Chapter Eighty-Six: The Night of the Kill
Clang.
BOOM!
After the basketball smashed on the basket and bounced up, Leylin felt a huge pressure on his body before he could take off. Duncan pressed Tarzan to the top and hit the dunk directly.
The ATT center was immediately cheered.
With Duncan's dunk, the Spurs once again widened the gap to 10 points.
The Rockets are again at a disadvantage.
At the beginning of the third quarter, the Spurs caused a lot of trouble for the Rockets with Ginobili's frequent breakthroughs. It was under the breakthrough of the demon knife that Leylin received two fouls in a row and was replaced by Adelman on the court.
After Duncan's goal, Adelman had to bring Maddie on the pitch again in order to chase the points.
Maddie, who didn't get all the pain in his shoulder, didn't play particularly well in this game. But the Rockets, who are missing Maddy, seem to be unable to find their way to attack. If it weren't for Scola's several mid-range shots to help the team bite the score, perhaps this game would have entered garbage time early.
After Maddie came on the court, Hyde dribbled past half court and handed the ball to Maddie.
Standing at a 45-degree angle, Maddie faced Bruce Bowen with the ball in one hand, and after a few consecutive probing steps, he took a horizontal step with his right foot, and his left shoulder was against Bowen, and he made a direct strong breakthrough.
Hiss.
The pain in her left shoulder slowed Maddie's footsteps, and Bowen turned sideways to block Maddie's path again, but Maddie had to stop breaking through, and then handed the ball to Leylin near the baseline.
After Raylin received the ball, he began to play hard against Duncan.
At this time, Bowen was nearby, and when he saw Lei Lin beating hard, he immediately moved closer.
"Bag clip?"
Lei Lin has never enjoyed such treatment, and Lei Lin, who did not dare to slack off, quickly put away the basketball and threw it directly to the unguarded Maddie.
Clang.
The basketball popped out of the frame, the rebound was directly confiscated by Duncan, and the ball was returned to the Spurs.
"Perfect defense, Bowen is a swingman's nightmare!"
Seeing Bowen successfully freeze Maddie's offense, the commentator was there waving his fists excitedly.
With more than a quarter left in the game, a 10-point difference is not secure.
The Spurs' offense, from the inside out, Duncan forced the ball to the outside after being trapped, and Bowen near the bottom corner received a pass from Parker and hit a three-pointer directly.
“THREEPOINT……”
"Beautiful three points, Bowen shot through the heart."
The Spurs added another three points, and the 13-point difference became a huge chasm in front of the Rockets.
It was not possible to recover it until the end of the game.
96-109, the Rockets' road trip, did not get off to a good start.
After the game against the Spurs, the Rockets flew to Sacramento non-stop after a night's rest in San Antonio.
Away games are flying from one city to another, just like watching a movie, without stopping in any one city.
On April 1, 2008, at 10 o'clock in the evening, the game was going on in the Arco Arena.
It was the second leg of the Rockets' road trip, with just over four minutes left in the game as the Rockets attacked.
“Defense! Defense! Defense! ”
Kings fans are chanting rhythmically.
Rayling dribbled past half court at Alston and directly mentioned the high screen, Alston went straight to the layup, and the basketball bounced out of the frame.
After grabbing the rebound, Railling attacked twice, and after pushing Miller, he put a basket to end the battle.
At 89-86, the Rockets led by three points.
The tense atmosphere of the game and the scorching score made the players on both sides very nervous.
The Kings' leading scorer, Kevin Martin, went straight to the Rockets' bag with the ball. The skinny Martin was under the bag of Battier and Alstom, and when he saw that he was about to lose the ball, Martin threw the ball directly outside.
Artest, who received the basketball, scored a three-pointer directly.
Bang.
The basketball smashed on the rebound and bounced in.
'A good three-pointer, a brilliant goal, Ron helped the team equalise and the two sides were back on the same page again.
