The starting lineup sent by Houston is David Wesley, Luther Head, Tracy Maddie, Juwan Howard, Yao Shu. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Jeff Van Gundy learned his lesson from last time and switched to the most aggressive camp.

He decided to try his hand at the Trailblazers.

After all, the battered team has lost 18 games in a row.

He didn't seem to care, even though he had lost to the Trail Blazers before.

The starting lineup of the Trail Blazers is Zhou Zheng, Leonard, Myers, Margloyle, and Ratliff.

This lineup has been used frequently in recent times.

But the actual combat effect is not good in terms of performance.

Therefore, Van Gundy even said very easily: "We have to get the game done in the first half, we have to save our energy, and the Mavericks are our main opponent." ”

Jeff Van Gundy is so confident, ESPN's three ball commentators are also optimistic about them across the board, and even the CCTV studio on the other side of the ocean is talking about the Rockets' playoffs. They are always optimistic about the Rockets, believing that the Rockets have a chance to advance to the Finals this year, and even believing that only the Rockets in the West can restrain the Miami Heat in the East. Because Yao Shu is stronger than the shark, and Maddie is stronger than Wade.

As for Zhou Zheng, who is also a Chinese player, most of their evaluations are ...... He has a bright future.

……

Syllable!

Yao Ming unexpectedly photographed the basketball, but Zhou Zheng got the basketball first, and David Wesley's reflexes have degraded a lot.

Jeff Van Gundy deliberately used him as a starter tonight because Wesley did a good job of limiting Zhou Zheng in the last encounter.

He firmly believes that Wesley's strong body and excellent lateral movement will be a stumbling block to keep Zhou Zheng outside the three-point line.

However, on the first ball, Zhou Zheng let his wishful thinking fail.

When Zhou was coming to the three-point line, David Wesley immediately greeted him, who kept chattering.

"Shoot, rookie, don't think about me. You have a 72% chance of breaking through from the right side, and everyone already knows the trick of your breakthrough. ”

Wesley looked confident.

This is the statistic released by ESPN last week, and they analyzed each of Zhouzheng's breakouts one by one to come to this conclusion.

In the period after this conclusion was released, Zhou Zheng did reduce a lot of breakthroughs.

They immediately decided that Zhou Zheng's rookie wall had arrived, and the reason why Zhou Zheng was able to maintain good statistics was only because he averaged close to 30 shots per game. Chatford even mocked: "Even if my grandmother averages 30 shots per game, she can easily average 20 points per game." ”

"What an ignorant judgment!"

Zhou Zheng shook his head.

Then he suddenly slammed forward, castrating extremely fast, Wesley subconsciously took a step back, and Zhou Zheng stepped up again, taking the initiative to force his defensive space.

Seeing this, Wesley thought that he had come just in time, and hurriedly collided with him... Burst!

The two collided with each other.

Wesley couldn't help but take half a step back, but Zhou Zheng turned around after shaking violently, and shook off Wesley's defense in the blink of an eye.

Wesley was extremely shocked, he didn't expect Zhou Zheng's physical confrontation to improve so quickly, he quickly made up for it.

And just as he used his excellent lateral movement to make up for it, Zhou Zheng braked, and then suddenly changed direction...... Cut straight back from the left side...... Shout!

Zhou Zheng flashed past and broke through from Wesley's right side. By the time he turned around, Zhou Zheng had already hit the free throw line.

Jeff Van Gundy watched from the sidelines dumbfounded and frustrated. The stumbling horse he was relying on had been kicked away by Zhou Zheng.

After Zhou Zheng rushed to the free throw line, there was an empty space in front of him, and no one came to make up for it.

Zhou Zheng jumped up and threw the basketball out by riding a horse and archery...... Swish!

Arrested.

Win the first place with ease and freehand.

“tigerrrrrrrrr！！！”

The narrator at the scene shouted Zhou Zheng's name loudly.

The fans of the Rose Garden also made a lot of noise.

After waving to the fans, Zhou Zheng told Wesley with a smile: "Don't be superstitious about ESPN's theory, even if I break through from the right side every time, no one can stop me." ”

Wesley was stunned.

