NBA: The man who passed the ball to Yao Ming

In short, the Bulls are too well prepared for today's game!

Zhang Jinshui feels that the level of danger of this game may even catch up with the battle against the Pistons at Auburn Palace the day after tomorrow.

In the 5th minute of the second quarter, when Zhang Jinshui, Yao Ming and other key players returned to the court to join McGrady, the score on the court became 41 to 38, and the Bulls led the Rockets by 3 points.

From the beginning of the first quarter to the present, all the main lineup returned to the field in the second quarter, which is the first tactical cycle of the Rockets system.

In the past games, apart from the top teams such as the Pistons and the Heat, few teams can get any cheap in such a tactical cycle of the Rockets.

Today's Bulls are clearly an exception.

Not only did they successfully overcome Van Gundy's starting substitute rotation tactics designed for the Rockets, they even led the Rockets by 3 points.

In addition, in today's game, there is another foreshadowing that makes Zhang Jinshui a little embarrassed, that is, he has almost used up all the offensive badges in his arsenal in the first quarter.

This also means that if the game has been stalemate until the late stage, Zhang Jinshui will not have a very stable means to help the Rockets tide over the difficulties.

However, it only took half a season to shock the entire NBA. The system badge is only a necessary factor. Zhang Jinshui's tenacity in the game is the core.

He quickly calmed down his impetuous emotions, and re-entered the game wholeheartedly.

Zhang Jinshui is very clear in his heart: the only way to prevent this game from being stalemate to the end is to help the Rockets regain the initiative of the game as soon as possible and lead the game.

Therefore, in the rest of the second quarter, Zhang Jinshui scored 12 points and tried his best in every offensive and defensive round.

Coupled with Yao Ming and McGrady, they also put all their attention on the game, and the three cores of the Rockets team directly raised the offensive and defensive intensity of the game by two levels.

Yao Ming, in particular, began to show his true qualities as a big killer in the Bulls' interior.

He first received a pass from Zhang Jinshui deep in the interior, turned left and right and made a hook shot. He also grabbed an offensive rebound from Nocioni's head and smashed the ball into the basket aggressively.

It's a pity that such a strong performance only helped the Rockets tie the score.

While Yao Ming played strongly, the other two cornerstones of the Bulls' team building: Hinrich and Ruhr Deng also stood up.

Perhaps because of the infection of Ben Gordon, the two who were somewhat tepid in the first quarter began to show a good competitive state in the second quarter.

Not only did they connect with Ben Gordon to make the Bulls' offense more systematic, they also clung to the score through their own breakthroughs and mid-range shots, preventing the Rockets from gaining the lead for a long time.

The score of the two sides also changed from 6 to 43 in the 43th minute of the second quarter to 48 to 48, and at the end of the halftime, the score was stalemate to 55 to 55.

No one thought that the Bulls could still compete with the Rockets when the three core players of the Rockets, Yao Maishui, were fully committed to the game and the rhythm of offense and defense was so full.

The Bulls fans on the sidelines only felt hearty watching, and generously dedicated their cheers to the young boys on the court.

The football critics and experts of the major TV stations sitting on the sidelines shouted excitedly, the Bulls youth guard led by Ben Gordon played really well today.

They even asserted that if the afternoon was played at this pace, it would be a one-sided game before the game, and it would be hard to say who would win.

After the midfielder returned to the locker room, the atmosphere of the Rockets was a little dignified.

In fact, before the start of this game, many Rockets players didn't pay much attention to this game, and their minds had already flown to the next much-watched away game against the Pistons.

In their view, although the Bulls are ranked seventh in the Eastern Conference, it is really not worth their effort.

And until this moment, some players realized that the Bulls turned out to be such a tough bone.

In the second half of this game, if the situation of the first half continues, even if they can still win the Bulls in the end, they will not be physically exhausted and affect their preparations for the next game.

If this game cannot be won in the end, the consequences will be even more unimaginable.

Zhang Jinshui keenly felt the worries of his teammates. He sat next to Yao Ming and said softly: "Yao Ming, I feel that everyone is getting a little restless by the Bulls. Maybe the next game against the Pistons is too much." The attention from the outside world made everyone a little restless."

"Yes." Yao Ming nodded.

He thought about it, stood up straight, clapped his hands, and said loudly: "Brothers, the Bulls seem to be more difficult to deal with than we imagined, but fortunately, the game is only halfway through now. There's plenty of time to teach the bulls how to behave."

"Yes, let them know that if they want to struggle, they should struggle with other strong teams. In front of us, even in the United Center, their struggle is just a piece of cake." McGrady also stood up and responded loudly. His humorous way of speaking finally relaxed the atmosphere in the locker room.

Seeing the smiles on the faces of his teammates again, Yao Ming laughed and said, "Anyway, in the second half, let's stop thinking about what's going on in the next game. Let's focus on cooking the Bulls well."

"Haha, well said, cook the bull first." Uncle Mu, the foster brother, Shane Battier and others burst into laughter.

Seeing that the atmosphere in the locker room was getting better and better, Zhang Jinshui also stood up and said loudly: "Everyone, I suddenly thought of a Chinese dialect, which is quite interesting. We won the Bulls in a while. When we were interviewed by the media, you You can tell the reporter."

Sprewell was most curious about such miscellaneous things, and immediately asked, "What Chinese language? Say it quickly."

"Listen up." Zhang Jinshui cleared his throat, and said in Mandarin, "Little bull, it's ridiculous!"

"jiaojiaogongou, gejiaogejiao." Sprewell read it with difficulty, and the pronunciation really made Zhang Jinshui and Yao Ming not flattered. After he finished reading, he immediately asked with other teammates: "What does this sentence mean?"

Zhang Jinshui suppressed a smile and said, "When you win the Bulls in the second half, you can just tell the media that, and those media will naturally explain it to you in tomorrow's report."