NBA: The man who passed the ball to Yao Ming

With a sound of "shua", the much-anticipated basketball drew a chic arc in the air and entered the net hollowly.

In the huge New Orleans arena, there were sighs one after another.

This time, Zhang Jinshui finally tossed the coin on the front side.

He jumped high, raised three fingers, and swung them vigorously in the air.

The half-time whistle sounded immediately.

Yao Ming, Uncle Huo and other players on the court rushed over to surround Zhang Jinshui, and McGrady and other players on the bench also rushed into the court, cheering for Zhang Jinshui's three-pointer at the buzzer.

In the commentary on SB TV, Kenny Smith yelled again: "Oh my God! I really made it. This is Zhang Jinshui's third three-pointer at the buzzer in two NBA regular season games. You have Nothing to say?"

He took off his microphone straight away and put it near the mouth of sb host Ram.

Seeing Ram's mouth tightly shut and his face flushed, Kenny Smith laughed and said:

"Forget it, it's not difficult for you, after all, Zhang Jinshui's three-pointer is already recognized as accurate, and you don't need to say anything more.

How about talking about Zhang Jinshui's passing? After watching this game, do you still think Zhang Jinshui's passing is poor? "

"Well... that... Zhang Jinshui's passing in this game is indeed not bad."

Kenny Smith felt refreshed physically and mentally when he saw Ram choking out a few words with a constipated expression.

It has always been a great pleasure in life to shut up the gangster.

In the media area, Zhao Miner carefully watched the statistics of Zhang Jinshui and Chris Paul on the big TV above the arena, and then happily took out his mobile phone to update the latest battle situation.

“张金水再中压哨三分，火箭队以59比38结束半场，张金水上半场16分8次助攻1个抢断，与克里斯保罗的17分7次助攻2抢断不相上下。”

"Huaxin is very powerful, leading by 21 points at halftime, it seems that the Hornets have been defeated, this game is stable!"

"I'm touched, it's not in vain. I set the alarm clock at 6 o'clock in the morning. Although the Hornets are just a weak team, but after all, it's an away game. Isn't it an exaggeration to win by 21 points at halftime?"

"Don't help me, I'm going to kneel down for Zhang Jinshui, it's too high, and I hit another three-pointer at the buzzer, won't it be the ultra-long three-pointer like last time?"

"Upstairs, don't rush to kneel, there are still 8 assists, why don't you just do a five-body shot. It's only halftime, and the statistics are already equivalent to the whole game of the previous game."

"Looking at the statistics of this half, no one would dare to say that Chris Paul is better than Zhang Jinshui, right? Is there a queen bee secret? Come out and take two steps!"

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A group of Rockets soldiers embraced Zhang Jinshui and happily returned to the away locker room.

They just sat down, Van Gundy walked in with the old Hughes.

He patted Zhang Jinshui on the shoulder, and said loudly:

"Well done guys! Your first half was perfect."

"However, there is still half time to win this game, and you must not take it lightly.

Everything has happened on the NBA court. I don't want you to become the background board instead of the protagonist today. "

Yao Ming, Zhang Jinshui and other players immediately suppressed the smiles on their faces, and solemnly nodded in agreement.

"The coach is right!" McGrady echoed and stood up, raised his hand and shouted a new slogan: "Let's keep the second half and refuse to be the background board!"

The atmosphere in the locker room immediately became cheerful again, but the strings in the hearts of all the soldiers did not relax.

In the second half, neither the Rockets nor the Hornets had any changes in their starting lineups.

The only difference is that Chris Paul played more aggressively.

In the case of collective misfires by outside players, he frequently used David West's pick-and-roll to get inside.

If there is a gap, the ball will be given to the latter, and if there is no gap, the layup will be forced to foul Huo Ershu and Yao Ming, trying to narrow the point difference on the field time and time again.

It's a pity that he is facing Yao Ming who is getting better and better.

As the league's top inside killer, Yao Ming overwhelmed the inside of the Hornets, as if entering no one's land.

Especially when he turned around and rushed to the basket twice after receiving the ball, he not only completely blinded PJ Brown, but also broke the Hornets' double-team by himself.

When the game came to 7 minutes in the third quarter, the Rockets still led 72 to 51 by 21 minutes.

With a wave of Van Gundy's hand, Zhang Jinshui replaced all the starters with a substitute.

Because the advantage in the game is still huge, he even saved the 2-minute overlap with Yao Ming after Zhang Jinshui came off the bench.

The Hornets still kept Chris Paul and David West on the court.

Obviously, the head coach of the Hornets no longer cares about making overall plans for Chris Paul's physical strength.

He needs his love to fight to the death, and keep the last hope for the Hornets to comeback in the final quarter.

Chris Paul did not disappoint the coach. He continued to throw himself into the inside of the Rockets again and again, carrying the last chance of the Hornets, staggering forward.

The New Orleans Arena, which had been silent for a long time, was gradually moved by Chris Paul's tenacious fighting spirit, and began to cheer after every successful attack of the Hornets.

Everything seems to be going in a good direction.

However, Chris Paul's opponent is Zhang Jinshui.

Nearly 20 years of fan career and 2k game experience have given Zhang Jinshui his own ideas on how to deal with the huge advantage.

He turned time into his friend. Every time he took the ball to the frontcourt, he had to spend more than 10 seconds of offensive time before starting to call the pick-and-roll.

The Rockets spent at least 20 seconds on every play for the remainder of the third quarter.This is also equivalent to controlling the frequency of Paul's offense in a changed direction.

Moreover, Zhang Jinshui's offensive efficiency is not much worse than Paul's.

After calling a pick-and-roll, he suddenly went inside and scored an easy layup. After a pick-and-roll breakthrough, he went inside and caused a foul by David West. He made two free throws steadily and helped the Rockets score 4 points.

Before the end of the third quarter, he broke through in the countdown and gave the ball to Jumbari on the outside, making a three-pointer.

Help the Rockets continue to maintain a 79-point lead with 59 to 20.

The 20-point difference at halftime and the 20-point difference with only one quarter left are actually two plots.

The last whole section is destined to become garbage time.

Chris Paul stood helplessly on the field with his hips akimbo, watching Zhang Jinshui and other players return to the bench to high-five his teammates, then sighed, and walked back to the bench in a lonely way.

The Hornets fans in the stands spontaneously gave Paul a burst of warm applause to express their respect for his tenacious struggle, and some fans even shouted the title of best rookie.

In this game, Paul tried his best and scored 3 points, 27 assists and 11 steals in only 3 quarters. In terms of statistics, he came from behind and beat Zhang Jinshui's 20 points, 9 assists and 1 steal.

It's a pity that his teammates were too weak. Except for West who scored 11 points, no one else scored in double figures.

In the sb commentary, Kenny Smith said with emotion: "Chris Paul has indeed won my respect, but, Rahm, you will not be like those emotional fans, and now you still think Paul is better than Zhang Jinshui, right?"