Chapter 159: The Combination of Geniuses
"Yang, you will be the shooting guard later. Michael, you will still be the small forward. Haslem, you will be the power forward. Chris, you will be the point guard." Spoelstra suddenly changed the lineup off the court.
Yang Mo was stunned after hearing this. The other players were also confused, not knowing what Spoelstra was up to.
"Coach, this lineup...are you sure there's no problem?" Yang Mo asked with a frown.
"Do you think there is any problem?" Spoelstra asked back, looking up.
"I feel like our positions are a little mixed up. I'm worried that we may not be able to adapt to each other's new roles." Yang Mo said puzzled.
Spoelstra smiled and said, "Yang, I believe you can do a good job as a shooting guard. Now your scoring has become our most stable point, so I will put you in the shooting guard position and let you use your scoring talent more freely. Of course, you can still break into the penalty area to fight for rebounds on the defensive end. You see, our lineup has height, thickness, rebounds, and three-pointers. It is a perfect configuration and will definitely produce a wonderful chemical reaction."
What Spoelstra said does make some sense, but the problem is that chemical reaction is not something you can just put a plate of good ingredients and cook a good dish. Even if it is beef fried with bird's nest, isn't it still a pot of pig food?
However, since Spoelstra is willing to try, there is no reason for Yang Mo as a player not to cooperate. After all, if he can play well, it will be good for him. After all, if a player can play from the second position to the fifth position, he will have many more options.
Soon, the whistle sounded and the game resumed.
The Rockets made a personnel adjustment by replacing Weaver with Sean Battier, who was of course used to help defend Yang Mo. But...the current situation is that Battier does not need to help defend, because Yang Mo has become his direct opponent, and he has to defend first.
When Yang Mo walked towards Battier, Adelman was stunned, Yao Ming was stunned, the Rockets were stunned, the fans in the stadium were stunned, and all the viewers in front of the TV were stunned. Although Yang Mo's height can only play as a guard, but he suddenly appeared in the guard position now, everyone still felt abrupt, because Yang Mo's previous strong performance has proved that he is an inside player.
Now, after everyone finally accepted that he was an inside player, he actually switched back to being a guard, and a shooting guard at that. My God, is he confident in his ball handling skills?
Everyone was questioning Yang Mo, and in fact Yang Mo herself was also doubting herself.
However, despite his doubts, he still had to do his job. He always followed Battier's footsteps. After all, in addition to being an excellent defender, he was also an accurate three-point shooter. If you didn't defend him, he could catch the ball and shoot through your net from any angle outside the three-point line in two or three seconds.
Once Yang Mo was pulled out, wouldn't the Heat's inside line be abused by the fierce Rockets' inside line? Scola quickly shook off Haslem's defense, then passed the ball to Yao Ming, who jumped up and dunked.
The Rockets scored goals too easily, and the Heat's inside players didn't create any difficulties for them.
The effectiveness of a player is measured by the difference between when he is on the court and when he is not. When Yang Mo was in the interior, the Rockets couldn't dunk so easily, but now they can play almost any way they want.
Seeing this scene, CCTV commentator Zhang couldn't help but complain: "What is Coach Spo doing? Leaving his top horses on the perimeter and using his lower-level horses to compete with the Rockets' special horses? What is he doing? It's purely using his own weaknesses to attack the other team's strengths."
Yang Mo also had this feeling in his heart, but he still chose to execute the order.
After Yao Ming's dunk, Yang Mo desperately ran to the front court, but Chris Quinn did not form a tacit understanding with Yang Mo. He watched Yang Mo running and was indifferent. Instead, he dribbled the ball across half court slowly like an old man carrying a bird cage. Then, under Alston's pressure, he passed the ball to Yang Mo.
Yang Mo received the ball and faced the 6-foot-7 Sean Battier, and he was immediately under great pressure. Countless horses were running through his mind. At this moment, he really wanted to call Spoelstra to his side and question him loudly: This is not an inside player, he is a defensive stalwart, and he is very flexible. I have never faced a frontal breakthrough in actual combat!
Yang Mo had many complaints in his heart, but at this moment he could only bite the bullet and go ahead. Since he was now in the shooting guard position, he had to do the work of a shooting guard . Yang Mo slowly turned his back and played a post-up singles against Battier, even though Battier was still one step outside the three-point line.
Battier didn't expect Yang Mo to use this trick. He thought to himself: Does this guy want to push me all the way from the three-point line to the restricted area?
Battier's thoughts were the same as those of most of the audience. Almost everyone thought that Yang Mo might use a bulldozer-like inside play to resolve the battle. However, Yang Mo himself did not think so.
Yang Mo lowered his center of gravity, and after making sure he was sticking to Battier's body, he immediately pushed back heavily, and Battier almost flew up like a wild boar pushing a cabbage. After this disaster, he finally figured out the characteristics of Yang Mo's strength, and quickly stepped back and stopped defending him tightly. It makes sense. The inside players didn't dare to go head-to-head with Yang Mo, so even if he, an outside player, had the courage to do so, he wouldn't dare to put his life to the test.
Battier took a step back. He immediately fell into Yang Mo's trap. As soon as he stepped back, Yang Mo immediately turned around, took advantage of Battier's unpreparedness, and quickly shot upwards. Battier, as an excellent defensive player, immediately flew over subconsciously. And at the moment when he flew over, Yang Mo, whose toes were almost off the ground, suddenly sank his center of gravity, brushed Battier's running body, and suddenly rotated around the left center foot, using the force to throw Battier to the side, and then quickly jumped up and shot... swish!
The basketball went into the net!
Battier was confused, Adelman was confused, and all the fans in the stadium were confused.
They never dreamed that Yang Mo would use this trick. Isn't he only good at mid-range post-ups? Isn't he only good at three-point jump shots without anyone guarding him?
Why? He combined this today?
Rockets fans were shocked, but Miami fans, Chinese fans, Korean fans, etc. who were watching the game on TV were ecstatic. Yang Mo was so impressive, just like the advertising slogan of Heilan Home, she could bring them new surprises every time.
"A genius, an absolute genius. The perfect combination of Michael Jordan's post-up play and Reggie Miller's accurate three-pointer, Yang Mo can be said to have pioneered a new way of scoring. At least this is the first time I've seen someone do a post-up play outside the three-point line, and succeed! Oh my God!" CCTV commentator Coach Zhang held his head and screamed. This was such a surprise for him.
Yang Mo himself was very calm. He tilted his head and smiled at the slightly embarrassed Battier, and said with a smile: "Do you think it was my post-up play that made you more desperate, or Kobe Bryant's?"
Battier didn't answer, but gestured to Adelman, meaning that he needed help defense.
Battier rarely called for help defense, and when he did, it was because he treated Yang Mo as a superstar. This shows how much pressure Yang Mo's post-up three-pointer just now put on him.
