At the beginning of the season, the Rockets were at the top of the league.

In this year, the popular twin towers, the twin towers of rockets, also came into being.

With Millsap and Yao Ming, a low-post killer, the Rockets relied on the combination of the two insiders to fight their way through the fiercely competitive West and become the strongest in Texas.

The Kings' internal accumulation now seems to be somewhat insufficient.

Chandler + Gortat came in turns, and they were almost fouled by Yao Ming and left the game.

The inside line drives the outside line, Brooks, Gallinari and others shoot 3 points, and the Rockets are like a "Western Magic team", and in terms of tactical style, they have seen the shadow of Stan Van Gundy.

Millsap, on the other hand, is much harder than Lewis or Turkogru.

As a result, the Rockets played their own momentum in the tough battle against the Kings in the second round, and suppressed the home team to the death.

Kings fans were very surprised, they thought that playing at home would always be able to lead the Rockets, whose regular season record was not as good as the Kings, but they didn't expect to be suppressed by the Rockets.

"Pick up the speed, we're too caught up in the positional attack, and I need every one of you to run. At the same time, we need to add some off-ball coverage on the wings. "During Wang Mingming's intermission, he spent a lot of tactics on the tactical board, part of which is the adaptation of existing tactics, and the players can clearly see that on Wang Mingming's tactical board, two lines are drawn on the wings, one is the king's cover line, and the other is the pursuit line of the rocket players.

"45 degrees, the bottom angle, are our key areas." Wang drew a circle heavily, hoping to help the players open up a little bit of running ideas on the field.

Among the Kings bench, there are many shooters, but among the many shooters, there are still a few who can really get the opportunity to shoot three points in the open position, and most of them are just the existence of tactical space.

The time span is to the fourth quarter of the game.

With Adelman's interview, the players on the field continued to compete.

Yao Ming came off the court and it was the King's chance, Benno Youdri was pushing fast and as far as the eye could see, and the wings Cosby and Nocioni crossed each other.

In the running position, the two seemed to have made a cover, and under the baseline basket, the two ran to different places.

45 degrees Cosby comes out again.

Catch the ball, turn around, take advantage of Chandler's high cover, jump shot!

"It's an opportunity, three points in a big space!"

"Hit!"

Casby scored in a high arc, his face was excited, and he clenched his fists and shouted.

Then, the Rockets attacked, Brooks broke through to the basket, and under Chandler's interference, the layup was missed, and Nocioni flew to grab the rebound.

The Kings countered on the spot, and the speed of the counterattack was amazing.

It seems that the gang is not running fast, but the speed of the pass is fast, Nocioni passes to Yudri, Yudri hits the ground and passes the ball, and it is distributed to the inserted Kasby, who attracts the defenders who were originally defending Yudri, and then points to the bottom corner, Yudri, who runs to the bottom corner, receives the ball, and there is no interference within three meters in front.

It's another decisive three-point shot!

"Huh!"

Hit!

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Kings went on a 6-0 run.

This can be said to be a great blow to the morale of the Rockets, and the whole court became hot because of it, and then, just after the interview, Adelman, who had just sat down on the bench and was doing a systematic combing of his interview, stood up as if he had been pricked by a needle under his buttocks, and asked for a timeout.

"What's the situation?" Adelman himself was at a loss, just 40 seconds into the fourth quarter, and the lead was gone in an instant.

CCTV5, Zhang Weiping said with a smile: "This is the characteristic of the Kings, you look at them, although they played an average game, including the interior defense, there were also a lot of problems, but a wave of chasing points is their style, "whooshing" three points all the time, shooting, anyone can win." ”

79-78, the big screen once again emphasized the score, and the Kings chased the difference to only 1 point.

The two giants on the field all stood up, and Kasby and Youdri were treated like heroes, and Kidd and Bosh applauded and bumped their chests into celebration.

The king's momentum rose in an instant.

At this time, the question was thrown at the feet of Adelman, who was thinking, at this time, should he replace the main starter?

