NBA: The man who passed the ball to Yao Ming

Van Gundy knew very well that the current score was only temporary. Although the Rockets led by 6 points, the price was that Yao Maishui's physical strength was already overdrawn.

In the fourth quarter, it's really hard to say who will win.

During the break, Van Gundy loudly praised the performance of the Rockets in the third quarter, while reminding everyone that there are still 12 minutes to play in the fourth quarter, and they must not relax just because they lead by 6 points.

After repeated weighing, Van Gundy made a bold decision to put Yao Ming, McGrady and Zhang Jinshui on the bench at the beginning of the fourth quarter to continue to recover.

"Coach, I've almost had a rest." Zhang Jinshui said eagerly after Van Gundy announced the arrangement of the players.

"No, I must ensure that you have the physical strength to change the game at the final moment of the decisive battle." Van Gundy shook his head and let Zhang Jinshui sit down.

Then, he said to Alston, Luther Head, David Wesley, Swift and Uncle Mu: "Now we have a 6-point lead, before the Pistons narrow the difference to within 1 point." , this stadium belongs to you, I hope you can withstand the counterattack of the Pistons and help Yao Ming, Tracy McGrady and Zhang Jinshui get more rest time."

"Okay, coach, we will definitely do our best." The five substitutes nodded vigorously and said solemnly.

With the whistle of the referee, the intermission ends.

On the side of the Pistons, they sent all the starting five tigers up at the beginning of the quarter.

However, the Rockets' substitute players finally lived up to Van Gundy's trust. Facing the Pistons' all-out pounce, they withstood the pressure on the defensive end. Uncle Mu even gave Rasheed Wallace a big cap.

On the offensive end, Luther Head hit a mid-range shot at 1 minutes into the fourth quarter, which greatly slowed down the speed of the Pistons catching up to the score.

It's a pity that the strength gap between the two sides is still too large.

When the game lasted 3 minutes in the fourth quarter, the Pistons relied on Billups' arc top three-pointer to narrow the point difference on the court to 1 point, and the score on the court was 68 to 67.

"Zhang Jinshui, how is your recovery now?"

Standing at Van Gundy, he looked back at Zhang Jinshui.

Zhang Jinshui poured the remaining half bottle of drink into his stomach, wiped his mouth and was about to stand up, and said, "I have completely rested."

"Not in a hurry."

Van Gundy waved his hand, turned around and called a timeout to the referee, and indirectly helped Zhang Jinshui win a rest time of 1 and a half minutes.

After all the substitute players returned to the bench, Van Gundy first praised their performance on the field, and then said to Zhang Jinshui:

"Zhang Jinshui, we still lead by 1 point, but the Pistons already have a full lineup. You will play in a while, I hope you hold them back, keep the point difference within the tie range, and give Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady more 2 minute break.

Then, I'll put Yao Ming McGrady on the court to join you for the final game against the Pistons. "

"Okay, coach, I will try my best to slow down the tempo on the field." Zhang Jinshui nodded in agreement.

As the referee's whistle sounded, the timeout ended, and Zhang Jinshui returned to the court with Luther Head and other substitute players.

After receiving Uncle Huo's baseline free throw, he made a gesture of pressing his hand down to his teammates, and slowly brought the ball to the frontcourt.

Faced with Billups' tight marking, Zhang Jinshui first ran out of attack time in the middle circle until only 10 seconds remained before he waved his hand and asked his teammates to help him open up space.

He brought the ball to the top of the arc. He first dribbled the ball back and forth from left to right to shake Billups' center of gravity. God shot], throw the ball out.

At this time, Zhang Jinshui's physical strength has recovered at least 7% of the maximum, and his shooting feels good.

It's a pity that the basketball that drew a beautiful parabola hit the inner edge of the basket and bounced out.

Big Ben Wallace grabbed the backcourt rebound and immediately passed the ball to Billups who accelerated forward.

Zhang Jinshui retreated in time, stuck to Billups dribbling, and did not give the opponent a good layup opportunity.

But after Billups rushed to the inside, he bounced the ball skillfully backwards, and Big Ben Wallace, who was plugged in at high speed from his own inside, threw away Luther Hyde and David Wesley. After receiving the basketball, he jumped high and completed a powerful two-handed slam dunk.

