Basketball: Starting from the Rodman template

Chapter 176 The fatal problem of replicating "OK"
Both sides were in good condition. At the end of the first half, the score between the two sides had reached 57 to 54, with the Heat barely leading by 3 points.

伍迪拿到了13分，7投5中，罚球4投3中！
If we talk about shooting efficiency, Woody has similar performance in other games. Then he made 4 of 3 free throws. It can be seen that he really didn't exert much force, so his soft touch protects him well.

The most obvious thing about Woody this season is that his free throw shooting efficiency was very good in the first half, but his free throw shooting rate dropped by almost 10% in the second half. The reason mainly depends on the intensity of his confrontation in this game.

If the intensity is high, it may need to be reduced by about 15%. If the intensity is lower, allowing his soft touch to continue, then he can almost continue the feel of the first half.

In many games, Woody's free throw efficiency can remain above 78%, almost approaching 80%!

For a forward player, this data is actually very good. Take Woody's former teammate LeBron, his average free throw shooting rate this season is actually only 75%...

He only has such a free throw shooting rate for a point guard, but Woody's free throw shooting rate is really good.

沙克-奥尼尔上半场10投7中，罚球6罚3中，拿到了更高的17分。

When he met Yao Ming, he was really excited unconsciously. In this game, he took the initiative to attack more than usual.

Mainly, Woody also likes to watch, so many times when he and Yao Ming are in a 1v1 situation under the basket, he will take the initiative to give the ball to Shaquille O'Neal.

The two of them are points that the Rockets cannot handle.

The Rockets also have points that they cannot handle.

Tracy McGrady and Yao Ming, who have been the "scoring champions" in the past two seasons.

The former already scored the most 18 points in the first half.

姚明则是9投6中，罚球3罚3中，高效拿下了15分！
It was also because he scored goals against O'Neal many times in a row that he became the "Shark" who is so excited today.

Judging from the scene, the head coaches on both sides left the game to the players tonight. Van Gundy and Van Gundy stood on the sidelines and shouted less than 4 timeouts in total, which also included the official timeout time after they became spectators on the sidelines.

The main thing is that the offenses of both sides played very smoothly tonight, and there was nothing that needed major adjustments. Just shouting from the sidelines was enough.

NBA coaches are broadly divided into two categories:

One type is the "academic" coach.

Every attack is done according to his rhythm. If the effect he wants is not achieved, he will use timeouts to make adjustments. During the game, he will constantly call the players to his side to teach by words and deeds.

Van Gundy and Van Gundy studied under Pat Riley. In many cases, they were such head coaches.

There is also a type of head coach who mainly relies on "chicken soup". As for tactics, they only have one set of tactics, which is to give the ball to the strongest core in the team.

Skillful!

Pat Riley never ignores this "strongest killer move".

In fact, in the NBA, if a head coach does not know this "most powerful move", no matter how many honors he has, he is destined to be swallowed up by the trend of the times.

In the NBA, any tactic may be eliminated. Except for the tactic of giving the ball to the core of the team, there will never be any problems!

Pat Riley kept emphasizing the same thing to them back then:

On nights when the core of the team is feeling great, there's no better way to do it than to be a courtside spectator!
Tonight is what Pat Riley calls a night.

But what Van Gundy didn't expect was that this night, these people were in far better shape than they imagined.

As soon as the third quarter started, McGrady faced Wade and completed a three-pointer one step away from the three-point line, directly tying the score.

The moment the ball went in, the noise in the audience suddenly became quieter.

The Heat fans who originally wanted to declare their sovereignty first in the second half looked at this ball and were dumbfounded.

It's not that they have never seen such a fierce attack, it's just that they haven't seen it so fierce since the beginning.

no……

Every game should have foreplay, right?
Just come in so abruptly...

Wouldn't you feel great?

Ok……

Judging from this guy’s expression, he seems to be quite happy!

Wade raised his hands and looked back at the moment when the ball was scored. His face was full of helplessness. He had already been used as a "backdrop" in the first half. He originally wanted to prove his toughness in the second half, but now it was completely different. :
numb!

