NBA: Art is trash talk

Chapter 167
"There are still more than 20 games in the future, but we can't afford to lose any of them. We must play every game as a final. Only in this way can we enter the playoffs."

"Work hard, focus, keep an eye on He, don't let him get the ball easily, and attack more to the basket."

"Come on, let everyone know, never underestimate a heart for the playoffs."

Van Gundy used tactics and chicken soup, and even changed Tang Shuai's famous sayings.

It's just that Tang Shuai said don't underestimate the championship's heart after success. It sounds quite domineering and moving.

And Van Gundy's current sentence, don't underestimate a heart for the playoffs, is really embarrassing.

Playoff heart?
It's a bit low, isn't this something that many teams can easily do, does it have to be so grand?

However, to put it bluntly, Van Gundy's words played some role in the end.

The Rockets players are aware of the seriousness of the situation and their concentration has increased.

Back on the court, the Rockets felt warmer from the outside, and Wesley made two consecutive three-pointers.

What's more terrible is that the Clippers haven't been able to score in these two rounds, and the point difference has come to 6 points all at once.

Dunleavy did not call a timeout, after all, the fourth quarter had just begun.

The Rockets attacked, and Mobley followed Wesley tightly, not giving him a chance to shoot.

Alston passed the ball to the basket, Yao Ming made another small hook and scored two points.

The ball was scored, the Rockets quickly returned to defense, and the Clippers failed to find a chance to play a fast break.

8-0, Dunleavy frowned.

During the live broadcast, both Barkley and Zhang Lili were anxious for him, asking him why he didn't call a timeout to interrupt the Rockets' offensive.

Unfortunately, Dunleavy couldn't hear it.

On the court, the Rockets fell into a positional battle, and He Xinghui was entangled tightly by McGrady.

Mobley wanted to help block people, but this trick has been cracked by the Rockets. When He Xinghui threw away McGrady, McGrady rushed to Cassel's passing path and made a steal without looking at the ball.

With rich playing experience, McGrady is very sure that when He Xinghui runs out of opportunities, Kassel will pass the ball to He Xinghui.

Therefore, he doesn't have to wait for Cassel's ball to be released before breaking it, and he can just wait on the route ahead of time.

This time he bet right.

The scene didn't look like he broke the ball, but more like Cassel's mutiny, and it was passed directly to McGrady.

The Rockets who completed the steal were not in a hurry to attack, and continued to advance slowly.

After falling into position, McGrady used Juwan Howard's cover to force the Clippers to change their matchup.

Facing Gasol, McGrady made a direct breakthrough and rushed to the basket to score two points.

In the fourth quarter, the Rockets directly beat the Clippers 10-0.

"cool."

Several Xinghei high-five each other, this is a scene they like to watch.

"On the level of the Clippers, they still want a championship? It's all because of shit luck that they made it to the playoffs. They will never pass the first round."

"When you encounter a slightly stronger opponent, you will reveal your true colors."

The Xinghei people were excited and talking loudly, which made the Xinghei beside them very upset.

"Yes, the Clippers can't do it when they meet a strong team, so they can only play rubbish like the Lakers. It seems that they have played two games with the Lakers so far, 2-0."

A star fan said that he didn't even need to guess, he knew that it was Kemi and the lake fan who mocked the Clippers before.

As soon as this remark came out, those stars were speechless again. Who made the Lakers fail this year and always lose when they meet the Clippers.

However, they can still look forward to the game the day after tomorrow. According to the current state of the Clippers, the chances of the Lakers winning the day after tomorrow are very high.

After 10 to 0, Dunleavy quickly called a timeout.

Timeout is called, but what should I say?
Dunleavy felt that there was nothing wrong with his tactics, but the Rockets were suddenly too accurate at the moment, and his side made a mistake.

However, without saying anything, the timeout was too perfunctory.

At this time, He Xinghui was boosting morale: "Everyone, don't panic, they are only leading by seven points, and it is easy to catch up."

"He, it's ten."

Carman reminded.

"I know, but as long as the final score difference is not more than three points, I can kill them. So, we only need to chase seven points."

What He Xinghui said was very natural, and the others were quite speechless after hearing it.

However, He Xinghui's mysterious self-confidence infects other people invisibly.

The boss of the team is so calm, he is afraid of a ball.

Moreover, it is only 7 points, so it is not difficult to catch up.

"It's still a 2-3 zone defense. The outside line mainly prevents Wesley and McGrady from taking shots, and the others don't care. Yao catches the ball inside."

Dunleavy stressed the play, and then the timeout came.

The two sides returned to the court, and the Clippers players increased their concentration.

The Clippers are attacking, and He Xinghui is still running to get a mobile phone opportunity. They will not give up this off-the-ball running tactic just because they are intercepted by McGrady once.

Big deal, Cassell be careful when passing the ball, pay more attention to the Rockets players.

For Cassel, this is not a difficult task.

It may be a little difficult for him to run, jump, and buttocks, but there is no problem in letting him make more use of his game experience.

He Xinghui received the pass smoothly. He collected his mind and followed the rhythm of training.

The ball goes in.

This is a fairly hemostatic three-pointer, and it is also the easiest goal for fans to like.

