Chapter 223: The playoffs begin
Sitting first in the West, the Rockets also have home-court advantage in the playoffs, so the first game with the Jazz will also start in Houston, and the Rockets' attendance rate will finally reach 100% on the day of the playoffs.
There are people in all positions, and you can even see a lot of Chinese faces, presumably Chinese fans have formed groups to support the Rockets.
"This is CCTV Sports, and now it's the first game of the playoffs for you! Rockets vs. Jazz, as we all know, Jazz can be regarded as the bitter master of the Rockets, and sent the Rockets back to their hometown to fish three times and twice, speaking of which, many of us also hate Jazz, but now it is not what it used to be, and today's Rockets are no longer the rockets of the past! After having Harden in the summer, the strength of the Rockets has undoubtedly risen to a higher level, so this year's Rockets are also the closest to the championship in so many years! Let's bless the rockets! Yang Yi of CCTV Sports said passionately.
Before the game started, both teams were still practicing shooting, and Hayward and Summer didn't speak during this time, because the two had already met and chatted before the game started.
Of course, this will not continue to chat, after all, this is the playoffs, if it is the regular season, it is okay to say, and it is not okay to go to the playoffs to chat politely, after all, the weight is different.
Soon, the game started with great anticipation, and the Rockets also changed the lineup, because there were too few personnel in the front line, Adelman put down Battier at the beginning of the game.
Therefore, the Rockets' lineup is Lowry, Harden, Summer, Hassan, Yao Ming, and the twin towers are paired with two muskets, which can be said to be the strongest offensive lineup of the Rockets in addition to the five-small lineup.
And the Jazz sent DeLong, Raja. Bale, Hayward, Kirilenko and Jefferson's regular lineup.
Although this lineup is small, it has the same thing as the Rocket's Death Five, and it is highly mobile! And all four of them, apart from Jefferson, also have three points.
It can be said that this lineup simply restrained the former Yao Ming, so it is no wonder that the Jazz were able to send the rockets back to their hometown again and again in the past few years.
After all, although Yao Mai is strong, these two have basically never played in the same game in the playoffs! Speaking of this summer, I also miss Maddie a little, because of the injury last time, Maddie was also cut directly after the Knicks introduced Small.
Until now, Maddie is still recovering from injuries and has not signed with a team, and the reason why he has not signed with other teams is very simple, because he has been waiting for the Rockets, after all, because of the big Z contract, Maddie can't return to the parent team within a year.
So it's a great pleasure that Maddie will be back next season.
In the midfield, Hassan and Jefferson fought against each other, and the two jumped at the same time the moment the ball flew out, and Hassan easily dialed the ball to the Rockets with his excellent bounce and height and arm length.
Started to go fast, after dialing the basketball, Hassan ran towards the front court without looking back, he believed that his teammates would definitely push the ball to the front court soon, so now all Hassan has to do is create opportunities to catch the ball and score!
"Hey! Hassan! Sure enough, after Hassan got inside, the roar of summer came.
Turning his head, Hassan saw the basketball flying over, catching the ball and dunking it! Although Jefferson suppressed Hassan in terms of figure, he was so deep that Jefferson had no way to stop Hassan's actions.
2:0
Hassan Rocket scored the first point of the game!
"Hassan Whitesese!" The DJ yelled Hassan's name angrily, and the audience cheered.
I have to say that this dunk is really morale-boosting, just one ball raised the atmosphere of the whole court to the extreme.
“fuck! Give me the next ball! I want to teach this rookie a good lesson, does he think he is Yao Ming? Actually sucked me! shit! Jefferson scolded.
“OK。” Delon gestured to Jefferson.
The Jazz attacked, Jefferson ran to the low post to ask for the ball, Deron passed the ball to Jefferson after the raw breakthrough, and then quickly left the inside, leaving all the space for Jefferson in the singles.
Jackson, can push, Jefferson showed a smug smile, and then a few consecutive pushes squeezed Hassan under the basket! Strong, leaning back and hooking hands.
"Smack!"
Although he can't compare to Jefferson in strength, Hassan's bounce and arm length are also something Jefferson can challenge!
A hot pot hat was given to Jefferson, and the basketball was directly knocked out of bounds, because everyone was pulled down to the other side, so Jefferson's back was empty.
"Ahhh Hassan roared after the block.
"Hassan! Hassan! Hassan! All the crowd cheered Hassan's name.
Although this is his first playoff game, this performance is so dazzling that people can't help but like this tall man.
"Shit, my fault, I thought he couldn't get up by me, I should have shaken it up." Jefferson said unhappily.
To be honest, after being blocked and capped, Jefferson is really in a bad mood! But fortunately, Jefferson has played a lot of games, and his mentality can be adjusted.
"It's okay, I'll do it." Hayward said soothingly.
Everyone nodded, except for Delong, if you look carefully at Delong's eyes, you can see that there is resentment in it.
After all, everyone in the current Jazz except for Kai Delon has already served Hayward as a leader, although he is still a rookie, but his skills are really good.
He averaged 47.7% three-point shooting per game, which is a difficult shooting percentage for a shooting guard.
Jefferson sent a throw-in, Hayward ran over to receive the throw-in, Summer hurriedly got close, held the ball and opened Summer Hayward stepped on the tentative step, seeing that Summer had no action, and quickly continued to break through the tentative step.
But how to put it, although Hayward's tentative steps and breakthroughs are beautiful and fast, they are still much worse than the top body of the summer.
Soon the summer defense came back to the defense, and in the face of the summer defense, Hayward pulled back and pulled away from the summer, and made a pull-up jumper.
2:2
Hayward's shooting is always very reassuring, although the posture is not beautiful, but the accuracy is not bad, and basic Jazz fans will sigh when they see Hayward's shot.
The ball is steady.
The ball was exchanged, Lowry broke through with the ball, and after Bell came up, he handed the ball to Harden with a backswing, and Harden received the ball and shook Hayward, who was coming over, and then dropped the basketball with a left step.
“duang”
Basketball iron, Harden frowned, it seems that he is very dissatisfied with his performance, but there is no way, who let Ragabel have run in front of Summer, and it is not an empty position to pass to Summer.
(End of chapter)