In the post-game press conference, the reporter asked Adelman: "Yao Ming seems to move more quickly in this game, 44 points is his playoff high, Yao Ming wants to shoot a few shots in tonight's game before the game, how crucial is it for him to regain the position inside?" ”

Adelman replied: "It's always important to get back into position, and I think Yao Ming did a better job of getting rid of the entanglement of the opponent's hand-to-hand defense today, but it didn't make a big difference to the Clippers' defense, especially in the second half, when Yao Ming played hard, even when he was on a pick-and-roll defense. ∑Top Novel,www." The implication is that the old Dunleavy reacted slowly, and Adelman hacked the old Dunleavy without a trace.

"Why don't the Rockets use pick-and-roll tactics more on offense?"

"Yao Ming, who is 7 feet 6 feet tall, can make a lot of fouls on Panda and Fox when he goes to the inside, and Yao Ming pulls the outside line to implement the blocking and dismantling tactics The effect of Guò in the first two games is not as good as his effect on the inside, so we made a change."

"Battier has been pretty good lately, he seems to be a very confident player, although he doesn't score a lot in the whole game, but he can shoot those key shots, have you talked to him about your thoughts on tonight's game?"

'No, we didn't do that, he's always played with a lot of confidence and Battier is a veteran, he knows how he plays and he reads other people's games a lot. If the Rockets have a good ball on the court, he's going to hit a good shot. If we can't do that, it means that we are not playing well overall, and Battier is not a player who has a lot of ability to create chances on his own. Generally. We still need to play with the whole team. Like tonight. We have to use collective strength to defeat the Clippers. ”

Yao Ming said after the game: "I'm very happy that I scored 40+ points again, this is the first time I have scored 40+ in the playoffs, I am different from the two of them, I rarely get 40+ high points, but it doesn't matter, the important thing is that we can win." "One win won't get us to qualify, we all know that the next one starts from the beginning. They're going to do everything they can to attack us, and I can see the anger in their eyes, maybe they don't think they deserve to lose to us as the defending champions. But we will tell them that if they want to step over us, only a fierce look is not enough, and the next time we will let them hit their heads again and bleed! ”

Marbury said: "It feels good today that we beat the defending champions, but for the next game, the opponent will definitely be prepared. We've got to give it our all. The Clippers are a younger team than us, and they jump higher. Run faster and be full of energy. They also know how to stick together, and I'm sure they'll come out in the next game, and the Clippers will definitely want the game to get into their rhythm from the start, and we're going to take the rhythm to the side that suits us." Marbury also stressed: "We must not let up, and as we all know, we will soon be under pressure again." Two home games are a huge opportunity for us and we have to stay aggressive. We're not as dynamic as they are, but we have a lot of experienced veterans in the squad and we all know how hard to try to make everything very difficult for the opponent to do, whether it's shooting or whatever. ”

Ji Guoqiu, who got a triple-double for the Clippers, said: "The playoffs are a basketball game of another level, everyone will face a big impact in their respective positions, and for the team to advance, you have to beat the same team four times, and you can't adjust too much, I think it's hard not to lose one game before you beat the opponent four times, I hope we only lose one." ”

Game 4 between the Rockets and Clippers is on the 11th, with only one day off in between, so the Clippers don't plan to return to Los Angeles.

The next day, the Clippers had a closed practice, and the fox brother did not reveal what they trained, but said: "We are ready to fight again, Yao Ming was really strong in the last game, but we are fully prepared to deal with him this time." ”

Brother Panda said in an interview: "In the past, when we played against the Rockets, our strategy against Yao Ming would change often, and I don't know why, I wanted to single out Yao Ming, I wanted to use my shoulder to withstand Yao Ming's attack." ”

Ji Guoqiu said that it is not unreasonable, because in the regular season, when the Clippers used the animal brothers to defend Yao Ming, Yao Ming played quite well, and even if he lost, the little giant would get a good number of jù; And when the Clippers used Ji Guoqiu to defend Yao Ming, and then sent outside lines to harass and trap from time to time, Yao Ming was relatively sluggish.

The Foxes were caught by the Rockets in the last game, but he still scored 30 points, and the little fox said in an interview: "The head coach only told us one thing, that is, we have to play well, throw the ball into the basket, the Rockets are a very strong team, so we have to play with confidence when facing them, dare to shoot and shoot the ball and shoot the ball." It's going to be interesting for me, because a lot of people thought the Rockets could defend me with a bag and I got a chance to play against an opponent like that, and now I don't think they can do that, and if they can cover me again, maybe I'll score 40 points, or 50 points, and that will make me better. ”

Ji Guosha's arrogant words made the Rocket players indignant, and they all said that they wanted to make the outspoken Ji Guosha look good.

Yao Ming was even in Yao Restaurant on the night of the 10th, and said provocatively to Ji Guoshi: "Dead fox, tomorrow you have the ability to take a 40+ show me." ”

On May 11, the Clippers visited the Toyota Center again, whether the Rockets can recover their disadvantage, this contest is very important, if they win one more game, the Rockets players will completely regain their self-confidence psychologically, which proves that the first two Clippers won, just relying on the advantage of the home court, the gap between the two teams is not as big as imagined; But if the Rockets lose the second home court, not only will the Clippers get the match point, but there are only a handful of teams in history that can turn the tables after falling behind 1:3, especially in the face of the defending champions, losing this game, the Rockets will be equivalent to going home to fish in advance.

