Chapter 306: Light Qiu, Fast Horse, Long Sword
It's not bad, back to their home court, the player the Rockets have to deal with is the Clippers, and the Rockets who have been rested are very comfortable to welcome a weak team like the Clippers.
The Rockets didn't have much effort on their home court, and they got the Clippers in half a game.
110:95Rockets easily got the Clippers. However, the Rockets then left Houston and flew straight to Orlando to challenge the Magic.
Well, the Magic, which has lost its 'pennies', is no longer a busy powerhouse, and the Magic, which is in a star vacuum, is now officially missing top stars.
However, this team is not very weak in terms of combat effectiveness, Armstrong, Chris? Green and other powerful players have also given the Magic a good combat effectiveness, and with the command of Rivers, the Magic also have the combat effectiveness of the top eight in the East.
However, when the game began, Rivers found that his opponent was like Rocky Mountain, and he knew that with the fighting power of his men, they were no match at all.
The Magic, who was pressed against the pulse, could only be silently defeated by the rocket at the rhythm of the rocket, when the game was over.
104:91 The Rockets won very easily.
After the game, the Magic's senior management was even more determined that they must find an All-Star level player, but who would let go of such a player, then it would require the wisdom of the Magic executives.
After back-to-back games, the Rockets are back on their home court, and they will face two teams that will play with the Rockets last season, one is the Chicago Bulls and the other is the Atlanta Hawks.
Tiger watched these two games, and he was also very emotional in his heart, the players who went out in the Rockets are all playing in the teams they are playing for now, and they are playing very well, which makes sense that many teams are staring at these young people in the Rockets now, because they are really very good.
When the Rockets welcomed the Bulls, the fans of the Rockets at home stood up to welcome Malik? The return of Ross and Crohill.
Crohill is also slightly better because he has played a little less time with the Rockets. And Marik? Rose has also been with the Rockets for a long time, and he still has a deep relationship with the Rockets fans. Rose was very embarrassed, and his eyes were full of tears, which made all the Rocket fans very reluctant.
And Rose and Crohill gave a warm hug to their former teammates. However, after the start of the game, the two sides will not be polite, Rose leaned his back against Garnett, slowly dribbling the ball, constantly observing his former teammates behind him, Garnett smiled when he saw this: "Malik, you kid hurry up, it's been a teammate for a few years, I don't know what your kid means." ”
Rose grinned and said, "Man, I can't help but learn a few tricks, I'm coming, pay attention." Before the words fell, Rose's body leaned back violently, Garnett took a deep breath, and jerked upward, intending to hard-top, because he knew that although Rose was good in terms of strength, it was not to the extent of perversion, if he faced O'Neill or a power monster like Big Ben, he would not be stupid enough to hard-top.
However, what Garnett didn't expect was that he didn't go up at all at all, Rose was a feint, and he turned around and directly wiped Garnett, who had shifted his center of gravity forward.
Garnett, who was shaken away, was stunned, he didn't expect that this kid, who was his substitute last year, was now enough to shake himself off, which he didn't expect.
Just when Garnett was stunned, after Rose passed Garnett, an acceleration to meet the basket was a violent dunk, and with a bang, Rose started his return journey with a dunk of his own.
Garnett scratched his head and said to Rose: "I said Malik, you kid is really getting harder and harder to deal with, you learned such a trick in a few days after leaving the rocket, you can do it." ”
Rose spread his hands and said, "Kevin, you know, you're the best power forward in the league right now, if I don't want to find a way, won't I find a hat." ”
Garnett shook his head and said in a very serious tone: "Man, you will succeed, I believe in you, as long as you stick to your own path, you will definitely succeed, I am optimistic about you." ”
Rose smiled and said indifferently: "Kevin, it's a victory for me to stand on the NBA stage, I'm a second-round pick, if it wasn't for the boss who gave me the opportunity back then, maybe I would have gone to Europe or other places to play." So, all I can do now is play basketball well. ”
With that, Rose quickly returned to his half to defend.
Garnett smiled and didn't say anything, and went straight to the half to start attacking. After a few passes, the Rockets tore through the opponent's defense, and the Rockets scored two points from the empty basket with a board.
However, the tightest alignment is between Crohill and Horry, who was Horry's backup when Crohill was still with the Rockets, and Crohill is a very smart player, he knows when he needs to be there, when to attack himself, and when to pass the ball.
When he came to the Bulls, he gave him a different feeling from the Rockets, where he felt small, because in the Rockets a lot of them are beings that they need to look up to, and in the Bulls, he is great, and here he can make the other team look up to him.
This made Crohill very excited, a rare sense of accomplishment, constantly generated in his heart, and this sense of accomplishment and more and more intense self-confidence made Crohill embark on a different path from his previous life, a path to become a strong man.
