The Rockets defeated the Green Army. What adjustments did Uduka make to greatly improve the Rockets offensive and defensive efficiency?

The Rockets defeated the Celtics 128:101 in an away game, ushering in a 3-game winning streak and ending the Celtics' 3-game winning streak. Since then, the Rockets' ranking has risen to 7th in the Western Conference, while the Celtics' ranking has dropped to 9th in the Eastern Conference.

In this game, the Rockets defeated the Celtics by 27 points, and the Rockets led by up to 36 points. In fact, after the third quarter, the fourth quarter completely became garbage time. The Rockets had completed a complete crushing in the third quarter, and the game had been ruined.

Although this Celtics team is not a championship-level team this season. Tatum's season reimbursement has lowered the upper limit of this team, but this team has recently ended the Cavaliers' 3-game winning streak and the 76ers' 4-game winning streak. The Cavaliers and 76ers are by no means weak teams in the East. The Celtics seem to have a certain level of strength. Why are they vulnerable to the Rockets?

Let's take a look at the data first, and it is very obvious that the logic of the Rockets' winning is. Jaylen Brown averaged 27.7 points, 5.2 rebounds and 4.2 assists per game this season. He only scored 12 points in this game and made 6 of 14 shots.

The Celtics' starting lineup is Cota + Minot + Brown + White + Pritchard. Except for Brown and White, the other three players were substitutes last season. In order to save money this summer, the Celtics split the team and promoted last season's second team to the starting lineup and last season's third team to the second team.

In order to maintain the competitiveness of the Celtics, Mazzula also did enough homework. Starting Brown + White were on the court at the same time. White rested first. In the transition period, Brown + Anfernee Simons jointly led the team. White then replaced Brown. When Brown rested, White + Anfernee Simons Simmons leads the team, and Mazzula's rotation arrangement actually solves the Celtics' problem of digesting the ball, the problem of too few ball holders, and the team's integrity and connection problems. Such a combination of three strong points in holding the ball in twos is the key to the current Celtics maintaining their immediate combat effectiveness.

The rotation logic of the Celtics' game failed when facing the Rockets. All the defenders Brown faced against the Rockets were Amen, Ethan, Durant, and Smith. No matter which player he switched to guard, Brown did not play easily. In many cases, he could not make a move. Only when the Rockets replaced Shepard, Brown took advantage.

The Rockets' twin towers and forward lineup were not only unable to hit Jaylen Brown, but also Anfernee Simons and White. The Rockets were full of defensive aggression. The team blocked 11 shots, including 4 blocks by Jabari Smith Jr., tying a career record. Udoka often swung between the twin towers and the five major lineups, making the Celtics completely unable to hit the Rockets inside.

The Rockets' defensive strategy in this game, even when Udoka deployed the five-largest lineup, was not to defend a 2-3 zone defense, but to switch to man-to-man defense throughout the game. Adams or Shen Jing were often switched to the upper line. When the opponent passed the Rockets center, other balls The players quickly shrank the inside line, forcing the Celtics to pass the ball, and the Rockets quickly rotated to fill in positions, making it impossible for the Celtics to attack the Rockets' forward group from the outside, and it was difficult for the outsiders to get easy shooting opportunities. Uduka improved the defensive strategies of the five major lineups according to local conditions, and the effect was surprisingly good.

On the offensive end, in this game, the Rockets made 19 of 29 three-pointers, with a three-point shooting rate of 65.5%. After this game, the Rockets' average three-point shooting rate per game rose to 45.4%, ranking first in the league.

It is no accident that the Rockets can have such a shooting efficiency. Durant, Amen and Shen Jing can attract double-teams from the opponent, and Okogie, Ethan Smith and Sheppard can get a lot of open spaces. These players have online touch, and the Celtics cannot cope with the Rockets' game logic at all.

The Rockets' game logic is that Durant takes the ball and plays indiscriminately in singles. The Celtics can't guard it alone. Shen Jing is beaten in the low post. The Celtics have no players to match up, so they can only continue to pay fouls. Amen's breakthrough with the ball and ghost position movement, the Celtics can't guard it, and they need to attack from a double attack. With the defense, Okogie, Shepard, and Smith had a lot of open opportunities. The Celtics were completely unable to cope with the Rockets' core players and role players playing at the same time. Especially the Rockets were very lethal in this game. The comparison of the number of free throws between the two sides was 35:7. The physical confrontation between the two sides was not at the same level.

The Rockets' top defensive resources, with the exception of Shepard, had almost no weaknesses, which made the Celtics' three major offensive strengths very uncomfortable. The Celtics' substitute players and role players were really limited in ability. For this reason, Mazzula used 13 people in an attempt to find players in good condition and able to cope with them through the accumulation of numbers, but in vain.

The Rockets are not strong in one point, but in the system and logic of offense and defense. Although Dillon is gone, the Rockets are still defending strong teams. The Rockets' internal configuration and defensive resources are more abundant. Okogie has replaced Dillon's role last season. In addition, Finney Smith has not yet come out to play. When Finney Smith can play, the Rockets will have richer resources on both offense and defense.

Durant's super scoring ability has made up for the Rockets' biggest shortcoming. Compared with last season, the five players of Ethan, Shen Jing, Amen, Smith and Shepard have improved very significantly, and there is still potential to be tapped. Amen is becoming more and more comfortable playing point guard. The Rockets have only completed the perfect integration of chemical reactions in 5 games. The future of this Rockets team is very exciting.

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