Rebirth of My Rocket Dynasty

Chapter 125 Nothing Can Stop Us

After recovering their strong momentum in the second game, the Rockets went to the Alamo Arena, the home of the Spurs, to prepare for the third game away trip.

After the Rockets lost the first game, they did their homework seriously. This was very obvious in the second game. The Spurs were suppressed in all directions. Seeing the Rockets' overall explosion, Popovich was full of heart. Worried, but dare not show it, for fear of affecting the morale of the team.

But this inner torment still made Popovich age a lot in a few days.

On the other hand, after the Rockets won the second game, they obviously let go a lot, and the shadow of losing the first game has been thrown away by them.

Don't worry about the burden in your heart and the rocket that has strengthened the overall combat awareness is even more invincible.

In the ease of the Rockets and the anxiety of Popovich, the third game between the Rockets and the Spurs began.

In the first quarter of the game, the Spurs could still rely on the advantage of the home court to resist. The Spurs' current strong defense has taken shape. Duncan waved his long arms, echoed with David Robinson on the inside of the Spurs, and blocked again and again. The Rockets' blow to the inside of the Spurs.

The Rockets also don't have a good way to break through the Spurs' defensive circle.

However, after the start of the second quarter, the Rockets replaced Bodi Roga, Ray Allen, Saulius and Ben, and began to change their attacking system. The sudden acceleration of the Rockets caught the Spurs by surprise. There are very few people who return to defense quickly.

The Spurs are often played by the Rockets in the backcourt 3-on-2, or 3-on-1. After a few rounds, the Rockets have expanded the score to 8 points.

Seeing this, Popovich quickly handed in a timeout and made arrangements.

In the noisy environment of the scene, Popovich shouted loudly: "At the end of the offense, everyone immediately turned to defense, and when the Rockets passed the ball for the first time, I went up to interfere with their ball handlers. , so that they cannot effectively and quickly turn to the offense. After the interference, everyone began to return to the defense quickly. They only had 2 or 3 people on the fast break. As long as we can return to the defense quickly, they will not be able to play fast. The attack is coming, do you understand?"

Everyone in the Spurs nodded, and Popovich signaled everyone to go on the field.

After restarting the game, the Spurs kept in mind Popovich's words, and quickly changed from offense to defense,

The Rockets' powerful fast break was suppressed.

I really didn't expect it, but the Rockets who fell into the positional battle are also able to fight with ease. With a few peripheral sharpshooters and two rebound monsters inside, the Rockets' peripheral attack ability has been perfectly released after falling into the positional battle. .

Bodi Roga used his height advantage to continuously throw two three-pointers on Johnson's head, which made the Spurs have to start double-teaming him, but after the double-teaming started, Bodi Roga's pass again It's starting to make them miserable.

Pass the ball back and block people, otherwise the Spurs will perform an efficient rotation. After the Rockets hit consecutive mid-range shots and three-pointers, the first half of the game is over.

In the second quarter, the Rockets extended the score to 15 points.

Such a strong offensive ability made the Spurs a little unprepared. The Spurs never expected that after suppressing the Rockets' fast break, the Rockets still relied on their excellent outside attack power to increase the score a little bit.

Such a result frustrated the Spurs players.

During the halftime break, Popovich also made adjustments, asking the Spurs to expand their defensive range outwards, start defending the zone defense, and use the Spurs' relatively strong inside line to limit the Rockets' performance on both offense and defense.

However, such an effect achieved good results at the beginning of the second half, and the Spurs narrowed the score to 4 points in the opening 7 minutes of the second half.

Such efficiency made Lao Tang frown off the court.

He stood on the sidelines and shouted loudly: "Dejan, pay attention to the rhythm, pay attention to the rhythm, the ball is faster than people."

On the court, Bodi Roga nodded on the court to indicate that he knew.Then, he continued to direct the players on the Rockets field to start the offense.

After consecutive hand-offs from the outside, Ben, who was pulled out from the inside, suddenly accelerated into the Spurs' inside defensive belt. David Robinson hurriedly posted it. He knew that this kid still had a certain lethality in the basket. .

Bodi Roga's ball was still handed over to Big Ben, and Big Ben leaned hard a few times. Robinson was about to start making moves. Duncan, who was still defending inside, suddenly went up to steal the ball, so he knew that Big Ben was waiting. Let him go up and grab it. If he doesn't go up and grab it, Big Ben doesn't know how to hit the ball.

Duncan's tackle left space for Garnett. Ben sent the ball to the middle lightly, and Garnett, who had already quietly reached the basket, jumped into the air after receiving the ball, and his body suddenly increased his strength. At the height of the sky, the eyes are already level with the basket.

After Garnett's body was clearly in the air, he slammed the ball into the basket with one hand.

Garnett, who was hanging on the basket with one hand, jumped down lightly, and roared to the sky, showing his domineering dominance.

The Rockets' dunk is a very classic small-scale insider cooperation, which requires a very high degree of tacit understanding.

