Chapter 1007: Victory in the First Battle (Part II)
After Maddy made a gesture from outside the three-point line, Leylin immediately mentioned near the free throw line, while Scola and Battier also moved to the sides to completely empty the inside. This is one of Princeton's simplest offensive tactics.
After Raylin received the ball with his back, Maddie and Hyde at the top of the arc cut from two corner positions to the basket. The so-called horn position is the point at both ends of the free throw line.
At this time, Rayling, who is holding the ball, has two options in the face of Camby's defense, one is to pass the ball to Hyde or Maddy to assist them to make a layup, and the other option is to attack with a frame, obviously Raelin does not have such offensive ability, so he can only choose to pass.
Nuggets players who are familiar with Leylin also know that Leylin will choose to pass, so Camby follows closely when Leylin mentions the high position, not giving Leylin a trace of space to turn around.
"Uncle's!"
Seeing that Camby's defense was so tight, Leylin was also very anxious, after all, the opportunity was fleeting.
Seeing Maddie and Hyde whizzing past him, Leylin didn't care about it and threw the ball directly behind his head.
BOOM!
Before he could turn around, Leylin heard the sound of a dunk.
"Damn! Luck! ”
"Well passed, Ray!"
Maddie, who successfully dunked, walked to Leylin's side with a smile on her face and punched Leylin's chest.
"Haha, who am I? Talented! ”
Leylin gave a thumbs up to himself right there.
"Cut ......"
But there was a sound of disdain.
Shrugging his shoulders, Leylin pouted and ran towards the basket, muttering as he ran.
"Are all geniuses lonely?"
……
“NOLOOKPASS。 Beautiful passing, if Ray didn't have eyes on the back of his head, I can only say that Ray is a genius! ”
"Haha, maybe only Ray knows about this. But it was a really good pass. ”
When defending, the Rockets are still using joint defense to prevent the opponent from playing alone. This time Iverson handed the ball to Anthony on the wing, as a well-known all-round offensive player in the league, Anthony's offensive means are like an arsenal, not only with mid-to-long range shooting, but also with the ability to play alone with his back to the basket.
Holding the ball on the flank to face Battier, Anthony reached out with his right foot in both hands, and after Battier took a small step back, Anthony made a jumper.
Swish.
With basically no arc, the basketball plunged headlong into the hoop. It's like a golf ball, and it's pushed into the hole by a club.
After the game, the Nuggets quickly retreated to the halfcourt to defend the Rockets' offense.
Outside the three-point arc, the Rockets' new offensive run was staged again.
Facing the Nuggets' tight defense, Maddie gave the ball to Raylin again. This time, though, Leylin didn't have such a good chance to get the ball into the hands of Maddie or Hyde.
But fortunately, after the basketball was interfered with by Camby, Leylin controlled the basketball again.
"As it turned out, it was just a coincidence."
After seeing Leylin's mistake, Kenny Smith made up his mind about Leylin's pass just now.
After regaining control of the basketball, Leylin did not choose to pass the ball rashly, but waited until Hyde was outside the three-point line before giving the ball to Hyde.
Hyde, who reorganized the offense from beyond the three-point line, made another gesture to the players.
After seeing this gesture, Maddie directly led JR Smith to run towards the strong side near the bottom corner, directly pulling the defense of the flank, and at the same time, Scola directly pulled to the weak wing to prepare to respond.
While Maddie and Scola were running, Hyde took the ball and headed towards the weak wing. Then, with the help of Leylin's cover, he rushed directly to the basket.
"Here!"
After covering Hyde, Leylin also ran to the basket on the other side.
After seeing Hyde blocked by the opposing player, Raylin reached out directly for the ball.
Syllable.
After a hit to the ground, the basketball went straight to Leylin's hands.
After receiving the basketball, Lei Lin jumped up with a direct stride and held the basketball.
"Don't think about it."
As the star of the '96 Golden Generation, and as the league's best defensive player, Camby will not tolerate rookies going wild on their own turf.
In the regular season, because of Kenyon Martin, there weren't many opportunities for Camby and Raylin to actually play each other. The first half of the game made Camby think that Leylin was nothing more than that, although Leylin had a few excellent performances in the second half, but it was limited to the defensive end.
With a loud roar, Camby jumped up directly at Leylin, and at the same time stretched out his big hand and slapped the basketball in Leylin's hand.
"Look for the buckle!"
