Chapter 570: Take the Home Field
Although the overall strength of the Rockets is much worse than that of the Warriors, they are not chaotic and well-organized.
Occasionally, you can hit a small climax and chase a few points.
At the end of the third quarter, the score of the two teams was 86-74, and the Warriors took the lead.
In the fourth quarter of the game, the old Nelson thought that without the splash brothers, he would be able to win it directly by letting the substitutes come.
But the Splash Brothers only rested for more than 3 minutes below, and Jeremy Lin took the bench to narrow the difference to 5 points.
I have to say that Jeremy Lin's ability to drive his teammates is really strong.
And at this time, the bookmaker is young, fast, and powerful, and it is indeed a bit insoluble to break through through the blocking.
Helplessly, the old Nelson had to be replaced by Zhou Yang again to stabilize the situation.
After Zhou Yang came on the court, the first thing he had to do was to crack Jeremy Lin's blocking.
Cracking the block and dismantling is basically two moves, one is to change the defense infinitely, and the other is to squeeze the cover.
Zhou Yang's speed, as well as his strength, allowed him to adapt to these two moves perfectly.
So as soon as he came on the court, Jeremy Lin's blocking power was greatly reduced.
Shuhao's breakthrough was limited, and the ball was intercepted by the rest of the Warriors, and the Rockets' offense stalled all at once.
On the offensive end of the Warriors, no one can stop Zhou Yang's projection.
Under the leadership of Zhou Yang, the Warriors slowly opened up the difference.
The fourth quarter played more than 7 minutes, and the score of the two teams came to 96:85, and the Warriors led by 11 points.
Subsequently, Curry appeared again and gave the Rockets a fatal blow!
His two three-pointers quickly extended the margin to 17 points, and the Rockets struggled for a few minutes before finally giving up resistance.
In the end, the Warriors easily defeated the Rockets, who were eighth in the West, in Game 1 of the first round of the Western Conference playoffs.
Although the Rockets lost, they earned the respect of all the Warriors players and fans.
Especially Jeremy Lin, who played 39 minutes today, finally collapsed to the ground from exhaustion.
Normally, when the series is not over, the players on both sides do not greet each other.
But Zhou Yang and Curry couldn't bear it when they saw Jeremy Lin's helpless appearance, so they walked over to help him up and encouraged him a few words.
Although Jeremy Lin is usually very modest and low-key, his competitiveness is similar to Curry's, and he is extremely strong.
Although he lost today, he still dropped a sentence: "We will definitely win the next game!"
Two days later, the second match between the two teams began.
The Rockets made some adjustments, such as expanding the defensive line, wrapping Zhou Yang in the restricted area, and so on.
For most of the first quarter, the two teams were tied.
It can be seen that the determination of the rocket is very great, and the warrior must be pulled off the horse today!
Zhou Yang and Curry did not release the water and played very hard, but with the efforts of the Rockets players who are all soldiers, it is indeed difficult to solve.
It can be seen that Lin Madness is not blown up, and around Jeremy Lin can indeed stimulate the potential of the whole team.
At the end of the first quarter, the score of the two teams came to 31:28, and the Rockets led by 3 points.
This score made Warriors fans very unhappy, after all, it was the first in the West against the eighth in the West, and it was also at home.
But fans still have a lot of admiration for Jeremy Lin, and even sometimes Jeremy Lin scores a strong layup, which will win applause.
Zhou Yang and Jeremy Lin have given fans around the world a new understanding of Chinese outside players.
It turns out that in addition to a talented superstar like Yao Ming, Chinese outside players can also play so well!
In the second quarter of the game, Zhou Yang rested below, and Curry came off the bench.
Curry's style of play is actually very good at the Rockets, which is a style of play that everyone is a soldier.
Just like in football, the weaker side often likes to retreat to the half-court and form an iron bucket formation to stop the opponent's attack.
And the trick to break the iron bucket formation is to shoot from a distance.
Even if you put all 11 people in front of the goal, the opponent's super long-range shot, too
I can penetrate the goal!
Curry is like this, he doesn't play any complicated tactics with the Rockets at all, he just doesn't make unreasonable three-point shots.
Whew!
Oracle Arena is Curry's blessed land, and he often plays very efficiently in the midst of the cheers of the home crowd.
Especially with the help of Zhou Yang, Curry's self-confidence is getting stronger and stronger.
After more than 4 minutes in the second quarter, the Warriors had widened the gap to nine points with Curry's three-point shot in the middle circle.
Rockets head coach McHale had no choice but to call a timeout.
Curry himself was excited, swinging his fists violently and roaring loudly.
Zhou Yang also rushed over from the bench and bumped his chest with Curry to celebrate.
The Rockets made substitutions, but the Warriors did not make substitutions and continued to let Curry play off the bench.
After more than 7 minutes in the second quarter, the old Nelson saw that the players were a little tired, so he called a timeout and replaced another group of players on the court, five up and five down!
The scary thing about the Warriors is that Zhou Yang and Curry can play with two different teams alone, and the style of play is completely different.
And these two teams are both top-level fighting power, which is a headache for many teams.
Because you trained for a certain style of play for a long time, and as a result, the warriors gave you a new style of play, and you didn't need to prepare for the war at all.
Zhou Yang in the second section, not to mention, began to kill!
Bang!
Poor Asik was detained by Zhou Yang again.
Then Zhou Yang went to the vicinity of the paint area and distributed the ball to Barbosa on the right side.
Brazil's lightning three-point shot, huh!
Hit!
Zhou Yang took another group of people to open the difference again.
Although Kevin Martin of the Rockets used a porcelain style of play and caused Zhou Yang to commit a foul, Zhou Yang will only be fooled once, and will never be fooled a second time!
Next time, Kevin Martin wants to lean in on Zhou Yang and cheat a foul.
At this time, Zhou Yang has already committed two fouls, and if he comes again, he will have to go down to rest, and Kevin Martin wants this purpose.
Who knows, at the moment when Kevin Martin leaned towards Zhou Yang, Zhou Yang suddenly dodged away, and at the same time probed with his left hand, snap!
Clean cut balls!
The steal was too difficult, and the body was leaning back, but the hand was reaching.
Kevin Martin didn't expect that as soon as his hand was empty, the ball would be gone.
The ball rolled into Martin's lap and bounced right next to Turkoglou.
The agent took control of the ball and a long pass was passed to Barbossa.
Brazil lightning hit the half.
In order to cooperate with Barbossa's fast attack, Zhou Yang quickly killed half from the other side, attracting most of the defense.
As soon as the Rockets hesitated, Barbosa went to the basket and scored a layup.
This defense was very successful, and Zhou Yang had already figured out Kevin Martin.
Kevin Martin was dumb at this point, and the Warriors widened the margin again.
At halftime, the Warriors had an 18-point lead.
In the second half, there was not much suspense.
The talent of the Rockets players is indeed average, and the fighting spirit has dissipated a lot.