Basketball Myth: Super Guard

By the end of the third quarter, the Sixers had a five-point lead.

This point difference is not big, and when entering the fourth quarter, Mozkov quickly got another foul. At this time, even if Yao Ming was not on the court, the 76ers' inside line was still in trouble.

After all, the 76ers were suppressed on the inside today and were troubled by fouls. Although the Rockets did not have Yao Ming and Scola at this time, Morris and Patterson were not bad.

For a while, the point difference between the two sides not only failed to widen, but narrowed a bit. Fortunately, Xiaoka still performed well. First, he hit the inside line to cause the opponent to foul and hit the free throw line.

After more than three minutes, the 76ers still maintained the lead, but the difference was only 2 points.

Coach Luke began to make substitutions. First, he replaced Butler. After more than a minute, he called a timeout and made another substitution: "Qin, Iguodala, Speights, the three of you. Nader, Butler, you guys stay on the court."

"Um?"

Everyone was stunned.

There has never been such an arrangement before. In the past, Qin Hao, Iguodala, Butler, and Leonard were all three of them on board, and the other one rested.

But now, Coach Luke sent the four of them together.

Big or four?

It doesn't seem very similar, because the four partners with Qin Hao and the others are not Nene or Mozkov, but Speights, who is 208 cm tall.

"Okay." Coach Luke didn't explain much, spread out the tactical board, while drawing tactics, while laying out: "Our inside line can't be reversed, so our focus is on the outside line. Qin, control the rhythm, we have to Speed ​​up and fight back more often.”

"As for rebounding, each of you has to fight for the rebound, and immediately push back after you get the rebound, understand?"

Several people looked at each other and nodded in unison: "Understood."

In fact, Butler, Xiaoka, Iguodala, and Speights don't understand very well. They can understand what Coach Luke means, but they are not familiar with this style of play.

It's not that the 76ers haven't played "big four". They played last season, but now this is obviously not the "big four" in the regular season.

Of course, Qin Hao really understood.

Isn't this similar to how the Warriors will play a few years later? Sharp counter-attacks, crazy three-pointers, and fast running can be said to be "three-point enhanced version of running and bombing".

Now that he has switched to the 76ers to play, Qin Hao doesn't think there is anything wrong with him. He, Iguodala, Butler, Xiaoka, and even Speights can shoot three-pointers. Aside from Bates, all four of them can handle the ball and attack with the ball, and are fully qualified to play in a small lineup.

Watching a few people walk onto the court, Coach Luke exhaled, still a little apprehensive.

Qin Hao, Iguodala, Butler, Xiaoka, this is the first time he has used this lineup. The reason why he has not tried it before is mainly because the players' positions overlap. He is also playing the No. 3 position. How should they play together?

This is so different.

As for not playing Nene or Mozkov, but Speights, one is because Nene committed 5 fouls and Mozkov committed 4 fouls, both of them were bad enough. The second is because once the height goes up, it means that the movement speed will slow down.

What Coach Luke wants is fast, fast break and fast defense. The faster the better, the height of the inside line is not so important.

"Hey, what's going on with the 76ers?"

"What's the situation? Qin, Iguodala, Leonard, Butler, plus Speights, there is only one insider, and the others are all outsiders. Are they big or four?"

"Fucks are a dozen and four small. Although Qin and Iguodala are both perimeter players, where are they small? Butler is 201cm tall, Leonard is 201cm, Qin and Iguodala are also 198cm. The inside players are shorter, but they are not too small.”

Seeing the lineup of the 76ers, the fans were a little confused. One inside line and four outside lines with a height of about two meters. What is the situation?

Not only the fans, but the Rockets are also a little confused.

A group of players frowned, looking at the 76ers lineup and scratching their heads. In this case, how to guard against it?

Coach McHale was also frowning, and it was natural to see from his eyes that the 76ers wanted to play fast, and if they didn’t have an advantage in the inside line, they would be at a disadvantage in positional warfare, so they planned to play fast to avoid falling into positional warfare. It's also a good idea.

It's just... Qin, Iguodala, Butler, Leonard, the four of them going together, it feels weird.

"Harden, pay attention to control the rhythm." Coach McHale hurriedly shouted at the players on the court: "Don't follow the opponent's rhythm, play according to ours, be slow and be patient."

"Yes."

"clear."

Several people responded.

The 76ers attacked. Qin Hao advanced with the ball. After reaching the frontcourt, he asked for a pick-and-roll, broke the ball, and passed it to Butler. Butler also broke the ball and passed it to Iguodala. Iguodala got the ball. After that, he made a shot fake to attract the defense, and then passed it to Xiaoka.

It was only at this time that people realized that almost all 5 players of the 76ers team stood outside the three-point line in this offense, as if they had given up the inside line.

However, the advantage of this is that after a few sudden points, the Rockets' personnel were all shrunk within the three-point line, and Xiaoka had a vacant opportunity.

Swish!

With a light sound, Xiaoka made a three-pointer.

The Rockets fought back. After Harden got to the frontcourt, he did a pick-and-roll with Yao Ming. After the breakthrough, he passed the ball back to Yao Ming. Yao Ming overdid it and gave it to Courtney. Courtney broke the ball...

Compared with the 76ers' quick and sudden points, the last three-point shot, the basketball does not stay in one person's hands for no more than three or three seconds, the Rockets' offense needs to be more patient.

In the end, the left side was emptied, and the ball was given to Yao Ming in the low post. It was Iguodala who was defending him. Yao Ming made a jumper without any extra effort.

This height difference is too much.

Swish!

The ball goes in.

However, the ball has just been scored here, and the bottom line has already sent the ball to Qin Hao. Qin Hao took the ball and launched a counterattack immediately, without waiting for Speights.

At the same time, Butler, Iguodala, and Xiaoka rushed to the front court first, and when Qin Hao passed the center line, all three of them had already settled on the outside of the three-point line.

Qin Hao passed the ball to Iguodala, Iguodala made a breakthrough when he got the ball, then divided the ball, passed it to Xiaoka, and Xiaoka passed it to Butler, while Qin Hao ran to Butler, the two of them. Moving across, Butler passed the ball to Qin Hao, and turned to cover for Qin Hao.

This series of passes and moves did not stop at all. The fans were dazzled, and the Rockets players were also a little dizzy.

When he saw Qin Hao holding the ball and there was no one in front of him, he suddenly reacted.

But it was too late.