Chapter 89: Veterans Don't Die
Seeing the team's points being lost in his hands, Petrus, as the leading big brother in the second team, was furious, opened his hand to ask for the ball from Louis Williams, and was about to attack the Rockets.
Hayes started from defense, although nominally playing the position of power forward, but he can defend the third and fourth positions, Petrus wanted to use his speed to get rid of the opponent, his shoulder against Hayes, skillfully dribbling the ball to the bottom of the rush.
Petrus had a decent amount of pace, and Hayes made a wrong step before he broke into the box. Seeing this, Petrus was overjoyed, put away the ball and wanted to shoot, Mutombo under the basket stepped out, pushed O'Bryant to block Petrus, and the two long arms stretched high, instantly surrounding Petrus.
The road ahead was impassable, and Petrus was about to retreat, but Hayes followed cunningly, and together with Mutombo, he made dumplings and rounded Petrus.
O'Briant was completely empty, and the young man was so excited that he waved his arms and shouted, "Man, here! ”
Without him to make a sound, Petrus also knew his choice, and took a step to jam Mutombo and hit the ground to pass the ball to O'Briant, but the intention of this pass was too obvious, Francis had been waiting outside for this opportunity, the ball had just bounced off the floor, he pounced with all his might, and grabbed the ball down.
"Shit!" Pietruston was in a hurry, and wanted to fight back, but it turned out to be a mistake, and he didn't dare to look at the reaction of old Nelson.
Luis was balanced in attack and defense, and Francis wanted to break fast after getting the ball, but he blocked it tightly.
Slowly, Scola dribbled to the frontcourt, Scola came out to block the pick-and-roll, and Luiz subconsciously took a step back and spread his arms to support Scola to prevent being stuck. As soon as he stepped back, Francis withdrew the ball and stomped on the ground with both feet, jumped leisurely, shook his wrists, and shot long.
"Huh!" The sound of the basketball hitting the net made the Rockets fans rejoice, and many old fans took off their No. 3 jersey and waved it vigorously, which was Francis's jersey.
Francis has now become low-key and reserved, and the glorious thing of hitting a long-range shot after a steal has only been exchanged for a slight smile from him, and since then his attention has been on Luis with the ball.
The opponent chased seven points in a row, and a group of birdmen on the Warriors bench couldn't sit still, and Chamberlain wiped the sweat from his face and volunteered: "BOSS, let me go, swear to God, I will definitely make Houston's life worse than death!" ”
Nelson Sr. glanced at Chamberlain and shook his head and didn't speak, the Rockets' bench chased the points very fiercely, but he was still confident in his players.
The Warriors have never been a team that relies only on the main force to play the world, and Nelson Sr. is not a head coach who only uses the main force to play.
After all, Petrus is the old man who followed the team to achieve the Black Eight Miracle last season, and when he looked back, he quickly cut through the mess, slipped the bottom line and rushed out of the middle line, received Luis's pass and turned around to shoot, and finally cut down two points, temporarily stabilizing the team's state.
The Rockets were all about to show their difference today, and Francis, who had barely performed so far in the game, suddenly came full fire, crushing Louis, who was inferior in height and weight to him, rushing to the basket and throwing shots, and cutting down two more points in front of O'Bryant.
With five points in a row, Francis's eyes flashed with a cold light as some of the old fans chanted 'privilege' as he backed away and waved in greeting, a nickname he had once been in the Toyota Center Arena.
O'Bryant's play made Nelson Sr. shake his head vigorously, and Evans's inaction also made him quite dissatisfied, the latter is wronged June Snow, he is not a defensive warrior with a high IQ, he is good at grabbing rebounds, but it is a bit difficult for him to wipe his teammates' ass for leaking defenses.
Francis's repeated play made Luis, who was in the opposite position with him, angry, after all, he was a young man, and his blood was normal, and he took the ball to the front court again, he saw that his teammates were entangled by Rockets players and had no passing space, and calmly glanced at Francis, estimated the comparison of the physical fitness of the two, and broke through with the ball.
The young Francis was not a top defender, but he was also a master, and the physicality was there. That's the problem, Francis's defense is too physical, his awareness and desire to defend are not good, and it is on this that Luis dares to break through.
Staring intently into Francis's eyes, Louis's left hand suddenly pulled out, and his thin body quickly broke through Francis's right side like a whirlwind. This step can be described as a lightning speed, and Francis spreads his arms and moves sideways, blocking Louis's path as fast as he can.
At this moment, Luis twisted his knee, pulled his right shoulder outward, the ball in his left hand jumped quickly on the floor to his right hand, and his left foot stepped out of the right front of the right with the ball in his right hand, taking advantage of Francis's movement, he successfully broke through from his side and strode towards the penalty area.
O'Briant struggled to jam Mutombo to prevent him from going up to make up for the defense, and Luis saw that his teammate's face was distorted and it was difficult to get stuck in position, so he had to jump early and throw a shot. As a result, as soon as he jumped, Scola on the side finally caught up and reached for the block, Luis was shocked to start a little high, and the basketball slid in a good arc but eventually crashed into the rebound.
