Heaven on one side and earth on the other.

This is the current situation of the Rockets, maybe they can mobilize all their forces and launch a decisive charge against the Suns, if they can defeat this invincible Suns, they will reach another peak of their own, and achieve that 24-game winning streak of eternal heaven. But if they lose this game, they will have to return from heaven to earth.

Some teams in this league are in the sky, some are on earth, and some are in the sky.

The Rockets have touched the breath of heaven, but now they have also become the last of the crossbows because of this breath, and what follows the victory of a game is their kind of exhaustion, lingering exhaustion, and at the same time, it is also a kind of pressure, which makes people breathless.

Therefore, before the game, the chat and fart of the two commentators of the fifth set of Tianchao Sports quickly broke the sky, and Mr. Zhang said: "In fact, maybe it would be a good thing for them if the Rockets really lost today." ”

However, the Rockets naturally don't want to fail, and teams that have been successful for too long no longer want to fail.

Maddie finally tied up her shoelaces, and there was an indescribable sharpness in his sleepy eyes. At this time, his good buddy Chuck in the team? Hayes walked up to Maddie's side and said, "Hey, Tracy. ”

"Hello Chuck." Maddie's eyes never seem to be fully open, but it is these eyes and his perfect body that give him a strange and elegant temperament, he is neither the kind of elegant boy who is completely in heaven, every movement, every word is elegant to the bone. But he's definitely not an outlaw with a blade of blood, and this innate temperament has made him the most glamorous man in the NBA.

"Do you think we can win this game?"

"I don't know...... Maybe it will win, who knows? ”

"The Suns are a relatively strong team, maybe they really have a way to end our winning streak, you know that if we can beat the Suns, we won't have too many strong teams left in front of us, and we can win all the way to 30 games!" 30 games! It's dreamy when you think about it! ”

Maddie's sleepy eyes opened a slit and said, "Maybe it wouldn't be a good thing if we could really win?" ”

"Huh?" Hayes didn't understand the words.

"That's what it is, anyway...... Maybe what we need is not victory but defeat......" After saying this, which seemed a little ignorant, Maddie turned away, leaving behind a back, looking a little brightly melancholy...... (I'll it.)

The Toyota Center has gathered a lot of silvermen and people, who are cheering for the team's players, but they are not sparing their cheers and boos for the Suns' group of jackals. However, now there is a hateful Xiao Si next to Zhang Chen, who has been chattering: "Hey, what a good opportunity!" We're in Houston! Aren't you ready to honor your feast here? ”

Zhang Chen couldn't bear it, the speed of the eighth-level ground was full of firepower, leaving only a back, and the people of the Sun team felt incredible: "This guy's speed seems to have increased again!" ”

Amid the hoarse cheers of the crowd, the jump ball of the game began. Zhang Chen is still mixed in the Suns' starting lineup as a starting offensive guard, and the person who is opposite him is the somewhat troublesome Sean? Battier.

Today, the Rockets value Zhang Chen more, and they deliberately gave Zhang Chen the team's best outside defender, after all, they also knew that Zhang Chen was the Suns' offensive ace on the outside, so they gave him Battier.

Zhang Chen used to know Battier, and after coming to the NBA, he also studied some information about this person, knowing that this is a player who is quite good defensively, and the last time they played the Rockets, Zhang Chen also suffered some losses from Battier, but now Zhang Chen, who came to challenge Houston with an eight-level speed, has no fear.

The jump ball started, the basketball flew into the sky, and finally Xiao Si jumped higher and slapped the basketball down, and the basketball bounced in front of Nash, Nash quickly stretched out his right hand to grab the ball, and then let the basketball start to bounce on the ground. Then he began to organize the offense, directing the Suns through the half, starting to stand inside the three-point line, and everyone started their own various runs, positions.

The person defending in front of Zhang Chen is Battier, before the game, he has been explained by the coach how to defend Zhang Chen, although if the coach really does it, the defensive technology will definitely be very different from Battier, but the coach can always analyze these problems from a more macro perspective, more predictable. Therefore, now Battier's defense of Zhang Chen is mainly to defend his footsteps.

Battier came to defend Zhang Chen mainly because this guy has more defensive skills, and he can often judge Zhang Chen's next move, but Zhang Chen's speed once again made Battier miscalculate.

Before the start of the game, the Rocket team had studied Zhang Chen's various techniques, and naturally studied Zhang Chen's running position and his shooting, but what they didn't expect was that Zhang Chen's speed had reached a higher level in just a few days!

Looking at Zhang Chen, who was running with his legs spread, the players and coaches of the Rockets and some fans couldn't help but frown.

Battier was also taken aback, he had studied Zhang Chen's technical style before the game started, and at that time he had studied Zhang Chen's running position, and he knew that Zhang Chen's speed could not be as high as it is now...... Now Zhang Chen's speed is simply the first-class level in the league, and it will take some effort for him to cope with such a speed, plus Zhang Chen's wind scratching and moving...... Battier basically has to do his best to defend it.

