Chapter 118 Chinese Derby (4)

The next game really didn't disappoint everyone, now Liang Xiao began to gradually enter the best situation, Da Yao's feel is also very good, now the game has been going on for nearly five minutes, although the scores on both sides have not opened much, but Liang Xiao and Da Yao are both engaged in their own competition. Da Yao is making his first appearance as a starter and Liang Xiao is constantly proving himself, this game with the flavor of the Chinese derby, Liang Xiao doesn't know how many people are paying attention, but now in the team's VIP room, if Liang Xiao notices, you can see Mu Qingyu, Hathaway and agent Cheng Weiwei are watching their own games.

The Rockets played two rounds, and at this time it was mainly a combination of the guard line, Francis and Mobley made an offense alone, which offense just now, the old cat immediately returned the color. Facing Liang Xiao, he directly chose to break through and threw the ball directly in front of Liang Xiao. Francis beat Houston to succeed in this matter, it was really an unusual perverted body, and he directly carried Houston to break through to the basket, a folding dunk, Thomas could only sigh when he saw this, and a block was not covered. But the Knicks are not showing weakness, and if the Rockets' performance is not returned, it will definitely affect the morale of the Knicks. After Houston made a mid-range shot, Sprewell faced Rice for a driving layup and played a two-and-one.

At this time, the Rockets contributed points on the guard line, but they were still very reluctant, not to mention others, just an old cat facing Liang Xiao. Liang Xiao is sticking to it, as a rookie, Liang Xiao knows that the only thing he knows is to make such a move to defend, because he does not have the casual understatement of a superstar, and he has not reached that point now, but Liang Xiao's body is fine, this is not a problem.

The Rockets, under the leadership of Francis, did not make a fuss on the guard line this time, but chose to be in the hands of Griffin, after Griffin got the ball, he kept squeezing on the inside, trying to squeeze Thomas away like a plaster, but Thomas just didn't let go, and waited back and forth directly at Griffin's height. Griffin's turnaround jumper made Thomas yellow, and the ball hit the basket, but this frontcourt rebound was a little difficult for the Knicks' interior line, Da Yao was a flagpole alone on the inside, and he reached out and picked the ball off, but the ball did not bounce off because it did not exert force. After that, a small jump went straight to the ball.

Sprewell stood outside and looked at Da Yao so lightly, and said angrily: "When do we want a teammate like this, stand directly under the basket and pick up the ball." ”

"Ratrel, I think you'll have time to grow taller now!" Liang Xiao quipped when he heard Sprewell's grumbling.

"**ile, you guy, you are also Chinese, why don't you grow so tall!" Sprewell said as he rolled his eyes at Liang Xiao.

Liang Xiao sarcastically mocked each other, but did not forget his responsibility, Houston advanced to the frontcourt, saw Harrington pulled out, timely ball, Harrington hit a long-distance shot.

After a few rounds, the Knicks chose Sprewell and Thomas more, Rice did not have much advantage in the face of Sprewell, plus the passage of time, the physical fitness began to decline quickly, Thomas faced Griffin, much more experience, and Thomas's advantage in the low post is very obvious, so such a choice is the best offensive point for the Knicks.

The Rocket team has a lot of choices in Da Yao and the old cat, Liang Xiao's advantage against the old cat is still very unpromising, at least as far as the current Liang Xiao is concerned, it is still very difficult to defend the old cat, and he can only rely on this hand-to-hand combat to win, and there is no advantage in other techniques. Liang Xiao has been choosing when to turn on his talent skills in the current few games, because now Liang Xiao has a lot more playing time, and he doesn't start to open the talent system as soon as he gets on the field, one is that it consumes a lot of physical energy, and the other is that it may not necessarily play any role when he is on the field, after all, it is still too low-level.

If you don't choose this point in the Rockets, I think the head coach of the Rockets, Tom Janovic, will definitely have water in his head. Tomjanovic has not been short in the history of coaching the Rockets, he is a very intelligent coach, and in 94 and 95, he has a tradition of coaching a super center like Big Dream, Da Yao is also an excellent center, and he will definitely make good use of it. It's a pity that the Knicks don't have a center now, if there is, Van Gundy will go back and choose center-based tactics, to say that Gorilla Ewing is powerful in the league, Van Gundy used to be very easy to use, but now the Gorilla has no choice, and when he goes to the Wizards, he chooses to be an assistant coach and assist Jordan, which can be described as a laugh and a grudge.

The Rockets can be said to be very good at this point in Da Yao now, facing the Knicks' interior line, Da Yao can wrap up all the interior work by himself, because Da Yao's height is too high, there is no way to do anything, the Knicks can only choose to spend more manpower on Da Yao to wrap or wrap around, so that for the old Knicks, physical strength is a big test.

The Knicks chose to attack, and after Houston won this time, Liang Xiao could only run more and choose the right time to receive the ball, but Houston, as the boss of the team, held the ball and attacked the ball in his hands. After succeeding, Liang Xiao honestly came back to defend the old cat, the old cat's physical strength has decreased a lot in a few rounds, Liang Xiao keeps running on the field, and the old cat can only run together on the field, for the old cat has not run so hard for a long time.

