On the last night of 2017, Houston finally reaped its long-awaited victory.

148-142, after two overtime games, the Rockets were in danger at home.

Yang Yiming shot 4 of 7 three-pointers, scored 12 points and 4 rebounds, and finally realized his New Year's wish jokingly made before the game, and did not shoot outside the basket again.

However, the performance he wanted to contribute to the Rockets' victory most throughout the game did come from his defense in the final minute of the second overtime.

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This game is not to be lost by the Los Angeles Lakers and Houston Rockets, who have lost five in a row on both sides. The Rockets played like a roller coaster, and the first quarter of the game was extremely smooth, with 10 three-pointers in a single quarter, but the 7-point advantage in the first quarter was quickly erased by the Lakers, who were played by everyone, and fell behind by 7 points at halftime. In the third quarter, the margin even widened, and the 11-point deficit woke up the slack-off Rockets, who fought to catch up in the fourth quarter. With 17 seconds left in regular time, Gerard Green, a fierce player who joined the Fire Line, received a breakaway shot from Chris Paul and hit a three-point shot to finally erase the difference. Lakers No. 0 rookie Kyle Kuzma, who visited Houston in the last round and talked to Yang Yiming at home, faced Yang Yiming's defense with a long-distance three-point shot in the last attack, but unfortunately the ball smashed the basket connection, and the two sides entered the first overtime tied at 122.

Rockets main James Harden scored 40 points in the whole game, but strained his left leg muscle when Green broke through in the previous round before he hit the equalizing ball, and he had to return to the locker room early, and the protagonist of the overtime became another Rockets soul CP3 Paul!

In the first overtime, Green threw the first shot, Paul immediately scored five points in a row, and then passed Blake to dunk in the middle of the second. After making a layup shot, Paul scored 7 points and 1 assist in a single quarter, but Ingram hit both free throws after breaking through and being violated, and the two sides tied 133 and then entered the second overtime!

In the second overtime, Paul worked hard first, and 183's body burst out with infinite strength, frequently impacting the basket, either hitting a strong hit, or being able to find teammates and assist with the ball. In 7.3 seconds, the two sides fought to 142 draws, and Paul once again dribbled the ball to the basket like a grenade, and hit the high board with his right hand in the face of the two people. Yang Yiming, standing under the basket, squeezed behind the two defenders, at this time, his first-class sports image processing ability played a role, in the chaos he accurately judged the landing point of the ball after the rebound and the basket rebounded twice, and confirmed that the position of his pinched shot could not control the rebound, he was in a hurry, and flicked the basketball hard, and the basketball was refracted again after the rebound, and accurately fell into the hands of his teammate PJ Tucker! The whole process is just like Yang Yiming's design, and it is executed with precision. Tucker's defenders have all been attracted away by Yang Yiming, he won the ball under the basket, and the Lakers opened the door wide and scored an easy dunk!

After a timeout, the Lakers sent the ball to the front court to attack, and Yang Yiming once again faced his new friend Kuzma, who received the ball and turned over and jumped directly from the left 45-degree three-point line. Unexpectedly, Yang Yiming had already prepared for this ball, Kuzma's body was still in the air, and the ball was still caught under his waist and abdomen before it was raised above his head, Yang Yiming had seized the opportunity to put his hands on it, and the basketball was held down!

Kuzma couldn't make a shot, so he could only throw the ball away and make a mistake out of bounds!

The whistle bit into the mouths of the sideline referees, but it didn't sound.

A successful defense!

The ball was exchanged for the Rockets, and the Lakers could only use foul tactics, but Paul's four free throws guaranteed the Rockets victory!

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After the game, Yang Yiming was stopped by a reporter from Tencent Sports and gave him a brief interview.

The game was played on the first day of 2018 Beijing time, and the Rockets, as the home team of half Chinese fans, also received full attention from CCTV and Tencent Sports' TV networks.

"Hello Yiming, you performed very well in your last moments today, and the key steals helped the team win, how are you feeling now?" Tencent Sports' front reporter whose English name is Amber (Amber), usually when she interviews NBA players, she has to re-translate her questions and the other party's answers, and today it seems that she can communicate directly in Chinese, omitting this step.

"The mood is actually very calm." Although Yang Yiming took the towel, he was still out of breath after playing 42 minutes to set a new career playing time, and beads of sweat kept dripping from the ends of his hair, "I mean the team played two overtime games in a row and finally won from such a tug-of-war, of course I am very excited." But personally, I just did what I was supposed to do on the pitch. Being able to help the team win – hopefully there will be more of that in the new year. ”

"You also mentioned that you want to help the team more in the New Year, do you have any other wishes for 2018? What is the vision? ”

"The biggest vision, of course, is that the Rockets can go further, in the Western Conference Finals, or even in the Finals."

"You played a long game for 42 minutes, probably the longest game you've played since you landed in the NBA..."

"Thank you for keeping an eye on my game, haha." Yang Yiming jokingly teased the female reporter in front of tens of millions of viewers.

"That's right, it's been paying attention to... I'm sure basketball fans all over China are paying attention to your dynamics right now. Amber really has the demeanor of a reporter, and she only blushed for less than half a second before she skillfully defused the past, "The Rockets have been short of personnel recently, do you think your chances of playing will further increase in the near future?" ”

"I hope it will. I'll be ready at all times and wait for Coach D'Antoni to come in. Actually, the number of minutes I play is not what I value the most, I just hope that every minute I play on the court can help the Rockets and bring threat to the opponent. ”

"The voting for the 2018 Los Angeles All-Star has begun, do you think you have any hope of making it to the All-Star Game?"

"I believe in the power of Chinese fans." Yang Yiming smiled, his expression noncommittal, "Although I don't think I'm qualified enough to play as an All-Star, if the fans choose me as a starter, of course I'm willing to give it a try - but the Rockets I think Harden and Paul should be the starters, I take this opportunity to canvass for them, I hope that the majority of Chinese fans can push the Rockets' 'Dengcannon' combination to the All-Star starter!" ”

In the past few months since he came to the NBA, Yang Yiming has not only improved his football skills, but also strengthened his self-confidence, and he is very comfortable interacting with fans in front of the camera.

"James Harden was injured in the final minute of regular time, do you know how his injury is?" Amber gestured that this was the last question she was going to ask.

"There is no news yet, and it seems that his state when he left the field is not very serious, but the specific situation will not have news until further examination by the team doctor. Let's hope Brother Harden is okay. ”

"Well, then I wish you and Team Rocket both better and better in the new year!"

"Thank you!"

Yang Yiming ended the interview with Tencent Sports with a smile, but his heart was smeared with a cloud by the last question. He hurriedly called out to his friend Yu Xiaochun, who had been waiting on the sidelines, and walked quickly to the players' locker room.

I really don't know what James Harden's injury is.

Could it be that Nina, who gave him daily recovery treatment, was going to be recommended to the league scoring champion so soon?