Rebirth of My Rocket Dynasty

Chapter 43 The Pioneer's Stubborn Resistance
On November 11, the Rockets encountered a back-to-back game and visited the Clippers in Los Angeles.

Although the Rockets wasted a lot of energy in the game against the Supersonic.

However, under the excellent performance of the substitute players, Brent Barry, Rodney Rogers, and Murray failed to prevent the Rockets from winning four consecutive victories.

Substitutes played well.

Bodi Roga scored a quasi-triple double with 15 points, 9 rebounds and 11 assists.

Big Ben also had 13 rebounds and scored 8 points.

Saulius scored 16 points.

In today's game, the Rockets' main players only played an average of 20 minutes.

134:101, the Rockets took the Clippers in just halftime.

After completing 3 away games, the Rockets returned to their home court and ushered in the Portland Trail Blazers.

When they thought they could easily win the game, the Rockets encountered unprecedented resistance.

The veteran Michael Dunleavy gathered a group of excellent players.

Isaiah Ryder, Sabonis, Rasheed Wallace, Kenny Anderson, Damon Stoudemire, Grant, Gary Trent, these powerful players also gave the old Dunleavy is confident that he will give the Rockets a good look at the Rockets' home court.

Before the start of the game, the Lithuanian Saulius of the Rockets ran to the Blazers to say hello to Sabonis, the captain of his national team.

Sabonis is also very happy to watch this junior who has already made a name for himself in the NBA.

He encouraged Saulius a few words.

"You did a good job, Sboga, you really made us Lithuanians look good. You participated in all seven games against Jordan. Do you know that you are more famous in China than I am?" Sabonis valued this junior very much.

"Thank you for your compliment, captain, I still have to learn from you." Saulius was very humble, because the legendary Lithuanian superstars in front of him were equivalent to Pele and Maradona on the basketball court.

"What's the compliment? I played well today. If I have the opportunity to play, I will use my best strength to complete the game." After speaking, he hugged Saulius and went back to his side to prepare for the game.

Saulius also returned to the Rockets and started preparing for the game.

"Sboga, if the situation permits, you will get a chance to play." Lao Tang, who has been together for a year, still likes this Lithuanian young man very much.

"Thank you, coach. As long as I play, I will definitely play with all my strength." Saulius spoke softly, but his tone was extremely firm.

In this game, in view of the fact that the Rockets are not very suitable for short and fast point guards, the Blazers' "Little Flying Squirrel" has become the key to the game.

There are still many things to watch in this game, 33-year-old Sabonis and 34-year-old Olajuwon.

No.95 Rasheed Wallace and No.4 Kevin Garnett in the 5 draft.

Can become a classic lens.

The game's jump ball was played between Raw Wallace and Kevin Garnett.

(You let two old men jump the ball, very inhumane.)
There is not much difference in the physical fitness, jumping and explosive power of the two people.

However, Garnett's arms are a bit longer than Wallace's.

In the end, Garnett gave the ball to Mark Jackson with a finger advantage.

Mark Jackson, who is much taller than Damon, has a headache when he sees a small guard who is much shorter than himself.

Said, "Damon, why can't you grow taller."

Damon smiled and said: "Mark, if I were as tall as you, I must be the darling of the league now, and I still need to throw myself into the muscle jungle inside every day."

In one sentence, Mark Jackson has no words.

Yes, if this kid is as tall as me, then he is definitely the top figure in the league.

Shaking his head, he sighed, "Old Dunleavy can really find work for me, by making you a little guy."

"Hehe, just be content with it, Mark, I played boxing games with Anderson, and I started the game only after I won. There will be a little guy waiting for you later." Damon replied with a smile.

"Well, you just toss my old arms and legs like this, and I can't make you feel better." Before finishing speaking, he used his height to directly give the ball to Dameng with a high profile.

Dameng leaned against Sabonis with a little force, and felt that the power behind him was very strange, as if it had no strength, but according to his own experience, as long as he exerted strength, he would look good on himself.

It's not easy, this old guy, despite his bad knees, his hand skills are still very good.

After dribbling the ball, the body moved forward a little, and the body was retracted immediately, followed by a back step to hit the board.

Sabonis is indeed Sabonis, who saw the big dream's attempt early in the morning, lifted his body up ahead of time, and directly sealed Olajuwon's eyes with both hands.

Looking at the two big hands waving in front of his eyes, Olajuwon trembled, and the ball missed.

The ball bounced directly on the basket.

Olajuwon, who knew it was bad as soon as he shot it, shouted to Garnett under the basket: "Rebound."

Garnett, who heard the cry, thought to himself: "Boss, I saw it too, but I can also get stuck."

Others on the inside also shrunk to the basket and began to pay attention to the protection of the rebound.

Just when Garnett was struggling to squeeze away Wallace and was about to grab the ball.

A guy with pigtails jumped up and took the basketball in the air into his arms.

It turned out to be Brian Grant of the Blazers.

The guy who was included in the NBA with the 94th pick in 8, spent 3 years with the Kings, and just joined the Trail Blazers this year.

Is a very good blue-collar.

