Paul assisted on Chandler's dunk and the Rockets trailed by 15 points.

With 4:50 left in the game, the Rockets called a timeout. Yao Ming almost sat down in his chair and didn't bother to speak.

Jeff Van Gundy looked at Yao Ming and knew he had to be replaced.

"DiCambe (Mutombo) plays center, Luthor (Hyde), Corunna (Azubuuk), Novak, John (Lucas III) you guys go a minute, play flexible, try to run and look for opportunities......"

As the timeout ticked by, it seemed as if the fans had already celebrated the home team's win in advance. Everyone's faces were not very good-looking, the atmosphere was very depressing, and no one spoke. Everyone knows in their hearts that the head coach must be ready to give up the game when he replaces all the main players at this time, even John Lucas III, who has been "tied to the bench".

Hayes looked at the time, and there were nearly 5 minutes left.

Isn't it still a long time? Isn't there any hope of catching it back for so long? Even Yuhiko Inoue (Slam Dunk Comics), a man who draws comics, knows that he can't give up until the end, and the Rockets will admit defeat now? Just because Yao Ming has no physical strength? Maddie is not in good shape? Isn't there anyone else?

He looked at the two "bosses" of the team again, hoping that they would stand up and say something. Yao Ming's expression was serious, looking unwilling, but he lowered his head and didn't mean to speak. Maybe he was really too tired, maybe it was the humility of the Chinese that made him reluctant to talk more; Looking at Maddie again, he has a relaxed face, even a little smile, he seems to have long been used to losing, and a regular season loss doesn't matter to him at all.

Seeing Maddie's expression, Hayes was a little angry, and in a fit of anger, he felt that his body was full of strength again.

Maddie can score 13 points in 35 seconds or be overturned with a 3-1 lead in the playoffs. He was a born star, with the qualities of God, but without a heart for victory. This is by no means the quality that a leader should have, and a person who doesn't even want to win**, what kind of leader should he be? It's too normal not to make it past the first round. Just by looking at the mentality, you know that Maddie will never be Jordan, he is just a mortal.

Hayes sat next to Jeff Van Gundy, looking at Van Gundy's unwilling and helpless face, and a thought suddenly erupted in his heart - don't speak, let me speak!

He took a few sips of water and said, "Coach." It's not over yet, we haven't lost yet. ”

"Huh?"

"Coach, do you replace all the main players and give up the game now? We still have time, 5 minutes left, we can catch it back! Hayes's expression was calm, but his voice was extremely determined.

"Yao Ming has no physical strength, Maddie is not in good shape, you have 5 fouls, in this case, it is difficult for us to turn the tables, it is better to save physical strength to play the next game, don't forget that we still have two away games." Jeff Van Gundy said with a frown.

Due to the tight schedule, it is sometimes a tactic for teams to give up a game that is difficult to win. This is a common occurrence in the NBA league. But Hayes is different, he has no habit of losing, not to mention that there is still time, even if he loses, as long as there is still a breath left, he will fight until the end!

"Let me play! I still have the strength, I suggest playing fast break to grab points, I play center, I am the core of the attack, allow me to be flexible and play as much as I want, is that okay? Hayes looked at Van Gundy and said very quickly. He spoke in a loud voice, and the people next to him could hear it clearly. At this time, he didn't care if he was qualified to say such a thing, and there was only one thought left in his mind, that is, he didn't want to lose!

A sophomore rookie refuted the coach's arrangement in front of everyone, which is simply unimaginable in the NBA. This rookie must be tired of playing and ready to sit on the cold bench forever, right?

Jeff Van Gundy is definitely the kind of person who says the same thing, and when he believes in something, he has to do it. He is more stubborn and prouder than other coaches. However, today he was surprisingly not angry, he was just surprised, he was looking at Maddie just now, and hoped that Maddie would stand up and take responsibility at this time, but Maddie didn't have any meaning to speak, and looked at his expression as if he just wanted to finish this game quickly and go back to take a shower and rest.

When Jeff Van Gundy was disappointed, Hayes stepped up and said something. Isn't this the tenacious momentum he always wanted Maddie to have?

"Come on. Be careful not to foul again. Jeff Van Gundy looked at Hayes and nodded solemnly.

"Thank you." Hayes spat out only one word.

"Coach. The time is almost up! The assistant coach whispered to Jeff Van Gundy.

"Good! Chuck, you play. And Raff (Alstom), Tracy, you all play, Sean (Battier) you play power forward, you have to guard against West. And Luthor (Hyde), you try to run open and put three points. Let's run and attack quickly, the faster the better, with Chuck as the core attack! Time is running out, fight with them! Jeff Van Gundy overturned what had been said and shouted.

