Play with your brain

Chapter 152 The Second Battle

The second regular season game between the Knicks and the Rockets this season kicked off with a dunk from Curry.Although this dunk is very imposing, the Knicks' situation on the court is not as straightforward as this dunk. The Rockets have shown their strength since the first quarter.

Especially inside!
After Curry ruthlessly ravaged the basket, he rarely showed any brilliant performances. The baskets at both ends of the court were completely dominated by Yaoming.Before the end of the first half, one person scored 17 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 big blocks, 3 of which were given to 'Little Shark' Eddie Curry!

In terms of score, of course, the Rockets led all the way. At the end of the first quarter, it was 32 to 19. In the middle of the second quarter, they led by up to 20 points, 46 to 26.

Seeing that the inside line was exploded, Hu Lin had no choice but to turn on the point chasing mode again.Before the end of the first half, Hu Lin and Ah Q made 4 consecutive three-pointers, which allowed the Knicks to catch up to the score, 51 to 44, and it seemed that the score could be stabilized at 10 points before entering the third quarter within.

With less than 1 minute left, the Rockets have the ball.

They have played very simply so far, that is, hand it over to Yaoming, and then the outside players start to move. After that, if there is no help defense, Yaoming will score the ball. If there is help defense, the Rockets will start outside. show off.Fortunately, their shooting is still very iron, but the number of shots completely makes up for this problem.

After Yaoming received the ball, he immediately prepared to force Curry. The defense of 'Little Shark' is still very bad, so now it is multi-person defense.Yes, almost 4 people form a tall wall, well, the one on Nate's side is a bit low.

Seeing that the opponent behaved like this, Yaoming didn't force himself, and directly passed the basketball to the outside line, and Alstom caught the ball.

Nate immediately turned around to defend, Alston did not make a strong shot, and directly transferred the ball to Tracy McGrady.

Shot!

In fact, Lao Hu has been looking for opportunities to steal the ball, but Yaoming saw that he had been following Tracy McGrady, so Alston was the first to catch the ball.This made Lao Hu's defense a little slack. When McGrady received the ball, there was enough space.

Swish!
A three-pointer hit, and the difference between the two sides of 54 to 44 returned to 10 points again.

"The Rockets made full use of Yaoming. Yao attracted 80% of the Knicks' defense, and Tracy McGrady only needed to throw the ball in." Mike Brien still stated the game in his usual style.

"Why did God give this Chinese man such a tall figure, and then give him such excellent basketball skills!" Fraser stated the game from another angle, pure envy and hatred.

The Knicks are going to play the last attack, and judging from the timing, it is indeed the last attack.Schneider is now defending Hu Lin, and Bunch Wells, who was supposed to be the main force, is a bit out of breath now, so at such an important moment at the end of the second quarter, Bangzi had to sit on the bench obediently .

Schneider is an obedient guy, and his defense is still in place, but only in place.

Squeak!

Hu Lin shook him away again and broke into the inside line!
As soon as he came in, Hayes jumped over immediately.It is true that he jumped over, and his heels didn't even touch the ground. That's because he was stepping on the dotted line of the reasonable collision zone, but as long as the heels were raised, it was not within the reasonable collision zone.

There was no other way, Lao Hu could only reluctantly change direction again, but he had no other choice, so he could only forcefully make a move.

Crack!

A big hand slapped the ball firmly.

It's Yao Ming!
He sent out the hot pot again. Although with a height of 1.9 meters, it is nothing to be proud of covering a guy with a height of [-] meters, but the statistics are solid.

Out of bounds!

The referee made a gesture, and it was still the Knicks' ball.

But the problem now is that the attack time is only 5 seconds, and the Knicks need to make a quick shot.

After a contraction, everyone ran away immediately. Hu Lin received the pass from the outside, and then he didn't think much about it and directly hit the ball to Curry inside.

There is no way, there is not much time now, and if you want to enter the second half with a point difference of less than 10 points, you must find a sure point of attack.Because of the quick pull away just now, Curry's defense is relatively loose, that is, only Yaoming is alone.

In fact, at the moment just now, the position was not far or close to the basket, and Yaoming did not defend himself closely.According to Hu Lin's understanding, Curry has the ability to shoot mid-range, but it's not very stable, but this time, Curry didn't shoot.

Still back!

Curry once again used his housekeeping stunt, and sat in facing Yaoming.

Once, twice, the time is tight, but it is enough for him.

Turning over suddenly, Curry's movements are very flexible and fast at this moment. You can never imagine how such a fat guy can move so fast.

Shot!

This is Curry's best technique. He often uses this technique to embarrass many famous players in the league. He is also the most confident in this technique.

Crack!

Yao Ming gave away hot pot again!

