Chapter 58: The Desperate 'Glove'

After a comfortable home win over the Cavaliers, the Rockets immediately came to Sacramento to welcome their second opponent.

The Sacramento Kings, this year's Kings are even less worth mentioning.

Except for Richmond and Williamson who are supporting the situation, the others are basically playing soy sauce.

In the official game, except for the first quarter, the Kings, led by Richmond, stubbornly resisted after a quarter of the game.

The king lost his bearings under the impregnable defense of the rockets.

From the beginning of the fourth quarter of the game, all the main players of the Rockets have been off.

In front of a bunch of substitutes, the Kings also failed to take advantage.

The game was 103:77 by the Rockets' bench gang, beaten in disgrace, and walked away in embarrassment.

Another easy victory.

However, on November 5, they visited the strong rival SuperSonics away from home.

Since Kemp left Cleveland, the SuperSonics have welcomed an equally good power forward, Vin Baker.

Vin Baker was also an excellent power forward, having been drafted by the Bucks with the eighth pick in '93.

In a three-house deal in '97, it was traded to the supersonic.

After coming to the supersonic, he quickly integrated into the team.

With Payton, Schramf has once again formed a new core to lead the SuperSonics in the new season and continue to pound on their championship dreams.

They arrived in Houston with great confidence and hoped to use a win to boost their momentum for the new season.

Let's hope they can go far in the new season.

However, what they took away here was not a victory but a nightmare.

Let's take a step back and see what they encountered in the day's race.

From the very beginning of the game, they were confronted by the Rockets' unprecedented defensive intensity.

Peyton was pestered by Mark Jackson.

"Mark, you TMD took aphrodisiacs today, why are you so excited." Peyton looked at the familiar guy in front of him, his usual speed was the same as that of a turtle, but today he was very active, and Peyton was very uncomfortable.

"I'm sorry, Gary, our boss said that if we lose to you today, let us spend a sleepless night in Seattle with him, and if we win, he will let us go and spend a sleepless night in Seattle by ourselves." Mark Jackson said with a helpless shrug.

After hearing this, Peyton burst into tears and thought to himself, "What kind of boss is this TMD?" ”

Say it all, do it all the time.

Peyton, using his footwork to open up half of his body with Mark Jackson, took advantage of this space, and handed a ground-hitting pass to Schramf, who came up to pick up.

Schramf caught the ball and threw it, but Horry, who was in front of him, had already anticipated his purpose, stretched out his long arm, and hit it directly in the bottom half of the rising basketball, a very beautiful block.

Drexler, who was hiding behind Horry, reached out and grabbed the ball that was covered and flew in his hand.

After the superSonics players retreated, they handed over to Mark Jackson to lead the half court safely.

Organize a half-court offense.

Mark Jackson pitched the ball to the big dream inside.

Big Dream leaned slightly against Jim McKeevan, who was leaning behind him, and felt the strength of his opponent's defense.

Suddenly turned around, Jim McKeevan, who was defending forward, suddenly leaned forward, leaned forward and hung out.

And Da Meng was an easy layup and scored two points.

Turning around, Payton organized the offense again.

Looking at Mark Jackson, who was still so positive, he couldn't help but feel angry in his heart.

Prepare this ball to go it alone.

After thinking about it, I secretly paid attention to his Mark Jackson's defensive moves.

A beautiful cross-step dribble slowly forced Mark Jackson backwards.

Just as Mark Jackson thought that Peyton could want to break through that way, Peyton burst through Mark Jackson's right with an acceleration.

After Peyton broke through Mark Jackson's defense, he took a series of small steps to meet Horry, who was about to defend himself.

Just when he thought Payton would go on his own, the glove passed.

An unseen cross-pass runs up from the side of Dale Ellis.

Ellis, who got the ball, was no longer around.

The catch is a pull-up jump shot with a flat arc and fast speed.

Just after Ellis made a shot, he felt good in his hand and felt that the ball must be there, when a big black hand waved rapidly.

"Smack" is like a smash action in volleyball, and the basketball is fanned out of the sideline.

Looking at the ball, the fans of the Key Arena were silent.

