Zhiba NBA

Chapter 84 (83) The Precious Rebound

In the locker room, the Rockets were still excited about Jefferson's three-pointer at the buzzer.Jefferson became humble, repeatedly saying that it was just luck.

"Richard said that this shot is luck, but luck is also a part of strength. Being able to hit this kind of ball is the result of his hard work and practice. I hope other players can learn more from Richard in this aspect. After training, there are not many people who can take the initiative to stay and practice three-pointers." "But we also have to see that we didn't play well before, and we only took a slight lead thanks to Richard's magical three-pointer. I must reiterate that if we lose this game, as long as we score 1 win and 2 losses in the next three consecutive games, the finals will be over. Who can be reconciled to such a result?"

The players fell silent.Of course, even the F4 Lakers were killed, and they lost to the civilian Pistons in the finals, who can be reconciled?
"Even if we win this game, we still have to go to Detroit with one home disadvantage. So we are already in a dangerous stage, and we have to fight." Tang Shuai also seconded.

"I will hit the shot in the second half." McGrady made a succinct statement.

Tang Shuai nodded. It is very good that the introverted McGrady can take the initiative to take responsibility.

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The Pistons adjusted to the Five Tigers lineup again, and it was an internal pass and internal cooperation. Da Ben assisted Rashid to make an air cut.

Larry Brown was all smiles on the dugout, which of course was his arrangement.It is true that Okur is the best candidate for the Rockets to defend against Rasheed, but Rasheed had a good rest in the first half and used his physical advantage to run without the ball. Okur's weakness of slow movement was exposed.

Yao Ming missed a single.Bodi Loga took off the rebound and launched an attack directly. Jefferson let go of a step and did not give him room to break through. The Pistons' fast break was effectively prevented.

Bodi Loga saw that Jefferson's defense was in place, and McGrady on the other side came over to help at any time. Without a good scoring opportunity, he had to throw it to the weak side Hamilton.The latter catches the ball and jumps directly. Although Billups is not enough to block the opponent, he still gives enough harassment.

After hitting the iron, Rasheed grabbed the rebound and scored Hamilton.Hamilton made a shake and pulled the jumper again, but still missed.

"Protect the rebound!" Tang Shuai shouted anxiously off the court.Even though the Pistons didn't make a shot, rebounding is always a bad thing.

The Pistons were a little impatient in their attacks these few times, but Billups controlled the rhythm steadily, and when the center fell into position, Yao Ming was still handed over to singles.This time it caused a foul by Big Ben, and Yao Ming made two free throws, 47:50.

Bodi Loga relied on his skillful footwork to break through to the basket, Jefferson pulled it down, and of course was called a foul.Bodi Loga also made 2 of 2 free throws, and the two teams are still only 1 point behind.

Yao Ming missed in singles, Okur set aside the offensive rebound, McGrady got the ball, connected Jefferson outside the three-point line, and hit another three-pointer!
"Amazing Jefferson!" Kenny Smith couldn't help but exclaimed.

"There is also a key rebound, and this rebound is due to Mehmet Okur!" Barkley always prefers to exaggerate the role of the inside line.

But when Okur and Billups were replaced for a rest, luck came to the Pistons' side.First, the stable Rashid stood up and Wang Zhizhi made three consecutive singles.After McGrady returned a goal, Bodi Loga hit another three-pointer, and the Pistons went ahead by 1 point.

Wang Zhizhi missed a three-pointer, and Gerrard grabbed the offensive rebound, but Yao Ming's turning hook still slipped out of the basket.Hamilton pushed to the frontcourt and scored a three-pointer directly, and the goal was scored!The Pistons led by 4 points.

McGrady finally turned on the scoring mode to take over the game. He used his extremely fast first step to break away from Prince in an instant, making breakthroughs again and again.Big Ben also made a foul.And Campbell was replaced for the fourth foul when defending Yao Ming just now. The Pistons had no one to use inside, so Brown had to replace Milicic.

