Chapter Ninety-One: Crushing
"Ray, get ready to play!"
Adelman shouted loudly after watching the offensive rebound being grabbed by Jeff Green.
Leylin immediately stood up from the bench and came to the technical table.
In the opening four minutes, although the Rockets had the advantage in scoring, they did not have much advantage on the court. For three consecutive rounds, the SuperSonics grabbed frontcourt rebounds, and it was this that angered Adelman.
Clang!
With Durant's shot missed, the Rockets grabbed the rebound in the backcourt, and Raelin replaced Landry.
Compared with the home stadium of the Trail Blazers, the atmosphere at the home of the SuperSonics is much worse. Especially now that the SuperSonics are likely to move their home stadium next season, Seattle fans are even more unhappy with the club. However, when Leylin played, there was still a lot of boos in the arena.
"It's a matchup between the best rookies in the West."
The commentator shouted out as soon as Leylin appeared.
Although Leylin is destined to miss out on those awards this season, everyone knows that if Leylin can play the whole season, he will be a strong contender for the best rookie.
Rayling hasn't gone head-to-head with Durant since entering the league, but in early March, he snatched the Rookie of the Week title from Durant. If it weren't for the ban, Leylin would have almost been selected as Rookie of the Month.
Once on the field, the game resumes.
Although the Rockets' offense adheres to the main offensive interior, it does not completely abandon the outside offense.
After a lap of basketball on the court, Hyde directly assisted Bobby Jackson from the outside to hit a three-pointer to make it 10-6 and give the Rockets a four-point lead.
Returning to the SuperSonics offense, Watson took the ball across half court and handed it directly to Durant. As the team's new nucleus, Durant, who is tall and long-armed, is almost unsolvable with his jumper on the offensive end. A consistent jump shot can not only bring consistent scoring to the team, but also the biggest blow to the opponent.
It's just that his thin body makes him a little deficient in confrontation.
After receiving a pass from a teammate, Durant faced Battier's close defense, dribbled back, and tried to pull away, but this was recognized by Battier. Batman's name is not called in vain, and he sticks to Durant, so that he can't make a shot calmly, or even break through.
In desperation, Durant was only able to pass the ball to his teammates and try to escape Battier's defense by running position.
"Looks like our rookie king is in trouble......"
Durant, who couldn't get rid of Battier, could only watch as Jeff Green forced his shot under Scola's defense.
Clang.
The basketball smashes into the hoop and bounces high.
Leylin leaped forward and grabbed the basketball with one hand.
"Attack!"
After shouting, watching everyone rush to the halfcourt, Leylin smiled and handed the ball to Hyde, who was answering.
"Roar, cunning fellow, he managed to fool everyone!"
After handing the ball to Hyde, Reeling followed Hyde unhurriedly towards the halfcourt.
Outside the three-point line, Leylin made a pick-and-roll for Hyde, then diagonalized back to the basket, received a pass from a teammate, and dunked directly under the basket to cut down two points.
After Railling scored two points, he looked at Durant outside the three-point line.
In fact, Raylin's action is only subconscious, after all, the current boss of the supersonic speed is Durant.
But in Durant's eyes, Raillin's action is a provocation.
So when the supersonic offense, Durant pulled directly outside the three-point line to ask for the ball. For Durant's move, Battier can only stare dryly, after all, the Rockets are now defending the team, and if Battier pulls himself to the outside alone, it is very likely that the entire defensive system will collapse like this.
Seeing that Battier didn't follow, Durant broke through with the ball directly. After meeting Battier, a cross changed direction and directly shook off the other party.
"Beautiful, at this time Kevin finally stood up!"
Seattle's commentators looked at Durant's passing and shouted excitedly, the supersonic with a bad start really needs someone to step up.
"Look for death!"
Seeing Durant rushing over with a basketball, Leylin yelled inwardly. Leaving Petro next to him, facing Durant is a big hat.
Syllable!
The crisp sound reverberated around every corner of the Key Arena.
Hush!
Although Seattle fans don't approve of the decision made by the team owner, it doesn't stop them from loving the player, and Durant's performance in one season has really won them over. There is a great possibility that Durant will not be able to be seen in the key arena next season, so if it is not crazy now, when will it wait.
The moment Durant was blocked by Raillin, the entire arena was immediately filled with boos for Raelin.
The SuperSonics re-attacked, and Watson scored two points with a basket and an assist for Petro.
"Concentrate!"
Adelman watched Petro score two points and shouted directly from the sidelines.
Although the team is currently in the top three in the West, Adelman does not want to have a surprise in such a must-win game in order to fight for a better position.
Leylin listened to Adelman's shouts and waved his hand.
Just when he was on defense, he focused all his attention on Durant on the other side, thus neglecting the big man behind him.
Although the French are not particularly strong in offense, they can still average six points per game.
Back at the basket, after Leylin got stuck in position, he opened his hand to ask for the ball. Hyde from beyond the three-point line handed the ball directly to Rayling.
The moment Reelin received the ball, Petro tensed his nerves, and he was already familiar with the performance of this rookie.
Although the ability of a singles master is not very strong, is he a master?
Petro shook his head.
Boom!
The pressure came down in an instant.
Under intense pressure, Petro took half a step back, but did not completely lose his position.
However, under two consecutive blows from Leylin, the emaciated Petro still lost his position.
Leylin took advantage of the situation to turn around and hit the board and hit two points directly.
……
BOOM!
After the SuperSonics failed to attack, the Rockets once again attacked the interior.
Leylin received a hit pass from Hyde and smashed it right on Petro's head.
Directly rewrote the score to 16-8.
In less than four minutes since he came on the court, Reeling scored six points on three of four from Petro's head.
Forcing SuperSonics head coach PJ Callesimo to call a timeout.
But Callesimo looked at the people on the bench and sighed.
With SuperSonic's current lineup, it is difficult to limit the Rockets' interior lineup.
If it weren't for Jeff Green's good marking effect on Scola there, it is estimated that the current interior line would have been blown up by the Rockets.
He couldn't make adjustments to the substitutions with this timeout. I just hope that this timeout will make the Rockets' hot hand a little less and at the same time allow the players to relieve the pressure.
The timeout ends and the game resumes.
The SuperSonics handed the ball to the inside again, and Petro arched towards the basket with Reilin on his head.
"Find the hat!"
At the moment of Petro's shot, a large hand slapped the ball down.
After Hyde got the ball, he quickly went down and assisted Bobby Jackson to score a layup.
As the game continues to deepen, so does the game between the two sides. But the Rockets were firmly in control of the situation on the court with an absolute advantage on the inside.
After receiving a pass from a teammate under the basket, Raelin directly used his body and strength to crush Petro there to complete the layup, adding two more points to the team.
'Defensively, Petro couldn't do anything. See? Bennett, if you're sitting on the sidelines or in front of the TV right now, look at the Rockets' No. 10 performance, he's one of the guys we need! ”