NBA: The man who passed the ball to Yao Ming

Ben Gordon stopped talking, and immediately stepped forward to press Zhang Jinshui.

Zhang Jinshui turned sideways, put his body between Ben Gordon and the basketball, and did not rush to move towards the opponent's half court, but continued to stay near the middle circle.

12, 11, 10

As time passed, Zhang Jinshui began to move.

He first made a half turn and tried to push forward from Ben Gordon's left hand side.

When Ben Gordon's body moved laterally to the left, Zhang Jinshui immediately made a crotch change of direction, pulled the ball to his left, and followed the gap on Ben Gordon's right all the way to the Bulls' three-pointer line close.

Next, Zhang Jinshui constantly used changes in rhythm to mobilize Ben Gordon's movement and center of gravity. Although Ben Gordon's defense was swayed several times, Ben Gordon's defense was quite tenacious, and he was swayed every time. After some free time, they adjusted their center of gravity in time and put them back in front of Zhang Jinshui.

Between the constant shaking of the center of gravity of the two people and the pull of adjusting the footsteps of the defense, Zhang Jinshui came to the place where the Bulls were one step outside the 60-degree three-point line on the right side, and there was only time left in the third quarter. The last 4 seconds.

This little time is not enough for Zhang Jinshui to use the crotch dribble to mobilize the opponent's center of gravity, and then make a jumper with a forward and backward step.

The Rockets fans in the stands couldn't help becoming nervous.

As far as the current situation is concerned, Ben Gordon's defense against Zhang Jinshui this round is considered very successful.

Although the game has been played so far, the Rockets hold a 77-point lead 56 to 21, and the goal or not has no great impact on the result of the game.

But Rockets fans just don't want to see Ben Gordon, who was almost suppressed by Zhang Jinshui for the entire game, defend Zhang Jinshui this round.

4, 3, 2,

At the end of the third quarter, Zhang Jinshui jumped up with the ball in both hands without shaking the ball too much, and quickly threw the ball out.

Zhang Jinshui's shooting action is still standard, but the whole process from catching the ball to taking off to throwing the ball out of his hands seems to be a double-speed version of his usual shooting.

The moment the basketball left Zhang Jinshui's hands, the whistle sounded for the end of the third quarter.

I saw the basketball draw a simple and neat arc in the air, and finally hit the net with a "swish".

80 to 56, Zhang Jinshui helped the Rockets lead the Bulls by 24 points and ended the third quarter.

The Toyota Center, which was still a little depressed, immediately erupted into cheers.

After Zhang Jinshui landed, he did not make the celebratory gesture of shaking his right hand and three fingers familiar to fans as before, but stared coldly at Ben Gordon in front of him.

Ben Gordon looked back at the basketball that fell from the basket to the ground again, turned around and walked back to the bench with a disappointed face, and did not dare to respond to Zhang Jinshui's gaze from beginning to end.

Yao Ming, Tracy McGrady and other Rockets teammates surrounded him excitedly, some patted Zhang Jinshui on the shoulder, some touched Zhang Jinshui's head.

Sprewell, who was tied up on the sidelines for a whole quarter, came late. He rushed up excitedly, hugged Zhang Jinshui by the waist, held him in the air, and laughed loudly: "Zhang Jinshui, you are the real one!" Thigh brother."

At this time, the familiar and uniform shouts of "Shenzhen" reverberated over the Toyota Center.

A group of players returned to the bench, and while Van Gundy praised the performance of the Rockets players on the court, he told them to sit down quickly and pick up energy drinks to rehydrate.

Moreover, Van Gundy also asked everyone to put their minds right, don't take it lightly, this game may not be over.

If we take the lead of 24 points in three quarters of a game as an example, there is almost no suspense about the outcome. However, based on the specific situation of this game, we have not yet reached the place where the three quarters are punched.

On the one hand, this Bulls team is too young, and almost every player's stamina is beyond the charts. They are fully capable of continuing to deploy the main lineup at the beginning of the fourth quarter and chasing points with all their strength.

