Chapter 101: Half Time Ends (Three Watches)
The Clippers attacked, and Ji began to move quickly at the free throw line and on the wings, no longer standing to cover passes for his teammates, and his running became more aggressive.
The two brothers crossed and ran on the right flank, and at the moment when the two staggered, even Yao Ming, who was also a yellow race, had a flower, and he felt a little like he had strayed into the ** formation.
The little giant's ball dealer is extremely high, and it is easy to be dazzled when looking at people, so he hurriedly looked at the jersey, and when he saw that he was No. 9 in front of him, he shouted in his heart that it was not good - it was misplaced!
Ji Guozhi smiled, his speed was faster than his brother, and he threw the clumsy Yao Ming away in a few steps, and received a basketball jump shot......
"Bang!"
Ji Guo was extremely happy and sad, and shot angrily!
"Mine!"
Yao Ming's current position is very awkward, and he is not up and down by the running position of the two, and he is still outside the paint area at this time, unable to return to the basket to protect the rebound.
Ji Guoqiu and Scola competed for rebounds under the basket, the Argentine was Ji Guoqiu's opponent, and the falling basketball was supported by a pair of yellow big hands and sent back to the basket.
Scola landed awkwardly, and Ji Guoqiu hit a basket to score his 8th point.
Charles Barkley exaggerated after Ji Guoqiu's rebound: "Brother Panda is the new rebounding monster in the league, you need to be careful to keep an eye on it!" ”
Kenny Smith is also very optimistic about the two brothers: "Brother Panda is relatively thin, but he uses his athleticism to make up for this shortcoming, and his excellent bounce is very useful on both offensive and defensive sides, and he has a pair of big hands, which is a real gripper. ”
Without hesitation, Charles Barkley said: "I have a hunch that he will win the rebounding title in the next few seasons, and he has an unusual talent for rebounding. ”
The rest of the game in the second quarter was a stalemate, with both teams having strong points that the other could not defend, and neither team could break the stalemate, and the score rose alternately.
Maddy rebounded in the second quarter, hitting a couple of pull-up jumpers near the free throw line, which was very important for the Rockets, and it was impossible for Maddy to win the game if he continued to squander their precious opportunities.
Ji Guoqiu also hit two mid-range shots from 18 feet away on both wings, which was his maximum range, exceeding Yao Ming's defensive range, and the little giant couldn't defend this far. In terms of shooting range, Ji Guoqiu and Stoudemire are about the same, and the two are very stable in shooting within 15 feet. But if it stretches to 18 feet, the stability of the shot suffers, but fortunately he had a good hand today, shooting 2-of-4 from this distance.
In the last 3 minutes and 30 seconds of the first half, the Rockets called a timeout, mainly to restore the players, especially Yao Ming, the little giant began to gasp for air on the court, which was a sign of his lack of body.
"Aaron, you go up and break through in a while, their number one position is a weakness, take advantage of your speed."
Adelman was very unhappy with Alston's performance today, this guy only scored two points, and the Clippers' No. 1 spot has been blown up almost every game this season, and it is their turn to have the advantage, which is an unforgivable thing in Adelman's eyes.
If Adelman just didn't regard Yao Ming as a descendant, then he has a naked dislike for Maddie and Alstom!
These two guys have not wanted to trade them for the Rockets since Adelman took over the Rockets, but Alexander is unwilling to let Maddie go, thinking that this is his cash cow, so Maddie's henchman Alston will naturally not be sent away.
When the old Dunleavy paused, he specially praised Ji Guoqiu's resoluteness on the offensive end, in the past, the twin brothers would be too cautious on the court, which was a bit too cautious in the eyes of the old Dunleavy. Everything has a degree, and once it has passed, it is not good. Sometimes when you play on the court, you have to shoot when it's time to shoot, which star doesn't waste a few games in a game?
"It's a training for us, we can rotate a little bit faster, you have to believe you can do better, we have to keep improving this season to get into the playoffs, you have to give your best in every game!"
Old Dunleavy this season focuses on motivating the self-confidence of the players, if you want to become a champion, you must first have a champion's heart and self-confidence!
Confidence is not something that can be cultivated in a day, it needs to be accumulated without stopping with victories, and it is necessary to have higher requirements for yourself all the time. The Clippers have gone from seeking the process and not the result in the early days of the season against the strong teams, to now they have begun to pursue both the process and the results, and they now have to strive for victory against the strong teams.
It's a process, and they go fast.
