Legendary basketball manager

Soon, the timeout ends and the game resumes.

During the intermission, the coaches of both teams made adjustments to the lineup.

At this time, the Rockets played five people: Curry, Roy, Danny Green, Tucker and Yao Ming.

The Heat sent: Chalmers, Mike - Miller, James, Jones and Howard.

After playing again, Yao Ming gave the referee a meaningful look.

What happened in the first quarter made him dream back to the past...

Back then, he often got into foul trouble because of the problem of moving the pick-and-roll.

The most impressive one is probably the playoffs with the Mavericks in 05.

In that series, apart from game 1, Yao Ming was blown off the pick-and-roll in the other six games, and there were even more than one in a few games!

Regardless of the small number of times, if this kind of foul occurs repeatedly at critical moments, such as when the tone is set at the beginning of the game, or at the final decisive moment, it will undoubtedly have a huge impact on the mentality of the players.

The damage to the team and players is great!

The troubles caused by moving the pick-and-roll have been accompanied by Yao Ming's career, and it was not improved until the middle and late stages of this season.

But in this crucial battle for the championship, the nightmare of the past seems to have a tendency to reappear...

[Let's reduce the number of pick-and-rolls, I can't afford to be hurt today. ]

Yao Ming thought to himself.

"What are you thinking, Yao?"

Curry, who went into battle with Yao Ming, asked with a smile.

The young man obviously has not been beaten by the society. At this time, Curry has put the experience of the first quarter behind him.

In his opinion, the two call-offs in the first quarter were nothing more than the referee's mistakes.

"It's nothing, just pay attention to the movement scale later, don't be caught by the referee."

Yao Ming reminded.

"Do not worry."

While talking, Curry put the braces in his mouth, then jumped twice in place, and walked onto the court excitedly.

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

The game continued, and the Rockets served from the bottom line.

Curry advanced with the ball, and he was greeted by Heat point guard Chalmers.

This is one of the few moments in the game when Curry doesn't have to face Wade's defense.

Although I don't want to admit it, Wade's defense does make Curry feel uncomfortable.

Now that the defender has been replaced by Chalmers, Curry suddenly feels a lot easier!

When Chalmers wanted to replicate Wade's high-pressure defense and struggled to grab the ball, Curry passed the former with a smart dribble from behind.

After completing the pass, Curry quickly dribbled the ball near the three-point line.

Naturally, it is impossible for the Heat to let him shoot in this position.

Ray Allen made a decisive decision, leaving Danny Green behind and pounced on Curry.

Curry couldn't help laughing at this kind of behavior of tearing down the east wall to make up for the west wall, and immediately flicked his wrist and passed the ball to Green.

After receiving the ball, Tielin opened his bow and set an arrow, and shot decisively.

The basketball draws a rainbow-like arc in the air and hits the net!

At 35:28, the Rockets extended their lead to 7 points.

Offensive and defensive transition, James dribbled the ball to the three-point line and turned directly to the post, all the way to the low post against Danny Green.

So far in this game, Lao Zhan has never had a rest. It must be false to say that he is not tired.

Therefore, he wanted to save as much energy as possible on both ends of the offense and defense, and used the most efficient offensive method.

For James, who weighs 260 pounds this year, playing Green on the back is definitely easier than breaking through the front!

Seeing this, Yao Ming decisively stepped forward to help defend.

As soon as James saw Yao Ming approaching, he immediately rushed towards Yao Ming like a shark smelling blood.

At this moment, Lao Zhan's primary goal may not be to score the ball, but to cause a foul by Yao Ming and send him back to the bench again.

Yao Ming saw James' intention at once.

He turned sideways immediately, avoiding direct physical contact with James.

But this also gave the latter a chance to attack the frame.

James took three steps and finished the layup with his left hand on the other side of the basket...

hit!

35:30, the point difference returned to 5 points.

Easy side to fight again, Curry holds the ball and calls for a pick-and-roll in a high position.

