Zhiba NBA

Chapter 235 (230 [-]) Chasing Points and Chasing Points

McGrady's goal is far from enough to attract the attention of the Lakers players.Kobe made another forcible breakthrough from the right. This time he successfully attracted Tracy McGrady, Reed who came back from the right, and Yao Ming inside.Kobe wanted to pass to the left corner, but there was no one there!
The other players of the Lakers are too loose, and their running problems are piled up on the right.Kobe could only forcefully turn around and get assigned to Odom at a 45-degree angle to the left.Odom can shoot from long range, but it's not his strong suit. This time, he missed a three-pointer.

The Rockets' offense was still a solid positional battle, first initiated by Yao Ming in the interior, and then Turkoglu caught the ball and made a shooting action. Odom, who double-teamed Yao Ming from the interior and hurried back, rushed forward vigorously, but Lao Te smiled slyly, paused his shot, and shot it a little later.Odom used too much force and the two collided.This is of course a defensive foul!Lao Te calmly made two free throws, 23:40.

Van Gundy saw that Odom was not playing well in the past few rounds, and Mutombo couldn't do anything about Yao Ming, so he immediately adjusted the inside combination and replaced Gasol and Mihm.The Rockets also immediately adjusted, Bosh and Roy debut.

Deron lobs a pass to Gasol, but the power of the ball is too great.Yao Ming headed behind Gasol, Gasol failed to jump, the ball flew out of bounds from his side, and the pass was wrong.

The Rockets players have become more confident, and Billups's ball-handling footsteps seem to be a lot lighter.Facing Deron, who is 8 years younger than himself, he rejuvenated, turned around and made a two-step emergency stop jumper, only 15 points away!

This time the Lakers handed the ball to Gasol, who has a greater grasp.Gasol also demonstrated his comprehensive skills. After catching the ball with his back on the left wing, he pretended to hand it to Deron, who went down to the bottom line, but turned around and broke through the center.Yao Ming flicked him and was half a step behind.Gasol took two steps inward and landed right in the middle of the Rockets' four defenders, but no one could reach him.Under the double-teaming of four people, he jumped high and shot with a hook, his movements were soft and elegant, the only fly in the ointment was that the ball still knocked out of the basket!

Yao Ming grabbed the rebound and the Rockets escaped again.McGrady dribbled to the frontcourt and lobbed it to Bosh inside.Gasol faced Bosh and Deron near the bottom corner also came to help defend. Bosh swept away the slump in the first quarter. At this moment, he was more focused.Sure enough, Billups cut from the bottom line and received the ball steadily. Deron and Gasol turned around to defend but it was too late. Chauncey had already reached the inside line and made a layup, 27:40.

The Lakers players finally got a little nervous. The huge lead instantly shrank to 13 points. This is no longer an unreachable point difference.
At this time, of course they hope to give the ball to the number one ace Kobe, but McGrady stalks the front and sticks to the defense, completely cutting off the passing route between the ball holder and Kobe.And Kobe played too hard before, and he was unwilling to run too much without the ball, so Kobe couldn't get the ball at all!
Yuan Fei saw the mystery, and commented sharply: "There is a subtle difference in mentality between Bryant and Tracy. Bryant considers himself an ace, and disdains the unnecessary consumption of running with his opponent. Tracy now considers himself a role player. As long as he can keep his opponent in check, it will be worth it!"

Gasol caused Yao Ming's fouls, but not enough fouls to get him to the free throw line. It was still the Lakers' ball.This time, the Lakers failed to find a chance to make a shot after several passes, so Mihm could only reluctantly make a mid-range shot, which of course missed.Billups was chatting about his teenage madness, but this time he suddenly ran wild after being slow for several rounds.Killed the Lakers by surprise and made a layup that caused a foul.Chauncey made one of two free throws, 28:40.

This time Kobe finally couldn't sit idly by, he ran actively and finally caught the ball.But as soon as he got the ball, Roy double-teamed him.The Rockets sent two super guards to guard him alone!

But at this time, Kobe no longer trusted his teammates' shots. After all, they missed so many shots just now, which made the Rockets launch a strong counterattack.Kobe made a fake shot and McGrady didn't take it too seriously, but the young Roy still lacked a little experience and was picked up.Kobe immediately broke through with a low-handed dribble, but McGrady wanted to make up for it but was blocked by Roy in the air!Kobe took advantage of this gap to force his way to the basket, and Yao Ming's giant palm blocked the sky in front of him, but Kobe threw the ball to the basket with a high-volume shot.

Hit!It also caused McGrady's pulling foul!Kobe also made an additional penalty, 28:43!

The home fans cheered enthusiastically, their emotions had been suppressed for half a quarter.The originally good and winning situation was dragged into a deadlock by the Rockets' scoring climax. Thanks to Kobe, only this super scoring madman can turn the tide under the opponent's high-pressure defense. Not only the goal is 2+1, but the Lakers regained the absolute initiative all at once.

This goal boosted the morale of the Lakers players, and they regrouped and defended quite well in the next game.At the end of the first half, the Rockets still trailed by 41 points 57:16.

"Sure enough, the Lakers are still very strong." Yao Ming gasped and said, "As expected, they are our strongest opponent on the way to the championship."

"But we basically realized what I said before." McGrady laughed: "I said we should catch up to about 15 points, and now we are just 16 points away. The hope of winning is still there, at least much better than when we were 24 points behind before."

"After this quarter, we must catch up to within 10 points." Billups said decisively: "The final quarter will determine the winner!"

As Chauncey said, the Rockets showed their determination to chase points.Bosh came up on the use of speed caused Mihm's foul, he made two free throws.

"Jason is right. The Lakers forcibly improved their starting strength, which led to a messy rotation. Whether they play Mihm or Mutombo, I will use my speed to break through them." Bosh is no longer superstitious about his shooting touch.Although he is known as a power forward in the league for his shooting ability, at this critical moment, he still has to dare to hit the basket.

Gasol was forced out of the penalty area by Yao Ming, and he missed a jumper.The Rockets still organized the offense steadily. When Yao Ming was in position, Jefferson broke through and scored the ball. Yao Ming received the ball and turned around and dunked successfully, 45:57.

Gasol seems to have hurt his finger in this defense, and he kept rubbing his finger.Kobe lobbed the ball to Mihm, and Mihm didn't stop the ball at all and passed the ball directly to Gasol who cut into the inside like a volleyball setter.Gasol, who scored the goal, roared like a lion and won rounds of applause from the fans.

(End of this chapter)