He couldn't find the words to refute it, as far as the confrontation and speed cutting that Zhou Zheng showed just now, he definitely couldn't limit his pace.

When Wesley was speechless, Zhou Zheng said to Jeff Van Gundy on the sidelines: "Coach Jeff, if you can't defend the key area well, Houston can't beat Dallas at all." ”

"Shut up. Boy!"

Jeff Van Gundy didn't accept Zhou's suggestion, and his response was strong: "It's a playoff team's business, and you're not in a position to dictate." ”

Van Gundy's words choked Zhou Zheng, which is Zhou Zheng's biggest regret this season, and he feels that the team is capable of entering the playoff sequence.

But... The steering wheel of the team's sailing is out of his control.

Back at halftime, Wesley handed the basketball to Tracy Maddy. Maddie faced Miles' defense and forced a breakthrough in the penalty area, but before he could fly, he was directly left behind by Margloyer, who assisted in the defense.

The Rockets re-served, and Yao Shu singled Ratliff in the depths of the box and hit a hook shot for two points.

Looking back, Zhou Zheng once again easily cut through Wesley's defense, rushed into the penalty area and easily passed the ball to the free throw line after making a mess, and Margloyle, who pulled out, easily hit a jumper.

Margloyl largely filled the void for Zachrandorf. Although he has been playing in the center position a lot of the time, his current style of play is more of a spatial four.

Easy to play again, Tracy Maddy hit a jumper.

Looking back, Zhou Zheng assisted Leonard, who was running, to hit a three-pointer in the bottom corner.

The pace of the game comes and goes, and although the Rockets have sent the strongest offensive lineup, but... Still couldn't parry the multi-point flowering of the Trailblazers.

The first quarter ended quickly, with the home team Trail Blazers leading by seven points at 29-22.

"That's what a true trailblazer is. McBrin emphasized, "As long as Zhou doesn't overshoot, they can keep their playoff teams competitive." ”

"The Trail Blazers were a strong contender for the playoffs before the All-Star break, and they started losing vigorously after the All-Star break. Reggie Miller said with a little disdain: "Portlanders are too ugly to eat." Everyone knows that they want to get a good pick by playing badly, and they will try their best to rebuild after selecting potential players. ”

"Next year is going to be a draft year. Bill Wharton said, "I'm afraid they're going to lose more than they gain." ”

Bill Wharton doesn't have a strong sense of identity with his old club, the Trailblazers, preferring to refer to himself as a Celtic legend.

At the same time, he doesn't like defenders to dominate the game. He likes the center, he likes all the traditional centers, he is a senior Yao Blow: "Do they want to choose the tall Italian center? ”

"It's time for NBA teams to refocus on the NCAA. There will always be only one Yao in this world, and it is much more difficult to find the next Yao from other countries than it is to find another shark from the United States. To be honest, last year's Andre Bogut was at best a top-10 goalkeeper. But because of Yao, he was infinitely promoted. Yao has made the NBA full of false expectations for centers outside of the United States. ”

Bill Wharton always likes to create topics for Yao Shu, and always elevates Yao Shu's status infinitely. This is in strong contrast to his infinite disparagement of Zhou Zheng. So, he made Chinese fans love and hate.

At the same time as Bill Wharton with the rhythm.

Zhou Zheng said to coach McMillan on the bench: "I don't plan to rest. ”

"It's the last game. ”

Zhou Zheng is always emphasizing this.

This makes his request full of legitimacy and irresistibility.

McMillan could only shake his head helplessly, and then promised him.

At the start of the second quarter, McMillan brought Zach Randolph onto the court, hoping that Randolph would find a little bit of a feel for the game.

However, tactically it was difficult.

After Randolph's injury, Zhou Zheng has already imprinted his style into the Trailblazers' system. Now that the core is back again, can the two adapt?

McMillan was a little apprehensive.

At the same time, McBrin on the commentary desk was also muttering: "Next, will the ball of the Trail Blazers be handed over to Zach Randolph or will it continue to be controlled by Zhou? Strictly speaking, the Trail Blazers are still Randolph's team." ”

Soon, Zhou Zheng gave the answer.

