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NBA: Proud to have stopped Victor Wembanyama, the Rockets congratulate themselves
Published on March 13, 2024 at 10:23 a.m.
Passionately passionate about basketball, he left to live in San Antonio to follow Victor Wembanyama’s Spurs after a diploma at the IEJ, his gaze constantly fixed on the NBA, both on the field and on the statistics and contracts.
Victor Wembanyama, targeted by the Rockets defense, was limited to only 13 points this Tuesday, during the defeat of the Spurs (101-103). “We had to go a little hard, but it’s an excellent job,” congratulated Ime Udoka, the Houston coach, at a press conference.
With Dillon Brooks as a “spearhead”, the defense of Houston managed to limit Victor Wembanyama at 13 points (5/12 on shots) this Tuesday, one of his most timid performances of the season. The physical intensity of the playersMaking Udokawho were instructed to focus on the rookie and his teammate Devin Vassellwas the key to the victory of the Rockets It front of Spurs (101-103).
Ime Udoka: “We had to go a little hard, but it was an excellent job”
This season, few teams have managed to hinder Victor Wembanyama as did the Rockets. The figures of the star Spurs are systematically weaker against this team, which always sends its best defenders and multiplies the catches to two. “The main thing was to take care of the two players who can really beat you and score more than 30 points,” explained Making UdokaReferring to Of the flesh et Vassell.
“I think it was a good defense,” said the former disciple of Gregg Popovich has Saint Anthony. “I liked the pressure he put on Wembanyama, pushing him out of position. He really held him in check during the first half, he and Vassell only scored two points. We had to go a little hard, but it was an excellent job to keep it to 13 points, and six for Vassell. Dillon (Brooks) was the spearhead of it all. »
Dillon Brooks: “I’m a versatile defender and I can show it”
“I just see that I’m doing something good,” reacted Dillon Brooks, asked about his defense on the Frenchman. The Canadian winger, among the executioners of the Blues during the last World Cup, devoted all his energy to following the inside of 2.24 m throughout the match in order to slow him down. “I’m happy to be able to defend both Victor Wembanyama and Paul George […] I am a versatile defender and I can show it. »
Tre Jones: ‘I wouldn’t even say Dillon Brooks was the problem’
“I wouldn’t even say that Dillon Brooks was the problem tonight, it was more the number of players they sent him,” he added. Three Jonesteammate of Of the flesh to Spurs. “(If it had just been Brooks) we could have sent him the ball near the basket and scored at will. But when they bring one, two or three additional defenders on him, it’s difficult to find openings. »
The top NBA draft pick also highlighted the team’s collective defense. Rockets and their physical intensity, also explaining that he perceives being the target of the defense as a compliment. “Games like this remind me a little bit of the intensity of the playoffs, so it’s interesting […] I thank my opponents for playing this way, it makes me progress,” he added.
2024-03-13 09:32:28
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