jun in the team is too bright, so people ignore that the Trail Blazers already have Two All-Star players.
"Two-team Luo Yin! His touch tonight is so good!"
"We can't let the Trail Blazers play like this. Now they are leading the score. If we enter the second quarter in this state, it will be very bad for us."
Rick Adelman said with sharp eyes.
next round.
As long as Luo Yin breaks into the vicinity of the free throw line, he will inevitably encounter the Rockets Luis Scola's double-team defense.
Luo Yin split the ball to Aldridge, who made a solid mid-range jumper after receiving the ball.
"After the playoffs, Aldridge's mid-range shooting has become more and more stable. He has become the best scorer of the Trail Blazers except for Zhang Jun and Luo Yin."
Then McGrady and Yao Ming played a high-position pick-and-roll cooperation. McGrady broke into the basket and hit the ground and then passed to Yao Ming for a dunk.
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From the beginning of the Magic in the 0102 season, McGrady began to actively develop his passing ability, which is learning from the former Jordan.
McGrady, whose offensive ability has been developed to the extreme, began to think that he not only needs to become better himself, but also to make his teammates better. The most important thing is that a certain passing ability can help him complete the offense better. .
Therefore, it is not easy for McGrady to improve his passing ability on the court. In most seasons, he averaged only 5 assists per game. Until last season, he raised his average assists per game to 6 times. a little.
Don't underestimate the simple 5 to 6 improvement. It often takes the ball holder to make several passes to convert it. Most of the time, the pass can only become an indirect assist, which is not reflected in the data. Even if it is passed Now, whether teammates can hit the basket is also a big question.
If you compare 6 assists per game to 7 assists per game, you can get a good feel for this. You will think that the player who averages 7 assists per game is very strong, and the player who averages 8 assists per game will pass the ball better. powerful.
But in fact, the difference between 7 assists and 8 assists per game is only 1, but this requires a lot of ball conversion.
In the middle of the first quarter, the outstanding performance of the Trail Blazers helped them draw a 15:15 tie with the Rockets.
Rick Adelman knew that Zhang Jun would be off the court in two minutes, and by that time it would be Yao Ming's time to attack the frame hard inside.
In the first three games, Rick Adelman also arranged in this way, and most of Yao Ming's points also came from the time period when Zhang Jun rested.
"Hey, Brandon!"
Zhang Jun suddenly shouted on the court.
Luo Yin nodded and passed the ball immediately.
All the Trail Blazers players on the field understood that Nate McMillan also looked forward to looking at Zhang Jun. He replaced Joel Puerzbilla ahead of schedule and took Channing Fry.
Barkley looked at the Blazers' sudden substitution change, which was a little inexplicable.
"What's going on? The Trail Blazers pushed Aldridge to the center position? Channing Fleur came up early to play power forward?"
"That is to say, Zhang Jun will enter the personal offensive mode in advance?"
As soon as Barkley finished speaking, Zhang Jun held the ball and called pick-and-rolls on the outside for singles.
Trail Blazers coaching bench.
Monty Williams looked at the substitutions and tactics proposed by Zhang Jun with some doubts and said, "Coach, can it work?"
"It's a no-center lineup."
Nate McMillan was also a little skeptical, but he remembered what Zhang Jun said to him yesterday, and he chose to believe the other party.
"Zhang Jun is right. The current strong teams in the league are pushing forward and trying to push power forward players to the center position, so as to improve the team's offensive flexibility."
"The previous era of hand-to-hand combat and internal meat grinding has long passed, and the whistleblowing of the league is also tilted in the direction of offense, so the main offense will receive more care from referees than the main defense."
"And the basic abilities of today's basketball players have been greatly improved compared to the past. How many inside players have you seen before with a terrifying mid-range or two-pointer?"
"But now, especially the younger players, their individual skills are getting better."
Monty Williams is well aware of this.
Those famous players who have retired are always bragging about how they were in that era, but everyone knows that 90% of the players who can become superstars in that era rely on physical talent, as long as they have a body, they can play in the NBA.
This is the commonality of everyone in that era, so it is easier for big players to shine.
But in fact, people only superficially recognize them out of respect for legendary stars. This is also their last dignity and the treatment they should have to promote the development of basketball.
But the improvement of basketball is beyond doubt, and the improvement of tactics and individual players' abilities is also beyond doubt.
If today's basketball and players are not as good as they were then, the sport can basically be considered stagnant or regressing.
But that's not the case.
Nate McMillan took a deep breath and said: "It is difficult for the older generation of coaches to change this concept. They all think that defense comes first, and the center wins everything. It doesn't matter if there is less offensive space."
"Actually, I am the same. I also think the same way. It's just that the player configuration in the Trail Blazers does not allow me to play like this. That's why I play offensively."
"Monty, you are different, you are still very young, you accept new ideas faster than me, I believe you will become one of the most outstanding figures in the coaching position in the future."
Monty Williams was at a loss for words for a moment, and he could see that the ideas and theories proposed by Zhang Jun did have some impact on Nate McMillan.
But at the moment, everyone is on the same page.
"Win this game tonight!"
Aldridge, who was nimble in his feet, went up directly, and Yao Ming had to follow up to defend, because Aldridge had a mid-range and was extremely accurate.
Aldridge went straight down after the pick-and-roll, and the Rockets switched defenses.
Zhang Jun was so strong that Yao Ming had no time to switch defenses.
Breaking through the middle distance of the emergency stop in one step, Yao Ming froze and stayed in place.
Swish!
Hit!
"Zhang Jun's use of mid-range is becoming more and more handy, and his combination of sudden shots has become a killer on the court."
"However, Zhang Jun played so early and took the initiative to single Yao Ming, which is not good news for the Rockets."
"Because this period of time should have been the moment when Yao named the team to score, so McGrady had the energy to lead the team to the game in the second quarter."
"However, Yao Ming was beaten by Zhang Jun in advance, and he had to leave the field early due to his severe physical exertion. Then McGrady had to bear the heavy responsibility of the team during this period of time."
"But in this way, who will lead the Rockets in the second quarter, or Yao Ming?"
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Kenny Smith said worriedly: "The next step is to see how the Rockets deal with it."
The first quarter is over.
The Trail Blazers took the lead in the first quarter for the first time since the series, 32:28.
Yao Ming left the court early to rest, and McGrady had to play the second quarter after finishing the first quarter.
It can be seen that Rockets coach Rick Adelman would rather consume too much McGrady's physical strength, but also let him maintain the advantages achieved in the previous game.
Zhang Jun has the same name as Yao, but he reappeared after a 2-minute break.
Chuck Hayes' defense against Zhang Jun still consumes a lot of energy, but Zhang Jun played smarter than the previous game.
He asked for a lot of ball-holding pick-and-rolls on the outside, trying to get rid of Chuck Hayes' defense. Of course, the latter was unwilling. He would rather pay for a foul than easily let Zhang Jun play a misplaced single.
"In the entire second quarter, Zhang Jun made 7 of 10 free throws. The free throws alone are not bad, but Chuck Hayes has already paid 4 fouls in a single quarter. This is definitely not good news."
"Rick Adelman also replaced Chuck Hayes early."
McGrady led the team efficiently in the second quarter, and then Yao Ming came on the stage and Zhang Jun had to go down to rest.
The Rockets played the same efficient offense as in the previous game. Yao Ming continued to bombard the Trail Blazers indiscriminately during this time period.
Halftime is over.
The Trail Blazers and Rockets tied 62:62.
"Hey, a tie at halftime, this is a result that the Trail Blazers are very happy to accept."