Looking at the guy on the field who was roaring like a demon god, everyone was silent.

The red number five, Kevin Garnett.

A big hat stunned the Seattleman.

In the next attack, Vin Baker was hatted.

It was Olajuwon who made the shot.

The no-fly zone, made up of Olajuwon, Garnett and Horry, left all the SuperSonics looking to shoot on the inside in despair.

Three people contributed six blocks in a single quarter.

First verse 24:12.

The SuperSonics only relied on free throws to score six points, and the others only hit three mid-range shots.

On the other hand, the rocket's offense, like a sledgehammer, crushed the supersonic defense one by one.

That kind of dignified trend, Payton has only seen in the Chicago Bulls in the 95-96 season.

Obviously, people told you that I was attacking here, but I couldn't prevent it, and the gap in strength was undoubted.

In the third minute of the second quarter, the Rockets began to make substitutions.

Bodiroga led the backfield of Saullius and Ray Allen, and Garnett and Big Ben to play a triangle attack again.

Looking at the increasingly close cooperation, Rockets head coach Rudy Tomjanovic couldn't stop being happy.

A team that can play multiple tactics and is said to be proficient is a killer for the Rockets' playoff journey.

The players have a habitual surname, and once their players are familiar with the positional battle of the Rockets' half, it is simply against the sky to suddenly use this kind of triangular tactical coordination.

Peyton looked at the rocket's tactics that changed so quickly, and a hint of despair filled his heart.

Why is this happening, Jordan is followed by big dreams.

Then Jordan returned again, and it was still a big dream to compete with him.

Could it be that our generation can only be suppressed by the two masters of 84 years?

Why, why, why is that.

Just as Payton was thinking, the second quarter ended.

48-30, the Rockets won by 6 more points in a single quarter.

At halftime, George Carr saw something was wrong with Payton.

Called Peyton aside and asked, "Gary, what's wrong with you." ”

Payton shook his head and said, "It's nothing, Coach, it's just a little too much." ”

Carl, who heard this, also knew what Peyton was thinking, but he was reluctant to say it.

"Gary, I don't want to persuade you of anything, but what I want to tell you is that sometimes the highest honor in the NBA is not necessarily a championship, think about it yourself." After patting Payton on the shoulder, the locker room will arrange the tactics for the second half.

Thinking about the head coach's words, Payton actually understands what is going on with him.

However, he was really unwilling.

After thinking about it for a long time, Payton let out a long sigh and thought to himself: "Let's play this game well first, let's talk about it." ”

With the start of the second half, the supersonics were again in a quagmire.

The rocket's aggressive defense, like a giant axe and a hammer-like attack, made the supersonic completely lose confidence in victory.

While the whole team was sleepwalking, it was Payton who propped up the supersonic speed.

looked at the thin figure, rushing into the inner line again and again.

Compete with interior players who are much taller and heavier than him.

However, Payton's 28 points, 12 assists, 7 rebounds and 3 steals still couldn't help the SuperSonics win.

The Rockets cashed in another 7-man double-double, and finally defeated the SuperSonics on the road with a score of 118-84.

Looking at the supersonic fiasco, the despair in Peyton's heart is gradually increasing and magnifying.

Rockets, Rockets, it seems that this year's championship can only be produced between the Bulls and you.

What am I going to do in the future?

So far, the Rockets have won three in a row.

Shows a strong competitiveness.

Big Dream was nominated for the best in the West that week.

Averaging 28.8 points, 10.4 rebounds, and 5.2 assists per game, this is enough to make everyone look sideways.

But the appearance of the Rockets' other role players is attracting a league-wide peep.

A team can completely form two teams with different styles, so how promising it is to represent such a group of young people.

After three consecutive wins, some media pointed out.

This Rockets team already has the same temperament as the Bulls, Lakers, and Celtics.

It's just that we're the way we play, we're the tactics, we're the guys.

But we can win, this is the upright teacher, in the face of absolute strength, all tactical changes have limitations.

Any team, under the hammer-like offense of the Rockets, will become powder.

The footsteps of the Rocket Dynasty, the sound that came out, are approaching.

Rockets, hehe, we are strong.

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