Chapter 111: Defeat the Rocket
At the beginning of the fourth quarter of the game, Ramon Sessions dribbled over the half, Li Mojie and Channing Fry on the inside played blocking and dismantling, Frye received a pass from Li Mojie after dismantling the mid-distance position, raised his hand and made a shot, but did not score.
Switching offense, the Rockets handed over to Aaron Brooks, who had already scored 14 points in this game, and he couldn't feel the fire.
Brooks and Omikasby blocked and dismantled, Li Mojie quickly switched defenses and came up, and locked Brooks with his arms stretched out like an eagle, Brooks was shorter than him and his physical confrontation was not high.
Brooks began to shake his shoulders regularly, and the two men looked at each other level.
Francisco was about to come up and cover Brooks, but Brooks waved his hand covertly, signaling that he was going to single!
Singles Li Mojie is not a strange thing, since Li Mojie became famous, whether they want to be famous or his commercial value, many players like to play Li Mojie in singles.
Moreover, many stars in the NBA are strong in offense and weak in defense, and Li Mojie's defense in his rookie season is actually really average. Brooks thought to himself: The last time he played the Kings, didn't that Thomas Jr. score 23 points on the head of Li Mojie? I can do what he can do!
Li Mojie's face is still calm, ready to defend against Brooks' breakthrough.
As the most improved player in the NBA in the 2009-10 season, the 183CM Brooks can definitely have his strength in the NBA mixed up like a forest, and the feints on his shoulders are also very in place, and Li Mojie's heels left the ground and maintained a very high concentration.
Suddenly, Brooks held the ball and went backwards, and the basketball was grabbed by him to make a backdribble appearance, while his body twisted, as if to change direction and break to the left!
But at that moment, he put his other hand behind his back, and the whole person jumped lightly, quickly opened up the space with Li Mojie, and withdrew to the right side, and the basketball inexplicably returned to the right hand.
Relying on the advantage of a low center of gravity, two consecutive moves behind him, plus a small step at the end, instantly moved his body and opened up the distance between Li Mojie!
The corners of Brooks' mouth raised slightly, and he was proud in his heart, he didn't know how many times he used this trick in the NBA, but there were a lot of changes, and every time he used it, it could have a great effect. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the white No. 22, half a step away from him, and now he is on the layup, very safe.
But when he burst into the interior in a few steps and was about to go to the basket, the yellow figure suddenly appeared behind him again, and when he reached out to cover it, Brooks instantly felt like he was entangled in a spider.
"Fako, how can it be so fast!" Brooks was taken aback, and his men subconsciously raised the arc to dodge the defense.
The ball made a trajectory in the air, and then hit the right edge of the basket with a "dang" and bounced off the baseline.
Brooks fell to the ground unsteadily, rubbed back, and Li Mojie also looked at him, and then inexplicably showed a kind expression, full of mockery. "Not everyone can beat me alone!"
PJ Tucker took the ball and walked to the baseline to serve Ramon Sessions.
"Look, that's how I defended him, let him shake it over, and the last time to keep up with the interference, if he didn't adjust the arc just now, I could cover him!" Li Mojie smiled and cheered up his teammates.
"Big brother, of course your bounce and reach are okay, and how can I have your speed? If I had defended like this, he would have scored more goals! Ramon Sessions gave Li Mojie a blank look, thinking that he really didn't have a backache when he stood and talked.
Ramon Sessions dribbled across the half court and passed to PJ Tucker, who carried Harden hard and rushed inside, Howard was immediately attracted to him, and PJ Tucker hurriedly passed the ball to Li Mojie at the top of the arc.
"Dang" Li Mojie had a lot of strength in this ball, and he missed the outside three-point shot.
"Actually, this ball is empty, if PJ Tucker hits the ground and passes the ball to Channing Fry behind Howard, this ball will be there directly, but unfortunately he is not Mojie." Hornacek on the sidelines thought to himself.
"Mine." Unexpectedly, the ball bounced out of the frame and then bounced to the outside, Li Mojie was originally ready to return to defense, which won another rebound, and the unwilling Li Mojie shot again in the original position.
"Beautiful, Li Mojie grabbed and shot himself, and hit a three-point shot." Teacher Su Qun applauded.
"Damn." The inner line of the demon beast said jealously. This kid's soft shooting skills are so jealous, are all yellow players so good at shooting? Howard suddenly remembered a certain Huaxia Yao Zhongfeng who was eating and sleeping and fighting Warcraft.
So Howard said to Brooks without admitting defeat: "Let me go to the low post singles, that soft egg shouldn't be able to guard me." ”
Brooks opened his mouth wide in surprise, looked at the helpless Harden, and made an OK gesture to show understanding.
Sure enough, after Brooks dribbled past half court, Howard fell to the low post to receive the ball and turned his back against Channingfrye for the ball.
Howard's back-to-back singles is completely unskilled. It's all about strength, and the strength is much stronger than Channing Fry's, and the two hits hurt Frye's chest, how could anyone play so violently?
"It's Li Mojie again, the defense speed is so fast, Li Mojie posted it in a blink of an eye, what should Howard do now? Do you want to fight hard? Teacher Su Qun saw Li Mojie put aside Francesco Garcia who was defending.
No matter how strong the inside line, the bag clip is a nightmare. The first choice must be to pass outside, if there is enough dominance, it is a good choice to use the body to squeeze away the defense and hook the hand, if it is technical, it is best to fake to make fouls, but basketball is a group sport, since there is a bag clip, there must be a chance on the outside, the best choice, assist one, help teammates score.
But Howard said that he couldn't pass it at all, the Suns had one defense high and one defense low, and when Howard held the ball and didn't have a good look at his teammate's position, the ball had been cut by Li Mojie.
Li Mojie paused for a while after breaking the ball before slowly dribbling through the halfcourt, passed to PJ Tucker, and ran to the inside position, PJ Tucker passed back to Li Mojie and then cut in from the right side, PJ Tucker received Li Mojie's hand pass, twisted and killed the inside, with Li Mojie's high-quality cover, his breakthrough efficiency was much higher.
The Rockets didn't have time to shrink the defense, PJ rushed to the basket, then rose vertically, put his hands behind his head and dunked at a rapid pace.
The dunk immediately set the Toyota Center on fire, and PJ Tucker was 250 pounds, and even Howard didn't dare to face it when he rushed up
"Awesome buckle!" Li Mojie stepped forward and applauded the excited PJ Tucker.
"You passed well!" PJ Tucker laughed, at least half of the credit for this goal goes to Li Mojie, including the early cover, and Li Mojie's personal appeal, most of the Rockets' attention is on Li Mojie.
"Beep-beep," Kevin McHale sighed and called a timeout.
"This Marc Jab really doesn't look like a rookie, he can assist, he can pass, he can help defend quickly, he has good awareness, and he plays tactically." Director Zhang exclaimed.
"Well, this level can be the champion in the black American professional basketball!" Yao Ming laughed.
In the fourth quarter, the energetic Li Mojie showed his all-round appearance, and the final quarter was full of suppression.
In the cheers of the whole stadium, the Suns played wave after wave of high-tide, and it didn't take long for the time to enter the last two minutes, the Rockets fell behind by 8 points, and the chances of a comeback became more and more slim.
In the end, the Suns won 100-91 away to the Rockets by 9 points, and Li Mojie scored 20 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists, 2 steals, 1 block, 4 turnovers and 2 fouls.