Chapter 123: Extinguishing the Heat (I)
After beating the Magic on the road, the Rockets traveled to Miami to challenge their last opponent on five consecutive road trips.
The Miami Heat, the team that just beat itself not long ago.
The Rockets have been preparing for this battle for a long time, especially Garnett, Bodi Roga, Saulus and Ray Allen.
When they lost the game to the Heat at home, the four of them were placed in the audience to watch the game.
It's really uncomfortable to watch your team get beaten.
This time at the American Airlines Center in Miami, the Rockets' players are unanimously going for revenge.
Before the start of the game, Lao Tang made tactical arrangements for his surname, and said when explaining the tactics: "Today we are an away game, the Heat is very difficult to deal with, I think everyone knows this, their Mourning on the inside, Haddawi on the outside, and Marshburn who can be inside and out, PJ Brown, and Leonard are also powerful players, so today everyone should pay great attention to it, in one point, these boys of the Heat, playing very dirty, you all have to be careful, there are about 20 days left, the playoffs are about to start, I don't want that guy in this room to miss the playoffs, so let's play. ”
The Rockets all gathered around and shouted, "Come on, kill the Heat." ”
Immediately under the leadership of Olajuwon, he stepped into the arena.
In the locker room on the other side of the Heat, Riley was also explaining the tactics of the game to his players, saying: "Today's focus is still on the inside, the last time we beat the Rockets, our interior did a very good job in both offense and defense, when attacking, we can score points in the Rockets' almost tough inside, and when defending, we can effectively inhibit Olajuwon's play." So, you remember that the key and focus of this game is still the battle for the inside, and today's inside, we will be under a lot of pressure, and the returning Garnett will be our biggest opponent. Brown and Alonzo, you have to pay attention to the defense, don't let this kid play the last name, it will be difficult to deal with, remember, inside, inside, if anyone does not do well, I will let him come down and have a good rest, go on the court, go and kick the butt of the rotten rockets. ”
"It's on, guys, let's go fight." Mourning stood up and yelled.
As the Heat walked out of the locker room, Mourning was grabbed by Riley, who whispered in Mourning's ear: "Alonzo, this is our home court, don't be afraid of anything, let go, understand." ”
Mo Ning nodded when he heard this, walked out of the locker room without saying a word, and went straight to the court.
Before the start of the game, Mourning stepped forward and hugged Olajuwon, who said in Mourning's ear: "Man, we will definitely take away a victory today, you can't stop us." ”
Mo Ning smiled when he heard this, and said, "Then come, Hakim, we can defeat you on your home field, will we lose to you on our own home field." ”
Olajuwon smiled confidently and said, "Don't worry, man, we won today." ”
Mo Ning also smiled indifferently and said, "We'll wait and see." ”
As the referee's whistle blew, the Rockets' game with the Heat officially began.
As soon as the game began, the competition between the Rockets and the Heat on the inside entered a white-hot state.
The interior players on both sides and the players who enter the interior are almost treated at an All-Star level, not to mention scoring goals, and it is very difficult to even get stuck in a good position on the inside.
Fortunately, the outside players on both sides are very high in terms of shooting percentage.
Horry hit a three-pointer and a mid-range shot.
Drexler also shook off his recent slump by hitting two mid-range shots in a row.
In the opening five minutes, the Rockets only scored 2 points on the Heat's inside.
11:13
The Rockets trailed by 2 points on the road.
As soon as Lao Tang saw it, he understood that the Heat was going to fight the Rockets today.
After figuring it out, the Rockets replaced Olajuwon with a bus.
Looking at the substitution of the Rockets, Riley was stunned, how could he protect Olajuwon earlier, and how the Rockets were ready to concentrate the offensive in the second half.
Olajuwon's fate seemed like a good thing for the Heat players on the court, but they soon realized that the Chinese big man was not so easy to deal with.
After the bus came on the court, he didn't carry it on the inside, he ran to the high position from time to time to show off his mid-range shot.
After hitting two mid-range shots in a row, the Heat stepped up their defense against this kid, and Mourning began to follow him outward.
However, Mourning's outward movement immediately illuminated the emptiness of the Heat's interior line, and P.J. Brown had to deal with Garnett's fierce glider breakthrough at the same time.
After two rounds, the Heat are a little overwhelmed.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Riley quickly called a timeout and began to adjust the tactics on the court.
Isaac Austin replaced PJ Brown and began to switch defenses on the court.
Mourning had his eye on Garnett, and Austin got on the bus.
After Garnett faced Morning, the pressure on Garnett increased dramatically, and Monnett did not have to deal with it without PJ or Brown.
Moning looked at Garnett, who was holding the ball and preparing to attack, and began to squirt: "Boy, why are you so soft, you eat soft rice, or have you just studied in the WNBA, why are you just like a girl, oh, by the way, you don't have the two girls of the girl, if you have those two tops, it would be more similar." ”
Garnett is also an experienced old fritter, and when he saw that he didn't look at Mo Ning, he said: "It seems that the Heat really have no one, how did you find a guy of your height to play the inside, don't you know, will you be beaten up by others like this, just like this." ”
Garnett made a pretty standard turn-around straight-arm step-back jumper and the basketball went into the basket very lightly.
After completing the attack, Garnett shrugged his shoulders and said, "You see what I said is right. ”
Watching Garnett go back to defend with a stinky face, Mourning felt like he was about to explode, and his face was almost blue.
