NBA: The man who passed the ball to Yao Ming

At the beginning of the third quarter, the starting lineups of both sides were the same as at the beginning of the first quarter.

McGrady, who agreed to Van Gundy, continued his efficient performance. As soon as he came up, he broke through the opponent's inside and scored two points, and used a very penetrating pass to assist Uncle Mu to complete a dunk inside.

However, Garnett, who had been playing very efficiently on the offensive end in the first half but didn't feel very exciting, suddenly broke out.

He first jumped high on the defensive end and gave Anderson a big hat when he broke into the inside line. Then on the offensive end, he forced Uncle Huo into the inside line and completed a powerful half-distance dunk, completely igniting Passion for Target Center.

When Garnett raised his arms and screamed to the sky, the Timberwolves fans who had been in drought for a long time even excitedly shouted the long-lost "MVP" slogan.

It's just that this slogan, to Zhang Jinshui, Mai Di and other outsiders, has somewhat the desolation of a hero's twilight.

Taking advantage of Garnett's wave of momentum, cancer guard Ricky Davis also became agitated, making two consecutive mid-range shots.

Together with Garnett, he helped the Timberwolves play an 11-4 scoring climax, bringing the score of the two teams closer to 52-57.

Van Gundy had to call a timeout.

At this time, the game in the third quarter had only lasted 3 minutes.

Playing at this pace, the game is bound to be dragged into a hard fight in the fourth quarter.

Zhang Jinshui felt that his physical strength had almost recovered, and he couldn't sit still.

He said to Van Gundy: "Coach, I can play now if I need to."

Before Van Gundy could speak, McGrady, who was drinking a sports drink, said: "No need, you can rest for a few more minutes. Don't worry, when you play, I guarantee you will still have a lead of more than 10 points."

"Well, don't disturb our rhythm."

Van Gundy nodded and told McGrady:

"Then the rest of the game will be up to you, McGrady. Don't be influenced by the idea that the game must end in three quarters, be patient."

Then Van Gundy stood up again and said loudly to all the rotation players: "During this game, I noticed that everyone's footsteps were a little heavy.

Obviously, the devil's schedule in the past period of time has had a great impact on everyone's physical strength, you have all worked hard!

But, for the sake of this game, I ask you, whether it's the fourth quarter or overtime, to bite the bullet and take it.

After the game, Dawson and I will have an important decision to announce. "

McGrady stood up, raised his hand and said loudly: "Everyone, stick to it and win this game!"

"Win this game." Zhang Jinshui shouted along with the players.

The momentum of all the Rockets players finally felt inspired for the first time this night.

In fact, Zhang Jinshui has roughly guessed some of the important decisions mentioned in Van Gundy's words.

But now is not the time to focus on these things.

Zhang Jinshui shook his head and put these behind him.

For him now, the most important thing is to win this game, even though this game doesn't seem to be that important to him who has neither record pressure nor system task requirements.

Facts have proved that McGrady at his peak is always worthy of being trusted.

The third quarter continued. Just as McGrady promised Zhang Jinshui, he immediately used Uncle Huo's pick-and-roll to rush into the paint and complete a one-handed dunk.

Next, not only on the offensive end, McGrady also began to show his dominance on the defensive end.

After shrinking to the inside to interfere with Garnett's offense, he was able to rush to the outside, jumping high and fanning Szczerbiak's long-range three-pointer out of bounds.

This kind of defense was more suffocating than a one-handed dunk, and it completely quieted down the lively target center.

And McGrady's full dedication on both offensive and defensive ends also made Zhang Jinshui on the sidelines very excited.

Together with other teammates, he vigorously waved the towel for McGrady, feeling secretly in his heart that McGrady's dominance on the court at his peak was really terrifying enough.

Next, McGrady made a breakthrough and a dry pull. After 3 minutes, he helped the Rockets gain a double-digit lead again 68 to 56.

In the stands at Target Center, no one dared to shout "MVP" anymore.

"Zhang Jinshui, get ready to play!" Van Gundy shouted from the sidelines.

"Okay!" Zhang Jinshui, who couldn't hold back for a long time, immediately pulled down his pants and walked to the sidelines.