69 to 68, the Pistons regained the lead.

The stands at the Toyota Center immediately became dull.

The expressions of Luther Head and David Wesley are full of self-blame. Big Ben Wallace can easily dunk and score, which has a lot to do with their back defense.

"I am also responsible for this ball. Forget about it, let's play the next round." Zhang Jinshui comforted the two of them.

Then, he received Swift's baseline serve and dribbled the ball upfield again.

His rhythm didn't change as the Rockets went from leading to trailing.

He still waited in front of the middle circle for a while, until there were only 10 seconds left in the attack time, and then he waved his teammates to pull them beyond the three-point line, and then dribbled the ball to the top of the arc.

After continuous crotch dribbles, Zhang Jinshui jumped to the right, causing Billups to take a step back to the right, and then, he took a step back, jumped up, and once again performed [Sky Shot with Back Step] , Throwing the ball steadily.

From the beginning to the end, Zhang Jinshui's eyes were firm, without any hesitation.

All Rockets fans locked their eyes on the basketball flying in the air.

Since the third quarter, this is Zhang Jinshui's 8th three-pointer, and only 7 of the first 1 shots.

In terms of hit rate alone, Zhang Jinshui's touch is extremely poor.

But the Rockets fans still looked at the basketball in the air with full expectation.

In their minds, Zhang Jinshui is already the top shooter. Even though they have missed many shots before, they still feel that as long as Zhang Jinshui makes a shot, there is a great chance of hitting a three-pointer.

This time, Zhang Jinshui finally did not disappoint the Rockets fans.

I saw the basketball draw a beautiful arc in the air, with a "swipe", it went into the net hollowly.

71 to 69, Zhang Jinshui withstood the pressure of 7 of 1 shots and helped the Rockets regain a two-point lead.

In the stands of the Toyota Center, the Rockets fans cheered excitedly, and the voice of "Shenzhen Shot" resounded through the arena of the Toyota Center again.

Zhang Jinshui enjoyed the call with peace of mind, raised the three fingers of his right hand, and shook them vigorously in the air.

Van Gundy, Yao Mai and others on the sidelines all stood up and applauded Zhang Jinshui.

The atmosphere in the Toyota Center became hot again.

However, the Jagged Pistons once again showed their resilience as former NBA champions.

On the next possession, Rasheed Wallace pulled out to set Billups up, then passed the ball to Hamilton who cut inside to the basket, who easily took advantage of the layup. Scored 2 points.

The score on the court became 71 to 71.

At this time, there were only the last 6 and a half minutes of the game, and the two teams returned to the same starting line again.

With a big wave of Van Gundy's hand, Yao Ming, Tracy McGrady, Howard, Anderson and other key players were all on the field.

The final decisive battle between the Rockets and the Pistons also began at this moment and officially kicked off.

Immediately after the start of the game, Zhang Jinshui passed the ball to Yao Ming who pulled the ball between the free throw line and the top of the arc as he did in the third quarter, and then began to back and forth like a mad dog under the cover of the open space of McGrady and other teammates Run, and focus all the defensive attention of the Pistons on himself.

Now it is the final stage of the decisive battle, Zhang Jinshui will definitely not be able to sacrifice himself wantonly like the third quarter.

But considering that the opponent's players have been playing from the beginning of the quarter to the present, they must be more lacking in physical strength. It is definitely a very cost-effective tactic to run wildly like this once or twice to maximize the opponent's defensive tension.

After another 5 consecutive off-ball screens, Zhang Jinshui finally got a chance to open a three-pointer at the bottom line.

Yao Ming's pass arrived as scheduled.

But at this time, Zhang Jinshui noticed that the prompt line pointing to Yao Ming suddenly changed from yellow to green, and then to purple.

It turned out that when the Pistons focused all their attention on themselves, Yao Ming let go of Billups' defense and rushed inside.

Zhang Jinshui raised his hand to pretend to shoot, and then suddenly passed the ball along the purple prompt line to find Yao Ming who was inserted inside, and the latter completed an unguarded one-arm dunk.

