NBA Building Cardinals

Chapter 172 Stunning debut (seeking monthly ticket)

As soon as the fourth quarter came up, both sides first sent a substitute lineup to win as much rest time as possible for the main players.

But the difference is that McGrady continued to be left on the court, because for the Rockets, once Yao Mai was off the court, the entire Rockets' bench lineup would be like a mess.

It can be said that there is no threat at all, but Yao Ming's physical strength will only be consumed faster because of his huge body, so Van Gundy can only let McGrady stay on the court.

And Liu Rui directly replaced all the starting lineup, except Ariza.

Ariza will continue to man-mark McGrady, and this continuous high-intensity defense is bound to put Ariza's physical strength to a great test.

But if you want to become a top 3D player in the league, physical strength is definitely an unavoidable problem.

When the second team came up, the Bobcats quickly overtook the score again and beat the Rockets to a 7:0 offensive in one fell swoop.

This also made Van Gundy stomp his feet anxiously off the court, gritted his teeth for the last time, and directly took the starting lineup in advance.

If this situation continues, Van Gundy will not make any adjustments.

Then Yao Mai's final playing time in this game should be around 40 minutes.

At first, with Yao Mai playing, the Rockets launched a tenacious counterattack, leading alternately with the Bobcats.

But with more than six minutes left, Liu Rui off the court took advantage of the dead ball and replaced his entire starting lineup.

The difference is that in the second position, Liu Rui chose to keep Kevin Martin on the court instead of Hart in the starting lineup.

After all, Martin's touch in this game is quite hot. Compared with Hart, his value on the court is obviously greater.

With more than three minutes left in the game, Yao Mai's lack of physical strength was really exposed.

Even facing a single defense, McGrady missed several shots in the offense, which still gave the Bobcats a chance to counterattack.

Compared with the Rockets, the main players of the Bobcats get more rest opportunities off the court and have more physical strength.

In the counterattack, the Rockets were directly left behind, and there was no chance of fouling.

Leading the Bobcats to another climax, even if the Rockets coach Van Gundy called a timeout in time.

But the Rockets who came back from the timeout still frequently hit iron on the offensive end.

The Bobcats also took advantage of the Rockets' missed shot, as Wallace hit a three-pointer at the top of the arc facing Juwan Howard, completely killing the game.

At the end of the game, the Bobcats played away with:

108:101
Another upset victory over the Rockets by seven points also allowed the Bobcats to maintain a winning record in the road trip in the West.

And upset the playoff teams Sun and Rockets respectively.

It also brought the Bobcats' record to eight wins and thirteen losses.

And the winning streak came to six consecutive victories, continuing to refresh the winning streak in team history.

The six-game winning streak so far is also the league's third-longest winning streak this season, second only to the Phoenix Suns' nine-game winning streak and the Spurs' seven-game winning streak.

And after Liu Rui came back to coach, he still maintained a 100% winning rate in his career coaching, which has also become a very interesting statistic in the league.

And even though the Rockets lost to the Bobcats at home in this game, both Yao and Mai performed very well.

尤其是麦迪，本场比赛出场了41分钟，34投16中，三分球13中5，罚球11中8，狂砍45分9篮板2助攻的数据。

However, the strong firepower output still failed to take away the victory for the Rockets at home.

And Yao Ming played 39 minutes in this game, because in the first three quarters Yao Ming would be double-teamed by the Bobcats as soon as he got the ball, so he only took 11 shots in the whole game.

11投6中，罚球5中5，得到了17分12篮板9助攻的准三双数据。

Due to the Bobcats' attack on Yao Ming in this game, Yao Ming also scored nine assists, and nine assists was also Yao Ming's assists record this season.

Except for Yao and Mai, the Rockets have no other players scoring in double figures.

For the Bobcats, Gerald Wallace was the first to win this game.

华莱士全场比赛15投9中，三分球6中2，罚球4中2，拿到了22分9篮板6助攻的数据。

The defensive end also contributed two steals and two blocks.

And at the last moment of the game, facing Juwan Howard, he scored the game-killing three-pointer, completely extinguishing the momentum of the Rockets' counterattack.

Regarding the ability of the key ball, Wallace's mentality is becoming more and more stable now.

This also made Liu Rui on the sidelines feel relieved.

After all, the growth of players is not only reflected in their skills, but more in their mental quality.

Ariza, another player in the starting lineup, faced Tracy McGrady throughout the game, and was one of the contributors to the Bobcats' victory in this game.

Ariza played 36 minutes in the whole game, the highest for the Bobcats team.

He made 7 of 3 shots and all seven shots came from outside the three-point line.

While scoring 9 points, 4 rebounds and 2 steals, it caused McGrady a lot of trouble on the defensive end.

Especially in the fourth quarter, under Ariza's defense, coupled with McGrady's lack of physical strength, McGrady missed key shots one after another.

This allowed the Bobcats to win the game.

On the bench, Okafor still performed well in this game. Facing the Rockets' substitute insider, the aging African Dashan, it is difficult to bring too much threat to Okafor.

In his footsteps, Okafor completely paid tribute to a wave of seniors.

本场比赛出场了27分钟，13投7中，罚球6中4，拿到了18分10篮板2封盖的数据。

And this game got a double-double again, which also allowed Okafor to continue to refresh his double-double record in a single season.

Rookie Martin's debut in this game can be said to be very eye-catching.

After a short period of tension after playing in the second quarter, Martin also gradually gained a sense of presence on the offensive end.

He played 21 minutes in the whole game, and 21 minutes is also the new high of Kevin Martin's career playing time.

在21分钟的上场时间里，马丁8投4中，三分球3中2，罚球4中4，得到了14分1篮板2助攻的数据。

While helping the Bobcats win the game with 14 points, it also set a new career high for Kevin Martin.

Liu Rui is still very satisfied with the debut of his new disciple.

After the game, the players of the whole team also hugged and encouraged Martin, affirmed his performance in this game, and encouraged him to make persistent efforts.

After the game, Rockets coach Van Gundy did not shake Liu Rui's hand, but turned around and returned to the player tunnel.

Liu Rui, who happened to see this scene, also shrugged. This guy is really inexplicable...

(End of this chapter)