The timeout ended, and both teams returned to the game,
Yao Ming came up and played with Maddie, and Maddie's score today is really thanks to Yao Ming, because most of his chances are created after blocking and dismantling, without Yao Ming's high-quality blocking and dismantling, it is difficult for Maddie to score under Posey's defense.
Ji Guoqiu chose to change the defense of Maddie this time, and the latter's hand has begun to warm up, and he can no longer ignore it.
Maddie drew the defense to give the basketball to Yao Ming, and the little giant held the ball high on the wing and made a ball cover.
Brooks wanted to use Yao Ming to block Blevin, but the latter was not fooled, and Xiao Hei did not run out of the air.
Yao Ming didn't have a target for the ball and found himself in the middle of the flank, misaligned against James Posey, who was more than 20cm shorter than him.
"Damn, I might as well do it myself."
Da Yao saw that he had an obvious advantage in the position after switching defenses, and he also had a certain shooting percentage in the middle distance of about 15 feet, and when he first entered the NBA, this was his conventional weapon, the main means of scoring. After gaining weight in the later stages, he focused on attacking in the low post. Now that I have practiced less, the shooting in this position is a little rusty, but after all, the foundation is there, so I didn't hesitate to shoot immediately.
"Huh!"
Posey's height is too much different, and it didn't have much impact on Yao Ming's shooting, and the basketball is hollow into the frame!
Master Reasonable was in the CCTV live broadcast room at the moment, and couldn't help but shout excitedly: "Yao Ming hit 9 of 7 shots today, it's really not easy!" ”
Master Sun nodded on the side: "That's right!" ”
Yao Ming hit this shot and has scored 18 points, which is very good.
The majority of Chinese fans said that it was not strange that Yao Ming would often score high points in the first half, and then only score three or five points in the second half because he had no strength.
With a score of 40:44, the Rockets led by four points.
The Clippers attacked, Breven Knight and Ji Guoqiu blocked and dismantled, which was requested by the old Dunleavy, and Yao Ming's defense and dismantling were known to the whole league, and after the Clippers dismantled, Ji Guoqiu quickly moved to the right wing.
Yao Ming couldn't keep up, Battier had to come to make up for the defense, and Artest got an open shot.
Brevin Knight passed the ball behind his back, and the beast got the basketball to face Yao Ming, who was switching defenses, and broke through decisively to create a foul on Scola who assisted the defense on the inside.
Adelman was also helpless about this, and he couldn't let Yao Ming become quick out of thin air. However, if you can give him a power forward with excellent defense, such as the twins, and Yao Ming can be cooperated, then the disadvantage of Yao Ming's poor defensive stretch can be solved to the greatest extent.
Charles Barkley seemed to think of something at the moment, and asked out loud: "Are the twins American or Chinese now?" ”
Kenny Smith thought for a moment and replied uncertainly, "It seems to be Chinese-Canadian." ”
Charles Barkley laughed when he heard this: "That's okay, I built Coach K and those bureaucrats to try to get these two little guys to become American citizens, if they join the Chinese team, our Superman Majesty will be in trouble." ”
In the last 55 seconds of the first half, Brooks dribbled outside the three-point line, and Yao Ming was on the inside to be in place and raise his hand to ask for the ball.
Brooks glanced at it, and suddenly raised his hand from the outside and fired a cold shot to widen the gap to five points.
Master Reason was furious and harshly criticized another unreliable point guard of the Rockets: "Brooks is shooting again, it doesn't make sense at all." As soon as the words fell, the basketball was hollow into the frame!
Master Sun hurriedly glanced at his partner, only to see that Teacher Reason's face turned green, just when everyone thought that he was going to get off the stage, Master Reason suddenly shouted: "Good ball!" Although I don't know how Master Reasonable scolded Brooks in his heart, he is definitely not the only one doing this at the moment, including Adelman who is also scolding Little Black Bean in his heart, the two point guards of the Rockets have a virtue, and they don't know who they learned from when they shot selection?
The goal was fortunately scored, otherwise Adelman would have planned to replace the rookie who didn't know how to measure and press him to the bench.
Brooks' goal stretched the score to five points, which was exactly what the margin was at the end of the first half.
The score was 43:48, and the Clippers trailed by five points to end the first half.
For the Rockets, Yao Ming had 18 points and 6 rebounds, Maddy had 10 points and 3 assists, Scola had 104 rebounds and Battier had 6 points.
Clippers Ji Guoqiu 12 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks, Ji Guoyi got 10 points and 5 rebounds, Artest 8 points, Posey 8 points, Mobley 5 points.
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