Chapter 107: What is a Man?

After a hard-fought win over the Lakers on the road, the Rockets faced Los Angeles again the next day.

However, this time the Rockets won easily, and the Rockets let the benches solve the normal battle with a few old men playing a quarter.

At 121:99, the Rockets won easily.

With a 47-5 record, all league teams can only look up to it, with 30 games remaining.

I don't know what other teams can stop the Rockets from setting a new league record.

And those who don't like bulls see the rise of a subversive.

Originally, last year's Rockets had a chance to subvert the Bulls, maybe it was luck or it was really a little bit worse, and the Rockets lost to the Bulls in the end.

However, this year's rockets are unexpectedly stable, and several old guys are in full shape and have plenty of time to rest.

If this state continues, who will be the opponent of the Rockets this year?

Originally, there were some people who wanted to carve up the Rockets this winter, but Rocket boss Tiger? Jones hit a few heavy shots, and anyone who dared to come out was knocked out, and the teams that were intending to carve up the Rockets behind the scenes, although they were not hit by Tiger, saw such a situation, they could only restrain themselves, lest they really find something for you.

After all, a top predator in the financial industry is not something that ordinary people can offend.

After winning two Los Angeles teams on the road, the Rockets returned to their home court to take on the Pistons.

The current Pistons are not the civilian F4 team that came later, and the current star of the Pistons is Grant? Hill, the handsome kid known as 'Jordan's successor', is known as the most talented small forward in the league.

However, Tiger, who was watching the game from the sidelines, knew that this was another talent ruined by injury.

Hill and Hardaway are probably two of the best of the talents ruined by injury.

Tiger thought to himself that he wouldn't mind helping the two talented players if he could.

After all, watching these two people play sometimes is really a pleasure.

However, the game continued, and the old men of the Rockets once again used their stability to tell their opponents that slowness is also a rhythm, and sometimes slowing down will kill people.

In the Rockets' old bull-like offense, the Rockets' old men sent the ball into the opponent's basket again and again.

And through his tough defense, he completely curbed the play of the Pistons' arrow character Hill.

Horry's defense made Hill feel helpless.

This guy who is taller and heavier than himself still has good speed and footwork, even if his first step can break through the opponent, when facing the overall defense of the Rockets, Hill's first step known as the most difficult to defend is really nothing.

The first quarter ended in such circumstances.

The Rockets' old men outscored their opponents, and at 28:22, the Rockets led by six points to end the first quarter.

After the start of the second quarter, Pistons head coach Gentry asked the Pistons to strengthen their offense on the outside, and the three of Stackhouse and Dumas and Hill had to strengthen their offensive power, because the Pistons did not have a figure that could compete with Garnett and Olajuwon on the inside, and Drexler and Mark on the outside? Jackson is already quite your age, and the physical aspect is always a problem. Gentry proposed to strengthen the offense on the outside to see if he could reduce the pressure on the inside after the outside line was opened.

It's a pity that the Piston's punch was empty.

After the start of the second quarter of the game, the Rockets replaced their own strong bench group, a group of young people on the court, and the complete Pistons' outside group lost its effect.

Bodi Roga against Dumas, although the experience is much worse, but Bodi Roga's height and weight have an absolute advantage, and in addition to Dumas's 34-year-old age, Bodi Roga can still deal with it.

Saulius faced Hill, similar height, similar weight, at the beginning Hill felt that the new white man could be easier to deal with, but after two moves, Hill's heart sank, this person is not much easier to deal with than Horry.

And this man is even more ferocious than Hori.

Stark House and Ray? Allen is up against each other to see who can be better of the two new generation of shooting guards.

The Rockets used a group of young people to push up, to see if the Pistons' Young Guards were better or the Rockets' young men were better.

The performances of these young people on the court have made the fans at the home court of the Rockets addicted.

Young people represent vitality and passion, so on the basketball court, the biggest manifestation of this vitality and passion is to dunk.

The entire second quarter was like a slam dunk contest between the two sides, and both sides showed their own good performances, showing their wonderful dunks one after another.

This Hill just got a tomahawk dunk in front of Big Ben.

Garnett saved face for his teammates, a small one-armed windmill that performed successfully on Pollard's head.

The two sides went on the offensive in this way.

Looking at the situation on the court, Lao Tang on the sidelines was just smiling, because he knew that his opponent had fallen into the rhythm of the rockets.

If it weren't for Joe on the Pistons? Dumas is trying to control the Pistons' tempo, and perhaps now the Rockets have already pulled the score away.

And Joe on the field? Dumas is also an old guy who has been fighting for many years, and he already has two rings on his hand, so he has long seen that the situation is not quite right, and hopes that head coach Gentry can call a timeout, but after waiting for a few back and forth, there is no timeout, so he has to call a timeout when he is attacking on his side.

