Shao Wei breaks tradition.

In the past two years, small ball tactics prevailed in NBA, abandoning the traditional big center and using five small players. The death of a warrior has been a great success in the past two years. In addition to the Warriors, there is another team that has been building five small lineups in recent years, and that is the Rockets. Since the arrival of Paul, the Rockets have started to form five small teams, with flexible center cappella as the inside line of the team. I have to say that the record has been good in recent years. This season, the Rockets have formed a more limited small lineup, including Harden, Shao Wei, Covernton, Tucker and Gordon. How strong is the rocket?

Regular lineup

Harden, Shao Wei, Covernton, Tucker and Gordon are the regular lineup of the Rockets, and they all have a lot of playing time. The tallest of the five people is Covington, who is 206 cm tall.

Many fans have questioned, who will rebound with such a small lineup? The highest altitude is less than 2 10CM, and this lineup looks unreasonable. However, to everyone's surprise, the Rockets won 40 games this season, ranking sixth in the West, equivalent to the record of the Fifth Thunder.

Super strong team

Under the leadership of D 'Antoni, the Rockets made the attack to the extreme. This season, the Rockets' offensive efficiency is 1 13.4, ranking second in the league. Among these five people, Harden and Shao Wei hold the ball the most. Both of them have the ability to tear open the defense line and are good at breaking through. No matter who chooses to break through with the ball, there are four options for passing the ball. If you give the ball to any player, you can shoot directly, making it difficult for your opponent to double-team defense.

On the defensive end, all five people's defenses are good, among which Tucker, Covernton and Gordon are all good defenders, and Harden's defense has also improved a lot now, which makes the Rockets can rotate the defense indefinitely without giving opponents a chance. When the opponent takes the singles inside, he will immediately use the speed advantage to double-team. This kind of play of the Rockets is really a super team as long as it has a high enough hit rate.