Houston Rockets and Portland Trail Blazers.

Moda Center Arena.

The red bell was finished at 2 minutes and 10 seconds after the break in the third quarter, and the players from both sides returned to the court. At 84-98, the Rockets trailed by 14 points on the road.

24 seconds, 12 minutes, the timer on the basket is eye-catchingly red. Time is running out for Houstonians.

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Trail Blazers' Damian Lillard watches the game in the players' rest area with an ice pack wrapped in his foot. After spraining his right ankle while chasing Chris Paul back in the third quarter, Lillard, who had already made eight three-pointers, did not choose to return to the lounge, but stayed on the sidelines and kept a close eye on his teammates.

He was so hungry for this victory.

Losing to the Bucks, Pelicans and Spurs, the Portland Trail Blazers lost three straight games at home, and their win percentage fell by nearly 50%. Ahead of the next round of road games, the Rockets are their best chance to prove themselves against their hometown fathers in the "Tear City".

On the evening of December 10, the Trail Blazers, commanded by No. 0 Lillard, also showed a stronger ambition for victory than the Rockets from the beginning. His three-point shooting is unstoppable; And his passing tandem helped his teammates score a double-double for three people!

According to common sense, if a superstar like him is injured, he will generally choose to leave the game directly to avoid the injury from expanding. But today Lillard chose to stay on the sidelines, numbing and aching with freezing, just to be at the mercy of dispatch at any time, just to fight for the decisive moment again!

The Rockets team in front of them may have been dragged down by the away itinerary and did not play comfortably tonight. Not only did he lose to the Trail Blazers in the number of three-point shots, but he also made them well below his season average. The Rockets, who have scrapped their three-point weapon, except for the backcourt duo James Harden and Chris Paul, are still moving forward, and the rest of the players are not worthy of a book.

But Lillard still has a glimmer of concern.

The Rockets, who used to break out and take away the game in the third quarter, lost by as many as 14 points this time and entered the final quarter with an absolute disadvantage.

But with his sense of smell for years of competition, it doesn't seem that simple.

No. 1 in the West, it will not give away victory without resistance!

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Lillard is waiting for victory.

Team Rocket is waiting to break out.

Yang Yiming, who started in the fourth quarter, is also waiting.

He played 14 minutes in the first half, 6 minutes in the third quarter, and in 20 minutes, he has not given away even one block!

It was commonplace for a player to have no blocks in a game - the Detroit Pistons, who ranked last in the league's block statistics, could only send 3.3 blocks per game. But the strange thing is that Yang Yiming has grown into a defensive expert with an average of one block per game, and before the game, he received the block cheats of Scott, who Yu Xiaochun pretended to be a "research achievement", and today not only did he have no contribution to this statistical statistic, but the entire Rockets team also hung zero!

But maybe they're all waiting, ready to go!

Sure enough, it wouldn't be too long, the Trail Blazers' first offense of the fourth quarter consumed too much time outside the three-point line, CJ McCollum dribbled behind and tried to pass, Paul was quickly stabbed into the basketball by the defender's eye, and young white guard Pat Connaughton picked up the floor ball, saw that there was not much offensive time left, and hurriedly pushed the ball out. Yang Yiming was already close to the defense, and the ball was shot low, and he easily slapped it and sent the ball back to the second half of the Trail Blazers.

24 seconds of violation, exchange for ball possession to the Rockets!

Rocket and Yang Yiming's first block together!

The next two caps fully reflect the role of Scott's "plan". Trail Blazers' Connaughton High Dribble Breakaway - According to the plan, normally, he will choose to split the wing to the team's double star Lillard or McCollum, and will not take individual shots easily, but if he chooses to shoot, he must beware of the big man of the Trail Blazers under the basket, whether it is Nurkic (this game), Zach Collins, or Ed Davis! When he made a shot, there must have been at least two centers in the paint area in ambush, a white center for blocking and a black center for the frontcourt rebound! If he grabs the rebound in the frontcourt, he will rely on his physical fitness to jump up again and make up for the basket, then this is the best time to block and make up for the defense! - Sure enough, Connaughton didn't split the ball after breaking through, he threw the basket directly, and the rebound was grabbed by Davis, he bounced up at high speed and was ready to slam the dunk, but was directly held down from behind by Yang Yiming, who had been waiting for a long time!

In another round, the Trail Blazers made a three-handed hand-to-hand cooperation on the left side outside the three-point line, and finally McCollum attracted the Rockets to the ground and passed the ball to the center Davis on the side of the penalty area, who got the ball and pretended to shoot, but threw the ball out of the restricted area again, and Aminu got the ball outside the three-point line!

"The point of this combination is to distract the defense and find the shot on the weak side, usually outside the three-point line at 45 degrees, because even if there is a shooter in the corner, it is difficult for the center to pass the ball through the box."

The plan once again accurately predicted the whereabouts of the ball, Yang Yiming, who had been prepared, jumped up at the same time as the shooter Aminu, and just touched the basketball between his fingers to change the trajectory, adding another block!

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At 6:07, James Harden and Damian Lillard returned to the court at the same time.

The time for the decisive battle has arrived.

104-103, Harden just hit a three-pointer to close the score to a one-point gap. The Trail Blazers' offense unsurprisingly put the ball in Lillard's hands, and even with half of his injured leg in tow, the warrior was duty-bound. Respond, keep the advantage, he dribbles and attacks! Defending him against him was Yang Yiming, the outside defensive leader of the Rockets!

Lillard, who has scored 30 points.

Yang Yiming, who has already sent three blocks.

Spear against shield!

Flood on the gates!

Superstar vs. 1st Grade Show!

Lillard's first step to break through was really fast, even if his right foot was injured, he directly grabbed Yang Yiming's close position, and then dribbled to the basket.

Yang Yiming's analysis of Damian Lillard in the "research report" is the most detailed, his conventional offensive methods, plus the evolution before and after, there are more than 30 kinds of them, and the final defensive advice of the report is also the most frustrating: No. 0 jersey Lillard, as the league's top scorer, has a wealth of offensive means Even the top defenders are often helpless, and can only hope that his hand is inaccurate, or pray to Lady Luck that he can bet on a certain move against him and cause him as much interference as possible. But if you want to give him a cap, it's pure luxury!

But even if the other party is so good, he has taken the lead at this moment, and Yang Yiming's judgment of the situation in his mind is still very clear: although Lillard occupies the position advantage, he eventually has an injury to his right leg, and his teammates on the Rockets occupy the space under the basket, forcing a breakthrough to the basket will not be his best choice. If he pulls back to shoot, his already close self will greatly interfere with his shooting angle, which is not conducive to Lillard's opening up space at all. So...

Yang Yiming suddenly thought of the research report that Lillard has an offensive method similar to the classical floor flow, he will first pretend to accelerate the breakthrough, stop abruptly in the second step of the layup, and then half-turn and shoot on the spot!

This trick is most used against tall defenders, as the big man is also more likely to lose his center of gravity, leaving him plenty of room to shoot...

Don't...

Yang Yiming decided to take a gamble!

When he took the second step, he slowed down early, Lillard's emergency stop did not fully shake off the opponent, and when he shot on the spot, he found that Yang Yiming was still lying in front of him. He had no choice but to improvise and make a shooting feint, but he didn't expect Yang Yiming to be prepared and didn't shake up. When Lillard wanted to play the time difference again and really shot, Yang Yiming came first, and he dialed the basketball between his fingers!

Fourth block in six minutes!