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Chapter 72 Lore?

Under Wade's horrified eyes, the late three-pointer was still scored!The Rockets lead by 1 point, the score is 115:114.

The Heat had to call a timeout and began to deploy tactics. They had two options, to complete a fast break within 8 seconds, so there would be about 30 seconds left in the game. In any case, the Heat still had a chance to have the ball in their hands. .Of course, they can also choose the position to attack and hit the success rate, just defend the Rockets after overtaking the score.

Pat Riley also hesitated. What made him make up his mind was Wade's words: "Coach, he is no longer good. His physical strength has been completely exhausted. I even doubt whether he can still play."

Hearing this sentence, Pat Riley finally made up his mind: "We will focus on two points for this ball, control the rhythm, and reduce the game time. Wade, you are responsible for holding the ball. If the opponent does not interfere enough for you, you can choose on your own. Shooting. O'Neal is ready to catch the ball and attack at any time under the basket, and immediately returns to defense after scoring. If the ball does not score, he will immediately take foul tactics."

While talking, Pat Riley drew on the tactical board the tactical moves that everyone needs to pay attention to in the final attack. Soon the timeout ended and the two sides re-entered the field.

The weakness of being late can be seen personally. He even needs to put a hand on the shoulder of his teammates, and use the strength of his teammates to stand on the field again.

Wade was full of admiration, but this did not prevent him from being late with the ball.

The late defense is completely gone, and standing there is just a display.

The Rockets did not adopt double-team defense either. Everyone performed their duties, and it seemed that they were going to let Wade continue to attack late.

Wade was even worried that if he had physical contact with him, he would immediately fall to the ground.

Pressing the game time, when the 24 seconds were about to run out, Wade suddenly accelerated and rushed to the basket, Mutombo struggled to interfere, Wade did not seek merit, and gave the ball to O'Neal under the basket.

The Sharks received the ball, jumped up and dunked the basketball, and the Heat overtook the score.

The Rockets only have about 14 seconds left, which is enough to play an offense, and the Rockets are also unexpected, but it is reasonable to call a timeout.

The Rockets don't dare to call when there is a timeout now, and they look wobbly when they are late. Once the game is suspended, his last breath may be gone.

The speed of being late was very slow. By the time the Heat reached halftime, there were only 7 seconds left.

Alston, who was holding the ball, tried to dribble past others, but Payton withstood it.

Larry Payton's scoring ability has declined, but he is in excellent form today, successfully completed his task, and performed very well on the defensive end.

Jumbari came to respond, Alston passed the ball, ran to the left baseline, then suddenly accelerated to retreat, throwing off the old Payton, and received Jumbari's return pass, with 4 seconds left.

Alston seemed to have no intention of passing the ball at all, and chose to break through again. The Heat players concentrated on blocking Alston's breakthrough route.

The streetball king suddenly threw the ball to the left at a 45-degree angle and was late to catch the ball.

Wade rushed forward immediately, even though he knew that he was too weak to complete a shot, but the way he hit a three-pointer with his eyes closed just now brought deep fear to him, and he didn't dare to let it go. He has an open shot.

Late made a shot, and the speed was very fast, but Wade's defense with all his strength came in time. He slammed into Late's body heavily, destroying Late's center of gravity, and Late fell heavily to the ground. Although the ball was thrown, it was far from strong not enough.

Wade knew that he had fouled, and immediately looked at the referee.

But the referee bit the whistle, hesitated, and blew the whistle to end the game.

The Heat defeated the Rockets who came to challenge 116:115 at home and won a hard-won victory.

But Wade knew very well that in fact, the Heat lost this game. His last defensive move was very big, and the foul was very obvious, but the referee didn't call it.

Charles Barkley said in a low voice: "It's over. This is the first time we have seen Late work so hard. In the past, he was always calm and elegant on the court. Even if he was fighting with others, he was like a master with extraordinary bearing. But Today he showed his desire to win. Unfortunately, the Rockets' lineup is too bad. The referee also ruined a great performance. He was late and did not get strong help. He took 40 shots and hit 23 goals. Scored 74 points, surpassed David Thompson, and became No.3 in the historical scoring list! His score should have been higher. In the last attack, Wade's defense obviously fouled, but the referee ignored the foul. "

Wade's mood on the court is also very complicated. In today's game, his late arrival told the whole league with the facts how terrible a stable three-point shooter is.

You don't need a 50% to [-]% hit rate, as long as it can exceed [-]%, three-pointers are the most effective means of scoring.