Yao Ming was not the center of the Rockets' offense in the first quarter. There was only 1 shot in a single quarter. There are also very few touches. Adelman once again used Yao Ming as a decoy, making Marbury and Scola the main attackers of the Rockets, and the Lone Wolves scored 12 points in the first quarter, and Scola also scored 8 points.

Adelman also said the day before that he would be more efficient if he didn't let Yao Ming play the pick-and-roll. As a result, he frantically let Yao Ming play the block and dismantle, creating a zào scoring opportunity for his teammates, and the elder Dunleavy was once again teased by the enemy coach.

The Rockets opened the game on a 2-8 run. Marbury's pull-up jumper and Battier's 3-pointer quickly helped the Rockets widen the gap to double digits, and although Billups' 3-pointer and Ji's mid-range shot scored five points in a row, Scola's fantastic footwork prevented the Clippers from making an attacking wave.

After the Clippers adjusted their tactics, Billups continued to use the cover of his Panda brother to break through the layup and score 4 points, Ji Guoyi immediately followed up with a sudden shot, and completed the "2+1" on Scola alone, and single-handedly swept the last 9 points of the Clippers in the quarter, helping the Clippers suppress the firepower of the Rockets, and chased it to 27-30 at the end of the first quarter. Only 3 points off.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the second team of the Rockets shot 5 of 5. Brooks, Weaver and David Lee combined for 12 points, and the Clippers trailed by 10 points in the blink of an eye.

Crawford then scored six straight points in return, and the guy felt good today, which is a good sign.

Halfway through the quarter, the Clippers still trailed by eight points, 36-44. After Wolf and Ji Guoqiu each scored, Billups scored 8 points alone, and the Rockets only had Yao Ming hook up to score 2 points, and the Rockets were beaten 2-11.

Two minutes before halftime, the Clippers chased the score to 47-50 with the power of Mr. Key.

Yao Ming also began to exert his power at the critical moment, first playing "2+1" on Ji Guoqiu, and then attacking the basket to slam dunk successfully, and beating Brother Panda into 3 fouls. However, Ji's last-minute breakthrough layup allowed the Clippers to end the half, trailing by only five points at 49-54.

At half-time, reporters interviewed Adelman and asked: "Yao Ming played a lot of time in the last game, and it seems to be the same today, do you think that will have an impact on his form in the second half of the game tonight?" ”

Adelman replied: "Probably not, if Yao Ming played every game for that long, it might have some impact on his body, but he only played for so long in the last game, I don't think this effect should be immediately apparent, Yao Ming should not have an overdraft in this game." ”

Old Dunleavy obviously didn't see it that way, and at halftime he ordered the team to speed up the pace of offense and defense, attack Yao Ming more, and it was best to make a foul on the little giant, and if he couldn't make a foul, he would be tired to death. And the elder Dunleavy asked the players to strengthen the pressing in the third quarter, they are much stronger than the Rockets physically, since the opponents are all old guys, it is natural to use their strengths to attack the opponent's weaknesses.

More than 5 minutes into the second half, the Rockets made 4 turnovers and were stealed 3 times under the pressure of the Clippers' joint defense, and only Yao Ming scored 2 points.

On the side of the Clippers, Ji Guoyi once again adopted the tactics of the previous game, attacking with all his might in the third quarter, even shooting and assisting Brother Panda to dunk, and the Clippers played a wave of 15:2 offense and overtook the score in one fell swoop.

The Rockets did not withstand the impact of the Clippers today, with 6 minutes left in the quarter, Yao Ming's jump shot finally hit again, which helped the Rockets stabilize their position, and then Marbury broke through, Scola made a layup, Battier made a free throw, and Yao Ming scored another jump shot with 3 minutes and 20 seconds left in the quarter, and the Rockets completed a wave of 12-4**, chasing the score to 75-72 only 3 points. A minute later, Brooks' 3-pointer tied the Rockets at 75.

At the end of the third quarter, the Rockets were tied 75-75 with the Clippers.

However, Yao Ming did play too long today, and the final quarter battle started, Wolf took the lead in breaking through and scoring, but Yao Ming missed five consecutive shots and made two mistakes in the final quarter.

On the other hand, the animal brothers are still in good spirits, Ji Guosha played at a critical moment and scored 4 points with free throws, Panda brother made 4 free throws after making a rocket foul, Billups also shot two 3-pointers after coming on the court, Ji Guosha then ran and shot again, 4 minutes before the end, the Clippers responded with a wave of 14-0 **, and led the last double with 89-77, and the Rockets failed to score points for five minutes, and were completely stunned by the Clippers.

In the last minute, Billups broke through and caused Marbury to foul, and after hitting both free throws, the Clippers had a 100-88 lead to 12 points, and Adelman replaced all the main players, and the game became "garbage time".

In this game, Ji Guoqiu scored 16 points, 16 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 blocks, Ji Guoqiu scored 40 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block and 2 steals, Billups scored 15 points and 8 assists, and Crawford scored 8 points.

Yao Ming had 20 points, 13 rebounds and 2 assists, Marbury had 22 points and 8 assists, Scola had 13 points and 6 rebounds, Brooks had 10 points, David Lee had 6 points and 10 rebounds, Battier had 8 points, Weaver had 8 points and Ariza had 2 points.

Ji Guoshi was a little embarrassed after the game, yesterday Yao Ming asked him to take 40+ to see, but today the little fox really got 40+ and slapped the little giant hard. (To be continued......) R527