Hayes's strong desire to win** was clearly felt by Jeff Van Gundy and stirred up his fighting spirit. He found that this young man of average quality had grown again. The speed at which he grows is astonishing, not only in terms of technique, but also in terms of his momentum!

The Hornets commentator said lightly: "Let's see, Chuck Hayes, who has committed five fouls, is back on the court. The other four are Maddie, Battier, Hyde, and Alston. It seems that the Rockets are going to speed up, and they also played a run-and-run in the first two games when they were leading by a big score, and they achieved good results. Now, though, it's the Hornets who have a big lead. ”

The shouts of the away fans were particularly harsh, and when Hayes stepped onto the field, he recalled the Chinese story. When he was playing in the college league, the varsity offense was all around him, and the team was in trouble, so he used his personal ability to take on the heavy responsibility of grabbing points and bear the pressure.

That's just a Chinese university, here is the NBA, the level gap is big, and the pressure is even greater!

"No matter! Maddie wasted the whole game, and in the last few minutes, even if I didn't play well, what would I do if I wasted? I'm Super Hayes reborn! God will bless me! Hayes cheered himself up.

In fact, he knew very well in his heart that the first three waves and the last wave were completely two different concepts.

Take the World Championships China vs Slovenia match, for example. Wang Shipeng didn't score a point in 39 minutes and 55 seconds. But in an attack in the last 5 seconds, he dribbled the ball to the front court, and shot a 3-pointer to beat Slovenia and won the right to appear. Just for this key ball, people can forget how bad he played before, he is a hero!

On the contrary, players who scored 40 points in the first three quarters and lost the team in the last quarter will definitely be scolded for their blood.

"Chuck." Maddie yelled and distributed the ball to Hayes, who caught the ball and his nervous heart almost jumped out of his mouth. So nervous that there was only one thought left in his mind - "Attack!" ”

Tyson Chandler defended and got in the way of Hayes.

Chandler did not dare to be careless in the face of the fierce Hayes, even though he was a head taller than the other party. He knew very well how difficult this opponent was, and even a little frightened. The two had faced off a few times before, with Hayes defendingly fierce and fouls being too harsh.

As the saying goes: "The soft is afraid of the hard, the hard is afraid of the horizontal, and the horizontal is afraid of the dead." "Hayes is tough and defensive, and now you know he's going to fight hard.

Hayes dribbled forward first, then stepped back, stepped down to dribble, handed the ball to the right hand, shifted the center of gravity to the right, attracted Chandler's center of gravity to the left, and then handed the ball to the left hand, changing direction to break through with the ball.

Chandler was shaken off by the feint, and all he could do was turn his head to watch Hayes pass him and hit a pull-up jumper.

Terrible. The word flashed through Chandler's head. It's not the offensive style of an interior player at all.

It was difficult to change the situation with one ball, and the Hornets still had a big lead, they played very relaxed, and the shooting percentage also went up, and Stojakovic hit a three-point shot, and the difference widened to 16 points.

4 minutes and 14 seconds remaining.

"Reverse run." Hayes said as he sent the baseline ball past Alston.

In this round, Hayes ran back outside on the inside, and Battier blocked Chandler for Hayes. Alstom's pass was just right, Hayes received the ball and stepped out of the three-point line, turned around and jumped for three points, he didn't jump high, but the shot was fast, the action was very stretched, West didn't have time to help defend, and the ball hit again.

Hornets coach Byron Scott couldn't help but rub his eyes and see that it was indeed the Rockets' rounded guy. 'What a soft touch, this guy can make this kind of shooting move?' No wonder Van Gundy dared to attack with him as the core. ’

The Hornets couldn't make a quick break, Paul steadied his rhythm and handed the ball to West, who was entangled by Hayes and didn't score much throughout the game, and now it was Battier, who also wanted to prove himself and rushed down the basket with the ball. Unbeknownst to him, many of Hayes' defensive skills were taught by Battier. The apprentices are not having a good time, let alone the master?

"Hold on! Come on! Jeff Van Gundy waved a towel on the sidelines and shouted that if he could get a few high leg raises, he would definitely be a good cheerleader, and the rest of the bench members cheered him on.

West couldn't break through, and wanted to make Battier foul, and Battier was ranked first in the league of defensive awareness, and he didn't eat his feints at all. Seeing that before the offensive time was out, West could only force a step-back jumper from outside the three-second zone, and Battier's hand sealed his face, and the ball was deflected out again, and Maddie grabbed the rebound.

