The yellow storm in the NBA

After the start of the second half of the game, the two teams followed the starting lineup of the first half. The Rockets still controlled the ball after Alston started. Although the Streetball King's performance in the first half was not satisfactory, he is already the Rockets' best player.

He is a point guard, and others are not as good as him, so we can only continue to believe in him.

However, Alston is really lackluster in terms of organization. He may occasionally have a flash of inspiration and pass one or two good goals, but he is really not good at sorting out the team's offense.

Many people have misunderstandings about organization, thinking that organizing an offense means providing assists, but in fact it is much more than that.

Assists are only the most intuitive manifestation of organization. Making the offense smoother through the transfer of the ball, controlling the team's rhythm, and guiding teammates to move are all the work of the organizer.

Excellent organizers can make correct reactions at any time according to the situation on the field, lead their team to play a smooth offense, destroy the opponent's defense, and lead the team to victory.

In the first few minutes of the third quarter, the Rockets' offense still failed to improve. One after another, the stars relied on their individual abilities to score a few goals. The Hornets, under Paul's organization, relied on the overall team to open the score to double digits.

Finally, Adelman couldn't stand it anymore, so he called a timeout and re-arranged the personnel. He replaced Alston and replaced him with Scola at the fourth position. He moved other positions and suddenly moved Quan Xiao.

Pushed to the point guard position.

Although Quan Xiao has never played as a point guard, his basic skills such as dribbling and passing are very solid, which is due to his hard practice in the past few years.

Since high school, he has kept the ball in his hands almost every day and practiced dribbling and controlling the ball in his free time, so his ball skills are quite good. This is why he is rarely intercepted for such a big man. His protection of the ball

Well done.

During the team's training, Adelman discovered that Quan Xiao had certain talents in organization and had made many good shots in training games. He was especially good at feeding Yao Ming the ball.

Maybe it's due to the wide vision brought by his height! At first, I didn't think about using him as a point guard, but I thought about developing him into an organizational forward.

In Adelman's Princeton system, there are certain requirements for centers in terms of organization. Previously, Divac and Miller in his hands were organizational centers. Unfortunately, Yao Ming could not meet his requirements in this aspect. Therefore,

The Princeton system cannot be fully utilized.

But now, even the real point guard can't organize the team's offense, so Adelman made this decision out of help.

Anyway, it's just a preseason game, which can be used for experimentation. If Quan Xiao is qualified, then he will have one more choice.

, even if it can't, there is no loss.

Quan Xiao had no objections to the coach's arrangement. When he was in college, he once launched attacks as the team's ball carrier, but he only attacked with the ball. As a point guard, he organized the team's offense. This was the first time for a young girl to go to the sedan chair.

"It was 4 minutes and 50 seconds into the third quarter. The Rockets called a timeout and Adelman had to call. The Rockets were already 12 points behind the Hornets. There was a problem with their offense. I don't know how Adelman would adjust this time.

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"It's still the same problem. There is no good organizer to connect the team. The offense relies more on singles. If we continue to play like this, we will definitely be bad. Whether it is Alston, Mike James on the bench or the former boss Francis, they all

Although they are not excellent organizers, the offensive ability of the Rockets players on the court is actually not weak."

"Okay, after the timeout, the Rockets made personnel adjustments. Alston was replaced, but Scola was replaced. So now there is no point guard on the court? Do we want Battier to play?

Point guard?" Looking at the Rockets' substitutions, Yu Jia looked confused.

"Huh? Quan Xiao controls the ball? Quan Xiao plays point guard?" Director Zhang was also surprised that Adelman would make such an arrangement.

No matter what the mood of the people outside the court was, Quan Xiao had already received the ball from Battier and started organizing his team's offense.

Facing Paul's defense, Quan Xiao didn't dare to be careless at all. He knew that Paul was a master of stealing. If he didn't pay attention, the ball in his hand might be stolen. Moreover, his height caused a high center of gravity, making him more likely to be intercepted when dribbling.

When your opponent attacks, you must be very alert.

Quan Xiao was controlling the ball while observing the situation on the court. The Hornets are currently adopting one-on-one man-to-man defense. It seems that Coach Scott has more trust in the defensive ability of his players and does not use zone defense. However, looking at their players

The position can also be quickly converted into a 2-3 zone defense.

This situation is very advantageous for Quan Xiao, because Paul who is guarding him is 25 centimeters shorter than him, and Quan Xiao can complete shots over his head without fear of being blocked.

"Paul is guarding Quan Xiao, who is looking for opportunities outside the three-point line. Yao Ming has already taken a position in the paint, but Chandler is holding him up, and David West is ready to support him at any time. If the ball is passed,

, be careful of being intercepted."

"Quan Xiao suddenly fired from outside the three-point line, and the ball went in again! This is his sixth three-point goal in this game. It seems that he is still continuing his touch. If it weren't for not having the ball,

It is estimated that his score will be higher now."

"This three-pointer is good, but it still does not break away from the situation of fighting alone. Adelman's purpose is to hope that Quan Xiao can

To better connect the team’s offense, Quan Xiao still has a lot of work to do next.”

Quan Xiao himself also understands Adelman's purpose of letting him play point guard, but he has his own ideas. He feels that if he can maintain his offensive threat, he will better create opportunities for his teammates.

Moreover, Paul's defense just now put no pressure on him, and he was very sure that he could make the ball.

After the transition from offense to defense, the Rockets strengthened their defense, which is inevitable. Otherwise, if you score a goal and the opponent immediately returns one, you will still lose the game in the end.

It would be difficult for Quan Xiao to guard Paul because Paul's flexibility and speed are not comparable to Quan Xiao's. Both of them have their own advantages.

Therefore, Quan Xiao adopted a one-step defensive strategy, that is, to prevent breakthroughs but not shots. He was confident in his reaction ability. At this distance, if Paul wanted to shoot, he could react quickly to interfere with his shot.

The Rockets successfully defended this shot. West's shot was blocked by Scola's efforts. Yao Ming protected the rebound and Quan Xiao dribbled unhurriedly to the three-point line at the top of the key to wait for his teammates.

They are in place.

Just when people were waiting for his next move, he suddenly made a three-point shot without warning, and the ball once again drew a beautiful arc and penetrated into the net.

"Good shot, Quan Xiao's pull-up three-pointer is back again, his seventh three-pointer!" Yu Jia said excitedly.

"Actually, if the Rockets have a good point guard, Quan Xiao will be the biggest threat when he plays shooting guard or small forward. He doesn't have to think about anything else, just score. But as an organizer, he can't just focus on his own shots, but also

Think about the team’s overall offense.”

"Of course, it would be better if he can make a shot, because this will make the opponent's defense difficult. They have to guard against his passing, but also have to guard against his shooting. The more choices there are, the harder it is for the opponent to defend."

If people who don’t know better think that Director Zhang is a black man of Quan Xiao, why do they still say this when Quan Xiao’s three-pointer just now was obviously very beautiful.

But in fact, there is nothing wrong with what Director Zhang said. After all, Quan Xiao is now playing point guard. The main responsibility of the point guard is to organize the team's overall offense, rather than just focusing on scoring.

In the following game, Quan Xiao used his offensive threat to start passing good balls to his teammates, some of which directly resulted in assists, and some of which were converted into points through another pass from his teammates.

Under his organization, the Rockets finally began to perform at a normal level, and their offense became more integrated. They were no longer simply fighting alone. By the end of the third quarter, they had successfully chased the score to only 5 points.

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