After grabbing the rebound, Grant swung his elbow to protect the ball tightly.

Damon stepped forward quickly and responded to the pass.

Damon, who took the basketball, accelerated directly towards the Rockets' half court.

A beautiful cross in disguise to get rid of Mark Jackson's entanglement.

Straight into the Rockets' basket.

Horry, who checked out quickly, was already waiting for Damon under the basket.

However, after Damon slowed down with a crotch cross dribble, it was an emergency stop jumper.

The basketball spun gently and got into the basket.

The Blazers go first.

The game started with the Blazers opening the scoring.

Damon was very active.

Compared with Brian Knight, Damon Stoudemire's personal attack power is stronger.

Damon kept driving to the basket, messing up the Rockets' paint.

在开场不到5分钟里达蒙自己就拿下了8分，开拓者以14：8领先了6分。

The guy who watched the whole Rockets team being disturbed by one person.

Lao Tang decisively called a timeout and began to make substitutions.

Bodi Roga replaced Horry and Jacques Vaughn was brought on again.

The goal is to defend and contain Damon.

However, Damon, who has been in the league for 2 years, is obviously not something a rookie like Jacques Vaughn can keep.

Last time, Knight was suppressed because Knight was also a rookie.

Watching Jacques Vaughan being unscrupulously broken again and again, the Rockets players were very helpless.

At the end of the first quarter, Damon scored 16 points in a single quarter.

Such a result made everyone in the Rockets ashamed.

However, relying on excellent offense, the Rockets have not been defeated.

Relying on Drexler's three three-pointers in a single quarter, the Rockets kept the score at around 3 points.

The Rockets haven't been driven much.

Lao Tang didn't think of any good solution either.

Could it be, double-teaming, double-teaming a small man who is only 1.78 meters.

This also prevents the Rockets from mixing in the NBA.

Just when everyone was helpless.

A person came over and said, "Coach, why don't I try."

Everyone saw that it was Saulius.

"You, can you keep up with Damon's footsteps?" Lao Tang was a little suspicious.

"Okay, give it a try. I know if I can keep up, but you have to experiment with everything." Saulius was very calm.

Lao Tang thought for a while and said:
"Okay, go and try it." Lao Tang couldn't think of any other way, so he had to try it.

The second quarter begins.

Dameng was replaced, and it was Bus who played.

Because Big Ben suffered a small injury in the game against the Supersonics and needed to rest for a game.

But the confrontation between the two international players is also very interesting.

There are now three international players in the Rockets lineup.

Center bus, power forward Garnett, small forward Bodi Roga, shooting guard Shandon Anderson, point guard Saulius.

After playing, Damon found that his defender was replaced by a white man who hugged Sabonis at the beginning of the game.

He knew that Sabonis had told him that his name was Saulius.

"You are also Lithuanian, just like Alves." Damon looked at the big white man who was holding the ball in front of him.

"Yes, I am Lithuanian." Saulius said very little.

"Hehe, Alves is the one who can play basketball among you Lithuanians, and the others are really not good." Anyway, I don't know each other well, so I started talking nonsense.

"Really, I'll let you know, there are many high schools around Lithuania at your level." Although the words were few, they were very poisonous.

After hearing this, Damon felt a little angry.

"Really, then let me, a high school student, beat you." When he said this, Damon gritted his teeth a bit.

Just when Damon was gnashing his teeth, Saulius dribbled the ball close to the three-point line.

Ignoring Damon Stoudemire's defense at all, and shooting directly from one step away from the three-point line is a three-pointer.

"Swish"

Very brisk hit.

The height difference of 23 centimeters is enough for him to shoot.

Then, ignoring Damon's angry gaze, Saulius stepped back to defend.

Damon took the basketball and started to accelerate with impunity.

Looking at Saulius who was already coming up, he made a cross step in a disguised attempt to throw off Saulius.

However, during the first quarter, Saulius had already observed his entire quarter.

I have a certain understanding of some of his habits.

Saulius didn't hesitate at all, and directly blocked Damon's breakthrough line with a step.

Moreover, he used his body and strength to constantly oppress Damon, making it difficult for him to break through the attack freely.

Under Saulius' constant pressure, Damon finally made a mistake.

When passing the ball, it was directly cut off by Shandon Anderson.

When Anderson and Bodiro added a fast break, they played two to one and directly played Brian Grant.

Bodiluo added a basket and scored two points.

Less than 1 and a half minutes into the opening, the Rockets had already tied the score.

29:29.
The Rockets successfully equalized.

Looking at Saulius who still had such a straight face, Damon gritted his teeth.

However, he has no chance now.

Kenny Anderson and Gary Trent came on to replace him and Sabonis.

In this way, Damon and Saulius never faced each other in the second quarter.

After Kenny Anderson came on the field, he focused on organizing the offense.

The Blazers' offense was organized by him in an orderly manner.

The Rockets are also organized by Bodi Roga, and a group of substitutes played brilliantly with the Blazers.

At the end of the second quarter, the Rockets and the Trail Blazers 52:52.
The game ended in a draw.

The Rockets and Trail Blazers entered the intermission.

(End of this chapter)