Looking at the big hand that shrouded him, Lei Lin frowned, it was not so simple to block the hat, and after secretly yelling, Lei Lin's waist and abdomen were raised again, and the two collided directly in the air.
"The body is not strong enough."
After the collision, Leylin smiled sarcastically as he watched the falling Camby.
"Ah......h
For the dunk of the full confidence of Railin, yelled, directly towards the basket of the ball.
Syllable.
"Bang ......"
The basketball smashed on the top of the basket and bounced straight out.
"Really worthy of being the best defensive player, Camby successfully destroyed Raylin's dunk, beautiful!"
"How is that possible?"
After landing, Leylin looked at Camby, suspicious.
Obviously, Camby had already fallen, but he didn't expect to poke his basketball directly with his hand.
After watching Iverson's unbeatable layup, Raelin sighed, the strength of the best defensive player really can't be underestimated.
The difference of one point makes the atmosphere of the entire Toyota Center dignified.
No one thought that the advantage of more than a dozen points would become one point in an instant.
Anxious fans chanted from the stands.
"Attack! Offensive! Offensive ......"
Amid the shouts of the fans, Maddie was near the free-throw arc, followed by Scola's cover and went straight to the basket, attracting the bag and then a return pass to Scola to get the ball to him.
Swish!
A two-point run from Scola saved the Rockets' hopes at a crucial moment.
"Rebound!"
The Nuggets attacked, and Anthony shot straight in front of Scola after getting rid of Battier's close defense on the wing.
But at the moment of shooting, Scott's stretched hand directly interfered with Anthony's shooting rhythm, so at the moment of shooting, Anthony shouted loudly.
There are dozens of seconds left, and the three-point gap is that this rebound will decide the fate of the Nuggets.
After Anthony shouted, both Leylin and Camby stared at the basketball flying in the air.
Clang.
The basketball that smashed on the inside of the basket bounced straight out.
Camby and Leylin quickly galloped towards the point where the basketball landed, like two hungry wolves, and the basketball was like a little white sheep.
"Hey,!"
Although he had a rough idea of where the basketball would land, he was still one step slower, and Camby was one step ahead of the curve and stuck in position.
Just because you lose your best position doesn't mean you lose your rebounds. Leylin, who was standing next to Camby, didn't get on the basketball and fell, jumped up directly, and then on Camby's head, he clicked the basketball, and after landing, he jumped quickly and clicked the basketball again......
"Beautiful rebounding, this rebound from Leylin, reminds me of Dennis Rodman."
Rodman, who will be two meters tall, is a well-known rebounder in the league and has won the title of rebounding king seven times. With a keen sense of smell, excellent positioning and jumping, Rodman was able to open the basketball and then grab the rebound in time against opponents taller than him.
After grabbing the rebound and securing possession for the Rockets, there were about thirty seconds left in the game.
After halftime, the Rockets didn't immediately attack. Hyde was a few steps past the halfway line, controlling the basketball, and as time flowed, when there were about ten seconds left on this offense, Hyde rushed to the outside of the three-point line with a lunge, and then followed Leylin's cover and killed directly to the basket.
Beep.
"Foul, it's a tactical foul, and the Nuggets still have hope of winning the game."
At the moment of the foul, the timer stopped, and the time stopped at thirteen seconds, as long as Hyde can score the ball, the Nuggets' hopes are limited to theory.
Phew, boom.
After hitting two free throws, the score was stretched to five points.
The Nuggets called a timeout.
"Man to man, try not to foul, concentrate, pay attention to the rebound! Victory is ours! ”
Honk.
After a timeout, the Nuggets serve forward.
After Iverson received the ball outside the three-point line, he shook off the defender in two consecutive cross-steps, and scored a pick-up directly after hitting the basket.
"Haha. At this moment, Ray cleverly dodged Iverson's layup. ”
If Leylin hadn't dodged Iverson's layup, it would have been a 2+1.
And the Nuggets' offense only took three or four seconds.
After the Rockets' baseline serve, the entire Toyota Center shouted.
"Ten, Nine......"
As the numbers on the timer change, the end of the game gets closer and closer.
Amid the shouts of the fans counting down, the Nuggets players became even more anxious.
As soon as Maddie dribbled the ball past the halfway line, he committed a direct foul and sent Maddie to the free throw line.
After the two free throws were made, there was no more time left than six seconds. With a five-point gap, the Nuggets have lost the victory.
When the orange basketball bounced high above the basket, the sound of the end of the game sounded.
90-85, the Rockets won the first game.