Chapter Seventy-Five: Turning the Tide
James shook his head and said that he was very helpless about not scoring the free throw, he was really helpless about his free throw shooting rate, he also knew that he was really not very high in free throws, and he had trained seriously, but the effect was never very good, even if it had an effect, it was just a little bit of an increase in the shooting rate, and this shooting rate was completely negligible.
James shook his head, then didn't think about it so much and threw himself directly into defense.
Lowry possessed the ball for half the court, which would have Maddie not on the court, so the ball was naturally handed over to him as a point guard.
Lowry was not fast or slow to advance the ball into the halfcourt, Big Ben saw Lowry arrive in the field and went up directly to cover Lowry, and Lowry took advantage of this very easily past Gibson who defended him, and went directly and quickly towards the inside.
Lowry's body can be described as very strong, so breaking through it is like a small steel cannon breaking in. West's defense was directly knocked out of Lowry's defense in the past, and he is not Lori's opponent at all in terms of strength.
Lowry, who broke through to the inside, relied on Asik's defense, opened a small space, successfully shot the ball, and successfully scored the ball.
Although Asik's physical fitness can also be said to be very good, he is no match for Lowry as a point guard in terms of flexibility, and Lowry first used his flexibility to find a little space before scoring the ball.
Asik was very helpless about this, he thought he had defended very well for this ball, but he still let the opponent score, it was really helpless.
Come back to the Cavaliers once again used James's breakthrough to score two points, obviously the players on the Rockets scene can't prevent James's breakthrough, or no one's defense can make trouble for James, it can be said that the Rockets can bring James a certain amount of pressure except for Atai's defense, and no one else can bring him any defensive pressure, of course, multiple defense is an accident, but you have multiple defenses, people must choose to pass, how can the Almighty Emperor be prevented so easily?
The next attack of the rocket failed to score, the rebound was grabbed by James, and directly launched a fast-break counterattack, and the emperor who rushed up was like a small tank, you can imagine how great his strength is.
At this time, only one person of the Rockets successfully retreated in the half, how much of a threat can a one-man defense pose to James? Maybe neither of you can defend against James' fast break, let alone just one.
Sure enough, this ball didn't bring much defensive pressure to James, originally wanted to make the opponent a thug foul and come to a two-plus-one, but unfortunately the opponent was not fooled, and the helpless James directly ended the attack with a one-handed dunk.
And this ball old Barry originally wanted to use a foul to stop it, but if it was a foul, it would be a physical foul, so Barry finally chose to give up this idea and tried his best to interfere with James's fast attack, but he was helpless to bring the slightest pressure to James with his old body now, and he naturally saw that James wanted to make him foul, but fortunately he was experienced and not fooled.
This is a family with an old man, if there is a treasure, experience can be said to be very important.
Then the Rockets completely changed, becoming a team that didn't know how to play at all, and during this period of time, the Cavaliers were continuously counterattacked and attacked, completing an attack wave.
The Rocket hurriedly asked for a timeout and replaced the main force, otherwise it might collapse if it was so stingy, the momentum at this time can be said to be very bad for the Rocket, and there may be problems in the long run, so A Shuai called a timeout in time to adjust the state of the team.
At this time, the second quarter of the game has only been played for a little more than four minutes, and in those four minutes, the Cavaliers have played an 11-2 offensive wave*, if it weren't for Kyle Lowry's goal, I'm afraid it would have been an 11-0 offensive wave.
The Cavaliers are currently 39-32, seven points ahead of the Rockets. Completely turned the situation around, I'm afraid no one thought that such a situation would happen in such a short period of time. However, looking at the lineups of both sides, it is not surprising.
"Kenny Smith, see no, hahahaha. The Cavaliers managed to turn the tide and lead the Rockets by seven points, what do you have to say about that? Barkley said that he was in a very happy mood at this time, because he could hit Kenny Smith, just now when the Rockets led by two points at the end of the first quarter, Kenny Smith hit him a small blow, and now how could Barkley, who has such a good opportunity to have a vendetta with Smith, let go of such a good opportunity?
