Chapter 21: Wasp VS Rocket (2)
In the first quarter, Yao Ming scored 12 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists on 5-of-6 shooting, 2-of-2 free throws, and a big hat robbery against Okafor, showing the dominance of the restricted area!
In the first half of the second quarter, the two teams tried their best to substitute, and the advantage of the Rockets was shown, because the Hornets did not have a No. 1 substitute, and Gray was injured at the same time, so these games are always Thorton in the cameo substitute No. 1 position, Pondesek No. 2, Peja No. 3, Sangeira No. 4, Brightins on top of the No. 5 position, this combination can fully highlight Thorton's offensive firepower, but in addition to the No. 1 position, the other four positions are weaker than the Rockets.
The Rockets' substitute No. 1 position is a small steel cannon, Lowry, this person is the same as Thorton, they are all fierce players, not tall enough but have weight, strength, dare to fight with the opponent on the defensive end, and rush in with an explosive bag on the offensive end, and the passing is also relatively good, but the disadvantage is that he can't shoot, especially the three-point shot, there is no score at all, Lowry came to defend Thorton, Thorton suddenly felt that the defensive pressure increased sharply, and Xiaobu was not a level of defense at all, and several shots were also iron.
The second substitute position of the Rockets is Courtney Lee, this person's characteristics are that he is comprehensive in offense and defense, knows everything, but does not stand out for anything, and belongs to a miscellaneous but not refined type of player, and Poundsek is basically half a pound and eight taels, and no one can bargain.
The third position of the Rockets bench is Zeiss Badinger, the tall 100-man shooter is the treasure that Morey found, this person has extremely outstanding physical fitness, is very tough on the defensive end, and shoots accurately on the offensive end, especially the three-point shot, as if adding navigation, the disadvantage is that he can't pass the ball, Badinger against Peja, and directly beat the old Peja.
The fourth position of the Rockets bench is Patterson and Jordan Hill, the two are equally capable, the former is good at mid-range shooting, the latter is more suitable for grabbing the frontcourt rebound and attacking the second time, Adelman looks at the situation on the court and lets the two people get on, this game is Jordan Hill, the result is obvious, the 32-year-old Sangeira can't prevent Jordan Hill, the inside beast, on the defensive end, and has been eaten by the latter many times, and the result is either to score points directly, or to be pulled down by a foul.
The Rockets' bench No. 5 is Chuck Hayes or Brad Miller, the two have different styles, Ban Ye is only 198 cm tall, but he has a lot of strength, a thick body, outstanding rebounding awareness, first-class defensive ability, and good passing, but basically no offensive ability, while Brad Miller is stronger than defense, and his offensive area is even outside the three-point line, which is unguardable. In this game, Hayes and Brightins are opposed, Brightins is the man of the year in CUBA, and there are countless people who have been blown up by him, but when he met Hayes, after a few rounds, Brightins was governed by Hayes like a kitten.
Overall, the firepower of the Rockets' bench is strong, and there are many tricks, compared to the Hornets, it is simply heaven and earth, so after the first half of the second quarter, the score was 40-47, the Rockets took the lead, and after a six-minute official timeout, the two teams sent their starters on the court again.
Martin showed his excellent touch as soon as he got on the court, slipped to the bottom line and borrowed Yao Ming's basket to block and dismantle, rushed to the bottom corner three-point line, received Xiaobu's pass, and shot three-pointers! Hit! Hornets David West hit Scola at the free throw line, West made a feint to the left to trick Scola out, and then lowered his hand to the right to make a layup, but Yao Ming came out of the middle, slapped the ball to the backcourt, and in the blink of an eye, Xiaobu controlled the ball like a small sports car, a flying pass, the basketball fell into the hands of Martin in the bottom corner, and the crooked machine gun was loaded again! Three-point hit!
At this time, Belineri was still standing in the front court, looking dazed, not knowing what had just happened.
In the blink of an eye, the score was stretched to 40:53, a full 13 points behind.
Williams called a short timeout and set up his tactics, after which Thorton came on as a substitute for Belinelli.
I saw Thorton take the ball at the top of the three-point arc, without saying a word, he squeezed Martin behind with an acceleration, Yao Ming intercepted in the air, and Thorton's big pull rod in the air drilled through Yao Ming's armpit and scored the ball!
