From the coaching staff to his teammates, they all pinned their hopes on Zhang Hao to play.
It¡¯s not that Zhang Hao can turn the situation around on his own, but anyone with eyesight can see that they have the strength to compete with the Pistons, a newly promoted playoff team, but this is They have the strength to perform at their strongest.
And Zhang Hao is their team's best off-ball shooter. Also, in the first quarter, Zhang Hao showed a frame-protecting ability that no other insider on the team has.
They are not that good apart. They need to be combined together.
"Akers, you are responsible for protecting the basket on the defensive end. You don't have to help defend. Don't worry about that. Leave your energy on the offensive end"
The task assigned to Zhang Hao by Randy Whitman is very simple, but it is exactly what the Nets lack the most.
The combination of Kenny Anderson, Edwards, Almon Gilliam, Zhang Hao and PJ Brown was replaced.
Although he is under great pressure from the expectations of the whole team, Zhang Hao is more confident now than at the beginning of the game. He has once again confirmed that his mid-range shooting ability is definitely the best in the league. Coupled with his height and wingspan, he is a great power forward in this field. Generally speaking, the effect is stronger when the height is 204-206 centimeters! If he plays the small forward position, even a large small forward like Grant Hill, his physical advantage will be even greater!
It¡¯s just that Grant Hill on the opposite side scored 14 points surpassing Zhang¡¯s original game-high 10 points!
After the timeout, the Pistons re-entered the starting lineup, with the combination of Joe Dumars, Alan Houston, Grant Hill, Addis Thorpe, and Ratliff on the court.
The Nets attack and serve from the center line.
Zhang Hao came to the court and found that the person guarding him was Edith Thorpe, and immediately started running.
Almon Gilliam is fighting Grant Hill hand-to-hand, and his mission has changed. If Grant Hill guards him, he will actively get under the basket, actively seek confrontation, and consume Grant Hill.
Kenny Anderson did not fight hard against Joe Dumars' defense and handed the ball to Edwards.
This choice was made very well. Zhang Hao, who scored 10 points in the first quarter, and Almon Gilliam, who scored 8 points in the first half, are undoubtedly the two players who pose the greatest threat to the Nets. Kenny Anderson himself is the Nets¡¯ most powerful perimeter player. A strong scorer, Edwards has a good chance to beat Alan Houston in isolation!
Edwards is a very balanced player, versatile on the outside, able to score, organize offense, and defend, but he is not strong. His ability evaluation of 75 is far inferior to PJ Brown's role on the court with the same ability evaluation.
However, whether a player's scoring ability is strong or not, sometimes he can rely on defensive players to set it off. Didn't you see that the company commander scored 50+ points in a single game against the first shooting guard?
There is a kind of player who is very active on the defensive end, but being active is of no use at all. He might as well stand as a stake.
No, under the defense of Alan Houston, Edwards played like an All-Star, easily bursting into close range, and took advantage of Zhang Hao to slip out from the baseline and take away Addis Thorpe and PJ Brown to rush in. The basket contained rookie center Ratliff, who had excellent defensive awareness, and Edwards made a close-range shot from the board.
Freehand and beautiful!
It¡¯s rare for Edwards to play such a beautiful offense.
When the Pistons attack, Grant Hill has been on the offensive for more than a quarter and needs to take a break, leading Almon Gilliam to stand in the middle distance on the weak side.
? Joe Dumars organizes the ball.
Joe Dumars is very good at organizing offense. He sent a beautiful ground pass to the baseline. Alan Houston made a jump shot after catching the ball and returned Edwards's one.
Edwards actually did a good job in pursuing the defense, mainly because Kenny Anderson failed to interfere with Joe Dumas' pass.
Looking at Kenny Anderson's body When Zhang Hao picked up the ball and served, he said to the two teammates in the backcourt: "Boss Kenny, wait for you to chase Houston. You run faster. Kevin, you go and give it to me." Dumars fights, presses the defense.¡±
A rookie was giving pointers to two veteran players. Zhang Hao felt a little regretful when he sent the ball out. Kenny Anderson, who received the ball, was also surprised, but did not refuse and nodded.
