I'm really not a superstar

Chapter 154 Falling into the Bottom
Losing the Celtics is like pouring cold water on the Houstonians.

Although the score was not much lost, the gap between the two teams in the ability to read the game, tactical execution and stability at critical moments is very obvious.

This discouraged the high-spirited Rockets. However, some local media in Houston still clamored that it is a good thing to lose a game occasionally, so I would like to remind everyone.

However, the Rockets were immediately taken aback.

Two days later, the Rockets moved to Portland to face the Trail Blazers led by Brandon Roy.

The game was extremely intense, and at the end of the fourth quarter, the two teams tied at 90.

And the more exciting plot happened in overtime.

In the last 10 seconds of the game, the amazingly talented Brandon Roy first broke through McGrady, then glided in the air to avoid Yao Ming's block, and scored the ball.

The score was 97:98, with only 7.3 seconds left.

The Moda Center was full of jubilation, and everyone thought Roy had killed the game.

The Rockets quickly called a timeout.

Just when everyone thought the Rockets would choose McGrady for the last attack, Adelman unexpectedly chose Yao Ming.

From this arrangement, it can also be seen who is currently the No. 1 in the hearts of the Rockets coaching staff.

Yao Ming, who has been on the court for 41 minutes, got rid of Aldridge, who was very difficult throughout the game, and caught and shot the ball in one go.

The ball hits firmly.

With 3.2 seconds left, the score was 99:98.

Yao Ming quasi lore!

The atmosphere in Moda Center instantly changed from fire to ice.

Almost everyone has lost hope, after all, the psychological gap from lore to anti-lore is too great!

However, there is one person who still burns with faith and fighting spirit, and that is Brandon Roy!

Although he scored only 21 points, almost all of these points were key points.

Roy has a big heart, and he is merciless at critical moments.

After the last timeout of the Blazers, the Blazers sent a sideline ball. At this moment, Artest, who is best at one-on-one defense in the Rockets, has been used to mark Roy.

In order to get rid of Ci Shiping's close marking like a jelly candy, Roy ran very far away from the Rockets' basket.

When he received the sideline ball from Adelridge, he was 32 feet (9.75 meters) from the basket. You must know that the NBA's three-point line is only 22.15 feet (6.75 meters) from the basket.

Smiles had already appeared on the faces of everyone in the Rockets team. From their point of view, driving the opponent out so far to catch the ball had already declared that the game would be won!
Roy ran out of time. After receiving the ball, he only did one thing, and that was to jump high and shoot!
By the time the ball was in the air, the timer had reset to zero.

But before the home fans sighed in disappointment, the ball flew into the basket like a precision-guided missile!
Brandon Roy hit a super long-range three-pointer!

Brandon Roy hits the counter lore!

Great ups and downs created great joy and great sorrow. In the last 10 seconds, everyone in the Moda Arena felt like they were on a roller coaster, with ups and downs and thrilling.

It is precisely because of such a strong contrast effect that the defeated party is even more depressed and dispirited.

In this game, Dorsey played 17 minutes and scored 9 points, 12 rebounds and 2 blocks.

Although his playing time was not as good as the previous game, his performance became more and more stable, and his performance was unanimously recognized by the team and the outside world.

Now the entire league knows that the Rockets rookie Joey Dorsey is a bench gangster. As long as he comes off the bench, he can output steadily, and he especially likes to please the audience with passionate methods such as dunks and blocks.

Dorsey played well, but he still has some regrets in his heart because he failed to play against Oden again.

Oden was hurt again.

Was asked to rest for two weeks by the renowned Trail Blazers vet because of knee discomfort.

In this game, Oden in a suit and leather shoes sat in the audience on the sidelines.

Before the game, the media with good things found out the "holidays" between Dorsey and Oden that year, and hyped them up. It might not have been fanciful, trying to provoke them to get angry and have a big fight. impulse.

But when it came to the game, it surprised everyone.

During the warm-up before the game, Dorsey punched Oden on the sidelines; during the game, when Dorsey scored a beautiful goal, Oden also applauded; Farewell, the two hugged tightly.

The two turned their fighting into jade silk? !

Most of the media didn't understand the story of the two in the summer league, so they felt that the turning point in the relationship between the two was very abrupt.

During the media interview, some reporters threw this question to Dorsey.

