against the front

Chapter 345 The Last Moment

"Defend, defend, defend..."

After Aaron Brooks made a fast-break layup and narrowed the point difference to only 2 points, the Rockets fans at the Toyota Center immediately "started". Cheers and roars resounded throughout the Toyota Center. Those who didn't know thought that the Rockets had already won, and when it was the King's turn to attack, the Rockets fans on the scene also used uniform defensive voices to put pressure on the visiting Kings players.

Zhu Holiday, who brought the ball to the front court, slowly protected the ball while observing Yan Hua who had reached the low post. The tacit understanding developed over more than one season made Zhu Holiday very clear that at this time, Yan Hua will definitely choose to show his hands and stabilize the morale of the army.

Sure enough, as expected by Zhu Holiday, after getting stuck in the low position, Yan Hua reached out to Zhu Holiday for the ball without any hesitation. After moving two steps laterally, Zhu Holiday Di hoisted the basketball in his hand to Yan Hua who was in the low position.

Yan Hua, who received the pass from Zhu Holiday, also played very decisively. After shaking Yao Ming away with a left turn and hook, he turned right and made a jumper with a fadeaway. The basketball went into the net, and the point difference came again. 4 points.

Just seeing the hope of tying, the Rockets who were poured with cold water were not at all depressed. Instead, they became more and more calm. After more than a dozen consecutive passes, the open Sean Ba Thiel made a shot.

In the next few minutes, in order to keep the lead and the other to overtake the score, the players on both sides tried their best and no longer had any reservations. Every player on the field, including Yao Ming and Yan Hua, , are running and defending desperately at no cost to their physical strength. Affected by this, the smell of gunpowder on the court is getting stronger and stronger. Serge Ibaka and Luis Scola almost fought when they were fighting for rebounds .

The players on the court are working hard, and the coaches off the court are not idle. Standing on the sidelines, Reggie Toyce and Rick Adelman, while paying attention to the game on the court, are also thinking about Strategies for every situation, while occasionally looking up at the timer.

As the side behind, Adelman naturally hopes that time can pass slowly. On the contrary, although the lead has been hovering between 3 points and 4 points, as the side leading the score, Reggie Troyce still hopes that time can pass. A little faster, and the Kings players on the field are also tacitly pressing time. Under the premise of ensuring offensive efficiency, the longer each attack takes, the better it is for the Kings.

"After Yan Hua started to take over the game, Yao Ming is also trying to take over the game!" Although the Rockets players on the court have always followed Adelman's tactical arrangements and played according to their own game rhythm, they are getting more and more Faced with great psychological pressure and the King's increasingly high defensive intensity, the Rockets inevitably faced the embarrassing situation of failing to score two consecutive offenses.

Seeing that the point difference was widened to 6 points, Yao Ming, who had been accumulating stamina for the first few minutes, also stood up and tried to take over the game. Yao Ming, who received a pass from Brooks, faced Yan Hua's defense in the interior and used a 2+1 Once again narrowed the point difference to 3 points.

When Yao Ming was still standing on the free throw line, Reggie Toyes on the sidelines called a timeout. At 1 minute and 08 seconds, the Kings still had a 3-point lead, and this last minute will undoubtedly determine the entire game. The final result of the game, so how to arrange the last minute is something that Reggie Toyes must consider.

"Zhu, we still have two attacks left, be more steady, don't make mistakes, and try to consume 24 seconds for each attack."

"Yan, the Rockets' defense will probably focus on you, and even double-team you, so you have to be more calm and ensure the success rate of every attack!"

"Kevin and Danny, the two of you have a very simple task, which is to get rid of the defenders around you, run out of space, and wait for opportunities."

"Serge, your job is to rebound, rebound!"

After all the players on the field walked to the sidelines, Reggie Toyes called them together, arranged tactics one by one, led by 3 points, and the game ended with 1 minute left. Take a win away from Houston.

"Victory! Victory! Victory!" After Reggie Toyes arranged the tactics at the last moment, Yan Hua, the team leader, called all the players who were about to appear to his side, waving his arms, Shouting the slogan of victory.

The game restarted. After serving in the middle circle, Zhu Holiday slapped the basketball between the middle circle and the top of the arc, deliberately pressing the time. After spending nearly 15 seconds, Zhu Holiday took a step , After getting rid of Aaron Brooks very easily, he faced Trevor Ariza, who was defending, and passed the basketball to Kevin Martin behind Ariza.

I have to say that the Rockets' defensive rotation is really good. As soon as Kevin Martin received the ball, Sean Battier arrived. Kevin Martin couldn't get a shot, so he could only choose to lob the ball and throw the ball. Handing it over to Yan Hua on the inside, he ran towards the weak side of the field.

As Reggie Toyes expected, after the timeout, the Rockets really strengthened their defense against Yan Hua. Luis Scola, who was entangled with Serge Ibaka, almost passed the ball to Kevin Martin. The moment he rushed towards Yan Hua, it was obvious that before that, Luis Scola had been biting Yan Hua.

Carrying Yao Ming on his back, and looking at Luis Scola who has already arrived in front of him, Yan Hua is really a little bit big. It is hard enough to play Yao Ming in the low post, and you are double-teaming without any hesitation. In an instant, Yan Hua made a choice and passed the basketball in his hand to Serge Ibaka.

Although standing in front of Ibaka is Brooks, who is several tens of centimeters shorter than him, Serge Ibaka still did not choose to shoot, but directly passed the basketball behind Yan Hua and Yao Ming, Found Kevin Martin, who was almost vacant.

After screaming inwardly, Yao Ming, who was stuck on Yan Hua, quickly rushed towards Kevin Martin, ready to block Kevin Martin's shot.

Maybe he was frightened by Yao Ming's mountain-like figure. Kevin Martin, who was sure of his open shots, didn't take a shot. Hand over the basketball to Yan Hua behind Yao Ming.

And after Yao Ming left, Yan Hua, who turned around and prepared to stand in advance to grab the rebound, barely caught the basketball passed by Kevin Martin, and there was a one-handed dunk across Luis Scola.

(End of this chapter)