This is what he said, if Zhang Hao has any ideas, just say it directly, don't worry.
Kevin Edwards didn¡¯t say anything when he saw this, and ran towards the frontcourt with Zhang Hao.
The Pistons continued to press the pace, preventing Zhang Hao and Kenny Anderson, two speedy players, from setting the pace.
"Compared to the Pistons, who have a clear plan to use the rules, the Nets are actually passively playing positional warfare, and there are no tactics to speed up. After all, it was a mess before.nbsp; He definitely needs other people to help him. What the Nets should do is to try to prevent others when Grant Hill wants to rest. It just so happens that Grant Hill is still a scumbag without the ball. That's not it. In the future, he will switch to a role player and play without the ball. The Pistons are similar to the Nets. The role players are not that good, especially in terms of holding the ball. They are not as good as the Nets.
No, after two rounds of successful defense, Grant Hill was forced back to control the ball again.
Before Iverson entered the NBA, he had the fastest first step in the league, a super change of direction breakthrough, accurate mid-range shot, top-level scoring ability at the basket, outstanding vision The improvement of the coaching staff's ability is the key factor for the Pistons and last season. There have been earth-shaking changes and there are reasons for playoff strength, but it is still Grant Hill¡¯s personal ability!
The importance of a superstar to a team is well demonstrated by Grant Hill.
The Nets¡¯ style of play is clear. In positional battles, Zhang Hao and Edwards cooperate. On counterattack, Zhang Hao and Kenny Anderson cooperate.
The Pistons attach great importance to Zhang Hao because their assistant coach Scott Collins has repeatedly emphasized it.
But no matter how much we emphasize, common sense and concepts cannot be changed.
It¡¯s true that the Pistons players valued Zhang Hao, but they still didn¡¯t expect that Zhang Hao¡¯s mid-range shooting could be compared to that of Alan Houston. This rookie is not yet 19 years old!
??Looking at appearance, from a European and American perspective, some people believe that he is a junior high school student, but CIC can already be compared with Alan Houston, who is in the third year of his career and is one of the best in the CIC talent league. Who would have thought?
And Zhang Hao¡¯s excellent running awareness and ability are beyond their understanding of a player of this age.
They have all come from this age. They have a very deep-rooted understanding of what they were like at that time and what the players of this age they have seen are like.
Therefore, just like in the second half of the first quarter, the Pistons were once again confused by Zhang Hao!
Facing the Pistons' defense, Zhang Hao played more and more freely and more targeted.
When Addis Thorpe was guarding him, he waited for Edwards to make a choice, not to move casually, to conserve his energy, and to act when it was time to move and exert force.
If Grant Hill guards him, he will run away.
? Consume Grant Hill¡¯s energy on the offensive end.
Zhang Hao¡¯s score did not rise as fast as in the second half of the first quarter, but the Nets played better.
On the defensive end, Zhang Hao just had a whim at first, and as he continued to play, his goal became clearer.
It doesn't matter if you can't defend, the key is to let Grant Hill control the ball. As long as Joe Dumars and Lynch Hunter, who comes on the bench, have the ball, they will defend with all their lives. It just so happens that these two people's independent offensive ability is in a hurry. , the former is old, and the latter is already in a hurry, forcing Grant Hill to come back to control the ball.
A two-pronged approach!
Even though he is as strong as Grant Hill, he cannot think about the future.
While fighting, Grant Hill gave up guarding Zhang Hao. He had already seen the Nets' conspiracy, but there was no way. The Pistons had a strength advantage, but it was not big. They had to make effective responses to the opponent first. situation, they fell into passivity.
Knowing that entering a confrontational state would be more beneficial to the opponent, Grant Hill had no choice but to jump in at this time.
The scores of the two teams rose alternately. At the end of the half, thanks to Alan Houston's forced mid-range shot, the Pistons tied the score at 58!
9-for-12 at halftime
Zhang Hao himself was shocked by this shooting efficiency.
It¡¯s a pity that I only made one of two free throws once, otherwise I would have scored 20+ for the first time in my career at halftime.
In less than 20 minutes in the half, Zhang Hao scored 19 points, 4 rebounds, 1 assist and 3 blocks!
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