A timeout was called less than a minute into the game.

When Leylin and his teammates returned, they all stared at the manager in front of them with wide eyes. I don't know what kind of adjustments he will be able to make.

In fact, in the face of Paul's invincible state, what adjustments can you make? Defense, you can't prevent it, then you can only attack!

Adelman also knows how to use offense, in fact, the team's first offense at the beginning of the fourth quarter was still very good.

Watching the players look at themselves, Adelman, and his heart began to tangle?

Want to adjust?

How to adjust?

Twin Towers lineup? There is no need, Chandler and Raylin are on par.

"Ray!"

Thinking of Leylin, Adelman muttered, thinking that after giving out twenty assists in the previous two games, Adelman patted his head, a little confused.

"Here!"

Leylin directly agreed after hearing Adelman call himself.

"Next up, Ray, you mentioned the high post to organize the offense, Chuck, watch the rebounds, Raff, Tracy, Sean, you three shoot from the outside!"

A pause is to put the organizational responsibility in the hands of Alstom again in the hands of Raelin.

After the timeout, return to the game.

As soon as Alston took the ball past half-court, Reeling immediately pulled up to the high post.

After taking the basketball, Raeling turned to face the basket and saw that Chandler did not follow, so he made a jumper.

Although the one-handed shot was not so consistent, Raeling still hit this jumper when no one was guarding.

Swish!

The sound is crisp and very refreshing.

"Beautiful!"

After Ray hit a jumper, there was a burst of cheers in the court.

Not just because the score was close, but more because Leylin scored in this way, which is rare. More often than not, Leylin scores by putting a basket or dunking after a hand-to-hand fight under the basket.

Chandler apparently didn't expect that, although in the first half Rayling had a shot from the same position, Chandler thought it was just luck.

The Hornets attacked, as before, everyone pulled away and singled.

That's Paul's rhythm, that's the game Paul controls. He was able to step up and score when his teammates couldn't provide support.

Against Alstom, Paul dribbled slowly from the outside.

Bang bang bang......

The sound of the basketball hitting the ground is very rhythmic.

Suddenly, the tempo of the basketball hitting the ground increased.

Looking at Paul, who was constantly exchanging dribbles with his hands, Leylin knew that this was the rhythm to break through.

While dribbling quickly, he kept twisting his body and making changes of direction there, real and false were confused, and Leylin, who was watching under the basket, didn't know where Paul should break through, let alone Alston in front of Paul.

Squeak squeak......

The sound of sneakers rubbing against the floor is very harsh.

I saw Paul's left hand shake, the basketball went straight to his right hand, and then the whole person successfully broke through from Alstom's left side. Straight into the basket.

Raelin was ready to give up Chandler beside him, but after thinking about it, he hesitated, and at this moment, Paul had already completed the layup.

The Rockets' offense is still at the same pace as before, with Reelin pulling to the high post to respond, and then the other players running to find gaps.

This so-called team basketball is just to run and then find a gap to shoot.

Raelin was in the center, and Alston and Maddy immediately cut to the basket, and if they pulled out the gap, they could score straight layups or jumpers. But if you can't, you can only use Battier and Hayes as a wall and cross the run.

Seeing Chandler continue to shrink under the basket and not defend himself, Leylin frowned.

Then a hand up is a jumper.

Swish!

"Haha, Raelin hit the mid-range shot again, and it was his third jumper of the game! However, it is worth mentioning that Leylin shoots with one hand, and his posture looks very standard! ”

Raelin's second hit made Chandler's face turn green.

On the Hornets' side, the magical Paul finally missed, and after Leylin picked up the rebound, he threw it directly to Maddy, and scored two points on the fast break.

The difference narrowed from eight to four, and Paul looked a little impatient.

In the face of Alstom's defense, he directly forced the attack to the basket.

"Smack!"

"Beautiful, Leilin hot pot was given directly to Paul, this is the first time Paul has been capped in this game, to be honest, I really want to know what it feels like to be sent to hot pot by Leilin now?"

"It's very simple, you will find out when you look for Leylin after the game!"

"Hehe, I don't want to be a sad Less!"

While Lei Lin became a favorite of the alliance, the video on YouTube also became a valuable piece of information before Lei Lin joined the alliance.

And Rice naturally became the object of ridicule by many people.

The Rockets attacked, this time facing Reeling who was pulled to the high position, Chandler chose to follow the defense, but Chandler's follow-up defense directly turned the basket into a vacuum.

Leylin, who held the ball, faced Chandler, found Maddie who cut inside with a hit, and assisted Maddie to make an easy layup.

"Two points, it seems that it will be a bit difficult for the Hornets to end the Rockets' seventeen-game winning streak!"

"I said a long time ago, the Hornets can't play like this!"

Barkley despised Kenny Smith next to him, and at the end of the third quarter, he said that the Hornets were digging their own grave by playing this way.

"And how do you think Scott should adjust?"

"Liberate Peja, that's something Scott should be working on. Get the whole team moving. ”

But in the face of Battier's close follow-up, it is very difficult to liberate Peja.

In this game, Battier seemed to have a task, that is, to completely target Peja, and the effect was very obvious, Peja only shot four out of ten after the third quarter of the game, and cut down eleven points.

However, the whole team is moving, which can indeed increase the difficulty of the Rockets' defense, at least using the pick-and-roll, and can also form a misplaced offense.

And that's what Paul did.

Clang.

Peja managed to get rid of Battier, but didn't seem to regain his touch.

After Leylin got Chandler stuck, Hayes managed to grab the rebound.

The game returned to the rhythm of the Rockets, and after the players fell into position one by one, they hit another two-point shot by running off the ball, cutting in the air.

In comparison, the Hornets were gradually thrown off by the Rockets.

From eight points behind, to two points ahead, to five points ahead.

It took the Rockets nearly a full quarter to reverse the Hornets and seal the win.

With 37 seconds to go, Hornets man Chris Paul was substituted.

In 38 minutes, he scored 37 points on 15-of-26 shooting, dished out 11 assists and recorded a big double-double.

But compared to a losing game, any flashy stats are a wordless indictment.

The fourth quarter was not so much the embodiment of team basketball for the Rockets as it was the solo show of Queen Bee Paul.

He scored 16 points on 6-of-8 shooting while also dished out three assists.

If it weren't for Prego's three-shot zero and Peja's four-of-four shooting, perhaps the Hornets would have been able to walk away from the Toyota Center with Paul's lead and really end the Rockets' seventeen-game winning streak.

But not now.

Honk......

The moment the race ended, the entire Toyota Center was in a frenzy.

Compared to the previous home games, the atmosphere tonight was much stronger.

Perhaps it was only after tasting the thrill that the fans realized that the victory was not easy to come by.

With 14-of-20 shooting and 12 assists, the Rockets put in a perfect team basketball presentation in the fourth quarter.

Any flashy stats pale in front of a good team, just as the lonely back of Paul when the Rockets players celebrate together.

Tonight's protagonist is not destined to be him!