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Chapter 70 Exploding the rocket

After rewarding Ilgauskas with a big hot pot, Yao Ming took off the rebound and distributed the ball to Francis next to him. Then, with long legs, he fought back desperately.

It is now 2003, and Yao Ming has just been in the NBA for more than a year. He is not heavy, relatively light, and his steps are very flexible. Soon, he is outside the three-point line.

Francis has already entered the penalty area, and James retreats and defends.

Francis made two steps from the free throw line and made a three-step layup. He avoided James' block in the air, smashed the basketball directly on the backboard, and fell out of the baseline with James.

Yao Ming, who was following up, understood it, caught the rebounding basketball, dunked it vigorously with both hands, and smashed the basketball into the basket heavily.

4 to 0! !
Landing, Yao Ming clenched his fists to celebrate, then high-fived Francis under the basket, gave him a thumbs up, and praised each other.

"The pass is wonderful!"

"Excellent buckle!!"

The fans and spectators at the venue burst into applause in unison, like rain falling, and the cheers were like thunder, almost wanting to overturn the roof of Toyota Center Arena.

This moment reflects the Rockets fans' love for Yao Ming. Yao Ming used his offense and defense to slowly conquer the audience here.

In the commentary seat, Barkley also grinned and sighed: "Yao Ming has helped the Rockets too much on offense and defense. With the retirement of the big dream Olajuwon, the Rockets who have fallen to the bottom have a rising insider." cornerstone.

Francis played with James with a street ball pass, and sent an imaginative assist for another champion! ! "

Kenny Smith nodded, then took over the topic and said, "Yao Mingru is the height of a little giant, but his speed is not slow. It depends on whether Rockets coach Jeff Van Gundy can use it well.

Such wonderful assists are very interesting, but the number of such passes to Yao Ming is still too small.Although Francis can shine occasionally, his ability to support passes is still too lacking. "

On the court, facing Francis, who was the main defender, James took two steps back and chose to force a breakthrough. He ran rampant with the ball and opened up the space. At the free throw line, a horseback archer came.
With a bang, the basketball hit the net and went into the basket precisely, opening the scoring for the Cavaliers.

The Rockets' zone defense and replacements were all in place on time, but James is 203cm tall, and the Rockets' two outsiders are not very tall, with a difference of more than 10cm, and there is not much defensive interference.

James' offensive rhythm is very smooth, and he seems to have a lot of experience in playing Francis sitting down.

Soon, the Rockets were on the offensive, fighting back.

In the frontcourt, Francis used fancy dribbling moves to stun James, passed the defense, went inside from the right side, made a fake shot, and got rid of Boozer's supplementary defense.

Ilgauskas could only let go of Yao Ming's defense and rushed to block the shot.

Francis wore flowers and butterflies, spreading from Ilgauskas' waist to his back.

Yao Ming made an empty cut to the basket, caught the ball with a light leap, and poured the basketball into the basket with both hands again.

6 to 2! !
As soon as Yao Ming started the game, he immediately showed his strong offensive talent, connecting to the basket and scoring points.

The Cavaliers attacked, James once again broke through with the ball in the middle, and was flanked by Francis and Cutino Mobley.

The two were very agile and aggressive, and almost broke James' basketball. James stumbled into the basket, forced a shot, ended the basketball and bounced out of the basket, missing.

The explosion of two consecutive games greatly increased James' desire to attack. He wanted to solve the battle by himself at the beginning of the game, but was suppressed by the Rockets.

Using dexterous footsteps, Yao Ming blocked Ilgauskas with one hand, and took off the rebound easily with a light tap.

Yao Ming is taller than Ilgauskas, and his feet are more flexible than him. He has not yet become a "call stop rebounder".

This season, Yao Ming is currently averaging 9.3 rebounds per game, and has not entered the top ten in the league's rebounding rankings.

However, it's not that Yao Ming's rebounding is not good, but that Jeff Van Gundy's tactics are mainly positional warfare, the rhythm is very slow, the number of offensive shots is not high, and every attack is almost time-consuming.

Not to mention, Yao Ming's physical problems made him play relatively little time.

After taking off the rebound and passing the ball to Francis to organize the offense, Yao Ming immediately ran back to half court with long legs.

The Rockets focused on positional battles, and the Cavaliers' defense had already returned to their positions. Francis dribbled naturally in no hurry, and dribbled slowly across the half court.

James stepped forward to press close to him, and Francis dribbled the ball as if it was stuck to his hand. He was not afraid of James' pressure. He and Yao Ming made a pick-and-roll cooperation and distributed the ball to Yao Ming at the free throw line.

Yao Ming caught the ball and faced the misplaced James. He immediately wanted to make a mid-range shot. Suddenly, he saw Cuttino Mobley quickly cut to the basket. Without half a point of hesitation, he directly passed the ball over the top and passed it to the basket.