Mutombo, who was pushed by O'Bryant on the inside of the box, took advantage of him, and as soon as he turned around, he stuck his opponent, raised his thin arm high, grabbed the rebound and threw it to Francis.
The confrontation in these rounds made the old Nelson shake his head, the Rockets' bench depth can only rank in the middle of the league, and it stands to reason that it is worse than the Warriors, but today, his bench was completely suppressed by the Rockets.
But there is also an objective reason for this, that is, no one would have imagined that the two old guys, Francis and Mutombo, broke out.
Francis passed the ball to Scola, Scola hit Evans with his back, his shoulders shook a few times from side to side, Evans sank his waist and straightened his chest secretly Nyima thought Lao Tzu was a sieve and dared to play singles in front of Lao Tzu, you must have a hat today!
Evans was ruthless here, and Scola suddenly increased the speed of shaking his shoulders, and suddenly turned sideways with the ball with his right hand, and was about to slip inside along the baseline. Fortunately, Evans moved fast enough to block Scola in one step.
Unbeknownst to him, Scola didn't really want to break through at all, so he turned around and immediately jumped up.
Evans glared at him in a hurry, and he jumped up without waiting for his footsteps to steady, and threw himself at Scola with a wave of his arm.
Seeing this scene, the corners of Scola's mouth turned up, threw the ball at random, and pounced on Evans's squeaky socket, and then the two made physical contact, and the referee's whistle sounded.
Deception foul! At this time, Evans finally reacted, but the reaction was a bird, and the referee had already blown the whistle.
Nate Thurmond, who was watching the game with the team, immediately frowned when he saw this scene, and he muttered dissatisfiedly: "Is this kid having shit in his head?" I can't even see such an obvious deception, damn it, it looks like my task will be very heavy in the future! ”
After Scola hit two free throws, the Warriors' lead was running out, and Nelson Sr. had to rotate the lineup when Scola made free throws, replacing O'Bryant with a non-performing performance, and Chamberlain was back in the game.
Seeing Chamberlain standing up to warm up, Yao Mai and the two looked at Adelman together, and the latter immediately laughed and said, "Don't be nervous, boys, rest, what you have to do now is rest, he's just a rookie, isn't he?" ”
Chamberlain is a rookie, but the one who dares to treat him as a rookie is now estimated to be Adelman.
Evans is a real person, seeing Chamberlain, who had only been down for a short time, come back again, he subjectively took the responsibility on himself, thinking that he was too bad on the inside line to cause all this, so he said in frustration: "Sorry, Z, the damn Houstonians are too cunning......"
Chamberlain took the initiative to stretch out his fist and hit Evans, laughing as he ran: "It's just that I can't wait, in fact, you guys have done a great job." ”
The fool also knew that this was someone comforting them, and he made the family play 9:2 at the beginning, which is a great job?
Oxlade-Chamberlain's role was obvious, and as soon as he stepped inside, Luis immediately threw the ball in.
Jumping up to catch the ball, Chamberlain turned sideways when he landed, and his shoulder was like a mad bull's horn, and he hit Mutombo's body hard, once, twice, three times......
The ferocious impact hit Mutombo like a tidal wave, and the mountains of Africa were no longer as easy as they were when they faced O'Briant, and he gritted his teeth against Chamberlain, trying to maintain stability and not retreat. But it was useless, and Chamberlain's impact was continuous and powerful, knocking him back again and again.
After hitting five or six times in a row, just when Mutombo was about to play with his life, Chamberlain suddenly retracted his shoulder, and then took the ball with his left foot as the axis, took over the ball with his left hand, and circled Mutombo, entered the basket, jumped high, grabbed the ball with one hand and smashed it in.
Mutombo couldn't react, the Chinese fans at the scene burst into enthusiastic cheers, looking at the high-spirited Chamberlain, the African mountains suddenly remembered an unbearable past: in the 2001 finals, he was so ravaged by a shark in the penalty area!
Chamberlain raised his arms and exposed his strong biceps and let out a high-pitched roar of pride, as if a monster had descended, in fact, in Mutombo's heart at this time, he was a monster, although not enough to compete with a big shark, but he had unlimited potential.
Chamberlain's play improved not only the Warriors' offense, but also the defense, Evans also had to keep an eye on Scola, Chamberlain shouted: "No need, man, go watch that No. 55, this guy will be dealt with by me!" ”
Mutombo's offensive level is not very good even in his prime, not to mention that he and Scola are two extremes, the latter is a mess of defense and good attack, and the former is naturally the opposite.
Francis pushed forward slowly, Scola raised high to respond, and Oxlade-Chamberlain remained in the box. Seeing this, Scola was overjoyed, and after getting the ball, he hurriedly prepared to jump, but at the moment when Francis chose to pass, Chamberlain suddenly started, and rushed to Scola's side in two big strides, the latter jumped together, Chamberlain hung over his head like a cloud, the ball shot, a slap!