NBA: The man who passed the ball to Yao Ming

At this time, the second quarter had lasted for more than 5 minutes, and Yao Ming just came on the court at this time, which was at least one and a half minutes later than usual.

Van Gundy's purpose is very clear. One is to let Yao Ming, who was a little tired yesterday, rest for a minute or two. The other is to send Yao Ming and Zhang Jinshui on the field together, so that they can directly connect internally and externally, leading the Rockets to play the offensive rhythm that the team is used to earlier. .

In addition, Van Gundy also made another unexpected move in this wave of lineup adjustments, that is, he won Chuck Hayes, who is fairly familiar with the Rockets' various running tactics, and took the man who only met with the Rockets today. Birdman Anderson stayed on the field.

This arrangement should have taken into account that Van Gundy did not want Chuck Hayes to be too physically exhausted after Uncle Mu and Uncle Huo had missed the rest of the game.

At the same time, it also sent a signal that in the rest of the second quarter, there will be no scenes of Yao Ming's high-post support and Zhang Jinshui looking for open spaces under the cover of players without the ball.

"Zhang Jinshui, put the competition first, but if there is a chance, I will avenge my father and do a good job with that brat Ben Gordon, he is so fucking smug, I am so mad!" Prewell and Zhang Jinshui clapped their hands together and shouted loudly.

"No problem, as long as he stays on the court, I will definitely avenge you." Zhang Jinshui patted his chest and agreed, then returned to his own half, and took the baseline serve from Birdman Anderson.

At this time, with the last 6 and a half minutes left in the first half, the Bulls have also completed lineup adjustments.

Skiles replaced almost all of their starting lineup, the only change is the best sixth man, Ben Gordon, in place of starter Duhon, standing at shooting guard.

It can be seen that, as the team's top scorer, Ben Gordon's position in the Bulls is a pseudo-substitute and a real starter.

Now that he agreed to Sprewell, Zhang Jinshui naturally wanted to find a chance to compete with Ben Gordon, but now he was facing Hinrich, so there was no chance yet.

Facing Xinrizi's defense, Zhang Jinshui carefully dribbled the ball into the frontcourt.

Seeing that Yao Ming had taken the position at a 45-degree angle on the right side of the three-second zone, Zhang Jinshui moved outside the corresponding three-point line, and then passed the ball steadily.

Sinrich was obviously mentally prepared the moment Yao Ming and Zhang Jinshui came on the court, and turned around to double-team Yao Ming the moment Zhang Jinshui passed the ball.

This ball will definitely not give Yao Ming the time to turn around and attack the basket directly after receiving the ball.

Seeing this, Yao Ming didn't dare to be careless. After receiving the ball, he immediately returned the ball to Zhang Jinshui who was moving towards the top of the arc.

Facing the defense of Ben Gordon, who is only 191 centimeters tall, McGrady, who has a matchup advantage, is not polite, and rushed past Ben Gordon's right hand with one step.

Unexpectedly, Ben Gordon's defensive steps were not bad. Although he couldn't stop McGrady's breakthrough, he still tried his best to stick to McGrady for a few steps, slowing down McGrady's movement speed a little.

It is this time difference of a few tenths of a second that Luer Deng, who is in his peak physical condition, has enough time to defend from the side, raise his hands, jump high, and cover McGrady's layup.

Although Tracy McGrady made an extremely stretched and chic stretching bar in the air, the final layup still came out of the frame by accident.

Ben Gordon, who was following McGrady, picked up the rebound, turned around immediately, and at the same time threw the ball 5 or 6 meters away, and then rushed up with all his strength.

I have to admit that Ben Gordon was able to help the Bulls get fourth in the Eastern Conference in his rookie season in the league, and he won the best sixth man in the league with certain strategic significance.

He made a series of moves in one go, directly throwing behind several Rockets players who were still within the Bulls' three-point line, and rushed into the Rockets' basket with the ball at high speed.

The only one who still has a chance to form an effective defense against Ben Gordon is Zhang Jinshui standing at the top of the arc.

He had already started chasing the opponent the moment Ben Gordon threw the ball forward.

However, a quarter of a second late in starting is equal to a slowness of at least one and a half steps.

Zhang Jinshui could only barely follow Ben Gordon's side and rear, chasing all the way to his own half, until Ben Gordon rushed near the Rockets' free throw line, paused, grabbed the basketball with both hands, and stepped forward. Zhang Jinshui barely caught up with the opponent.