Yao Ming had just rested for dozens of seconds, and he played the entire third quarter, and if he followed the normal rest, he would not play until the middle of the fourth quarter to ensure sufficient physical strength and condition.

Yao Ming looked out of breath, sweating like pulp, Adelman only looked at him, and made up his mind in his heart, resolutely not to replace Yao Ming at this time, not only for the sake of Yao Ming's health, but more importantly, Yao Ming's physical strength is limited at this time, once he plays the fourth quarter again, I am afraid that at the last moment, he will not be able to play his full strength.

Millsap volunteered to stand up and fight.

"Coach, replace me, my brothers need me."

Millsap's words embarrassed Brooks and others, and he had the heart to refuse, but forget it after thinking about it, after all, he was an All-Star, and he was just an ordinary starter.

Brooks is on the Rockets, averaging 13.9 points and 3.8 assists per game this season, with a three-point shooting rate of more than 4 percent, a lot better than last season, but in fact, he is not satisfied, he feels that he can do better, but many times, the ball is not in his hands, just acting as a small battery on the outside, fortunately, his shooting speed is fast enough, otherwise it is really not good to get the start in the Rockets.

At the end of the timeout, the Rockets brought on Paul Millsap.

Millsap's appearance did alleviate the Rockets' lack of core, Brooks was okay to mess up, encountering the Kings' decent running tactics, especially a bunch of tall shooters on the outside, in fact, the defensive end was also very easy to target, Millsap helped defend well, which can make up for Brooks's shortcomings in this area to a certain extent.

At this time, the Rockets took the lead with Wilson Chandler, hitting a mid-range step-back jumper.

In the transition between offense and defense, the Kings players continued to run, and Cosby couldn't get out of the open position this time when he was 45 degrees, and Yudri continued to hold the ball and blocked high with Tyson Chandler.

Blocking and dismantling Brooks' defense, Brooks was behind Udri's back, risky to pick up the ball, and the hitter fouled.

........

The two sides fell into a period of anxiety, relying on the mid-range play of Millsap and Wilson Chandler, etc., the Rockets still led by four points before the official timeout in the final quarter.

In the 5th minute and 33 seconds, the main forces of both sides were exhausted.

At this time, Chris Bosh suddenly exploded, first hitting a mid-range jumper, then grabbing Artest's missed frontcourt rebound, making a second offensive basket and causing a foul on Millsap.

Millsap was shocked and chased after the referee theory.

The fans in the stadium stood and cheered as the Kings and Rockets tied at 90.

"Chris Bosh scored a penalty too, what a beautiful 2+1!" In the voice of the anchor, the live DJ shouted: "Chris~~~~Bosh~~~"

91-90, the Kings led by one point.

The fans also shouted Bosh's name, creating a huge momentum.

That's home-court advantage, and the Kings are more likely to get off the ground than the Rockets.

Yao Ming was rounded by Chandler in the low post, and Millsap did not dare to drop the ball, turned around, and played with Wilson Chandler.

Chandler holds the ball, tries to step to the left, but actually holds the ball to the right.

Artest played top defense, stuck with Chandler's body, Chandler was under a lot of pressure with the ball, and couldn't find a chance to get his hands on it.

On the weak side, I saw DeRozan staring at him out of the corner of his eye.

"Damn."

Chandler panicked, protected the ball first, turned around, and stuck Artest with his back.

What he didn't expect was that Artest's long arms came around the goods, and his big hands were like scalpels, which were directly cut into the basketball he exposed.

A force he couldn't resist came, and Chandler got rid of the basketball in his hand.

"Mistaken!"

Chandler and Artest pounced almost at the same time, Chandler with both hands, Artest with both hands, grabbed the basketball with four large hands, and fell to the floor together.

"Doodoo~"

A quick short whistle sounded, and the referee hurried over, blew a scrum first, and then separated the two men lying on the ground.

Wilson Chandler stood up angrily, his big brass eyes glaring at Artest.

Artest is full of tendons and flesh, and he has not been afraid of the sky and the earth since he was a rookie, where would he be a young junior, and he immediately glared back.