Tonight, he is destined to become the "backdrop".

However, the scene was not quiet for too long. It was the Heat's turn to attack, and Woody rushed in after taking the ball. Uncle Huo's professionalism made him instinctively hit the first blow, and then...

There's no after that.

Woody pushed him away.

The confrontation between the two people, when Woody is so fierce, is really not of the same magnitude.

Because Juwan Howard himself also follows a "smart way", he is still old now, his legs and feet are even worse, and the entire defense is very immobile.

When he was pushed away, Woody turned around and stood there waiting for Yao Ming.

Yao Ming originally didn't intend to go up, but after thinking about it he decided to go up. But as soon as he stepped forward, Woody immediately jumped up against him.

She had accumulated strength early, obviously waiting for him to come up.

Yao Ming, who had no time to take off, was successfully fouled.

The moment the referee's whistle blew, the whole audience burst into cheers. When the ball flew out of Woody's hand and hit the backboard, rebounded and fell into the basket, there was even more cheers from the crowd. Aerospace Arena.

"Woody!"

"Woody!"

"Woody!"

This goal gave the stunned Miami people another reason to shout.

Woody smiled and patted Yao Ming's butt, then walked to the free throw line with a relaxed expression and steadily hit the extra penalty.

The score difference is 3 points ahead again.

During the Rockets' offensive round, Yao Ming, who had been deceived by Woody earlier, turned around and deceived Shaquille O'Neal.

It's not a lie, it can be said that it was caused by force.

After shaking Shaq away for the first time, he did not turn around and fall back to shoot a short-range jumper. Instead, he chose to turn back and hook the ball from the other side of the basket.Shaquille O'Neal couldn't avoid it and hit him solidly.

It is really difficult to say that this hook shot is because Yao Ming is standing completely under the basket.

The ball was still spinning obviously and rapidly in the air. It bounced back and forth on the basket several times before falling steadily into the basket.

Shaq was convinced and once again delivered a "good shot"!
Since knowing that Yao Ming understands English, Shaq has obviously had more conversations with Yao Ming during this game.Of course, praise comes with praise, and trouble comes with trouble. Don't make fun of Shaq and me under the basket.

Looking back, Shaquille O'Neal hit Yao Ming under the basket, trying to regain the field.

In the first half, the confrontation between Yao Ming and Shaq under the basket was fierce. Although Shaq's scoring efficiency was very high, the confrontation was still very difficult.Yao Ming is one of the few No. [-] players in the league who can beat O'Neal for many rounds.

It's just that O'Neal's touch was really good tonight. He basically scored everything he should have scored, and also scored two things he shouldn't have.

In other words, the "big shark" with "full firepower" is so unsolvable.

This actually has little to do with whether Yao Ming can withstand his singles.

In this round, Yao Ming still showed his strong confrontation ability. Shaq fought several times and finally found a chance to take action. He turned around and hooked the ball. The ball bounced on the basket a total of 5 times before finally falling into the basket. basket.

The moment the ball went into the basket, Shaq himself smiled.

Tonight, God hopes the basket is as vast as the ocean in his eyes.

In this way, the core players on both sides continued to show off their skills, and sparks were still flying in the third quarter of the game.The score came to 84 to 82.The defensive intensity of this game was actually very high, but because of the core performance of both sides, the score increased very quickly.

But at this time, the expressions of the head coaches on both sides were slightly different:

Stan Van Gundy didn't look worried at all, and even seemed to think that the game was stable.

Jeff Van Gundy's face was a little more solemn.

Although they were only 2 points behind, when Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady came off the court, their breathless chests said it all:
They are tired!

This may be the biggest problem with the replica "OK" group, they don't have enough physical fitness.

Yao Ming's physical problems were exposed in his rookie season. In his first game with Shaquille O'Neal, he gave Shaq three consecutive big blocks at the beginning.Directly stunned by the peak shark hat.But he couldn't last long. He just finished the first quarter, and by the second quarter he was no match for Shaquille O'Neal in terms of confrontation.

This situation has become more obvious as Yao Ming successfully gained weight.

