Chapter 14 Exhaustion

The physical wear and tear is indeed a bit large, even after halftime, Shangguan Yu has not completely recovered.

However, with a wave of attacks led by Shangguan Yu in the second quarter, the Rockets took an 11-point lead in the first half, and even if they were chased back by the Kings by four points in the third quarter, they still had a seven-point lead.

After a half-time break, Shangguan Yu's physical strength has gradually recovered and he can appear again.

But Harden was on a hot streak and was not substituted until the end of the third quarter.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Coach McHale asked Shangguan Yu, "Can you play?"

Shangguan Yu nodded and said, "Coach, I've already rested!"

The Rockets players on the court are point guard Terry, small forward Brewer, power forward Harrell, and center Hayes, as well as scoring guard Shangguan Yu.

On the Kings' side, there is a two-point guard lineup, with two point guards Collison and Seth Curry, small forward McLemore, power forward Gaye, and center Cauleystan.

The first wave of offense was the ball possession of the Rockets, the Kings chose to lead the defense in the frontcourt, Shangguan Yu answered near the halfcourt, and Terry found an opportunity and handed the ball to Shangguan Yu.

But it was Guy who came to defend, as a former All-Star player, Guy not only has strong offensive ability, but also has quite strong defensive ability, even if Shangguan Yu has an advantage in speed, he feels that he can't easily break through his defense. However, he obviously knows that Shangguan Yu in the first half is a bit tough to break through, so there is still a little room for shooting.

Yun two steps pretended to break through, but Shangguan Yu jumped up and shot three points.

Syllable!

Obviously, when there are defensive players, Shangguan Yu's shooting percentage is still not so reliable. However, the practice in the past few days has made Shangguan Yu's shot look a little so reliable, so Guy thinks he still has three points.

The shot missed, the rebound was taken by Cauleystan, and on the defensive end, Shangguan Yu had to defend Seth Curry. As the younger brother of Stephen Curry, he shined in the summer season, so he was awarded a two-year contract with the Kings. Although there is a gap with his brother, his three points are not bad either.

So Shangguan Yu followed closely, but he didn't give him space to shoot three-pointers, but after all, he was small and his body was quite flexible, he ran out of the vacant position, received Guy's pass, and forced a three-point shot against Shangguan Yu's defense.

Shangguan Yu's fingertips touched the ball a little, but it didn't change the flight trajectory of the ball, so he could only clap his hands in annoyance. It was the Rockets' turn to attack, and after the ball was transmitted a few times, it came to Shangguan Yu again, this time Shangguan Yu did not force a shot, but called Hayes to come over to block the demolition.

In the face of Guy Shangguan Yu is still a little empty, Hayes came over to help, and Guy was stuck to death, and Cowlistan could only change his defense. Shangguan Yu rushed to the basket without hesitation, and Kaulistan obviously couldn't keep up, so he could only watch Shangguan Yu pass by him and make a layup with his low hand.

This time the score also helped the Rockets stabilize the situation, otherwise the score would be narrowed to within five points, and it would be easy for the Kings to overtake, which can be regarded as stabilizing the morale of the army.

Gay opted to single Harrell, but missed a mid-range jumper.

Hayes rebounded, handed the ball to Terry, and the quick counterattack could not be done, and could only fall into a positional battle. Harrell's ability to play alone is not good, Terry can't break through, Hayes can only play miscellaneous, and Brewer is closely followed by McLemore, so the opportunity appears in Shangguan Yu's hands again.

Breakthrough!

Now in Shangguan Yu's mind, there are only these two words. Maybe he was confident just now, this time in the face of Guy, Shangguan Yu chose to break through forcibly, was intercepted by Guy, and did not throw him away, but Shangguan Yu, who had been rushing hard, suddenly stopped and accelerated to chase Guy after three seconds of the forbidden area, and was deceived by Shangguan Yu.

Pretending to jump, Kaulistan came over to make up for it, and shook one person again, Shangguan Yu handed the ball to the unguarded Harrell, but his mid-range shot was bounced out of the frame.

Shangguan Yu wanted to fight for the rebound, but was stuck by Guy and could only let him take the rebound.

Guy dribbled and made a layup, and the Kings clung to the score.

Because of the continuous use of accelerated breakthroughs, Shangguan Yu's recovered physical strength had been consumed by more than half, but when the ball came to him again, he did not hesitate. Seeing that the acceleration time was about to end, seeing Hayes coming over, he signaled that he didn't need to block and dismantle, and at the same time asked everyone to pull away.

Adjusted the tempo, accelerated suddenly, and broke through from Guy's left hand, but his reaction was not slow, and he soon followed, he thought that Shangguan Yu was going to kill under the basket. Unexpectedly, Shangguan Yu turned his back and took the ball directly outside the three-point line, the two are now one step away, and Shangguan Yu has enough time to shoot.

With a simple adjustment, Shangguan Yu jumped high and shot quickly, but Guy's block didn't work.

This shot was very well prepared, so it didn't disappoint Shangguan Yu and hit a three-point shot.

At first, he only knew how to use speed to forcibly go to the basket, and he didn't know that after using the breakthrough, he withdrew and shot three points, but in the last five seconds of the acceleration time, Shangguan Yu finally realized this hand. However, the acceleration time also ended after Shangguan Yu hit a shot.

But this goal was scored quite beautifully, and even Harden got up from the bench and cheered for Shangguan Yu.

However, after completing this attack, the sequelae of frequent use of accelerated breakthroughs are also apparent. Seth Curry dribbled away from Shangguan Yu, but fortunately his three-point shot was missed.

It was the turn of the Rockets to attack, but they did not accelerate the breakthrough, and Shangguan Yu did not have enough confidence to throw Guy away. So he just handed the ball to Brewer, and then helped Terry block and let him run out of space, and hit a three-point shot, and the difference widened again to 10.

But Guy scored five straight points in the next two attacks to close the score again.

In the following time, Shangguan Yu returned to sleepwalking mode, only giving out an assist, because he was really a little unable to run. Fortunately, after Thorton was replaced, he frantically cut points and stabilized the situation.

At the official timeout of more than 7 minutes, Shangguan Yu was replaced by Harden, and until the end of the game, he did not get the opportunity to play again, obviously Coach McHale also saw that he lacked physical strength.

However, Deng Ge played well, scored 43 points and 13 assists, helped the Rockets, and won three consecutive wins in the new season.

Shangguan Yu was also in a good mood, because he scored 15 points, 2 basketballs, 4 assists, and a block, which was once again touted by domestic reporters and attracted more fans.