Dorsey replied in a sentence in Chinese: "Brothers who have crossed the Jiebo are here, and when we meet, we can smile and wipe away our grievances!"

Looking at the bewildered reporter on the opposite side, Dorsey was very satisfied with his pretense.

As for what it means, go and realize it yourself!
The Rockets didn't have time to lick their wounds. They boarded a plane overnight and flew to Los Angeles to start the second game of the road trip.

Back to back against the Clippers.

Metta Shiping broke out in this game and scored a team-high 23 points.

But the performance of the other two "giants" was much worse.

Yao Ming made 12 of 6 shots and scored 16 points. He also missed two of his best free throws.

McGrady was even worse, playing 6 minutes and only scoring 2 points!
In the post-match interview session, McGrady did not show up, and Adelman tried his best to defend his top superstar, "McGrady has a cold, so I asked him to stop playing."

However, anyone with a discerning eye can see that McGrady is tired, and his body is in a period of great fatigue.

A summer without systematic training, coupled with repeated injuries, had a serious impact on his state.

Although, since the preseason, the Rockets have tried their best to help him regain his touch and find his status.His feeling is getting better and better, and he played the same top performance against the Celtics.

However, the continuous battles, especially the fatigue caused by the away trip, made McGrady's state plummet, and the hidden dangers of his body were magnified in the face of fatigue.

Just like playing a game, I feel good in the beginning, but after more than ten minutes, I will encounter a critical point of physical fitness and be in a temporary state of hypoxia.And when the critical point of physical fitness is broken through, the body function will recover again.

Now McGrady is at the critical point of his physical condition, and it is the most fatigued moment.Maybe after the breakthrough, it will be flat, but when the breakthrough will be made and whether it will be adjusted, it is still unknown.

What is unexpected is that the Rockets' second scorer in this game is actually Dorsey.

He played 15 minutes, scored 16 points, 8 rebounds and 1 block, with amazing efficiency.

In the contest with Kaman, Brand and other insiders, he did not lose at all, effectively making up for the weakness of Scola's soft style of play.

The sudden emergence of Joey Dorsey is one of the few bright spots in the Rockets' road trip.

Fagan of the "Houston Chronicle" advocated more vigorously than Limberly, hoping that Adelman would be more courageous and take a bigger step, give Dorsey more chances to play, and even consider letting him start in some games play.

During this time, a big deal happened in the league.

Iverson returned to the East and came to Detroit, the Motor City, to exchange clubs with Billups.

In the general view, this transaction announced that this once all-powerful superhero, who was regarded as a superhero, fell into the mortal world, the hero's end, and his evening scene is bleak.

Detroit is a team that emphasizes discipline and defense, which doesn't match AI's style. They traded for Iverson for only one purpose, waiting to free up more than $2000 million in salary space next summer.

This is the only "answer" Iverson can give.

For the Rockets, this deal also has far-reaching implications.

[-]. Billups is famous, and Mosaic, who has been planning on him, returns without success.Mosaic is too preoccupied and always wants to maximize the profit, which made him miss the opportunity to strengthen the team's weakest board.

[-]. Iverson, who also belongs to the four major shooting guards, fell to the altar, which also heralds the end of an era.Remind everyone that there is no one in this league who cannot be traded, even the famous "four shooting guards".

The three games in the second week are over, and the NBA has updated the combat power list.

This week, the best player in the East is James, who led the team to win all 4 games; the best player in the West is Stoudemire Jr., who averaged 28.3 points and 7 rebounds per game.

Ranked first in the combat power list is the Los Angeles Lakers.

Their record is five straight victories, and they haven't lost since the regular season.

The second place is the Celtics with a record of 6 wins and 1 loss.

Among the 6 opponents, except for the Rockets who scored 112 points, the other opponents averaged less than 90 points per game!
"Offense wins the game, defense wins the championship" is vividly reflected in this old-fashioned team.

The 3-5 places are the Jazz, Cavaliers, and Suns.

The Rockets dropped to 11th place.

The official comment is: Yao Mai's condition does not look good, who can lead the team out of the haze?Then their devil's road trip continues, and the next opponent is the Los Angeles Lakers led by Kobe...

　Worked overtime, stayed up until early in the morning, delayed uploading, readers please forgive me

　　
　
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