Chapter 43: The Twin Towers

"Audience friends, welcome to Sir Charles's wonderful live broadcast. This is the Toyota Center, and today's game for you is the Hornets away against the Rockets. I believe this is a great matchup! ”

On the commentator's seat, the commentator, Barkley, as always, was there to explain the upcoming game.

"Yes, the Rockets have won seventeen in a row and are currently in fifth place in the West, and the Hornets are currently in third place in the West, and the outcome of this game will determine a new round of standings, and if the Rockets win, they will move up to third place in the West. This is definitely a favorable position for the Rockets. Of course, the news that makes Rockets fans even more excited is that this morning Leylin signed a contract extension with the Rockets, and he will represent the Rockets until the end of the season. Charles, what do you think of our triple-double, how will he behave tonight? ”

"It's probably a question that only God knows what kind of performance Ray will have in this game."

Barkley spread out his hands and shrugged his shoulders helplessly, now he would not bet with people casually, kissing the ass of a donkey, it has become an unbearable past in his life.

"Well, let's look forward to the performance of Mr. Triple-Double tonight, here we just got the starting line-up for both sides. On the Rockets' side, point guard Alston, scoring guard Maddy, small forward Battier, power forward Railling, and our triple-double are finally in the starting lineup, and the Rockets' center is Mutombo. Chris Paul, the point guard on the Hornets side, has a lot of calls for this guy to win the MVP today, and I'm really looking forward to what kind of performance the third-grader brings us tonight, with shooting guard Morris Peterson, small forward Peja, power forward Ryan Bowen, and center Tyson Chandler. ”

"Hopefully David West's injury won't have a big impact on the Hornets, the game is about to start, so let's enjoy this game together."

……

Raylin stood in the arena and moved his body while looking at the opposite player next to him, Ryan Bowen, although Leylin knew that he had played for the Rockets and had communicated with Maddie before the game, but Leylin didn't know what advantage this guy had.

looked at Ryan, who was ten centimeters shorter than himself, and didn't know how to defend himself in the game.

Maybe this game will be able to produce good statistics again.

"Come on, come on!"

Maddie clapped her hands there and shouted twice before she drew Leylin's attention back to the game.

"Beep......

After the whistle blew, Uncle Mu quickly dialed the basketball over.

Watching the basketball fly to his side, Leylin scooped up his long arm and handed the ball to Maddie, and the game officially began.

The Hornets players quickly retreated to the half-court defense when the jump ball failed.

After half-time, Maddy handed the ball to Alston and started running. After a reverse run from the baseline, Maddie received the ball on the right wing and threw it.

Bang.

"Rebound!"

After the basketball smashed on the basket, shouts quickly rang out in the court.

After seeing the trajectory of the basketball, Leylin ran directly towards the landing point, but it was still a step too slow, and Peja took the first step to control the basketball.

After Paul got the ball, he went down quickly, faced Alston's defense, and directly hit a step-back jumper, which is Paul's most common scoring method.

Back in the half, Alston took advantage of Battier's cover to shake off Paul and return one, 2-2.

“Skiptomylou……”

Under the shouts of the DJ, there was a burst of cheers in the stadium.

Although Alstom's vision has been criticized, it has to be said that there are times when Alstom is still able to show a first-class level.

But back for the Hornets, Peterson hit a mid-range shot.

In both rounds, Leylin followed the team back and forth, not even touching the ball.

This is not something that Leylin can bear, compared to the previous two games, the gap is a little too big.

So after Alston dribbled the ball past half court, Raelin directly stuck Ryan behind him and asked for the ball with his open hand.

Alston did not hesitate to hoist the ball directly into the inside line, and after Reelin received the ball, he directly hit Ryan behind him.

Thunderlin, who has an advantage in height and strength, can even kill Ryan in seconds. After two arches, Leylin easily squeezed Ryan to the basket.

"It's so weak!"

After muttering a little, Leylin turned around and prepared to dunk.

"Be careful."

Before the words fell, there was a snap, and Leylin felt his left hand empty.

The basketball was stolen directly from Paul's hands.

Beep, beep, beep......

A foul on Als General stopped a fast break from the Hornets.

