(22) Strong enemy
As soon as the Rockets began, they felt the difference between the Dallas Mavericks and their opponents in previous games. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Maddie felt really bad today, hitting 2 irons in the opening game. The Mavericks hit a high percentage of shots, and Nowitzki made three consecutive signature shots, and Thomas was unable to limit them effectively due to his height. After Finley hit a three-pointer, the Rockets trailed 11-17, and Tang Shuai was forced to call a timeout.
After the timeout, the Rockets replaced Thomas with a taller Oku. The Mavericks replaced forward Nahura in place of Bradley. Billups missed another three-pointer and Mavericks' Finley missed, but Nahura grabbed a rebound and hit a two-pointer. 11 to 19!
Billups patiently organized and finally found the open Jefferson, but the latter missed a three-point attempt. Nash grabbed the rebound and advanced quickly, attracting a two-man defense before passing to Nowitzki. Nuo Tianwang shot again and Oku failed to defend in place, and the ball went in! At 11:21, the Rockets trailed by 10 points.
Tang Shuai was forced to call a timeout again. This time the big dream came to an end, and the little giant Yao Ming was ordered to appear on the stage.
On the first ball after the game, Yao Ming received a just right pass from Billups and slammed the dunk directly on the opponent's head. Mavericks guard Adrian. Griffin reached out to stop it, but instead caught a foul. Yao Mingjia hit a free throw, and the Rockets recovered 3 points at 14:21.
Griffin was faceless and wanted to hit one back, but he hit a jumper with Maddie's interference. Nahura grabbed the rebound again and passed it to Nash. Nash broke through Billups from the side for a layup. A big hand slammed the ball out, from Yao Ming's supplemental defense!
Maddie gets the ball and slowly controls the tempo and waits for his teammates to set up. When he found his chance, he gave it to the unmarked Oku, who hit the ball in front of the basket with a little less power. The Mavericks' Nahura was already in a position, thinking that the rebound was in his pocket. But a long arm suddenly reached out next to him and took the ball down.
Yao Ming dunked successfully! 16:21。
The Mavericks attacked, and Nowitzki missed the shot this time. And the rocket came over and handed it to Yao Ming for a single, although he didn't score, it caused Nahura's foul. The 203cm Nahura was completely frightened by Yao Ming.
Yao Ming made 2 of 2 free throws, and the Rockets only trailed by 3 points at 18:21. After the little giant came on the court, he dominated the offensive and defensive ends and completely exploded the Mavericks' interior line. Nelson Sr. was forced to call a timeout. Replaced Nahura and Griffin, brought on Williams and defender Raga. Bell comes to restrain Maddie.
20-29 The Rockets trailed at the end of the first quarter. For the remainder of the game, the Rockets failed to score with the exception of Yao Ming. Yao Ming, who was on fire, scored 9 points, 2 rebounds and 1 block on 3-of-3 shooting in just 4 minutes. Maddy, on the other hand, was in poor form today, scoring 1 point on 2 free throws on 0-of-4 shooting.
At the beginning of the second quarter, Maddy was ashamed to come back and hit a three-pointer from Billups, and then he assisted on a two-point shot from Turkoglou. After the Mavericks scored consecutive points to widen the gap again, it was Yao Ming who stepped up again, he hit a 2-point shot first, and then caused Griffin to foul 2 and make 2 free throws, narrowing the gap to 6 points. The elder Nelson called a timeout again and replaced him with the 229cm German giant Sean. Bradley. The two giants of the NBA league finally collided on the court. In the next shot, Yao Ming's shot was hit by Bradley's solid hat. Old Nelson didn't just laugh off the field. Isn't your rocket inside line high? Our center is still taller than Yao Ming.
But high is only one aspect of ability, and the big bamboo pole in terms of technology is really more general. Bradley, who was just about to get up, was tackled by Parker, and Maddie assisted Yao Ming to score, 31:35.
In the case that Maddie has no touch, letting Yao Ming single Bradley has become the main scoring method for the Rockets. And the Mavericks blossomed more, in addition to the three musketeers, Wirt, who came off the bench. Williams and Avery. Johnson played well, but the Rockets took advantage of the rest of the three musketeers to chase back-to-back points. At the end of the second quarter, the deficit was reduced to 3 points, 46:49. Yao Ming had a team-high 21 points and seven rebounds on 7-of-9 shooting in the first half (real stats), while Maddie scored seven points on 2-of-8 shooting.
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At the same time, Yuanfei and Dawson didn't appreciate the battle for the top spot in the West, and they were discussing a trade in Houston, on the other side of Texas. The Rockets are younger, the players are strong, and the start is good, which is naturally a good thing. But there are two sides to everything, and the trouble that comes with good things is the influx of transfer requests. Dawson's application documents from each team included almost half of the Rockets.
