NBA: The man who passed the ball to Yao Ming

Zhang Jinshui dribbled the ball into the frontcourt, waved his hand, and asked his teammates on the field to help him open up space.

His stance was that he was going to single-handedly hit Billups in response to the opponent's bukkake just now.

With Yao Ming on the court, such a simple and rough style of play is undoubtedly a waste of Yao Ming's playing time.

But Yao Ming and others still cooperated to open up space for Zhang Jinshui. Even Van Gundy on the sidelines didn't think there was anything wrong with Zhang Jinshui's operation deep down in his heart.

On the one hand, Zhang Jinshui has won the recognition of players and coaches through his performance in the past 7 games.

On the other hand, in the known unfavorable offensive situation, as rigorous as Van Gundy, some unrealistic fantasies began to appear in his heart.

I hope that Zhang Jinshui can help the Rockets solve the immediate predicament in some unreasonable but scoring ways like the previous few times.

After his teammates opened up space, Zhang Jinshui pointed at Billups provocatively, signaling him to get closer to him.

But Billups obviously felt that Zhang Jinshui, who was still two steps away from the three-point line, could not guarantee a three-point shooting rate from such a long distance.

Compared with defending Zhang Jinshui's three-pointer, Billups is more willing to stand on the top of the arc, waiting for the opponent to approach or break through.

I have to say that Billups' defensive position is very utilitarian, or that he has very sophisticated defensive experience.

It's just unfortunate that Zhang Jinshui deliberately signaled the opponent to come forward, which means that the opponent's choice is right.

He didn't hesitate anymore, he raised the ball with both hands, held the ball with one hand, and supported it with the other hand, and jumped up high.

The basketball flew out of his hand, drew a high and far arc in the air, and flew towards the basket.

The Rockets fans in the stands clenched their fists and nervously watched the basketball gliding in the air.

Zhang Jinshui reproduced his most memorable ultra-long three-pointer.

But facing the Pistons with such a strong defense, the hearts of the fans unconsciously tugged. Instead of the optimism of the past, they felt pessimistically that the ball was likely to go out of the frame.

Fortunately, Zhang Jinshui's magical ultra-long three-pointer refused them to be pessimistic.

There was only a "swipe", and the basketball fell directly into the depths of the net.

12 is better than 16!

This ultra-long three-pointer scored again and helped the Rockets narrow the point difference to 4 points.

Zhang Jinshui raised the three fingers of his right hand and shook them vigorously in front of Billups, as if mocking Billups for not stepping up to him just now, which gave him the space to shoot a super long three-pointer this time.

The Toyota Center, which had been silent for a long time, immediately cheered up as if it had been injected with a booster.

"Zhang Jinshui, awesome!"

"Sharp shot, you are so accurate!"

"The Rockets made a sharp shot, great!"

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The fans in the stands cheered Zhang Jinshui one after another.

On the sidelines, Van Gundy also swung his fist vigorously, and shouted to Zhang Jinshui: "Zhang Jinshui, this three-pointer is too timely! It must be so resolute!"

Zhang Jinshui, who retreated, nodded to Van Gundy, and gave Yao Ming and Luther Head a high-five at the same time.

This three-pointer finally helped the Rockets stop the decline.

But Zhang Jinshui understands that this is not enough.

Offensive and defensive transition, it's the Pistons' turn to attack.

After Billups took the ball to the frontcourt, he began to reach out to direct his teammates' running positions.

Zhang Jinshui's knees were slightly bent, and he stood one step away carefully observing the opponent's every move, like a cheetah waiting for its prey.

When Billups raised his arms again and waved to his teammates, Zhang Jinshui moved.

He jumped like a lion and jumped straight at the basketball that Billups slapped to the ground.

At the same time, he has already triggered the [Ability Value Explosion Table] with his mind, and directly pulled the steal's ability value to 100.

As strong as Billups, still powerless to resist, the basketball in his hand was directly copied by Zhang Jinshui.

After Zhang Jinshui got the ball, he directly dribbled the ball into the Pistons' half court at high speed, took off in three steps from the free throw line, and dunked the ball "hardly" into the basket.

Although the visual effect of this slam dunk is very ordinary, but combined with a super long three-pointer, and the score on the field was chased to 14 to 16 by only 2 points, it still instantly ignited the stands at the Toyota Center.

The Rockets fans suppressed their deepest concerns about the Rockets' offense. While cheering, they also high-fived each other, as if to encourage each other: As long as the Rockets persist in this way, they will definitely see the light.

