Super Basketball Manager

Chapter 351 Veterans Don't Die!Salute to veterans!

When he was fifteen or twenty years old, he could fly on the basket on foot.

Young and strong ravages the basket, who doesn't know the king when counting NBA supermen?
Having experienced hundreds of battles and galloping in the NBA for decades, he once single-handedly provoked the entire Zijin Dynasty to stand still...

Once used his own strength to dedicate to the world the role of a lone hero...

His charming eyes once made everyone sympathize with his tragic role...

And after traveling to another country, he once again witnessed the blazing road of glory...

Yes, they are veterans...the one and only Shaquille O'Neal, the one and only Allen Iverson, the one and only Tracy McGrady, and of course Battier, Kidd, Nuo Tianwang, etc...

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Veteran O'Neill's crazy performance at the last moment of G3 may be just the beginning...

When G4 faced the invading Dallas people like a tide, who was sweating and old knees, fighting until cramps time and time again made the desperate Dallas Cowboys return without success?

Or veterans...

Battle-tested, battle-hardened, Lema Plain, shrouded in horse leather...

Perhaps it was just as Jonathan Feigen of the "Houston Chronicle" said after the game before the G4 game: "In my opinion, they are all qualified to be on par with Jordan... You know, he is usually lazy and taking a nap. When he really wakes up, you will still treat them as the invincible monster back then..."

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After the G3 game, Iverson admitted that his "knee" needs to rest... McGrady kept going back and forth between the medical room and the training ground, and O'Neal simply chose to take a vacation...

He didn't participate in the normal training the next day, although someone tweeted a photo of him and Rockets general manager Ron reappearing in Sunny Beach, in fact, it was just some old photos processed by Photoshop...

People have expectations, looking forward to the fact that the Houstonians can win four consecutive cities like the first round of the playoffs. As an opponent with completely different styles, the focus of expectations ranges from Yao Ming alone, to the myth that the veterans will jointly perform...

Sharks, who were "lazy" for a day, played yesterday. He made 16 of 12 shots, scored 29 points and 11 rebounds, and only allowed Chandler to score 5 points.

Iverson played 17 minutes, but made 0 turnovers and 4 steals.

McGrady's stable performance of 10+, 6+, 7+ is always talked about...

And of course Battier's blood-throat seal in the fourth quarter...

"Shaq O'Neal really released his vitality in the fourth game of the Western Conference Finals. He scored 28 points and 29 rebounds alone in 11 minutes off the bench, helping the Rockets to tear up the game at home 104 to 96... And no one thought that at the last moment, they resisted the crazy attack of the Dallas people. Standing next to him was not George and other newcomers, but a group of old guys who were as old as him and used to walk on the court... The total score was 2:2, and he returned to the starting line!"

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In fact, the Mavericks are not as weak as they seem...

They almost never trailed by double digits in the whole game, and everyone knows that several veterans in the Mavericks team have the desire for the championship and the dream of completing the redemption in 06, and they cannot rashly give up this game that is enough to send the Rockets to hell...

From the very beginning, Kidd used his determination to hit the basket. Although he is not as tall and strong as the young Serbian, his mature strength is more smooth.

Then Bledsoe came off the bench and couldn't effectively restrain Kidd's obsession...

He frequently went to the basket, and was not in a hurry to pass through the outside line. He turned over and hooked himself, and caught the Rockets by surprise...

Then, Yao Ming and Cousins ​​once again began to overwhelm the Mavericks inside like two inside behemoths, regaining the situation, and the Mavericks shooting team led by Nowitzki began to make a fuss outside the Rockets...

The key is that Nuo Tianwang, who is getting more and more in shape, has almost no rest in the first half. He brought Terry and Peja's rotation lineup to the Rockets' second team and caused a huge threat... And just when the Rockets were at a loss because of this, O'Neal unexpectedly broke out again...

Mr. Shaq, who is comparable to the number one center in history, drove the Toyota Center into madness again with his powerful dunks and small hooks at the basket.

His rich experience in the playoffs has always been his hidden attribute. After consecutive correct positioning, Chandler's alley-oops were converted into offensive fouls, and he ran wildly when he switched to a fast break...

With a sound of "Boom!", under Harden's go-between, the ball was directly smashed into the basket viciously...

Looking at Mark Cuban who was holding his mouth on the sidelines, he tilted his head and nodded happily...

Apparently Cuban's so-called "this guy pays me money and I don't want it" when he was on vacation, the best counterattack...

Drexler, the on-site commentary consultant at the Toyota Center and once the opponent of the young Shaq, also laughed and said: "...he is a giant on the field, invincible, and he was born for basketball! Think about it if we faced the top Shaq in 95, maybe there would be one less banner over this arena..."

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Although Yao Ming also performed well in this game, Adelman chose to continue to trust O'Neal at the end of the third quarter...

He went into battle again, and was challenged by veterans from Dallas...

The crazy counterattack of the Dallas people has begun!

To paraphrase Weiping Bryant-Chang - that's what happens on a basketball court...even though he looks irrational...

Seeing O'Neal's strong return, the chain reaction is that the veterans in the Dallas team also began to gather strength...

