(53) An unexpected bitter battle
The Rockets, who returned to their home court the next day, met with unexpected resistance against the underdogs Hawks, who went 18-37. Pen ~ fun ~ Cabinet www.biquge.info Stephen Jackson, who transferred from the Spurs, finally found a place where he could make a big difference, and his excellent play made the Hawks and the Rockets inseparable, and the two sides fought until the last minute of the fourth quarter, and the Rockets only led by one point.
Eagles Jason. Terry was in possession of the ball, and his mind was full of thoughts on how to beat the Rockets. With 26-year-old Terry, 25-year-old Jackson and 27-year-old Sura set to be important players for the team to rely on, Terry knows that taking out the leaders at this moment is a great opportunity to show himself.
Reed's nice steal! Terry thought too much and was distracted enough to concede the goal, but he immediately reacted and chased it up. Reid thought this easy layup was inevitable, but he didn't expect Terry to defend quite quickly. "Smack!" Reed actually ate a big hat, you must know that Terry is only 188cm. However, the ball was capped out of bounds, and the ball was still in the hands of the Rockets.
Maddie got the ball and controlled it, and went straight to the three-pointer, and the ball hit the front of the basket and missed.
With a roar, the giant was born, and it was Yao Ming who made up for it, 91:94!
The Hawks called a timeout, and the Rockets players began to high-five Yao Ming in celebration. Only Tang Shuai shouted for the players to concentrate, defend three points, and put two points.
There is a saying in the commentary world - basketball is round. That is to say, fate will turn around on the pitch, and I don't know what wonderful results will be. Bob, who just came in from a trade from the Pistons. Sura showed what he could do, and his precise pass to teammate Chris Brown, who had a slight gap. Crawford, who raised his hand to shoot against Wallace's defence. Goal scored, 94 draw! The audience was silent, and the Houston audience, who had wanted to leave the stadium with a happy win, had to sit back in their seats.
Wallace thumped his chest, and the defense was quite in place, and he almost touched the basketball with the tips of his fingers.
Tang Shuai shook his head helplessly. This group of young men is sometimes careless. There was no problem with this ball defensively, but it had been solved long ago if it had played a little better before.
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Jackson hit a three-pointer at the start of overtime, showing the Hawks' determination to win. The Rockets did not show weakness, Yao Ming was singled and trapped, and he immediately assisted Billups to hit a three-point shot from the outside, 97 draws!
"Good shot!" The Rockets bench was also excited. Da Yao's singles ability is very strong, but more importantly, he can observe his teammates while playing singles and help them score. That's what a superstar has to do.
After this hard battle, it was still an opponent, and in the last minute of the first overtime, the Rockets were one point behind and had no possession. Terry held the ball steadily and consumed time, and suddenly started to accelerate the breakthrough, and the Rockets players were just about to close the circle, and the ball had already passed to the other side of Chris. Crawford's hands.
Medium Throw, 105:102.
Maddie immediately broke through and caused Vaughn's foul, hitting two free throws, and the 105-104 Rockets continued their lives! There are 38 seconds left in the race.
Point guard Sula delivered a lethal assist, and Terry caught the ball and made it 107:104 with 14 seconds left.
Tang Shuai immediately called a timeout and arranged some tactics. The Rockets served immediately after the timeout, Chauncey was losing time on the ball, and Maddie was running off the ball. Yao Ming started to cover for Maddie and blocked Vaughn, who was chasing Maddie.
Maddie stretches out his long arm and Chauncy understands that he will hand over the ball. Maddie catches the ball and turns around, but Vaughn hasn't pounced yet, and shoots a three-pointer! Goal scored, 107 draws! Only 2.9 seconds left!
“ctm! ctm! The applause immediately resounded through the Toyota Center. It was a simple collaboration of the CTM trio, and the results were immediate.
Terry gritted his teeth, but he couldn't break through Maddy's defense and had to barely throw a shot, and he didn't even touch the basket. The two sides were tied again and went into the second extra time!
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At this stage of the game, the disadvantage of the rocket finally appeared. They just finished playing in Dallas yesterday and they were so tired. Billups, who has played the most minutes of this game, has played 45 minutes. Tang Shuai dispatched troops and tried to replace substitute players to let the main team rest. But it still can't make up for the excessive fatigue of the main force.
Stephen. Jackson repeated his old tricks, and he started with a three-pointer, but unfortunately missed this time. But center Pulzbila grabbed the rebound, he slightly bent his knee and raised his elbow to protect the ball, and he jumped again to dunk.
A big hand flew out of the diagonal ground and pressed the ball down in an instant - of course, it was Yao's hot pot, a Chinese specialty.
Terry picked up the ball and immediately made a jumper, but it still missed, and Wallace protected the rebound. Parker received the ball and advanced to the front court to Yao Ming to play singles, Da Yao raised high and turned around with a dexterous step, and Purzbilla stretched out his hand to blow the referee's whistle and foul the defense! Purzbila left the field with 6 fouls!
Yao Ming hit two free throws, and the Eagles called a timeout at 107:109. Substituted center Ndiaye, and the Rockets also replaced the physically exhausted Yao Ming with Oku.
After a few battles, there was not much time left in overtime, and Turkoglou finally overdrawn, and a deformation of the dribble was stealed by Crawford, and he himself fell to the ground while saving the ball. Maddie ran wild, the first defense was in place, but Terry was still ruthless, receiving a three-point shot from Crawford's return pass, 114:111! Only 54 seconds were left for the rocket.
Billups shot another three-pointer, but unfortunately couldn't make it due to lack of fitness. Wallace, who had just come on as a substitute, did his best to grab the rebound, but the rebound also slid out of the basket. The Eagles organized the offense with 36 seconds left.
The Rockets players were desperately defending, and the Hawks players were starting to lose their ability to run, and Sura controlled for a long time and found that no teammates were running, so he could only play hard and miss the layup. Oku protected this key rebound, and the game had 13 seconds to go!
Maddie slowly consumed time with the ball, and the Hawks defenders pounced, and they still remembered the painful memory of being equalized by Maddie in the first overtime.
"Chauncey, I'll leave it to you!" Maddie slammed the ball out, and the sound of a long flight rang in his ears at the moment - "The core role is for you to 'handle' the last ball, not the last shot." ”
Billups, who had just missed a key shot, received the ball and calmly took the shot, which arced higher and rounder than his usual shot.
Goal scored, 114 draws! The rocket is back to life again!
The audience was boiling! We're not just Maddie who can save the team. We've got CTM and we've got three superstars!
Tang Shuai also cheered loudly for Maddie, and the disciple was so mature in the handling of the key ball, which made the master very pleased.
The Eagles didn't have enough time to complete an offense, and the two teams went into a third overtime.
Yao Ming stood up and applauded vigorously a few times, he patted Maddie's shoulder and smiled: "I've rested enough, I'll leave the next overtime to me!" ”