Chapter 365 Section 1 Dominate the Landscape
This game is about to begin, and today's final game is still played on the home court of the Hornets. 1――
As the game was about to begin, the Rockets players found themselves almost overwhelmed by the wave after wave of cheers from the crowd on both sides.
Today is the Hornets' final battle of the regular season of the season.
They have the best record in the league so far this season and still have the best backcourt in the league.
After two games of illness, Jongwook seems to have regained his peak form today, and when he just shot that jumper, his body was exhausted, and there was no sick feeling left.
Such a Zhong Yu can make the opponent feel unstoppable.
"The Hornets! Come on! ”
"Zhong Yu! Come on! ”
"Assassin Queen Bee, explode the rocket!" The voices of the fans, wave after wave, boiled high, everyone cheered for the Hornets, cheered for Jongwook and Paul.
More than 21,000 home players came today, and their voices made the Rockets fans feel uncomfortable.
Since the rise of Zhong Yu, the Hornets have been exploding, and there are more and more home fans who come to watch the game.
This game is the final game of the season for the Hornets, and fans will naturally take a good look at it.
The fans were even happier when they saw Jongwook.
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"The race is about to begin! Coach Zhang, in this game, do you think which of the two teams will have a better chance of winning? Yu Jia in the studio asked Director Zhang.
"In terms of the lineups of both teams, the Hornets have the advantage in the backcourt, and they may not be able to bargain for more on the inside. But as long as you stick to the way you play in the previous games to fully mobilize the outside firepower, it is more reasonable for the Hornets to belong to the Hornets in the end. What's more, now that Zhong Yu is back in the picture, although there are still some people who suspect that his severe cold has not been completely expelled from his body, he will definitely not make the Rockets comfortable on the court. ”
"That's the truth, then. What do you think the Rockets can do if they want this game? ”
"Well...... "Coach Zhang said with a deep groan, "Then it may be that only the beast Artest or the defense expert Battier can prevent Zhong Yu...... Maybe if Jongwook is blocked, the Hornets' game won't go so smoothly. ”
", to block Zhong Yu...... It's almost impossible to do. Director Zhang finally said this.
The competition is officially underway!
The two teams lined up their own lineups: Rockets: Artest, Brooks, Yao Ming, Scola, Battier. This lineup is actually quite good, and the inside line composed of Yao Ming and Scola can be said to be proud of the current league.
Hornets: Peja, Paul, Chandler, West, Jongwook.
The Hornets' lineup is, of course, the strongest they can put out at the moment.
The bouncing ball is on! Yao Ming didn't jump a little higher than Chandler. The basketball was knocked out and hit into Zhong Yu's hand, and Zhong Yu dialed the basketball to Paul's side in the air. After receiving the pass, Paul lowered his tempo and controlled the basketball towards half court.
"Defend! Organize your first defense! Yao Ming shouted at everyone.
The current state of the Rockets...... It's still possible to play downwind, but if they are allowed to play hard, they may not have that ability.
Battier followed Zhong Yu closely, and he didn't dare to relax Zhong Yu.
In this game, they all felt that they had to beat the Hornets. It is necessary to guard against Chung Yu and Paul. He was responsible for crucifying Zhong Yu, Paul's side...... Brooks' defense is extremely unreliable, and it is very likely that Paul will be exposed, so they will retreat to the next best thing to completely seal Zhongyu. …,
Paul controlled the ball and broke through directly to the inside, Brooks really couldn't completely prevent him, and Paul directly hit Brooks with his body. And then came the bottom line. But he is not very easy to shoot, if he continues to go inside, he may be blocked by Yao Ming.
So Paul suddenly threw his basketball out.
People didn't know what he was going to do. But then Zhong Yu appeared at the landing point of Paul's pass, and Zhong Yu did not stop after receiving the pass. It was just a jump shot.
Battier also defended the ball very carefully, and he sealed his right hand to a centimeter or two away from the basketball, but it was still a little bit away.
"Huh!" The basketball went into the basket very beautifully, and Jong Wook scored the first two points for the closing game.
The ball was back in the hands of the Rockets, and Brooks went straight to the halfcourt with possession and then broke through.
This kid's speed is indeed there, and Paul didn't notice it for a while, and Xiaobu broke through from Paul's side. It's just that some of Brooks' shortcomings that have been criticized by fans are now beginning to emerge.
It's just that Xiaobu just broke through into the inside line, and the Hornets closed the inside line and surrounded him.
Xiaobu passed the ball to Yao Ming, and it was clear that he missed the best time to pass the ball, and when Yao Ming picked up the basketball, Chandler pounced.
Yao Ming had no choice but to step back, and then made a mid-range shot, and the basketball popped out.