Maddy focused elsewhere today, grabbing a lot of rebounds in the backcourt and approaching 10 assists. He tossed the ball to Alston, who turned past Paul and dribbled to the front court to hand it to Hayes, who was following him. Hayes received the ball without pausing and dialed it to Hyde. Hyde had Stojakovic in front of him, and without a Rockets player on the inside to grab a rebound, he pulled up a strong three-pointer and hit the ball again.

The shot was very poor in terms of timing of the shot, but when it went in, no one blamed Hyde. The three-point shot is what he relies on to survive in the Rockets.

The Rockets hit two three-pointers in a row, and the low momentum came back all at once.

With 3:49 left, the Rockets trailed by 10 points, 76-86. Hornets coach Byron Scott saw that the situation was not good and quickly called a timeout.

The Hornets home commentator exclaimed: "The Rockets don't have a center now, and they caught the Hornets off guard." Hayes, who replaced Yao Ming, is definitely not a center, he has scored consecutive points on the outside, and he is more like Maddie than Maddie. ”

"Now Yao Ming is not here, try to hit the ball as far inside as possible, and let Tyson (Chandler) use his height to beat Hayes. He's already been fouled five times and the defense will definitely suffer. Byron Scott paused and said, "Steady the rhythm and ensure the success rate." The offense they had just started was all from the outside, and it was hard to keep the shooting percentage. As long as we control the rhythm and defend against fast attacks, the advantage is on our side. ”

Chandler's lips moved, and he wanted to say something but was too embarrassed to say. After a few matchups, he felt it was difficult to "hard-eat" Hayes on his own offense. Hayeska is in a good position and surprisingly powerful. It was hard for him to squeeze into the box.

Let Chandler attack from outside the three-second zone, he is not sure; It was even more humiliating for him to admit that he had been prevented by Hayes. The opponent's height is only 198cm, and this height is short for small forwards.

The game resumes.

Paul couldn't break through Alston and passed the ball to Stojakovic. The Rockets, who were cheered up by the two three-pointers, defended more tightly. Maddie also gritted his teeth and he had to prove himself. On offense, Hayes did his job, and if he couldn't even defend Stojakovic, who was in a slump of form, he wouldn't have to mess around.

Stojakovic gave Chandler a high profile.

"Come on. I'm not going to let you in! Hayes shouted.

Hayes relied on his strong body to resist Chandler. He pressed the center very low, so that the height gap between the two appeared to be even greater. But he still kept Chandler out of the water. He didn't have the height, but he had strong muscles, and he stood firmly in the lower game, and no matter how Chandler turned around, he wouldn't let him get a step closer to the basket.

Chandler was so anxious to relax his protection of the ball, dangling from side to side, trying to find a gap to jump, as long as he got the gap, he could smash the ball into the rocket basket! Unfortunately, Hayes's calves were so thick that they could match twice the size of Chandler's calves, and he was so entangled that Chandler couldn't fly anyway.

Chandler accidentally slapped Hayes with a fan-like slap and slapped the basketball in his hand.

This scene, not only the players present, but also the audience were shocked. The Hornets commentator explained vividly, "Oh my God, Hayes is like a stake nailed to the floor when he defends, and Chandler can't push him. ”

Battier got the basketball, the Hornets were quick to defend and the Rockets couldn't play fast. Byron Scott's timeout was mainly about tempo. Try to consume as much time as possible to ensure the success rate. When defending, the main defense is on the outside.

The Hornets switched to West to defend Hayes, who was very violent, and if the Rockets, who were eager to chase points, were impatient and shot three points, which is what the Hornets want to see the most now, Yao Ming is not there, and Chandler and West have a rebounding advantage.

The Rockets fell to the ground and attacked. As soon as Hayes saw that it was West, he immediately improved to the inside to ask for the ball.

"Let you take a good look at my power!" Hayes tensed his muscles, received Alston's pass on the right side of the penalty area, leaned low, and arched West inside. West is a muscular man, but a little worse than Hayes. Hayes squeezed into the three-second zone, turned to the middle, jumped forward, and pressed West with his body for a jumper. West didn't bounce weakly, but he lost his balance and couldn't take off smoothly.

With a time of 3 minutes and 11 seconds, 78-86, the Rockets successfully narrowed the gap to less than 10 points.

Hayes' steal added points gave the Rockets players hope of victory back to life!

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I deleted the annoying fortune-telling plot in the hope of recovering readers who were about to abandon the book because of that chapter. Hayes will have a lot of room for improvement in the later stages, and it won't be long before he gets his senses.

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