"Malone has already been tactically abandoned by the Jazz, are you still going to keep focusing on him, Wei?"
"want!"
Wei Guo explained, "Sloan is a cunning old fox. His tactical setup was too obvious. No one passed the ball to Malone; it was as if he was tactically abandoning Malone."
But if we completely abandon our defense against Malone, we'll fall into Sloan's trap. Remember... Malone and Stockton are always the Jazz's two most dangerous threats.
"Brother Wei's analysis makes a lot of sense."
Gentry gave a thumbs up, "I didn't think of that. It seems we still need to shut down Malone in this match."
If Sloan had heard Wei Guo's analysis, he would have said, "Thank you."
Brother Wei, you're on the second floor...
But I was really on the first level. Sloan didn't expect Malone to explode. He was going to give up on Malone in this game.
This is why Malone reacted so strongly when Mobley said that.
It seems...
Sometimes it's not good to overcomplicate things.
........
At the start of the second quarter, Malone remained on the court.
"Look... Malone is still on the court."
Gentry pointed at Malone and said to the bench players, "Wei's analysis makes a lot of sense. Malone is the Jazz's hidden weapon."
The Rockets are on offense.
Wei received the ball outside the three-point line, and his crossover dribble almost knocked Malone off balance before stepping back and shooting a three-pointer.
"Whoosh!!!"
The basketball went through the net cleanly.
29:31!!
The Rockets are down by only two points.
Wei Guo laughed and said, "I can just throw it directly. Making a few more moves is a sign of respect for you."
Ma Long: (╬￣皿￣)＝○＃（￣＃）3￣）
He's really about to explode. Being abandoned by the coach tactically is bad enough, but on the field he's being targeted like this by Wei Guo.
He had played in the professional league for nearly twenty years and had never felt so frustrated.
The Jazz are on offense.
Wei Guo gave Ma Long a pass, but his teammates didn't pass the ball to him.
Chaney received the ball in the mid-range, but his shot was contested by Thomas.
Wei Guo and Ma Long both rushed towards the basket, but Wei Guo had a better rebounding instinct and easily grabbed the defensive rebound.
"Double-team Wei Guo, he's going to shoot a three!"
Sloan shouted.
The Rockets were only down by 2 points. Knowing Wei Guo's temperament, he would definitely shoot a three-pointer and then take the lead.
The Jazz players quickly retreated on defense.
Malone was sticking close to Wei Guo, but the aging Malone couldn't keep up with Wei Guo's pace. Wei Guo easily got past Malone with two crossovers. Chaney came to help defend, but he was a step too late. Wei Guo took a jump shot from two steps away from the three-point line.
The basketball flies through the air...
"Whoosh!!!"
The basketball hoop is its home. When the basketball returned home, it found that the bottom of the house was leaky, so it fell to the floor.
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
The basketball bounced twice on the floor.
32:31!!
The Rockets took a one-point lead.
Jackson reluctantly picked up the basketball, preparing to inbound the ball from the baseline.
Wei Guo walked up to Sloan and laughed, "So what if you know I'm going to shoot a three-pointer? Can you defend against it?"
"Wei Guo!!! Why don't you just die!!!"
The fans in the front row roared in frustration!
I've never seen such an arrogant person. It's one thing to trash talk to the players, but to trash talk to the coaching staff like that is another. Sloan can tolerate it, but Salt Lake City fans can't.
........
It would be very dangerous if the score were reversed.
Sloan immediately substituted all his starters, with Stockton and Harpring returning to the court, and Malone remaining on the court.
"It's time for you guys to go on stage!"
Gentry patted Yao Ming and Steve Francis on the shoulder and said, "Win this game for me, and I'll treat you to drinks tonight."
The game between the Rockets and the Jazz.
Previously, the game was decided in the second quarter, and the Rockets always managed to lead by 20 points at halftime.
This...
The Jazz are going all in!
Even Harprin forgot that Weiguo was his former older brother and was determined to help the team win this game.
After entering the game, Halprin received a pass from Kirilenko and made a strong attack on Posey under the basket.
"Whoosh!!!"
"Beep!!!"
Halprin scored after being fouled by Posey.
After scoring a '2+1', Halprin pounded his chest and roared, "Bang!!!"
He didn't know what the pronunciation meant, but he knew that Wei Ge would shout it like that when he scored a game-winning goal or when he scored a beautiful goal. Harprin just followed suit and thought it was cool.
Halprin stepped up to the free-throw line.
"Whoosh!!!"
After making the free throw, Harprin turned and ran back to the backcourt to prepare for defense.
32:34!!
The Jazz have regained a two-point lead.
In a do-or-die situation, the Jazz players made very aggressive defensive moves, but the referees seemed to be biased towards the Jazz, failing to call some fouls that could have been called.
The Rockets committed a series of turnovers against the Jazz's tough defense!
37:47!!
With 3 minutes and 57 seconds remaining in the second quarter, the Rockets were down by 10 points.
........
"Rockets request a timeout!"
Gentry called a timeout.
On the Jazz side, Sloan high-fived each player, praising them, "Well done, kids! If you had played like this earlier, we wouldn't have lost six games to the Rockets..."
The Rockets' bench.
"This referee is seriously ill!"
"My hand is all swollen from being hit, and he didn't even call a foul!"
I want to punch the referee!
Several players were complaining, and even the usually mild-mannered Yao Ming said "Tomato!" to the referee several times during the game.
"Stay calm..."
Gentry reassured him, "All the reactionaries are paper tigers. Don't pay attention to the referees. There are still more than three minutes left in the second quarter. Give the ball to Wei and let him take control of the game."
"Okay~~~"
This excellent tactic instantly put the Rockets players at ease.
Gentry called this timeout not to set up tactics, but because he could just yell at the players from the sidelines and they would understand the tactic.
His real intention was to calm the players down.
........
The timeout has ended, and the game has resumed.
The Rockets inbounded the ball from the baseline with a little over three minutes remaining, and the ten-point difference wasn't significant.
Francis dribbled past the center circle, and Wei Guo ran over to ask for the ball.
Halprin immediately stepped forward and joined Malone in flanking Wei Guo. The two of them spread their arms at the same time, forming an arc like the ripples of a radar, with Wei Guo inside the ripples.
It's easy to brute force your way through two defenders, but that would be considered an offensive foul.
Wei Guo dribbled the ball and took a step back. Harprin and Malone immediately closed in. Wei Guo held the ball in his right hand. While the ball was still in the air, Wei Guo flicked the ball with his right hand, as if he was about to change direction to the left. Malone and Harprin followed suit and moved to the left.
But...
Wei Guo flicked his right hand in the air again, as if playing a violin.
An exceptional violinist!
Wei Guo dribbled behind his back and then broke through on Harprin's left side.
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