227 Whose End?
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The Rockets took on the Warriors on the road, and they built a 17-point lead in the first quarter, which was already reduced to within 10 points just over the halfway point of the second quarter.
Coach Mike D'Antoni has not yet arranged for Yang Yiming to play, so he can only watch the situation on the court and be anxious.
James Harden, P.J. Tucker, Luke Bamot, Eric Gordon, Gerard Green.
This is the on-court lineup of the Rockets against the Warriors chasing points.
Without Chris Paul, without a high enough interior line, without a star with enough rank - except for Hu Ziden, can the Rockets really resist the Warriors' Big Four at the critical moment of being chased for points?
This question may have been had by the on-site spectators, the water army on the Internet, and even the most determined Rocket fans, but Yang Yiming did not have it at all. Neither did any of his Rockets teammates, led by him: they believed in their coach unconditionally, in everyone around them, and that they had long since learned to stand together and share the same hatred in the face of the strongest opponents tonight at the end of the season.
Any suspicion makes them vulnerable; Only with complete trust can you survive death!
So even if Yang Yiming was not sent on the field, he did not question the arrangement of head coach D'Antoni at all. Cheer on your teammates and be their nearest cheerleader!
Gordon was the first to attack. He advanced through the half court by himself, and the defense in front was Kevin Durant, who was half a head taller than him, but Gordon didn't even look at the basket and shot a three-point jumper! Ball in! 51 to 40.
The warrior immediately returned the color,
Durant turned back to face Gordon and hit a solid shot in response. Klay Thompson caught the ball and shot his trademark three-pointer after covering the pick-and-roll, which was also a hit. 51-45, the Warriors cut the deficit to six points.
At a critical moment, the rocket must be a soldier for all people!
The Warriors attacked again, the ball was in Curry's hands, and it was initiated by the pick-and-roll cooperation. The blocking position chosen by Curry and Green is close to the corner of the middle line, and the Rockets' change of defense is extremely fast - Yang Yiming can't believe that this is the footsteps of two teammates who have been playing for nearly 20 minutes in a row - Green and Tucker, they found that Curry's position was not good, Draymond Green's blocking and dismantling allowed Curry to switch to Tucker's defense, but the Rockets' Green was like a wolf that pounced, jumping to Curry's side, firmly sealing Green behind him and covering Curry in the corner!
But fortunately, Curry was quick enough, he saw that the bag had been formed, and he had no room to dribble at all, so he simply jumped outside the sideline, and took advantage of the gap that flashed to hoist the ball high to Durant who received it in the middle circle.
Durant jumped up to receive the ball, but he immediately advanced, and this breakthrough, the Warriors instead formed a 4-on-3 situation within the three-point line: Durant held the ball at the top of the arc, Thompson and Livingston were distributed left and right, and Green was straight into the basket! And the Rockets only have Bamot, Harden, and Gordon huddled in the restricted area!
Durant chose the most lethal route, handing the ball to Green, who was attacking the basket, and Green drove directly to the Rockets restricted area like a moving tank. Unstoppable! But at this moment, everyone in the Rockets seemed to be wound up, Harden stood tall in front of Green, and Bamot and Gordon spread left and right, cutting off Green's distribution route; Tucker quickly moved in front of an off-ball Durant to fill in the gap; And Gerald Green seems to have a heart in his heart, and he is about to go down...
Sure enough, Dream Green had no passing route and could only resist Harden head-on. Harden was not afraid of Green's impact, not only resisting the opponent's layup, but also blocking the basketball thrown!
Gordon turned around to pick up the ball, made a long pass with his hand, the ball was received by Gerald Green, who was fast, Dapeng spread his wings, and the former dunk king showed his style again!
53 to 45.
The momentum of this offense allowed the Rockets to withstand the Warriors' frantic counterattack before halftime, and continued to lead by double digits 61-51.
2/
However, the most crucial third quarter is coming!
At halftime, domestic Rockets fans set off a discussion of "Rocket Championship" on the Internet, and the number of participants in a famous basketball community exceeded one million, but Yang Yiming couldn't read this. On the contrary, he clearly knew that only by withstanding the Warriors' crazy offensive in the third quarter could he hope to win; The discussion of the championship is valuable!
Sure enough!
Curry. Stephen Curry! Sure enough, it was him.
Curry hit a three-pointer to kick off the Warriors' third-quarter onslaught.
Klay Thompson also opened, hitting back-to-back three-pointers from 45 degrees on the left, right corner, and left corner. When these two shooters are in full swing, the Warriors' offensive tide is unstoppable!
Thompson had the best performance of the series. He only made 2 three-pointers in the first half and hit one, but in the third quarter alone, he made 8 three-pointers and hit 6 of them!
When Clay's hand came, his injured leg seemed to be reactivated. He ran tirelessly, using pick-and-roll cover, from one end of the half to the other, just to choose the best angle to shoot, the corner where the sniper was most hidden! Thompson obliquely slashed 45 degrees to the opposite corner, then immediately switched back to the opposite corner. The main players of the Rockets who resisted the half court obviously couldn't keep up with his flying pace and lost running position at this time, and could only watch Thompson receive the ball in the open position and shoot three-pointers. Hollow, the goal set off an earth-shattering sound in the Oracle Arena, but it was like a throwing knife, silently inserting into the heart of the Rockets.
The Rockets are still holding back.
Harden and Gordon's three-pointers were no longer as sharp as they were in the first half. But the shooting was inaccurate, and they were like human bombs rushing to the bunker, holding the basketball and killing the restricted area again and again.
That's the resoluteness of seeing death as home.
Gordon drew a foul on Durant and made a free throw. Gordon squeezed Green to hook the board and hit. Harden attacked the Warriors restricted area built by Green, Looney, and Durant, and was violated, pulled, and covered with his face, but Harden still killed again!
It's been a long time since I've seen Harden fight so recklessly!
Fight for your life, fist to flesh.
This is the best that the team leaders can do to hold on to the dawn of the victory that has appeared.
It's a pity that even such efforts can't stop the light from fading and passing through their fingertips...
Not only is Thompson still steadily outpacing, but Curry is also not showing weakness, and he has scored points one after another. In the third quarter, even with Harden's desperate fight, the Warriors still scored 33 points "without surprise", winning by 17 points in a single quarter, reversing the decline in the first half and entering the fourth quarter with a ten-point advantage.
Very.
Just when you thought 10 points wasn't too much, enough for the Rockets to fight again in the fourth quarter, the Warriors threw another combination punch! The name of their fist this time is Kevin Durant! He personally scored 10 points in a row to help the Warriors start the fourth quarter 10-0 - the difference widened to 20 points in an instant, and the Rockets' starting main players who played three quarters were tired at this time, and they still wanted to kill, but their bodies were refusing, shouting "I have the intention to kill the enemy, and I can't go back to the sky"!
That's the real taste of death. It turns out that in the Oracle Arena tonight, is the team that wins in the end still the Golden State Warriors?
Substitution!
Coach D'Antoni stood between Yang Yiming and Chris Paul and slapped them on the shoulder: Go! There are 10 minutes left.
He hid two trump cards for the whole game, and he played at the same time at the moment!
The final showdown!
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