Rockets 's Yao Ming McGrady combination is so strong, why always can't beat the Jazz in 2007. The Jazz is not a small ball play, or coach Sloan's classic PF-PG pick-and-roll tactics. The division of labor is clear and disciplined, just like the Spurs. It is about playing tactics around the power front, but in all aspects inferior to the Spurs of the same period. The team's three-point shooting percentage in the playoffs is only 34.1%, which is far inferior to Spurs (38.4%). The Warriors, who played only small ball, met the Jazz in the second round after the Black Eight Mavericks in the playoffs. They were eliminated 1-4 and went home. The Suns who also played small balls were eliminated 4-2 by the Spurs in the second round. , And the Jazz met the Spurs in the Western Conference Finals, were directly defeated by all positions, and lost 1-4.
Now when it comes to 07 Jazz, it is often iron-blooded defense. However, the Jazz at that time was a team with very poor perimeter defense, and they were often exploded when they encountered such super perimeters as Kobe, Arenas, and . The Jazz had a very good luck in the playoffs that year. In the first round, they met the Rockets who had nothing to do with the inside except Yao Ming. The strike rate of McGrady and was too high. The entire series was only 39%. With Van Gundy's rigid tactics, the Rockets’ offense relied on McGrady. Singles + Yao Ming inside back + Yao Ming was double-teamed and scored. In this way, he even hit the tiebreak before winning by a few rebounds.
met the black eight Warriors in the second round. At that time, the Warriors were the worst defensive team in the league and there were no super scorers on the outside, so the Jazz played easily. In this series, if the Jazz met the No. 1 Lone Ranger in the West, they would have gone home a long time ago, and this series also allowed the league to re-examine the small ball play that has just been widely valued because of the black eight, resulting in small ball tactics. It was nearly ten years late to rule the alliance.
The most obvious problem for the Rockets back then was the weakness and super weakness of the power forward position, which led to the opponent's inside group pk Yao Ming, which invisibly increased the loss to Yao Ming. The Rockets are actually very blind in the configuration of the lineup. They don't know who is the real core. They didn't protect Yao Ming inside, and they didn't protect McGrady outside. That year, the Rockets attacked Yao Ming against Okur , and defended Yao Ming against Boozer. They did match up at one end. Z4z Boozer and did a small blow to Yao Ming, and Yao Ming played well in Okur. Yao Ming is actually very simple to defend against Okur, but there is no protection for the inside line to defend Okur. The Rockets are still weak and unable to protect the pot. The offense is Yao Ming's double-teaming with Okur and Boozergadron. The Jazz completely emptied the Rockets forward and point guard . Yao Ming has a three-person package as soon as he gets the ball, but Yao Ming's offensive data is still good.