Cuttino Mobley catches the ball comfortably and drives it under the basket.

8 to 2! !
With the combination of outside and inside, the Rockets started very smoothly.

In the commentary, Barkley praised loudly: "The Rockets played very effectively at the beginning, with excellent offense, sharp defense, and tacit cooperation. I have to say that Jeff Van Gundy's coaching is very good.

Yao is an insider with a mid-range shot. When he has a chance to shoot, he chooses to pass the ball to a team with a better chance. It is really a team with great spirituality and teamwork. I like such players. "

Kenny Smith nodded, then took over the topic and said, "In addition to his unselfish passing, Yao's offense is also very good. It can be said that he is a combination of offense and defense, which fits the temperament of the Rockets.

Now that the Rockets are under Jeff Van Gundy, they are playing a tight zone defense, and the accumulation of strong sides makes the Cavaliers' offense and breakthrough uncomfortable. In the past, Ilgauskas was a strong point in the interior, and he could be strong. , However, in the face of Yao's defense, Ilgauskas has almost no chance to attack. The Cavaliers' star singles failed. The situation seems to be very bad. How should the Cavaliers respond? "

With excellent defense and sharp offense, the Rockets showed off their demeanor as a strong team as soon as the game started.

Seeing the Rockets playing at home, they were about to start their momentum. On the coaching bench of the Cavaliers, Paul Silas had a calm face and did not make any tactical adjustments.

Strictly speaking, Lin Bai didn't need to adjust, but after James dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, outside the three-point line on the right, he directly reached out to James for the ball, with a cold and firm expression.

Seeing the murderous look in Lin Bai's eyes, James directly gave the ball to Lin Bai, and took the initiative to open up space for Lin Bai to play as a point forward.

After catching the ball, Lin Bai suddenly made a three-pointer with a jumper.

Before the game, Cuttino Mobley knew the characteristics of Lin Bai through the player's information, and knew that he had a good three-pointer.However, most of them are jump shots from off-ball screens, and their offensive ability with the ball has only been shown in counterattacks, but there are not many.

Therefore, he was within the three-point line, guarding the zone defense, and when he saw Lin Bai catch the ball and pounce, it was already too late.

The pull-up jumper is McGrady's signature scoring method. The elegant and beautiful pull-up jumper, lazy smile and eyes that are not waking up like dead fish make McGrady pretend to be good and forceful and win the love of a large number of fans.

Lin Bai is only 193cm tall, not as tall as McGrady's 203cm, and he doesn't have the talent of McGrady's 221cm in wingspan. Even if he uses his waist to force his jump, the arc of his shot is a bit low, and his hit rate is destined not to be that high. , However, it makes it difficult for the defense to make a block.

Fortunately, Lin Baiyang has strengths and avoids weaknesses, focusing on the suddenness of his shots and increasing his shooting range beyond the three-point line, while McGrady always takes one or two steps inside the three-point line unless there is an emergency, and chooses to shoot a jumper.

swish
The basketball fell into the basket with precision, pierced into the net, and there was a burst of water.

8 to 5! !
Back in defense, Lin Bai did not show McGrady's lazy smile and eyes that never woke up, but his face was expressionless, with a kind of coldness on his face.

Next, Lin Bai led the Cavaliers' offense, using his extremely fast first step, broke through to the three-point line, driving Cutino Mobley's defensive center of gravity, and then stepped back to dribble the three-point line Outside, he made a dry three-pointer.

Connection hit.

Swish, swish, swish... ([-] words omitted here...)
At the end of the first quarter, the entire audience, whether they were fans, journalists, players, or the coaching staff, all showed expressions of surprise, disbelief, disbelief, and stunned...

No one thought that under the leadership of Lin Bai, the Cavaliers used the magical dry pull to rain a sudden three-pointer.

The Rockets were blown up in one quarter. At this time, the scorer recorded 42 to 19. The Cavaliers scored a high score in one quarter and directly hit 9 three-pointers, leading the Rockets by 23 points.

After finishing the first quarter and getting off work, Lin Bai sat on the bench to watch his teammates perform and didn't play for a second.

Rockets coach Jeff Van Gundy is a magical and stubborn head coach. The team is behind. He is still grinding his position. He doesn't want to attack.

It's just that such an opportunity, one or two, will not have much impact on the final overall situation.

In addition to the concept of defense, he also requires players to shoot two points. Although the team is behind, they only score two points, and slowly chase points, as if their own team is leading.

In the Knicks, Alan Houston had a good three-pointer, but was ground into a two-pointer.

In the Rockets, McGrady obviously has the range of the three-pointer, but as a result, almost all of them are one step inside the three-point line, making two-point shots...

With such a tactic, it is too difficult for him to chase the 23-point difference.

At the end, it goes without saying that the Cavaliers beat the Rockets in one quarter and had the last laugh.

(End of this chapter)