Legendary basketball manager

The Rockets pursued the victory.

McGrady used his personal ability to successfully break through at the top of the arc.

After attracting help defense, t-mac suddenly distributed the ball to the right bottom corner.

Tucker, who was ambushing there, fulfilled his mission and made a steady three-pointer from the point guard.

45: 20!

As soon as the second quarter came up, the Rockets hit another 5:0 shock wave.

Seeing that the game was going to take a while, the referee no longer worried about George leaving the field prematurely.

In the next round, in a fight with Durant, Pickle was whistled for his third foul of the game.

Mark Jackson waved his hand and replaced him with Yi Jianlian.

After playing, Ah Lian played the fourth position, and Tucker retreated to the third position.

When the Rockets attacked, the two ambushed in the two bottom corners, one on the left and one on the right.

Because of their presence, the team's offensive space is very wide.

Tracy McGrady can easily launch singles with the ball without worrying about being double-teamed prematurely.

In this way, the offensive efficiency of t-mac is extremely high.

After a few successful singles, the Rockets extended their lead to 30 points in the early part of the second quarter (in these few rounds, Westbrook came up again, making consecutive mistakes/strikes)!

The Rockets' terrifying performance made the Energy Stadium dead silent.

The Thunder fans sat down one after another, completely losing the enthusiasm before the opening.

There are even sparkles in the eyes of some female fans.

In the stands, Sun Yue couldn't help sighing with Shen Fei: "We played really well today, didn't we? Boss, it's really like what you said before, the Thunder can't threaten us in this game."

Shen Fei smiled slightly: "The Thunder wants to agree to us, and many conditions need to be triggered together. For example, in the last game, Durant, Westbrook, and Harden all broke out, Curry was in a downturn, and Yao Ming's desire to attack was not high."

Sun Yue nodded: "It is indeed too difficult to meet these conditions together."

"Also, the Thunder doesn't have top-tier defenders on the perimeter."

"Durant and Harden can both defend, but just defend."

"After McGrady played resolutely tonight, no one in the Thunder can stop him."

Shen Fei said lightly.

"That's true. I think since the Thunder can't defend, it's better to attack with all their strength and don't think too much."

"There are still more than two quarters left. If Durant can take advantage of George's foul trouble and quickly break out, the game may still have some suspense."

Sun Yue analyzed.

Shen Fei couldn't help laughing when he heard the words: "Have you forgotten what I told you before, in the future of basketball, wing players are the most important. You will immediately know whether this sentence is right or not."

............

Look back to the game.

After George left the field, the task of defending Durant was handed over to Tucker.

Tucker has a stocky figure and is extremely defensively aggressive, but his physical talent is average.

But objectively speaking, he may be more suitable for defending Durant than George.

In this pairing, Tucker showed a strong aggressiveness.

In the first round, he used close defense to force Durant to choose to pass the ball.

The second matchup happened in the low post, KD held the ball with his back, turned over and shot a jump shot after hitting twice...

Although Tucker didn't jump high, he jumped extremely fiercely.

Durant was taken aback by him and missed the shot, but fortunately he won a foul.

KD made two free throws and narrowed the point difference to 28 points.

In the next round, all the thunderbolts united as one and completed a successful defense.

Durant grabbed the rebound from the backcourt, strode toward the Rockets half court.

But as soon as he passed the midfield, Tucker greeted him.

"Boom..."

Tucker reached out to copy the ball, Durant sideways to protect the ball.

Suddenly, the two collided directly.

"Beep!"

The whistle sounded again, and the Rockets blocked the foul.

This was a tactical foul, but Durant's mentality had some ups and downs.

He walked right up to Tucker, spitting trash.

Tucker didn't hesitate at all, he raised his chin and began to exchange views with Durant.

Spraying and spraying, the two of them were almost face to face, and they almost moved their hands.

On the Thunder's side, both Westbrook and Ibaka have bad tempers.

As soon as they saw their brothers clashing with others, they immediately surrounded them.

The atmosphere on the field was instantly filled with the smell of gunpowder!

At this moment, Ben Wallace in the penalty area heard the sound and rushed to the "crime scene".

Interestingly, after Big Ben arrived, whether it was Durant, Westbrook, or Ibaka, they all quickly ended their verbal attacks and walked away as if nothing had happened.

Tucker still wanted to step forward to argue, but McGrady raised his hand and stopped him.

