Francis saw Dayao standing outside the three-point line again, and passed the basketball without any hesitation.

After Dayao received Francis' pass, he did not make any move.

Just hold the ball in front of you with both hands.

Then he quietly looked at Vlad Divac standing not far from him.

The meaning in his eyes is quite obvious.

Are you here to defend yourself?!

If you don't guard me, I'll vote!

Vlade Divac was particularly troubled.

Prevent it or not?!

If you guard against it, the inside line will be extremely empty!

Francis can make a desperate breakthrough and rush inside to cause damage.

But if you don't guard, you have to watch Dayao shoot open three-pointers.

With the ball open, Dayao's three-point shooting percentage no longer needs to be questioned.

Just think back to Dayao's performance in the previous All-Star Game.

What if the defense is replaced?!

In the entire Kings team, besides him, who else can cause interference to Dayao?!

No more!

Vlade Divac gritted his teeth and chose to defend.

No matter what, Dayao cannot be allowed to shoot an open three-pointer!

Even if Francis rushes inside and causes damage.

That's only two points.

One point less than three points!

That's when Vlade Divac stepped up to defend.

Dayao directly passed the basketball in his hand back to Francis.

Then he turned slightly sideways and made a pick-and-roll gesture.

Francis quickly dribbled over after receiving Dayao's pass.

With the help of Dayao's pick-and-roll, he got rid of Mike Bibby who was defending him.

Then he went straight to the basket.

Chris Webber was pushing against Kenny Thomas while looking at Francis as he rushed to the basket.

He gritted his teeth and stepped forward to defend himself.

Francis' legs were slightly bent, and then he took off vigorously.

Holding the basketball tightly with both hands, he made a huge pull rod in the air, struggled to avoid Chris Webber's block, and then lightly threw it towards the basket.

"Crack!"

"Whoosh!"

Chris Webber's palm still hit Francis on the arm.

But it didn't stop the goal this time.

"Beep!"

The referee blew the whistle.

2 plus 1!

"Ho! Ho! Ho!"

The Rockets fans in the Toyota Center immediately became excited.

2 plus 1 is always one of the most morale-boosting ways to score!

Especially when the Rockets' star Francis plays 2 plus 1.

Both the Rockets players and the fans can feel the boiling morale in their hearts.

Francis high-fived Yao and then stood on the free throw line.

"Whoosh!"

Easily score a penalty.

The last time they won against the Kings, the Rockets played a small-ball lineup.

If we still start with a small-ball lineup in this game, we have a high chance of winning.

But Han Ning didn't want to do this.

The reason is simple.

Small ball tactics consume a lot of energy!

Judging from the player configuration that the Rockets can now use to play small ball tactics, the physical consumption will be even greater!

After all, this is not the future of small ball.

The players in every team that plays small ball tactics are players who can fit this tactic.

The Rockets' players who can adapt to small-ball tactics only account for half of the team's lineup.

So it will consume more energy.

In the next dozens of games, if the Rockets want to ensure a very high winning rate, they must do everything possible to save energy.

If they still play like they did when they were pursuing 15 consecutive victories, the Rockets might collapse before the playoffs.

Even if they reach the playoffs, Han Ning doesn't think the Rockets players still have much energy left to waste in the playoffs.

So it is better to change the way of playing.

In fact, Han Ning's idea did achieve great results.

After the first quarter, the score between the two sides had reached 27 to 20.

The Rockets took a 7-point lead.

Kings head coach Rick Adelman was very angry.

I played against Han Ning before.

Han Ning came up with a style of throwing three-pointers wildly.

Today, Rick Adelman, who thought Han Ning would use the same tactics, was prepared early and wanted to break Han Ning's tactics.

No matter what, I won't play with you anymore!

Han Ning directly changed his style of play!

Rick Adelman only felt like a mute eating Coptis chinensis and feeling unspeakable pain.

Facing the new routine Han Ning came up with, Rick Adelman frowned and thought for a long time about how to deal with it.

Looking at the data in his hand, Rick Adelman's eyes suddenly lit up!

Then he glanced at Han Ning with a somewhat unkind look.

Good boy!

Play this trick with me!

China’s art of war is indeed insidious!

Yes, that's right!

Rick Adelman has discovered the weakness of Han Ning's routine.

The weakness of this routine is actually very simple.

Just zoom in on Yao and shoot three-pointers!

Since the first quarter of the game, Dayao has actually made that one three-pointer!

After scaring the Kings once, he never took a shot from outside the three-point line again.

It's more about attracting the Kings' interior players to come out to defend and open up the space inside.

The reason is simple.

Dayao's three-pointers really can't be used as a regular scoring method!

Even if you have Han Ning’s three-pointer bonus card, it won’t work!

And Han Ning said before that he would let Dayao shoot a three-pointer to scare the Kings.
To be continued...