When Krohill faced Horry again, he even felt that he could easily defeat the person in front of him, but he knew that such a thing was impossible, because he knew the person in front of him very well, and now he saw that this person did not jump high, ran fast, and shot very averagely, but Krohill knew that the person in front of him had a huge heart and suffocating defense.
When he was training in the team, Horry used to defend Garnett without any way, and he could even compete with Olajuwon at that time, although he lost a lot, but his defense made Da Meng very uncomfortable.
Looking at Horry, Crohill said softly: "Hey, Robert, how are you beating your daughter now, take me to say hello to him, I haven't seen him for a long time, and I miss her a little." ”
Hearing Crohill mention his daughter, a smile appeared on Horry's indifferent face, and then he whispered: "Thank you, Austen, Ai Xue misses you very much, he often asks why your handsome uncle doesn't go to see her"
Crohill smiled bitterly: "Okay, Robert, you are also a professional player, we fly all over the world all day long, so there is time." However, you can tell Ai Xue that when his handsome uncle is on vacation, he will definitely go to see him. ”
Horry nodded, and said with some emotion: "Thank you, Austin, thank you for caring so much about Ai Xue." ”
"What are you talking about, man, thank you or not, I remember when I first arrived at the Rockets, it was the apartment of the team you took me to, and if it wasn't for you, I wouldn't have had a lot of circles." Crohill said with some dissatisfaction.
"Hehe, alright, Austin, let's not talk about anything else, it's the game, and when the season is over, I'll treat you to a drink." Horry smiled.
"Okay, your salary is still reserved for Ai Xue's treatment, or I'll invite you, my salary this year is 7 million, not about one million when I first joined the alliance, you used to invite me, but now I invite you." Crohill smiled brightly, too.
Although the two-serve players were very harmonious on the court, the game continued, and by halftime, the Rockets had led the Bulls by 11 points.
Rose and Crohill were still outstanding, with Rose scoring 14 points in the first half and Crohill 12, but the duo wasn't enough to give the Bulls the win.
At halftime, the Rockets were in their locker room, and heard Lao Tang's hearty laughter, so he heard Lao Tang say: "Guys, you played well in the first half, although the two boys of Rose and Crohill played very well in the first half, you still suppressed the Bulls' offense as a whole." However, in the second half, you guys are paying attention, especially Kevin and Robert, I see that the two of you are chatting with Rose and Crohill, the two bastards. ”
The Rockets burst into laughter, everyone knew that this was a joke told by Lao Tang, joking that anyone on the team could release water, and Garnett and Horry would not release water.
Because, the self-esteem of the two does not allow them to do this.
Garnett immediately said: "Don't worry, coach, I will let Malik know in the second half, and I will tell him that you are paying attention, so that he can't blame me, but hates you." ”
As soon as Lao Tang heard that his nose was out of breath, he roared at Garnett: "If you kid dare to say that, when you end up against the eagles, you will give me a bus defense, if the bus scores more than 10 points, your training amount will be doubled, do you hear it." ”
Listening to Lao Tang's words, Garnett's cold sweat came down at that time, he nnd What happened to me today, I don't know if the most important thing in the team is the head coach? Garnett scolded himself in his mind for being a fool.
Not to mention Lao Tang's roaring body, the Rockets still had the upper hand in the second half of the game between the Rockets and the Bulls. However, as the Rockets strengthened their overall defense, the Bulls' offensive success rate in the second half also dropped quite a bit.
By the end of the game, at 103:88, the Rockets still won the final victory. However, Rose and Crohill also combined to score 47 points, which accounted for more than 50% of the Bulls' overall scores.
Let Lao Tang on the sidelines look at the situation on the Bulls' side, and he is really speechless.
After the Rockets defeated the Bulls, the Rockets ushered in the Hawks, and the Hawks also defeated the Rockets before the All-Star Weekend.
Before the start of the game, the bus made a direct call to Tiger, and Tiger was very happy to listen to the simple voice of the bus, after all, he brought it from China by himself.
Tiger laughed and said, "I said bus, how is it in the eagle, you prairie eagle, you are not slow to fly in Atlanta." ”
When the bus heard this, he also smiled and said: "It's okay, the boss, the coach and teammates are all good to me, and the results of the team are also good, so I have a good time here." ”
Tiger nodded on the phone and said, "Okay, the eagle should spread its wings and fly high, you can now say that you have established yourself in the eagle, how about when you first go, no one bullied you." ”
The bus said very honestly: "No, when I went, these boys of the Eagles were very afraid of me, except for Steve and Blaylock, there were few who dared to approach me." However, once at the wine table, after I knocked them all down, we became very acquainted. ”
Tiger listened to the approach of the bus and his teammates, and laughed again.