"At the critical moment, we still have to look at my cousin."

Barkley and Zhang Lili were thousands of miles away, but at this moment they had a good understanding, and they said the same thing in different languages.

He Xinghui's three-pointer is tantamount to giving his teammates a reassurance, giving them a bit of confidence on the defensive end.

I don't know if their defense has improved, or the Rockets' feel has declined. In short, McGrady's shot hit the iron again.

So far, he has made 19 of 7 shots.

This hit rate is quite eye-catching.

More importantly, he missed the ball at this critical moment, giving the Clippers a chance to narrow the score.

In the transition from offense to defense, Gasol exerted his strength and hit a mid-range shot.

In the blink of an eye, the score was reduced to 5 points.

If you believe He Xinghui's nonsense theory, then the actual point difference is only 2 points, which is almost nothing.

In other words, the 10-point gap was wiped out, and the morale of the Clippers players suddenly increased. They were all excited as if they had overtaken. The Rockets players who watched were a little confused.

They really want to remind the Clippers players, you are still 5 points behind, 5 points, please don't look very relaxed, look down on who is this?
The game continued, feeling insulted, Alston, who was angry, made a mid-range shot by himself and made a hit.

Alston waved his fist, not knowing what he was venting.

At the transition of offense and defense, Gasol forced the old Juwan Howard. Seeing that Zhuwan was about to be knocked down, Yao Ming hurried over to help defend.

It's a pity that Gasol has a fairly good coping ability. He directly passed inside and lobbed the ball to Kaman.

Kaman lobs the ball into the basket.

Although the way of scoring is ugly, it is still two points.

After that, McGrady hit the iron again.

This is actually the epitome of his season, and Rockets fans are more or less used to it.

McGrady felt like a chicken rib to them, it was tasteless to eat, and it was a pity to discard it.

The Clippers attacked, He Xinghui ran, caught the ball and attracted two double-teams, and then he quickly sent the ball to a teammate at random.In this case, it is impossible to find the person with the best opportunity based on his passing ability, and he is qualified if he can throw the ball to his teammates.

Cassel got the ball and immediately passed it to Mobley. His own three-pointer was not good, and Mobley was more reliable.

In the end, Mobley did not disappoint and scored a crucial three-pointer.

Although this ball will not add any data to He Xinghui, but his effect is actually very large, destroying the Rockets' defensive formation.

With only two points left, He Xinghui shouted to his teammates: "If you don't want to see me play aggressively, it's better to overtake the score and don't give me a chance to act aggressively."

Conscience of heaven and earth, He Xinghui really just wanted to frighten his teammates in front of his teammates and boost morale by the way.

However, after the Rockets players on the court heard this, they contributed a total of 120 anger points to him.

It's so annoying, I completely pretend that I don't exist.

The Rockets players said that this cannot be tolerated.

What makes them even more unbearable is that other Clippers players have also learned badly and become extremely annoying.

Kaman interacted with He Xinghui on the field and said: "Get out, I'm tired of watching your pretense, we won't give you another chance this time."

A role player who speaks so arrogantly is more annoying than an awesome person talking big.

At this moment, the Rockets players also contributed some anger to Kaman, but unfortunately Kaman has no system and cannot receive it.

As the game continued, both sides got angry, and even their actions became a little rough.

Juwan Howard slapped Gasol, and Cassell pinched Alston's waist.

As long as the referee doesn't blow, these players can only admit that they are unlucky.

Once McGrady made a dribble error, He Xinghui and him fell to the ground to grab the ball, and the two scuffled together on the floor.

McGrady punched He Xinghui, and He Xinghui elbowed him in the nose.

It's just that the two of them stick together without much movement, and it looks like they are scrambling for the ball.

The referee first called a scrimmage, and after the players from both sides separated the two, the referee found that He Xinghui's face was black and McGrady's nose was bleeding.

Good guy, the referee knew that the two had fought, so they made up a T for each.

After this skirmish, the Rockets didn't know what happened, and the offense and defense suddenly lost power.

It may be that Yao Ming's physical exertion is too great, and he can no longer keep up with Gasol's pace.

It is also possible that the score was overtaken, and after the overtake, there was disappointment and a gap in my heart.

Or, it may be simply a decrease in hand feel.

In short, the Clippers played a small climax and directly opened the score.By the time the last minute was played, the Clippers had already led by 1 points.

This point difference, 1 minute, if you want to say chase, you can chase.

But in fact, the rocket has been very difficult.

McGrady tried a three-pointer and missed.

Yao Ming grabbed the rebound and made a second offense.

Cassel dribbled the ball slowly across the half, and when 24 seconds were about to run out, he assisted Mobley to score another three-pointer.

This ball directly extinguished the Rockets' hopes.

The next two rounds were also hastily done.

At the end of the game, the Clippers won the game 112 to 104.

At the moment when the game ended, He Xinghui raised two middle fingers at his teammates and complained; "I have to suspect that you were hiding your strength before, but now, in order to prevent me from pretending to be aggressive, you are playing like super giants one by one, which is outrageous."

"Hahaha"

Kaman and Mobley were almost laughed to death. At the last moment, the two of them jointly contributed a lot of points.

(End of this chapter)