Chapter 55
Tom Jakovic faced Mo Xi's strong low post singles ability, and had to change to a three-forward forced acceleration in the hope of impacting Mo Xi's hand state, but unfortunately, his wish was disappointed.
In the face of the opponent who was half a head shorter than him, Mo Xi directly used his early offensive skills, inherited from Ewing's turnaround jumper, Mo Xi's height of up to seven feet, coupled with excellent arm span, the defender could not even interfere with Mo Xi's vision.
Left turn and right turn, after Mo Xi enabled the turn jumper, the offensive range directly covered all positions within the three-point line.
And Tom Jakovic's plan to speed up the offensive rhythm of the offensive method is only half successful, the reason why it is said to be half the success is because the rhythm of the rocket is indeed flying fast, but the rocket lacks a stable outside firepower point, whether it is Mobley or Francis, their offense with the ball is stronger than the offense without the ball, although Mobley's outside ability is very outstanding, but in the face of Houston, who has a huge height advantage and excellent running ability, Mobley is also blocked.
Francis threw himself into the air again and again, being suppressed by the Knicks' inside group again and again.
At halftime, the Knicks were at 47:31, and the lead had reached 16 points.
What's even more worrying for Houstonians is that Mexi's performance is too good.
In the second quarter, Mo Xi didn't show much desire to attack, and kept turning over and jumping shots, but Rao was so, he still didn't lose a shot, four shots in the second quarter, and cut 23 points, 8 boards, 3 assists and 3 blocks in the half, well, yes, you read that right, the most worth mentioning is that Mo Xi only got one rebound in a single quarter this time, and since his rookie season, Mo Xi has never had such a magical rebounding performance.
Ten shots in the half, Mo Xi went to the locker room with a relaxed smile, leaving behind him a heavy gloomy shadow that seemed to be left at any time, and Mo Xi silenced the Toyota Center.
After the start of the second half, the Rockets decisively implemented a trap tactic against Mexi.
But the Rockets made another mistake at this time, the tactic of wrapping the center, first behind the center, your defenders must be able to resist the opponent, which is one of the reasons why many teams are now starting to hoard a lot of meat shield interior lines because of O'Neal.
And apparently, there is no such inside rocket.
The Knicks attacked, Mo Xi asked for the ball in the waist position, after receiving the pass, Mo Xi directly lifted the ball, Francis hovered around Mo Xi, as long as Mo Xi bent over and dribbled, he would immediately step forward to wrap it.
Francis waited silently, and at this time, he felt that every second passed as if it were a century.
Mo Xi grabbed the ball, stopped for about a second, lowered his center of gravity, and began to push with his back.
At this time, Francis quickly rushed up, and he was full of ink.
But Francis had just rushed in front of Mo Xi, and before he could stretch out his hand, he saw Mo Xi arch his ass unhurriedly, squeezed the defender back, half turned his shoulder, and dodged Francis by the way, and a large open area appeared on the side.
Francis gritted his teeth and rushed over, forcing himself to the side of the ball handler again, as long as he organized the Ink to shoot, this was the success of the Rockets' defense.
But Mo Xi seemed to have long eyes in the back of his head, Francis didn't even have a chance to touch Mo Xi, Mo Xi suddenly turned his back again, and turned back directly, pushing away the defender who had just returned to his position, taking a low step, and going directly to the basket to kill on the bottom line.
Before the Rockets' reinforcements arrived, Mo Xi suddenly made a sudden stop.
At this time, a black shadow also flew up, it was Francis.
Francis was about to use his extraordinary bounce to chase Mo Xi from behind, but Mo Xi suddenly came to an emergency stop.
Feeling a gust of evil wind behind him, Mo Xi leaned in directly and took advantage of the situation.
"Drop~"
It's another 2+1, Mo Xi seems to be playing on the field from God's perspective, and he can see clearly which position.
The third quarter was not finished, and the collapse of the Rockets was somewhat inevitable, and in the third quarter, Mo Xi increased his offensive proportion, and it can be said that one person blew up the entire Rocket.
In the third quarter, Mo Xi played for nine minutes, ten shots, plus five free throws also hit all of them, this game Mo Xi felt surprisingly good, this time it was 25 points in a single quarter and 3 rebounds, the Knicks directly led the Rockets 78:54, and Mo Xi went down early.
Mo Xi shot 20 of 20 in the game, and 8 of the free throws, and cut 48 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 blocks in a "bland" state of jaw-dropping, and all of this was done in 23 minutes, that is to say, Mo Xi shot an average of once a minute, and each shot hit directly, and the crazy efficiency made the Houston lose interest in continuing to watch, and left the court early to go home.
The personnel gradually became scarce, and Yao Ming, a big man who was still in the stands, stood out even more at this time.
Because the game had almost entered garbage time, Van Gundy put the already impatient Arenas on the field, and then went directly to Mo Xi's side and said, "Mo, is that big man in the stands your friend?" As soon as Van Gundy turned his head, he found Yao Ming, and he didn't know if it was the fate of the two of them destined to be a master and apprentice.
An evil plan suddenly popped into Mo Xi's mind, and he said to Van Gundy: "Coach, that person from a big country in the East, invited to watch the game, the Rockets seem to want him, he participated in the 2000 Olympics, the one who stunned Monin. ”
Mo Ning's strength can be said to be a benchmark in the whole league, if you are stronger than him, you are a super center, weaker than him, sorry, you can only be a first-class center, completely the same strength as a goalkeeper, however, he has a weakness that is really obvious, he is too short, Yao Ming's terrifying height, Mo Ning is not able to defend at all, you can't let Mo Ning fly in the sky all the time, plus he was too tired when he was in the heat, Mo Ning was really not able to limit Yao Ming well in the Olympics.
Van Gundy's eyes lit up, he had also heard of this person, and he didn't expect to meet him here.
Van Gundy said to Moxi: "You mean the Rockets invited him to the game?" ”
Mo Xi nodded and said: "I think according to this situation, the Rockets really want to get him, but he really didn't want to participate in the draft, but as far as I know the inside information, Stern is very hopeful to mold him into the first foreign champion, plus the current situation of the Rockets, it seems that in many ways he will open the door to Houston." ”
Van Gundy was thoughtful, and suddenly said to Mo Xi: "Or, Mo, you go up and fight for a while, so that the big man has a deeper impression of the Knicks?" ”
Mo Xi is not playing in the end, after all, garbage time brushing data, this reputation is not good, and his performance in this game is enough to leave a very deep impression on Yao Ming's heart, but unfortunately, in terms of draft picks, unless the Knicks make any big trades, it is impossible to get Yao Ming.