306. The results of the week
Huaben's dunk on Jackson is like blowing the Bobcats' horn of charge, and the rookie team has this benefit, the downwind ball is smoother than the old bird, and the feel is a nerve knife, which is coming.
His brothers were humiliated, and it is said that as the boss of the rocket, Maddie should come forward at this time to face Hua Ben to show his blood surname. But on the serve, Maddie just glanced at Huaben lazily, without the slightest intention of standing up for Jackson, and the disagreement between the two was planted in the preseason.
Ward had no choice but to hoist the ball to Yao Ming on the inside, who took the ball, Oku and Iguodal pulled up to wrap it, one after the other, one pushed Yao Ming out, and the other stared at the ball in his hand, which means that if you dare to dribble, I will dare to break it.
Maddie is still very righteous to the other brothers, and when he saw that Yao Ming couldn't open it here, he hurriedly went in to answer it, and when he got the ball, he threw a backward jumper: Huaben chased him too quickly, and he didn't have much space to use.
The ball hit the iron, and Wabbon reflexively rushed inside to pick up the rebound and threw his hand to Iguodala.
A bunch of rookies roared down, and Iguodala rushed into the Rockets' box like a running bison, facing Jackson's defense with a crisp two-handed dunk.
Van Gundy had no choice but to call a timeout and replace Jackson, he originally planned to let Jackson cooperate with Maddy, and the two formed an outside musket group, Maddie mainly attacked Jackson's auxiliary attack, and the latter experienced The former has excellent athleticism, and there is definitely chemistry when they work together. But the truth is not as good as he imagined, the two ignore each other, and Jackson has been repeatedly opened here, and it will not work if he does not change the game.
Jordan brought in Pattin, and he could certainly see that this was a good time to attack.
Jackson went off the court, Maddie returned to form, and in the opening game, he took two big strides to shake off half of Huaben's body, and he slid sideways and drifted sideways, and made an elegant shot to cut down two points.
The beauty of the ball fascinated the fans, and Jordan shook his head with a smile and couldn't help but clap his hands. Maddie is the one who is most like him in terms of attack technology.
Maddie hit a drifting mid-range shot, and Waeben immediately scored two points on an inside hook to fight back. Now Huaben's hook hand is getting smoother and smoother, and his lack of height seems to be easy to block, but because of his broad shoulders, he can fully get basketball glide space when facing opponents; Moreover, his bounce speed is fast and the bounce is high, and an inside line like Yao Ming can't defend him at all, basically these few times Hua Ben attacked on the inside, Yao Ming could only watch him shoot, and his reaction speed couldn't keep up.
In the second quarter, the score gap between the two sides was not large, although Huaben and the rookie team both played in a state, but the dominance of Yao Mai at the peak was strong enough, especially Maddie, who still did not change the true character of the scoring king, and the projection breakthrough was like chopping melons and vegetables, even if he was as strong as Huaben, he sometimes couldn't keep up with him.
At the end of the first half, the score of the two sides was 54:50, and Huaben finally scored a whistle shot, otherwise the score gap would be smaller, and now the Bobcats are only four points ahead.
Coming back in the third quarter, Maddy came off the break, and the Rockets collapsed directly.
Huaben was waiting for this opportunity, in the first half, he focused more on the front defense of Maddy, that is, after Maddy held the ball, he fought hard to defend, when he was ready to pass or shoot, he relieved the pressure, and always let Maddie remain aggressive, so that the Rockets had much fewer opportunities to get the ball from the outside.
At the start of the second half, the Rockets suffered a scoring drought from the outside, only Yao Ming scored four points on the inside, Mutombo had a second offensive dunk to score, and in addition to the Bobcats' performance.
Iguodala's impact was on full display at this point, with Hubben covering and no one being able to stop him, and with the help of Pattin's passes, he staged various open cut layups or dunks. Martin's irregular shooting also showed its lethality, hitting two bottom corner three-pointers in quick succession.
Halfway through the third quarter, Maddie came back, and Jordan replaced Wang Zhizhi on the court to further increase the attack.
At this time, the scene of the Rockets was that the players had the intention to kill the thief and were powerless, and it was useless for Maddie to play, and the Bobcats won the opponent by 14 points in this quarter.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Rockets wanted to fight back, but Huaben sent two blocks on the inside, one for Yao Ming and the other for Maddie, and both cores ate his big hats, and the morale of the Rockets was completely crushed.
The last five minutes were garbage time, the Bobcats extended their lead to 22 points, and the rhythm was still in their hands, Yao Ming and Maddy had already left the game, and the Rockets at this time paid all the good role players in exchange for Maddy, and the bench was full of scrap, even the Bobcats were not as good as the new army.
The game-ending beep sounded, and the score was fixed at 107:90, with the Bobcats winning by a wide margin. Hua Ben stepped forward and hugged Yao Ming, Maddie and others in turn, Yao Ming reluctantly smiled and congratulated him on a victory, Maddie still looked a little lazy, and walked into the player's tunnel after hugging.
In this game, Huaben scored 34 points, 15 rebounds and five blocks, and each block came in a critical moment. Yao Ming had 18 points and 9 rebounds, and Maddy had 24 points, 7 assists, and 5 rebounds but had 21 shots, which was really not very efficient.
