Legendary basketball manager

What they didn't know was that the Rockets had also quietly changed their formation.

Lawson was temporarily substituted, and he was replaced by another defensive gate of the Rockets-Tony Allen.

Teacher Tony walked onto the field with a relaxed face, twisted his neck and wrist, and looked eager to try.

Before playing, the head coach - Mark Jackson specifically told him that there is only one goal on the court - to stare at Curry!

Teacher Tony readily agreed to such a request without any hesitation.

In this time and space, after he left the Celtics, he did not join the Grizzlies, but came directly to the Rockets.

In other words, people know that Tony Allen is good at defense, but they don't have a deep understanding of his defensive skills.

After all, in the original time and space, Mr. Tony's two major masterpieces - single defense against Durant against the Thunder;

After these two series, Tony Allen became the recognized top3 perimeter defense.

Playing against him is a headache for every outside player!

But now, Mr. Tony, who joined the Rockets, has not yet fought for fame.

He has always been a substitute player, played when the team needed it, and performed conscientiously.

This time the coach suddenly assigned tasks with earnestness and earnestness, and Tony Allen suddenly became motivated.

[This is a good performance, let the coach see my value! ]

With this in mind, Teacher Tony cast his gaze on Curry not far away.

The second-year Curry is fair and clean, with good facial features, and his appearance is placed in the nba of a bunch of rough men. It can be said that he is a random killer (of course, it does not mean that he is the most handsome).

After Tony Allen looked at it for a while, he shook his head and thought, "How can you fight with such a look?"

With this mentality, he soon ushered in the first matchup with Curry.

As soon as Mengshen passed the half court with the ball, Tony Allen posted it and began to use physical confrontation to interfere with the former's rhythm.

During this period, Curry has not gained weight, and his confrontation ability cannot be compared with that of his peak period.

Facing Tony Allen's aggressive defense, he didn't react at once and was almost robbed directly.

But Curry quickly calmed down, turned sideways, separated Allen from the basketball with his body, and at the same time opened his hand to signal his teammates to come over for the pick-and-roll.

Troy Murphy trotted all the way, rushed over, and stepped down to cover for Curry.

However, his body is too thin, and the pick-and-roll quality is not up to standard.

In addition, the defender is Tony Allen, who is good at squeezing through the pick-and-roll, and Murphy's screen is useless.

What's more terrible is that he also brought in another defensive gate of the Rockets, Tucker.

So, as soon as Curry bypassed the screen, he was staggered by the squeezed Allen, and before he had time to adjust, another pair of big hands hit him.

For a while, Tucker and Tony Allen formed a flanking attack on him.

Curry immediately collects the ball and tries to pass it out.

But before he lifted the ball, two pairs of big hands were already pressing on the ball.

Immediately, the three became entangled.

Because Curry was surrounded by two big men, the referee's sight was blocked, and he quickly adjusted his position to see if he wanted to play a scrimmage.

But in the moment when the referee moved, Mengshen failed to protect the ball, and the basketball was ruthlessly taken away by Teacher Tony.

The Rockets took advantage of the situation to launch a counterattack!

With a look of lovelessness on his face, Curry spread his hands to signal to the referee that the opponent had fouled just now when he grabbed the ball.

The referee shook his head.

His line of sight was blocked just now and he couldn't make a judgment, and now it's even more impossible to help Curry make the decision.

Tony Allen advanced with the ball at high speed. When he came to the penalty area, he suddenly flicked his wrist and passed the ball to Tucker who had just run to the bottom corner.

The latter drew his bow and took an arrow, and shot a three-pointer...

bingo!

Three points hit!The Rockets continued to expand their lead.

At this point, Curry had just run back to his own half.

Seeing that the Rockets' offense had been completed, he raised his right hand to signal to his teammates that it was his own problem.

Teacher Tony on the side saw him, and couldn't help but a cruel smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

In the next round, he pressed Curry directly after the Warriors served the ball.

Relying on solid basic skills, Mengshen dribbled the ball across the half court under high-intensity confrontation, but this also consumed his physical strength to a large extent.

Ellis discovered Curry's predicament, and regardless of the coach's arrangement, he began to ask for the ball.

Mengshen was worried about making a mistake, so he had to pass the ball.

Ellis faced Martin and passed the latter with an acceleration.

When he came near the free throw line, he was afraid of Yao Ming who was guarding the penalty area, so he chose an emergency stop jumper.

"Shu~"

Basketball hollow into the net!

18:7, this goal is crucial.

And this goal became the epitome of the game in the next few minutes.

Under Tony Allen's defense, it was difficult for Curry to launch an effective offense. In the end, the ball still had to be handed over to Ellis.

In addition, Curry was restricted, which directly caused Murphy to not even touch the ball.

Under Tucker's defense, the latter turned into an invisible man, without the slightest sense of presence on the court.

However, Ellis was willing to ask for anything from Martin.

Relying on his outstanding performance, the Warriors barely maintained the point difference.

At the end of the first quarter, the two sides battled to 35:25, with the Rockets leading by 10 points.

............

During the break between festivals, the two general managers in the vip box on the stands started a discussion again.

"Larry, let me tell the truth...this Troy Murphy, really can't."

"In the first quarter, he played a full game. He took five shots and scored a total of two points. This kind of efficiency is simply not on the table."

Shen Fei shook his head and said.

"But..."

Larry Riley wanted to refute, but the reasons he could think of, such as long-term lack of battle, bad touch... It is difficult to explain Murphy's performance in the first quarter.

"He is negative value now."

Shen Fei continued.

This sentence is equivalent to a "death sentence" for Murphy.

"Murphy's strength lies in offense, so I deliberately let Tucker start, just to see how heavy he is."

"You may think I'm targeting, but like I said before, if I continue to start Griffin, it's really targeting Murphy."

"Think about it, with Blake's firepower, how can Murphy defend? I'm afraid the situation will be worse than it is now?"

Shen Fei went all out, not giving Larry Riley a chance to breathe.

The general manager of the Warriors was silent for a long time, and finally sighed slowly.

"Ugh..."

"However, if Murphy is not included in the transaction, the salaries of the two parties will not be evenly matched!"

Larry Riley said helplessly.

"Salary is not the most important issue."

"The current situation is that when Curry faced the high-pressure defense in the first quarter, he showed a sense of powerlessness..."

"I would say that the combined trade value of Lawson and Kevin Martin is higher than him."

Shen Fei looked into the eyes of the general manager of the Warriors and said seriously.

At this time, the buff of [Sound of Bewitching] began to take effect, silently affecting Larry Riley's thinking invisibly.