However, the next sentence of the bus made Tiger directly hold back his laughter, and he heard the bus say: "Boss, when your boss gives birth to a child, I must arrive, I have 2 bottles of 73-degree Mongolian king wine here, I have treasured them for a few years, this time I specially asked people to bring them in China, and we will be drunk when the time comes." ”
(This wine buddy has drunk it, and it feels like it's not very busy with alcohol, and it's really hard enough.) Listening to the words of the bus, Tiger almost cried, there was no way, such a monster was really not something he could deal with. However, this is all for later, and the time will tell.
Before the start of the game, the bus received the warmest applause from the Rockets fans at home, and the bus also paid tribute to the Rockets fans in the stadium with tears.
And all the Rocket fans have not forgotten the big man from China, the most ferocious king of martial arts in the league, the big man who brought them infinite good memories, although he is no longer playing in the Rockets, he is like a child who walked out of the Rockets, and people still remember him in their hearts.
(If you don't remember, you can't do it, who dares to offend all the villains in the whole alliance who are afraid of the tiger.) When the bus hugged the Rockets players, this atmosphere reached its peak, and when the bus hugged Da Yao, Da Yao said in the ear of the bus: "Pug, you are my idol now, you see the applause given to you by the Rockets fans, almost all of them have caught up with Kevin." ”
The bus responded: "Boy, if you play in the rocket for a few years, you will also become a hero here, work hard, brother, the rocket is the stage to achieve your dreams." ”
After speaking, he slapped Da Yao fiercely with both hands.
Da Yao was photographed trembling all over, and Da Yao secretly cried in his heart: It hurts, brother, it's not a fake pain, it's a real pain.
In the referee's whistle, the game between the Rockets and the Eagles officially began, and from the very beginning of the game, the Eagles recognized the inside line of the Rockets, and a series of combinations went down, making the Rockets a little overwhelmed.
Compared with O'Neal, the bus is more mobile, and with a precise mid-range shot, this makes the inside line a huge lethality for any team.
However, Big Ben also fully limited the play of the bus, and the bus scored 6 points in the entire first quarter of the game, which made everyone stunned, and he didn't get to Big Ben first to find the defense against the bus so quickly.
That is to use the advantage of his more flexible footwork to erect a wall around the bus, so that the bus cannot receive the pass from his teammates, which makes it difficult for the bus to generate a greater threat under the basket of the rockets.
Looking at his score, and Big Ben's happy eyes, Big Bus decided to make a change.
When the second quarter of the game began, the bus continued to block and dismantle with its own players, as long as there was space in the high position, then the bus's mid-range shooting made it more difficult for the Rockets to defend.
However, these are not any problems, and the biggest thing in the second quarter of the game is that Big Ben began to hit consecutive shots.
All of a sudden, the monster under the rebound has the ability to strike from a distance, such a scene makes the bus, who is very familiar with Big Ben, a little confused.
Wilkens' counter-attack in the second quarter was completely ineffective when Big Ben threw it in succession. The Eagles could only return to the locker room with a six-point deficit.
Back in the locker room, Wilkens watched Henderson say nothing, and when Henderson was on the verge of collapse, Wilkens spoke.
Listen to Wilkens say to Henderson: "Henderson, I'll give you five minutes, and if you can't deal with Big Ben, I think someone will like to replace you." ”
At the start of the second half, I don't know if it was Henderson who strengthened the defense or if Big Ben's touch was over, but Henderson was still very successful in defending Big Ben.
But the outburst of the Rockets' backcourt players made the Hawks unbearable, and since Daniels was suspended, the Rockets' bench could only be Mark Sr.? Jackson.
Old Mark, who got the opportunity to play, when facing Blaylock, Old Mark's big ass once again became the key to dominating the game.
When halfway through the fourth quarter, Mark Sr. relied on his big ass and succeeded in three consecutive singles, completely breaking the Eagles' dream of equalizing.
96:90 The Rockets avenged their defeat on the road by beating the Hawks on their home court.
After the game, the Hawks players left the court a little depressed, but the bus behaved normally, and he scored 20 points and 11 rebounds in this game.
Wilkens looked at this result and shook his head helplessly, although the bus is not the team with the most points, it is indeed the most stable.
Such a high-quality scorer, the Rockets will let go, and such an opportunity has made the Eagles take advantage.
Thinking of this, although the Hawks lost, Wilkens was still very happy, because with the deterrence of the bus, now some small dirt within the team has disappeared, and the Hawks' combat effectiveness has risen instead of falling, and now Wilkens has planned the playoffs.
(To be continued)