NBA basketball rhythm monster

The game time has come to the third quarter, and when the Rockets restored their team's original style of play, they finally showed their due strength.

In fact, the original financial strength of the Rockets was no worse than that of the Celtics. What's more, Dayao's condition today is really too good. He has scored 26 points on 10 of 14 shots, and one free throw.

None failed, all hit.

And his helpers, Francis and Mobley of the Rockets, also performed stably. The two scored 20 points and 16 points respectively. This allowed the Rockets to lead 87:81 at the end of the third quarter, a six-point lead.

Bad enough to enter the fourth quarter.

Li Luo's statistics so far in this game are a bit weird.

Li Luo scored 14 points in the first half. But so far in the second half, Li Luo has only scored 18 points in total.

The reason is very simple. Dayao began to shift the focus of defense to himself. He knew that Kevin Cato would definitely not be able to guard against his little brother, and this was indeed the case. Whether he was pulling hard or trying to move laterally, Cato

He was always passed by Luo Li using various tricks, or he was swayed by one step, or he was tricked into jumping by Luo Li's fake shooting moves.

Li Luo destroyed Cato one goal after another in the first half.

But the situation was different in the second half. Coach Van Gundy began to tell Yao to defend Le Luo at all costs, even if Blount was missed. The Rockets could come back on the offensive end.

But according to Li Luo's approach in the first half, Cato under his command might not be able to bear it at first. This kind of torture is really torturous.

In order to maintain the players' confidence, coach Van Gundy made the above arrangements.

This time, Li Luo didn't dare to shoot easily. Li Luo's best part in one-on-one situations was to use fake movements to pass the opponent to create shooting space, or use his shoulders to shake, or his arms to make fake shooting movements.

It might even be an unintentional glance towards the basket.

These have become part of Li Luo's arsenal. When the opponent is fooled, Li Luo will use corresponding means to get rid of the ball.

This method works well against most players in the league.

But in this matchup with the Rockets, this trick didn't work.

It's not difficult to get past Cato, but Dayao is still behind him. Dayao doesn't even have to jump at all. He can just wait for Li Luo to use up his moves and stretch his arms to get to him.

In the first few rounds of the third quarter, Li Luo made one of three shots. The two missed shots were taken by Dayao, and once he forced a high arc shot under Dayao's interference. This kind of shot he was not used to.

The hit rate of this method is not guaranteed.

So after testing for a few rounds, Li Luo became honest. When facing Cato from a high position, he kept an eye on Dayao. Once he saw that he had the intention of assisting in defense, he deliberately broke through in Dayao's direction.

After Yao's action, he tried to find an angle to put the ball into the hands of Blount who was left open.

Therefore, when entering the fourth quarter, Li Luo's assist count reached 9. If you include the double-digit rebounds, a normal triple-double for his teammates in this game should be stable.

Although the Celtics were still lagging behind when entering the fourth quarter, Celtics center Blount was completely awesome in this game, scoring 22 points in three quarters! If you don’t watch the game, just look at the statistics.

The audience will definitely think that he is a great master who came out of nowhere.

But in fact, that kind of pick-up scoring method made the fans present have the words "I can do it even if I play" in their minds.

He and Li Luo cooperated with two sets of playing styles. If Li Luo wanted to post in the low post, he would have to pull Dayao out of the free throw line and let him play Cato alone.

If Yao doesn't come out and squats inside to flank Li Luo, he will be in a wide open position. As long as Li Luo distributes the ball, he will shoot.

The second type is more simple and crude, playing a pick-and-roll trick with Li Luo outside the three-point line. The bully is that Cato cannot guard Li Luo in sports battles, and once he starts running, Dayao cannot be the first.

Time to flank. So most of the time Dayao couldn't get out and could only block Li Luo's breakthrough route to prevent him from scoring.

Li Luo often takes advantage of this time to distribute the ball appropriately. This is also the reason why he has a good number of assists.

Even so, the key advantages that keep the Rockets ahead are:

Dayao!

Rockets fans at the scene even had the illusion that as long as Dayao received the ball in the paint, the offense would be basically stable.

Perhaps the current Li Luo can cause some trouble for Dayao. Thanks to Li Luo's talent in interior defense, he can occasionally compete with the top interior players in the league in a few rounds, but the time is stretched to

The entire game time of 48 minutes seemed a bit unrealistic.

The deformation of movements caused by the decline in physical strength means that this intensity of defense cannot be sustained for long.

In a word: Luo Li is still far from good.

As for Blount, who mainly defends Dayao?

Dayao said: You’re the only one called Blount?!

It's not like Li Luo hasn't tried other methods, such as bypassing, blocking and other methods, trying to help Blount build a good defense line.

But after all, the gap in hard power cannot be made up by hard work. As long as Francis successfully gets the ball to Dayao, Li Luo can still hit his head steadily no matter how hard he defends Dayao's jump shot. Dayao is just too tall.

, ordinary interference is almost non-existent for him. What's more, Dayao also has his famous stunt: a beautiful little hook.

Like Yao's goal at the beginning of the third quarter.

Dayao faced the center Blount who was defending him. He first blocked it with one shoulder, then turned around and lifted the ball away from the defender.

Note that Dayao's turn does not require a lot of space for defenders like Li Luo. Li Luo's turn usually matches the pace to create space. But Dayao does not need it. His shooting space is much easier to find than ordinary people.

, I saw him almost turning on the spot, facing the defender and then hooking the ball away.

The shot hit! Lee Luo and Blount had nothing to do about it. There was no way to block the shot from the front.

"Huhu..." At the end of the third quarter, both Li Luo and Dayao were out of breath. Today's duel between the two can be said to be a battle between you and Zhang Liang.

Over the wall ladder. You beat your Kevin Cato. I beat my Blount. Oh no, Blount is quite happy now. With more than 20 points, he created a new single-game scoring high this season. At least, he

It's not his turn to take the blame.

In a slow-paced game, the inside line has undoubtedly become a key factor in winning or losing the game.

So both of them fought every round with all their strength.

When the buzzer sounded at the end of the third quarter, the two people who were entangled and preparing to grab the board separated and looked at each other, then each smiled and returned to the bench to rest.

Although there is no malicious intention, both of them now know that this game will not end easily if they don't hit the opponent's inside pillar.