As the referee's whistle blew, the third quarter of the game between the Rockets and Jazz began.

At the beginning of the third quarter, as Lao Tang expected, the Jazz were staring at the Rockets on the score while strengthening their defense.

There is no slack on the court, and the Jazz are like rocks on the snowy mountains of Utah, which are still hard after wind and rain.

The Rockets players felt the Jazz's intense pressure at the start of the third quarter, both physically and mentally.

That kind of wolf-like eyes, constantly looking for the shortcomings of Team Rocket and opportunities for Rocket slack.

That feeling made the Rockets players who played last game quite uncomfortable.

However, the old men in the rocket are also battle-hardened figures, and in the face of such pressure, several old guys looked as usual, commanding the young people of the rocket, and suppressed Jazz to the death.

When Mark Jackson faced Stockton, he teased: "John, what's wrong with you today, haven't you eaten enough, one by one you look like a wolf who has been hungry for three days, is it that your boss didn't pay you a salary, so that you are all hungry." ”

Stockton glanced at Mark Jackson and continued to direct the Jazz's offense without saying a word.

Seeing such a situation, Mark Jackson shrugged his shoulders helplessly, and could only continue to defend, wanting to provoke this rock-like guy in words, to be honest, Mark Jackson really didn't have such an idea.

This time, though, it seems that Mark Jackson was wrong.

I saw Stockton open his mouth and say, "Mark, what I want to say to you is that you kid is really annoying, if it weren't for the court, I really want to beat you up." ”

These words made Mark Jackson stunned when he heard them, and said, "Hey, I said John, why are you kid going trash talk." ”

Stockton shrugged his shoulders and said: "It's time to relax the pressure, every time I play with you, I feel very depressed, sometimes I think it's still good to scold people, but I didn't expect to scold you a few words, it's still good." ”

Mark Jackson rolled his eyes and said, "You dare to use me as a punching bag, I said John, it's not right for you to do this, it is impossible for a noble person like you to do such a thing." ”

Stockton smiled and said, "Mark, it's game time, there's nothing noble or noble, what we're after is winning." ”

Before the words fell, Stockton had already passed the ball, a beautiful ground-hitting pass, and Shanton Anderson, who had run out of the open space, received the ball and hit it accurately.

Looking at this ball, Mark Jackson grinned, this ball just now obviously let his guard down a little.

"You're not a nice guy, John." Mark Jackson said with a sad face.

Stockton spread his hands and said, "Man, I told you, this is game time, nothing noble or noble. ”

Then, he turned around and went back to defending.

Looking at Mark Jackson with a sad face, Olajuwon came up and said, "Mark, I didn't expect that John's stone can also speak, and you know how much pressure Sir is under." Alright, get ready to attack. ”

Mark Jackson patted his cheek, looked back and smiled, "No problem, Hakim, it's game time, I know, don't worry." After that, he picked up the ball and began to organize the attack.

Olajuwon shook his head with a smile and followed the defense.

The Rockets were still firmly in control of the situation in the third quarter, not giving the Jazz a chance.

The Rockets' powerful rhythm control ability was on full display, which made Sloane, who was on the sidelines, feel a trace of despair.

I thought that my team had a tenacity surname and could wait for the opportunity to turn the tables, but I didn't expect the young people of the Rockets to be full of tenacity under the command of a group of old men, and it seems that the chances of a comeback are not very big.

At the end of the third quarter, the Rockets still led by eight points.

82：74

The Rockets didn't give the Jazz any chance to fight back.

In the middle of the game, Sloan picked up the tactics board and said to the Jazz players: "Everybody's doing a great job, but it's the fourth quarter of the game soon, you have to remember to keep the pressure on the Rockets, let them make their own mistakes, as long as they make their own mistakes, then the victory is ours, they will definitely make mistakes, everyone has to focus, you know." ”

"Understood."

The jazz crowd was still so determined.

Because they believe in their manager, this guy named Sloan has led them to victory more than once.

They were willing to trust Sloane to command them to victory over their opponents today.

After the start of the fourth quarter, the Rockets today did not send all their bench players as usual again, but at least left one of the old Rockets guys on the court and played with the young people of the Rockets.

This will not only increase the experience of the young Rockets, but also not allow the Rockets to lose control of the pace of the game.

In the Rockets' deliberate control of the rhythm, the Jazz still couldn't catch up with the score.

Time is passing minute by minute, and the Rockets have pushed the Jazz to a dead end step by step.

With 6 minutes left in the game, without realizing that the Rockets had made a mistake, Sloan gave the order to counterattack.

The Jazz suddenly increased their attack, which caught the Rockets, who had already adapted to the rhythm of the Jazz for most of the game, a little caught off guard. Let the Jazz unleash an 8-0 attack wave.

The Jazz quickly equalized the score, but the reacting Rockets also quickly launched a counterattack.

Looking at the situation on the field, Olajuwon took the initiative to ask for the ball, and Mark Jackson quickly handed the ball to Olajuwon.

Olajuwon, who got the ball, made a wrong step, and a beautiful cross step stuck Ostertag behind him, facing Malone's supplementary defense, a small throw, and hit the board into the basket.

stabilized the morale of the rocket, and then the rocket launched a counterattack.

When the Jazz attacked, the Rockets also strengthened the intensity of the defense, and after Malone and Stockton blocked and dismantled, the ball was still passed to Malone, but under the sandwich of Garnett and Horry, Malone did not dare to do it hard, but handed the ball to Russell, who had no ball to cut in.

