against the front

Chapter 348 First Victory
"The best goal of the season, the best goal of the season, Yao's goal is definitely the best goal of the season!" Almost at the moment when Yao Ming made a shot, Charles Barkley in the TNT live broadcast hall exaggerated yelled out.

Scenes of missing free throws and then grabbing offensive rebounds to complete the offense are not uncommon in basketball games, but scenes like Yao Ming deliberately missing free throws and then shooting and grabbing themselves are really rare.

Especially the basketball that hit the rim seemed to have eyes, and it bounced back to Yao Ming's hands accurately, which made Charles Barkley, who was used to seeing big scenes, a little bit tongue-tied. After the Rockets equalized, Barkley was full of big question marks, how could he still play free throws like this?
"Yao's shot is really beautiful!" Kenny Smith, who is also a professional player, naturally knows how difficult Yao Ming's shot is. Asking himself, Kenny Smith feels that even if he tries a hundred times, even A thousand times may not necessarily succeed once.

Reggie Hawes, who was standing on the sidelines, was also surprised by Yao Ming's self-throwing and self-grabbing. After a brief loss of consciousness, Reggie Hawes quickly called a long timeout, and arranged for the last attack At the same time as tactics, adjust the mentality of the players on the field by the way.

Thunderbolt-Toyes, who was standing on the sidelines and already felt that he was sure of winning, was hit hard by Yao Ming's operation, let alone those Kings players who witnessed and experienced all this on the court No matter how calm and big-hearted a player is, it is impossible not to be affected by this situation.

After all the players on the field were off the field, Reggie Toyes gathered them all together, and after encouraging and comforting them, he began to arrange the tactics for the last attack.

With 7.4 seconds left before the end of the game, the Kings have enough time to complete the last attack. The only things that need to be considered are the next tactical strategy and the person who will execute the last shot.

Normally, it is most appropriate for the core of the team to execute the last shot. However, compared with outside players, inside players have natural disadvantages and are more likely to be double-teamed by the defender. Therefore, think twice, Reggie Toy Smith finally decided that Kevin Martin would make the last shot, Jrue Holiday and Danny Green would be the second choices, and Yan Hua's task was to be a pretense to attract the Rockets' defensive attention.

After all, Kevin Martin is the most stable player in the Kings except for Yan Hua, and Kevin Martin's shooting percentage in today's game is also very good, especially the mid-range jumper, which is quite accurate. However, eggs cannot be put in one basket. What Reggie Toyes can think of, Rick Adelman may not be unable to think of, so in addition to Kevin Martin, Reggie Toyce also arranged a backup plan. Tire just in case.

After the timeout ended, Serge Ibaka ran directly to the sideline, and the remaining Kings players all gathered near the top of the arc.

The Rockets also seemed to be prepared. Adelman replaced Aaron Brooks, who was weak in defense, with Kyle Lowry. Trevor Ariza, Sean Battier, Louis - Luis Scola and Yao Ming, arguably the Rockets' strongest defensive players at all positions, all played after this timeout.

With the whistle of the referee on duty, the Kings players who had gathered near the top of the arc scattered in an instant, and Jrue Holiday ran directly towards the center circle, ready to meet Serge Ibaka The sideline kick, and the rest of them ran towards their respective positions according to the predetermined deployment.

Because Yao Ming had already prepared and locked his position in advance, Yan Hua did not go deep. At the same time, Luis Scola, who stood in front of Serge Ibaka and interfered with his sideline kick , also glanced at Yan Hua's position from the corner of his eye, as if he was ready to rush over to double-team Yan Hua at any time.

Zhu Holiday, who successfully received the pass from Ibaka, directly hoisted the ball to Yan Hua on the inside according to the previous deployment of the head coach, and then ran towards the weak side of the court in an attempt to get rid of Kyle Lowe. Rui's defense.

Almost at the moment when Yan Hua received the pass from Zhu Holiday, Luis Scola covered him and flanked Yan Hua with the ball back and forth with Yao Ming, absolutely not giving Yan Hua any chance.

Yan Hua, who was double-teamed, did not choose to force the shot, but immediately passed the basketball to the outside line and handed it to the unguarded Serge Ibaka.

The Rockets' defensive rotation was terrifying. As soon as Serge Ibaka received the ball, Trevor Ariza, who was closest to him, made up his defense. As for Luis Scola, who had double-teamed Yan Hua just now, Then he rushed directly towards Kevin Martin, who should have been defended by Trevor Ariza.

Seeing that the time is running out, Serge Ibaka, who is holding the basketball, is very anxious. Let alone the head coach, when he was arranging the tactics just now, he did not arrange for Ibaka to execute the last shot. It was arranged, and Ibaka didn't have the confidence to hit the ball.

Serge Ibaka, who was holding a hot potato in his hand and didn't know what to do, suddenly saw a familiar figure appearing in his peripheral vision, Danny Green, it was Danny Green!

When the Rockets players on the field put almost all their defensive attention on Yan Hua, Kevin Martin, and Zhu Holiday, Danny Green, who had never been very eye-catching, had already circled After running half a lap around the court, and with the help of Yan Hua's cover, he got rid of the dog-like plaster Sean Battier, and appeared in the bottom corner, and he was still unguarded.

Serge Ibaka, who was overjoyed, immediately threw the hot potato in his hand to Danny Green in the bottom corner. Danny Green, who was unguarded, adjusted his shooting posture a little, and rushed over before Yao Ming Before that, he threw the basketball in his hand steadily.

The whistle blew, the ball scored, and the Toyota Center, which was full of jubilation just now, became quiet in an instant. All the Rockets fans at the scene obviously couldn't accept such a result.

Yao Ming turned his head to look at the scoreboard on the top, and shook his head helplessly. He who was full of hope of victory just now had to face the reality of defeat.

In Yao Ming's view, in today's game, the entire Rockets team performed very well. Every player on the field basically contributed all their energy. However, competitive games are sometimes like this. It's not because of your hard work. , you can get the result you want.

(End of this chapter)