"Continue to defend like this, but we don't get on top ourselves."

t-mac whispered.

Tucker calmed down quickly after hearing this.

In the final analysis, he did play with the task of coaching.

The task is very simple, that is, when facing Durant, do everything possible to make KD lose his rhythm.

Now that Durant is angry, Tucker's goal has been achieved, and there is no need to argue too much with the former.

However, Tucker's rough defense still caused bursts of boos from Thunder fans at the scene.

Amidst all the boos, the game continued.

Durant dropped to the low post, got off his horse, and started asking for the ball.

But Tucker didn't give him a chance to catch the ball easily. He took a step forward with his right foot and moved in front of Durant.

Durant pointed his right index finger to the sky, signaling his teammates to pass a lob.

Harden understood, flicked his wrist, and passed the ball.

But this time the intention of passing the ball was too obvious, and the big Ben on the inside instantly activated and rushed towards the basketball in the air.

And Durant finally got stuck with Tucker, and it was difficult to take off fully at this time.

Big Ben grabs the basketball first.

The next moment, Durant couldn't control his center of gravity and bumped into Ben Wallace who had just landed.

"Beep!"

This time it was the Thunder's offensive foul.

Big Ben excitedly clenched his fists, and then gave Tucker a high-five to celebrate this successful defense.

After 1 minute, Durant made a comeback.

He didn't force the ball anymore, but got rid of Tucker who was following him by running without the ball.

When Durant went to the outside line, Westbrook's passer arrived.

But as soon as kd received the ball, the Rockets' defensive rotation was in place.

This time the player defending him was replaced by Yi Jianlian!

The UAE's strategy is clear, and it also uses aggressive defense to disrupt Durant's rhythm.

KD was so guarded that he wanted to cry.

The Rockets made it clear that they wanted to consume him, even if they paid for a foul.

The young Durant's confrontation ability is not outstanding.

After the continuous physical confrontation, his physical energy was exhausted very quickly, and his technical movements had begun to deform.

But even so, Durant still decided to solve the problem himself this time.

There is no other reason. George and Tucker used oppressive defense against him before, and Durant endured it.

Now even Yi Jianlian dares to give him "upper body"...

[It's so contemptuous! ]

Durant thought to himself.

In the eyes of the vast majority of black players, yellow skin is the same as white skin, which means that they have extremely poor athletic ability and are not worthy of defending them at all.

In addition, Yi Jianlian is a power forward who is nearly two meters tall.

For a player of this height, the lateral speed can be imagined, but he still dares to take close defense!

Durant lowered his center of gravity, the height of the dribble was only below his knees, and suddenly stepped forward with a cross step, but the next moment he dribbled the ball back with his crotch.

After this back and forth, kd finally got a little space.

Then, he dribbled the ball under his crotch and changed it to his left hand, and it was a crossover to Yi Jianlian!

Durant's wingspan is extremely long, so the range of changing dribbles is very large.

Yi Jianlian staggered from the shaking.

And Durant seized this opportunity and accelerated towards the inside.

But when he stepped into the three-second zone and was about to finish the layup, Yi Jianlian had already returned to the defense and interfered with the jump.

[How can he adjust so quickly? ]

Durant was shocked.At this moment, Yi Jianlian's right hand is lying between him and the basket.

KD's line of sight was blocked, and at the same time he lost his shooting angle.

In desperation, he could only change hands forcibly and complete the layup with his left hand.

And this difficult layup failed to hit in the end.

Ibaka struggled to take off, trying to grab the offensive rebound.

But just as he was about to take the ball into his arms, Yi Jianlian suddenly swung his left hand from bottom to top and slapped the ball high.

Such a light slap produced the effect of four or two strokes.

Ibaka watched the basketball fly away.

Big Ben reacted quickly, taking advantage of Ibaka's fall, jumped high and controlled the ball.

The Rockets took advantage of the situation to launch a counterattack!

During the fast break, the Rockets' five players in their early [-]-meters advanced together and rushed to the Thunder's hinterland.

"Hey, this fast attack is really spectacular."

Yu Jia couldn't help sighing.

"It means that the Rockets lineup can achieve such an effect."

Yang Yi also commented in a timely manner.

He is now completely "bad".

Now that the game has only played less than two quarters, the pile of things he analyzed before the game has all been falsified.

Yang Yi only felt that in the dark, there were countless pairs of big hands slapping his face, which hurt him so much.

This fast break ended with Danny Green's layup.