The old cat gave the ball to Rice after pouring the ball in his hand, Rice is now also declining in physical strength, and poured the ball to Da Yao on the inside, Da Yao chose a mid-range shot, but he didn't go in, and he bounced out and was grabbed by Sprewell. Liang Xiao immediately ran to the frontcourt, and at this time Liang Xiao scored two points, and shouted at Sprewell, "Hey, give me the ball!" ”

At this time, Francis and the old cat of the Rockets also ran forward, Liang Xiao had been holding back for a long time, the ball always couldn't reach his hands, Houston held the ball and it was not good to fight for the ball, don't say anything in the face of Sprewell, if it was someone else, Sprewell might not give it.

After Liang Xiao received the ball, Francis chased after him, Liang Xiao protected the ball, and couldn't just go to the basket so casually, if this was the case, it would be looking for a hat. Liang Xiao went all the way down quickly, but when it came to the free throw line, Francis had already caught up, and there was no way, he could dunk.

Francis stood in front of Liang Xiao, Liang Xiao got up with the help of the inertia of running, and Francis also got up to block his hat, but he couldn't let this rookie show off his might in front of him.

Grabbing the ball with his right hand, Francis's hand has already reached the front, "Look at what you kid is capable of, you didn't find the hat for this ball, no wonder I am!" Francis thought to herself.

But suddenly the ball in front of his hand was gone, and he saw Liang Xiao's right hand lowered, and at this time his left hand stretched out, and Francis saw that he was going to change his hand to make a layup, and his right hand slapped directly to Liang Xiao's left hand. Liang Xiao's left hand was placed very low, and it was not photographed by Francis, but if it was raised, time did not allow it, and that's it, Liang Xiao's left hand directly made a force below, and the ball went through the board.

The ball was picked up by Liang Xiao on Francis's right shoulder, and the ball went in like a graz.

"Oh, this ball is so beautiful! I didn't expect Liang Xiao's stagnation to be so good! The commentator of the Imperial Court Wutai saw Liang Xiao dodging the ball in mid-air with his left hand.

"This goal is really interesting, I didn't expect Liang Xiao to score, although it was a little reluctant, but it still went in." Director Zhang also likes Liang Xiao's ball with more luck.

"Director Zhang, this Liang Xiao really has a bit of strength, I didn't expect him to play with a very high IQ, I don't want a player who is only nineteen years old!"

"When you play this game, it still depends on how the players think about themselves, and then the players who can keep up with the body and think about it, plus if they are in good health, plus daily training, there must be a great way out. I think it belongs to such a player, otherwise as a player who did not participate in the draft, it would be impossible to sit on the bench in the Knicks in such a short period of time, and have such a stable playing time, or a few brushes! Coach Zhang said tepidly next to him, thinking that for a commentator like Coach Zhang who has been engaged in the national team, in fact, he is still very optimistic about a player like Liang Xiao who is not from a professional class, but in front of the TV, such contempt will be put away, because now Liang Xiao's performance is still very worthy of the fans.

"Okay, Liang Xiao's layup, now the Rockets have chosen to pause, and now the game has been played for 8 minutes and 17 seconds, in this way, Liang Xiao scored four points on the court, Da Yao scored 8 points on the court, although the score is not much, but there is still a long time in the back, I think the two sides will definitely have action, and there will not be a Chinese derby that ending like this."

The Rockets chose to take a timeout now, because Tomjanovic saw some problems with the Rockets, and at the beginning he saw the point against Sprewell, Rice's physical decline was very fast, and now Da Yao's condition is not very good, and he has to replace some players to rest. Van Gundy's side is also uncomfortable, and the price paid on the inside line is also very fast.

"Qiangzi, if I watch this game, Liang Xiao's score is definitely not as high as Da Yao, what do you see?"

"It's not a problem, the main thing is to see how Liang Xiao's performance is, now it's the old cat who is in the opposite position, and you don't know the strength of the old cat, if Liang Xiao plays like usual, I think it's a success, right?"

"I think it's the same, now Liang Xiao has no chance to get the ball, if Liang Xiao holds the ball, I think the score should not be a problem, but now the Knicks' interior players are under a lot of pressure! Da Yao's performance is still very good, and there is a lot of pressure on that height. ”

Zuo Qiang and his classmates in the dormitory were discussing, the Rockets replaced their own bench players, and the interior line was replaced by Kevin Cato and Morris Taylor, Cato is also an excellent blue-collar worker, specializing in doing some dirty work, such an interior line, the Rockets head coach is very relieved, and the guard line will leave an old cat on the court.

The Knicks replaced Anderson and the interior bench, Liang Xiao also went off the court, and Easley, who had rested for a long time, came on the court, and left Sprewell on the court to avoid the score being too wide.

Finally, after the end of the first quarter, Liang Xiao's Knicks ended the first quarter with a four-point deficit of 26-30 behind the Rockets.

During the break, Van Gundy continued to make a simple analysis of the situation on the court in the first quarter, and then deployed in the second quarter, because the point guard of the Knicks did not play a role at all in the first quarter, and in the second quarter, Francis of the Rockets had to be treated, and he scored 11 points alone in the first quarter score, 8 points on the inside line of Da Yao, and 7 points for the old cat, and the three of them directly did all the work, which made Van Gundy have to work these three points, on the Knicks' own side, Houston and Sprewell scored the most points.