73 to 71, the Rockets regained a 2-point lead.

Cheers erupted from the stands at the Toyota Center.

"Beautiful pass!" Yao Ming shouted and raised his hand to signal Zhang Jinshui while returning to defense.

Zhang Jinshui smiled and gave Yao Ming a thumbs up.

However, the advantage of these two points did not last long. In the next round, the experienced Pistons immediately had Rasheed Wallace successfully beat Uncle Huo with his back in the interior, and evened the score on the field. 73 to 73.

And then, the game between the two sides began to fall into a vicious circle:

Yao Ming first made a tip-up after McGrady missed a three-pointer, and Big Ben Wallace immediately returned the Rockets with an alley dunk.

Zhang Jinshui then dribbled the ball to the front court and hit a long three-pointer. Billups immediately responded with a strong three-pointer at the top of the arc.

After McGrady reached the inside, he pulled the bar for a layup to help the Rockets lead by two points again, and was evened by Hamilton's steady hit after running out of the open.

In 4 minutes, the score of the two sides went from 73 to 73, to 78 to 78, and then to 85 to 85. They have been biting together fiercely, but the strange thing is that both teams have maintained a hundred points that must be scored on every shot. 100% attack success rate.

而与之相对应的却是从第一节以25比25结束，到第四节第6分钟重新从71比71开始，双方在两节半的时间里分别只得到了46分，投篮命中率连3成半都不到。

The scoring in these 4 minutes is almost the same as the scoring level in the past quarter.

What happens on the basketball court is sometimes so magical.

And this situation is definitely what Rockets fans and Van Gundy on the bench are most willing to see.

After all, the Rockets are a team that is good at offense, and the Pistons are a team that is good at defense. The current rhythm of this competition is more inclined to the Rockets.

However, the Pistons quickly showed their experienced side.

When there was only 1 minute and 35 seconds left in the game, Zhang Jinshui brought the ball to the frontcourt and handed the ball to Yao Ming who wanted to get to the inside.

But they didn't expect that the Pistons, whose physical strength was already on the edge of the limit and had given up double-teaming Yao Ming in the first few minutes, suddenly had a change in defensive rhythm.

Prince let go of McGrady, turned around and Big Ben and Wallace formed a tight double-team on Yao Ming. Their long arms prevented Yao Ming from passing the ball in time, and finally caused Yao Ming's three-pointer. seconds violation.

In the next offensive round, Billups once again found Hamilton, who was tirelessly running for the open space. The latter was at the bottom line, facing McGrady who came to supplement the defense, and he was calm and hit 2 points steadily.

87:85.

After a lapse of 5 minutes, the Pistons once again gained the lead, but what is desperate is that there is only 1 minute left before the end of the game.

The Toyota Center stands, which had been active for some time in the past, fell silent again.

Being two points behind with just one minute to go meant the Rockets had no room for error.

Van Gundy didn't dare to be careless and immediately called a timeout.

On the one hand, this timeout is used to adjust the offensive tactics, and on the other hand, it also allows Yao Ming, McGrady and Zhang Jinshui, whose physical strength is close to the critical point again, to have some rest time.

"In the last minute, the Pistons will definitely maximize their defensive strength, and if they hand the ball to Yao Ming in the paint at this time, there is a high chance that they will be double-teamed by them.

Zhang Jinshui, when attacking for a while, you can let the ball pass through Yao Ming's hands. Once the opponent double-teams, you have to run out of space in time and be ready to catch the ball and pass it to McGrady. "

"Okay, coach." Zhang Jinshui replied loudly while wiping his sweat with a towel.

"McGrady, now that Big Ben Wallace has 5 fouls, his defense should become timid. I hope you can get inside after receiving the ball and end the offense on him."

"Understood, coach." McGrady nodded seriously.

As the referee whistled to signal the end of the timeout, the Rockets players returned to the court.

At this point, the atmosphere on the court was tense and suffocating.

There is only 1 minute left in the whole game. Considering that if this attack fails, the Pistons will have a great chance to kill 24 seconds of attack time in the next round. At that time, the fault tolerance left for the Rockets will be very, very Low.

Therefore, the Rockets must win this offense.