The Rockets, who completed 6 consecutive wins, started their own road trip, 4 consecutive away trips, which put the Rockets' physical strength to a great test, and the back-to-back games of three consecutive games also tested the will of the Rockets players.

After beating the Suns at home on Feb. 18, the Rockets challenged the Timberwolves away.

The Timberwolves, who lost Garnett, continue to swim in the abyss, and such a team really can't do much harm to the Rockets.

It took the Rockets two and a half quarters to get rid of the Timberwolves.

Among them, the most outstanding performance is Crohill, in the time when he came off the bench for Horry, this guy felt hot, played 26 minutes, and scored 25 points, which not only stunned the opponent, but also made the Rockets' teammates have a different respect for this big man pitcher.

Lao Tang is very satisfied with the current state of Krohill, and he said in private that this kid's shooting is really good.

However, in the hearts of Tiger and Old Tang, Crohill has played to his best ability, and in the NBA he can only end up being a role player, and now it is his limit.

After the 100-82 victory over the Timberwolves, the Rockets set off again.

The Rockets flew to New Jersey to challenge the Nets away, and this year's Nets recruited Marbury, and Van ? Horn has Kittels become the Nets' projection trio, plus a rebounding monster Jason? Williams, the Nets are still very competitive.

At the start of the season, Nets head coach John ? Calipari is still confident in the Nets' performance in the new season, but the chemistry of these people is not good.

In the first six games of the new season, the Nets have a record of 2 wins and 4 losses.

Which makes John? Calipari was unhappy with the players' performances and hoped they would show their characteristics in the Rockets' encounter.

But they met an explosive Krohill, before the Nets game, Horry had some minor injuries, the team doctor suggested that Lao Tang let Horry rest, and naturally Crowhill became the starting small forward of the Rockets.

After the game began, Marbury found Bodiroga, which was a contest between American street basketball and European traditional basketball, but this time the loser was Marbury, although Marbury was very good in feints and individual scoring ability, but basketball is a collective sport after all, and Bodiroga's ability to organize and connect teams is something that Marbury can't catch up with.

In the face of Marbury's provocation, Bodiroga didn't bother to talk to him, using his height to pass the ball to the best player again and again, and converted the pass into an assist again and again.

One of the most dazzling performances was Crohill, in Scott? On Burrell's matchup, Crohill faced the opponent's defense and sent the basketball into the opponent's basket again and again.

In the first half of the game alone, Krohill scored 19 points, shooting 4 of 4 three-pointers, which is really hot.

After halftime adjustments, the Rockets continued to exert their power in the second half, and Krohill also continued his magical journey, and by the end of the second half, he scored 15 points again.

The result of 34 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists in the game surprised Bird, who was far away in Indiana, he didn't expect that this rookie he sent out last year could grow to such a level after a year of training by the Rockets, which is completely a top shooter's achievement.

At the end of the game against the Nets, the Rockets defeated the Nets 118-94.

Crohill's three-game outbreak in a row allowed the Rockets to easily take away three wins.

On their way to Miami, Crohill himself saw media coverage of him.

With a large number of beautiful words, Crohill was already a little dizzy to watch, and now Crohill's heart was a little fluttering.

Seeing this situation, Olajuwon, as the eldest brother, felt that it was necessary to educate this young boy.

Olajuwon walked up to Crohill and whispered, "Hey, Austin, how is it, doesn't it feel great to look at the newspaper reports." ”

If this were someone else, Crohill must have thought it was jealousy of himself, but the person in front of him would definitely not, as a figure of the top 50 superstars in the league, their honor may not be beyond his reach, and this kind of praise in the newspaper has lost any meaning to them.

Crohill smiled a little shyly, "yes, Hakim, seriously, when you appear on the front page of the sports section of the newspaper, it's really fulfilling." ”

Olajuwon also smiled when he heard this, he knew that the young man next to him still had a wise brain, at least he was not confused by the things in front of him.

Olajuwon said with a smile: "Austin, your mentality is very good, you should know that these media are all bitches, if you perform well today, they will be able to praise you to the sky, if you don't perform well tomorrow, then they will scold you to death immediately, these media are basically for their circulation at any cost." ”

Crohill also smiled and said: "I understand, Hakim, I'm not a rookie in the league anymore, hehe, I'm a player with a championship ring, we went through so much last year, I still know what I'm up to." ”

After speaking, he waved the newspaper in his hand, and then continued: "I myself, how much ability I have, and I also understand that my scoring momentum in the past few days is not only my recent good form, but also the coach's specially customized tactics for me have a lot to do with it, if it weren't for these reasons, I don't think I would have reached such a height, I am very grateful to my teammates and coaches for giving me such an opportunity, let me show myself, I will definitely show my best state to win more victories for the rockets." ”

Olajuwon was a little surprised when he heard these words, it was hard to imagine that this was a second-year freshman who could say it, looking at this mature white boy, Olajuwon smiled with satisfaction, patted Crohill on the shoulder, and left silently.

