Zhiba NBA

Chapter 156 (150) Yao Ming's Heart Knot

Jim Jackson was really in good shape today. He hit consecutive three-pointers and the Rockets called a timeout. At 64:71, the Suns had their biggest lead since the opening game.

"Tracey, you go on the field. It's up to you to strengthen the perimeter defense." Tang Shuai commanded: "Yao and Chauncey come down to rest. Joel and Tony come on."

"Ah? Rest again." Yao Ming was disappointed.However, he was still a very obedient player and sat down silently.

After the other players started playing, Lao Tang sat down beside Yao Ming and asked, "Do you still want to continue playing?"

"En!" Yao Ming was always humble and respected Tang Shuai very much. He didn't dare to say too much, but he still expressed his point of view.

"Do you know why I let you rest?"

"do not know."

"You and Amare Stoudemire have always been in a mutual explosion. He can't guard you, and you can't defend him. This stalemate is not good for us. It's better to let you rest and bring a substitute lineup. In the first half, Stoudemire was in good shape, and D'Antoni was not willing to let him rest. After a while, Magloire will come up, and your responsibility is to kill him. Stoudemire has a stable mid-range shot, and the pony does not. Do you understand?" Tang Shuai said earnestly.

Yao Ming was secretly happy, it seems that the coach still trusts him. "Understood, when Stoudemire comes back, will I continue to play?"

"Well, he was at the end of his strength at that time." Tang Shuai nodded and said, "I'll leave it to you in the fourth quarter. Not only do you have to redeem the money, but you also have to play your value!"

McGrady played a role immediately after playing, stealing Nash successfully in the defense.Bosh hit in the cast narrowed the point difference.

Stoudemire is indeed still scoring points against Przybilla, but Dapu is not easy to deal with, and he still surpasses him in terms of physique and strength.After all, Stoudemire is also a body of flesh and blood, and gradually became exhausted in the constant confrontation.

Finally, D'Antoni called a timeout decision to make personnel adjustments.Yao Ming was overjoyed, the turning point of the game had come, and it was time for him to play.

The second weakness of the Suns was pointed out by Yuan Fei, and the lineup rotation was not strong.D'Antoni is a master of bombardment, but he is still inferior to Popovich in employing people.The solar discharge is an 8-man rotation. In addition to the starting 5-man team, it is the substitutes Hunter, Barbosa and Magloire.Among them, Barbosa is relatively young and has not gained the trust of the coach. He just acts as the old man's substitute and often only plays for about 10 minutes.So the remaining 7 people tend to be exhausted in the fourth quarter.

Yao Ming's dominance in the interior reappeared, the Suns temporarily lost Stoudemire, the top scorer, and the Rockets gradually regained the score.With Yao Ming's 2 free throws, 2:80, the two sides entered the final quarter.At this time, the Rockets have become more and more confident.

Parker is particularly confident. The young man has a strong ability to break through singles, but his organizational skills are weak. He has been suppressed by Billups all the year round and has little chance to perform.This time he met Nash, who was poor in defense, and he finally showed his strengths.Parker's biggest feature is that he is very good at moving around in a small area. When he came off the bench, he made a pick-and-roll with Yao Ming and easily broke through Barbosa, taking advantage of the opportunity to break into the middle of Stoudemire and Jackson.Just as the two were about to block, Parker leaned on Jackson and turned around, relaxed his ape arms and made a layup, his movements were coherent and smooth.

"There is still such a high scorer lurking on the Rockets' bench." CCTV teacher Sun Zhengping explained: "This player is named Tony Parker. He is from France and will soon be 23 years old. He is still very young. He broke through to the basket several times today and scored very resolutely."

After Barbosa hit the iron with a three-pointer, Bosh pulled out and made a three-pointer! 85:82 The Rockets overtook.

It was difficult for Stoudemire to reach the basket, so he could only pull out a jumper from the free throw line and hit it.The Rockets handed Bosh a three-pointer again, but this time he missed but McGrady rushed to grab the offensive rebound, turned around and made a tip-up with 87:84.

The sun had to let Nash play again, and I only rested for a poor 1 minute and 10 seconds this time.

Usually, when the Rockets hit this time, the tired Yao Ming could not keep up with the pace of the Suns, but today Yao Ming had a lot of rest and was very fit, so it was no longer difficult for him to run with Stoudemire.It's okay to follow the opponent to the free throw line. Stoudemire wanted to use his speed advantage to break through Yao Ming, but Bosh made up the position in time to form a double team and barely missed the shot.

Back to the Rockets offense, it was finally Yao Ming's turn to show off. He succeeded in consecutive singles and continued to expand his lead.Although Stoudemire was still scoring, the Suns' impressive outside three-pointers in the first round were misfired. Jackson and Richardson missed three-pointers successively, but Reed, who came off the bench for the Rockets, began to hit continuously.

Yao Ming asked for the ball to play singles again, and Marion was forced to double-team. Yao Ming already scored 9 points in this quarter, so he is not an opponent that can be indulged.But Dayao didn't go hard but was assigned to Bosh who was vacant. Jackson pounced to make up for it. Bosh assigned Reid again, and it was empty!
Reid made a calm shot and scored a three-pointer, the third goal in a single quarter!Reid also scored 9 points in this quarter.

Nash forced a breakthrough and caused McGrady's foul. He was already sweating and his flowing long hair was already messed up, but he still insisted on making 2 free throws. At 2:114, with less than 106 minutes left, the overall situation is basically set.

Yao Ming catches the ball and hits Stoudemire with his back. In the frontal collision of power, Stoudemire is by no means his opponent, and he is topped off.Yao Ming turned around abruptly, jumped up and dunked vigorously!Stoudemire was knocked over and sat down on the ground.

"Yao Ming dunked Stoudemire!" Sun Zhengping yelled loudly: "This shot will determine the outcome!"

After Yao Ming completed the dunk, he was not in a hurry to celebrate, but leaned over and extended his hand to Stoudemire in a friendly manner.The handshake between Stoudemire and Yao Ming was captured by reporters on the sidelines.

"You played very well, you deserve to be my old enemy." Stoudemire said sincerely.

Yao Ming felt a little embarrassed, "You are too much, you are even better today."

A simple two-sentence dialogue made the gunpowder much lighter.Yao Ming also seems to have untied his knots and let go of his burdens, and he felt a lot more relaxed.

After making an extra penalty, he scored 12 points in the last quarter and successfully completed the task assigned to him by Tang Shuai.On the offensive end, he and Stoudemire completed mutual explosions, but Yao Ming's defensive role as an inside barrier is not comparable to Stoudemire.

全场比赛结束，121:114火箭客场战胜强敌，取得系列赛的领先。麦迪在前三节一直支撑着全队进攻，最终贡献了33+7+5；姚明则在下半场强势爆发，最终砍下了22+10；而板凳席上的两位奇兵也发挥了重要作用，里德投中5记三分贡献了20分，帕克也是14投8中得到了20分。

For the Suns, Stoudemire scored 43 points, and Nash also scored 29+5+13. Unfortunately, they ran out of bullets and failed to defend the home court.

The next day, the front page of the Houston Chronicle used a photo of Yao Ming reaching out to lift Stoudemire, with the headline "Battle of Super Centers, No Losers".

(End of this chapter)