Although Artest's three-pointer was very reluctant, it did boost the morale of the Kings.
As in the previous game, Maddie's performance did not improve much, and the shoulder injury still affected him quite a lot.
After Artest's goal, Maddy directly returned the color, broke through to the layup to make Artest's foul, and hit two free throws to help the Rockets overtake the score again.
As time passed, the atmosphere in the Arco Arena became more and more solemn.
When Artest hit another three-pointer to help the team overtake the score, the entire Artest Arena was boiling, and the cheers seemed to tear down the roof of the arena.
All the fans were there shouting Artest's name, and in this moment, he truly became the king here.
The league's thorn in the side scored 30 points tonight, and it would be even more wonderful if it was paired with a victory.
96-97。
After Artest's goal, Adelman called a timeout.
"Pay attention to the rhythm, control the time, and play for twenty-four seconds. Give the ball to the inside, give it to Luis, Luis your job is to score, Ray, your job is to protect the rebound, and the victory must be ours. ”
With one minute and fifty-five seconds left, there was still enough time for the Rockets to win the game.
Back in the game, Alston controlled the clock well, and after almost ten seconds on the outside, he passed the ball straight to Scola.
In the face of the defender, Scola's two footsteps directly stunned the guy.
Beep.
In the end, the guy still fouled Scola to stop the attack.
When Scola walked to the free throw line, the Kings fans behind the basket kept slapping the inflatable gas stick in their hands to put pressure on Scola.
Swish! Swish!
Scola withstood the pressure and hit both free throws, and the Rockets once again had a narrow advantage.
Clang!
The Kings missed the attack, Raining grabbed the rebound, and the Rockets controlled the ball.
Alston slowly dribbled the ball past half court before handing the ball back to Scola again.
"It seems that the Rockets are hoping to play hard inside in the final moments to gain an advantage."
At this point, the commentator immediately became worried.
Compared with the current Rockets, the Kings do not have an advantage on the inside, and Mickey Moore has to keep Leylin on all the time. Sheldon alone couldn't stop Scola at all.
Clang!
With Sheldon's interference, Scola misses his shot.
"Well done!"
After Mickey Moore managed to protect the rebound, the commentator shouted excitedly.
"Offense, offense, offense ......"
Amid the cheers of the fans, Martin's breakthrough resulted in a foul on Battier.
Swish!
"Good!"
Swish!
Martin hit two free throws to put the Kings up 98-99 with 48 seconds left.
The delicate situation made the Rockets' players start to be impatient. After Alston dribbled past half-time, he grabbed a three-pointer straight away.
Clang!
This sound is simply a talisman for Rockets fans!
But for Kings fans, it's a natural sound.
But fortunately, the shot outside the three-point line formed a long rebound, and Alston threw himself and grabbed it, which can be regarded as keeping the rebound.
"Be careful!"
"Beautiful!"
But Alston grabbed the rebound, but before he could hold it firm, Artest reached out and poked it, and the basketball was immediately poked off.
"Fight back, Kings fight back!"
The scales seem to have shifted in the King's favor.
Just when all the Kings fans were ready to cheer for a victory, a dramatic scene ensued.
Scola rebounded Artest with six seconds left.
"Attack!"
Scola snatched the basketball and immediately threw it to Maddie on the outside.
At this time, Lei Linmao, who was under the basket, rushed towards the basket with all his strength.
Maddie made a pull-out straight from beyond the three-point line. The basketball arced and flew towards the basket. Less than a second, it was a difficult moment for both sides.
Clang!
The basketball smashed on top of the basket made a crisp sound.
Rumble!
At this moment, all the Kings fans got up from their seats and cheered for the victory.
BOOM!
Honk!
The moment the basketball was pressed into the hoop, the red light on the rebound and the sound of the end of the game sounded.
A win in hand, as if someone had stolen it.
In the silent arena, everyone turned their eyes to the big man standing under the basket. Under the illumination of the light, the red number ten shines supremely.