But the hands he raised high after jumping just made Ben Gordon's layup posture in the air slightly stagnant, and it couldn't change the final outcome of the basketball being easily hit the board and into the basket.

34 to 32, after half a quarter, Ben Gordon helped the Bulls overtake the score.

Even the 7 points before Zhang Jinshui replaced Sprewell, Ben Gordon has scored 9 points in a row, and finally wiped out the bad luck when facing Zhang Jinshui in the first quarter.

After Zhang Jinshui landed, he picked up the basketball that fell from the basket, and was about to go to the baseline to serve again, but he didn't expect that Ben Gordon didn't leave at all, but stuck directly in front of him.

"Rookie in Huaguo, weren't you very arrogant in the first quarter? Show me another one. Huh?!"

When he was screaming, Ben Gordon's big black face was less than 5 centimeters away from Zhang Jinshui, and his bloody mouth opened and closed. Zhang Jinshui could even see the foam flying from the corner of Zhang Jinshui's mouth from the corner of his eye. come out.

This kid is sick!When have you been arrogant to him?

Seeing that Ben Gordon opened his mouth and wanted to press again, and the foam at the corner of his mouth was ready to go, Zhang Jinshui felt an unknown fire in his heart, and as soon as he stretched out his hand, he pushed the opponent hard, and reprimanded sharply: "Fuck you!" ! Ben Gordon, are you ill?"

"Fuck me? Fuck you!" Ben Gordon, who was pushed away a step, had an even worse expression, and rushed towards Zhang Jinshui again.

Zhang Jinshui was already ready to do it, but a stern whistle of "beep!" came from not far away, which also made Zhang Jinshui realize that he was still in the game.

The referee then rushed over and stood between Zhang Jinshui and Ben Gordon.

"What are you two doing? Why did you push Ben Gordon?" Today's referee is a middle-aged man in his 40s, not tall, but with a dignified face and a neat [-]-point hairstyle.

"Referee, I didn't do anything. This kid posted up like a lunatic to provoke me. I was afraid that his saliva would spray on my face, so I pushed him away." Zhang Jinshui hurriedly showed an innocent expression to the [-]th referee. Explain that it would be too bad to be called a technical foul for pushing this annoying piece of garbage.

"Then you can take two steps back, why do you still have to push people?"

"Referee, referee, I saw it. It was Ben Gordon, that trash who provoked Zhang Jinshui first. He stuck so close just now. He must have wanted to insult Zhang Jinshui, so Zhang Jinshui pushed him." Not far away, Sprewell Already unable to restrain himself, he jumped up from the bench.

But now it's non-timeout time, and a substitute player rushing into the field will be called a technical foul. Sprewell dared not come in, so he could only dance around the sidelines while explaining loudly to the referee.

Yao Ming McGrady and other Rockets players who were still in the frontcourt of the Bulls gathered around Zhang Jinshui and asked with concern: "Zhang Jinshui, are you okay?"

"It's okay." Zhang Jinshui shook his head and looked at the [-]th referee with a serious expression, fearing that the other party would call him a technical foul.

McGrady turned around and wanted to communicate with the referee, but was directly intercepted by the opponent's right hand.

It turned out that the referee was covering his ear with his left hand, using a wireless device to communicate with the fourth referee on the sidelines. If he guessed correctly, the referee on the sidelines should be watching the video just now.

In the stands at the Toyota Center, all the Rockets fans craned their necks to watch the situation.At this moment, on the large screen above the Toyota Center, the whole process of the two people's quarrel and physical contact just now was played back.

The fans could clearly see that Zhang Jinshui had no problems defending against the opponent's counterattack, and when the counterattack succeeded, it was indeed Ben Gordon who posted in front of Zhang Jinshui for no reason and verbally provoked Zhang Jinshui .

The entire Toyota Center was immediately filled with boos.

In the end, after knowing the cause and effect of the incident, the [-]th referee did not give Zhang Jinshuai a technical foul.

He first dispersed all the players from the two teams who surrounded him, then called Zhang Jinshui and Ben Gordon together, and said loudly: "I don't care how much trash talk you have said between you, but from now on, I will My eyes will always be on the two of you. If I see either of you have physical contact with the other party outside of the game, I will immediately give that person a technical foul. At that time, I will not listen to any explanation. Do you understand?"

As long as no technical foul is called, Zhang Jinshui heaved a sigh of relief and agreed, "Understood, Mr. Referee."

