Chapter Twenty-Three: The Devil's Journey Houston Station

"I think this is a situation that Greg didn't expect at all, the whole Clippers are attacking around Lin Fei's hand, I have to say, Mike Dunleavy's arrangement is great, it takes a lot of courage, but for Cosmic Lin, he deserves Dunleavy to make such a choice, and it turns out that Mike's choice is correct." Bill Wharton said with a smile as he looked at the Spurs bench and was spitting wildly.

Hoffman looked at Bill Walton next to him and put forward his opinion: "Beal, if Lin can maintain this state, then it is not a bug for any team, because then the game can be directly simplified to Lin shooting for the Clippers, and the rest of the people blocking and dismantling." ”

"I think so, this is undoubtedly a terrible thing, if that's really the case, I think all coaches need to make a sincere prayer before the game, pray for Lin's hand, really if Lin's hand feels so terrible, I think the league will immediately introduce a Lin Fei rule, that is, a player is not allowed to use the cover of three people in a row to get offensive opportunities!" Bill Wharton didn't expect that one of his jokes would actually become a reality later.

"Keep the defense at the beginning, change the defense faster, the other guys have limited scoring ability, we need to stare at that damn rookie, just stare at him, but don't miss too many people, so you need to be more active in the running rotation!" ** Vicky was foaming at the mouth, and the Spurs players all looked solemn, and it was obvious that Lin Fei's crazy rampage gave them a heavy blow.

"Lin, how is your physical strength? Do you need to take a break? Mike Dunleavy asked with concern, after all, Lin Fei is the key core of the team's offense, if Lin Fei's physical fitness cannot support it, then he will definitely replace Lin Fei to rest at the last moment.

Lin Fei raised his head, his breathing was a little short, the continuous running just now really cost him a lot of physical strength, raised his head and looked at the big screen, now there are still four minutes left before the third quarter, think about the Spurs is a super tenacious team, the fourth quarter will definitely be more tired, in order to ensure that he can always maintain a good condition, Lin Fei looked at Mike Dunleavy and said, "Coach, I think I need to rest for a while." ”

"Okay, Catino, you replace Lin, let's play positional battles below, Chris's task below is a bit heavy in addition to defense, you need to pay more on the offensive end!"

"No problem!" Chris Kaman nodded.

Soon the game restarted, and the Clippers worked harder on the defensive end, and even the Spurs played well enough to stretch the score too far, and when the third quarter ended, the Spurs regained a six-point lead.

Clippers fans believe that as long as Lin Fei appears, the six-point difference is only two three-pointers.

"Huh"

Outside the three-point line, Lin Fei stood with his head held high, Lin Fei in the spotlight raised his right hand, and the action of the three-point gesture made San Antonio fans fall silent, this is the ninth three-point shot by Lin Fei in this game, and the ninth three-point shot, which is a terrifying 100% shooting rate, and it is with this three-point hit, the Clippers who played San Antonio officially expanded the score of the two sides to ten points, and at this time there were only thirty seconds left before the end of the game.

The Spurs' bench was very quiet in the context of Lin Fei's celebration of the goal, and everyone showed unwillingness on their faces, they were almost defeated by Lin Fei, a rookie, ** Vicky sighed, he could only reluctantly accept this defeat for Lin Fei's hot hand, and replaced Duncan and Parker Ginobili.

Thirty seconds later, the Clippers won the first win of the Devils' schedule in the Southwest Division, making a good start to this terrifying schedule, and officially achieved a seven-game winning streak, and next facing the Rockets who lacked Yao Ming, Dunleavy felt that with the team's current state, it was no surprise that he could continue to win.

The Clippers are now in high spirits, and the whole team is heading to the space city of Houston.

And the mysterious boss who originally made an appointment to meet also said that he would meet and talk in detail when he returned to Los Angeles, so that Lin Fei could prepare for the game.

And the Rockets just defeated the old enemy Utah Jazz at home, the inside line of the Rockets without Yao Ming actually blocked the Jazz's inside offensive, there are two biggest contributors to this game, one is Maddie who can never wake up, and the other is Uncle Mu, who doesn't know how big the African mountain Uncle Mu is, Maddy scored 33 points, 9 rebounds and 9 assists in the quasi-triple-double, and Uncle Mu also scored 10 points with a basket and a hook hand of his own, as well as 16 rebounds, including 7 rebounds in the front court, This data made many people feel ashamed, and more importantly, he sent 5 blocks to tell the young people again that the forbidden area of the African mountains is still no-flying.

Exhaustion is undoubtedly Team Rocket's worst enemy, and the next day the Clippers led by Lin Fei appeared on the floor of the Toyota Center. Yao Ming sat on the bench in a suit, and after a simple exchange between Lin Fei and Yao Ming, the game kicked off.