Seeing such cooperation, Lao Tang also stood up on the sidelines and applauded.

This goal also greatly stabilized the game situation on the field, and the scores of the two sides hovered back and forth between 7-9 points.

But what everyone didn't notice was that the Rockets didn't take the initiative to call a timeout.

However, Popovich knew that the Rockets had already played almost two quarters with their young players.

The old guys off the court probably have almost rested.

Just when he was thinking about it, the Rockets made another substitution, and Malik Rose was put on the field.

This substitution made Popovich somewhat understand what was going on.

Popovich secretly gritted his teeth and thought: The Rockets are using the spurs as a whetstone, so you are not afraid that you will wear out the knife.

However, the appearance of Malik Rose did not reduce the Rockets' offensive power at all. Rose's solid inside basic skills made Duncan, who was facing him, feel that this person was very difficult to deal with.

The two sides spent the third quarter in such a stalemate. In the third quarter, the Spurs also replaced the main players to rest in the last few minutes of the game.

This substitution made the Spurs' efforts in the third quarter useless. In the last 3 minutes, the Rockets successfully turned the score into a difference of 15 points again.

Let Popovich off the court want to cry but have no tears.

What kind of troubled world is this? The Rockets set up a bench lineup, allowing the Spurs' main force to gnaw for two quarters, and finally put their own physical strength into it.

Looking at his panting main players, Popovich knew that he had lost the game.

The loss was very thorough, and there was no chance to fight back.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Rockets really sent the Rockets' old man army to stabilize the rhythm on the field.

With the advantage of 15 points in hand, the Rockets can control the tempo. Each attack takes 24 seconds to pursue the success rate of the attack.

In the last quarter of the game, the Spurs still wanted to launch a counterattack, but the old men of the Rockets used their own experience and experience to firmly grasp the situation on the court.

Time passed by like this, and the Spurs' counterattack came to naught.

In front of the powerful control of the rocket.The Spurs finally admitted defeat. With 3 minutes left in the game, seeing that the gap was still 15 points, the Spurs replaced the substitutes.

The Rockets also replaced the substitute players, and both sides are waiting for the last moment of the game to lead.

With the referee's whistle, the third game of the Western Conference Finals between the Spurs and the Rockets came to an end.

98:88
The Rockets defeated the Spurs in the away game, rewriting the big score between the two sides to 2:1.

The Rockets had 6 players in double figures and played a rigorous overall offense.

In contrast, the Spurs were limited by the Rockets' defense. David Robinson scored 14 points, Duncan scored 13 points, and Barkley only scored 16 points.

After the game, someone asked the Spurs coach Popovich why the Spurs played so weakly in this game.

Popovich replied: This is very normal, this is the true strength of the Rockets, in his personal opinion, the strength of the Rockets is already the strongest in the league, as long as they do not make mistakes, there is no one The only teams that will be their opponents include the Bulls.The Bulls are very powerful, and Jordan is also great, but now the Rockets have the ability to subvert them. As long as the Spurs can play their own style and characteristics, and then strive to win the next game, it is the greatest victory.

Tiger saw the report in the newspaper the day after the game.

Tiger curled his lips after reading it, and said to Dawson: "Dawson, this Popovich is still playing psychological warfare. I don't know if it has any effect on us."

Dawson took the newspaper, looked at it, and said with a smile: "Isn't this normal? Many coaches like to play this game. They are almost inferior in strength. Why don't they let them do some tricks?"

Tiger said indifferently: "The current configuration of the Spurs is very strong, but they are only strong inside. They still need a real shooter, like our Ray, Miller of the Pacers, and Steve of the Eagles." ?Smith, the king's Richmond, such a pure shooter, plus the guy Barkley, then they are a strong contender for the championship. The Spurs eliminated the Jazz in the Western Conference semifinals because the Jazz were inside There is only one Malone, he can’t resist Robinson, Duncan and Barkley have made repeated attacks, but it’s a mistake to think of the Rockets as the Jazz and beat them. I didn’t see who the Rockets were sitting on the bench, and they wanted to blast us inside. It's a dream."

Dawson nodded and said: "You are right, boss, if the Spurs want to really enter the championship series, they must add some real shooters on the outside, Johnson, Negro and JR ? Jackson is not someone you can rely on when it matters."

Tiger, who was watching Dawson talking from the side, suddenly smiled and said, "Dawson, we are not the owner and general manager of the Spurs. We are in a hurry to do something." After speaking, he shook his head and smiled self-deprecatingly.

Dawson was also taken aback, and said: "Yeah, what's the use of thinking about it, we are the owner and general manager of the Rockets."

At this time, Tiger stood up from the chair and said: "Dawson, actually with our strength, we can completely ignore what others think, and nothing can stop us now."

Dawson stood up holding the teacup, and said proudly, "You're right, boss, nothing can stop us."

The two looked at each other, and then burst out laughing at the same time.

　Ask for everything you can ask, and the heavens are here to thank you.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)