Chapter 163 Rocket Changes
After Yang Mo ridiculed Battier and Artest, he did not forget to shout to the Rockets bench: "Coach Adelman, your double-team tactics failed, try a new tactic!"
Adelman just smiled when he heard this. He was quite graceful. Having been in the league for most of his life, what kind of players had he not seen? He actually liked the arrogant players like Yang Mo. At least he did not actively create conflicts within the team, let alone go to bars and nightclubs to cause trouble. The latter were the real troublemakers.
After reminding Adelman, Yang Mo ran to the backcourt and did not continue to provoke his opponent. He had achieved his goal.
When passing by Girls' Generation, Yang Mo stopped and made a gesture of giving to Girls' Generation's leader, Kim Taeyeon: "Taeyeon, this dunk is for you!"
Kim Taeyeon was so excited when she received the gift that she screamed. Then... she blew a kiss to Yang Mo: "OPPA, Salahey! Salaheyyo!"
In her excitement, Kim Tae-hee actually said "I love you" twice, summoning out the voice in her heart.
Yang Mo was not bothered by her public display of love. In fact, he didn't really understand what she said. He just smiled and continued walking forward.
The other girls in Girls' Generation looked at each other with some dismay. Jessica, Yang Mo's real girlfriend, looked at Kim Taeyeon in confusion and asked, "Ouni, what's wrong with you?"
When asked by Jessica, Kim Taeyeon was a little embarrassed. After all, Jessica and Oppa were a couple established by the company. Would her display of love like this damage the company's marketing image? So, she answered quietly , "Sorry, I just lost control of my emotions."
After getting Kim Taeyeon's explanation, Jessica smiled and said nothing more. But she was thinking: Could it be that Ouni also likes Oppa?
Girls are not like boys. Even the best of sisters will have a grudge if a man is involved. Boys are different. In most cases, even if their girlfriend is taken away by their best friend, they will still do the same thing after being sad for a while. When it comes to relationships, women are much more stingy than men.
Jessica was muttering in her heart. The Korean audience watching the game also saw this scene. Most of the audience didn't notice anything. They all thought that Kim Taeyeon was just emotional. After all, everyone knew that the national son-in-law was with Jessica. But there were still some people who noticed this detail. They thought this might become an internal conflict of Girls' Generation.
Korean fans care about Girls' Generation, while Chinese fans care about that domineering dunk.
"Yang Mo broke through the blockade of Battier and Artest and rushed into the penalty area to dunk. You can't say that this ball has no technical content, but... from an intuitive point of view, it really has no technical content." The host Yang Jian commented.
"This is a victory of strength. Yang Mo's physical fitness is very good. His strength and speed are the strongest among all Chinese players I have ever seen. In fact, this can also be considered a man-ball match, but it was not based on technical skills, but on relying on abnormal strength to crush the opponent." said commentator coach Zhang.
"I don't think this is a slam dunk without technical content." Su Qun gave the opposite opinion: "I think this is a very innovative goal. Yang Mo's grasp of timing is extremely accurate. He knows when to start and how to throw the basketball so that it will bounce back accurately. From the beginning, he calculated all the routes, starting with receiving the ball, then letting his teammates pull away from the opponent, and then deliberately waiting for the opponent to double-team him, and finally sprinting to pass the ball and dunk, one after another, with incomparable accuracy."
"But all he did was to hide his weakness in dribbling skills. Of course, he is already good enough," Yang Jian kindly reminded.
"No way, this can't be mastered in a day or two." Su Qun shook his head helplessly. Ball handling is indeed a big problem for Yang Mo. In fact, it is a big problem for all Chinese players. Some point guards of the Chinese national team can't even successfully carry the ball across half court under the opponent's tight pressure. This is related to the selection mechanism of Chinese basketball. Most players are trained as centers and power forwards since childhood. It is too late to transform when they are about to play in the professional league.
During the discussion on TV, Scola's inside attack was disturbed by Yang Mo who came to defend, and his shot missed. Joel Anthony grabbed the rebound, passed it to Chalmers, and quickly initiated a fast break, and finally Beasley made a mid-range shot.
In the next three minutes, the Heat took full control of the game tempo. The fast running made the Rockets' center exhausted. He ran back and forth, which consumed a lot of physical energy and affected his efficiency on the offensive end.
During these three minutes, Yang Mo did not score a single point, but the team quickly expanded its lead to double digits.
Although Yang Mo did not score, he became the focus of the Rockets' defense. Most of the defensive experience was put on him, so the other players naturally felt relaxed, and scoring goals became a matter of course.
As the Heat scored from all angles and gained momentum, Adelman's own players were becoming increasingly listless. Yao Ming was even more out of breath during the quick back-and-forth runs, and his physical strength was rapidly declining. Adelman had to request a timeout.
Now is the time to make a change.
The reason why the Rockets' rhythm is so messed up is because Alston burned his CPU again. Although he is already a 32-year-old player, as long as the opponent's rhythm is fast, he will subconsciously speed up, and then it will be hard for a big center like Yao Ming.
This kind of player is a typical lack of basketball IQ. However, the Rockets' point guard bench is only left with the old and decadent Francis and the speed-up Brooks. The staffing is stretched to the limit. Adelman originally planned to let McGrady do the work of organizing forward, but when McGrady was reimbursed for the season, all the plans were ruined.
Adelman thought about it and finally decided to replace Brooks with a fast break, and also use Weaver, Hayes, and Joey Dorsey to cooperate. In other words, it was a major personnel purge, directly replacing four people and leaving only Battier.