"Dut...... Honk! ”
"Defensive foul!"
Thorton shook his fist and roared angrily in front of the audience, while Yao Ming shook his head helplessly.
Thorton hit a free throw, and it was 2+1.
On the defensive end, Thorton did not hesitate to stick to Martin tightly, not to mention the offensive space, there was no space to connect the ball, Xiaobu had to follow Adelman's second plan, hoisting the ball high to Yao Ming, and the rest pulled away and let Yao Ming play alone.
Yao Ming singled Okafor, there was no clamp defense, no assistant defense, Okafor did not go around the front, all of them were behind the top defense, Yao Ming dribbled the ball, and tried his best to push away Okafor, who was also good in size and strength, and finally squeezed into the three-second area, a hook hand, and hit.
In fact, this rhythm has entered Williams's trap.
The rocket then used Yao Ming to hit three balls in a row, all of which were scored, but Yao Ming's sweat was raining, and there was a slight gap in the game, Yao Ming immediately gasped for breath with his hands on his knees, which was a manifestation of Yao Ming's extreme fatigue.
Taking advantage of Yao Ming's lack of physical strength and the defense could not keep up with the pace, Paul and Ariza began to exert their power, and the two took turns to break through the basket, Xiaobu and Battier were suppressed, and with Paul's fancy change of direction breakthrough, the score became 53:59, and the Rockets led by 6 points.
During the intermission, Jenny wore a red cultural shirt and ultra-short hot pants printed with "Chinese Power", and danced with a group of eight cheerleading babies, Jenny's long blonde hair, tall and plump figure, and enthusiastic dancing posture made every man present look at her intently, and the heads of many men lit up and down with Jenny's chest shaking up and down when she danced, which made people's blood gush!
In the second half, the Rockets changed the starting No. 1 position, the strong Lowry entered the starter, defended Paul, Paul dribbled to the top of the three-point arc, Okafor came up to do a block, Lowry bypassed Okafor, didn't want Okafor to turn around and did another block for Paul, Paul accelerated and rushed to the basket, Battier hurriedly made up the defense, Paul made a fancy back pass, the basketball grazed Scola's arm, and accurately fell into the hands of Ariza who was ambushed in the bottom corner, Ariza immediately raised his hand and hit a three-point shot!
Turned, the Rockets strengthened the inside offense, Scola held the ball on the left rib and singled West, the two were of the same age, and the strength was not up or down, Scola couldn't bargain for a strong attack, turned around after a shot, and made a hook offensive action, Scola's feints were well-known in the league, West didn't jump to block, just resisted the defensive position, Scola took the ball back, and turned around again to make a low hand layup, this ball West can cover it without jumping, West is about to reach out to block, who knows that Scola shook his wrist, Pass the ball to Yao Ming behind West!
West secretly said in his heart, "It's not good! At the same time, he jumped to block Yao Ming's shot, who knew that Yao Ming was also a shooting feint, at the moment when West jumped, he passed the ball to Scola again, and Scola under the basket was about to put the basket, and a black shadow appeared in the oblique stab, like an iron tower, and flew up horizontally, who else could it be, who else could it be, who knew if Scola's move was still a feint, West and Okafor were shaken away, Scola was not in a hurry, leaned under Okafor, and put the basket with his right hand at the same time!
Scola was "knocked" to the ground by Okafor, and the basketball was firmly in the basket.
"Toot toot!"
The referee signals for a foul on Okafor!
Oka Fu's straight stamping!
The third quarter came to an official timeout, and the score of the two teams was 71-78 for the Rockets to lead.
After the pause, he came on as a substitute, and as soon as he came on the field, a "tragedy" happened!
Peja stepped on Brad Miller's feet on the way to break through, Peja immediately held her right ankle and screamed, the audience looked at Peja nervously on the field, teammates, medical personnel hurriedly went up to check the situation, Lao Fu also stood up, was about to go on the field to see the situation, did not want to be hit by a girl wearing a red hat, wearing a pink sweatshirt, and holding a camera in her hand, Lao Fu looked up and said in surprise, "It can be you!" ”