"Hehe, as you just said, it's still early before the end of the game, as for who will have the last laugh in the end, it can be said that the final result will not be known until the fourth quarter, this is what you said, I think you should not forget what you just said, right?" Smith said with a smile that this counterattack could be said to be perfect, completely leaving Barkley speechless.
Barkley snorted and turned away from the angry Smith.
Rocket rest area.
Ah Shuai's face was gloomy at this time, looking at the substitute players who had just come off the field, and said dissatisfiedly, "Don't you want to play?" I just said, you can't stop James I don't have anything to say, after all, James's strength is there, but you can't score the ball, why, can any of you tell me, huh? ”
No one spoke, and when they spoke, they didn't want to play, and they only listened to the coach at this time, so it was naturally impossible to interject or anything.
"It's not your time next, and I don't want to say anything more, don't say that I didn't give you time to perform and prove yourself, but you didn't take the limited time I gave you, I hope you can all grasp the opportunity in the future, as long as you prove yourself, I have no reason not to reuse you" After speaking, Adelman paused and continued, "Next, Yao Ming, Maddie Artest, you go on the court, try to turn the situation of the game back for me, no problem, right?" After speaking, Ah Shuai looked at them.
Maddie and they said in unison, "No problem"
Ah Shuai was very satisfied, and then took out the tactical board and arranged it in detail.
The atmosphere on the Cavaliers' side and the Rockets was very different, with a smile on their faces, obviously very satisfied with their performance just now.
"I'm very happy with your performance, but the opponent's lineup just now is not an absolute starting lineup, so the quality is very lacking, I think Adelman will change their absolute main lineup next, at least Yao Mai will play, so the next moment is the moment for you to prove yourself," Brown said.
The players listened to Brown's words, and their eyes were very determined, which can be regarded as a sign of perseverance in victory.
"Huang Jun, then you take a break, you played full in the first quarter, so in order to avoid the second half of the game you have absolute physical fitness, so I decided to let you go to about five minutes left in this quarter and then replace you, during this time you have a good rest, by the way to watch the Rockets' game off the court, and strive to find the opponent's weaknesses, you can read the game very well." Brown looked at Huang Jun and said.
Huang Jun nodded, signaling that he knew.
Then Mike Brown laid out the specific tactics in detail, and the time gradually passed, and soon the timeout passed, the game resumed, and the coach's battle, who would have the last laugh in the end?
Brooks possessed the ball over half court, which would have Maddy not have the power to force the ball with him, because Adelman had just told him in the rest area that the next ball control tasks would be handed over to Brooks, so Maddie did not step forward to ask for possession of the ball.
The current head coach of the Rockets, Adelman, is clearly interested in starting to develop Brooks.
At halftime, Brooks was very honest and chose the ball directly, but he didn't pass the ball to Maddie, but hoisted the ball to Yao Ming on the inside, this ball is very similar to the opening ball, is this the coach's arrangement again?
Seeing this, Maddie did not have the slightest look of displeasure on her face, it seems that this ball is either a handsome arrangement, or she buries her dissatisfaction in her heart and does not show it on her face.
Yao Ming, who received the ball, held the ball high with his back against Ilgoska, and suddenly turned around with a feint, completely deceiving the center of gravity of Big Z to the side.
Da Z, who was deceived to the side, looked at Yao Ming very helplessly, this step is really sharp, it is very flexible among the big men, and the shot is very soft.
James, who came back, faced Atai's defense, and directly chose to meet it head-on, and made a three-point shot directly, Atai looked at James in dismay, and his brain was rusty?
But the result made Atai very helpless, he didn't expect the goal to score, this James's jump shot can be said to be getting more and more accurate, it seems that he can't let him go next time, no matter how far he is, he should choose to defend closely.
This three-point goal not only offset Yao Ming's hook just now, but also increased by one point on the basis of leading by seven points, and the score difference at this time has also come to eight points.
Now the rocket can no longer withstand any attack wave, and the knight can withstand it, as long as the knight gives the rocket an attack wave again, then the score will be pulled to more than ten points, on the contrary, the knight is attacked by the wave, and it is only a few points behind, the difference is obvious.
And will the Rockets be able to withstand and attack the Cavaliers next and turn the tide again?