NBA: The man who passed the ball to Yao Ming

"Zhang Jinshui, you have already scored 7 three-pointers in the first half. If you maintain this feeling in the second half, you have a chance to break the league record for three-pointers in a single game. Come on in the second half!"

In the lounge, Alston, who was sitting next to him, poked Jinshui and whispered in his ear.

Zhang Jinshui was stunned. He didn't notice until now that he had scored so many three-pointers in the first half.

"Thank you for your reminder, Alstom, but what I want most is to help the team win this game. Breaking records depends on fate." Zhang Jinshui replied in a low voice, without disturbing other players.

His remarks are definitely not superficial hypocrisy. At this stage, he is really not interested in records such as single-game three-pointers.

It's not that Zhang Jinshui doesn't care about these honors at all, he just thinks that as long as his strength continues to grow, breaking records in the future will come naturally, and there is no need to rush.

More importantly, he didn't want this record-breaking motivation to take precedence over winning the game.

Of course, since he has already shot 7 three-pointers, Zhang Jinshui must score at least three more three-pointers in the second half.

He clearly remembers that he has a systematic task, which is to make 10 three-pointers in a high-level game.

"Everyone played well in the first half, and the rhythm continued in the second half. The victory of this game must be ours." After Van Gundy finally clapped his hands and shouted loudly, the intermission ended.

Zhang Jinshui followed Yao Ming, McGrady and other teammates to leave the locker room and return to the court.

Because the Pacers played a rare and efficient offense in the first half of the new season, although they still trailed the Rockets by 48 points 55 to 7, the emotions of the fans in the stands have already risen, and they have begun to continue to send out "Beat Houston" slogan.

With the whistle of the referee, the second half of the game began.

The Pacers kicked off first, and after Jamal Tinsley took the ball to the frontcourt, he passed the ball directly to O'Neal inside.

O'Neal Jr., who is in the peak of his body, confronted Uncle Huo, turned around and rushed to the basket, completing the violent abuse of the basket, helping the Pacers narrow the point difference to 5 points.

Today, Uncle Huo's defense was visibly overwhelmed by O'Neal.

Zhang Jinshui sighed secretly in his heart. Uncle Huo, who had maintained the 18+8 data for many years, was selected as an All-Star, and received a salary of hundreds of millions, has now reached the decline period of his career.

Although Uncle Huo has a lot of experience in the game and still has a stable scoring method such as a high jumper, his lack of defense on the defensive end is making him a shortcoming of the Rockets' starting lineup.

It is believed that Dawson and Van Gundy have hit the idea on Bird Anderson and Luis Scola in Argentina, and they should have seen this.

In the transition between offense and defense, Zhang Jinshui received a baseline pass from Uncle Huo and slowly dribbled the ball to the frontcourt.

Although Zhang Jinshui has already made 10 three-pointers and earning system task rewards as a high priority in his heart at this time, no matter how high it is, it cannot be higher than the victory of this game.

He didn't rush to let Yao Ming pull up to a high position to support himself, but followed Van Gundy's game plan, and after Yao Ming got the position in the interior, he passed the ball steadily.

Similar to the situation in the first quarter, the Pacers did not double-team Yao Ming as soon as they came up.

Yao Ming naturally accepted the opponent's kindness with a smile. He turned around and went inside the moment he caught the ball, and gave the Pacers a dunk.

However, under the noise interference from Pacers fans, Yao Ming missed the free throw, and the Rockets continued to lead the Pacers by 57 points 50-7.

In the next 3 minutes of the game, under the leadership of Artest and O'Neal, the Pacers continued their efficiency in the first half on the offensive end.

Artest made a three-pointer, and O'Neal rolled into the Rockets' inside twice to complete the attack on the basket.

Fortunately, Yao Ming on the Rockets side was relentless. Since the Pacers never double-teamed him, he scored another 7 points by himself, turning the Pacers' insiders upside down.

双方的比分，也一路从57比50、61比54、打到64比57，火箭队继续着5-7分的领先优势。

This kind of competitive offensive game rhythm is undoubtedly the Rockets' favorite.

Gradually, Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle couldn't sit still.

He knows that the Pacers' efficient performance on the offensive end is an extraordinary performance and cannot be sustained. If they want to narrow the point difference, they can only make a fuss on the defensive end.

