NBA: The man who passed the ball to Yao Ming

Zhang Jinshui's heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly felt that checking in at halftime was indeed a good idea.

He turned to look at Van Gundy and said, "Coach, why don't you send me on the field earlier, and we will do our best to see if we can clock in half a quarter?"

If it were Zhang Jinshui who was before this game, he would never make such an abrupt suggestion. He always takes winning the game steadily as his first appeal, and tries to fit Van Gundy's coaching style as much as possible.

But this time back from Las Vegas, Zhang Jinshui's mind has more or less changed.

It's not that he thinks that his popularity is much higher. To improve his voice in the team, he simply wants to win a hearty victory on the court today.

Van Gundy said to Zhang Jinshui amusedly and angrily: "Ever since Sprewell joined the team, I guessed that sooner or later he would bring you down, but I didn't expect that day to come so soon."

Zhang Jinshui looked at Van Gundy and laughed a little embarrassedly.

Yao Ming on the side chimed in for the first time: "Coach, why don't we try it? It's just that Zhang Jinshui and I played earlier. We rested for a few days. Our physical strength is fine."

McGrady is a character who joins in the fun and doesn't think it's a big deal, so he immediately laughed and said: "It's rare that Yao Ming and Zhang Jinshui are so excited today, why don't we punch the Grizzlies with all our strength and see how we can beat the Grizzlies at halftime? "

"Since you all ask together, then let you go." Van Gundy shook his head helplessly and said, "But I want to remind you first that even if we lead by 50 points in the first half, it may not be time to call it a day. , I still have to observe the trend at the beginning of the second half, so don’t relax yourself when the time comes.”

"Understood, Coach!"

"Great! Go out there and kill them all."

Seeing that Van Gundy, who has always been strict, let them do whatever he wanted this time, Zhang Jinshui and Sprewell immediately cheered excitedly.

At this time, the timeout was over, and with a wave of Van Gundy, five of the Rockets' most powerful players were dispatched: Yao Ming, Tracy McGrady, Zhang Jinshui, Sprewell and Sean Battier.

Since it is necessary to crush the opponent, it is naturally an all-round crush on the offensive and defensive ends.

First of all, Sprewell cleverly stuck Eddie Jones in a dead corner on the defensive end, forcing the opponent to step on the side and make mistakes in a panic, which was a good start for the Rockets.

After the offensive and defensive transition, Zhang Jinshui brought the ball to the frontcourt, handed the ball to Yao Ming who was pulled from the inside to the high position, and then under the serial cover of McGrady, Sprewell and Sean Battier, he sprinted at full speed and went smoothly. Get an open three-pointer in the right bottom corner, and catch Yao Ming's ball, stepping on the rich green on the soles of his feet, and hit the ball steadily.

45 to 14, Zhang Jinshui helped the Rockets open the score to 31 points.

The Rockets fans in the stands cheered again.

But now they were both excited and relaxed, and besides cheering, what they sent was the already slightly messy cry of "Shenzhen".

Obviously, the Rockets fans, like Barkley and Kenny Smith in the commentary, already believe that the Rockets are sure to win in their hearts. Put pressure on the Grizzlies already in the dust.

Next, while continuing to hinder the Grizzlies on the defensive end, the Rockets continued to use Zhang Jinshui's off-ball running tactics on the offensive end.

Compared with pick-and-roll breakthroughs, this kind of continuous off-the-ball running is undoubtedly more capable of disrupting the opponent's defensive system.

Under the increasingly familiar cover of Sean Battier and Sprewell, Zhang Jinshui successfully ran open opportunities in the bottom corner twice, and made one of two shots, helping the Rockets to further widen the point difference. 34 points.

At this time, the defensive system of the Grizzlies has been completely sieved by Zhang Jinshui's running, full of mistakes and omissions, and other Rockets players have also begun to find room to show off.

The first is Yao Ming. After receiving the ball near the free throw line, he raised his hand and pretended to shoot.

Immediately afterwards, the restless McGrady also stood up.