In the first half, Lin Fei was very energetic, and he couldn't see that Lin Fei had just fought in San Antonio yesterday, including 5 of 8 three-point shots, and scored 22 points in the first half, which directly broke the defense of his Sean Battier, and Adelman was in a hurry. And the Rockets relied on Maddy was obviously still asleep in the first half, only 4 shots without a hit, and only relied on free throws to score 2 points, in this situation, the Clippers who were playing away took a 15-point lead.

This made Alexander, the owner of the Rockets who watched the game, very embarrassed, and at halftime Alexander walked into the Rockets locker room to express his opinion.

And coincidentally, the live broadcast of this game was the previous Rockets head coach Jeff Van Gundy, Reggie Miller looked at the calm Van Gundy and smiled, "Jeff, what do you think about the first half of the game?" This is your team, sorry, it should be a former teammember! ”

Van Gundy despised the most bullish marksman in NBA history in his heart, "The scene is very ugly, the defense was completely scrapped by Lin, and the loss of Yao Ming on the inside This is not only an interior big man for the Rockets, but also another offensive and defensive core of the team, although Mutombo is still on defense, he can't make up for Yao Ming's lethality on the offensive end, and T-Mac is very out of shape in the first half, which is a point that Rick needs to excite, otherwise the second half will become a one-sided slaughter." ”

"Jeff, I think you're better suited to be a coach!"

Jeff Van Gundy glanced at Reggie Miller and said faintly, "I don't want to be completely bald!" ”

In the dialogue in the commentary seat, the second half of the game kicked off, but the scene was really ugly, both teams did not score a point in the first two minutes, not that the two sides put pressure on each other's defense to this extent, but the feeling of both sides seemed to be lost in the locker room at halftime and forgot to bring it to the field, only to hear the incessant sound of bells and bells.

But after a long stalemate, someone will always step up, and that person is Houston's biggest reliance at the moment, Tracy McGrady.

While singled Wilson Chandler with his back to the rookie, he turned around and threw the basket into the basket in the center of Toyota in a proprietary low arc belonging to Maddie.

This goal is like opening a Pandora's box, and Maddy gains a terrifying feel, directly all kinds of dry pulls to break through the layup dunk, and started his own personal offensive show in the Toyota Center, Wilson Chandler, who is the same rookie as Lin Fei, wants to cry without tears, Maddie's weakness in the first half made him get Mike Dunleavy praise at halftime, and as a result, Maddy blew him up in front of him in the second half, and in contrast, Lin Fei, who was hot in the first half, blew up Battier again and again Lin Fei became normal in the second half, When the third quarter was in the seventh minute, Maddie directly faced Lin Fei and Chandler's double bag on the outside, and pulled out his hand on the spot with a slight lift of his eyelids, Lin Fei couldn't help complaining, because the basketball scored again, and this goal also made the Rockets officially tie the score, and the Toyota Center was instantly detonated by this wonderful dry pull three-pointer.

Mike Dunleavy wiped the sweat from his forehead and immediately asked for a timeout, he had to rearrange the rhythm of the horror that had disrupted Maddie.

And the coach of the Rockets, Adelman, also became arrogant at this time, he didn't want to lose in front of Jeff Van Gundy, so he wanted to win, he wanted to win, and the current game was undoubtedly favorable to the Rockets, and the whole person became cheerful with the favorable situation.

"Jeff, this is your usual tactic in the past!" Reggie Miller suddenly burst out of nowhere.

Van Gundy looked at Reggie Miller beside him and asked suspiciously, "What tactic?" ”

"It's Maddy's time, as long as Maddie enters such a state, your tactics are to give Tracy, give Tracy, and when Yao plays well, it is to give Yao to Yao. These are said to be the two most famous and used tactics when you were coaching the Rockets. ”

As soon as Reggie Miller's words fell, Van Gundy's face pulled down, and it was clear that Reggie Miller's joke had upset him.

But it turns out that once a player of such a level as Maddie enters a state of rage, no one can stop it, following the 19 points in the third quarter, Maddy scored another 17 points in the fourth quarter, and Uncle Mu on the inside also provided a strong rebounding and defensive guarantee for the Rockets in the second half.

Lin Fei's three-pointer came out at the last moment, announcing the end of the game, two back-to-back teams and two strong teams in the league, and finally the Rockets had the last laugh and also won a terrifying fifteen-game winning streak, while the Clippers were terminated by their seven-game winning streak.

The team was a little depressed, and the depressed Clippers rushed to the next stop of their Southwest Division tour, which was also the last of the Texas Final Three, Dallas.

(To be continued)