On the other hand, the Rockets' main lineup played the entire third quarter, and the superposition was still far away yesterday. They had a fierce battle with the Grizzlies in Memphis. At this time, their physical strength has already reached the verge of collapse.

In the first half of the fourth quarter, the Rockets will have to use the full bench. What happens during this period will be completely uncontrollable.

If the Bulls reduce the point difference between the two sides to less than 15 points during this period of time, even if Van Gundy sends all the main players after the break to the field in the second half of the fourth quarter, the physical variables will also make the players on the field The situation became complicated again.

And the head coach of the Bulls, Skiles, seemed to be sure that the Rockets had an opportunity to take advantage of the back-to-back. Sure enough, at the beginning of the fourth quarter, he unswervingly dispatched Hinrich, Ben Gordon and The strongest lineup of the Bulls represented by Luer Deng.

For the Rockets, Sprewell returned to the court with Birdman Anderson, Chuck Hayes, Luther Head and Alston.

As soon as the fourth quarter started, the Bulls immediately let Ben Gordon break through into the interior with the ball to score 2 points, and hit a three-pointer from the outside, helping the Bulls narrow the point difference to 19 points.

The Toyota Center stand, which was originally relaxed and freehand, immediately became tense. Van Gundy walked back to the bench from the sidelines and said to Yao Ming, McGrady and Zhang Jinshui: "Be prepared, you may have to work hard tonight. The difference has been narrowed to less than 15, and I may send you guys to play. It would be a pity if we lose this game until now."

Yao Ming and McGrady nodded in agreement.

Zhang Jinshui thought for a while and said, "Coach, if the point difference is reduced to 15 points, why don't you send me on the court first, and let Yao Ming and McGrady rest for a while, that boy Ben Gordon can't make a splash in front of me."

In fact, Zhang Jinshui doesn't have much physical strength left now, but if he is already like this, then Yao Mai, who has played in the NBA for many years, will only be in worse condition than him.

Considering that the two have a little bit of the attributes of glass people, Zhang Jinshui didn't want them to be too tired.

Anyway, he himself is still young, and he still has a bottle of injury immunity potion in his crotch. Although the arsenal is basically empty now, and he may not be able to win the Bulls by many points after playing, he still has the confidence to control the rhythm of the game and keep the lead .

Van Gundy thought for a while, nodded and said: "Okay, then you should be mentally prepared to play."

But before Van Gundy's words fell, Sprewell had already broken into the Bulls inside and scored a hard layup, which caused Tyson Chandler's defensive foul.

Although the free throw was missed, the goal finally helped the Rockets, who were a little out of shape, regain stability.

Next, the Rockets were still unable to put too much pressure on the offensively rich Bulls on the defensive end. Ben Gordon, Ruhr Deng and Nocioni took turns to score points from the Rockets with inside layups and three-pointers.

However, on the offensive end, Sprewell, the only individual in the Rockets' bench lineup with the most outstanding personal ability and very rich game experience, stood up firmly and resisted the Rockets on himself.

He threw himself into the paint of the Bulls again and again, either directly causing kills, or sending himself to the free throw line, and when Luer Deng instinctively thought he would continue to break inside, he burst into the top of the arc. Leng Jian hit a golden three-pointer.

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Considering that there are only more than 7 minutes left before the end of the game, the 19-point difference is too huge.

The head coach of the Bulls, Skiles, waved his hand reluctantly, replaced all the main players, and announced the early end of the game.

Zhang Jinshui, who no longer had to think about recovering his strength, immediately jumped up from the bench and shouted loudly from the sidelines: "Brother Yang, no, brother with thighs, you are the best tonight."

Sprewell gave Zhang Jinshui a thumbs up, but seeing Van Gundy waving to him, ready to let him go, Sprewell immediately begged for mercy: "Coach, I haven't played enough, let me Let's fight again."

Van Gundy shook his head with a smile, but he really kept this 35-year-old guy on the court who still didn't feel tired after back-to-back.

After all, it was Sprewell who helped Madman rejuvenate in New York. Zhang Jinshui can feel that Van Gundy should be one of the few coaches in the NBA who can really control Madman.