As soon as the goal was scored, the score became 52:22, and the point difference returned to 30 points again.

Thunder coach Brooks had to call a timeout again.

After the timeout, both Ibaka and Harden went off to rest.

The Rockets also made substitution adjustments.

Yao Ming and Curry all appeared on the court, while Tracy McGrady rested.

For the next few minutes, the two sides were deadlocked.

No matter how intense the game was, the point difference remained at around 30 points.

At the end of the second quarter, the score was fixed at 70:42.

The Rockets returned to the locker room with a 28-point lead.

............

In the second half, the Thunder began to fight back.

Westbrook, who had no achievements in the first two quarters, regained some touch in the third quarter.

Facing McGrady's defense, he hit a three-pointer in the first two rounds after the opening!

Although these two three-pointers were made when they were emptied, they are still extremely precious.

70:48, the third quarter has just begun...

The Thunder generals seemed to see a glimmer of hope for a comeback.

But soon, McGrady stood up again.

Without extra action, after receiving the ball at the top of the arc, he directly made a three-pointer against Durant's defense.

After leaving McGrady's fingertips, the basketball spun at high speed, drawing a beautiful arc in the air...

"Shu~"

Hollow into the network!

73: 48.

This three-pointer can be said to be a "blow of despair".

The newly ignited fighting spirit of the Thunder players was poured with cold water in an instant.

In the transition between offense and defense, Durant faced George and also forced a three-pointer.

Obviously, kd wants to respond with an answer.ball and quickly narrow the point difference.

But things backfired. His shot hit the right edge of the basket hard and bounced out of the frame.

After the ball, it was difficult for the Thunder to organize a powerful counterattack.

San Shao insisted on playing the third quarter, and finally only narrowed the point difference to 25 points.

During the intermission, Brooks saw that the general trend of the game was over, and the core players in the team were exhausted.

He made a decisive decision, called for gold and withdrew his troops, and replaced Durant and others.

On the other side of the court, Mark Jackson found that the Thunder had conceded, so they also removed all the main players.

The fourth quarter naturally became "garbage" time.

Yi Jianlian, who performed well in the first half, got a longer playing time in the last quarter.

In 10 minutes, the UAE actually grabbed 10 rebounds and scored two three-pointers.

加上上半场的6分、5板，易建联在不到20分钟的出场时间里，竟然拿到了12分、15个篮板的两双成绩！

And this is just paper data, the contribution of the UAE on the defensive end is far more than the data reflects.

This battle is definitely a masterpiece of Yi Jianlian's playoff career!

When the red light on the timer lights up, the game officially ends.

In the end, the Rockets defeated the Thunder 130:103 in the away game and won the third game of the series.

The total score of the two teams became 2:1, and the Rockets regained their home court advantage!

............

In the box on the stand, Sun Yue had already left the box and went to the locker room to meet up with his teammates.

Shen Fei was about to leave the arena, and took a special plane back to Houston in a while.

Tomorrow morning, he will be busy with the new arena.

It's worth mentioning that after watching the game, Shen Fei had roughly determined in his mind that the Rockets would win this round of the series and advance to the Western Conference Finals.

He even felt that there was a high probability that the Thunder would not be able to win another victory from the Rockets.

After all, the strength gap between the two teams is all-round.

Coupled with the emergence of the 3D version of Yi Jianlian, Ibaka has no advantage in the interior, and it is difficult for the Thunder to pose a threat to the Rockets.

[Let’s watch the game between the Lakers and the Mavericks tomorrow when you have time...]

Shen Fei thought to himself.

At present, the Lakers and the Mavericks have played three games, and the Lakers temporarily lead 2:1.

In the three games, the two sides did not decide the outcome until the last minute.

No matter which team wins in the end, Shen Fei will not be surprised if they join the Rockets in the Western Conference Finals.

Therefore, he has to be prepared to help the Rockets find the weaknesses of the Lakers and Mavericks.

Currently, Shen Fei is still more optimistic about Mavericks.

After all, in the original time and space, they defeated the Heat of the Big Three and won the championship!

"The UAE went to defend Nowitzki..."

Shen Fei murmured, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise slightly.

Rodman defended Jordan, Ewing, Admiral David Robinson, Bird, O'Neal...

Now, what kind of sparks will the UAE, which has [Rodman's fighting ability], meet Nowitzki in the super god season?

Shen Fei is looking forward to it!