The NBA has many masters of the middle throw, but there is only one who is called the "king of the middle shot", and that is Alan Houston. Houston's shooting posture is very standard, and his shooting ability is very good, so he can be called the "king of shooting". Houston is now very famous, but when playing in Houston, he is a very famous player, he killed opponents in the playoffs, got a contract of 100 million yuan in the offseason, for a time Houston became a star-studded player in the league, but the sudden injury made Houston, the "king of the middle pitch", have no light on his face, he sat in the corner in frustration, looking at everything in front of him, the heart was bitter, he took the road he least wanted to go, left the field, this article will take you to understand the "middle pitch king" Alan Houston.
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Houston is 1.98 meters tall, in terms of talent, it is not so good, Houston is not based on talent to play, Houston's biggest feature is the shooting posture standard, but also very accurate. When you first touch the shooting, everyone will practice according to the standard shooting posture, so what is the standard shooting posture, that is, Houston, each part of the Shooting Posture in Houston, and even the position of each finger are exactly the same as the standard shooting posture written in the textbook, and the reason why Houston's shooting posture is so standard is not that he deliberately tries to learn a look, forcing himself to do, is that he really fits this posture, with this posture, he shot very accurately.
After Houston entered the league, he shot a lot in the mid-range area of 10 feet to 16 feet, and it was very accurate, the most accurate season shooting rate was 49%, and in the area of 16 feet to 23 feet, Houston's most accurate season shooting rate was 48.6%, which was much higher than the league average at that time, so people would call Houston "the king of the middle shot".
Houston's mid-range shooting is very accurate, and his three-point shot is also accurate, Houston has played 12 seasons in the NBA, in addition to the rookie season three-point shooting is not accurate, Houston has shot more than 38% of three-pointers in other seasons, averaging at least 1 three-pointer per game. Accurate shooting and accurate three-pointers allow Houston to shoot and kill all sides on the court, and Houston has always done so, always making shooting his first choice on offense.
Houston's shooting kills blood, making him a strong player, but Houston's weakness is that his basket finish is weak, the shooting rate is generally around 45%, lower than the league average, the basket end is weaker, so that Houston's defense is against him to shoot, so that the pressure of his shooting shot is much greater, but it is in this situation that Houston played a super high shooting percentage, indicating that he is a top shooter.
Houston offense has its own signboard, but in defense, Houston's performance is more general, steal ability is also average, single defense, assist defense ability are average, not a defensive black hole but far from being a defensive tough guy, but if you encounter the other side, Houston's defensive performance will be worse. In general, Houston has strong offensive ability, has its own killing moves, and is an excellent offensive strength, but the defense is average, not good offensive and defensive, which makes Houston's ceiling only to the excellent second boss, unable to lead the team forward. Although Houston is not a superstar in the NBA, his NBA career is also very exciting, and he has also had a very dazzling performance.
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Houston played four years in college, and it was during those four years of college that Houston became a great player, and in the '93 Draft, the Pistons selected Houston with the No. 11 pick in their hands, and Houston's NBA career began. At this time, the Pistons, without Thomas, without Lambier, without Winnie Johansson, the departure of these Pistons took away the glory of the Pistons. The Pistons are looking forward to young people to revive the Pistons and make the Pistons a powerhouse in the East again.
Against this backdrop, the Pistons chose Houston and placed a lot of expectations on him to train him as the successor of the "Smiling Assassin". Houston was a substitute player for the first two seasons of his career, and in the limited playing space, Houston improved his performance a lot, his shooting accuracy improved a lot, and in the NBA, a league with many talents, he became the most accurate shooting group.
The 95-96 season, the third season of Houston's career, was a season to test how well Houston was doing, and the Pistons put him in the starting lineup and gave Houston the second most shots in the team, allowing Houston to show his scoring ability, and Houston has really evolved.