In the end, when the referee blew the whistle to end the game, the Rockets beat the Bulls by 105 points 80-25.

Dupreville showed his prowess in the fourth quarter, scoring 25 of the Rockets' 18 points alone, and also contributed 2 assists and 3 rebounds.

From the perspective of still relying on garbage time on the court, Sprewell seems to be a bit suspected of brushing statistics.

But Zhang Jinshui, the Rockets soldiers and the Rockets fans at the scene can all see that Sprewell is not here to collect statistics at all, he is purely enjoying the feeling of playing on the court.

After the game, Sprewell replaced Yao Maishui and became the star most sought after by the media. He hadn't enjoyed this kind of treatment for a long time, and he was very happy, talking in front of a bunch of microphones.

After returning to the locker room, Sprewell was also named the best player in the game by Van Gundy's coaching staff, and received warm applause and cheers from other teammates.

In fact, Zhang Jinshui was named the best player by the NBA team in this game. He made 19 of 9 shots in this game, scored 21 points, 5 assists and 4 rebounds. He scored consecutively in the second quarter to help the first half. The Rockets, who were in poor form, overtook the score and directly contributed to the Rockets' explosion in the third quarter, which established the victory of the game.

However, only the Rockets coaches and players themselves know that after back-to-backs and physical bottlenecks, if Sprewell hadn't resisted the Bulls' counterattack in the early part of the fourth quarter and kept the Rockets' lead. In the second half of the fourth quarter, even if the Rockets' main players, who have all their physical strength, return to the court and hold their advantage, they may pay a lot of hidden costs.

Not to mention that when Sprewell carried the bench lineup forward, Van Gundy's coaching staff saw a new hope, that is, the Rockets finally had a new strength, and Van Gundy could, when needed, You can safely and boldly put Yao Ming, Tracy McGrady and Zhang Jinshui all on the bench.

In a sense, Sprewell can even be regarded as the fourth giant of the Rockets.

After showering and changing clothes, Yao Ming, Tracy McGrady, Zhang Jinshui and Sprewell, who were overthrown by the league on-site team, attended the on-site press conference together.

Generally speaking, the league on-site team will only name 1 or 2 players from each team to participate in the post-match press conference after a game. However, today's post-match conference is obviously much special.

On the one hand, Zhang Jinshui won the best player of the game. Sprewell, who just joined the Rockets, scored 18 points in a single quarter in his debut at the Toyota Center. Naturally, he needed to attend the post-match press conference of.

On the other hand, this season is gaining momentum. The Rockets, who are in full swing, took the initiative to adjust the lineup and traded out three main rotation players in exchange for Sean Battier, who has always been known for his defense in the league. And signed Sprewell with a veteran contract, which can be regarded as a wave of strong lineup upgrades, and has initially shown his ambition and strength to compete for the championship.

The league on-site team naturally hoped that the two leading stars of the Rockets, Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady, would personally discuss the lineup changes.

Sure enough, today's post-match press conference lasted nearly 50 minutes, which was the longest post-match conference that Zhang Jinshui had ever attended or watched.

Dozens of reporters and media that filled the huge press conference room successively asked about the victory of this game, the Rockets officially surpassed the Mavericks to become the second place in the Western Conference, the Rockets' roster changes, the star's views on the new members, and the current team. A series of questions such as the ultimate goal of the Rockets this season.

Sitting in his seat scratching his head and scratching his head, impatiently wanting to end the press conference quickly, Zhang Jinshui, who hastened to reconcile with Zi Chunlin and Zhang Xiaoman who were waiting outside, could only keep saying "our goal is only one , championship!" "Sprewell is great, Sean Battier is great, Birdman Anderson is great, even JR Smith is great, I'm so happy with them!" to answer the chattering reporters The problem.

When the NBA officials at the scene announced the end of the press conference, Zhang Jinshui and the coaches waved their hands and immediately got up and walked out of the press conference room.

After the game just now, because more media reporters rushed into the scene than usual, Zhang Jinshui didn't have time to talk to Zi Chunlin, and now he couldn't wait to hug his girlfriend.