In order to widen the point difference as much as possible, he even gave up the pull-up jumper, which can boost morale and kill people, but the shooting percentage is relatively low.

Twice in a row, he stepped over Mike Miller's defense and went directly to the inside. Once he completed a layup against Pau Gasol's defense, and once caused Lorenzen White's defensive foul to go to the free throw line. Two free throws and one middle.

And the madman Sprewell, when Yao Ming was supporting at a high position, and all the defensive eyes were on Zhang Jinshui who was scurrying around, he suddenly ran back and cut into the inside line, received Yao Ming's pass, and easily played in the empty space. scored a layup at the basket.

This ball also fully explains why many teams and head coaches still flock to the foster brother who has been rampant in the NBA for so many years in the name of stabbing head. In addition to the passion on the field and solid defense, he has all the coaches. golf quotient and spirituality.

Under the rush of waves of offensive frenzy by the Rockets, the Grizzlies' defense has become fragmented.

Their only face is that Pau Gasol can pose some threats on the offensive end, but that's all.

When 10 minutes into the second quarter, the Rockets had a 55-20 lead over the Grizzlies by as much as 35 points.

The situation on the court was actually more terrifying than the score, and it turned into a one-sided massacre.

On the sidelines of SB’s commentary, Big Mouth Barkley barked his teeth and claws excitedly, turned his head and said to SB host Lahm: “Look, it’s the same as before, you’re wrong again. But congratulations, at least the confession just now , let you save [-] beautiful national currency."

Ram's face was livid, and he really wanted to say something, but he really didn't know what to say.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see the rhythm of the game so far. Although they have the strength of the playoffs and rank sixth in the Western Conference, the Grizzlies really have no chance against the Rockets.

If the game continues like this, this game may become a rare tragedy in NBA history for more than ten years.

On the contrary, Kenny Smith, the No. [-] "Water Blow" in the beautiful country, began to worry about the Grizzlies at this time: "If this game continues like this, the confidence of the Grizzlies players may be completely destroyed. If it was Fratello, it would be better to withdraw the army at this time and give up the game directly."

Lahm finally found an entry point to shift the focus, and hurriedly said: "How is it possible? The Grizzlies have always been known for their toughness. Now the first half is not over yet, and they will definitely not call it quits right now." .Frankly speaking, I have commented on the NBA for so many years, and I have never seen the first half give up before the end..."

It’s just that Rahm’s voice has not yet finished. The head coach of the Grizzlies has made a gesture of substitution and adjustment on the sidelines, replacing almost all the main players including Pau Gasol, and replacing them with some players who are rarely seen in the past. The drinking fountain manager who played in the game.

Ram immediately closed his mouth tightly, and the expression that had just eased from embarrassment became even more embarrassing.

The 3 minutes before the end of the first half are the absolute main lineup period. Fratello's replacement of the main lineup at this time actually means giving up the game.

"Hahahaha!" Big Mouth Barkley watched from the side, immediately laughed gloatingly, and then shouted again: "Rocket champion."

On the court, seeing the change of the Grizzlies lineup, Sprewell croaked excitedly, ran up to high-five Zhang Jinshui, Yao Mai and other teammates one by one, and shouted excitedly: "Brothers, it's great, We really did it. In more than ten years of playing in the league, I have only been clocked in halftime by others, and this is the first time I have been clocked in less than halftime."

At this time, Van Gundy on the sidelines waved his hand, ready to replace all their main players.

Sprewell immediately waved his hand to Van Gundy with a flattering smile on his face, "Coach, don't replace me yet. There are three minutes left in the first half. I'll help you stabilize the situation."

Obviously, the madman who only played less than 7 or 8 minutes today and only scored 6 points has not yet enjoyed himself.

Van Gundy was too lazy to waste too much talk with the madman, so he stayed on the court and sent JR Smith, Birdman Anderson, Huo Ershu and Alston to help the Rockets finish the first half with the madman .

Players such as Zhang Jinshui and Yao Mai returned to the bench.