This makes Wade extremely eager to develop his three-point shooting ability. He believes that if his three-point shooting can reach the mid-range shooting level, he will definitely become the most terrifying existence in this league.

Wade reached out his hand to Late on the ground, pulled him up, and supported his trembling body: "Your performance today is great."

Late shook his head feebly, and even his voice was very weak: "I was lucky today, your defense is in place, I have many shots but I am not sure, especially in the second half of the fourth quarter, I have completely No stamina, and now there are so many shots, I can't even remember how I threw them in."

Wade didn't speak, but just patted his late shoulder: "Brother, do you have time? Let's have something to eat together later?"

Late refused: "Sorry, we have back-to-back games against the Grizzlies tomorrow, I think I don't have time."

So the two sides left each other's phone numbers and contacted each other after an agreement. When they were late, they walked into the player channel with the support of their teammates.

The Heat's home fans gave warm applause late, as if sending off a hero.

In the post-match press conference, Late did not participate, but everyone gave a very high evaluation of Late. Wade admitted frankly in an interview: "When the Rockets attacked for the last time, I saw Late receiving the ball. In fact, I was terrified in my heart, so I rushed forward to defend desperately. I made such a big move that even I thought I had fouled, but the referee didn't blow it. We were lucky to win the game. I think the three late Dividing the ball is really scary. His stable output is the biggest guarantee for the Rockets to maintain their competitiveness in the playoffs after losing the two most traditional core players. I dream of partnering with such a player , if we can become teammates, my job will be very simple, try to attract the opponent's defense, and then pass the ball to him, I think we can even win all the next championships."

Pat Riley was noncommittal about the referee's last controversial penalty, but he admitted that the tactical layout for the lateness was indeed inspired by Popovich. The efficiency of being late today is relatively not high. There are too few shots outside the three-point line, so the score between the two sides is very anxious.

After the game against the Heat, it seemed that the entire league had already determined how to deal with being late, and his physical shortcomings were completely exposed to all teams.

As the saying goes, blessings never come singly, and misfortunes never come singly. In the back-to-back games against the Grizzlies the next day, the last core of the Rockets was also injured!

The Heat mainly play late, which makes the physical exertion of being late too huge. The Grizzlies have followed suit. The old guard Chucky Atkins, who played for the Lakers last season, was traded from the Wizards to the Grizzlies in the middle of this season and became the Grizzlies. Bears starting linebacker.

He worked up his courage and played very resolutely in the face of being late. In addition, Pau Gasol stirred up troubles in the interior, which made the difference between the two sides difficult to widen.

Not long after the start of the third quarter, Late suddenly fell to the ground while defending Atkins, scaring the Rockets fans into a cold sweat. Van Gundy didn't dare to take risks, and immediately replaced Late, and then the news that made the Rockets fans worried spread Come out late, the current injury is unknown, and whether he can return to the game needs further diagnosis.

In the end, the Rockets lost to the Grizzlies 82:86 away, and the players were downcast. Obviously, even they themselves did not expect that the championship last season would be reduced to this point this season.

Without the three cores, with the Rockets' current players, they don't even qualify for the playoffs.

After the game, the Rockets did not stay in Memphis, and immediately returned to Houston by chartered flight. They were sent to the hospital for examination as soon as they were late.

The good news is that the late injury is not serious, just a fatigue injury to the left leg muscle, which will take some time to recover.

While the Rockets fans finally breathed a sigh of relief, they criticized the management's stupidity even more.

Even the local media in Houston ridiculed the Rockets management.

"When we won the championship last season and retained the core Big Three lineup, we were all looking forward to the team's record this season. However, Alexander, a miser and his stupid management, let us see When it comes to how a good card can be turned into a bad card, Yao Ming is injured, and McGrady just wants to get healthy, so he pissed off these management idiots, and even deliberately didn't let McGrady play. Fortunately, we are still late, in the Under his leadership, the Rockets have at least maintained their competitiveness in the playoffs, so we can look forward to the return of the Big Three when the playoffs come. Now that the Big Three are gone, what else is left for the Rockets We even want to ask, where is the salary space for the Rockets when only McGrady gets the maximum salary, and the other two giants, Yao Ming and late, still hold rookie contracts?"

The late accidental injury put a lot of pressure on the Rockets management. They responded immediately and asked McGrady to go to the hospital for a check-up, and then announced the news on the official website. McGrady recovered after the operation and is currently in good health. Can put on the jersey again and play for the Rockets.

(End of this chapter)