It should be due to the consideration of the physical limit, which is slightly different from the arrangement in the first quarter. Van Gundy replaced all the starters with Zhang Jinshui, Luther Hyde, David Wesley, Jon Barry and Swift in one go.

At this time, under the influence of McGrady's full dedication, Zhang Jinshui's fighting spirit has reached the top.

As soon as he entered the court, he immediately broke the basketball from Jarich under the blessing of "Accompanying like a shadow", and rushed into the frontcourt at high speed to complete a one-handed...slam dunk.

Immediately afterwards, after Garnett scored two points in the interior, Zhang Jinshui dribbled the ball to the frontcourt.

Just as he was about to trigger [Explode Ability Points], he didn't expect a purple light to flash across the Timberwolves' basket.

The purple badge [Fu Lin Xinzhi] was randomly triggered.

Zhang Jinshui was also unambiguous, jumping high in two big steps outside the three-point line, recreating his very classic ultra-long three-pointer.

The basketball fell into the bag firmly and detonated the Rockets' bench.

And seeing that this wave of momentum tends to extend, when Garnett took the ball near the free throw line again, Zhang Jinshui directly triggered the [Ability Value Explosion Table], pulling his stealing ability value to 100.

Taking advantage of Garnett's frontal dribble to single out Swift, he silently pounced from behind Garnett's side and directly snatched the ball from the opponent's hand.

He dribbled the ball to the front court at high speed, bounced the ball high through the backboard, and assisted Swift, who came from behind, to complete a powerful dunk.

Immediately afterwards, the Timberwolves got the ball.

After Yarich dribbled the ball into the frontcourt, Zhang Jinshui relied on the special effect of [explosive ability value] that had not yet disappeared. The moment Jarich passed the ball to Szczerbiak, a lion rushed to the rabbit. Go up, steal the ball again, and drive the ball into the frontcourt for an easy layup.

The entire Target Center arena was so quiet that it seemed that all the spectators had disappeared.

Only the players and coaches of the Rockets bounced off the bench and cheered loudly for Zhang Jinshui.

In less than 2 minutes, Zhang Jinshui played explosive power in both offense and defense at the same time, shocking the audience.

他完成3次抢断，拿下7分，还送出1记助攻，以一己之力打出一波9比2的高潮，帮助火箭队以77比58领先了19分。

Today, the Rockets once again have the possibility of killing the game in the third quarter, and, still without Yao Ming.

In the few commentary seats on the sidelines, all the ball critics were impressed by the strong strength of the Rockets.

But when Zhang Jinshui's name was mentioned, the expressions of some football critics began to look very good. Maybe they have begun to regret expressing their views on the MVP list event too early.

"Beep" was a whistle, Timberwolves coach Casey had to call a timeout.

Zhang Jinshui walked back to the bench with his teammates, and McGrady and others immediately surrounded Zhang Jinshui.

"Your performance is great, brother!" McGrady touched Zhang Jinshui's head excitedly.

"I was inspired by your investment in both offense and defense just now." Zhang Jinshui said sincerely.

McGrady patted Van Gundy on the back again, turned his head and said to Van Gundy: "Coach, I want to play very, very much now, why don't you put me back on the court again, I want to fight side by side with Zhang Jinshui and let the Timberwolves pull brake!"

Van Gundy's expression was very hesitant. He could feel the fighting desire revealed by McGrady's words, but when he was standing on the sidelines, he was never an emotional person.

In the end, considering the decision reached with Dawson before, Van Gundy decided to accompany McGrady and the Rockets for an impulsive return. He nodded and said, "Okay, but it's not an example!"

"Haha, okay, let's not take this as an example, coach Van Gundy, who is wise and mighty."

With the end of the timeout, Tracy McGrady and Zhang Jinshui returned to the court with three substitute players, Luther Head, Joan Barry and Swift.

Although facing all the main players of the Timberwolves, including Wolf King Garnett and Szczerbiak, Zhang Jinshui and McGrady, who are eager to fight, only have confidence and excitement on their faces.

The other three Rockets players are also being affected by their desire to fight.

Their running positions on the offensive end have become more active, and the effect of off-ball screens has also become better.

