The Godfather of Basketball

The on-site photographer shot Tang Tian.

After Tang Tian noticed it, he beckoned to the audience in a slightly mischievous manner.

There was booing.

He smiled and didn't care, and continued to focus on the field.

His move is the tactic of the "Big Three" period of the Heat in the previous life, speed up, counterattack, and speed up again.

The basis of this tactic is that the opponent cannot score, or obtain the ball by stealing and pushing counterattacks in direct defense. It is very effective against teams like the Spurs and Celtics who like to play positional warfare.

And what is stronger than the original Heat is that the Rockets have Yao Ming and Billups, one can control rebounds, and the other can control pass errors.

In fact, Tang Tian had already tested this tactic in the first round.

The effect is awesome.

Parker held the ball on the outside and kept signaling his teammates to move.

When the time was reduced to ten seconds, Parker and Ginobili cooperated and sent a second pass to assist the latter to score a layup.

The situation was finally suppressed a little.

But only some.

The Rockets missed a three-pointer from outside, and Yao Ming grabbed an offensive rebound above Duncan's head by virtue of his height advantage and made a tip-in.

Parker dribbled the ball to the front court and then pressed the rhythm. This time Ginobili missed a three-pointer from the outside.

Yao Ming received another defensive rebound, and the Rockets made another fast break from four lines at the same time. Yao Ming was a tall man with great vision and good hands. Now he threw the ball directly to McGrady in the frontcourt. McGrady caught the ball and scored two goals against Bowen. Points, but also caused the latter's handle foul.

McGrady shouted excitedly, while Bowen put his hands on his knees and panted.

What's more deadly than tactics is that the Rockets are playing fast breaks non-stop, which has exhausted the veterans of the Spurs.

At this time, Popovich turned around and called Mason and Uduka, signaling them to come on and replace Finley and Bowen.

Seeing the Spurs' substitution, Tang Tian finally laughed.

His tactics worked.

The ultimate goal of the infinite cut tactic two years ago was to exhaust the Spurs to death. It doesn't matter if it is cracked now, anyway, there is more than one way to exhaust the Spurs.

Playing so fast now, even if Popovich evolves to 3.0, he will have nothing to do.

Because the initiative is on the Rockets' side.

Madigar made a free throw, and the Rockets have led the Spurs by 6 points 13 to 7.

Parker dribbled the ball and continued to press the rhythm, and Duncan hit a long-range jumper from the high post.

The Rockets advanced to the frontcourt, McGrady continued to hit the basket, and Uduka who came up immediately received a defensive foul.

Although Bowen and Finley are old, they have experience and ability. Uduka's defensive strength will drop immediately.

McGrady made two free throws and continued to increase points.

The Spurs fought in the frontcourt, Duncan missed the shot, Yao Ming grabbed the defensive rebound, the Rockets played a fast break, Parker pulled people directly in desperation, and was called a physical foul.

The Rockets made two free throws.

Popovich couldn't help rubbing his eyes with his hands at this time, turned his head and glanced at the bench, the corners of his eyes were bloodshot, and his eyes were helpless.

These rotations are the same as his age, they belong to the ranks of the elderly, how can they bear the impact.

And Maddie.

Seeing McGrady executing a technical free throw, the old man felt even more headache.

Duncan can stop Yao Ming, who can stop McGrady?

The game continued to attack, and the Rockets didn't make any sense. Whether they were the main players or the substitutes, they just brought up the rhythm and rushed.

Yao Ming and Jr. did a great job in rebound protection, and the Spurs were passively retreating.

Duncan can still achieve one person, one city in positional warfare, but after running, he is beyond his reach. Coupled with his age, his physical strength is also a big test.

In the end, the Rockets ran the Spurs to death abruptly, winning 116 to 98.

Yao Ming scored a triple-double of 22 points, 15 rebounds and 10 assists, while McGrady scored a game-high 32 points, plus 6 rebounds and 5 assists.

After the whole game, the Spurs were exhausted. Although "GDP" also scored 70 points, it didn't help.

Popovich did not attend the press conference after the game.

After losing this game, the Spurs have also fallen behind 1 to 3 in the big score, and there is little hope of reversing.

For the old man, there is not much time left for him.

After this match, Tang Tian also gained a lot.

From the first time he used it against the Celtics in the regular season, to the trial against the Mavericks, and finally to the success against the Spurs, it has been proved that he can also play this tactic, and the two key points of rebounding and fast break engine He has also mastered it.

Counting the three-pointer tactics and infinite air cut tactics used on this Rockets before, this is equivalent to another set of tactics in his coaching library.

This is something neither the system nor the memory of the previous life can give, but it is something that can really grow.

At the end of the game between the Rockets and the Spurs, another semifinal in the Eastern Conference had just finished.

The Cavaliers lost again to the Magic 101-121, falling behind 1-3.

Counting the Spurs who were behind 1 to 3, this is the wave behind the Yangtze River pushing the wave ahead, and all the waves ahead were smashed to death on the beach.

Game 5 of the Rockets-Spurs game returns to the Toyota Center.

Because it has come to the match point, the Spurs players are playing very hard on the court. Even the old Finley and the old Bowen are gritted their teeth and running back and forth with the Rockets.

This persistence paid off. After halftime, the Spurs led the Rockets 56-53.

But in the second half, the physical strength of these veterans began to have problems one after another. In the end, amid the cheers of the fans at the Toyota Center, the Rockets' fast breaks directly slapped the Spurs to death on the beach. superior.

111 to 101, the Rockets successfully won the game and eliminated the Spurs 4-1 to advance to the Western Conference Finals.

Yao Ming scored 27 points, 11 rebounds and 8 assists, and his performance was as stable as ever.

McGrady scored 36 points again. There was no zone defense in the fast break. Whether it was old Bowen or Uduka, there was not much to do against him one-on-one.

"Ding! Congratulations to the host for completing the task and getting 3 honor points."

At the end of the competition, Tang Tian also received a wave of generous rewards.

That night was not in vain.

The atmosphere of the Rockets' postgame press conference was quite high.

The Spurs played very tenaciously, but the Rockets still eliminated their opponents by a big score. This kind of strength made the fans full of confidence.

The Spurs' press conference after the game was somewhat dull. This is the second consecutive year that the Rockets have been blocked from the Finals.

Popovich is not Phil Jackson, and Duncan is not Kobe. They will not say revenge in the coming year, because every year, all their players will be one year older.

"I think I have to have a drink after the game. The long season is finally over, and it's time to relax." The old man finally let go of his mind. Now that the facts have been settled, there is no point in entanglement.

After finishing the press conference, Tang Tian was about to drive back to the apartment to rest, but his cell phone rang.

Picked it up and saw it was still an unknown number.

"I'm Greg, let's have a drink some other day?"

After the call was connected, to Tang Tian's surprise, it was Popovich's voice that came from the other end.