Chapter 711: System II
Yang Di took a two-minute break at the start of the fourth quarter and immediately returned to the court.
In the G1 game of the Western Conference Finals, the red Rockets, the black Warriors, and the fanatical Warriors fans in the audience made a huge noise, and the more they reached the final moment, the more exciting they became.
Monta Ellis did a good job, scoring back-to-back points after the fourth quarter to extend the Warriors' lead.
"Yes!"
Yang Di patted Monta-Ellis on the shoulder.
"Hehe, the Rockets are very good inside, but I shoot on the outside, and after the break, I will divide the ball, specifically looking for Beedrins and Danny, so it's much easier."
Monta Ellis said triumphantly that although he didn't play as well as he played in the last round against the Suns, he felt that he was playing with ease and his form was slowly improving.
Yang Di laughed, the morale of the team is very good, this is a good momentum.
After coming on the court, Yang Di received the ball in a low position.
Zhu Wan-Howard bent his arms against Yang Di's back and secretly pinched his sweat.
Through a layer of clothing, he could feel Yang Di's mountain-like aura, which was a kind of confidence and strength emanating from his bones.
At that time, when he and Maddie were playing the world with Magic, they met the unreasonable Yang Di, and they were robbed of N more rebounds, and they knew that this kid with amazing strength knew at that time, but he didn't expect that in the past few years, he has become the league's premier superstar and MVP-level figure.
Yang Di turned his head to observe that Mutombo was under the basket, ready to come back to make up for the defense.
"Bang!"
He arched his waist and concentrated his strength to arch behind him, hitting Juwan-Howard straight back, outside the paint area, Yang Di also turned around suddenly, easily squeezed Howard behind him, Mutombo moved over, Yang Di blocked Howard's harassment with his right hand, and gently flicked his left hand with a low hand.
The basketball hit the ground to Biedrins.
Biedrins catches the ball and makes a strong move, and jumping high is a violent dunk.
"Peng!"
Although Beedrins was thin, the dunk was still very ornamental, and the fans at the scene applauded thunderously.
The Rockets immediately made adjustments, Chuck Hayes was ready to play, and at the same time, Yao Ming and Maddy were next to Van Gundy, and Van Gundy didn't know what to say.
After the dead ball, the Rockets adjusted, and the main players who left the game early in the third quarter came on the court.
At this time, the Warriors led the Rockets by as many as eight points 87-79 on the court.
Yao Mai blocked and dismantled, the Rockets still chose to shoot and not break through, Yao Ming cut inside, Yang Di changed defense, the Warriors contracted their defense, and Maddie jumped up and passed the ball to Yao Ming.
Yang Di saw that he was very close to Yao Ming, and in a flash of light, he took a big step forward, and actually cut off the pass before Yao Ming.
Steal!
Yang Di took a step to send the ball, and then quickly dribbled to keep up, and the whole person strode forward, his jersey fluttering.
Hayes, who defended him, didn't expect that Yang Di, who was changing the defense, would be so fast, and he made a bold shot, stealing and passing, if he didn't break it this time, Yao Ming would have been able to dunk directly when he received the ball to the inside!
The Warriors ran, and Yang Di was speeding forward, and no one could catch up with him.
Only Maddie flanked him, but Yang Di unhurriedly slowed down, firmly controlled the ball and threw the ball into the air, Danny Granger flew up, grabbed the basketball in the air and completed the hanging frame air catch.
89-79, the whole game, the Warriors scored for the first time to lead the last double.
In the regular season, the Rockets also defeated the Warriors, and that time Spann and Maddy performed very well, but in the playoffs, Spann was almost abandoned by Van Gundy, and Maddy's outside line didn't seem to be too accurate.
Yao Ming catches the ball, turns low and shoots.
Hit.
On the sidelines, Tyson Chandler is ready to play.
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In the middle of the fourth quarter, Ray Allen and Yang Di played high-quality blocks in succession, Ray Allen hit a three-point shot from the outside, and Yang Di received the ball and hit Hayes's excellent defense from the middle distance, and the Warriors continued to consolidate the lead.
After Monta Ellis hit a jumper, the Warriors led the Rockets by 15 points at 100-85.
The originally anxious game was unknowingly opened up by the Warriors in the fourth quarter, and the Western Conference G1, which the audience was looking forward to, turned out to be a show for Warriors players to show various scoring methods.
The Warriors do not have an absolute ball carrier, everyone will not hold the ball for too long, the No. 1 to No. 4 positions have the ability to dominate the ball, compared with the Rockets who are always just a double turn, the tactical play is more than one layer flexible, the Rockets can suppress the Warriors' score to less than 100 points and win, more than 100 points, the hope of winning is extremely slim.
Van Gundy nervously pulled out the little note, but still didn't seem to find anything too good.
The Warriors led all the way and finally won the G1 game 109-97 at home, Yang Di was powerful in the third quarter, did not score much in the fourth quarter, and scored 31 points, 11 rebounds, 5 assists, 5 blocks and 2 steals in the whole game, filling all the data columns.
The Rockets didn't give up the game until the last two minutes and really wanted to win.
Everyone including Yao Ming and Maddie knows that if they can win a win at Oracle Arena, the situation of the entire series will change radically, and the chances of the Rockets entering the Finals will increase significantly.
Yao Ming had 29 points and 10 rebounds on 10-of-19 shooting, and Maddy had 27 points, nine rebounds and seven assists, but the shooting percentage was low, only 7-of-25 shooting and 2-of-9 three-pointers.
On the Warriors' side, Danny Granger had 5 fouls, Ray Allen had 4 fouls, Matt Barnes came off the bench 4 fouls, and a group of outside fouls were a lot, and the Rockets still got enough free throws in hand-to-hand battles.
Yao Ming and Maddie walked into the tunnel with their heads down, still celebrating the Warriors fans behind them.
The Warriors players all have a feeling that it is much easier to play against the Warriors, than the Suns and Spurs have done before.
At the scene after the game, Yang Di was interviewed by ESPN.
Erin handed the microphone to Yang Di's mouth, Yang Di looked down, and could see the bottomless ravine, as well as the snowflakes in his eyes, and blinked.
"Yes, the Rockets have caused us a lot of problems, they've got a lot better rebounds than they thought they would be, and Chuck Hayes is a super good positioner, and it's hard to get inside against him. And the Rockets also had a good pace, Tracy and Yao Ming scored very consistently, and we didn't decide the winner until the fourth quarter. ”
Erin Andrews grinned and asked the second question, "So, what happened in the fourth quarter that the Warriors suddenly seemed to have a big lead?" ”
'We picked up the speed and strengthened our defence. We did some good defending, and we fought back, especially early in the fourth quarter, to pull the score away. ”