Scoring 30 points in at least six games of the season, Houston scored 30 points on 6-of-9 three-pointers against the Suns to help the Pistons win the Suns, who own Barkley. At the end of the season, Houston averaged 19.7 points, three assists and 3.7 rebounds per game, shooting 42.7 percent from three-point range. At the end of the three regular seasons, Houston really played, and the Pistons were very happy, believing that the combination of Houston and Hill would be able to restore the Pistons to their former glory. But in the offseason, Houston made a decision, he decided to join the Knicks, leaving the Pistons to cultivate their own Pistons, after the news came out, the Pistons fans were very disappointed, in the hearts of pistons fans, Houston became the biggest villain, Houston every time he appeared at Auburn Hill Palace, the Pistons fans would boo him at the loudest volume to show their disgust for him.
After coming to the Knicks, Houston's role is very clear, that is, to be the sharpshooter around Ewing, the second boss of the team, when he first arrived, the Knicks' tactical status to Houston was not high, averaging only 12.7 shots per game, but Houston handed over 14.8 points, 2.2 assists and 3 rebounds, which was the second most scoring player on the team, Houston told the Knicks with excellent performance that he could take on heavier tasks, and the sudden accident made Houston have to change from the second boss to the big boss.
In the 97-98 season, Knicks star Ewing fell due to injury, and played 26 games in the season. It was something the Knicks hadn't thought about for years, because Ewing had a high attendance rate before that. The Knicks scanned the stars in the team, and the most suitable for a new pillar was Houston, and Houston became the Knicks' pillar. In the first game that Ewing missed, Houston scored 19 points to lead the team to win the opponent, in the following game, Houston scored well, leading the Knicks to win multiple consecutive wins, and more than two consecutive games to cut 31 points, at the end of the season, Houston averaged 18.4 points, 2.6 assists and 3.3 rebounds per game, leading the Knicks to a record of 43 wins and 39 losses, successfully reaching the playoffs as the seventh in the East.
In the first round of the playoffs, the Knicks encountered the heat of the old enemy ranking third in the East, the first game of the playoffs, Houston did not play well, but in the second game, he cut 24 points, 6 assists and 9 rebounds, helping the team to win back a city, the fourth game, Houston cut the team's highest 18 points, and 4 assists, 4 rebounds and 1 steal, helping the team win and dragging the series into the fifth game. At that time, the first round of the playoffs was a five-game three-win format, so the fifth game was a life-and-death battle, in which Houston scored a game-high 30 points, and the Knicks took the Heat lightly, eliminating the Heat 3-2 with a big score, and staged a next gram.
In the second round, the Knicks met the second-place Pacers in the East, facing the Pacers, the Knicks could only barely fight, and after 5 games, the Knicks were eliminated. Although it stopped in the second round, the Knicks' performance was still very surprising, and Houston's performance was good enough to make Knicks fans satisfied, but the story is even better next season.
98-99 season, the NBA due to salary problems suspended, after a lot of twists and turns, finally the start of the game, but the season shrunk, the regular season only 50 games, after the start of the Knicks began to play, but Ewing's injury is still not good, the regular season played 38 games, and Then Houston stood out, played the full season, averaging 16.3 points, 3 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game, helping the Knicks to enter the playoffs as the eighth in the East. In the playoffs, Ewing's injury is also more serious, so that Ewing played completely unlike himself, on the court is intentional to play a good performance, but subject to the body, the performance can only be said to be average, when Ewing can not play, Houston and Sprewell in the form of two guns to take over the responsibility of leading the team.
In the first round of the playoffs, the eighth Knicks in the East encountered the First Heat in the East, and in the first game, Houston shot 9 of 13 and scored 22 points efficiently, helping the Knicks win over the Heat, but the Heat were not willing to lose, the two teams began to tug-of-war, and the series entered game five. The fifth game was played at home with the Heat, the game was very difficult, the score was very low, 5 seconds before the end, the Heat led by 1 point, the ball was in the hands of the Knicks, after the whistle, the Knicks' attack began, Houston began to stand under the basket, after the whistle ran to the three-point line, got the ball, the defenders were afraid that Houston's shot was passed, Houston saw this and continued to kill the basket, Mourning under the basket thought That Houston would use the middle shot, but Houston made a throw, Mourning failed to cover, the ball fell to the front of the basket, and bounced back to the rebound, In the end, he fell into the basket, Houston completed the kill, and the Knicks won the game with a score of 78-77, eliminating the Heat with a big score of 3-2 and completing the "Black Eight".
