NBA: The man who passed the ball to Yao Ming

In the end, as the referee whistled, the Rockets defeated the Warriors 100-80.

Zhang Jinshui found that the Chinese fans of the Golden State Warriors were very interesting. After the game, they immediately put aside their previous suspicions and gave Zhang Jinshui and Yao Ming a palm.

Fans who were closer to the two greeted them warmly.

Zhang Jinshui also responded to them as much as possible.

Due to the huge disparity in strength, Yao Maishui did not expend too much energy in this game.

三人中得分最高的也不过是麦迪的20分5篮板3助攻，略高于姚明的16分8篮板2盖帽和张金水的13分8助攻2篮板，并最终获得了本场比赛的最佳球员。

In addition to Yao Maishui, the Rockets also scored in double figures with Sprewell, JR Smith and Sean Battier. This can be regarded as a classic example of winning the game by relying on overall strength.

And this is undoubtedly what Van Gundy wants to see the most. The Rockets soldiers won the first away game without expending too much energy, which can be regarded as a good start for the Rockets' devil four consecutive visitors.

Then, Van Gundy briefly attended the post-match press conference with Yao Maishui, then joined other players and rushed to the San Francisco airport without stopping.

To be able to arrange two back-to-back away games in two cities 1300 kilometers apart, it can only be said that the league's schedule this season is really ridiculous enough.

However, Zhang Jinshui is also very clear in his heart that organizing 30 teams to play 4 games in 1215 and a half months is an extremely complicated matter. Such a devilish back-to-back schedule is definitely inevitable, and there will always be some teams. To suffer some grievances.

The only thing to blame is that the former Rockets can only be regarded as a mid-upstream team in terms of strength, and the market is not as hot as the Lakers and Knicks, so naturally they will not be taken care of by the league.

However, after this season's turn out, the Rockets' schedule next season is believed to be much friendlier.

Therefore, there is no need to complain too much to the public media now.

When the Rockets' plane flew from San Francisco to Seattle, it was already 9 o'clock in the evening. The journey along the way made the Rockets soldiers who hadn't felt much after beating the Warriors finally felt tired.

Because they had already had dinner on the plane, the players arrived at the hotel, checked in, and went straight back to their rooms to rest.

During the day of the second day, Van Gundy did not arrange any training, and continued to let the players adjust their physical condition. Until 6 pm, the Rockets soldiers gathered in the hotel lobby and took the team to the home ball of the Seattle SuperSonics. Pavilion Key Arena.

Today's game has also attracted the attention of the NBA's major media. After all, before Zhang Jinshui was born, Ray Allen has always been considered the best three-point shooter in the NBA.

Before this season, Ray Allen had averaged at least 6 three-pointers per game for six consecutive seasons, and the most season he could hit 2.5, and his shooting percentage reached a terrifying 3.3%.

His three-point shooting ability is already recognized as strong. As long as he maintains this state, he will definitely surpass Reggie Miller and become the best three-point shooter in history.

Although, Zhang Jinshui recently tied the NBA single-game three-pointer record, and miraculously created a new NBA single-game three-pointer record in a short period of time, jumping into the discussion of the best three-point shooter in history.

However, the media always want to compare him with the recognized top scorer in active service.

At 6:[-] p.m. local time in Seattle, Zhang Jinshui and other Rockets players, led by Yao Ming, rushed out of the player tunnel of the Key Arena.

The first thing that greeted them was a tsunami of boos from the packed stands.

But for these, Zhang Jinshui is not surprised. His eyes came directly to the court, and locked on Ray Allen and Rashad Lewis who were warming up on the court.

Although this season, the Sonics only ranked 11th in the West with a record of 9 wins and 9 losses, but they ranked third in the West last season, and they still rank third in the league's offensive list. No one dares to underestimate their strength.

At 7 o'clock in the evening, after the referee whistled the warm-up substitute players of the two teams out of the court, the Rockets' back-to-back away game against the Sonics officially began.

The Rockets' starting lineup was the same as the previous game, with center Yao Ming, power forward Chuck Hayes, small forward Shane Battier, shooting guard Tracy McGrady and point guard Zhang Jinshui.

