Zhiba NBA

Chapter 170 (160) Reed's Awakening
On June 6, at the Toyota Center, the second battle of the finals kicked off here.

During the rest day, Brown learned his lesson and arranged a lot of defensive tactics against the Rockets' Yao Ming and Parker's strong impact.However, the start has not changed much, and the two sides still use the starting lineup of the previous game.

The change was seen on the first ball. Wallace, who was strong against Yao Ming, was replaced by Rasheed, while Da Ben went out to defend against Bosh's mid-range shot.Rashid has a better body than Daben, and Daben is very mobile and may shrink back to double-team Yao Ming at any time.Brown hopes that such an adjustment will curb Yao Ming's play.

This kind of adjustment had an effect. Yao Ming gave two hits to Turkoglu on the outside. Lao Te shot a three-pointer and was wiped by Prince's fingertips, and the shot missed.Rashid protected the rebound.

Bodi Loga hit Jefferson in the high post, and Billups waited for an opportunity to step forward to help defend, but De Young was very determined, and was not disturbed by Billups at all, but wanted to break through between the two.Chauncey originally wanted to harass him with a feint, but he didn't expect Jefferson to step back and make room for a breakthrough.Bodi Loga stepped forward and made an easy layup, and it was too late for Bosh to pounce.

"Last year, I seemed to be so kind and unhelpful, shaking McGrady." Jefferson vaguely recalled this unpleasant memory, "Is this retribution? It's back to me."

The Rockets played quite difficult, basically relying on Yao Ming's inside singles to score points.The Pistons seem to feel better on the outside. Not only did Bodi Loga keep scoring, but Hamilton also made a mid-range shot.

Bodi Loga made a dribble that crossed and changed direction in front of him. After pulling the ball back with his backhand, he tricked Jefferson into losing his center of gravity.Bodi Loga made an easy layup and the score was already 12:6.

"Richard is not in good shape today, and he can't keep up with Bodi Loga's rhythm at all." Curry said.

Tang Shuai turned to look at Reid and said, "Michael is warming up and ready to play."

Soon Reid replaced Jefferson on the field, Turkoglu took on the heavy responsibility of switching to Bodi Loga, and Reed faced Prince, who was not strong in attack.

Reid played a role as soon as he came on the court. He ran from the right wing corner without the ball to the top of the arc. Yao Ming made a beautiful screen in time to block the follow-up Hamilton.Reid ran away from his opponent and ran to the front three-point line, received a timely pass from Billups and made a three-point shot. Hamilton had just bypassed Yao Ming's huge body at this time, and could only watch the ball pass over his head and fall into the basket.

"Michael Reed made a wonderful three-pointer. Billups and Yao also contributed to this ball. Billups' accurate and timely pass and Yao's high-quality screen played a big role." Smith commented.As a former Rockets ace shooter, he has a special say on three-pointers.

"Yao played very maturely in these few shots. He not only scored points for himself, but also started to help his teammates score points, and even set up off-ball screens." Barkley rarely recognized Yao Ming: "T_Mac is not here, Yao has taken on the responsibility of the leader very well."

Prince has a height advantage over Reid, and he boldly made a strong shot, but unfortunately missed.After the attack, Reed made a three-pointer against the defense, scored back, and equalized!

"This shot is unreasonable, it should be given to Yao Ming!" CCTV commentator Zhang Weiping commented, "reasonable" is his mantra, so that later he has a nickname in the fan circle called Zhang Reasonable.

Bodi Loga usually faces the dislocation of defenders who are shorter than him. This time he faces the taller Turkoglu, which is considered a rare situation.But he was still able to deal with it with ease. After a large shake, he dribbled the ball behind Turkoglu and succeeded in a jumper.

"Switching to a bigger man may not be effective. At the Atlanta Olympics, Pippen, who is known as the strongest defender in the NBA, came to mark him. He scored 13 points in that game." Yuan Fei checked the information and said: "Bordi Loga was only 23 years old at that time, and he was still very immature."

"Is there really nothing we can do about this guy?" Assistant Coach Smith was very unconvinced.

"To be honest, no... Can you imagine a certain team defending Tracy? Players of their level can't defend at all unless they double-team. But they are still masters of passing, and they can't double-team casually."

The Rockets can't defend against Bodi Loga, but the Pistons have difficulty defending Reed.Reed ran without the ball to catch the ball and turned 180 degrees for a jumper. The shot was very quick, and even though Hamilton followed closely, he didn't have time to interfere.But the ball was too difficult, and it bounced out of the frame.

Yao Ming firmly blocked Rasheed, and Bosh slammed into the paint to grab the rebound before Prince.

"This... Reid's fierce three-point shot is a rebound that trusts his teammates!" Barkley understood, "The Rockets suddenly strengthened their competition for offensive rebounds."

Once again, it was handed over to Reed, who was in a 90-degree frontal position, and he immediately aimed at the basket and shot the ball.

"How can I make you happy again!" Hamilton sealed it with all his strength.

As soon as Reed stopped, he dribbled the ball with his low hand and went inside.This shot was a fake, because he had made consecutive shots before, completely fooling the Pistons' defenders, not to mention Hamilton, even Bodi Loga, the master of fakes, didn't see it.

Daben hurriedly made up for it. His ability to assist in defense was among the best insiders in the league, but this time he was tricked by Reed again.I saw Reid hit back with a pass behind the back, Bosh cut in from the bottom corner and just received it, and there was no defense in front of him for a vigorous dunk.

"Ow!" Bosh roared.And Reed stretched out a finger, pointing to the scoreboard.The two mobilized the enthusiasm of the audience, and the Toyota Center became noisy again.Reed's three-pointer, Bosh's rebound, Reed's pass behind the back, Bosh's dunk, it's so exciting!

Bodi Loga hit again in a single.Reid returned another three-pointer from the bottom corner, but missed.But this time Yao Ming stretched out his hand and pulled the ball out, which happened to fall into the hands of Billups.

Reed did not stop in place after shooting, but immediately cut to the basket.Chauncey reacted very quickly, and a hit ground pass was delivered to Reed just right.It was too late for Big Ben to make a foul, and Reed scored 2+1!

首节好像成了博迪洛加和里德的单挑之战，博迪洛加7投5中得了11分。而里德7投4中得了12分，这4球里有3个三分球。22:24，火箭暂时领先2分。

Although the score fell behind, the smile on Bodi Loga's face bloomed more and more.The Rockets are really an amazing team.When they were on the verge of extinction last year, Jefferson, Okur, Billups, Yao Ming, McGrady stood up one by one to save the team from the fire.This year, Parker and Reed have played star performances successively. This team makes people feel that the potential is unfathomable.

Originally McGrady's absence was disappointing, but looking at it now, the Rockets are still a great opponent.Thinking of this, Bodi Loga's fighting spirit ignited.

(End of this chapter)