"You can only leave Houston in embarrassment, you are a traitor, a deserter!"

"You're still digging in the mud when I'm playing, aren't you? Spicy chicken rookie! ”

The two chattered and trash talk to each other, raising the originally harmonious game to the intensity of iron-blooded competition.

The referee asks teammates on both sides to come over.

Both Millsap and Kidd pulled their players away, and Yao Ming hooked Chandler in an apparent reassuring word.

A little over a minute later, Chandler and Artest were seated in the referee's designated position.

Subsequently, the referee threw the ball and the two jumped the ball.

Artest's reaction was noticeably slower, and the young and powerful Chandler was quicker to play the basketball, but the basketball was set aside and grabbed by Kidd, who was in the main position.

Landing on the ground, Kidd shook his hands, made a long pass, and threw the ball out like a cannonball.

The whole camera was still fixed on the scene of the two sides jumping the ball, and they didn't see what happened at all, and everyone in the audience exclaimed, DeRozan, who was running in the frontcourt, caught Kidd's precise guidance, and then stepped up, holding the basketball high with one hand, and completed the tomahawk dunk.

At this point, the camera turned around and only saw DeRozan completing a one-arm dunk.

In the replay footage, people saw the "flashing" DeRozan, who had already secretly played a fast break from Artest and Chandler's jump ball.

This is actually very risky, if the jump ball is lost, then the frontcourt Rockets are 5 to 4, and the object of DeRozan's defense must be empty.

But he was right, Artest didn't win, but the ball was won by the Kings.

93-90, in just two minutes, the Kings took advantage of the momentum to play a wave of 8-0!

Adelman could only call another timeout.

"Actually, Coach Rick Adelman is still slow, Chris Bosh should have called a timeout when he scored twice, and now that the Kings are on the rise, the Rockets are clearly being suppressed."

"That's right, now if the Rockets want to turn the tables again, the stars have to step up, whether it's Paul Millsap or Yao Ming, they have to score, they have to score, and the next few offenses are key shots."

"That's the playoff, the atmosphere of the playoffs, every minute, every offense and defense, you can get your adrenaline pumping, you can accomplish things you can't do, and the situation is changing and it's hard to guess."

Many commentators commented that the Rockets, who were playing away, were now at a disadvantage, so everyone offered advice to them, but Adelman was unlikely to hear it.

There are 4 minutes and 11 seconds left.

The timeout ends, and the Rockets serve from the baseline.

Adelman made another adjustment, and the "defensive hole" Brooks was replaced and replaced with Gallinari as a scoring guard, so Chandler point guard, Sean Battier small forward, the average height of the Rockets is scary, and he actually sacrificed a set of "Big Five" lineup at critical moments.

Millsap, who is a power forward, is even less confident in his height.

This change surprised Wang tomorrow, the height of the Kings themselves is actually quite tall, but each position is basically an average level, so it is impossible to attack Brooks again, his only thought is, can he continue to strengthen the defensive pressure on the outside?

Just thinking about it, Yao Ming completed a wonderful baseline split, Gallinari who slipped in flew up, the Italian flyer hung the basket and dunked, Chandler worked hard to defend Yao Ming in the middle distance, but he didn't expect Yao Ming to complete a wonderful response.

Fans at Arco Arena were thrilled and the ticket was worth it, as the players from both sides put on a great playoff top-caliber encounter, with the Kings scoring and the Rockets still resilient and holding on to the score.

"Do you want to do it with each other?"

Wang Tomorrow stood up and made a few gestures on the sidelines.

Kidd, who was holding the ball, raised his right arm high to replace Wang Mingming and arranged the offense on the court.

In this round of offense, Bosh is no longer the target of blocking and dismantling, but the receiver on the wing, taking the ball on the weak side, everyone opens up space, and Bosh receives the ball and directly hits the basket.

Wang Mingming's tactical thinking is clearer than Adelman's, and the strongest ability of the Kings to impact the basket is Bosh at the moment, and Kidd and Bosh have great power in blocking and dismantling, so he only uses this move to let Bosh attack more.