The starting lineup for the Sonics is center Vitali Potapanko, power forward Rashad Lewis, small forward Reggie Evans, shooting guard Ray Allen and point guard Luke Deno.

Zhang Jinshui alertly discovered that the Sonics did not deploy Wilcox, their inside defensive pillar, probably because of injuries. This will undoubtedly make the Sonics' defense even worse.

When the game started, Zhang Jinshui began to pass the ball to Yao Ming who got the position inside without hesitation, and this strategy was quickly proved to be extremely correct.

Yao Ming first hit a jumper with his back and turned twice after catching the ball, and then turned around directly after catching the ball again, passed Vitali Potapanko and went inside to easily score 2 points.

After falling behind 0-4, Supersonics point guard Rigno began to turn around and double-team Yao Ming. However, Vitali Potapanko's defense was not good enough. Foul, and went to the free throw line made two free throws to help the Rockets hit a 6-0 opener.

Next, the Sonics finally began to slow down. Ray Allen received Rigno's breakthrough goal at a 45-degree angle on the right side, and hit a three-pointer with a knife in his hand. The oppressive atmosphere was swept away.

In the stands, there was a burst of calls for "sharp shooting". Obviously, the media's comparison of Zhang Jinshui and Ray Allen in the past two days has also affected the fans of the Supersonics.

Seeing how excited they are now, it seems that Ray Allen's three-pointer is more than Yao Ming's six-pointer.

While retreating, Ray Allen looked at Zhang Jinshui with an embarrassed smile, as if he felt that his fans were making too much of a fuss.

Feeling Ray Allen's kindness, Zhang Jinshui returned a smile.

Ray Allen, nicknamed Gentleman Ray, has always been a player that Zhang Jinshui particularly admires. His self-cultivation and politeness are really rare in the passionate and brutal NBA arena.

However, in addition to gentleness, Ray Allen does not lack aggressiveness on the court. This can be seen from the long-standing grievances between Ray Allen and Kobe in the NBA.

And after the smile, Lei Allen immediately sent a provocative look to Zhang Jinshui: I scored a three-pointer, is it your turn?

Zhang Jinshui returned a smile again: This is the most perfect gentleman Lei in his mind.

At this time, Zhang Jinshui had already received the baseline pass from Chuck Hayes. He brought the ball to the front court and saw Vitali Potapanko on the inside against Yao Ming tightly behind him, while Rigno in front of him Then he is ready to turn around and double-team Yao Ming at any time.

Zhang Jinshui suddenly discovered that now is indeed a good time to play off-ball running tactics.

So, Zhang Jinshui waved to Yao Ming, and Yao Ming immediately ran to the top of the arc.

Zhang Jinshui didn't do a pick-and-roll, but directly handed the ball to Yao Ming, took Lignou and ran to the right at a 45 angle. Ray Allen ran to the bottom corner on the right.

When Ray Allen, like everyone else, slowed down, thinking that Zhang Jinshui would circle the corner and continue to move inside looking for Chuck Hayes' second off-ball pick-and-roll.

Zhang Jinshui suddenly stopped at the bottom corner, raised his right hand, and Yao Ming's pass flew right away.

Zhang Jinshui caught the ball, stepped on the thick green halo on the soles of his feet, jumped up high, and threw the basketball.

There was a sound of "shua", and the basketball drew a clean arc in the air and entered the net hollowly.

This ball is a variant of the running tactic that Van Gundy recently helped Zhang Jinshui research. It is specially used to reversely target opponents who have studied Zhang Jinshui's running tactic, and it has achieved miraculous results.

9 to 3, Zhang Jinshui helped the Rockets widen the point difference to 6 points.

And he responded to Ray Allen's three-pointer, which also made the atmosphere of the key arena cool down again.

Frankly speaking, Wilcox's sudden absence had a huge impact on the Sonics' defensive configuration. Now they have nothing to do with Yao Ming in the paint.

即使他们已经在不断地使用包夹了，还是阻挡不了姚明在第一节第9分钟下场前，在内线8投6中，罚球4罚4中拿下了16分4个篮板。

And the score on the court was already 12 to 25, which disappointed the Supersonic fans.