Battier quickly captured the information when Zhang Chen was running, and let this information quickly pass through his mind, react in his mind, and then the footsteps under his feet did not stop for a moment, and immediately followed.

The two soon came to the right side of the three-point line, and Battier followed closely behind, came to Zhang Chendi, and blocked the route where Zhang Chen could receive the ball. In the end, Nash passed the ball to Smalls on the inside, and the better pass flew into the basket after a layup by Small, scoring two points for the Suns first.

"Attack! Offensive! Rockets fans began to shout rhythmically at the players next to the basketball court, and Alston, the current starting point guard of the Rockets, received a pass from the baseline and used his right hand to start the position while controlling the ball. However, his command quickly turned into a pretense, as he passed the basketball to Maddie outside the three-point line while he was still near the halfcourt!

08 Maddie, with a pair of seemingly worried but actually god-like eyes, with handsome looks and ** figure, after receiving the ball, he directly grabbed the basketball in his right hand next to the three-point line, yes, it was caught! He grabbed the basketball in his right hand and began to turn sideways to face Bell in front of him. Bell was basically useless trying to defend a scoring player like Maddie, but he still tried to spread his hands as far as he could, blocking in front of Maddy.

At this time, Maddie's body suddenly jumped high, and the basketball in his right hand was suddenly raised high in front of his forehead by both hands, and then his body also rose to the highest point of the parabola, and suddenly shot! Unreserved, crisp and clean!

Maddie's shot without any drag made his body look very elegant in the sky, and the moment he threw the basketball at the highest point in the sky, Zhang Chen saw the trajectory of the ball and knew that the ball had scored.

Really!

"Rub!" The friction sound of the basketball falling into the net came to everyone's mind, and the ball went in neatly, just like Maddie's shot, flowing smoothly and in one go!

The crowd roared, cheering for their city hero, Maddie's shot was so beautiful that he stretched out in the sky, and then the basketball slid across the arc and crashed into the net. Pulled out the Rockets and hit a beautiful and dashing three-pointer.

Someone has said before that Zhang Chendi's shooting is the most perfect combination of Kobe's shooting and Maddy's shooting, and his shooting absorbs the essence and beauty of Maddy's and Kobe's shooting, so his shooting has Maddie's neat and smooth flow, which also has Kobe's shooting as chic and elegant, handsome and extraordinary. His shooting is a feeling of beauty and enjoyment even if he misses the shot.

After this ball hit, the score between the Suns and the Rockets became 2:3, and the Suns fell behind by one point. The game continued.

Battier is a very qualified defender, his mind will not show slackness, he has been conscientiously following Zhang Chendi's side without relaxing at all, he also fully mobilized his brain and body and judgment and calculation ability, can calculate some of Zhang Chen's next moves in advance, under Battier's defense, Zhang Chen wants to shoot and score is not a simple thing.

However, Zhang Chen was not without the power to parry at all, facing Battier, he still had some methods, that is, he didn't use all his eighth-level speed just now, and he didn't fully exert his true level just now.

Now, he left the last bit of reserved speed to make an emergency, and all the remaining speed was already in full swing, and after doing two running feints in a row, he suddenly ran past Battier's side, and then, Battier found that for the first time in this game, he had no way to judge Zhang Chen's situation. He hurriedly locked on Zhang Chen's figure with his gaze and chased after Zhang Chen.

However, when Zhang Chendi's eighth-level speed reached about ninety percent, plus his own running feints, it was not something that Battier could catch up, and Zhang Chen soon ran to the bottom corner of the three-point line, and there was basically no one in front of him. Nash also knew Battier's defensive ability, so his pass was also quite fast, and after a quick hit to the ground, he rushed to Zhang Chendi, and the basketball bounced just right, just enough for Zhang Chen to accept it perfectly.

Zhang Chen received the pass, didn't stop anymore, and was ready to start jumping shots.

It was at this moment that Battier quickly rushed up, jumped high, and went to block it. His defense is quite level, and many shooters know that Battier can't cover his ball, but there is always a little suspicion that the opponent will cover his head. This slight fear allowed Battier to get his hands on it, and the basketball shifted a bit.

It's a pity that Zhang Chen has encountered such a defense before, and now he is so calm that he doesn't care about this kind of defense, he just needs to believe that he will be able to score goals. Therefore, although Battier had already pounced on his body, Zhang Chen, who was in the air, still did not stop and threw the basketball in his hand in the direction of the basket.

"Huh!" The basketball stabbed the Nets with a crisp sound, and Zhang Chen hit a three-pointer to give the Suns a two-point lead and chase Maddy's score.

There were some boos from the audience, but there were also some cheers in one corner, they were Suns fans or simply Zhang Chen's fans, and they were more excited to see Zhang Chen score. Soon, the stadium was immersed in a noisy pitch.