Oh! Shit!

During the intermission, on the way back to the locker room from the player tunnel, Hu Lin clearly heard Curry uttering elegant words there.It seems that 'Little Shark' is very depressed today. In the first half, Yaoming slapped 4 hats, and no one can stand it.

"Hey! Brother, don't worry, you have to play with Yaoming because of the time difference, or no one can do anything." Seeing that Curry was too depressed, Lao Hu came up with bad ideas from the side.

"Your fellow countryman is not soft at all. I can't stand it anymore. Let me think about it again. There must be a way to kill him." Curry held his head in his hands, in a state of contemplation, but according to him In terms of daily IQ performance, this task seems difficult to complete.

"Eddie! Stop thinking about how to kill Yaoming, you should think about how to do more defensively!" Thomas also came out to join in the fun. Obviously, he also knew in his heart that Curry should not be able to play in offense. What happened, as for the defense... at least this game should have an attitude.

"OK, I will work hard!" After all, it was the coach who said it, and Curry still gave face.

"Okay, guys cheer up, let's do a good job, let this rocket lie on the ground obediently, and never try to fly!"

"Oh!!"

After a loud roar, the second half of the game will begin immediately!
"Today's Yaoming is just crazy, I didn't see anything but hot pots in the first half. Let's look at the statistics, oh god, he contributed 7 hot pots in the first half alone, it's simply unbelievable Believe me!" Fraser was summarizing the first half, but his method was still very different, he only picked interesting places to say.

"That's right, but in fact, I think the Knicks should solve the defensive problem first. Yaoming's scoring is too easy, and McGrady has no one to limit him. If this continues, the Knicks' home court seems to have a tendency to lose." Brien Speaking of predictable things, although fans may not like to hear it, it is a fact.

"No, no, no, I'm sure someone will save the team, remember the last game? It was worse than this one, but the Knicks still came out of the mud, didn't they?"

"I admit this, but will Hu Lin still stand up? With the experience of the previous game, the Rockets are already very strict with his defense. Sneijder was his shadow throughout the first half, although He's got 13 points now, but if he's going to do the miracle that happened in Houston, I'm going to be cautious."

"Old guy, you should be cautious, but I want to tell you that what happened on the basketball court is very explosive, you just wait and see the good show!"

"OK! Everyone loves to watch a good show, players from both sides have already played..."

The second half of the game between the Rockets and the Knicks will begin immediately, and there will be no major changes in the lineups of the two sides, except that Malik Rose replaced Frye and Sneijder replaced the 'stick'.

It's just that according to the rules, the Rockets are the first to attack.

Keep playing Yao Ming!
This is the case on the court. When you find your own strengths that can kill your opponent, then play hard until you beat your opponent.

'Little Shark' can't go around his body and doesn't need to go around. Therefore, only Rose can restrain Yaoming from going around and defending.

Yaoming's method to break the circle is also very simple, that is, through the running position of his teammates and the passing of the basketball, and then he moves back and forth on both sides of the paint area.In this process, it is difficult for you to achieve perfect follow-up defense. It seems simple, but the two ends of the defense are divided into strong and weak sides, coupled with the cooperation of screens, there will always be space for receiving the ball.

After catching the ball again, Yaoming took the ball comfortably at the waist of the penalty area. At this time, Rose could only push it from behind.

Seeing this, Curry immediately came over to help, a Rose would definitely not be able to stand up to Yaoming.

Yaoming didn't look back, and directly turned his back to do the movements, grabbing the ball with his right hand and shaking it briefly. Of course, his head also turned, which made his movements look more realistic.

Turn around!

Immediately turning around, and then dribbling through the front of the basket, Yaoming's strides are huge. Although his movements are very slow, there is really a lot of displacement when he steps out.Basically, with just one step, he has squeezed Rose and Curry under the basket and couldn't get out.

Little hook!
Like a layup, Yaoming easily used a small hook to send the ball into the basket.The moment Yaoming shot, his wrist was extremely soft, and the cooperation of his fingers was also in place. You really can't imagine that such a tall player has such a soft wrist and such delicate hand skills. It is very BUG!

"Compared to the Houstonians, the game has become very simple. The Knicks can't stop Yaoming." Mike Brien pointed out the key to this battle. The Rockets have already dominated the inside battle. As the saying goes, Those who win the inside win the world, and those who dominate the basket can dominate the entire basketball court...

"But even so, the Knicks still have Hu Lin!"

"But the opponent also has McGrady!"

"There will be a miracle!"

"Alright alright……"

Many people are looking forward to, expecting that Hu Lin can lead the Knicks to stage another miraculous game just like the previous game!

But will a miracle happen?

(End of this chapter)