The rebound was grabbed by Zhong Yu, who had just rushed in.
Director Zhang was visibly a little indignant: "Brooks often makes some of these balls...... He obviously knew that Yao Ming was 226 centimeters tall, but his pass was still so low...... Yao Ming bent down to pick up the ball, and he also wanted more time and energy...... I feel like Brooks does need to raise some awareness of this. ”
Yu Jia also said: "That's true, his timing for this ball is also a bit of a problem, but after all, he is still young and needs to give him more confidence." ”
The ball was back in the hands of the Hornets, and this time, Paul also began to break through Brooks, and in the face of Paul's breakthrough, Brooks didn't have much to do with him.
Paul broke through to near the free throw line. Seeing that Yao Ming was not here, he threw a shot directly.
"Huh!" Paul's throw, too.
At 4-0, the Hornets opened the game with that score.
The next ball, Xiaobu still wanted to break through by himself, and the layup after the breakthrough was fanned down by Chandler on the inside, but the basketball covered by Chandler was caught by Yao Ming next to him, and Yao Ming got up directly and made a layup with a hook. Chandler didn't keep up with Yao Ming's reaction and could only watch the basketball fly hollow into the basket.
Yao Ming took the lead and scored two points for the Rockets.
It's just that the next ball, Paul broke through and destroyed the Rockets' defense, and when Artest wanted to go over and cover Paul from behind, Paul's pass ran out of his side and came to Peja on the outside.
Peja shoots straight three-pointers.
"Huh!" There it is again!
7-2……
The Hornets started this wave. It made Team Rocket a little unable to eat and walked away.
With a little more than three minutes into the clock, things were not good for the Rockets, and Brooks once again possessed the ball past half court, but this time Artest asked for the ball, and he then forced Peja to break in.
On the inside, he was stopped by Chandler, and after Yao Ming blocked him, Artest came to the depths and hit a layup.
7-4.
Yao Ming and Artest actually still cultivated some tacit understanding, maybe this tacit understanding is not too big, but it can also cope with some situations.
Then. The Hornets attack.
The nasty Battier followed Zhong Yu's side, not daring to relax for a moment, after all, he was recognized by many in the league as a defensive expert. Zhong Yu also felt that he was by his side, and he was indeed a little annoying. …,
Of course, when he wanted to really get rid of this guy, he still didn't have many concerns.
For example, now this ball. Paul passes the ball to Peja. Peja missed a three-point shot, Chandler grabbed a rebound in the front court to allow Paul to reorganize the offense, and Jongwook saw that the inside line was heading towards West, and immediately ran back and suddenly ran out of the three-point line.
Really. The moment he activated, the Rockets' interior line rushed up to defend West. West immediately passes the ball to Jongwook.
After Zhong Yu received the ball, Battier also rushed up, but Zhong Yu thought of a solution, he was short, and the whole person was completely accelerated.
Battier didn't react for a while, and he didn't have Zhong Yu's speed, he could only watch Zhong Yu pass by and come to the inner line, Yao Ming blocked Zhong Yu like a city wall.
Zhong Yu faced Yao Ming, stopped suddenly, and then leaned on Yao Ming's body and threw the basketball out with his right hand.
Yao Ming accidentally fouled like this, and Zhong Yu's basketball still flew into the basket.
"Huh!" The ball hit very crisply, and Jongwook scored two more points.
9-4! Moreover, immediately after the referee's whistle sounded, he was saying that Yao Ming had fouled the ball. The cheers next to the basketball court formed an endless mass with this whistle.
Zhong Yuqiang beat Yao Ming, and two very popular Chinese players came here like this, which really made them feel very good-looking.
Jongwook stood at the free throw line and shot the free throw very easily, and he achieved a 2+1 in this way, and the score became 10-4.
"Cunning ghost ......" Yao Ming said a little helplessly, but in exchange for Zhong Yu's hehehe.
Yao Ming and Zhong Yu didn't understand what they were saying, not to mention that they weren't speaking English...... Not even Mandarin, but the Shanghai dialect.
In the first quarter of the game between the Rockets and the Hornets, to everyone's surprise, the Rockets were really not the opponents of the Hornets.
They weren't vulnerable, but they really couldn't stand up to the Hornets.
The Hornets' offense and defense left the Rockets overwhelmed.
And in this game, Zhong Yu, who came back after getting better from a cold, performed very well, and he scored 9 points in the process of the first quarter alone.
The Hornets and Rockets ended the first quarter with the score at 29-22, with the Hornets leading the Rockets by seven points heading into the second quarter.
The seven-point gap made the Rockets feel that the situation was a little bad today.
In this game, the Hornets firmly held the advantage.
Both in general and individually. (To be continued)