――――"A very good shot...... After some predictions before the game, Zhang Chen should not be able to get rid of Battier to shoot, because Battier is the league's top defensive player, and many famous stars such as Kobe Bryant have also suffered losses under him, but Zhang Chendi's first goal quickly dispelled this doubt, and the ball still scored quite beautifully as always! In the live broadcast room of the five sets of Tianchao Sports, Zhang Chen, the director of Zhang, said to his old partner Sun Zhenping.

Sun Zhenping said approvingly: "Yes, eh...... Mr. Zhang, have you noticed? Zhang Chendi's shooting is really beautiful...... The feeling of the moment is so beautiful! It's really worthy of someone to say that his shooting is the most perfect combination of Kobe's and Maddie, and this statement is not unreasonable! ”

"Yes, his shooting is beautiful...... I think that's one of the reasons why his shooting percentage is quite amazing! However, I found one thing today, that is, Zhang Chendi's speed seems to have improved again! Have you noticed? Just when he ran past Battier's defense, his footsteps moved quite quickly, much faster than the Zhang Chen footsteps he had seen before! It's amazing. ”

"Hey, Mr. Zhang, I also noticed when you said that...... His speed seems to have improved again...... What an amazing player! ”

When the two of them were talking, the two sides began another offensive and defensive switch. This time the Rockets were directly controlled by Maddie, just now he witnessed Zhang Chen's shot, witnessed the beginning and end of Zhang Chen's shooting, only to see Zhang Chen's body jump in the air, and then the basketball flew into the basket through a beautiful and tricky arc, the moment he shot, it was like Manzhu Shahua, extremely bright!

This little guy's shooting is really fun! Maddie said secretly in his heart, and by this time he had already controlled the ball and came to the outside of the three-point line, and Bell was once again in front of Maddy. Even though he knew he couldn't stop Maddy, he had to try his best and not let this guy easily rob the Suns of points.

Therefore, Bale defended quite conscientiously, Maddie controlled the ball, and then pointed to the inside with his left hand, Bell knew that the person he was defending was an all-round small forward who could have five or six assists per game in the season, so he naturally didn't dare to be careless, and put a little defensive awareness on Maddie's passing.

However, he misjudged this time, Maddie just stopped in front of him and pointed at Jiang Shan for a moment, and then his legs immediately changed from static, and his legs quickly kicked the ground fiercely, and then his whole body had stabbed forward.

Someone once said that Maddie's breakthrough is a bit like a classic car, it looks slow, but it always manages to break through. In fact, this is just a description of some of Maddie's breakthroughs, when Maddie's breakthrough is in full swing, his body is also quite fast, and his speed is not slow. Now he is breaking through to the inside line with full firepower, and Bell is quickly thrown off half of his body, and it is too late to chase inside.

Maddie came to the place near the free throw line, facing the defense of Marion on the inside, and suddenly kicked his legs, and his body was pulled up directly into the sky! His waist thumped in the sky, and then his body was flat on the ground, and after an easy pull-up jumper, the basketball flew into the basket.

Maddie's shooting sometimes has a height advantage, sometimes because his bounce is quite high, making people unable to block, and sometimes it is completely a clever grasp of the timing, so many players sometimes know that Maddie is going to pull out in front of him, but he just can't prevent it.

Maddie's shot quickly brought the scores back to the same line.

For the Rockets, a strong defensive team, their defense is still very strong, and the retreat defense is also in order, and the double reversal soon began to re-confront each other inside and outside the three-point line.

With the experience that Zhang Chen had just learned from his previous experience, Battier was now quickly chasing after Zhang Chendi, and he didn't dare to relax at all, he didn't allow Zhang Chen to score so unscrupulously and arrogantly. His hands danced impenetrably, and his footsteps were constantly on Zhang Chen's forward path, so that Zhang Chen couldn't shake off his defense in a short time.

However, Zhang Chen also had the desire to win at this time, seeing Battier defending himself so hard, he suddenly wanted to try to get rid of this guy, let him understand that sometimes he really can't stop it!

Therefore, Zhang Chen quickly began to use himself to really reach the tenth-level running position, when the tenth-level running position and his eighth-level speed began to exert his power, although Battier was able to barely keep up with Zhang Chen, however, Zhang Chen and Battier both knew that Battier was still a little slow, and Battier still had some inability to fully defend Zhang Chen's eighth-level speed.

Zhang Chen quickly used a few fairly realistic running feints to make Battier's target more shaky, and then Zhang Chendi's body quickly came to the right wing of the three-point line at 45 degrees, and then, Nash's accurate pass ran out again.

Nash and Zhang Chendi have long been familiar with each other, every pass is quite accurate, Zhang Chen also has the experience of accepting Shi's passes, not only more stable but also more comfortable when receiving the ball, and can jump and shoot at any time.

As soon as he received the pass, Zhang Chendi's legs had already kicked the ground, and at this time, Battier pounced towards Zhang Chen again, and his right hand had already stretched out towards Zhang Chendi's eyes!

(To be continued)