Russell, who received the ball, dribbled the ball and began to make a layup in a big stride.

Just when Russell thought he might make an easy layup, a dark shadow chased after Russell.

When Russell's ball was about to be shot, a big black hand, with the sound of whistling wind, directly nailed the ball to the rebound with a "snap".

After landing on the ground, Russell glanced at the man behind him with some panic.

Who it is, who it is, the fans in the stadium, are all bursting with exclamations.

It's Garnett, the skinny big boy, and maybe people don't remember the high school kid who just joined the Rockets.

However, what is remembered is the tough man who is roaring in the sky, the man who has already been called the future leader of the rocket.

This offensive and defensive round allowed people to see the performance of the current and future generations of leaders of the Rockets.

If Olajuwon is a restrained humility, then Garnett is a flamboyant domineering.

The future hug between Olajuwon and Garnett made all fans who love the Rockets see a kind of inheritance.

A legacy of team spirit, at this moment all Rockets fans believe that the future of the Rockets is bright.

All the Jazz players, looking at this scene on the court, also shook their heads secretly.

Shanton Anderson, in particular, is now very skeptical about why he agreed to leave the Rockets at the time.

For the sake of money, the boss of the rocket is the richest in the league, and as long as he can persevere, then the rocket will not treat himself badly.

For the main force, the Jazz themselves share two positions with Russell and Hornacek, which may be more time than the Rockets playing, but they are not the absolute main force.

And although the atmosphere in the Jazz locker room is also good, it is definitely impossible to compare with the atmosphere in the locker room of the Rockets.

Hey, why should I bother with the way I look now?

Leaving aside Shanton Anderson's remorse, let's talk about the Rockets' current game.

After this ball defense, the momentum of the Rockets and Jazz was completely reversed.

The rocket, who was a little dizzy from the Jazz's counterattack just now, is now completely sober.

After steady, the rocket began his own counterattack.

Mark Jackson looked at the three-minute lead, and the two-point lead, and thought to himself: This ball is critical, once this goal is scored, then we will open up a two-goal advantage, and then the pressure will return to the Jazz.

Thinking about this, but he didn't dare to slack off in his hand, he knew the weight of this ball.

Suddenly, Garnett made a lift up and blocked Russell, who was defending Horry.

Probably due to the fact that the layup just now was nailed to the rebound, Russell's mental concentration was a little unfocused, and he was thrown away by Horry's acceleration.

Mark Jackson, who had noticed the situation, got to the ball and passed it accurately into Horry's hands.

At this time, there was no one two meters around Hori.

Horry even had time to take a look, and then shot, with a "swish", an accurate hit.

The Rockets extended the score to five points.

Horry shook his fist excitedly.

For such a goal, all the Rockets players excitedly waved the towels in their hands.

And all the fans of the Rockets were excitedly waving everything they could wield in their hands, and one buddy was so excited that he threw the whole bucket of popcorn in his hand into the sky, and it rained a burst of popcorn.

Looking at the popcorn rain all over the sky, the fans next to them were very happy, if this guy was a cola just now, then it is estimated that it will be a cola rain now.

With two minutes remaining, the Rockets pulled the deficit down by five points.

If other teams saw such a score and the current state of the Rockets, they might have to give up the game, but the Rockets faced the Jazz, a team as calm as a snowy mountain.

Stockton still controlled the ball so firmly and advanced to the Rockets' halfcourt.

After Malone blocked and dismantled, Stockton did not remove the ball, and when he saw that the defenders had not made up for it, he shot directly.

"Whew" hit, and the Jazz easily returned a three-pointer.

This is Stockton, the hard Utah rock, the hard guy at all times.

There is 1 minute and 30 seconds left in the clock.

The Rockets started to attack, and Mark Jackson was still so slow to take the ball through the half, and after making a gesture, Olajuwon stepped up and blocked Mark Jackson.

To everyone's surprise, Mark Jackson didn't pass the ball, he rushed into the three-point line with a big stride, and Malone, who saw that things were not going well, stuck Mark Jackson's breakthrough line with a big stride.

However, all of this seems to have been seen by Mark Jackson.

The man stopped the ball non-stop, a crotch ball, the ball went directly to Garnett's hand, Garnett, who did not stay, threw himself into the air after a step, hugged the basketball with both hands, and smashed it into the basket.

With a bang, Garnett deducted another two points.

The Rockets extended the score to four points again.

The ball had to be scored, and all of a sudden the pressure shifted to the Jazz.

But I didn't see the slightest hint of panic on the part of Jazz.

Continue to attack calmly like a rock.

Malone and Stockton's blocking, after blocking it, Stockton quickly dismantled the ball to Malone.

In the face of Horry's defense, Malone's frame is a mid-range shot.

But unfortunately, the ball was a little longer and bounced off the neck of the basket.

The ball was strangled by Drex, who had shrunk to the basket to defend, and was held in his arms.

All the Rockets players and Rockets fans were jubilant, and everyone knew that the Rockets had the hope of victory in their own hands.

Because, there are less than 30 seconds left.

After calling a final timeout, the rocket continued its own attack.

The Jazz started foul play, but unfortunately, the Rockets had a very high free-throw percentage on the court.

When the Jazz continued to foul and make consecutive free throws, the Rockets players held on to the end.

Steadily shook the ball in.

Just like that, at the end of the game, the 106-100 Rockets defeated the Jazz by 6 points.

With a 54-5 record, he took another step towards the league's best record.

However, the arrival of bad news hindered the pace of rocket impact.

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