Xu was not back on the field because of his physical fitness, and Yao Mai was also replaced. Li Cheng, who continued to return to the field, was no longer hindered, and in the face of Hyde's defense, Li Cheng finally showed his fangs that had been hidden for a long time.

He was passing the ball throughout the third quarter, and Battier kept "protecting" him all the time. Compared with the two, Li Cheng's playing style is much less labor-saving. Coupled with Li Cheng's unremitting training since entering the NBA, and his real advantage in age, there is no problem with his physical fitness.

Taking advantage of the adjustment of the rocket substitution, Li Cheng began to impact the rocket.

At this time, it was the Pacers' offense, and Li Cheng leaned on Hyde on the left side of the free throw line, pouted his ass against the opponent, and then reached for the ball.

If Li Cheng is not facing a defensive master and is stuck in his position in this way, as long as the ball can be passed to him, the ball is basically equivalent to going in.

Harrison mentioned that he made the ball for Li Cheng after going online, and after Li Cheng received the ball, he leaned back, pushed with his left hand, and turned around to shoot a jumper.

It was still a wide-angle step-back jumper, and Hyde's defense didn't interfere with Li Cheng's shot at all. The basketball was gently pushed out by Li Cheng, and then fell into the basket after a graceful arc in the air.

After that, Li Cheng directly threw off Hyde with his erratic running position, and after running to the left wing, he caught the ball and threw it.

Li Cheng didn't score a point in the previous six minutes, but he helped his team bite the score through his own pass. Now, taking advantage of the departure of Battier, who was defending him, he once again showed his fangs, and the difference came to 9 points again. ”

Adelman wiped the sweat from his forehead, and he had a great headache at Li Cheng's insane appearance.

In the third quarter, his team finally recovered the score gap little by little, but as he replaced the main force, the opponent's No. 23 actually scored 4 points in a row to expand the difference again. In desperation, Adelman had to make another substitution, and considering the fitness of Battier and Yao Ming, he was still ready to change to Maddie, who had a better body.

"Tracy, you can come by yourself when you go up, and you must not let the score difference be widened to double digits."

“OK！” Maddie spat out a word as he took off his training clothes to keep his body temperature ready to go into battle again.

While standing on the sidelines waiting to play, Maddie criticized in his heart: "I still have to do it myself in the end, wouldn't it be okay to fight like this earlier?" ”

After Maddie came back on the court, there was only 1 minute and 17 seconds left in the quarter, and there were not many offensive opportunities left for both teams.

After glancing at each other, Li Cheng and Maddie looked at each other and smiled. Then, in their matchup, they all tacitly chose to let go of each other on the defensive end.

Only when Li Cheng shoots a basketball, Maddie will jump up and down to block him with his super physique. And Li Cheng also kept harassing Maddie with small movements before he was ready, if Maddie broke in, he wouldn't chase it in, and if Maddie shot, he would symbolically reach out to interfere.

With neither of these two men defensive, the pace of the game went faster. Within ten seconds, both teams would end the attack.

In the final 1 minute and 17 seconds, the Pacers and Rockets combined had six offensive opportunities. The ultra-fast transition between offense and defense released the excitement of all the audience at the scene. The American audience loves nothing more than the confrontational, fast-paced game.

In the final minutes of the third quarter, Maddie scored five points with a breakaway layup and a three-pointer, while Li Cheng also scored four points on 2-of-3 shooting. In the end, the Rockets, who replaced Maddy, will enter the final quarter with an eight-point score gap.

"In the third quarter, the end is like a heads-up between Li Cheng and Maddie!"

"Everyone else was watching, and they were both playing there with the balls."

"But the two of them really had a wonderful fight! Maddie was in great shape today as well. ”

"I don't know if Li Cheng and Maddie will play like this in the next fourth quarter."

"Li Cheng is very likely to fight like this, isn't O'Brien's tactic to let Li Cheng and Granger go on whoever has a good hand? However, it is difficult to say whether Adelman will let Maddie continue to play like this, and the rocket system he has been emphasizing has not yet seen some clues. Now the Rockets win mainly by Yao Mai's personal ability, according to Adelman, they have been looking for the most suitable way to play, he may not let Maddie do it alone! ”

"It's hard to say yet, but we'll find out later."

In the midst of the advertising and the commentator's nonsense, the final game finally arrived.

At the beginning of the game, Li Cheng did not appear on the court, but when Granger was limited alone and the Rockets took advantage of the situation to close the difference by 5 points, O'Brien still resent Li Cheng.

And with Li Cheng on the field, Adelman also replaced Battier. Li Cheng looked at Battier, who was about to play as him, and a trace of helplessness flashed in his eyes. In the face of Battier's defense, it was really difficult for Li Cheng to find a chance to score.

However, after a few rounds of entanglement between Li Cheng and Battier, he keenly noticed that Battier's defense was a little more relaxed than before.

"You're not fit enough?" There was a hint of excitement in Li Cheng's heart.

At this time, under Yao Mai's joint attack, the rocket also caught up with the score. 92-88, the Pacers are now only 4 points ahead, and now is when the team needs to score.

This time attacked, the ball came to Li Cheng's hands. When he saw that Li Cheng did not pass the ball but was preparing to come by himself, the audience at the scene burst into cheers.

"Score! Score! ”

Although Li Cheng's scoring basically comes from shooting, his picturesque shooting posture still makes him very marketable among fans.

The audience shouting for Li Cheng to score was naturally the Chinese fans at the scene, and Li Cheng licked his lips excitedly in this atmosphere comparable to that of the home field.

"You can't score, give up!"

Li Cheng ignored Battier, he turned sideways and carried his opponent on his shoulders to prepare for a single.

"Are you bothered by this trick back and forth?"

"You talk a lot?" After Li Cheng replied coldly, he began to turn around.

Battier also expected Li Cheng to turn around, but this time Li Cheng's action of turning around made him cry out in surprise.

Originally, according to the original idea, Li Cheng's body should be leaning back when he turned around, and after turning around, his body jumped backwards to complete the jump shot. But this time, Li Cheng's body leaned forward.

has been suppressed by Battier, Li Cheng also played a little angry, and after Battier's body fell, he decided to come to a violent one.

Battier's defensive center of gravity was pressed very low, and his whole body seemed to be hanging on Li Cheng in order to prevent Li Cheng from jumping. And Li Chengcheng grasped this point, and after he turned around, his body leaned forward suddenly, and the whole person was almost pressed against Battier.

Battier wanted to reach out to cover it, but Li Cheng put his elbow on Battier's head. Battier also reacted quickly, he took a step back suddenly, and Li Cheng, who was all his weight on Battier, would naturally lose his center of gravity.

But at the last moment of losing his center of gravity, Li Cheng's fingers completed the last action of shooting. With a flick of his fingers, the basketball arced through the air and fell into the hoop.