Soon after, Old Tang knew what Crohill said, and after listening to it, Old Tang was silent for a long time, and then sighed and said, "Austin is a good young man, he knows what he should do." ”

After saying that, he was silent, but he took care of Krohill even more in the following games.

Tiger also heard these words not long after, and Tiger was also silent for a long time and whispered: "Austin, it's me Tiger and Rocket I'm sorry for you, and I will repay you in the future, but you're really not suitable for Rocket, I'm sorry buddy." ”

After three consecutive games from Crohill, he and the Rockets both faced their biggest test, the Miami Heat.

This season's Heat is more stable, and their team's main team has not made much adjustments, still Mourning, Hardaway, Mashburn, PJ, Brown, Withers? Pang and so on.

Crohill met his toughest opponent, Mashburn, but fortunately the Rockets had a day of rest and recovered somewhat.

However, the three back-to-back games in three consecutive days also consumed too much physical strength for the Rockets.

After the start of the game, the Heat's interior began to strangle the Rockets' interior line, Mourning, PJ, Brown, Withers? Pang and other Heat interior players, as long as the Rockets' interior players get the ball, they will bite like mad dogs.

The Rockets' interior line is mired in a quagmire, and the older Olajuwon is slowly falling silent due to physical problems under Mourning's physical defense, and Garnett has no good way to defend it under the defense of Pj. Brown's near-foul.

And on the outside, Crohill faced Marshburn's close pressing, Ray? Aaron also didn't have much room to play under the pressure of Redan.

The only one who can dominate is Bodi Roga, facing Haddawi, who is 20 centimeters shorter than him, facing the team's predicament, and now the only one who can stand up is Bodi Roga.

And Bodi Roga also lived up to this expectation, and when the team's offense was at a low ebb, Bodi Roga alone carried the banner of the rocket attack.

Bodi Roga, who has changed from assist mode to scoring mode, shows an unusually powerful scoring ability, three-point shots, pull-up jump shots, small hooks under the basket, and throws, Bodi Roga is like an encyclopedia of scoring means and starts his own performance.

For a whole section, everyone got to know this handsome Yugoslav defender again, the guy with a genius passing, and carrying a weapon with such a huge lethality.

Bodi Roga, who scored 15 points in a single quarter, made the hair on Riley's head fall out a lot again.

After the start of the second quarter, the Heat stepped up their defense against Bodi Roga, but the Rockets' bench players began to explode.

The bus that replaced Olajuwon on the court was no longer dead under the basket with Mourning, often running to the high post or even outside the three-point line to block and dismantle for his teammates.

In the first few times, after Mourning went out, the scalpel-like pass of the bus directly tore through the defense of the Heat's interior line. Saullius, who came on the field of Allen, began to attack without the ball, relying on his young and good physical strength, and bullied the 33-year-old Redan to his heart's content.

After two consecutive successful runs, Mourning could only shrink back to the inside defense.

But the retractable Mourning began to tragedy, especially when the bus began to shoot three-pointers, and the tragic effect was even stronger.

The first time the bus shot a three-point shot, there were no Heat defenders around, and the bus standing outside the three-point line had a very strong premonition that the ball would go in as long as it was shot.

Under the amazed eyes of all the Rockets and Heat players, the bus raised his hand from beyond the three-point line and shot, and the basketball was the response shot.

Seeing that Mo Ning's mouth could almost fit a fist, the bus cracked his mouth and smiled very happily.

There will be a second time, the bus once again stood outside the three-point line, that strong premonition appeared again, the bus still raised its hand to shoot, the basketball once again responded to the net, this time not only the players, but also the coaches and fans, all looked like they had seen a ghost, looking at the bus.

The bus shrugged his shoulders and said he couldn't help it.

And Kenny, who was in the studio in Houston, live streaming the Rockets? Smith and Drexler couldn't laugh anymore.

Just listen to Kenny? Smith laughed and said, "Oh my God, is it possible that the bus wants to be a pitcher, and if it's true, then the nightmare of all the outside defenders is going to happen, a pitcher who is six feet ten tall and weighs 300 pounds, oh my God, I can't take it anymore." ”

Drexler also smiled and said, "I think now Mr. Riley, must have a lot of headaches about who will defend the bus, if the bus is breaking through like a defender, I really don't know who can stop him, it's scary to think about, a 300-pound wall that moves, God, please forgive me." ”

Just as these two were wantonly mocking the Heat, the second quarter of the game was over.

Relying on the burst of the bench and two incredible three-pointers from the bus, the Rockets led by three points at 47:44 at the end of the first half.

This is the game in which the Rockets have led by the fewest points in the half since the start of the new season, which also indicates that the second half of the game will be more intense.

(To be continued)