On the court, Prince passed the ball to Billups from the baseline.

Zhang Jinshui, with the power of [Energy Explosion], rushed forward to press Billups again.

Fortunately, Billups, one of the top defenders in the league, has solid ball-handling skills. Although he was embarrassed by Zhang Jinshui's press, he still stumbled and pushed the ball into the frontcourt and passed it to the high post to make a pass. Coordinating by Rasheed Wallace.

The latter pretended to advance to the inside with a feint, and at the moment when the Rockets' defensive players shrank to the inside, they passed the ball to Hamilton who ran out of the open space on the left baseline.

The CIC king jumped high after receiving the ball, his body was like a vertical line, and he threw the ball smoothly, hitting two points steadily.

18 to 14, the Pistons once again pulled the point difference to 4 points.

A sigh spread across the stands of the Toyota Center.

After all, at the beginning of this round, Zhang Jinshui once forced Billups to almost drop the ball, but in the end he still couldn't change the ending of the Pistons scoring two points.

It can only be said that the resilience of the Pistons is really a bit sufficient.

And this feeling of regret also made Zhang Jinshui's momentum that he had just helped the Rockets build up unsustainable.

But Zhang Jinshui's determination to help the Rockets change their fate has not been shaken at all.

After the offensive and defensive transition, Zhang Jinshui brought the ball to the frontcourt and waved to Yao Ming.

Yao Ming, who was very annoyed by Big Ben Wallace's forward defense, led the opponent straight out and helped Zhang Jinshui set a pick-and-roll.

After the dislocation, Zhang Jinshui faced Big Ben Wallace's defense, and waved Yao Ming out of the left three-point line, posing to the Pistons that he was about to break through Big Ben's defense and rushed inside to create a Killing posture.

The Pistons' defense was ready immediately, especially Rasheed Wallace. He didn't completely follow Uncle Huo beyond the three-point line, but raised his long arms to cover the area where Uncle Huo was, while putting his foot Stepping on the edge of the three-second zone, ready to turn around and protect the basket at any time.

"Three-time league defensive player of the year, right?" Zhang Jinshui stared into Big Ben's Wallace's eyes and grinned.

"You'll know if you try it?" Big Ben, who has experienced many battles, didn't take Zhang Jinshui's provocation to heart at all. He stared at the basketball in Zhang Jinshui's hands and said expressionlessly.

Before the words fell, Zhang Jinshui had already moved.

He first went in front of Big Ben for continuous crotch dribbles, constantly shaking the opponent's center of gravity, and then suddenly rushed forward to the right side of Big Ben.

When Big Ben's center of gravity tilted to the right rear, he took a step back, jumped high and threw the ball.

This is one of the few times in the past 8 games that Zhang Jinshui has used the golden badge [Retreating Magic Shot] at non-buzzer time.

In fact, when he was sitting on the bench just after the timeout, Zhang Jinshui made up his mind that he would try to use the [Retreat Step Magic Shot] more in today's game.

After all, judging from the facts that have happened in the first quarter, the Pistons' defensive system is too terrifying, dismembering the Rockets' offensive running position to pieces.

In this case, Zhang Jinshui felt that the "retreat step magic shot" that had no tactics at all could have a miraculous effect.

Of course, he must also choose a good time to use it.

For example, now, he just scored 5 points in a row and helped the Rockets stop the decline. At this time, with this simple and rude offensive method, Van Gundy should be more tolerant of him, right?

And his predictions were about the same as the actual situation.

Van Gundy, who was standing on the sidelines at this time, not only did not have any aversion to this offensive choice, but like most fans in the stands, they looked at the basketball that drew a beautiful curve in the air with luck, praying that Zhang Jinshui would continue to attack. With this unreasonable offensive method, the Rockets were further pulled out of the swamp.

Under the attention of all the people, there was only a "swish", and the basketball was hollowed into the net.

17 to 18, Zhang Jinshui was lucky to toss the head of the coin, helping the Rockets to close the point difference to 1 point.

Van Gundy and the fans in the stands jumped up excitedly.

Although many people are very clear in their hearts that Zhang Jinshui's incredible scoring method is difficult to continue, the Rockets are still likely to face the embarrassing situation of being unable to open the offensive end.

But the lovely Rockets fans still dedicated the call for "magic shot" to Zhang Jinshui without hesitation.