In the first offense after playing, Hyde and Jombari helped Zhang Jinshui get an open three-pointer in the right corner through active running and precise off-ball screens.

Naturally, Zhang Jinshui would not let down the efforts of his teammates, and hit the ball steadily, widening the difference between the two teams to 22 points.

Immediately afterwards, Lutherhead caught the ball after helping Zhang Jinshui pick and roll, pretended to break through, tricked Szczerbiak into the defense, and distributed the ball to the unmarked McGrady.

The latter faked two jump shots in a row, making Szczerbiak, who was chasing back, look like a dancing white monkey, and then easily entered the inside line, avoiding Garnett , A successful layup.

While the offensive end continued to bloom, the Rockets' defense also entered the state of all soldiers under the leadership of McGrady and Zhang Jinshui. It was hard to prevent the Timberwolves with Garnett from scoring a single sports game in the last 3 minutes.

Seeing Garnett's face getting darker and darker, Timberwolves coach Casey replaced all the main players with a wave of his hand when there were 30 seconds left in the third quarter.

At this time, the score on the field was already 85 to 60.

The 25-point lead also gave Van Gundy enough confidence to replace Zhang Jinshui, McGrady and Jon Barry with some water fountain managers who rarely had the chance to play, such as Mucci Norris, Ryan Bowen and Lonny Baxter. go down.

In the fourth quarter, it was once again reduced to garbage time.

In the stands of the Target Center, countless fans have flocked to the exit of the arena.

In the end, the Rockets won the game 96-80 and won the seven-game winning streak at the beginning of the season.

在本场比赛里，麦迪砍下32分5助攻6篮板，张金水砍下30分7助攻4抢断。

The two scored 62 points together, becoming the second duo to score 30 points this season after Shark Flash.

When the game was over and the two walked back to the locker room side by side, the Timberwolves fans on both sides of the aisle even took the initiative to applaud the two to express their respect for their performance today.

"Oh my god, the applause from the away fans. The chemistry between the two of you on the court today is amazing." As soon as he walked into the player tunnel, Uncle Mu rushed over from behind and wrapped his arms around the necks of the two of them with a broken voice. Hehe laughed.

"I think it's not just me and McGrady, the chemistry of our whole team is very good today." Zhang Jinshui laughed.

"Brother, you're right." Mai Di laughed and gave Zhang Jinshui a high-five.

The other Rockets players gathered around, happily discussing today's game.

"To be honest, the first half of the game was very difficult. When I ran, I felt that there were two sandbags tied to my legs, which was very heavy. On the contrary, it was in the second half, seeing the passion of the two of you, that I regained my strength. "

"Me too. I feel very tired on the field today. The schedule arranged by the league for us is too perverted. In the past, no one would fly 2000 kilometers to play an away game the next day after back-to-back. Thanks to the two of you today, we are inspired mentally." , otherwise we won’t necessarily be able to win until the fourth quarter.”

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Surrounded by everyone, Zhang Jinshui and McGrady returned to the away locker room together.

After sitting down for a while, Van Gundy and Dawson walked in together.

Van Gundy clapped his hands and laughed loudly: "Everyone, let us stand up together and applaud the wonderful performance of McGrady and Zhang Jinshui."

In Van Gundy's words, it is to rate the two together as the most outstanding players in the team in this game.

The Rocket soldiers immediately stood up, booing loudly and applauding happily.

In today's game, Zhang Jinshui and McGrady not only won the most outstanding players in the team at the same time, but also tied for the best player of the game in the selection of the NBA official group.

"I would like to invite our double yolks to say a few words together." Dawson booed with a smile.

McGrady stood up and said carelessly: "I want to say, I think Zhang Jinshui's performance in this game deserves his name!"

Zhang Jinshui stood up and said with a smile: I also want to say, "I think McGrady's performance in this game is more deserved!"

"Hahaha!" The speech of the two made everyone burst into laughter. They gathered together and gave them high fives. Uncle Mu and Uncle Huo rubbed Zhang Jinshui's head vigorously.

Van Gundy and Dawson laughed too.

After everyone had played around for a while, Van Gundy clapped his hands vigorously and said, "Be quiet, everyone, Dawson and I have something very important to announce."