Chapter 298 Houston Rockets (continued)
It is not the first time that Gu Fei has faced Battier's defense, Battier's eye-sealing Dafa Gu Fei admired it very much, he caught the ball and shook it and stopped his hand directly, and the hands in front of him appeared unexpectedly.
"Sean's defense doesn't chase stats whether it's steals or blocks, but his defense is undoubtedly the most effective and convenient, and his ball intelligence is perfectly reflected in his defense." Van Gundy was full of praise for Battier's defense, and Gu Fei's shooting vision was interfered with and he threw the basketball completely by feeling, and this time Lady Luck was not on his side, and the basketball smashed out of the frame.
While the surrounding Rockets fans began to exude their passion, the boos of the entire Toyota Center were uniformly "Sean, well done!" replaced.
"Sean's defense is like that, and Gu has become more mature now, so I'm sure he won't regret an offensive failure, and you must know that Kobe Bryant is a guy who plays more than he hits the ball in the face of Sean's defense," Barkley said with a smile.
The game on the court slowly fell into a balance, Gu Fei's offensive success rate was tepid, although there was a significant regression compared with the previous shooting rate, but it also remained at a very good shooting rate for others, plus Andre Miller's impact on the inside line and Artest's disturbance from time to time, the Clippers resisted Yao Ming and Maddie's joint attack on the field, and Tyson Chandler was undoubtedly the most depressed, and the continuous front round was declared a failure, which directly led to Yao Ming's offense being unstoppable, Off the court, Mike Dunleavy pondered and tried to find a good way to limit Yao.
With two minutes left in the first quarter, Gu Fei was replaced by JR Smith, and Gu Fei, who was sitting on the bench, continued to replay and summarize Battier's defense of himself. Gu Fei knows that only by constantly summarizing and making continuous efforts can we achieve greater success, no success falls from the sky, and Gu Fei has always believed in the truth of the sentence that no step can lead to thousands of miles. So Gu Fei never dared to stop his efforts.
The second lineup competition The Rockets and the Clippers are on par, and Roy Hibbert's performance gave Dunleavy a glimmer of light, this big man who just entered the league and was known as the blackboard Yao Ming performed very well today, and his performance was very stable in defense, so Dunleavy wanted to try it, when Gu Fei and other main players re-appeared, Tyson Chandler was pressed on the bench, Chandler was not a little unhappy, but excited. Such a healthy team competition is undoubtedly a great presence for the progressive Clippers.
Mike Dunleavy didn't bring on Tyson but kept Roy Hibbert on the court, which may be a good attempt, although Roy is a rookie, his height and strength are incomparable to Tyson. This is a direct dialogue between the black version of Yao Ming and the authentic Yao Ming, and Hibbert can definitely learn a lot. ”
"Charles, you're right, I'm actually very optimistic about Hibbert's growth, although he hasn't played a lot of minutes at the moment, but he's already showing his quality in a limited time. He has the potential to be a star player in the future. But now in the face of Yao, he will still suffer. Van Gundy still has faith in his former disciples.
And as Van Gundy said, Yao Ming, who was back on the court, received the basketball after Hibbert's failure to go around the front, and sent the ball into the basket one-on-one, Gu Fei could see that Hibbert had worked hard but was still hit by Yao Ming, which made Hibbert a little frustrated.
Gu Fei stepped forward and patted Hibbert's buttocks.
Hibbert raised his head, and what caught his eye was Gu Fei's smiling face, and an ugly smile squeezed out of his frustrated face.
"Hey, Roy is nothing to be upset about, you're just getting started Yao is already one of the most powerful beings in this alliance. Isn't it normal to not be able to prevent him for the time being? You know, every time Dwight meets Yao, he is like a sick cat. Gu Fei's words made Hibbert laugh uncontrollably, and the fact that Howard can beat the vast majority of centers in this league. But every time he faced Yao Ming and Howard, he was the target of the explosion.