When retreating, Van Gundy shouted loudly to Zhang Jinshui: "Good job, Zhang Jinshui, make good use of your current deterrence on the offensive end."

Zhang Jinshui understood the meaning of Van Gundy's words and nodded at him.

Next, Zhang Jinshui dribbled the ball to the frontcourt after roaring that Rasheed Wallace successfully beat Uncle Huo inside and helped the Pistons to close the score to 3 points again.

As Van Gundy expected, because of Zhang Jinshui's fiery state at this time, Billups began to put all his defensive attention on Zhang Jinshui.

Without the cooperation of Billups, Big Ben Wallace on the inside no longer defended Yao Ming.

Zhang Jinshui saw the opportunity and immediately passed the ball to Yao Ming who was in a good position inside.

Yao Ming, who was released from the double-team seal, slammed into the inside against Big Ben and Wallace, and completed a powerful basket-grabbing dunk.

19 to 20, Yao Ming team finally succeeded in singles once, helping the Rockets continue to bite the score with a 1-point disadvantage.

After scoring the goal, Yao Ming roared and punched hard, wantonly venting the depression in his chest.

In the stands of the Toyota Center, everyone cheered for Yao Ming, who showed his power again.

On the Rockets' bench, Tracy McGrady and other players also stood up and, together with Van Gundy, applauded Yao Ming and Zhang Jinshui.

After experiencing the 10-minute death entanglement of the Pistons, Zhang Jinshui finally relied on his unreasonable and strong performance to open a gap in the opponent's tight defense, and reactivated Yao Ming with points and lines.

It's a pity that at this time the first quarter of the game has gone on for 10 minutes.

After hesitating for a moment, Van Gundy stretched out his hand to signal to the referee, and replaced Yao Ming, Uncle Huo, and David Wesley with Uncle Mu, Swift, and Joan Barry.

Although Yao Ming stayed on the court for one more round at the moment, he would have a chance to help the Rockets overtake the score, but Van Gundy still didn't want to disrupt the Rockets' game rhythm prematurely.

After all, it's only the first quarter. Next, the Rockets will fight the Pistons for 37 minutes. Yao Ming's physical strength is crucial.

After Yao Ming left the field, the Pistons also made personnel adjustments.

Pistons head coach Flip Saunders replaced Big Ben, who was exhausted while defending Yao Ming, with former All-Star power forwards McDyess, Carlos Arroyo and Maurice Evans. Rice, Billups and Prince.

Flip Sanders, somewhat like his predecessor Larry Brown, favors using an eight-man rotation in a game.

Under such circumstances, Rasheed Wallace and Hamilton, who remained on the field, can continue to maintain a strong competitiveness on the field together with substitutes McDyess and Arroyo.

In many cases, because this lineup is facing the opponent's substitute lineup, it can often play a better offensive efficiency than the main lineup.

After playing, they entangled with the Rockets' substitutes led by Zhang Jinshui for a round on both ends of the offense and defense. They relied on McDyess' mid-range shot to hit two points and widened the point difference to 3 points again.

22 is better than 19!

On the defensive end, with Yao Ming gone, the Pistons can finally focus on Zhang Jinshui.

In addition, after Zhang Jinshui went all out for more than 10 minutes, his physical strength was already a bit unsustainable, and it was difficult to use breakthrough points to create good shooting opportunities for his teammates.

With only 1 minute and 15 seconds left in the game, a sweaty Zhang Jinshui dribbled to the frontcourt and raised his hand to signal Swift to come out and set himself a pick-and-roll.

When facing Rasheed Wallace's defense in a dislocated position, Zhang Jinshui took a deep breath and lifted up all the remaining strength in his body.

He cast [Lightning First Step], rushed in from the right side of Rasheed Wallace, and at the same time used his thoughts to actively trigger the last chance to use the golden badge [Best Route].

Frankly speaking, Zhang Jinshui certainly hopes to save all these talent badge skills that can be triggered actively until the last moment of the game.

It's a pity that the powerful Pistons didn't give him any room for flash operations.

At this moment, his offensive threat was almost completely wiped out. In order not to be widened again by the Pistons, he could only play the cards he could play without reservation.

Under the guidance of the white prompt line, Zhang Jinshui flashed past Hamilton who was defending, and at the same time, he jumped across the space in front of Evans, took a run-up, jumped up and put the ball to the basket.

But at this moment, McDyess, who was half a step behind in defending, came out from the side.