Ben Gordon also reluctantly agreed, but Zhang Jinshui pushed himself but was not called a technical foul, which still made him very upset.

After the referee walked away, Ben Gordon glared at Zhang Jinshui again, and said, "Huaguo boy, you are lucky, but this is not the end. Today I must let you know who is the leader of this alliance." The most promising new star."

Zhang Jinshui saw the [-]th referee turned his face to the other side, then looked at Ben Gordon with a sneer and said, "Hmph, of course this is not over, just wait."

"You still have the face to speak such big words, forgetting that I scored a layup under your defense just now? If you have the ability, you can also break through me."

Ben Gordon deliberately amplified his provocative voice so that the fans on the sidelines not far away could hear it. Obviously, he wanted to use words to make Zhang Jinshui unable to come to the stage. He had to make a breakthrough in the next round, and when the offensive options were narrowed , the success rate will naturally drop a lot.

The audience on the sidelines were old fans who had watched countless games. They naturally understood the insidiousness behind Ben Gordon's words, and hurriedly shouted:

"Zhang Jinshui, don't pay attention to this evil pen."

"Trash Ben Gordon, what qualifications do you have to challenge Zhang Jinshui, you are too self-aware!?"

"Go back to your wild life in Chicago, and don't look at yourself."

Naturally, Zhang Jinshui could also clearly see the careful thinking behind Ben Gordon, sneered, did not speak, but turned around and ran to the other side of the backcourt, and caught the baseline pass from Birdman Anderson.

At the same time, the metallic system sound did not make Zhang Jinshui wonder for a long time, and it rang in his ears: "I was hit by the opponent for a layup in one-on-one defense, whether to trigger the purple badge [Tit for Tat], or not?" The opponent made a layup."

"Trigger!" Zhang Jinshui yelled with his mind, and then brought the ball to the frontcourt.

After standing still at the top of the arc, Zhang Jinshui waved his hand and called McGrady for a pick-and-roll.

The plot that is both familiar to Rockets fans and a little worried at the moment finally appeared. Zhang Jinshui asked McGrady to help him with the pick-and-roll, naturally in order to respond to Ben Gordon in a one-on-one way.

The Toyota Center stand, which was still a little noisy, immediately fell silent. Even Sprewell, who had been chattering on the sidelines, dared not speak out at this time, for fear of distracting Zhang Jinshui.

After McGrady made a pick-and-roll for Zhang Jinshui from the left, Zhang Jinshui waved his hand again, and let Yao Ming and Birdman Anderson, who were standing inside, all run outside to help him open up space for breakthrough.

Then, looking at Ben Gordon in front of him, Zhang Jinshui sneered and said, "This ball is just to shut your mouth."

"Come on!" Ben Gordon clapped his hands and said with a smirk, "I'm not even afraid of McGrady's breakthrough, but would I be afraid of you?"

Before he finished his words, Zhang Jinshui had already cast [Lightning First Step], rushing straight to Ben Gordon's right hand.

From the defense against McGrady in the last round, it can be seen that Ben Gordon's defensive breakthrough moves are really quite good.

With this ball, Zhang Jinshui caught Ben Gordon by surprise by taking advantage of the gap of talking trash, so that Ben Gordon didn't block his breakthrough route at the first time, but Ben Gordon still stuck to him very well and chased after him. He moves toward the basket together.

What's more terrible is that Zhang Jinshui's intention of making an offensive breakthrough is too obvious. Although Tyson Chandler was brought near the three-point line by Yao Ming before, he has been observing Zhang Jinshui's movements.

The moment Zhang Jinshui stepped into the free throw line, Tyson Chandler immediately turned around and rushed towards the basket.

As long as Zhang Jinshui rushes in again, Ben Gordon and Tyson Chandler will form a siege against Zhang Jinshui. At that time, this breakthrough layup may be about to be humiliated.

Seeing this, Yao Ming immediately stepped back inside the three-point line, raised his hand and shouted to Zhang Jinshui: "Jin Shui, pass the ball to me."

At this time, Yao Ming was in an unmarked state. As long as Zhang Jinshui passed the ball, with Yao Ming's soft touch, there was a high probability that the ball would be successful, and Zhang Jinshui had launched a very good attack.

But this ball, with the special effect of [Tit for Tat], how could Zhang Jinshui distribute the ball.

Holding the ball in his arms, he ran two steps forward, then jumped high and flew towards the basket.