Chapter 6: Miyagi Kex (I)
"Rebound!"
The Clippers missed the first shot in the second half, and the 2.06-meter Landry and the 2.11-meter Clippers center Paul Davis were almost evenly matched in the battle for rebounds.
Scola immediately followed David's halfcourt arrangement, passed straight to Brooks, Brooks received the ball and started quickly, and with a turn and dribble, he broke through the interception of Al Thorton, the Clippers' first-round pick this year, and rushed directly into the three-second zone for a layup.
Fast!
The Rockets' offense, from Scola's pass to Brooks' layup, took no more than 4 seconds.
The Clippers opened with an offensive focus on Paul Davis, who was the fourth pick in the second round of last year's Clippers, and after being completely limited by Mark Gasol in the first half, he finally faced Landry, who was half a head shorter than himself, in the second half, and he finally had the confidence to come.
It's a pity that Paul Davis's personal offensive ability is really mediocre, and he forced Landry to shoot, although Landry did not block the basketball, but it has far affected his shot.
The basketball smashed on the front edge of the rim and missed.
The rebounds were well protected by Scola, and the Clippers power forward was completely blocked behind him, and he was unprepared to deal with the old demon Scola.
Scola's rebound was followed by another powerful through ball.
"Ah, that's fast!"
"The Rockets are almost halftime."
Scola's pass was meant to pass to Brooks, who was just past the halfway line, but the force was a little too strong, and Brooks had to jump up and catch the ball with both hands - then the Rockets' advantage of going down quickly would be gone.
However, Brooks flew like he was close to the ground, he didn't jump at all, and his speed went up another step within two steps, turning Scola's overpowered pass into a second pass, and after receiving the ball, there was no one in front of him, and he took advantage of the situation to make a three-step layup.
31:41!
This time the Rockets took less than four seconds to attack, and they played a 4-0 small high-tide in the second half minute.
The Clippers were a little unprepared for the difficulties ahead, and this year's 45th pick rookie point guard Jarred Jordan took the ball to the front court and handed it to Al Thorton, the team's ace in summer league is the team's most solid support in difficult times.
Al Thorton, the 14th overall pick of the year and the top draft pick on both teams, scored 24 points and eight rebounds in his first Summer League game against the Nuggets three days ago, becoming the team's current ace.
As soon as Al Thorton got the basketball, Mike Harris clung to it, taking advantage of Al Thorton's lack of concentration, stabbed his right hand and almost got the ball.
Al Thorton finally put away his energy and made two feints, but Mike Harrishould did not waver at all, and the pressure went straight to Thorton, who was holding the ball.
The next moment, Al Thorton suddenly started at full speed, jumped high with an emergency stop, and the basketball shot instantly.
"Think you're Kobe?" David said dismissively, "It's too loose." ”
"Bang!" Sure enough, the basketball smashed to the front of the basket as David said, and Scola jumped high to get the rebound.
"Ah, he's already running again!"
Brooks, who was fast in an instant, flew high after taking a step from the free throw line after receiving the basketball, and a one-handed tomahawk dunk detonated the whole court, which also seriously hit the fighting spirit of the Clippers!
33:41!
"I'll it! Brooks dunks so hard? David was also stunned, most of his memories of the previous Brooks stayed on three-pointers and layups, and he didn't expect Brooks to be a dunk.
Moreover, he is not Curry's kind of dunk king, he is a dunk who can dunk at the free throw line with a tomahawk style!
In the following round, the Clippers continued to play Al Thornton's ace, and the continuous shaking allowed him to finally find a gap in the face of Mike Harris to face the basket.
"Get rid of it." Al Thorton also wanted to respond to the Rockets with a tomahawk-style dunk, but Mike Harris immediately caught up.
"You're not home yet!"
Mike Harris blocked all of Al Thorton's shooting lanes with both hands, but saw a smile on the corner of Thorton's mouth, pulled his outstretched right hand to his waist, and when he raised it again, his right hand had come to the other side of the basket, and it was immediately a reflexive dunk.
After all, Al Thorton is a fierce player who can score 12.7 points in his rookie season!
But at this moment, a dark shadow appeared in front of Al Thorton's eyes, and the number 14 on the jersey stood out in El Thorton's eyes.
The next moment, Al Thorton's confident shot was pressed the rebound by Landry.
"Bang!"
Another quick down, another Brooks, but this time it's a pity that Guillermo Diaz who defends him is already in place.
The fast Guillermo Diaz rushed up and caught up to Brooks, digging his right hand in an attempt for a steal.
But one shake from Brooks was cracking a steal from Guillermo Diaz.
Guillermo Diaz couldn't help but be taken aback when he failed to make a steal, and decisively flashed in front of Brooks, stretched out his arms, and prepared to defend Brooks' fast break.
Brooks didn't hesitate and broke straight to his left with great speed.
Guillermo Diaz followed the fast defense, but in the next second, Brooks made a sharp stop and "snapped" a crotch dribble, and Guillermo Diaz was shaken coldly by Brooks because of his speed, his body lost his balance and fell directly to the floor.
After Brooks dribbled the ball under his crotch and stabilized the ball, he jumped directly to shoot from mid-range.
"Huh!"
The basketball smashes into the inside of the basket on the back of the basket and bounces into the basket.
35:41!
"Wow!"
The fans in the stadium were suddenly boiling!
"That kid 0 actually shook off his opponent?"
"OMG! That point guard of the Clippers was actually shaken down? ”
"Incredible!"
“……”
"OMG! Bob, how many times did Brooks get it in the second half? The black narrator who had been teasing David in the first half kept calling God in the second half, "Mom, I seem to have seen Iverson 6 years ago, and his speed is so perverted!" The kid on the opposite side of the clipper is about to be broken through by him and cry! ”
Brooks grew more and more confident on the court, even though he didn't feel that way at Franklin High School or the University of Oregon, and he glanced at David on the sidelines in confusion as he assisted Landry's dunk after another breakaway.
"Isn't it true that no one, including me, has ever found a basketball style that I'm really comfortable with?" Brooks pondered, "Adelman does have a set of kids, and at a glance he found a basketball style that really suits me, and specially arranged game tactics for me, which completely stimulates my potential!" Today is really my lucky day! ”
At the end of the third quarter, the Rockets, under the strong leadership of Brooks, played 31:15 in a single quarter and successfully overtook by 2 points.
And Brooks scored 16 points and 4 assists in a single quarter, shining on the whole court!
Everyone is amazed that the Rockets "picked up leaks" in the draft, but how did they know that Brooks was originally just a "small leak", and the use of gold fingers in the middle of David directly made this "small leak" the most perverted existence in this offense.
Originally, David didn't want to use the "distribution system" in the summer league, because once the system player abilities were attached to the real players, there was a 3-month binding period.
Even if the Rockets have a more suitable candidate to bind at that time, David can't change it, and it will affect the use of the remaining spots.
However, he still used the "distribution system" in midfield.
There is only one reason, David doesn't want to lose in his NBA debut!
And the system player he chose to bind for Brooks is the point guard of the Xiangbei team of "Slam Dunk" - "Electric Light and Stonefire" Miyagi Ryota!