The Hornets, who reorganized the offense, had no chance on the outside after a few passes, and after Chandler under the basket got the ball, he faced Uncle Mu's defense and forced a layup.

"Bell ......"

The basketball slammed into the basket a few times and bounced out.

Leylin moved sideways and directly blocked Peja, who was about to grab the rebound, and easily took off the rebound.

"Fast Break ......"

With a shout, Leylin threw the ball directly to Maddie.

Maddie strode through the half court with the ball, and under Paul's interference, he directly pulled out a three-pointer.

"Whoa......

“Three-point……”

"Tracy McGrady ......"

After the goal, Maddie made a three-point gesture with his hands outstretched, soaring in the court.

It's like a dive bomber soaring through the air after hitting its target.

The Hornets' offense, Paul passed the basketball to Chandler again, and the meaning was obvious, that is, to play the inside.

After Chandler hit Uncle Mu a few times, he turned around and forced a dunk.

"Smack!"

"Good!"

"Well done!"

"Well done, Thunder, cover them to death......"

A crisp sound was followed by a burst of cheers in the stadium. The fans were shouting loudly.

After being pushed by Chandler a few times, Uncle Mu did not die, but took a small step back.

When Chandler held the ball with both hands and was about to dunk, Leylin rushed out of the diagonal spur and slapped the basketball directly.

Successfully covered Chandler's dunk.

"Beautifully covered!"

"Good acting!"

After covering Chandler's dunk, Leylin smiled and gave Uncle Mu a high-five.

In the previous round, after Uncle Mu was beaten by Chandler, it is estimated that the Hornets will rely on Chandler to play there today, although Uncle Mu successfully blocked Chandler's layup in the last round, but it is obviously very difficult to prevent death.

So the two discussed countermeasures, and after Uncle Mu carried it with his body, he took a step back and gave the other party space to dunk, while Lei Lin blocked directly from the side.

Judging by the defensive effect this time, it is not bad.

"Leylin's hotpot, it seems that the combination of DiCambe and Leylin is quite exquisite, Chandler was not able to escape Leylin's block, this reminds me of the twin-tower lineup of Hakim and Ralph. Charles, as an interior player, what do you think are the strengths and weaknesses of the inside twin towers of Dicambe and Rayling? ”

"Obviously, the two of them form an inside twin tower and do not have a strong offensive ability, there are not many offensive means under the basket, this is their biggest disadvantage, if their offensive means can reach half of Hakim and Ralph, then they will be a pair of terrifying combinations, of course, their defensive ability is still quite good, and the cooperation between the two just now seems to be very tacit. Of course, I'm looking forward to what the twin towers of Lei and Yao will bring us next season. ”

The twin towers of Olajuwon and Sampson are indeed the inside combination of the Megatron League.

In the '86 Western Conference Finals, the combination successfully defeated the Lakers with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Worthy and Magic to advance to the Finals. But in Game 5 of the Finals, Sampson clashed with Celtics players and was sent off the court, causing the Rockets to lose the crucial fifth game, and in the last game of life and death, the Rockets lost to the Celtics again and lost the championship.

Just when Rockets fans were expecting the Rockets to hit the Finals again, Sampson's injury cast a shadow over the Rockets' championship dreams.

One season later, the impatient Rockets traded Sampson to the Warriors, and the Megatron league's top-notch twin-tower combination was dismantled.

When the Rockets were crowned champions under the leadership of Olajuwon in 94, Sampson retired early due to injury, which inevitably made people feel a little regretful.

Back in the game, the Hornets reorganized their offense, and Paul hit an easy two-pointer to make it 7-6, and the Hornets stabilized the situation.

But Paul's goal didn't change the team's interior weakness.

Chandler was targeted to death by Uncle Mu, and Leylin easily picked up two rebounds under the basket to help the team rewrite the score, 12-6, and the Rockets took advantage of this time to extend the score by six points.

It seems that the Twin Towers have not been able to bring much help to the team in attack, but the effect shown is indeed very obvious.

Losing back-to-back rebounds made Scott call a timeout.

With cheers, Lei Lin and Uncle Mu enjoyed heroic treatment and returned to the bench.

While Rocket fans enjoy the joy brought to them by the Twin Towers, in Beijing, far away across the ocean, some people are troubled by the multiple towers.