As a last resort, Rick Carlisle called a timeout outside the plan and began to adjust his defensive tactics.

At this time, the third quarter of the game had only lasted 3 minutes, and the point difference between the two teams was still 7 points.

After returning to the court again, Carlisle let go of his insistence and let Yao Ming, the Pacers defender inside, double-team again.

This change in rhythm was actually expected by Van Gundy, but in the initial implementation stage, it still caused some troubles for the Rockets' offense.

At the same time, O'Neal of the Pacers continued to show off, and succeeded in two consecutive low-post singles against Uncle Huo, scoring 4 points and narrowing the point difference on the court to 3 points in one fell swoop.

61:64.

In the stands of the arena, the emotions of Pacers fans are getting higher and higher.

Van Gundy was worried that the Rockets players' mentality would fluctuate, so he called a 20-second timeout.

When the players returned to the bench, Van Gundy said loudly: "We still lead by 3 points, so don't panic, just deal with every round patiently.

Zhang Jinshui and Yao Ming will return to the field in a while, and we will still use the two of you as the center of the offense, but we must combine the inside attack with the high screen pick-and-roll to make our offensive system three-dimensional.Do you know? "

Zhang Jinshui and Yao Ming nodded vigorously and said, "Understood, coach."

20 seconds passed in a flash, and with the referee's whistle, Zhang Jinshui and the Rockets starters returned to the field together.

At the same time, Van Gundy made a small adjustment to the lineup, replacing Uncle Huo with Swift to defend O'Neal.

本场比赛打到现在，小奥尼尔已经11投7中，罚球6罚5中拿下19分8篮板2盖帽，和姚明的19分9篮板2盖帽不相上下。

Although Swift's defensive footwork is not very good, at least he will not suffer too much in physical confrontation.

The game restarted, Zhang Jinshui received a pass from Swift, and carefully brought the ball to the frontcourt.

Yao Ming got to the inside again and waved to Zhang Jinshui.

Zhang Jinshui understood that Yao Ming was playing games to attract the Pacers to continue to double-team him.

Zhang Jinshui dribbled the ball to the corresponding three-point line and handed the ball to Yao Ming firmly.

The moment Jamal Tinsley turned around to double-team Yao Ming, Zhang Jinshui immediately ran to the corner on the weak side.

On Zhang Jinshui's route, McGrady cleverly used his body to block Artest who wanted to interfere with Zhang Jinshui, and successfully helped Zhang Jinshui run an open three-pointer at the bottom corner.

Yao Ming's goal arrived as scheduled.

Stepping on the rich green under his feet, Zhang Jinshui threw the ball steadily and hit a hollow three-pointer.

The score on the court came to a 67-point difference of 61 to 6 again.

This three-pointer is also Zhang Jinshui's eighth three-pointer in this game.

Immediately afterwards, on the defensive end, McGrady relied on his long arms to steal Artest who was about to start a breakthrough. Artest, who was experienced in defense, immediately interfered with McGrady on the spot and did not give McGrady a chance to counterattack at high speed.

McGrady was not in a hurry, he protected the ball and handed it to Zhang Jinshui.

The Rockets reorganized their offense.

Just when the Pacers players thought that the Rockets would continue to hit Yao Ming and rely on Zhang Jinshui's long shot to break the double-team, the Rockets' offensive rhythm suddenly changed.

Yao Ming led the opponent's center forward to the high position, first helped Zhang Jinshui make a pick-and-roll, and then received a pass from Zhang Jinshui.

At the same time, David Wesley and McGrady have already stood at a 45-degree angle on the right side and the bottom line is close to the three-second zone, and they respectively provided Zhang Jinshui with off-ball screens.

Zhang Jinshui followed the right three-point line, and after making a circle inside the Pacers, he successfully got an open three-pointer in the left corner.

Yao Ming's point ball came to Zhang Jinshui's hands on time.

Stepping on the rich green under his feet, Zhang Jinshui made another steady three-pointer, helping the Rockets regain a 70-point lead 61-9.

The Pacers fans, who were only excited for a few minutes in the second half, became depressed again.

At the same time, some voices of discussion sounded in the stands.