He went straight into the box after blocking and dismantling with Zach Randolph in the high post, mobilized all the defenses and passed the basketball back, Randolph received the ball, kept his feet off the ground, and shot with ease...... Swish!

Zach Randolph scored again after months of absence, drawing cheers from the crowd.

Zhou Zheng also ran over to high-five him.

Although Randolph is fat now, his soft touch has not been lost.

"How do you interpret this ball?" said McBrin, surprised.

"The situation is very clear. Reggie Miller hit the nail on the head and said: "The ball is still in the hands of Tiger." Randolph has been turned into a weapon to assist him. ”

"So, Zhou was successful?" said Bill Wharton in surprise, "Zach Randolph is not a good talker. ”

"They have always had a very good relationship, and Tiger had controlled more than half of the ball before Randolph's injury, which shows that Zach acquiesced in Tiger as the initiator of the attack. Reggie Miller analyzed: "Actually, Randolph is more concerned about personal data and his own status, and he is not too interested in the team's record and the control of the dressing room. As long as Tiger respects him enough and creates a few comfortable attacks for him every game, he will definitely not embarrass him. ”

"It's incredible to think about. ”

McBrin was amazed: "It only took Zhou one season to take full control of the Portland prison, and a lot of people were worried that he wouldn't fit into the locker room atmosphere as a top student at Stanford. Unexpectedly, he completely changed the team culture. ”

His emotion made the audience in front of the TV extremely emotional... This is indeed not an easy thing to do.

As the game continued, the Rockets still took their housekeeping skills out of their game, and they created an extremely tough defensive line.

This made Zhou's passing difficult, but they overlooked another point.

After a season of indiscriminate throwing, Zhou Zheng's offense has begun to take on lethality.

When Zhou Zheng broke through the joint defense and scored inside the three-point line, the Rockets were more defensive about his passing, thus ignoring his offense.

Therefore, he calmly sacrificed his throws again and again.

After averaging 30 shots per game, his outside shooting has not improved significantly, but his 12-foot throw can be said to be perfect, and the shooting rate is six or seven percent when no one is defending.

If it were another team, it would be impossible for Zhou Zheng to shoot so calmly in this area.

However, the Rockets were a surprise, they were a defensive powerhouse. However, the defense of the area that shrinks inward in the key area is extremely passive. Because Yao Shu is difficult to make up for outside the restricted area, Juwan Howard is more keen on the weak side of the defense, and as for the point guard, the Rockets can't come up with a decent figure at all. Tracy Madie is an offensive nuclear weapon, allowing him to spend his energy on the defensive end no different from wasting it.

"Jeff Van Gundy had to call a timeout. ”

After McBrin said this, the Rockets immediately asked for a timeout.

There were nearly eight minutes left before halftime, but the Rockets were already 11 points behind.

"They had to find a way to limit the week. Reggie Miller said simply, "If they lose this game, then they will lose the rest of the series." Devin Harris and Jason Terry don't have Tiger's passing ability, but they are more aggressive, and they are likely to replicate Tiger's success. ”

"Johnson Jr. should be laughing out loud right now, and he'll be thanking Zhou from the bottom of his heart. Not only did it earn them home-court advantage, but it also gave them a way to choke the Rockets' defensive dead end. ”

……

ESPN's analysis struck a chord with Jeff Van Gundy, who thought the trip to Portland would be an easy win and revenge for the previous Houston kill.

Unexpectedly... This bullying team actually put on a jaw-dropping performance in the final game.

Zhou Zheng no longer runs to the outside line to shoot indiscriminately, and pays more attention to assists and strategies.

And, his on-the-go throws were outrageously accurate.

"Tracy, it's up to you to defend him out of position. Jeff Van Gundy glanced at the bench and saw that the equipment on the possession line was so miserable that he could only bet on Maddy: "Now only you can limit him one-on-one. ”

Tracy Maddie nodded.

He was known for his defensive work in Toronto.

It's time to let him know how serious the consequences of stealing an All-Star MVP can be.

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[I'm sorry yesterday, I'll try to make it up.] 】

- (To be continued.) )