Chapter 52: The First Defeat
Brooks' three three-pointers were each one of seven inches above the Trail Blazers, and the lead was instantly wiped out, and McMillan angrily called a timeout.
"What are you thinking? actually made people shoot three three-pointers in a row? Where is your energy, your attention? Are all your efforts reserved for those damned flesh and bones? Whoever doesn't want to fight, can tell me and I'll replace him! As soon as the Trail Blazers players came off the court, McMillan sprayed them mercilessly.
The Trail Blazers players, who knew that they had been playing very slackly in recent times, lowered their heads and sat in their chairs, and Oden took a big sip of the drink handed over by the staff behind the result.
"And you Greg!" McMillan deflected and burned the flames of battle to Oden. "Can you stop focusing so much on your goddamn singles? Do you know how to transfer the ball more? Get the ball moving! ”
"Uh-huh! Got it, sir! "Auden was very good, and he looked like I was a good baby, so that McMillan couldn't say anything more.
"Forget it, don't bother to say more, remember to let the ball move!" At the end of the timeout, McMillan waved his hand helplessly, and when the players came on the court, he told him again.
"Victory is ours, Let's go!" Oden jumped up from the bench and shouted.
"This guy ......," McMillan said with a smile as he watched the back of Auden running away.
When the game came back from a pause, McMillan thought about it or with Sergio. Rodriguez replaces Blake, who has been running weakly, and Brooks' successive hits are also related to Blake's decline in physical strength.
Although Rodriguez is full of energy and has great speed, it can be seen from last season's performance that he is very active when defending the ball carrier, and it can only be said that Rodriguez is the most suitable player to play at this time.
Aldridge took the ball from the referee and passed it to Rodriguez, who was waiting.
Rodriguez has been playing with the Oden trio in recent times, dribbling the ball up front and reaching out to Aldridge for a pick-and-roll.
Get...... Seeing that Rodriguez was going to block Aldridge by himself, he ran decisively, and Scola, who had been paying attention to Aldridge's movements, also followed.
Rodriguez wanted to get rid of Brooks by blocking and demolishing, but he didn't expect Brooks to come around in time! There was no way, Rodriguez could only pull the ball back.
Again it passed Aldridge to the other side, and this time Aldridge helped Rodriguez block Brooks. Rodriguez, who had already gotten rid of the defender, naturally rushed inside.
At this time, Scola who came with him played a role, taking the first step to get stuck in position and make up for the loopholes caused by Brooks being blocked.
Rodriguez was also not strong and had a backhand to pass the ball back to Aldridge. However, Brooks, who was blocked and left behind, came to Aldridge wittily, and as long as he passed the ball, it was a steal!
The abacus is all jingling, Brooks is now Jiang Taigong fishing, dare to come and take the bait!
The attention of everyone on the field was drawn to Rodriguez, except for one person, and that was Oden!
Auden and Yao Ming, who were originally in the card position, also stopped watching the performance between the four of them, and just when Yao Ming was in a daze, Auden bypassed Yao Ming very much.
As if sensing someone in front of Aldridge, Rodriguez grabbed the ball, jumped up and spun 180 degrees in the air, and sure enough, he saw Brooks.
Rodriguez suddenly pushed the ball out, Brooks saw Rodriguez's movements, and there was a smile on the corner of his mouth and eyes, seeing that I still have to pass the ball here, it's really stupid!
Brooks stretched out his arms and jumped up to break the ball, but, unlike the script, there was no ball flying at all! As Brooks landed, the squeak of the basket reached his ears.
"How so?" Brooks was amazed, and he didn't understand what was going on.
It turned out that Rodriguez had already noticed the vacant Oden, and the so-called jumping up to pass the ball to Aldridge was just a feint, in order to cooperate with Oden's acting, pretending to turn a blind eye.
This not only deceived Brooks and Scola, but even Yao Ming's attention was completely attracted. Then he threw the ball back to the basket, and Oden jumped up to catch it with ease.
"Wow......" Teacher Zhang Weiping said in surprise: "This cooperation is really amazing!" The new youngsters can really pass it, and they really dare to pass it! It seems that today's top ten balls are not running! ”
"Indeed, this one pass is so creative! Maybe that's why he was replaced! ”
"Wow!" The scene was also full of exclamations, which can really be said to be a magical pass!
"Oh! Yay, yes! "There was a teenager about eleven or twelve years old in the audience, wearing a plus-size No. 52 jersey, shouting and jumping happily.
Maddie doesn't care how you score, in his eyes, it's just two points, just two points, nothing else.
However, not all players are like these superstars, and the Rockets' morale has taken a noticeable hit. It can be seen from Brooks' near-miss on the dribble.
"Damn it!" Maddie cursed inwardly and reached out to Brooks and shouted, "Give me the ball, hurry!" ”
Where did Brooks dare or not? The action is quick to throw the ball to Maddie.
"You can't stop me! I'm going to dunk! Maddie looked at Roy in front of him and said coldly, as if he was stating a fact.
"Then you can come and try it!" Roy loses, not loses.
"Heh......" Maddie sneered, and it started instantly. With half-squinted eyes, full of contempt!
Roy didn't dare to be distracted anymore, and the pressure brought by Maddie in the attack kept surging like a tide. Roy knew that the slightest negligence would be cleaned.
Maddie, who had already started, strode to the left, and Roy hurriedly followed. Maddie dribbled under his crotch, changed direction and changed hands from left to right, and Roy followed up again, barely coping with Maddie's attack.
Maddie sneered continuously, "It's not bad, you can still keep up!" But do you think that's the end of it? After saying that, Maddie actually changed direction again.
"What!" Before Roy could follow, he was crossed by Maddie, and Roy, who was out of position, could only watch Maddie rush into the line.
"I'm not going to let you get away with it!" Looking at Maddie who was rushing over, Aldridge added and said.
Maddie was silent and took a step outside the box to meet Aldridge.
Where is Aldridge willing to meet? At the same time, he jumped up, straightened his arms, and prepared to send Maddie a hot pot!
Maddie, who was still in the air, held the ball lightly with one hand across Aldridge and the other with his ape arm, and stuffed the ball into the basket through Aldridge.
After landing, Aldridge was a little incredulous, "I'm just being detained?" "Thinking about looking at Oden, who used to be blocked by others, I always thought it felt very cool, but I didn't expect how uncomfortable it was to be blocked!
Aldridge is in a trance, after all, he is a young player, where has he experienced these things?
Maddie's slatch ignited the passion of the Rockets again, just like igniting the fuse of the explosives package, and the Rockets felt a collective explosion!
The Rockets' back-to-back hits left McMillan at a loss, and although Oden and Roy tried hard to get it back, it was in vain, and the Rockets won 103-97 over the Trail Blazers.
The Trail Blazers' five-game winning streak was ended and ushered in their first defeat of the season! At the same time, send Team Rocket to two consecutive wins!