The 37-year-old Jason Kidd, who has entered the finals twice but has never won a championship...

At the age of 32, the peak Nuo Tianwang who will grow old if he does not win the championship...

The 35-year-old Peja Stojakovic, who has entered the end of his career…

And 33-year-old Jets Jason Terry, who is a little flimsy...  

Hitting the rim again and again - Terry went straight to the rim after stealing, facing the best outside gate in Houston, Shane Battier, who was a head taller than him, with his masked hand, directly hit Battier's face with a three-step basket... fell heavily to the ground, just for those 2 free throws...

Gritting his teeth again and again, the blood stained the battlefield—Kidd’s sudden step accelerated, and his browbone hit the unprepared Serb’s elbow directly... The price of the cracked browbone was the Serb’s soy sauce data of 14 fouls, 5 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assist in 1 minutes of the game...

And Nuo Tianwang, facing Paul George on the outside and Cousins ​​​​on the inside, was double-teamed by the two best rookies in Houston, and forced a magical backward shot from outside the three-point line...

The score in this game once again surpassed his playoff average score-34, and he has already scored 6 points just at the beginning of the fourth quarter...

The situation is gradually developing in a favorable direction for the Dallas people. The signature "roller coaster" that the Rockets haven't seen for a long time is almost heading to hell...

At this moment, O'Neal, who was originally alone, continued to hold the ball in the paint...

It was just that his hand slipped suddenly and he dribbled the ball to his feet...

Seeing that a mistake was inevitable, suddenly a stubborn little veteran with sharp eyes and quick hands leaped to save the ball...

He's a veteran of the Rockets!

Iverson, 37, is one year older...

His chances are running out...

Maybe he can't use his own brilliance to play a little bit of heat for Houston like last year...

But the Rockets' crowded guard group can only make him swing between point guard and shooting guard...

But so what?

As long as there is still a glimmer of hope, the lonely hero who was too obsessed with playing time and possession of the ball, in his life as a player, compromised for victory...

Catch every hope...well, that's it...

And of course the 32-year-old McGrady, who was supposed to be in his prime, but whose form was up and down due to injuries...

He is playing with a belief...

Day after day, every game...

He got a one-on-one with Terry from beyond the arc...

Maybe when he was at his peak, if he didn't pull up directly, he would break into the inside and dunk...

It's just that after being alone for so many years, he finally chose to bow his head to fate...

But he's got his chance to really play right...and that's the team!

No hesitation in passing the ball to the other corner...

The 33-year-old Shane Battier has no mercy...

He is no longer the good old man who was invincible in the past... Remove the word "good", the old man is more appropriate...

But he still has the heart of a killer...

Just like Horry and Fisher, seeing blood seals the throat...

Swish!Hollow into the frame!

This goal is also the one that determines the final direction of the game...

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All the veterans played together in Game [-] of the Western Conference Finals at the Toyota Center, dedicating a passionate and immortal legend to fans all over the world...

When the last free throw was made steadily... O'Neal wrote his season-high 29 points in the most critical fourth game of the Western Conference Finals...

Even with a last-minute desperate 8-pointer that drew a stunning rainbow, Houston beat the aggressive Dallas by [-] points...

Despite being benched in the fourth quarter for the second time this season, Yao Ming was quite excited and was the first to rush to the court to give his former mentor and future icon O'Neal a deep hug...

The two of them, together with the fledgling Cousins, jointly contributed 58 points, 32 rebounds, and 8 blocks for the Rockets in this game. In a real sense, they defeated the mighty Dallas Cowboys from the spiritual level...

O'Neill said excitedly after the game: "Who said I went to the beach for vacation? I can get a rest. This is the capital that seems to be rejuvenated after I come back. Of course, there are AI, T-mac, Sean... Some people say that we are old... But you can also see... This is the determination we expressed together on the field... You should thank the management for making this decision. They always maintain confidence in us veterans... And we fulfilled our promise! Can-you-feel-it!!"

Even though they faced the camera again and screamed funny, no one at the scene didn't smile enthusiastically, because these two games were completely picked up by O'Neal and a veteran Houston...

Rockets coach Adelman said: "We didn't discuss this matter repeatedly. At their current age, it is not a very normal thing to do these things. So their performance today, oh no, these two games are enough to be recorded in the history books... The veterans don't die... It's a miracle..."

After the game, the Houston fans with ulterior motives even focused on the finals—"...Did you see it? Miami! Did you see it? James! When you choose to hold together when you are the strongest, the real challenge comes from the almost forgotten past...so tremble!"

they are old...

Their battle robes have also been taken off...

However, their skills are still deeply remembered...

Their battle is still a classic memory...

They are the heroes in the hearts of countless fans...

Salute to all the veterans you and I like, don't like, know, and don't know! ! ! !
　Perhaps it was just as Jonathan Feigen of the "Houston Chronicle" said after the game before the G4 game: "In my opinion, they are all qualified to be on par with Jordan... You know, he is usually lazy and taking a nap. When he really wakes up, you will still treat them as the invincible monster back then..."

　　
　
(End of this chapter)