Jim. Jackson was really in good shape today, hitting back-to-back three-pointers that sent the Rockets to a timeout. At 64:71, the Suns took their biggest lead since the opening period.

"Tracy, you play, it's still up to you to strengthen the defense on the outside." Tang Shuai commanded: "Yao and Changxi come down to rest and rest. Joel and Tony on. ”

"Huh? Rest again. Yao Ming was disappointed. However, he was still a very obedient player and sat down silently.

When the other players came on the court, Lao Tang sat next to Yao Ming and said, "Do you still want to continue playing?" ”

"Yes!" Yao Ming has always been humble and respects Tang Shuai very much, and he didn't dare to say too much, but he still expressed his opinion.

"Any idea why you were given a break?"

"I don't know."

"You and Stoudemire have always exploded into each other, he can't prevent you, you can't prevent him, and this stalemate won't do us any good. It's better to let you rest and bring the substitute lineup, Xiao Si was in good shape in the first half, and D'Antoni was not willing to let him rest. In a moment Magloyl will come up, and it is your responsibility to torture him. Xiao Si has a stable mid-range shot, but Pony does not. Are you clear? Tang Shuai said earnestly.

Yao Ming was secretly happy in his heart, it seems that the coach still trusts him. "Got it, will I continue to fight when Stoudemire returns?"

"Well, he was also at the end of the crossbow at that time." Tang Shuai nodded and said, "The fourth quarter will be handed over to you." Not only to redeem the seeds, but also to play your value! ”

Maddy came on and played immediately, stealing Nash in defense. Bosh hit a mid-range shot to close the gap.

Xiao Si is indeed still scoring points against Purzbilla, but Da Pu is not easy to match, and he is still superior in physique and strength. After all, Xiao Si is also a flesh and blood body, and he is gradually losing his physical strength in the continuous confrontation.

Eventually, D'Antoni called a timeout and decided to make personnel changes. Yao Ming was overjoyed, the turning point of the game had come, and it was time for him to play.

The second weakness of the Suns was said by Yuanfei, and the lineup rotation was poor. D'Antoni is a master of bombardment, but he is still inferior to Popovich in terms of personnel. The solar team is also in the eight-man rotation, in addition to the starting five, which is the substitutes Hunter, Barbosa and Magloyle. Among them, Barbossa is relatively young and does not have the trust of the coach, and only acts as a substitute for the old man, often only playing about 10 minutes. So the remaining seven tend to be exhausted in the fourth quarter.

Yao Ming's dominance on the interior was re-reflected, and the Suns temporarily lost Xiao Si, the top scorer, and the Rockets gradually recovered the score. With Yao Ming's 2 free throws and 2 hits, 80:82 the two sides clenched into the final quarter. At this time, the rocket has become more and more confident.

Parker, who is particularly confident, has a strong ability to break through singles, but his organizational skills are slightly inferior, and he has been suppressed by Billups for many years and has not had many opportunities to perform. This time against Nash, who was poorly defended, he finally showed his strengths. Parker's biggest feature is that he is very good at tossing and turning in a small area, and he came off the bench and made a block with Yao Ming to easily break through Barbossa, and suddenly broke through to the middle of Xiaosi and Jackson. The two were just about to block, only to see Parker lean on Jackson, and after turning around, he had already made a layup, and his movements were coherent and smooth.

"There's such a scoring pro hidden on the Rockets bench." CCTV teacher Sun Zhengping explained: "This player's name is Tony. Parker, from France, is about to turn 23 years old, and he is still very young. He broke to the basket a few times today and played resolutely. ”

After Barbossa's three-point shot, Bosh went out and hit a three-point shot! 85:82 Rockets overtake.

Stoudemire struggled to get to the basket and could only pull out the free throw line and hit a jumper. The Rockets gave Bosh another three-pointer, but this time he missed but Maddy rushed to grab the rebound and turned around to make a layup for 87-84.

The Suns had to get Nash back on the court, and the old man only had a measly 1 minute and 10 seconds of rest this time.

Usually when the rocket hits at this time, the tired Yao Ming has begun to be unable to keep up with the rhythm of the sun, but today Yao Ming has rested a lot, his physical fitness is very sufficient, and it is not difficult to run with Xiao Si. It's no problem to follow the opponent to the free throw line, Xiao Si wanted to use the speed advantage to break through Yao Ming, but Bosh made up for the position in time to form a bag and barely missed.

Coming back, it was finally Yao Ming's turn to attack, and he continued to expand the lead with consecutive singles. Although Stoudemire was still scoring, the Suns' majestic outside three-pointers in the first round were dumb, Jackson and Richardson missed three-pointers one after another, and Reed, who came off the bench on the Rockets' side, began to hit constantly.

Yao Ming asked for the ball again to play alone, Marion was forced to step forward to wrap up, Yao Ming had already scored 9 points in this quarter, and he was really not an opponent who could be connived upon. But Da Yao didn't force it but got the vacant Bosh, Jackson pounced to fill the position, and Bosh divided Reed again, empty!

Reed calmly shot, scored a three-pointer, and scored the third shot in a single quarter! Reed also scored nine points in the quarter.

Nash forced a break that caused Maddie's foul, he was already sweating, and his long flowing hair was already scattered, but he still insisted on making 2 free throws and 2 hits. At 114:106, there are less than 2 minutes left in the time, and the overall situation is basically decided.

Yao Ming received the ball and hit Xiao Si with his back, and in the head-on collision of power, Xiao Si was by no means his opponent, and he was beaten up. Yao Ming turned around abruptly and forcibly jumped and slashed hard! Xiao Si was knocked over and sat on the ground.

"Yao Ming withheld Stoudemire!" Sun Zhengping shouted loudly: "This goal is decided!" ”

Yao Ming did not rush to celebrate after completing the slam dunk, but leaned over and extended his hand to Stoudemire in a friendly manner. Xiao Si and Yao Ming's handshake was captured by reporters on the sidelines.

"You've played so well that you're my old enemy." Xiao Si said sincerely.

Yao Ming was a little embarrassed, "You won the prize, and you are even better today." ”

The simple two-sentence dialogue made the smell of gunpowder much lighter. Yao Ming also seemed to untie the knot, let go of the burden, and relaxed a lot.

added free throws, and he scored 12 points in the final quarter and successfully completed the task given to him by Tang Shuai. On the offensive end, he and Xiao Si completed mutual explosions, and Yao Ming's interior barrier role on the defensive end is not comparable to Xiao Si.

At the end of the game, 121-114 the Rockets defeated a strong opponent away from home to take the series lead. Maddy supported the team's offense in the first three quarters, and finally contributed 33+7+5, Yao Ming broke out strongly in the second half, and finally cut down 22+10, and the two odd players on the bench also played an important role, Reed made 5 three-pointers to contribute 20 points, and Parker also scored 20 points on 8-of-14 shooting.

On the Suns' side, Stoudemire scored 43 points, and Nash also scored 29+5+13, but unfortunately they ran out of bullets and failed to defend their home court.

The next day, the front page of the Houston Chronicle featured a photo of Yao Ming reaching out and pulling up Stoudemire, with the headline "Super Center Battle, No Loser." (To be continued.) )