Chapter 22: Hornet VS Rocket (3)
Saying that Peja was injured on the field, the old man was about to go on the court to check the situation, and he didn't want to be hit by a girl wearing a red baseball cap, pink sweatshirt and sweatpants, and a camera in her hand.
"It's you!"
This girl is the female reporter who was almost expelled from Lao Fu's NBA player tryout for taking pictures without authorization, but I didn't expect her to follow all the way to the United States.
The female reporter was also surprised to see the old man, and then smiled, and the old man also smiled and motioned for the girl to sit down, and the old man also sat down.
"What's your name?"
"My name is Shen Yan," the girl looked good when she smiled, two sweet dimples appeared on her fair face, and Shen Yan smiled, "I haven't apologized or thanked you last time." ”
Being able to see a Chinese in a foreign country, Lao Fu feels very cordial, and this feeling can only be understood by people who have been abroad.
"You're welcome," the old man looked at the camera in Shen Yan's hand and said with a smile, "You're a reporter?" ”
"Well," Shen Yan nodded, "The columnist of Sanshui Sports Illustrated." ”
"Did you get anything from the interview?" The old man asked with a smile.
Shen Yan smiled, shook the camera in her hand, and said, "Where there is you, there will be news breaking, such as today's ......."
"What?" The old man asked.
"Like today's ...... Chinese power! The corners of Shen Yan's mouth rose, drawing a beautiful arc.
The old man nodded approvingly and said: "Yes, I hope that our Chinese basketball industry will go up step by step, and Mr. Sui Jiayuan's acquisition of the NBA team is exactly what it means." ”
Shen Yan took out a business card from her pocket, handed it to the old man with both hands, and said: "This is my business card, I hope I can become our columnist, and I also have my phone number on it, if it is useful to me, I also hope you can call my number." ”
The old man's subordinates looked at it and clamped it in their wallets.
Peja was helped off the court by two teammates, and the referee signaled for the game to continue, with five minutes and thirty-two seconds left in the third quarter, the score was 71-78, and the Hornets trailed by seven points. Peja went off injured, Bombesek moved to the number three, Belineri came out in the number two, Thornon was the first, Sangeira was the fourth, and Brightins was the fifth.
In the second half, Lowry started on behalf of Xiaobu playing as a substitute, facing the strong and strong Thorton, Xiaobu still can't ask for any cheapness, Thorton faced Xiaobu to get what he wanted, it was as if there was no defense, on the offensive end, "Bang Bang" threw three three-pointers in a row, and the score instantly became 80:78, but the rest of the Rockets continued to exert force, Brad Miller's long shot made the score 80:81, Badinger's mid-range shot added two more points, Courtney Lee couldn't shoot, Jordan Hill was like a tiger pounced, snatched the ball from Blings' hands, and the second offense was successful, the score was 80:85, before the end of the third quarter, after Belineri missed five three-pointers, he finally made the first three-pointer of the game, 83:85, and the Rockets led by 2 points into the final quarter of the battle!
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the game was still a competition of substitute lineups, and the Hornets could only rely on Thorton's ferocious firepower, three-pointers, layups, and mid-range shots, and the Rockets' bench was more flowering, and Patterson, who came on as a substitute for Jordan Hill, hit consecutive shots, and the game played to the last six minutes of the fourth quarter, with a score of 90:91, and the two teams sent the starting lineups.
On the offensive end, the Rockets mainly played Yao Ming's inside singles and Lowry and Scola's pick-and-roll, Scola ended the battle with accurate mid-range, while the Hornets mainly looked for opportunities through Paul's threading the needle, and were slightly inferior to Adelman tactically.
In the last three minutes of the game, the Hornets trailed by three points at 94:97, Yao Ming singled Okafor to add two more points, Martin hit a three-pointer from the outside, and the score was instantly pulled to 94:102, with two minutes and twenty seconds left in the game, Williams called a timeout.