"This Zhang Jinshui feels too hot today. He scored 11 of 7 three-pointers in the first half, which is abnormal enough. Why did he score 2 of 2 in the second half?"

"Yeah, it's only been three quarters and he's made nine three-pointers. He won't really break Kobe's league record of 9 three-pointers in a single game today, right?"

"What's going on with Carlisle today, hurry up and think of a way, if Zhang Jinshui is left alone, the game will be dangerous." An elderly fan wearing a Reggie Miller jersey said anxiously.

The people around him echoed.

In fact, Carlisle did make some adjustments to the Pacers' defense.

After Stephen Jackson hit a long two-pointer at the top of the arc to help the Pacers temporarily stabilize the situation.

Back on the defensive end, Stephen Jackson and Jamal Tinsley switched defensive positions, and Stephen Jackson, who was tall and tall and only slightly inferior to Artest in perimeter defense, was to defend Zhang Jinshui.

At this time, Zhang Jinshui is only one step away from making 10 three-pointers and completing the system tasks.

He had to make the last three-pointer no matter what.

In order to avoid night long dreams, Zhang Jinshui immediately activated the purple badge [explosive ability value table] with his mind after dribbling the ball into the frontcourt again, and directly exploded the three-point attribute value from 90 to [-].

In the game, this is the first time that Zhang Jinshui has exploded the three-point attribute value to [-].

However, in the previous training, he has tested several times, placing 5 or 6 basketballs in different positions, and throwing all these balls to the basket within 24 seconds after pulling the three-pointer.

The test shows that although the 100-point value of [-] cannot guarantee [-]% shooting from some ultra-long positions, in the area close to the three-point line, especially the top of the arc and the bottom line, even in the face of McGrady's serious defense, It can also have a hit rate of every shot.

After beckoning David Wesley to make a pick-and-roll defense for himself and changing the defender back to Jamal Tinsley, Zhang Jinshui dribbled the ball continuously under his crotch, and finally performed [Retreating Magic Shot] to stabilize the ball. Throw it out steadily.

With the blessing of 100 three-point value, the basketball hit the basket directly with an almost horizontal arc, making a crisp sound.

73 to 63, after a quarter and a half, Zhang Jinshui helped the Rockets to gain a double-digit lead again.

And this three-pointer also increased Zhang Jinshui's three-pointer hits to 10, successfully completing the system task.

The difficulty of completing this task is relatively high, will there be more attribute points rewarded?

Zhang Jinshui thought happily, raised three fingers of his right hand, and vigorously shook them in the air!

In the stands of the arena, there was a desperate sigh.

And under a special post on a forum, the excited fans of Huaguo once again launched a frenzy of replies.

"Damn it, I'm only halfway through the third quarter, and I've already made 10 three-pointers. Brothers, I feel like we're going to witness history today."

"Yes! I made 11 of 7 shots in the first half and 3 of 3 in the second half. This feeling is unmatched. Be steady!"

"Steady the fart! The Rockets are already leading by 10 points, and it feels like the Pacers are already on the point of being beaten! You are not afraid that once the game is over, Van Gundy will call for money and withdraw?"

"Damn, it's possible. I hope that Zhang Jinshui can quickly shoot a few more shots while he is still on the court, so as to save night and dream."

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On the court, with a "beep" whistle, the Pacers called a timeout.

At this time, in the commentary booth on the sidelines, the ball commentators and experts from major TV stations were chatting excitedly about the fact that Zhang Jinshui had hit 10 three-pointers in less than three quarters. down trend.

The Rockets players walking back to the bench also noticed this. Yao Ming happily rubbed Zhang Jinshui's head and said, "It's ok, brother, your hands are too hot today."

"Back to the court in a while, we will feed you a few more balls, and try to break Kobe's three-point record. At that time, Kobe will probably call me specifically, hahahaha." McGrady laughed happily .

Several players sat down one after another. Van Gundy patted Zhang Jinshui on the shoulder and said, "Zhang Jinshui, your three-pointers tonight are really accurate. I think you have a good chance of breaking the league record of 12 three-pointers in a single game." Record.

However, we still have to take winning the game as the highest priority first.

Back on the court in a while, I don't want you to blindly shoot outside and play a reasonable offensive game.

But don't worry, even if the next game is spent, I will keep you on the field and create conditions for you to break the record. "