"There is still a lot to learn, I believe that as long as you keep working hard, you can one day become one of the most powerful beings in this alliance like Yao, of course, you need to always maintain your self-confidence, God will not favor a guy who does not work hard." After Gu Fei finished speaking, he ran directly to the front court, behind him was the slow Roy Hibbert, who was slightly immature Hibbert showed a bright smile on his face, and his pace seemed to become brisk.
"Gu is comforting and enlightening rookie Hibbert, this is what a team leader should do, although Gu may not be doing very well, but he is working hard." Van Gundy looked at the situation on the field and sighed, thinking of the previous Yao Ming in his mind, and Yao Ming rarely did this like Gu Fei.
The Clippers trailed by six points with Yao Ming's goal, which was already the biggest margin between the two sides since the opening period.
Rockets fans on the sidelines let out huge cheers when the Rockets scored, and the Clippers received huge boos when they attacked or didn't.
But Gu Fei automatically filtered those boos, and kept looking at the situation on the field, in front of him was still Battier who was defending him, and suddenly Gu Fei took a step back and immediately followed a horizontal sliding step, followed by a back turn, continuous actions disrupted Battier's defensive rhythm, Battier could only choose to turn around and defend, just when Battier turned to defend, Gu Fei stopped with his left foot suddenly, and then turned on the spot and cut over Battier's other side, Battier, whose footsteps were not fast, was naturally left behind by Gu Fei.
And Andre Miller's pass came to him just right, and after receiving the ball steadily, Maddie, who had an average defensive attitude, appeared in front of Gu Fei, and rushed from Maddy's side to the inside line with a quick stop and then accelerated, facing Yao Ming.
"Cover him, cover him!" A die-hard Rockets fan on the sidelines kept yelling in his heart.
Looking at Gu Fei who burst in, Yao Ming was like a great enemy, although he was the same skin color as him, although the relationship between the two people was very good, but on the court, the two of them were their masters, and he would not show mercy to his subordinates in order to win, he took a step forward with his right foot, raised his hands high, and Yao Ming immediately became a tall wall between Gu Fei and the basket.
Gu Fei didn't seem to flinch in the slightest, jumped up in front of Yao Ming, and threw himself completely into the air, as if he would not give up until he reached his goal.
Yao Ming tried his best to keep his body from pressing down on Gu Fei, but his bounce advantage squandered his height advantage, and Gu Fei got closer and closer to him but didn't make a move, "Do you want to dunk?" Such thoughts couldn't help but pop up in Yao Ming's mind.
"Roy!" Gu Fei called softly, pulled the ball down from above in the air, grabbed the ball with his right hand and stretched it out to Yao Ming's back, and with a slight shake of the basketball flew straight to Roy Hibbert.
Hibbert raised his attention when he heard Gu Fei's shout, saw the incoming ball, and after a sharp slap, his hands were like a pair of pliers to control the ball and blast into the basket like a giant armored car, and Yao Ming just landed and turned around before he had time to re-defend, so he could only watch Hibbert complete the double-handed heavy buckle on his side.
"Gu, this is to help Roy find confidence, just now Gu can already attack by himself, but he gave up and chose to pass the ball instead, judging from Roy Hibbert's excited expression, Gu did a great job!" Van Gundy praised Gu Fei's passing behavior.
"Gu, thank you, thank you!" Hibbert said excitedly.
"Just thank yourself." Gu Fei turned around and ran directly to the backfield, looking at Gu Fei's back, Hibbert muttered something in his mouth, his eyes were full of emotion.
The game between the two sides continued, the game was extremely anxious, and Hibbert, who completed a two-handed dunk in front of Yao Ming, was as excited as if he had been beaten, and the defense was engaged in hand-to-hand combat with Yao Ming, although not every time he could prevent it, Hibbert's efforts were seen by everyone. On the offensive end, covering his teammates and actively fighting for offensive rebounds was not sloppy at all, which made Mike Dunleavy very happy off the court. (To be continued.) )