"Smack......

Beep!

Chandler slapped Leylin on the hand.

Foul.

Coming to the free throw line, Leylin was still rubbing his aching wrist.

"Damn it, the thugs are still working so hard."

Taking the basketball, Leylin flicked his wrist and threw the ball.

Swish!

The first free throw was hit.

"Looks like it feels pretty good today."

After muttering, Leylin hit the second free throw again.

"Two free throws, the Rockets are still three points away, look at the Rockets' defense this time!"

Fans inside the Toyota Center held their breath and if the Rockets could successfully defend the Hornets' offense, they could have equalized before halftime or even entered the second half with an advantage.

Paul quickly passed the half court with the ball, a diagonal pass to Peja on the weak side, and then quickly ran away, and after a circle on the inside, Paul pulled out of the three-point line diagonally, received Peja's pass, and shot directly.

The Rockets adopted a man-to-man tactic, and although Alston was not able to interfere with Paul's shooting, it did interfere with Chandler's rebound.

Paul misses the shot, and Raelin easily picks up the rebound.

The Rockets were down, and Maddie faced Peterson's defense and hit a straight shot to equalize the score.

“YES！”

Adelman looked at the time and waved his arms excitedly on the sidelines.

Obviously, happy with the way the players played on the pitch.

Honk.

With the two teams missing the last two rounds, the first half ended with both sides returning to the dressing room with a draw.

Raelin was still whistling as he walked towards the locker room, and although he was not able to fully control the rebounds in the second quarter, the data of the small double-double at the end of the second quarter made Raelin's mood passable.

You know, this was his first start, and he didn't want to mess it up.

Back in the locker room, Leylin took a towel and wiped the sweat from his body.

Then listening to your teammates brag and fart there, which is the most common thing to do at halftime.

If there is a show to expose the life of the team's locker room, it is estimated that it will be able to earn enough eyeballs.

Leylin, who was in a good mood, occasionally interjected a few words there.

"Wow, guys look in good spirits?"

It didn't take long for Adelman to walk in and see the locker room talking and laughing, and Adelman smiled.

"Okay guys, just listen to me, you're doing well, I hope it continues, it's a tie, but I hope at the end of the third quarter, we'll be able to take the lead!" Is there a problem? ”

"Nope!"

"Well, well, the five people who started the third quarter were Raf, Tracy, Sean, Louis, Ray! Okay, excuse me, enjoy your halftime! ”

Rayling watched Adelman leave the locker room with a smile on his face and knew he was very happy with the game in the second half of the second quarter.

This gave Leylin a sense of luck.

However, Raelin soon forgot about it, and after Adelman left the locker room, Raeling continued to chat with his teammates there.

Fifteen minutes later, the players were reminded by the staff to leave the dressing room.

"Hello spectators, the second half of the game is about to begin, the first half of the two sides played to a 59 draw, today Maddie performed well, in the first half has scored 22 points, it seems that today is expected to score more than forty! But on the other side, Paul, only scored 10 points, such a performance is substandard, look at the performance in the second half? Charles, what do you think of our triple-double today? ”

Kenny Smith looked at Raelin's stats and asked about Barkley next to him.

"The double-double stats look good, but against Chandler, he wasn't able to curb Chandler's scoring, so it's not that impressive."

"Okay, let's take a look at the second-half playlists for both sides, Rockets center Ray, power forward Scola, small forward Battier, shooting guard Maddy, point guard Alston. Hornets center Chandler, power forward Peja, small forward Peterson, dual point guards Paul and Pargo, it seems that Scott wants to free Paul and let him focus more on scoring! ”

As we all know, in addition to Paul's ability to pass the ball with a brilliant song, his scoring ability is also quite good. In a home game against the Grizzlies last December, Paul scored a career-high 43 points to help the team win over the Grizzlies.

As soon as the game began, the Hornets came up and Paul hit a mid-range shot.

kicked off the battle for points in this game.

Back in the Rockets halfcourt, Scola received a pass from his teammate, shook off Peja, and made a jumper.

Clang.

The basketball smashed directly on top of the basket.

From the start of this game, Scola's hand was not good.

After the basketball bounced twice on the basket, it was grabbed by Leylin directly and assisted Maddie to hit two points.

When I looked back, I saw Paul quickly rushing to the basket with the basket, facing Scola's defense, and directly made a pick-up to end the battle, adding two more points.

Hush!

Paul's resoluteness filled the Toyota Center with boos.

But Paul was expressionless in the face of the boos, as if none of this had anything to do with him.

"Roar, it looks like the Houstonians are starting to fear Paul!"

Kenny Smith sat in the comment booth and immediately laughed when he heard the boos.

In fact, what the Hornets need is not a single Paul, but a Paul who passes the ball, and only Paul can make his teammates better and make his opponents more fearful.

Conversely, if Paul falls into the point of going it alone, then it's time for the Hornets to dig their own grave.

Of course, as one of the league's leading point guards, Paul clearly knows the chemistry he brings to the team.

After the Rockets missed Chandler and grabbed the rebound, Paul dribbled quickly through the half.

But there was no rush to attack.

In the face of Alstom's defense, Paul suddenly pulled to the left after dribbling under his hip in succession.

As Alston shifted his center of gravity, Paul slapped his left hand, and the basketball went to Paul's back and on top of his right hand.

Directly broke through Alstom's defense from the right side, burst directly into the basket, and faced Raylin with his hands raised, Paul directly threw a high throw.

Boom.

Completed an empty connection with Chandler.

Then the Rockets missed the shot, and Raining hit a layup to add two more points to the Rockets.

But Leylin didn't have time to rejoice.

The Hornets' fast break had already reached the Rockets' half, handing the basketball directly to Chandler with a single shot, and the Rockets, who were empty inside, could only tolerate Chandler ravaging the basket there.

"Uncle's!"

Watching Chandler ravage the basket there, Leylin cursed secretly.

But after looking at Paul, Leylin felt a sense of powerlessness.

The game continued, and the Rockets stabilized the situation after Maddy hit a shot, but they couldn't stop Paul from making a big splash there.

Swish!

Another mid-range shot.

"Roar, Paul has a good hand, he's hit three goals in a row, Adelman has to find a way to solve Paul's defensive problems."

The Rockets' strongest outside individual defensive player is Battier.

But obviously Battier can't defend Paul, and the difference in height between the first two will put Battier at a disadvantage when defending Paul.

Second, the Hornets have another cold-faced killer who needs to be defended by Battier, and that is Peja, although Peja has not been able to score many points so far in this game, but once the defense is relaxed, who knows how many points Peja will be able to score.

Watch Paul easily carry Alston to the basket.

Adelman frowned and glanced at the bench.

The only one on the bench with some defensive ability is Bobby Jackson, but will the former sixth-man man still be able to keep up with Paul's pace?

Adelman doesn't know!

Swish!

Beep!

The whistle sounded, and Adelman called out to Bobby Jackson as Alston raised his arm there.

"After going up, stare at Paul and don't let him have a chance to make a move!"

After receiving the instructions, Bobby Jackson came on to replace Alstom.

In the face of the mighty Paul, can Bobby Jackson's defense build a solid exterior wall for the Rockets?