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Insider Intel: Countering Yao

By Ric Bucher
ESPN The Magazine

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

The Houston Rockets' dismantling of the Portland Trail Blazers in Game 1 of their playoff series included a classic example of a team saving a small, but crucial, adjustment to create an unexpected postseason conundrum for its opponent. There was some science to it, and it was by the Rockets, but it was by no means rocket science. Coach Rick Adelman simply had his team enter the ball to Yao Ming on the left block through either Ron Artest or Shane Battier (positioned near the left corner of t ...

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