Zhiba NBA

Chapter 213 (210 Two) Dissatisfied Gentleman Lei

Now the Rockets are facing a dilemma. By the end of the season, many teams have begun to play health-preserving basketball.For example, their main opponent, the Pistons, leads the Eastern Conference by more than 10 games, and the Lakers also lead the Spurs by 7 games.

Although the Rockets are still ahead of other teams by a lot, they want to hit the record of 73 wins, so they must maintain a complete victory in the next 9 games.How easy is it?If you insist on playing every game, you may overwork your players and cause injuries in the upcoming playoffs.

"This is really a dilemma." Dawson frowned.

"Actually, there is no choice. We have no retreat at all." Yuan Fei smiled bitterly: "Then the media and fans are staring at us. If we back down at this time, our supporters will be very disappointed. Don't think about other issues at this time, you can only bite the bullet."

"I support Jason's point of view." Adelman said: "The advantage is that our next nine opponents are not strong. The last game against the Spurs is a tough nut to crack. But according to Popovich's character, the last game may be the main players who take turns and give up."

"That's right!" Dawson cheered up after hearing the words: "If the Spurs can pass this test, it will be difficult for the other 8 teams to stop us."

"It's just that the schedule is not very favorable. Next time we will play two back-to-back games, both of which are away games." Adelman frowned and said, "It is still necessary to arrange some rotations."

"Even ESPN, which has always been optimistic about our team, is not optimistic about breaking the record this time." Dawson said: "Their simulation calculation results show that the possibility of us tying the record of 72 wins is 44.2%, and the possibility of breaking the record is only a poor 13.1%. "

"But miracles are created in this way to be interesting." Yuan Fei laughed.

As A Shuai said, what the Rockets will face next is the last tight schedule of the season, with five consecutive away games in a week!The first opponent is the Seattle SuperSonics.

After the players from both sides appeared on the field, Ray Allen quietly said to Reed: "Many people say that you are already the number one pitcher in active service, but I don't agree with it."

Reed gave Allen a surprised look.Allen has always maintained an image of a gentle and refined gentleman to the outside world, and is known as the "gentleman thunder".I didn't expect to have such a small belly.But Reid did not refute anything. After staying in the Rockets for a long time, he has become accustomed to using strength instead of mouth to fight back against opponents.

It is normal for Allen to be dissatisfied. Last season, he averaged 23.9 points per game and was selected as an All-Star.This gap is not his own problem. It is mainly because the team's record is holding back. Last year's No. 25 in the Western Conference is now unable to even make the playoffs, and only achieved a poor 29 wins and 44 losses.

What makes Junzi Lei even more unacceptable is that it was Reed who was selected for the All-Star team instead of him.In his view, he is a first-line guard in the league, a superstar who wants to compete with Kobe and McGrady Iverson.But now even McGrady's substitute is riding on his head. This substitute happens to be the same three-point shooter as him. How can he be convinced?Now that the two teams have met, he can justifiably vent his anger.

The Sonics were very aggressive in the opening game. Yao Ming was a little careless. The ball was intercepted by forward Damien Wilkins.

Bosh missed a jumper, Allen attacked and took the ball and shot, and scored a three-pointer!He glanced triumphantly at Reed.

"This is the 230th three-pointer made by Ray Allen this season. He is also the only player who has made more than 200 three-pointers!" Kenny Smith explained: "And behind him is the opponent at this time——Michael Reed. Reed made 198 shots, and it is very likely that he will reach 200 goals today."

Reid went back and also shot a three-pointer, but missed.Yao Ming grabbed the rebound and handed it to Billups for a layup.

"Michael, don't be impatient. Let's play slowly and we will win." Chang Xi comforted Reid.

Allen broke through Reed's defense and passed the ball inside to Chris Wilcox.This Wilcox's physical fitness is quite explosive, and he can be regarded as a representative of the Beast insiders in the league.He took advantage of his speed and athletic ability to start a hand-to-hand fight with Yao Ming at the basket, turned around and made a hook shot.

But he couldn't limit Yao Ming on the defensive end. Yao received a pass from Jefferson in the low post and easily put it to the basket.

Allen was still venting his anger on Reed, he fired an angry shot against the defensive pull ball, and the ball scored!The home crowd gave their leader a round of applause.

Reid did not make a strong play this time but chose to create opportunities for his teammates. He passed the ball accurately to the hands of Bosh in the bottom corner.Bosh hit a three-pointer!

Lewis singles Bosh hit two points.Both sides have a high hit rate.

It seems that Reed is the only one with a bad touch, and his shooting has hit the iron again.But the east is not bright, the west is bright, Bosh dials the rebound, Billups catches the ball and shoots, hits.

首节阿伦三分球5投3中得到14分，可他们仍然以22:25落后于火箭三分。

This quarter is like a microcosm of the whole game.Allen kept scoring points, and Wilcox also played super-level at the basket many times and caused Yao Ming to foul, but the Rockets continued to expand the point difference relying on their overall superior strength.Halfway through the fourth quarter, Reid finally hit his first three-pointer of the game, widening the point difference to 17 points.

Sonics coach Hill gave up completely and replaced Ray Allen.At this time Allen has scored 33 points.

"Damn it, I still lost to that guy. I tried my best." Allen thought with a confused look on his face. "Maybe I will never have the chance to beat the mighty Rockets in Seattle, but there will always be a place where I can win the championship."

Yao Ming and Redd were also replaced.In this game, Dayao was trapped by a foul and only played 27 minutes, scoring 22+10, while Reed only scored 6 points due to his poor hand.

"Michael, if you keep going like this, Brandon will overtake you." Yao Ming joked, "You still missed your 200th three-pointer."

"As long as we can win." Reed smiled frankly.His sense of fame and fortune is very weak, even though he has played as a substitute for McGrady for many years, he has no complaints.It was the Rockets who liberated him from the identity of the second-round pick and cultivated him to become famous.Reed is also willing to sacrifice himself to give back to the team.

At the end of the game, although Wilcox showed his prowess and scored 20+20 for the first time in his career, he still failed to win a victory for the team. 107:94 The visiting team took away the victory.

In the next day's game, the Rockets players were exhausted.Relying on backup guard Spann's 13+5+10 to blow up the opponent's bench, the situation was maintained.In the last three seconds, Reed hit a quasi-lore three-pointer, and they were able to narrowly beat the underdog Trail Blazers 79:76, struggling to maintain a glimmer of hope for 73 wins.

(End of this chapter)