Chapter 114: Hacked (Plus Update)
After a series of turnovers, the Bucks fell into a scoring drought.
It took more than two minutes for Yi Jianlian to hit a big two-point shot on the outside, and his hand tonight was indeed very hot.
But such a goal looks like a drop in the bucket.
After stabilizing the situation, the Rockets slowly pulled the score away.
In the end, despite an unexpected opening, the Rockets still beat the Nets 108-86 and won six in a row after the start of the season.
Yao Ming and Maddy continued to play steadily, scoring 26 and 22 points respectively, while Billups also posted 17 points and nine assists.
Scola contributed 12 points and two rebounds on the first start of his career, but he also had four fouls and needed to improve on the defensive end.
Carl Landry, who made his debut for the first time, relied on active scrambling to score 10 points, 4 rebounds and 2 steals, and his performance was very eye-catching.
On the Bucks' side, although the team lost, rookie Yi Jianlian played the best game of the season, contributing 19 points and 9 rebounds on 8-of-12 shooting.
A much-anticipated derby came to an end, Yao Yidu played well, and the Rockets finally won, and everything seemed to be happy.
However, after the game, the domestic forum was a little lively.
The reason is not because of the above, but because of Tang Tian.
At the last moment of the derby, the Rockets' victory was already assured, and some Chinese fans at the scene shouted Sun Yue.
However, Tang Tian did not do this, and in the final garbage time, he used the partnership of Francis and Hyde in the backcourt.
"Why can't you live or die Sun Yue, it's all that kind of garbage time." Some people questioned it.
"That's right, staying in the team but not giving a chance to play, what does this mean? I heard that the Lakers originally planned to choose Sun Yue, but they were cut off by the Rockets, if they were in the Lakers, they would definitely have been on the court a long time ago, and maybe they would have become a rotation player! "Someone was indignant.
"I guess it's Tang Tian who avoids suspicion, they are all Chinese, maybe the media on the US side will say that he is nepotistic, and now that Team Rocket's reputation is so good, he definitely doesn't want to recruit himself." Some people speculated secretly.
"Hey, the Chinese are like this, they always make small calculations, and besides, they are all Chinese, is it so difficult to give a chance?" Someone directly hammered.
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All kinds of voices come and go, so it's not lively.
However, Tang Tian obviously didn't have time to watch this, and ended the game with the Bucks, and the Rockets followed up with back-to-back home games against the Grizzlies.
Although the Grizzlies have been a fish belly in recent years, Pau Gasol is strong, and the Rockets don't want to capsize in the gutter.
To say that the Grizzlies are inextricably linked to the Rockets right now.
The Rockets' backup center, Marc Gasol, is the younger brother of the Grizzlies core Paul Gasol.
Battier of the Rockets is also a veteran of the Grizzlies.
The Grizzlies' current outside core, Rudy Gay, was also selected by the Rockets for trade.
The Grizzlies' backup interior Chuck Hayes also played for the Rockets last season.
These relationships are inextricably linked.
Tang Tian's worries were not superfluous, back-to-back Rockets physical decline, and the Grizzlies opened the game directly to the Rockets with an 8-2 run.
Guy's performance was particularly eye-catching, and the talented rookie who was traded by the Rockets seemed to want to prove the Rockets' choice wrong.
Tang Tian's reaction was also very fast, and after three minutes of fighting, he sensed the problem, and directly replaced the Big Three to rest.
This substitution worked.
Marc Gasol, Petrus and Barria, who came up, didn't have much time to play, and they were all holding back their strength at this time, and they came up and went straight back to the Grizzlies with an 8-0 run, overtaking the score at once.
When the regular substitution time came, the two sides changed players, and Tang Tian replaced the Big Three on the field, and the score of the two sides was pulled away at once.
Grizzlies' Guy is growing up rapidly, plus Pau Gasol, theoretically not becoming a fish belly, but one of the important reasons for their poor play is the poor bench, Milicic and Swift are some parallel goods, "Little Squirrel" Damon Stoudemire has long reached the age of retirement, and "Bomb" Navarro can't adapt to the NBA game.
The game was interrupted in the second quarter, and by the end of the third quarter, the Rockets had a 30-point lead at 97-67.
After a quarter of garbage time, the Rockets defeated the Grizzlies 114-81 and are still undefeated after seven games, tied for first place in the league with the Celtics, who are also undefeated.
Rockets fans are thrilled.
However, there are more posts related to Sun Yue on domestic forums than before.
Because Tang Tian still didn't give Sun Yue a chance to play.
And because the score difference was too large, 14 of the 15 people in the team were on it, but Sun Yue was not.
Some fans began to give Tang Tian a "criticism meeting".
"I don't understand the anxiety of the game, and I understand that the score is close to letting people in good shape play, but this is 30 points ahead, everyone else is on it, just don't give Sun Yue it, this is prejudice!" Someone directly posted and sprayed in the forum.
And this is not the climax of the discussion.
The climax came after the Rockets played Game 9.
The Rockets' opponent in Game 8 is the Heat, the Heat traded Ricky Davis this season, the strength has increased, the two sides played more anxiously, and in the third quarter, Billups accidentally poked his finger and went off the court.
In that game, the Rockets finally won the game with a wave of 10-0 in the fourth quarter from Yao Ming and Maddy, and won the opening eight consecutive games.
However, Billups' examination report shows that he will be out for at least two weeks or so.
The Rockets' Game 9 opponent was the Timberwolves.
The Timberwolves' Garnett was relatively average when he was there, and now the Timberwolves have gone to Boston to form the Big Three, and the team is a little ghost, with Al Jefferson and Randy Foye becoming the team's interior core.
In the face of weak opponents, the Rockets did not relent, winning 107-87 and winning nine in a row.
Gasol exploded in this game, playing 25 minutes, shooting 10-of-13 and contributing a season-high 23 points and nine rebounds.
And Sun Yue still didn't play.
Some fans in the country have finally climaxed.
"Why is Millsap injured and gives Landry a chance to play, and Billups is injured, so he doesn't give Sun Yue a chance? Why, this is discriminatory treatment! "Someone was trembling with anger.
"Sun Yue has proven himself in the Chinese competition, as long as he gives himself, he will definitely be able to play eye-catching statistics!" Someone swears by it.
"Can the forum administrators find a way to contact Team Rocket, or Tang Tian? Let Sun Yue go, if not, we won't watch the game! "Someone is whimsical.
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