In the second round, the Knicks against the Hawks, the first game of the series, Houston scored 34 points, let the Knicks win the game, the second game, Houston did not feel good, but the Knicks still won, two consecutive losses, the Hawks had no morale, and lost two consecutive games, the Knicks swept the Hawks more easily and reached the Eastern Conference Finals.
The Knicks Eastern Conference Finals opponent was the Pacers led by Reggie Miller, the strength is very strong, the first game, both sides played very well, Houston scored 19 points, Miller also scored 19 points, but the Knicks played a little better, three points narrowly beat the Pacers, first to win, but the Pacers responded in the second game, the two sides drew a big score, and then the two sides entered a tug-of-war, the big score 3-3 draw, into the seventh game of a showdown. In the seventh game, Houston was the best in the game, he played very lethal, scoring a game-high 32 points, Houston's outbreak gave the Knicks an advantage, and finally defeated the Pacers by 8 points, defeating the Pacers by a 4-3 score to reach the Finals.
In the Finals, the Knicks have to compete with the Spurs for the championship, objectively speaking, the Knicks are not as strong as the Spurs, the Spurs lineup is very complete, and the Knicks, Ewing's injury is not good, the role is limited, relying on houston and Sprewell's double gun. After the series began, the Knicks fell into passivity, losing two consecutive games, the third game, Houston cut 34 points, 4 assists and 3 rebounds, only to let the Knicks win the Spurs by 8 points, and then in the next two games, Houston played well, but the Spurs played better, they easily defeated the Knicks and took the championship.
Although it failed to win the championship, the performance of the Knicks, houston's performance has been amazing, the eighth in the East to reach the Finals is very rare in NBA history, and Houston's kill, two single games 34 points, let the Knicks fans very much appreciate him. The wonderful performances of Houston and Splendid gave the Knicks a new possibility, and they began to intentionally make the "double gun" the core of the team, the 99-00 season, Houston averaged 19.7 points per game, became the team's top scorer for the first time, and led the team to a record of 50 wins and 32 losses, breaking into the playoffs, the first round of the playoffs, they easily swept the Raptors, the second round of the playoffs, after 7 battles, they defeated the Heat, the Eastern Conference Finals, the Knicks and the Pacers fought fiercely for six games, but unfortunately lost, the results were not as good as last season, but it was still good, which made people still have expectations for the "two-gun" combination, but people's expectations were quickly shattered.
In the first round of the 00-01 playoffs, the Knicks and Carter's Raptors fought fiercely for 5 games, losing by a big score of 2-3, this defeat made the "double gun" highly questionable, and at this time Houston's contract expired, the Knicks gave Houston a six-year contract of one hundred million, kept him, when this contract was signed, people thought it was a bad signing, there was a lot of discussion, Houston did not want to respond, he just wanted to fight back with performance.
In the 01-02 season, Houston scored 20.4 points, and in the 02-03 season, Houston scored 22.5 points, houston did well after signing a big contract, but he was not a leader, and the Knicks' record was still bad. In 2004, the Knicks made a big adjustment, Sprewell was sent away, Marbury, Hardaway entered the team, Houston was eager to continue to perform himself in the new lineup, but after 50 games, Houston's knee injury made him leave the court and sit on the sidelines, he took the top salary contract, but sat on the sidelines, watching Marbury get angry, watching Hardaway play the residual heat, watching the fans cheer to the stadium, he looked around, and only the two crutches that belonged to him were his.
In the 05-06 season, Houston only played 20 games, he already felt that he did not belong to the NBA, he announced his decision to retire before the 05-06 season, he was reluctant, but there was no way, this is the only way. Houston didn't create his own era in the NBA, but he left a lot of wonderful moments, a lot of his own records, he cut 50+ twice, ranked 40th in NBA history, he ranked fourth in the Knicks' history regular season scoring list, behind Ewing, Fraser and Reid, Houston dedicated himself to the Knicks, engraving his name in team history.
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Houston was a great guy who was very happy off the field to do what was good for others, winning the Martin Luther Gold Medal in 11 years. Houston is now a member of the Knicks management, and the Knicks are now in a better situation, no longer the fish belly team of previous years, I hope That Houston can help the Knicks complete the rise and regain the competitiveness of the last century.