Bodi Loga did not show any weakness and also opened the scoring mode. He caused consecutive fouls by Gerrard and Turkoglu, and made 6 of 6 free throws.

第三节结束，拉希德5投4中单节砍下8+3，博迪洛加依靠8次精准的罚球单节打出16+3+2。依靠这两人的出色发挥，活塞75:71成功反超，客场领先4分。

The Rockets were struggling. Yao Ming played almost the entire third quarter and was sitting on the bench panting heavily. Obviously, he needed to rest for a while.The Rockets' only advantage is that the Pistons' Big Ben, Rashid and Campbell each had 4 fouls. It is a pity that Yao Ming, the core insider, has to rest again at this time.

Tang Shuai considered that Jefferson had almost played at the highest level on both ends of the offense and defense. Anyway, no one could contain Bodi Loga, who was in a rampant state, so he let Jefferson, who was in the best state, match him.He still has to liberate McGrady on the defensive end and let McGrady go into offense.

Sure enough, McGrady broke through and hit a jumper after an emergency stop.

Milicic missed a close-range running shot, Prince rushed to grab an offensive rebound, and was double-teamed by the Rockets to the outside Hunter, who still missed a three-pointer.But Prince's long arm reached out and grabbed an offensive rebound, and then handed it over to Hunter.Hunter made another pass to Hamilton and scored 77:73.

McGrady once again made a singles shot and hit with Daben's help.

All the Rockets' substitutes were sweating. McGrady's shots became more and more difficult. Although they all made shots, the situation was indeed tilting towards the Pistons.

Milicic supported in a high position and assisted Hamilton to make 2 points.

McGrady responded with a three-pointer, 79:78.

The fans in the Toyota Center became restless. Although the Rockets were in a very passive situation, McGrady just relied on his personal ability to catch up with the score.

Milicic once again supported in a high position, but this time his passing line was judged by McGrady.A key steal, McGrady staged a windmill dunk! 79:80 The Rockets lead by 1 point!
The cheers in the arena were like a tsunami landslide, and the enthusiasm of the fans was ignited by McGrady.The head coach hopes to see that every ball can be played reasonably and with tactical cooperation, but what the fans want to see is McGrady's unreasonable strong play, unreasonable defense, and unreasonable scoring.

Big Ben received a through ball from Bodi Loga at the basket and caused Okur's foul, but he missed two free throws.McGrady finally missed a shot this time, and the Pistons were slightly relieved.

Bodi Loga was also tired.The two Wallaces had a normal rotation due to a lot of fouls, and Bodi Loga's substitute was not enough to support the team. He has only rested for 5 minutes so far.

Prince missed a jumper.Bodi Loga worked hard and got the offensive rebound, which caused Okur's foul.He made two free throws and overtook the score again.The Rockets also replaced Yao Ming into the final battle.

With Hamilton's key goal scoring 4 points in a row, the two sides entered the last minute and a half of the game, with the Pistons leading at 94:90.

The exhausted McGrady showed his final fighting spirit, broke through Prince's defense, and caused a foul by Rashid who came up from the defense, and the latter fouled 5 times.

But McGrady was too tired, and his steady free throw was also abnormal. He made one of two free throws.

Bodi Loga spent 20 seconds calmly and gave it to Hamilton, who missed the shot.But Daben grabbed the priceless offensive rebound against Yao Ming, made a tip-up, and the Pistons led by 96 points at 91:5, with only 50 seconds left in the game.

Yao Ming beat his chest and blamed himself. If he grabbed this rebound, the situation would be much better.

This kind of moment can only be handed over to McGrady, who missed a three-pointer under the interference of Prince.As the basketball hit the basket, all the fans seemed to let out a sigh at the same time.

But they sigh too soon.

"Just snatched mine, take it back!!!"

With this loud roar, Yao Ming took off the golden offensive rebound on Ben's head.He successfully made a dunk and caused a foul by Da Ben, who made an additional penalty.Big Ben 6 was full of fouls, and he left the field dejectedly.

96:94.There are 30 seconds left in the game.Larry Brown requested a timeout.

(End of this chapter)