McGrady's physical fitness is much better than him, but he is also not at the top level.

Let's put it this way, when he only focuses on the offensive or defensive end, he often doesn't have physical problems.But once he exerts strength on the offensive and defensive ends at the same time, his performance will inevitably decline in the later stages of the game.

This game is like this. Although he took advantage of Wade and may be called the "fastest first step" by the media, Wade is really not a small fish and shrimp, and the entire impact is here.It took a lot of effort for him to defend, but he just didn't show it.

Coupled with his effort on the offensive end tonight, his physical exertion was far greater than usual.

Physical fitness is the guarantee of everything. When there is a problem with physical fitness, the player's performance will inevitably decline.

Take the China Men's Basketball Team as an example. Their ability in a single quarter is definitely world-class, but if it turns into four quarters, their performance will immediately be disastrous.

Both Van Gundy and Van Gundy discovered this problem at the same time, so they had different reactions.

Jeff Van Gundy's response strategy is to try to give the bench as much playing time as possible.

But Stan Van Gundy obviously knew what he was thinking, so when the fourth quarter ended at 2 minutes and 34 seconds, he couldn't wait to put all the starting players on the court.

At the same time, he also told Wade:
"Man, this game has been very good so far. You are the key to us winning the game. Keep up your impact and we will win this game."

"???"

Wade didn't understand, but he was shocked.

Was my performance really good in this game?

Where is the good?

He wanted to ask a question.

He just looked at his own data on the bench. As for that data, he himself didn't admit that it was a good data.

I don't see it!
I really didn't see it!
But Stan Van Gundy encouraged him to continue attacking. Obviously he wasn't praising him casually, but he really thought so.

If I had known that I would have read more books when I was in college, now when others praise me, I don’t even know why!

Soon Wade was once again sure that Stan Van Gundy had not deceived him, because not long after the game started, he only restrained him from the side for two rounds, and Stan Van Gundy immediately urged him to quickly attack with the ball.

At this time, he didn't think too much about why Stan Van Gundy thought his impressive statistics were a good performance.

With the ball in hand, it’s done!
Then he was surprised to find that McGrady, whose defense had made him feel suffocated in the previous three quarters, actually allowed him to complete a breakthrough in this round.

Don't you want to let me break through like in the first quarter, and then chase and press, causing me to make mistakes?

Wade turned his head and took a look to make sure that the opponent couldn't catch up, and then he raised his hand and dunked.

It was only this time of hesitation that allowed Yao Ming to successfully get in front of him and cover him up.

co-authored...

Waiting for me here?

Wade would rather believe that McGrady deliberately missed him in the paint and was blocked by Yao Ming, but he couldn't believe that he was the one who broke through McGrady.

One can imagine what McGrady restricted him into before.

Of course, as the game continued, Wade also discovered that it seemed that McGrady really couldn't restrain him.

Because in the next three or four breakthroughs with the ball, he was intercepted by McGrady only once, and he successfully broke through McGrady the other times.

"Tracy is out of strength!"

Now even the commentator in the commentary box saw McGrady's problem.

The Heat also completely gained momentum and suppressed the Rockets.

"There is indeed a reason why Tracy has never been able to lead the team to greater success!" Kenny Smith suddenly felt something when the Heat had a 9-point advantage with one minute left in the game: "Compared to the other super giants, Tracy lacks the toughness of top stars. I mean...when there are problems with his physical fitness and when he needs to show his willpower, he often cannot give us the answers we want. To see the performance, this is the biggest problem restricting him, compared to him..."

Kenny Smith looked at Yao Ming.

He felt that Yao Ming, who also had physical problems, had a significantly stronger sense of presence in the final moments of the game.

Anyway, the feeling is:
He also wants to win this game.

The final score was 109 to 100.

With both Tracy McGrady and Yao Ming having physical problems, the Rockets scored less than 20 points in the final quarter.

This shows how much this team relies on the "replica OK" combination.

But in this game, McGrady and Yao Ming also exposed their biggest problem:

physical fitness!

Any "historical super giant" in NBA history is first of all a "physical monster"!
this point is very important!
(End of this chapter)