On April 30, the Toyota Center, the second strongest in Texas, fought again. The Mavericks didn't make too many changes www.biquge.info the pen, and the little general still arranged to start with Nowitzki and Howard as the main attack points to grab points. The Rockets have not made any changes at all, and Tang Shuai firmly believes that without the factor of referees, the Rockets will definitely be able to defeat the opponent.

Will the referee factor easily disappear? Just three minutes into the game, Yao Ming was whistled for a covering foul, and the Mavericks immediately launched an offensive after getting the ball back. Terry assists Norwegian on a jumper, and the score has reached 8-2!

As soon as the score came up, Jefferson was a little impatient. Instead of handing it to Billups as usual, he tried to dribble through the half court himself. Terry started to form a trap with Howard, and Jefferson was caught off guard, trying to pass it too hastily and the pass was broken. Finley scored the ball and made a layup unmarked, 10:2!

Yao Ming can understand Jefferson's impatience, in fact, the Rockets did not suffer at the whistle today, and Dampier has been replaced by Yao Ming with 2 fouls in just a few minutes. But due to the shadow of the previous game, Yao Ming was just whistled for a covering foul, and everyone immediately thought of the loss caused by a misjudgment. This fear of the black whistle leads to a mistake that is more fatal than the black whistle itself.

Fortunately, the Rockets still have calm big-hearted players, and Billups was not soft at critical moments, resisting Terry's breakthrough layup.

The Mavericks handed the ball to Howard, who smiled at Jefferson's defense, clearly not taking Jefferson seriously. He really deserves to be confident, Jefferson suffered a big loss against Howard in the first few games, and if it weren't for Maddie's successful defense, Howard would have almost ridden the Savior alone. Now Howard is playing calmly when he sees Jefferson, not only does he have a long shot, but he also has a set of low-post singles because of his physical strength. At this time, he made bold movements, slowly dribbling the ball towards the position close to the basket. If the defender is Maddy, he will worry about the opponent's extra-long arm span to pick up the ball, but against Jefferson he has the confidence to eat strongly.

Howard's smile didn't stop, but it woke up Jefferson. Richard. Jefferson is not the kind of soft-ass player who is always eaten hard. He and Howard were born in the same year, but he entered the league earlier, and he was abused by his junior opponents in the first few games, of course, he was not convinced. After Jefferson returned, he carefully studied Howard's game footage for a few days, carefully pondering the technical characteristics of his opponent, and benefited a lot. At this time, he saw that Howard was about to hit himself with his back again, and desperately lowered his center of gravity, concentrated his strength on his chest, and resisted the opponent's back. Howard hit his back twice and didn't move, turned around and was about to use his dominant arm span to make a move, but Jefferson expected the enemy to take the lead, and reached out to force everything first, and the ball fell!

Maddie was the first to come up and help Jefferson steal the ball. The Rockets firmly grasped the opportunity to chase the points, and Maddy assisted Billups on a jumper to score, 10-6.

Howard's face was ugly, he had always felt that Jefferson was a soft persimmon that was easy to pinch, and he had struck iron twice before but he didn't feel good about it. But now that I look at it, I may not be able to beat Jefferson. He was still unconvinced and wanted to try again, but Terry saw that he wanted to be positive about the ball, and he had to be an adult. Howard didn't hit with his back this time, but chose to break through the face frame, he made a shooting feint and suddenly accelerated to cut in from the side, Jefferson was very focused, and saw him start and immediately stick to maintain the defensive position. Howard couldn't make it to the inside, so he continued to push to the baseline, but Jefferson was still firmly stuck in front of him and pushed him into an awkward position. Howard reluctantly made a move, and was greeted by Yao Ming, who had already been fully prepared, and slapped down.

The Rockets patiently organized the offense, and in the end it was Maddy's breakthrough shot, and Jefferson received the ball and hit a three-pointer steadily, 10-9.

Nowitzki missed a jumper and the Rockets got the ball back again. Due to the fact that the Rockets had just slowly organized a few attacks, the Mavericks' retreat was a little slower. Maddie suddenly picked up speed and went straight to the basket, and only Howard actively filled in the position. Maddie was not afraid to jump up and dunk directly against the opponent, and the referee blew the whistle to block the foul, 2+1!

Madiga hit a free throw, and the Rockets overtook by 2 points!

Howard blamed himself more and more, he had just retreated too hastily and did not realize that he had reached a reasonable collision area, and by the time he found out, he was too late to dodge. It is precisely because he failed to score several consecutive attacks before and played too impatiently that he ignored the defensive position. At this time, his mentality became more and more unbalanced, like a headless fly scurrying around, and he couldn't even find a place to run without the ball.

Johnson couldn't take it anymore and called a timeout. But considering that Howard is a player who usually trains hard, has a good attitude, and is not afraid to do dirty work when he plays, he is exactly the player he values. So the little general still gave Howard a chance, just to calm him down.

Back on the court, Howard calmed down a bit, but still looked a little unconfident. In stark contrast, Jefferson is playing with more and more ease, running aggressively on the offensive end and with a good attitude on the defensive end.

Teammates also saw Howard's predicament, and Finley created open three-point opportunities for him through a breakaway. But Howard hesitated a little and didn't dare to shoot directly. Jefferson immediately made up for Howard's position as soon as he saw the pass, and on the basketball court, the opportunity was fleeting. Howard waited until his opponent was in place to react and barely hit a three-pointer, of course, he missed the iron.

"It's a bit hesitant to shoot, and it's hard to hit a goal like that." CCTV's Sun Zhengping anchor explained. Mr. Sun Zhengping was born as a football commentator, and he was a halfway monk for NBA commentary, and he was also a half-layman, but even he saw the problem.

[Small allusion: Teacher Sun Zhengping has made a lot of jokes about basketball: such as the famous "The Jazz player is Stowe...... (Turning the page in the middle)...... "The player who scored the goal was Ariza (actually Evans)" and so on]

Avery. Johnson finally couldn't stand it anymore, and he made up his mind to replace Howard. But the lead that the Mavericks had managed to build up had been lost.

Howard sat down dejectedly, scoring just four points on 1-of-7 shooting in the first quarter. This time he was defeated by Jefferson.

Dampier was stuck in fouls, Howard was in a slump again, and the Mavericks had Nowitzki and Finley. Relying on the excellent play of the two of them, the Cowboys still clung to the score and finally ended the first half with only 3 points behind at 48:51. (To be continued.) )