Originally he was waving to Yao Ming, but Dayao shook his head at him.

In desperation, Curry had to change his tactics and played a pick-and-roll with Danny Green on the wing.

The pick-and-roll of two top shooters is very effective.

The Heat's two defensive players-Chalmers and Mike Miller, in order not to give Curry a chance to shoot, were too cautious when bypassing the screen, and the result was that the division of labor was unclear.

Chalmers felt that he had to switch defenses, and Miller felt that he had to grab the screen and defend his opponent, and the two rushed to Green together.

Curry, who was holding the ball, was surprised to find that he was in a state of being emptied after bypassing the screen.

Faced with such a great gift, Mengshen would naturally not miss it.

He raised the knife and hit the open three-pointer steadily, rewriting the score to 38:30.

The Rockets' lead is approaching double digits!

At this time, the linesman and the referee exchanged glances quietly again.

In the next round, when Howard made a strong kill on the inside and forced a layup against Yao Ming...

"Beep!"

The whistle sounded suddenly.

Yao Ming raised his hands up and looked at the referee nervously, thinking silently [It's not me, it's not me... I didn't press down at all! ]

But things didn’t go as expected, the referee gestured for a foul, and said to the technical table: “No. 11 of the Houston Rockets—Yao Ming, defensive foul, Howard of the Heat got two free throw opportunities!”

After Yao Ming heard the penalty, he immediately became angry!

Clay figurines are also three-point fire, not to mention a full-blooded basketball player.

Yao Ming admitted that he has been trying to avoid fouls after playing again, and he even let James complete a layup in the last round!

But even with such a forbearance, there is still no chance to stay on the court...

"Tomatoes! Tomatoes!!!"

Yao Ming roared and walked to the sidelines.

He knew that he was bound to be substituted, and he walked to the sidelines to make it easier to get off the field, and secondly, to avoid seeing the referee come up and do something that would hurt the team.

The referee probably guessed that Yao Ming was swearing, so he began to think about whether to add a technical foul to him.

But just when he was hesitating, a uniform slogan sounded in the rocket area of ​​the American Airlines Center:

"referee. sucks!"

"referee. sucks!"

"referee. sucks!"

......

The huge sound waves seemed to overturn the roof of the arena!

The Heat fans on the other side of the stands booed and cheered.

For a while, the entire arena was very lively and noisy, and the players on the court had to be attached to each other's ears in order to communicate.

In such an atmosphere, Howard walked to the free throw line.

He took a deep breath, let it out slowly, and then shot the ball amid intertwined boos and cheers...

"duang!"

The ball hit the front of the basket and bounced out.

Yao Ming smiled slightly and shouted to the field: "ball.don't.lie (basketball doesn't lie)."

No one heard his voice, but the on-site director happened to capture this scene on the big screen, so the audience knew what Yao Ming was talking about through their mouth movements.

The next moment, the Rockets fans also began to express their support for Yao Ming with cheers.

Then, an interesting scene appeared...

Heat fans and Rockets fans cheered at the same time when Howard made the second free throw.

With the joint "support" of the fans of the two teams, Howard made his second shot...

......

This time there was no "duang!", and no "唰~", because he made a direct shot of the ball!

The fans at the scene were stunned, and the referee was also stunned.

It's common to miss a free throw, but it's rare to make a direct free throw!

A Jiali in the stands laughed even more. It was the first time she saw an NBA player not sticking to free throws after watching the game not long ago.

Shen Fei beside her smiled and shook his head.

As a big center, Yao Ming hits [-]% of his free throws, but Howard can shoot so ridiculously...

If Howard has O'Neill's dominance, that's all.

But when he played against Yao Ming, he was too tight to play sports, and it was difficult to take advantage of it.

A player like Howard can become the number one center in the league, it can only be explained by Timeless Heroes...

"With this year's successful championship, Dayao can also compete for the title of No. [-] center forward."

Shen Fei murmured.

"I feel so too!"

Ajali agreed in a positive tone.