As Waben entered the locker room, he heard a group of people cheering "hooters!" hooters! hooters! He looked and Iguodala was taking the lead, the rookie was leading the way, Aaron was listening to the music calmly, and Martin was smiling shyly, but he was also moved by it.
The excitement of the Bobcats players is as it should be, they started three games, and they were all strong teams, they won three in a row, which is a very difficult achievement, and now the outside world is rated as the best new team in NBA history, even surpassing the Bucks team led by Abdul-Jabbar that year.
In just three regular season games, the Bobcats quickly grew into a 'powerhouse', as can be seen from the Chicago Sports Journal's report:
"After this game, we can conclude that it is impossible for the Houston Rockets to recover their former glory by relying only on the two cores inside and outside, once they meet a strong team - such as the Charlotte Bobcats, the shortcomings of the bench will be revealed, and they are not capable of turning the tide, Maddie is the scoring champion, Yao Ming is the new king of the interior, but neither of them can do this, at least for now."
In the report, when mentioning the Bobcats, the media will inadvertently add an adjective: strong team.
Okoo shy asked Warburn to take them to the hooters to open their eyes, Houston has the most strip bars in the United States, the number of nightclubs is second only to Las Vegas, and even Miami, New York, and Los Angeles can't compare to it in terms of quantity, of course, the quality is two words.
Hooters is one of Houston's most famous restaurant chains, and of course, it also bears the nightclub surname. However, Huaben rejected the proposal to go to the hooters, which is the home of the Rockets, where fans often gather to watch the game, and the Rocket Bears and Rocket cheerleaders will also go to guest performances from time to time, and it is easy to get into trouble when they meet fanatical fans.
At Sula's suggestion, Warben took the men to 'golden-shy', a well-known nightclub with a warm and generous girl. To Huaben's surprise, Iguodala, who had been shouting most enthusiastically in the locker room before, did not follow, but was embarrassed to tell him that there was already a woman waiting for him, and he had to pass.
"Be careful with your body, and be careful not to play with problems." Hua Ben said with concern, and then happily drove to the Golden Sky Club.
As soon as Hua Ben arrived at the door of the nightclub, the phone rang, and he thought it was the woman of the family who checked the gang, so he asked Iguodala and the others to go in to play in advance, while he answered the phone in the car.
The phone was connected, and a slightly muffled baritro voice spoke: "Hey, Ben, congratulations on a beautiful victory, now you must be playing in a nightclub, right?" I hope I didn't bother you, I'm Alonzo. ”
Mourning's phone? Hua Ben was stunned and said, "No, no man, actually I'm resting in my room right now, you know, I'm a decent person, I never go to a damn place like a nightclub, that's what Satan uses to lure us into hell!" ”
As he spoke, Hua Ben cast a fiery gaze at the hot girls at the door of the nightclub, gurgling in his throat and swallowing saliva.
"Is there anything wrong with you, Alonzo?" Hua Ben asked, calling so late, it won't be for chatting, right? He's not Angelina. Julie, how can anyone talk to him?
Mourning responded: "You know, Ben, I like to talk straight, I hate going around in circles, let's be straight, I'm about to leave the Nets, and now my agent is in talks with the uniform team to buy out my contract, but I haven't left home." Speaking of this, the iron-blooded man's tone was a little embarrassed, "Do you remember the promise you made to me in New Jersey in May?" I want to go to you, I don't know if there is a place left for me. ”
Saying that, he seemed to be afraid that Hua Ben would be embarrassed, and said: "It's okay, Ben, you guys are doing a good job now, and it's great to keep this lineup, I'm just asking." My agent got me a couple of homes and they didn't believe I could still play, they thought I should go to a nursing home, damn it, I'd rather die on the court, it's a fucking bad feeling! ”
Huaben summed it up in his heart, it turns out that Mourning still has the strength to play in the NBA, he seems to have indeed joined the Heat this season, and has become one of the most important puzzles for the Heat to win the championship next season, he can still give two blocks per game, and the defensive end is still the omnipotent fifth center (in the nineties of the last century, when he was called the center, the four centers were Olajuwon, O'Neal, Ewing, Robinson, and Mourning and Mutombo were called the fifth and sixth centers).
Now the Bobcats do lack an Optimus Prime on the inside, today's game is proof, Maddie has been involved in the high post, Yao Ming in the low post has no one to defend, if it weren't for the Rockets' role players are too poor, this game may not be able to say who will die. But Huaben can't sign anyone, he is just the core of the team, not the head coach and not the general manager! He didn't want to overstep his authority and exacerbate the conflict between him and Jordan and the uniform, and the Bobcats' willingness to give him the draft pick was already the biggest concession.
"I'm very welcome, Alonzo, really, you know I don't lie. However, I can't promise you that you have your contact contact with Michael first, and I'll say nice things about you, we do lack a figure like you right now, and I think that should be fine. Hua Ben said matter-of-factly.
Mo Ning laughed and said: "It's enough to have your words, okay, I'll contact Michael tomorrow, I don't need a big contract, I don't need to start, I just need to be able to play, I believe Michael will give me this opportunity!" ”
"Yes, I believe it too! Alonzo, we look forward to joining forces with you. Hua Ben said sincerely, it is indeed a blessing to play with a pure master like Mo Ning.
(To be continued)