Almighty legend life

Chapter 636
The teams that can occupy a place in the NBA actually have their outstanding features. Even the bottom-ranked teams in the league, their real combat power is actually capable of winning the World Series. When the comprehensive adjustment of combat power is displayed, the head coach needs to adjust the team.

Van Gundy came from a coaching family. Compared with his elder brother Stan Van Gundy's coaching career, Jeff's coaching career started smoothly. He took over the New York Knicks in 1996 and coached the Knicks for seven seasons. During the Knicks period, the most talked about is his protection of his own players and the "Black Eight Miracles", but as far as Jeff Van Gundy's tactical level is concerned, he is still far behind top coaches.

When he was in the Knicks, thanks to the Knicks having a group of very good players, and these players fit his style very well, the Knicks have achieved a lot of good results after Van Gundy coached.

But when he arrived at the Houston Rockets, he encountered a lot of trouble. He replaced Tomjanovich as the head coach of the Rockets. Tang Shuai had to retire due to a heart attack. Tang Shuai insisted on signing with the No. [-] pick. Yao Min's, but Yao Min is not Patrick Ewing, and Francis is not Alan Houston, so Van Gundy and the Rockets always have a feeling of incompatibility.

After the timeout ended, the plight of the Rockets did not change in the slightest. Yao Min's height gave him a natural advantage in positional battles, but when facing a team like the Mavericks that only pursued speed, Yao Min's height became his advantage Disadvantage, after all, his speed is impossible to catch up with the Mavericks players. He can only waste his energy in turning back and forth again and again, which will also cause a decline in offensive efficiency.

After Yao Min fell into a passive position, the Rockets' offense can only be carried by Francis and Mobley, who are two guns in the backcourt, but these two are really not the masters who concentrate on playing positional warfare. Mobley can play off the ball at least. , But Francis, you may be able to let him make a folding layup. As for controlling the rhythm, he never knows what the rhythm is.

So Yao Min was replaced in the 7th minute of the first quarter. He completely became the team's "drag" on the court. Call that "bald man".

Without their only advantage, and at the same time the rhythm was disrupted by the Mavericks, the Rockets fell into chaos.

However, in the chaotic battle, Jim Jackson suddenly emerged. He hit three-pointers from the outside again and again, helping the Rockets not to stretch too far.

Jim Jackson is also a sad guy. He and Jason Kidd have been wandering in various teams after the Suns fell out, but he still has abilities, especially three-pointers, and he can still maintain a certain shooting percentage in the open. of.

Liu Han came off the court with 3 minutes left in the first quarter, and the Rockets trailed the Mavericks by 13 points.

Liu Han played this game very easily. Van Gundy emphasized defense, but he really didn't have a particularly good outside defensive player in his hands, and even if he had, it would not be easy to defend Liu Han.

Faced with such an easy situation, Liu Han reduced some shots and increased passing and running without the ball.

By the end of the first quarter, the Rockets had trailed the Mavericks by 15 points.

In the second quarter, the Mavericks sent substitutes and rookies, and the Rockets also replaced Yao Min, which allowed the Rockets to catch up with some points difference at the beginning of the second quarter.

But after Liu Han appeared in the 3rd minute of the second quarter, the Rockets once again fell into a passive position.

Liu Han followed the "agreement" with Yao Min. He did not attack the Rockets inside too violently, but relied on shooting and low-post singles to score.

The Rockets have no particularly good perimeter defenders in the starting lineup, and even less in the bench lineup, so Liu Han can almost score whatever he wants.

On the other hand, Xue Yuyang is not afraid of tigers as a newborn calf, and he has fought hard with Yao Min in the paint several times, but it is a pity that he only added two blocks for Yao Min.

Liu Han didn't break through, but Josh Howard was very active in breaking into the inside to seek confrontation.

Yao Min got two consecutive fouls on Josh Howard and he had to go off again because he already had three personal fouls on him.

After Yao Min left the field, the Rockets became more passive, and the Mavericks continued to expand their lead.

At halftime, the Rockets trailed the Mavericks by 23 points.

In the third quarter, the Rockets changed to the starting lineup again, but at this time even Van Gundy knew that there was no hope for this game.

In the third quarter, the Rockets still didn't have a style of play that suited the team's lineup. Francis and Mobley took turns on the perimeter, and Yao Min was reduced to a blue-collar job. Yao Min grabbed a lot of offensive rebounds in a row, which prevented the Rockets from being further expanded by the Mavericks.

But by the end of the third quarter, the Rockets were still as many as 22 points behind the Mavericks.

In the fourth quarter, Nelson boldly sent substitute players. Only Dirk Nowitzki and Lamar Odom were on the field. The Rockets finally seemed to have a direction to catch up. The three-pointer also helped the Rockets catch up a few points.

However, the Mavericks also had surprise players. Jamison caused consecutive fouls by Yao Min on the inside. Yao Min had to rest again, and the Rockets lost their only advantage.

The next game was no surprise to everyone. The Mavericks took advantage of the Rockets' loopholes to score again and again, while the Rockets fought on their own in the offense.

With 4 minutes left in the fourth quarter, Van Gundy replaced the main players and the Rockets surrendered.

In the end, the game that attracted the attention of Eastern fans ended with a 26-point victory for the Mavericks. Liu Han scored a quasi-triple-double with 28 points, 8 rebounds and 15 assists. Yao Min also scored a double-double. However, his scoring was a little less, only 15 points, because his playing time was too short, only less than 10 minutes of playing time.

After the game, Liu Han didn't leave immediately. He followed Liu Han and Xue Yuyang to the best restaurant in Dallas for dinner. Of course, Anna was also there. She was very popular with Liu Han and his teammates from the national team. There were several national team members. The young man hoped that Anna could introduce them to beautiful women in Eastern Europe.

"Brother Liu, I lost so badly today, I'm really depressed."

"Dayao, don't worry, sometimes failure is also a kind of growth, but you have to have a spectrum in your heart, don't be fooled by the Rockets' management, if you really don't see hope and leave, the Rockets just selected you, You don't have to stay there."

Liu Han had to remind Yao Min, because he felt that there was really no hope for the Rockets now.

(End of this chapter)