From the bench, Dumas Sr. told head coach Gentry: "Coach, it's not very good, we seem to be in the rhythm of the Rockets, we have to make adjustments. ”

Gentry smiled bitterly and said to Dumas: "Joe, I know it, I can see it, but even if we adjust, who of us can still play." Look, the main force of the rocket is all resting. ”

When Dumas heard this, he was stunned, and then said with a wry smile: "Then we can't wait for death, we should also do something." ”

Gentry took a deep breath, stabilized his mood, looked at the Pistons players who were watching him, and said, "Okay, I just want to say, are you guys men?" ”

This sentence asked all the Pistons players, and Stackhouse, who was a little angry at the time, said: "Of course, we are all men, is there a problem with this?" ”

Gentry shook his head and said: "No, I didn't see you guys being men, can a man allow his opponent to come and go freely in his own position on the battlefield, you look at your performance after the start of the second quarter, how many times have the Rockets wreaked havoc on your basket, to be honest, I really didn't see you guys being men, I thought I was watching www.xstxt.orgd and wouldn't let the opponent wreak havoc on your basket like this, look at the previous Pistons, look at you, I really feel sorry for you." These words grew louder and louder, and at the end they were almost roaring.

With these words, Gentry returned to his seat and said no more.

And Joe? The light that flashed in Dumas's eyes was as bright as the stars in the night sky, and he said: "Brothers, we can lose, but we absolutely can't lose, we are the Pistons, we are the bad boy army, we created the Jordan Law, when we are strong, Jordan is not our opponent, is it true that after we old guys retire, the Pistons will become a soft egg team, come on, show your courage, let's teach the Houstonians a lesson." ”

The words of Gentry and Dumas completely stirred up the blood surname of the Pistons.

After returning to the court, the Rockets players clearly felt like the Pistons were on a different team.

Tenacious, cold-blooded, never giving in, like that piston in the late '80s and early '90s.

Garnett's dunk was taken straight down.

Thunder? Allen's shot was slapped and hit to the ground with the ball.

Bodiroga was on the defensive, and was almost kicked by a severed foot.

Even an iron man like Big Ben was almost out of breath by an elbow blow.

The Pistons are back again, their bad-boy legion.

In the face of the boos of the Rockets' home fans, the Pistons used their own means to catch up with the score little by little.

By the time the halftime whistle blew, the Pistons had already tied the score.

48:48

The draw went into half-time.

Seeing Lao Tang enter the lounge with a gloomy face, all the Rocket players felt that something was wrong.

Sure enough, in the locker room, Lao Tang got angry.

Lao Tang didn't say anything at first, just quietly watched the Rockets' players.

All the players who made eye contact with Lao Tang couldn't help but bow their heads.

Lao Tang, who had been brewing for a long time, asked: "Do you know what the slogan of the rocket is." ”

Rocket everyone's eyes staggered, and said in a deep voice: "No brothers, no basketball." ”

"Be louder, I can't hear you." Old Tang suddenly raised his voice.

"No brothers, no basketball." The Rockets roared.

"You know, this slogan, well, then I ask you, what are you doing when your teammates are violated by others, are you being a turtle with a shrunken head on the sidelines, watching people knock your teammates down again and again, what are you doing? I ask you what you're doing? Old Tang jumped up from his chair and roared.

"You are running away, you are trying to complain to the referee, but you have forgotten that only the strong can be respected and privileged on the basketball court, and you don't even dare to fight back with such a provocation, you just go home and coax the children." At this time, Lao Tang's face was already iron blue.

And now the Rockets locker room is also silent, and the Rockets players are silent.

Lao Tang, who adjusted his mood, said in a relatively gentle tone: "I let you fight back, not fighting, I want you to fight back is to let you be provoked by the opponent, you must react, not like the second to go to the referee, that's a child's behavior, that's a child being bullied, go to an adult for help, I want you to find it back by yourself, understand." In the end, Lao Tang still didn't hold back, and roared loudly again.

"Got it"

The Rockets shouted.

"Be louder, I didn't hear you." Lao Tang continues to motivate his players.

"Understood."

All the Rockets players, almost using up their strength, roared.

"Very well, let's play and let them know what a man is." Olajuwon stood up and led the way out of the locker room.

Sure enough, after the start of the second half, the Rockets and Pistons launched a more tragic hand-to-hand fight.

Joe? Dumas was knocked out and lay on the ground for half a minute before he got up.

When Hill was defending, he was kicked to the ground with a heartwarming kick, which almost caused a group fight.

The corner of Stackhouse's mouth was also opened.

The third quarter of the game between the Rockets and the Pistons was spent in the referee's whistle and free throws by players on both sides, and before the start of the fourth quarter, the referee deliberately talked to the captains of both sides, so that the two servers could be restrained as much as possible in the fourth quarter.

However, the effect was not very obvious, and the fourth quarter of the game was also spent in such a situation.

A total of eight players from both sides left the court with six fouls, and three technical fouls were committed.

In the end, the full-time victory was won by the Rockets 100:90.

But the Pistons still had their heads held high and left the Compaq Center.

After this game, everyone knew that as long as the Pistons had the right players, they would definitely be a strong contender for the championship.

Because, the soul of the piston is still there, and the blood surname is still there.

One day, the 'Bad Boys' who gave all the teams in the league a headache will come back.

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