Chapter 94 He definitely did it on purpose
Ben Wallace's mentality collapsed. In the following time, Yao Ming could easily shake him away with a little fake move. In front of Yao Ming, Ben Wallace was like a three-year-old child, full of immatureness.
The Pistons fell into a huge passiveness as a result.
To be honest, the Pistons are not as good as the "Little Prince" and "Roaring Heavenly Master", which makes the Pistons' offensive ability pale in comparison. They are originally a team that wins the game by defending, which is why the Nets are the ones who finally entered the finals this season, rather than the ones who ranked first in the East.
The shortcomings are obvious.
And when the offense is not played, there are big problems with the defensive end now, so they are even worse!
At the end of the first half, the Rockets' lead had reached about 8 points.
Although the score difference is not double digits, the Pistons' offensive ability is the same as the difficulty of catching up with 8 points in other teams.
Moreover, if you continue to play like this, you will definitely lose. During the halftime break, Carlisle made changes, allowing Clifford to defend Yao Ming and Ben Wallace to assist in defense.
He looked at Ben Wallace and said seriously: "Man, your greatest ability should be your assistant defense!"
Ben Wallace would like to reply, "Best Defensive Player" can handle any situation, but as for Yao Ming's 14-point performance in the first half, he really didn't have the confidence to say such things.
There was no choice but to nod and agree, and let Clifford Robinson defend Yao Ming and he would make up for the defense.
I don't believe he can defend himself!
I will have to deal with this little newbie then!
Thinking of this, Ben Wallace is not that difficult to accept. OK, so I'll take a break first. When the final battle in the fourth quarter comes, I will have a final showdown with this newcomer.
He thought happily.
But when the second half begins and the third quarter ends, Ben Wallace's entire mentality completely collapses!
Because Clifford restricted Yao Ming very well, this guy lost all singles at the low post and turned to shooting or supporting him at the high post, which looked far less powerful than the first quarter.
The Pistons caught up with some points in the third quarter, and the score behind was only 5 points.
Carlisle showed a look of "Look, it's right to fight like this" to Ben Wallace!
Ben Wallace felt sad and angry: It was intentional, this kid must have done it on purpose! He just wanted to make me fool of himself, and he didn't use all his strength in the third quarter!
In fact, this is why Ben Wallace thinks his inner status in Yao Ming too important. The reason why Yao Ming did not play singles in the third quarter was purely because he was not physically fit enough and had been confronting head-on in the low post in the first half. Although he completely suppressed Ben Wallace, his physical consumption was undoubtedly much higher than usual.
I have to admit that Ben Wallace is a fighter. No matter what kind of disadvantages he has, he will actively defend. Yao Ming was a little overwhelmed at the end of the first half. Even if he was facing Ben Wallace in the third quarter, he still had to change his playing style and accumulate strength for the fourth quarter. Who knew that the Pistons would change their team first.
Isn’t this a coincidence!
Facing the higher Clifford, Yao Ming has no need to go to the low position!
However, if you should say it, whoever occupied the penalty area in this era was indeed the best. Yao Ming's performance in the third quarter was not bad, with 5 points and 3 assists. The team directly related to him scored as much as 11 points. His contribution was actually similar to the first two quarters, but the Pistons could just recover the difference to 5 points away!
I have to score in the inside...
Tom also saw the importance of scoring in the penalty area. At the beginning of the fourth quarter, he arranged a large number of breakthrough layups, hoping to force the Pistons to shrink their defense through continuous breakthrough offenses.
Then he arranged an outside projection, and he tried to take the Pistons away in one wave!
But in this way, it is considered to be a death!
Ben Wallace, who had been struggling on the defensive end in the first three quarters, began to shine and heat up. He did a good job in assisting defense. The Rockets failed to make it through several breakthroughs.
Bill Walton, who has been complaining about the big and tall, looked at this scene and couldn't help but speak: "This is why Ben Wallace can win the best defensive player!"
He has to admit that the Pistons' defensive system with Ben Wallace as the core does have its own uniqueness, especially in this era where the emphasis on scoring in the penalty area!
The Pistons further narrowed the score difference, and they could catch up with the score difference with only 2 points!
"Ball, give it to Yao!"
At such a critical moment, Tom signaled to give the ball to Yao Ming and asked him to play singles!
Star singles tactics have always been the tactics used by head coaches of each team in the league as a killer move.
No matter when, as long as you feel that the team is passive, you must arrange singles tactics.
In the past, the Rockets' singles player was Francis, but recently Yao Ming's singles success rate at critical moments was significantly higher, so the first candidate changed from Francis to Yao Ming.
Francis doesn't care about these things. He has emphasized several times. Yao Ming is also the owner of this team!
It is the future of this team!
He was not disgusted with these tactics that demonstrated the team's status by Yao Ming.
Besides, he has to admit that his little brother's singles stability is obviously much higher than his.
Moreover, he is not a top person, he always looks for the most suitable way to attack.
Just facing Clifford, after a continuous tentative step at the high position, he made a direct move and shot from the middle distance, making it easy to score!
At such a critical moment, I scored a goal so easily...
Who will play if he doesn't play the key ball?
Ben Wallace seized the opportunity and applied to defend Yao Ming again with Carlisle. Carlisle was actually unwilling to do so. If they continued to fight according to the current tactics, they might not have a chance to win, but if Ben Wallace really wanted to defend Yao Ming, they would definitely lose!
Well, yes, he has already seen that Ben Wallace could not defend Yao Ming. It was not because his defensive ability was poor, but because he was restrained. As long as Yao Ming plays tougher, the height difference of nearly 30 cm at the basket is a gap that Ben Wallace cannot make up with any defense.
But he still let Ben Wallace defend.
It's just a regular season game, and it's good to change Wallace to sober!
Every player has his own period of expansion. Ben Wallace, who just won the first "Best Defensive Player Award" of his career at the end of last season, was in his own period of expansion and believed that he could defend himself from anyone.
Just just teach him some lessons.
He agreed to Ben Wallace's request and asked him to defend Yao Ming again.
Then……
There is nothing else.
When Yao Ming saw Wallace return to him, he had almost rested and played hard at the basket to help the Rockets open the situation instantly. Before the game was about to end, the Rockets scored an 8-2 scoring wave and locked the victory in a few rounds.
99 to 91!
The Rockets completed their revenge at the Pistons' home court.
Intentionally!
He definitely did it on purpose!
Chapter completed!