Seeing this, Haddawi came up and said: "Alonzo, this is a game, either you hit me or I hit you, you can't do this, we still want to win today's game." ”
Mo Ning forcibly suppressed his anger and said to Haddawi: "Brother, I want to fight back." ”
Seeing Mo Ning, who was already full of blood, Hadavi hurriedly agreed, and thought to himself after he got down: If I shouldn't get down to you, you won't kill people on the field.
Sure enough, in the next round, Garnett confronted Moning, who took the ball and said, "Boy, shooting is what girls do, I'll teach you what is a gentleman's thing." ”
After saying that, he slammed into Garnett's body, then turned around and strode behind Garnett, grabbed the basketball with both hands, and smashed it into the Rocket's basket.
When Garnett was slammed into by Mourning, he secretly hit an elbow in the chest, and he didn't take a breath, so he could only watch Mourning wreak havoc on the Rockets' basket.
Mourning, who completed the dunk, turned to Garnett and said, "Boy, this is what men should do, if you can only shoot jumpers, you shouldn't come to the NBA." ”
After saying that, he defended his own half with a fierce face.
Garnett rubbed his beaten chest, took a long breath, and the bus next to him stepped forward and said, "How is it, Kevin, it's okay." ”
"It's okay, I didn't breathe just now, but now it's much better, tell everyone, be careful, these guys are very dirty." Now Garnett is becoming more and more of a leader.
The first quarter of the game ended in such anxiety.
25:27
The Heat led by two points and ended the first quarter.
During the break, Riley seized the time to say to the Heat players: "You played well in the first quarter, continue to strangle their interior line, don't let the opponent play offensive on the inside, go ahead, you are the strongest." ”
"Come on"
"Come on"
"Come on"
"Ho"
The Heat are boosting their morale.
On the Rockets side, Lao Tang didn't say much, but just told the Rockets' players to play according to their own tactical characteristics.
At the beginning of the second quarter, the Rockets replaced Big Ben, Bodi Roga, Saullius and Ray Allen.
The Rockets' second-round roster was dispatched.
At the start of the second quarter, Bodi Roga, Saulus and Ray Allen, who had been pressed to the bench for the first quarter of the game, began to set off an offensive frenzy in the second quarter.
Big Ben and Mourning began to wrestle on the inside, and the two sides were entangled together like lovers in love.
Mo Ning also couldn't bear this powerful kid, and said a little helplessly: "Boy, are you a, TMD I'm not a woman, why are you pestering me so tightly." ”
Big Ben glanced at Mo Ning and said: "If you end up, I won't pester you, whoever let you be on the field, your task on the field is to pester you." ”
Mo Ning glanced at the old soup on the sidelines hatefully and said: "You coach, it's really not a good bird, the first quarter is Chinese, your strength is not small, this will be you again, are you rockets all selected from the football team." ”
Just as Mourning was still complaining, the rocket's three muskets on the outside began to wield.
First of allen, under Leonard's defense, he took advantage of Garnett's block, flashed a little space and shot quickly, and the arc of the ball was very flat.
"Bang" "Boom"
It can be said that the ball was smashed into the basket.
He was followed by Bodi Roga, who took advantage of his height and weight to push Haddawi into a turnaround jumper with a step back inside the three-point line.
Haddawi could only watch as the ball went into the basket.
After the three muskets on the outside of the rocket were fully fired, the form of the Heat on the field gradually began to change.
The form that was evenly matched at the beginning began to tilt towards the rocket.
Looking at the Heat, who were gradually falling behind, Riley walked out of his seat and gestured, signaling to strengthen the intensity of the defense.
The Heat players understood what this meant, so the Heat's small actions on the court began to increase.
Big Ben was hit to the ground by a hidden elbow from Mourning, and Mourning scored two points with a layup.
When Ray Allen was attacking, Leonard's knee always hit Ray Allen's knee intentionally or unintentionally.
When Marshburne defended Saurius, he always had a hand touching his opponent's body.
The Rockets' shooting rate dropped sharply for a while, and the Heat took advantage of the situation again.
Seeing this situation, Lao Tang was also a little helpless, and then Olajuwon came up and said: "Coach, I think it's time for us to play, and it's still good to deal with these bastards, or old guys like us." ”
Lao Tang glanced at Olajuwon, and said with a smile: "Okay, Hakim, you guys can play, but be careful yourself, these boys are in the dark." ”
Olajuwon also smiled and said: "I've been in the league for 10 years, and I'm still afraid of them, don't worry, coach." ”
In a dead-ball run, the Rockets went up and down, with Olajuwon, Horry, Drexler and Mark Jackson coming on for Big Ben, Bodi Roga, Saullius and Ray Allen.
The old guys came on the court, which made the game on the court very weird for a while, and the people who were not the Rockets fell for no reason, and the Heat people rushed out of the court with garlic at their feet.
This strange state lasted until the end of the second quarter of the game.
55:53
The Rockets took the lead by two points in the second quarter.
But what everyone didn't pay attention to was that the players of the Rockets and the Heat were a little unnatural when they walked into the player tunnel.
If, at this time, you can lift the jerseys of the players on both sides, you can clearly see that both sides are blue and purple all over their bodies.
After returning to the locker room, both of them were cursing at each other, hehe, very funny.
However, both sides understand that the real contest has only just begun.
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