"Since Yao scored 20 points on 9-of-9 shooting against the Lakers, there's one more person in the transfer request." Dawson complained: "I miss the days when Yao Gang was scolded for the first two parallel goods, at least a little more leisurely." ”
"Don't complain, old man, most of the team still know that Yao is not for sale to us, and there are not many people who dare to expect extravagance. For the same reason, there really isn't anyone asking for Hakim and Tracy. Yuan Fei smiled bitterly and said, "I don't know how their game with the Mavericks went." We're now 8-1 and we're not much off from an 11-game winning streak. ”
"Jason, don't worry about the game, give me some trading advice. After all, it was the big boss who spoke this time. ”
True, this time it was Alexander's opinion. The Rockets have hoarded a lot of young talent, and it is inevitable that they will become the target of other teams. The NBA league is not simply a pure sports league, but also a commercial league, and the relationship between the upper echelons is complicated, which Yuanfei did not expect. The owner of Alexander instructed Dawson to give away at least one young player from the team to his team to facilitate team exchange.
The Suns have their eye on Magloyer, and their starting center, Chakalidis from Georgia, played in the NBA for 2 years and didn't show enough growth. And the newcomer Stoudemire, although up-and-coming, is still a little immature.
"The Suns' interior rotation is relatively weak, and Stoudemire is not going to give it away. But their backcourt is more congested, and Marbury and Hardaway are the main players. We can ask for their backup point guard Joe. Johnson plus draft picks. Yuanfei commented.
"This is also the talent we almost selected in the draft that year!" Dawson said as he recorded it in his notebook.
The SuperSonics want Oku, and Payton's playmaking skills will allow Oku's projection interior to be put to good use.
"The superSonics don't have any cost-effective players. Lewis is good but too expensive. Reggie. Evans is okay, he's great rebounding and he's a good interior bench. But Oku's tactical value is more important than him, so forget it. ”
The Grizzlies want a shooting guard to partner Gasol, Battier and Jason. Williams, they expressed their willingness to give out Swift in exchange for Reed.
"Phew, when our rockets are garbage yards! Tell them that they can change out of Battier. Gordon? Gooden works, but he doesn't want to. Our inside line is bloated enough, and of course we can't add another person. ”
The Magic wanted a center, and they said they would be willing to send their No. 2 star Mike if the chips were right. Miller.
"Miller is a good shooter, better defensively than Reed, and great rebounding. But he only has a season and a half left on his contract, and now he is still playing at the level of a star, and it is difficult to renew his contract. After all, there is a lot of pressure on our own players to renew their contracts. If Brother Pony doesn't play Thomas, magic is also difficult to accept. It's a deal that's choking. ”
The 76ers want Kenny. Thomas, they have expressed a willingness to make a draft pick.
"Change, change!" I didn't hesitate to fly far this time. "Just take a couple of garbage players!"
The Kings took a fancy to Turkoglou's passing and shooting ability, and that's normal. Historically, he was chosen by the king.
"It's a pity that the Kings don't have any suitable chips, and the future draft pick must be low."
Even the league's No. 1 Mavericks want to poach. Cuban picked up Jefferson and Reed because their starting point back, Griffin, was average. Jefferson or Reed and Nashfinley can make a good outside combination. In addition, the Pistons wanted a point guard because they didn't sign Billups. They applied to trade Parker.
"Don't think about it, the least sufficient talent pool in our team is the No. 1 position. However, it is estimated that the Pistons are just asking, and they don't have much hope. ”
"Timberwolves, Jazz, Nuggets, Wizards...... None of these teams I could look up to. All I can look at is not for sale. Yuan Fei said and threw one with his left hand, and looked at it with his right hand and threw it away.
"Jordan's boss said there was nothing for sale. Do you want to think about Kwamei. Brown or Larry. Hughes. Dawson asked.
"Don't !! these two fools"
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Back on the Dallas side, in the American Airlines Center Arena, Yao Ming sat down with a heavy ass. He was constantly panting, and he had never felt so tired.
Yao Ming looked at the timer, there were only 3 minutes left in the fourth quarter, the difference was 12 points, and the Rockets' hope of turning the tables was already very slim. He saw that Maddie, who was feeling warm, was still struggling on the field; Seeing that Billups has increased the tempo of the team, in order to compress the time and try to play a few more attacks; saw Da Meng fight hard to open the big bamboo pole in order to grab a rebound.
I really wanted to keep playing on the field, but I was too tired to really do it.
With a minute and a half left in the game, the Rockets trailed by 16 points. Nelson made a substitution, and the three main players of Nowitzki, Nash, and Finley were all out of the game, and the rest of the game was completely reduced to garbage time.
I really worked hard today, but the Mavericks were too strong. We still couldn't win.
Yao Ming saw Jefferson strike again; Seeing Reed being capped by Bell again; Seeing that the Mavericks' bench is still scoring.
I'm really unwilling, I really want to win against such an opponent.
The timer for the end of the game sounded, and Yao Ming's eyes turned red.
A long arm wrapped around him, it was a big dream.
"Yao, you played great. Don't be upset, you can leave with your head held high. Da Meng said to Yao Ming in terrible English with an African accent. In the past, Yao Ming had a difficult conversation with him, but this time Da Yao understood. But he choked up at the moment and couldn't say anything.
Just in Charles. On the same day that Barkley kissed the donkey's ass for scoring 20 points, Yao played 33 minutes against the Dallas Mavericks, scoring 30 points and 16 rebounds, while setting new records for points, rebounds and minutes played (true stats in history).
The Rockets suffered a 95-113 defeat to the Mavericks, suffering their heaviest loss since the start of the season.