The world of basketball

Chapter 185 Away Game ([-])

Because of Yao Ming's relationship, many domestic fans are a little familiar with the city of Houston, and because of Yao Ming's relationship, the Rockets often serve as the home team for many domestic fans. Even when the Rockets are not very strong, many fans are there. Pay attention to the situation of the Rockets.

Just talking about the city of Houston, the city where the Rockets play is great, yes, according to Yao Ming, the city is very, very good.

The consumption in this city is relatively low, that is, the price of goods is relatively low. If I really want to give an example, its housing prices are not high, or very low.

Let's put it this way, Yao Ming bought a large villa with a swimming pool in Houston, but he couldn't buy a three-bedroom apartment in BJ.

Of course, the purpose of this is not to complain about the ridiculously high housing prices in China. Compared with other major cities in the United States, such as San Francisco, Boston, Los Angeles, and New York, Houston's housing prices can be said to be very low.

As a big city in Texas, Houston has one bad thing, that is, they have a lot of crows. No, the Spurs bus stopped on the road and was blocked by crows all the way.

For the Chinese, the crow is not an auspicious creature, and of course it seems to be the same for the Americans, so there is no way, the Spurs players can only walk to the Toyota Center in Houston, fortunately the journey is not far away, the distance on foot It's time to warm up.

But the appearance of these crows cast a bad cloud over Mu Xiaobei's heart. He always felt that something bad would happen today, but he didn't know what it was.

But this bad premonition is like a thorn, always lingering in Mu Xiaobei's heart, making him a little absent-minded.

Fortunately, being late did not delay the process. The NBA playoffs are not only a game that attracts more attention in a city or the United States, but also a game that fans in China and even many countries in the world are very concerned about, so there can be no mistakes.

"Good morning, netizens. Welcome to the second round of the NBA playoffs where the Spurs challenged the Houston Rockets in the second round broadcast by Penguin Sports. I am very happy in the studio to invite Mr. Li Ke and Mina to watch the game with you. I It's Ke Fan." Ke Fan said.

"Just received the news, it is said that there were some small episodes when the Spurs players took the bus out of the hotel and rushed to the stadium this afternoon, which caused them to be late and delay the warm-up training and admission ceremony." Ke Fan said.

"Yes, they encountered a flock of crows this afternoon, not a flock of two crows, but a flock of crows like the kind of crows we saw in movies, black and dense A piece of it." Li Ke said.

"This is very interesting news, directed by Li Ke. Now that the two teams in Texas have reached a one-to-one tie, what do you think these two teams should do to win the game? A game?" Ke Fan said.

"In the last game, Harden once again told the entire league that he is one of the players in the world who is least afraid of double-teaming. They're all scared." Li Ke said.

"Of course the Spurs are also a very good team. I think both of them need to do what they are good at, because they are two very different teams, but there are some things in common between the teams. , the most important thing is the rhythm of the game, whoever can control the rhythm of the game in their own hands will be the final winner of this game." Li Ke said.

The two sides jumped the ball, this time it was surprising that Mu Xiaobei did not win the first offensive ball for the Spurs, even James Harden who got the ball was a little surprised, then Harden reacted and dribbled the ball slowly At halftime, they called Capela to come over for the pick-and-roll, and they were going to play the Rockets' first tactic in this game.

The pick-and-roll between Harden and Capela has always been invincible. This time, the Rockets chose Harden and Capela to play the pick-and-roll as the Rockets' initial tactic. It can be seen that D'Antoni trusts this tactic.

Zhou Qi was on the sidelines ready to respond at any time, and Mu Xiaobei followed Capela every step of the way, letting Harden break through the alley-oop that would not be given to Harden and Capela.

Jimmy Butler squeezed through the defense and didn't just defend Harden's left, but parallel defense. Harden looked up, and there was no good opportunity to score a layup against Jimmy Butler.

"Strike harden, he used his personal ability to score two shots to open up the situation for the team as soon as he came up," Ke Fan said.

"This time it seems that Popovich has changed his defensive strategy. The main reason they lost points in the first half of the last game was because they double-teamed Harden and gave Harden a very comfortable passing space. It also gave the Rockets' role players a very comfortable shooting space." Li Ke said: "And at the beginning of this game, Popovich asked Mu Xiaobei to follow Capela closely, and he would rather even if Jimmy Butler squeezed There were delays through the defense, and letting Harden score himself didn't let Harden pass to Capela for the alley-oop."

In fact, Harden's throwing shot is indeed in his personal ability, because Jimmy Butler's defense gave the past a very good timing.

Mu Xiaobei served from the outside line, Jeremy Lin dribbled the ball across half court, Mu Xiaobei arced at the top, and Jeremy Lin accelerated. This is a very conventional small tactic for the Spurs.

In the playoffs of last season, Zhou Qi and the Rockets suffered a lot from Mu Xiaobei's continuous outside shots. Since then, basically no team has dared to let Mu Xiaobei make three-pointers. In his rookie season, he was also selected for the All-Star Three-Point Contest, and won the three-point contest that year.

Mu Xiaobei received a pass from Jeremy Lin, Zhou Qi was one step away from Mu Xiaobei, but Mu Xiaobei didn't even look at it, he just traced the three-point line of the basket and shot directly, Popovich jumped on the sidelines and shouted Said: "This ball is not on time for you to shoot, you should not shoot, you should wait until Kyle Kuzma runs next to you, you should give the ball to Kuzma."

Popovich's series of accusations made Mu Xiaobei a little irritable, and the scene of the crows this morning won Mu Xiaobei's heart again.

Sure enough, the ball hit the neck of the basket, and Capela accepted the rebound against Adelaide.

Harden dribbled the ball, but he was not in a hurry to play a fast break. Then he hit the ground with a long pass. The pass was very accurate and tore apart the Spurs' unformed defensive lineup. Zhou Qi received the pass and it was A slam dunk.

Zhou Qi is from Mu Xiaobei. It is obvious that Mu Xiaobei's return to defense is not timely.

beep—

The whistle blew, and the Spurs requested a timeout. This was the second round of offense and defense. Popovich actually requested a timeout.Mu Xiaobei's performance at the beginning of the game made Popovich a little unbearable.

(End of this chapter)