Head coach Monty Williams developed a two-block strategy, Ariza and Belineri stood at the bottom corner of the left and right three-point lines respectively, Okafor and West stood at the free throw line, Paul passed through the two with the ball, and went straight to the basket, Battier hurriedly made up for the defense, Paul made a pass, Ariza in the bottom corner got an open opportunity, and hit a three-point shot!
At 97:102, the Hornets trailed by five points with two minutes and one second left!
Lowry held the ball and was ready to attack, relying on his strong body to hit the inside, West blocked Lowry's offensive line, and Lowry died! The young Lowry is obviously inexperienced in the game, and when he saw West making up for the defense, he concluded that Scola got the opportunity, who knew that Paul had already waited for your pass, at the moment of Lowry's pass, Paul broke off quickly, and went straight to the frontcourt, the extremely tired Yao Ming lost the ball before he ran to the frontcourt, and saw Paul trotting all the way over, Yao Ming hurriedly retreated!
Paul held the ball to the free throw line, saw Yao Ming guarding under the basket, so he retreated to the top of the three-point arc and shot a three-point shot!
"Huh!"
Hollow into the net! At 100:102, the Hornets are only 2 points behind, and there is one minute and 47 seconds left in the game!
Adelman called a timeout, arranged tactics, after the pause, Xiaobu still did not play, this time Adelman arranged a blocking tactic, Lowry and Scola blocked, after blocking Scola pushed to the free throw line, Lowry had the opportunity to break through himself without a chance to pass the ball to Scola, I didn't expect Paul to pinch Scola and let Lowry break through, obviously more afraid of Scola's accurate shot!
Lowry was overjoyed, and he was about to go to the basket with the ball, when a black shadow like an iron tower jumped up behind him and gave him a pegboard hat!
Okafor!
Battier jumped in quick succession to fight for the valuable frontcourt rebound, which caused Ariza to foul.
Battier hit two free throws, the score was 100:104, and the clock was still one minute and twenty-one seconds!
Monty Williams asked for a substitution, and Thorton, who had been playing well, replaced the non-existent Belineri.
Thorton faced Martin's defense, continuous shaking stunned Martin, Thorton suddenly accelerated to the left side of the breakthrough, Battier rushed over, ready to intercept Thorton in the air, who knew that Thorton's impact was very strong, and he actually hung Battier in the air for a while, scored the ball, and Battier fouled!
Thornton hit a free throw to put the score at 103-104 and the Hornets trailed by one point with 58 seconds remaining.
Yao Ming was already exhausted on the court, Adelman just didn't change Yao Ming, and let Yao Ming, who had no physical strength, struggle on the court, Paul obviously found this and fed the ball to Okafor, Okafor's only time in the whole game was to beat Yao Ming with his back to his back, and the strong as a cow Okafor beat the panting Yao Ming on his back, the latter fought and retreated, Okafor pressed to the depths, and he was about to shoot with a left-handed hook, who knew that Yao Ming fought with all his strength to jump, and the air volleyball was killed!
only heard a "bang", the basketball was shot out of bounds by Yao Ming, and Okafor was dumbfounded.
There were only two seconds left in the offensive time, the Hornets missed the attack in a hurry, the Rockets attacked, and now the score is 104-103, the Rockets lead by one point, and the clock has 35 seconds left, while also having the ball.
If this goal is scored by three points, then the victory is basically sealed, and if two points are scored, then the Hornets still have the possibility of chasing into overtime.
The ball was in Lowry's hands, and Lowry's eyes were firmly fixed on the form on the field, for fear of missing any offensive opportunity!
At the critical moment, the Rockets played a baseline blocking tactic that had been played countless times before, Martin blocked Thorton by the blocking and dismantling of Yao Ming, who was standing on the inside, and slipped out of the three-point line, and Lowry's pass immediately followed! Martin calmly shoots from beyond the three-point line!
The eyes of the audience, the players, and everyone were glued to the basketball that was spinning in the air!
Success or failure!