Zhang Jinshui happily clapped hands with Van Gundy and the other team members sitting on the bench, and then walked along the bench, along the way, high-fived with several fans and spectators next to him, and "coincidentally" came to Zhang Xiaoman and Zichun Lin's side.

"Brother, you are so good!" Zhang Xiaoman stood up excitedly, and gave Zhang Jinshui a high five. Now Zhang Xiaoman has become more and more knowledgeable about basketball and has become a loyal fan of Zhang Jinshui. Every time I watch a game, I wear Zhang Jinshui's No. 86 jersey.

"That's not right, I don't even look at whose brother I am." Zhang Jinshui responded coquettishly, and then came to Zi Chunlin who stood up.

His eyes were full of playfulness, and the meaning he expressed couldn't be more obvious: "It's enough for others to give me a high-five to celebrate, and you should give me a hug anyway?"

Zi Chunlin blushed slightly, wrinkled her nose at him, patted his palm, and sat down immediately.

Cheapskate!Zhang Jinshui complained in his heart.

Taking advantage of Sprewell hitting a three-pointer just in time, Zhang Jinshui was waving and reveling, ignoring a few uncle fans standing up and waiting to give him a high-five. bench seat.

In the end, with Sprewell's support, coupled with the fact that JR Smith and Birdman Anderson were indeed stronger than the opponent's substitutes, the Rockets ended the game with a 66-28, 38-point lead. first half.

The Grizzlies scored 28 points in the half, which can only be described as shame.

During the halftime break, the Rockets soldiers were happily laughing and making noise in the locker room, and they had already started dating to find a nightclub to celebrate at night.

Although Van Gundy didn't like the overly optimistic atmosphere in the locker room, he also knew that the Grizzlies should have given up in this game, so he didn't say much.

In the second half, as Van Gundy predicted, the Grizzlies continued to play on the fringes of the rotation and water coolers.

Zhang Jinshui even joked that poor performance should be the last fig leaf for the Grizzlies in this game.

After all, their main lineup has no ability to parry in front of the Rockets, and they probably have to lose such a big point difference.

It's better to just turn the rest of the game into garbage time. When others ask about it later, the head coach of the Grizzlies can say that they played away games, were tired from the journey, and gave up the game very early.

In the end, when the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, the score was locked at 108 to 66, and the Rockets beat the Grizzlies by 42 points.

The Grizzlies scored 40 points in the second half, which finally didn't make the Grizzlies' total score look too low.

Now that Zhao Miner is gone, Zhang Jinshui is used to not accepting media interviews after the game. He still pushes the foster brother to the media reporters rushing up like the last game, and then ran back to the locker room immediately .

Zhang Jinshui's previous rejection of the media was mainly due to the media's doubts about him when he first joined the Rockets.

Now, as his strength is more and more recognized, Zhang Jinshui is no longer what he was before, but in today's game, there are actually quite a few Rockets players worthy of being interviewed, so he won't join in the fun.

However, although every Rockets player performed perfectly today, Zhang Jinshui, who only played 13 minutes, made 11 of 9 shots and 6 of 4 three-pointers, scored 22 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists. The best player of the game judged by the on-site team, and unfortunately, was overturned by the on-site team and had to attend the post-match press conference.

Fortunately, today's game was held in the afternoon, and because the garbage time was coming soon, the absolute time-consuming of the game was not too long.

When the post-match press conference officially started, it was only 5:50 p.m., which did not affect Zhang Jinshui and Zi Chunlin's dinner.

Therefore, when Zhang Jinshui answered reporters' questions today, he was much more patient than usual.

Of course, Zhang Jinshui would definitely not answer those gossip questions about whether the person Zhang Jinshui likes is Zi Chunlin.

But when a reporter asked Zhang Jinshui what he thought of the relatively loose schedule of the Rockets in the future, and whether he had the confidence to help the team win 10 consecutive victories.

Zhang Jinshui, who has been very low-key recently and is not willing to reveal his views in front of the media, replied unabashedly: "This 10-game winning streak, we are determined."