During the pick-and-roll process between the two, Li Rong found that Yao Ming was always standing near the free throw line and did not step forward to block it. Scola was also strongly blocked by Jefferson. Bathil found something wrong and was desperately rushing to the top of the arc.

But it's too late!

Li Rong keenly seized this fleeting shooting opportunity and decisively chose to shoot from the outside.

"Swish!" The basketball plunged into the basket steadily.

A burst of cheers from the audience came from the center of the target.

"It's really uncommon to play pick-and-roll between two inside players," said Zhang Weiping. "Li Rong has a strong ability to seize opportunities, just to take advantage of your Yao Ming that you can't prevent this."

"Then do you think the Rockets have a solution to the problem?" Yu Jia asked.

"It's very difficult," Zhang Weiping shook his head, "because why, Li Rong's most powerful is not his shooting ability, but his passing. If you send three people up and attack, there will definitely be open opportunities on the two wings. At that time, it depends on how fast the Rockets' defense is rotating."

Rockets head coach Rick Adelman held his shoulders on the sidelines, and it seemed that the problem was not simple. Li Rong's shooting and passing ability were not friendly to the Rockets' defense.

He now regrets why he didn't recommend Li Rong to the management. Last May, the Rockets were one of several teams that invited Li Rong to try out alone.

At that time, Adelman had just taken office and admired the performance of this young man in the trial training at that time.

However, due to the principle of "adding what you lack", the team chose to fill the vacancy in the point guard position and selected defender Aaron Brooks, who is only 1.8 meters tall.

Adelman was the Rockets head coach for less than three days at the time and did not choose to reveal his opinions to the management.

Now, if Li Rong was selected in the draft and he was allowed to serve as the team's power forward, the Rockets would have basically become a team without weaknesses.

He can share McGrady's outside pressure, and at the same time he can take over the team's command and connect the entire team.

Moreover, what is even more surprising is that he has now developed a relatively reliable high-level back-attack ability.

Oh my God! Adelman regretted it when he thought of this!

If Li Rong was in the team at this time, with his personal attack power at a high position and his ability to support his teammates, the Rockets could fully play a perfect Princeton offensive system after Yao Ming got out of the field.

In this way, the team has two sets of attacking... no, three offensive systems, and I almost forgot that Li Rong's fast-promotion ability is also indescribable.

Moreover, his performance on the defensive end is not inferior to Bathir. Both of them are extremely smart team defenders, and he does not suffer any losses in his strength to defend ordinary inside players.

Such a Rockets will completely dominate both offense and defense of the game, and will definitely be a nightmare in the hearts of any strong team.

pity……

Many media have called Li Rong "the yellow-skinned Larry Bird". Judging from his performance this season, it is really not an exaggeration at all.

Even though he sometimes suffers from defensive experts with explosive physical fitness, he is only 19 years old.

Many superstars are bullshit at this age, you can no longer be more demanding on them.

Adelman has felt his luck terrible since Chris Webber played an epic regular season but injured his knee one subsequent season.

Weber has lost his explosive power forever since then. Although the Kings have entered the playoffs many times since then, they have gradually become further and further away from the championship.

The Rockets now look good, especially Yao Ming, who has grown into an excellent locker room leader.

But does this team really have a chance to reach the final championship? Adelman still has a little doubt about this.

Yao Ming played almost all the regular seasons in his first four seasons, but since he gained weight, he has been suffering from injuries of all sizes.

During the offseason every year, he has to return to China to play national team competitions that he has never heard of. Why do he have to play in such a low-level international competition as the Asian Games?

Apart from Yao Ming, is there anyone else in Asian basketball worthy of attention?

He liked a Chinese saying that Yao Ming said to him, "Why use a ox knife to kill a chicken?"

But no matter how sharp this sword is, if you keep using it, the blade will collapse sooner or later, right?

...

The Rockets still wanted to hand over this offense to Yao Ming, who was inside, but Jefferson chose to go around Yao Ming, leaned on him with his body while spreading his arms, so that he could not easily receive the basketball.

This is the problem that Yao Ming did not become a dominant center forward like O'Neal.

When he was still a light and clever insider, he was not strong enough, resulting in not being able to get a good attack position at a low position.

But when his weight and strength increased, he was invincible, but his previous agility disappeared. After his opponent chose to defend in front, he was embarrassed to receive the pass from his teammates.

So how to feed Yao Ming comfortably has become a headache for the entire Houston and even the entire national team.

Yao Ming is now like a siege hammer that was extremely sharp in ancient siege battles. As long as this peerless magic weapon is transported under the opponent's city wall, the time for the city to be destroyed is just around the corner.

However, how to transport this huge siege weapon to pass has become the most troublesome problem for the generals of the army. The arrows, oil rolling oil and crossbows on the enemy's city walls are not a joke, and the casualties that will be paid for in order to achieve the goal will not be small.

McGrady, who was 45 degrees on the left, held the ball and shook it for a long time. Seeing that Yao Ming could not get rid of Jefferson's circle, he had to choose to attack by himself.

When he broke through to the middle, Li Rong's assisting defense also came. McGrath chose to transfer the ball to Scola on the right. Scola failed to make a jump shot and the rebound was taken away by Li Rong.

Looking back, Jefferson took the initiative to challenge Yao Ming's defense at a low post.

Jefferson is a somewhat shy player and talks little, but this does not mean that he is not seeking victory.

He is a child from Mississippi. His father died when he was 6 months old and his single mother raised him with great difficulty.

When he was 10 years old, Big Al's grandmother built a basket rack with an iron basket ring for him.

From then on, he has been polishing his basketball skills in that simple venue day and night.

He seems to have no talent for playing basketball except height, but with this diligence and intelligence, he has become a low-post killer who has caused great headaches for countless top inside players in the league.

Jefferson received Li Rong's pass comfortably, turned around and raised the ball to deceive Yao Ming's center of gravity, then turned around and passed the opponent with his own steps, and dunked the ball into the basket with one hand in a fire-burning posture.

“Wow!”

There was a burst of exclamation in the center of the target, followed by a lively applause and cheer.
Chapter completed!