At night, the Toyota Center stands quietly in downtown Houston, brightly lit.

More than 10,000 people wore commemorative T-shirts that symbolized rocket red, turning the entire Toyota Center into a sea of red.

The once noisy Toyota Center is now silent.

The audience, as well as the players from both sides, stood quietly in the stadium, bowing their heads, and observed a minute of silence for the lives lost in the Sichuan earthquake.

Before the game, the Rockets and Spurs discussed and reported directly to the league, and finally the league approved.

This is the result of Yao's team's hard work.

At the same time, Stern also called on players in the league to actively donate.

The Rockets also said at the press conference that part of the ticket revenue from this game will be donated to the Sichuan disaster area to express the team's care for the people in the affected area.

After a minute of silence, the quiet Toyota Center became noisy.

After applauding, the spectators sat in the stands one by one, looking forward to the next game.

After Maddy's injury, head coach Adelman was suspended, and two consecutive road losses were made, the fate of the Rockets was already there, and there was no hope of qualifying. Although the fans knew, they still flocked to the stadium to cheer on the team.

Standing in the middle circle of the court, Lei Lin moved his body, bowed his body, and waited for the referee's whistle there.

Raylin, who returned from the ban, was placed in the starting lineup, along with Alston, Bobby Jackson, and Battier. Scola. Uncle Mu, who performed well in the first two games, sat on the bench.

And the Spurs' starting lineup remains unchanged, point guard Parker. Scoring guard Finley, small forward is none other than Bruce Bowen, power forward Tim Duncan, and center Kurt Thomas.

Beep.

At the same time as the whistle blows, the referee throws the basketball into the air.

The orange basketball plummeted after rising to the top.

Leylin kicked his feet, and his arched body immediately stretched. Stretching out his right hand and flicking it back, he easily won the ball for his team.

Alstom, who got the basketball, dodged Parker's steal. Passed the half unhurriedly with the ball.

After Maddy's injury, the Rockets' offense relied more on teamwork.

So after Alston reached the three-point line, Scola pulled to the top as soon as possible.

Originally, this mission was for Leylin, but after the regular season experiments. Sometimes it works well. And sometimes the effect is too bad to imagine.

So after the playoffs, most of that task fell on Scola's shoulders, and at least when Scola pulled up high, the defenders had to keep up.

Although Scola's mid-range shooting ability can't be compared to West and Brand in the same position, but in the open position, the shooting percentage is still quite high, at least in this regard, Leylin can't compare to him.

While Scola receives the ball in the high post. Relin moved Duncan from the strong side to near the baseline on the weak side, emptying the entire basket. At this time, Bobby Jackson and Alstom were two people. Cut straight to the basket from both flanks.

In the face of Thomas's interference, Scola made a shooting feint and passed the ball directly to Bobby Jackson under the empty basket.

The bench bandit during the Kings period had a mediocre performance during the playoffs, averaging no more than 30% shooting per game throughout the series, which is a world away from the regular season. But the Rockets, who had no one available, were only able to put the experienced Bobby Jackson in the starting lineup.

Compared to Brooks and Hyde, Adelman believes more in his former beloved general.

Bobby Jackson, who received the basketball, went straight to the basket, but at the moment of the layup, there was a lag in the whole action, and after the defenders around him jumped, he jumped out and took the lead for the Rockets.

"Beautiful goal, Bobby Jackson played a time difference and scored two points on an easy layup! Although the reversal is a little difficult with an aggregate score of 1-3, it is not impossible, and I believe that the lads should not give up the game easily at this time. ”

Contrary to many people's thoughts, Baldwin, a famous commentator in Houston, still believes that the team can make a comeback and advance.

After all, the Rockets have done such an earth-shattering reversal, and rushed all the way to the Finals, and also won the championship. What's more, the current opponent is still the aging Spurs?

But things didn't go as Baldwin thought, and the Spurs didn't want to spend more energy on the Rockets.

Their ageing is well known, including themselves, so they are determined to defend their titles, hoping to remove the obstacles in front of them as soon as possible and win more rest time for themselves.

So after the Rockets scored two points, the Spurs immediately organized a counterattack.

Swish.

With Leylin's interference, Duncan's smashing shot hit easily.

2-2。

In order to win, the Spurs are not giving an inch.

Similarly, in order to continue to retain the hope of promotion, the players of the Rockets also desperately sent the ball to the basket.

Just hard work and hard work may not be able to bring the results you want, especially in the face of strength, any effort may be in vain.

"Give it to me!"

After a few minutes, the Rockets were in a scoring drought.

The Spurs took the opportunity to pull away the score, 15-8, seven points ahead of the Rockets.

The team continued to be unable to score, and an anxious Leylin stuck Duncan and directly opened his hand to ask for the ball.

"Raelin wants the ball, singles Duncan? After eliminating the Nuggets, and facing Duncan's defense in the playoffs with the Spurs, Raelin has only scored 16 points so far. ”

Leylin beat Duncan, and in Baldwin's opinion, he unconsciously asked for his own trouble.

After taking over the basketball, Leylin didn't even try it, and went directly there with all his strength, arching towards the basket with Duncan.

"Oh God, it's another trick."

Baldwin watched as Leylin was just blindly beating him with his back there, and immediately frowned.

Although the technical content of the strong fight is not very large, the effect is still okay.

After all his efforts, Leylin successfully arched Duncan into the penalty area, and after stepping sideways, he turned forward with his right foot, and Duncan's big hand appeared directly in front of Leylin.

The two hands holding the ball make a gesture to shoot lightly, then turn around and kick with the right foot, and the left hand holds the ball directly towards the basket.

BOOM！

Rumble!

"Well done! Ray, come on! ”

"Kick them in the ass! You can do it! ”

"Come on, Ray!"

Rayling's dunk directly detonated the atmosphere on the court.

Admittedly, the fans know that the hope of winning and advancing is not great, but it is also encouraging to see the attitude of the players who are working so hard and not giving up on the game.

Clang!

Although Raelin's dunk boosted the morale of the players to a certain extent, it did not improve the team's offense. After the Spurs offense scored, the Rockets' shots went straight to the basket.

"Mine!"

After yelling and grabbing the rebound, Raillin directly held the ball against Duncan and arched towards the basket.

Bang dang!

After shaking off Duncan, another dunk helped the team add two more points.

Although Raylin finally completed the dunk, the audience in the Toyota Center could see that compared with the previous one, Raelin's dunk this time was more difficult.

Just like the Rockets, who are struggling to support now, they are making the final struggle in the face of the Spurs' powerful offense! (To be continued......)

PS: In the future, a chapter will be updated in the early morning, and a chapter will be updated in the evening, what do you think?

By the way, there are still chapters owed before, and I'll take the time to make up for them!

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