The only thing that can give Sonics fans some comfort is that their head star Ray Allen has hit the third three-pointer in the first quarter.

Especially the third three-pointer just hit, with Yao Ming and McGrady already off the field, and Zhang Jinshui and Sprewell leading the team, Ray Allen faced Zhang Jinshui who had switched defenses in front of him, directly pulled up and made the shot A three-pointer was a blow to Zhang Jinshui, and at the same time brought the point difference back to 15 points with 25 to 10.

This three-pointer once again brought excited cheers from the Supersonics fans. People who don't know may have seen it and thought it was a goal to help the Supersonics overtake the score.

It can be seen that, unconsciously, Supersonic fans have regarded the duel between Ray Allen and Zhang Jinshui outside the three-point line as more important than the outcome of this game.

So far, Ray Allen, who has hit three three-pointers, is definitely better than Zhang Jinshui, who has only hit one three-pointer outside the three-point line. opportunity.

And Ray Allen himself seems to be quite interested in the three-point shooting contest. After scoring the goal, he raised three fingers of his right hand and shook them vigorously in the air. This celebrating posture happened to be Zhang Jinshui's shot The most commonly used celebration after a three-pointer.

Facing Ray Allen's polite provocation, Zhang Jinshui naturally wouldn't turn a blind eye.

What's more, the metallic sound of the system sounded in his ears:

"In a one-on-one defense, being shot by an opponent with a three-pointer, does it trigger [Tit for Tat] and retaliate with a three-pointer?"

"Trigger." Zhang Jinshui shouted with his mind.

He then took Anderson's baseline serve, dribbled the ball into the frontcourt, and waved to Sprewell.

The foster brother understood, and immediately led Lei Allen to help Zhang Jinshui make a pick-and-roll.

In front of Lei Allen, the foster brother shouted excitedly on purpose: "Zhang Jinshui, come on, give this old boy Lei Allen a good look."

Lei Allen should have a good relationship with the foster brother. Hearing this, he just smiled, then stood in front of Zhang Jinshui, clapped his hands and said, "Come on."

The black line on Zhang Jinshui's forehead, if it wasn't for his own [Tit for Tat] background, it's really hard to say whether Sprewell's operation helped him or Ray Allen.

He dribbled the ball from his crotch in a daze at first, and after Ray Allen's center of gravity showed signs of loosening, he didn't break forward, and directly cast the [Retreat Step Magic Shot] and threw the ball.

The basketball draws a beautiful arc in the air, and finally hits the net with a "swish".

In fact, this ball has the blessing of "Tit for Tat". Whether Zhang Jinshui is doing a full set or a half set of forward and backward moves, he can easily throw the ball.

The reason why he only did the half of the retreat is actually to put psychological pressure on the opponent and future opponents: stop studying my past off-the-ball running and shooting habits. Can throw the ball in.

28 to 15, Zhang Jinshui helped the Rockets gain a 13-point lead.

After scoring the goal, Zhang Jinshui followed the gourd painting and made his classic celebration gesture of flicking his fingers again, which can be regarded as giving Ray Allen a complete response.

In fact, Zhang Jinshui was quite happy to see Ray Allen wanting to compete with him from beyond the three-point line. A [hot state] that can pull the three-point ability value to 99 after activation.

What's more, the back-to-back challenge of the more difficult Los Angeles duo is waiting behind him. He can't wait to use his full firepower now. On the other hand, pressing the opponent's team leader from outside the three-point line can also dampen the opponent's morale and win the game as early as possible.

However, the head coach of the Supersonics replaced Ray Allen very well at this time, leaving the younger Rashad Lewis to lead the team on the court and be tough with the Rockets.

But before leaving the field, Ray Allen, who was more competitive than Zhang Jinshui imagined, did not forget to say "See you in the second quarter" to Zhang Jinshui.

Let Zhang Jinshui put down his mind of continuing to use his arsenal to pursue the trigger [Fiery State].

He also replied to Ray Allen with a smile: "See you in the second quarter."