NBA: The man who passed the ball to Yao Ming

After the timeout, Yao Ming and McGrady stayed on the bench to rest, and Zhang Jinshui continued to bring Sprewell, Birdman Anderson and other substitute players back to the court.

On the other hand, the Bulls still frantically dispatched a full lineup headed by Ben Gordon, Hinrich and Ruhr Deng.

It is foreseeable that after today's game, the playing time of all the main lineup of the Bulls will exceed 45 minutes: in order to win this game, the head coach of the Bulls is going all out.

And the Bulls' young guards are indeed in a hot state today. After a timeout and adjustment, Ben Gordon immediately used a breakthrough layup to help the Bulls stabilize the situation on the court.

However, Zhang Jinshui is not a vegetarian either.

Although he no longer has any highly lethal weapons in his arsenal, [Lightning First Step] and [Evaluate the Situation] are definitely the best of the best.

Moreover, Zhang Jinshui is very clear that during the period when Yao Mai is off the field, he does not need to lead the Rockets to attack the city, as long as he can lead the substitute players to maintain the lead at 7-10 points.

In the rest of the third quarter, Zhang Jinshui's idea of ​​leading the team was very clear, that is, to fully consume the time of each attack, and to revitalize the Rockets' offense with the most efficient pending breakthroughs.

And this idea has indeed achieved very good results. In the remaining 3 minutes of the third quarter, Zhang Jinshui broke through to the inside and caused a defensive foul by Nocioni. He walked to the free throw line and hit two points steadily.

He also found JR Smith who was ambushing in the bottom corner with the help of the prompt line of "judging the situation", and assisted the latter to complete a three-pointer. After Ruhr Deng completed an inside dunk, he assisted Birdman Anderson with a The soaring dunks completely extinguished the Bulls' rekindled momentum.

When the third quarter ended, the Rockets still led the Bulls by 83 points 75 to 8. Zhang Jinshui was considered to have completed the task of leading the bench well.

Some critics and commentators who were obviously biased towards the Bulls on the sidelines also had to sigh with emotion: "Zhang Jinshui led their bench lineup through the vacuum period of this lineup very well. His execution ability is really amazing. Too strong, looking at his performance on the court, it is really difficult for you to regard him as a rookie who has just entered the league, he is at the All-Star level."

However, the 8-point lead is still too embarrassing and not enough to make the Bulls and the audience at the United Center Arena give up.

And the whole team has tried their best to play at this stage, and Van Gundy has never left behind to think about adjusting the Pistons' mind for the next away game. He is very clear that if he loses this game, it will be a blow to the morale of the Rockets. Maybe even bigger than losing to the Pistons.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Van Gundy not only did not let Zhang Jinshui rest, but also sent McGrady directly.

McGrady was also aroused by the clamor of the Bulls audience today, and began to ask Zhang Jinshui for the ball as soon as he played.

A Tracy McGrady who is full of desire to attack is naturally what Zhang Jinshui wants to see most.

After he took the ball into the frontcourt, he began to keep throwing the ball to McGrady, and he took the opportunity to start recovering his strength.

McGrady did not disappoint Zhang Jinshui either. First, he stepped into the Bulls inside to complete a 2+1 layup, and then made a clean jumper from the right three-point line.

At this time, the disadvantages of the Bulls lineup are undoubtedly revealed.

Although they have caused a lot of trouble for the Rockets by virtue of their youth and drive, after all, the team's offensive and defensive systems are only at the middle level of the league.

When the game reached a feverish stage, they really couldn't hold down a superstar of Yao Mai's level on the defensive end.

On the offensive end, faced with the pressure to keep scoring points in order to win, these young players' shooting percentages are no longer as high as they were in the first half.

By the eighth minute of the fourth quarter, the Rockets had led the Bulls by 8 points 92-79.

Of course, Van Gundy did not dare to take this game lightly, and still sent all the main players such as Yao Ming and Battier to join Zhang Jinshui and McGrady on the court.

At this point, the Rockets' strong-team temperament was evident on the field, firmly suppressing the young Bulls on both ends of the offense and defense, and smoothly transitioning the lead on the field all the way to the end of the game.

In the end, the Rockets defeated the Bulls 105-90.

For the Bulls, Ben Gordon made 13 of 7 three-pointers and scored 40 points, 5 assists and 1 rebound. Although he failed to help the Bulls win the game, he properly won the future for the Bulls.

火箭队的姚麦水三人则分别得到了28分15篮板，31分5助攻5篮板和28分8助攻。

The three scored 28 points together, which is definitely a very rare giant performance this season.

The ball critics and experts on the edge of the field, while feeling sorry for the Bulls' game, also sincerely praised Yao Mingshui's absolute deserving victory in this game.

However, the Rockets' contribution in this game is not insignificant.

Among the Big Three, Yao Ming, who played the least amount of time, also played 36 minutes, and Zhang Jinshui, who played the entire second half, played an exaggerated 43 minutes.

Considering that the Rockets will leave Chicago overnight after tonight's game, and after a short rest in Detroit tomorrow, they will challenge the Pistons away at noon the day after tomorrow.

The physical strength consumed by the Rockets in this game will definitely affect the next game.

However, after the game, Van Gundy and Dawson had an emergency discussion, and finally announced to the Rockets on the plane to the Motor City:

The day after tomorrow to challenge the Pistons away game, take a break!

This decision was actually in Zhang Jinshui's expectation. When Van Gundy put himself on the court for a long time in tonight's game with the momentum of breaking the boat, Zhang Jinshui probably guessed that Van Gundy might want to rest again.

Regarding this decision, Zhang Jinshui still felt quite regretful.

The game against the Pistons at home two months ago is still vivid in my mind, especially the death swamp-like defense of the Pistons, which left a deep impression on Zhang Jinshui.

Zhang Jinshui really wants to compete with the Pistons again, so that he can gain more experience in confronting top defenses.

However, the rotation also has the advantages of rotation. On the one hand, it ensures the health of the team, and on the other hand, it can continue to maintain the psychological advantage over the Pistons. If this playoffs really meets the Pistons in the finals, such a psychological advantage is quite important.

Of course, the game the day after tomorrow has attracted the attention of the entire NBA. With the Rockets taking a break, those media reporters have nothing to write that attracts attention, and they must be disappointed.

What everyone didn't expect was that in the next game after the Pistons game, Zhang Jinshui would send all the media reporters a big news that was enough for them to eat for a while.