Bosh held the ball and attacked, Millsap fell into the King's defensive trap, and the back door was wide open, so that Yao Ming, the last line of defense, was directly exposed in front of Bosh.

Yao Ming doesn't know how many times he defended in this game, and only 4 fouls are a miracle.

The Kings have been constantly impacting the restricted area he guards, or the outside is shooting three-pointers from the outside, grabbing frontcourt rebounds and then attacking, he consumes a lot of energy at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, although he has scored 31 points, but at the critical moment, the physical strength seems to be bottoming out.

Bosh jumped high, Yao Ming looked slow, dodged the space, and put Bosh dunk.

"Bang dang!"

The king actually returned the slap.

You come and go, it's just not lively.

At 1 minute and 31 seconds, Yao Ming worked hard to force Chandler away and made a rebound in the front court.

97-100, the Rockets trailed by 3 points.

With the Kings dominant, the next two waves of offense did not score, but the Rockets played steadily, and then relied on Yao Ming to kill on the inside, get a free throw opportunity, hit both free throws, and chased the score to 99-100, and Chandler was even fouled with 5 fouls.

48 seconds, the decisive stage.

Fans on both sides were nervous and couldn't breathe, and some even covered their eyes to watch the brutal scene.

It was Kidd who controlled the ball, Kidd held the ball with his back, blocked and dismantled with Bosh on the flanks, Kidd blocked and dismantled the top of the arc, Bosh turned around and cut the basket in the air, but Millsap defended very well, never out of position, Kidd did not dare to hang, waited for Bosh to run back into the card position, hit the ball and passed the ball, and distributed it to Bosh.

Everyone pulled out the space to watch Bosh take on Millsap.

The key moment is the game of heads-up for the players.

Bosh took a tentative step, then stepped back and made a jumper, Millsap pounced, and Bosh covered both of his eyes.

The wrist is pressed down and the basketball is pulled out between the fingers.

"Huh!"

Hollow into the net!

The big-hearted Bosh caused a sensation in the Arco Arena, and everyone shouted wildly, even the DJ shouted his name, which was drowned in it and couldn't be transmitted at all.

At 102-99, the Kings held their ground and put all the pressure on the Rockets.

The Rockets are so tired of chasing points, and they can still have such a performance, which is already excellent, and since there are 5 minutes left in the fourth quarter, the momentum has actually been here with the Kings.

The whole audience shouted "Defend, defend"!

Millsap received the ball from Chandler, hit the basket from mid-range, and wanted a more secure layup, but Chandler, who assisted in the defense, saw through it and directly sent a block!

Yao Ming's basket was actually empty, but all the passing routes around Millsap were covered, and he couldn't pass it all the time.

Even if he throws this ball, Yao Ming is a good opportunity to make up for the basket.

But alas, it was blocked by the roaring Chandler.

The roaring Chandler shouted loudly and raised his arms, which aroused the passion of the audience.

Adelman still laid out a tactic to attack the box with the remaining 11 seconds of attack, because with 32.9 seconds left on the court, he must have chosen a safe tactic.

Wang Tomorrow also thinks so, so in the pause of this round, he is in the middle of the arrangement, shrinking the defensive line.

Yao Ming was caught as soon as he got the ball in the low position, and the ball was distributed outside, the king's defense changed defense at an amazing speed, and there was no chance to shoot outside, so it was handed over to Yao Ming again, and Yao Ming almost stood up to the defense of Chandler and Bosh and scored the ball.

A super hook on the outer edge of the big forbidden area!

Big heart, but with 23.8 seconds left, just into 24 seconds, the Kings led by one point 102-101, and this last wave of offense, even if it was just exhausted, the Rockets lost.

The Rockets didn't choose a foul tactic in the first game, and chose to force the Kings first to see if they could make a mistake for the Kings.

With 13 seconds left, the Rockets opted for a foul play and sent Bosh to the free throw line.

Bosh also scored 33 points, 8 of 8 free throws in the game, but at this time, 1 of 2 free throws gave the Rockets a chance to equalize or even overtake.

And the Rockets called for the last timeout.