new lord of the rings

Chapter 252
The Warriors, who have won 34 consecutive victories, have no time to rest. They have to go to Houston to challenge the Rockets immediately.

After setting a new record, Steve Kerr immediately decided to rest Stephen Curry and Andrew Bogut. Curry's ankle has always been a hidden danger for the Warriors. Bogut is a center. He played 34 consecutive games this season. It's too much of a burden on his knees.

As for Zhang Xin, Cole wants him to rest in turn, but Zhang Xin made it clear that he can still hold on. Obviously, Curry and Bogut are resting. To be honest, he is also very worried about Curry's ankle.

In the past two seasons, Curry’s ankle injuries have been frequent. After Zhang Xin’s arrival, Curry’s style of play has changed, reducing the chance of injury, but he has played 34 consecutive high-intensity games without rest. , Zhang Xin was really afraid that Curry would be hurt all at once.

Bogut's playing time this season is a bit too much, especially against opponents with big centers, Bogut's playing time is even higher.

This season, the Warriors' five small lineups are rarely used. Before the critical moment, this lineup will not be easily revealed. This is the killer feature of the playoffs, so Bogut's is very important this season.

Considering that Curry and Bogut rested, the strength of the Warriors dropped too much all of a sudden. If Zhang Xin himself also rested, the game might be handed over directly.

Zhang Xin also has a bigger goal, what he wants is to win the best record in the regular season: more than 72 wins!
So every victory is very important to Zhang Xin!
The Houston Rockets are certainly strong, but Zhang Xin also wants to see if he can defeat them by leading the team.

On the game day, the Toyota Center in Houston was crowded with people. The Toyota Center, which can accommodate 2 people, was full. A ball game that will be recorded in history.

What's more, the duel between the Warriors and the Rockets was originally a very heavy game. After hard work during this period, the Rockets have returned to the second position in the Western Conference. How can the first and second duel in the Western Conference not let fans look forward to it.

Although the Warriors officially announced that Stephen Curry had a truce due to an ankle discomfort during training, and Andrew Bogut was unable to play in this game due to a back injury, it still couldn't stop the enthusiasm of the fans.

Stephen Curry and Andrew Bogut rest, but the strength of the Warriors is still amazing!

There are three All-Stars Zhang Xin, Klay Thompson, and Draymond Green, as well as Iguodala, Livingston, Barbosa, Speights, David Lee and other powerful players!
When Zhang Xin entered the stadium, there was a lot of cheers from the Toyota Center. Zhang Xin looked up, and there were many Chinese fans wearing their own jerseys to help out. There are many Chinese in Houston. Zhang Xin smiled. Waving to fellow countrymen.

Cheers like a torrent and tsunami erupted again at the Toyota Center, as if this was the home court of the Warriors.

Drummond Green looked at Zhang Xin enviously: "Zhang, being a Chinese is really very happy, all Chinese fans are your fans! But I also want to thank you for being Chinese, I know I Many Chinese fans voted for me because of your canvassing."

Zhang Xin smiled: "That's because they recognize your strength!"

Green shook his head and grinned happily again.

Game start.

The Rockets' starters are James Harden, Dwight Howard, Motiejunas, Patrick Beverley and Trevor Ariza.

The Warriors' starters are Zhang Xin, Klay Thompson, Draymond Green, David Lee and Harrison Barnes.

The Warriors rest Curry and Bogut in rotation. If Livingston is the starting point guard, then the rotation time will be a bit stretched. It is better to let Zhang Xin play the point guard. In fact, even Curry is purely organizing the ball. As for the team, it is impossible to do better than Zhang Xin.

Jumping the ball in the middle circle, if David Lee wants to compete with Howard in physical fitness, I am afraid it will be impossible in this life. Howard easily picked the ball to Beverly.

Zhang Xin stepped forward to defend Beverly. Since he was taught a lesson by Zhang Xin last time, Beverly didn't dare to shoot casually when he saw Zhang Xin, and dribbled the ball across the frontcourt in a proper manner.

Zhang Xin's footsteps are fast, his wingspan is long, and Beverly's physical confrontation is not comparable to that of Beverly, so Beverly is very embarrassed under Zhang Xin's defense. Lee responds.

Beverly quickly gave the ball to Harden, as if throwing a hot potato.

Harden carefully observed the Warriors' defense. Howard went to the high post to pick and roll for Harden. Howard rolled down the first block and took away Thompson. With the ball, it is difficult to limit the Warriors' current inside line.

In this way, David Lee was put under Harden's gun.

After several years of hard work, Harden has become more and more proficient in his small and big skills.

Facing David Lee, he kept dribbling the ball from the crotch, constantly protruding his shoulders and changing his center of gravity, forcing David Lee to enter his rhythm, one, two, three, four, nailing David Lee in place, one Taking a step back, he suddenly made a three-pointer. David Lee couldn't react, and Harden hit a three-pointer!
Green served the ball quickly. Under Beverly's defense, Zhang Xin rushed across the frontcourt. Beverly didn't dare to go up to fight physically for fear of being knocked over by Zhang Xin. He knew how powerful Zhang Xin's impact was!
When Zhang Xin plays point guard, his tactics are not complicated. He directly asks Green to come up to the high pick-and-roll. On it, Zhang Xin broke through Howard with an in-and-out.

Ariza on the flank had no choice but to let Barnes go to help defend. Zhang Xin hit the ground and passed to Barnes who was emptied. Barnes didn't waste Zhang Xin's pass and shot directly from the corner. Returned Harden for a three-pointer!
The Rockets have the ball, Harden still has the same tactic with the ball, high pick-and-roll, but this time it is not Harden's end, but Howard's air-cut dunk.

Zhang Xin held the ball across half court, and Green made a high pick-and-roll. This time, Howard's position was reliable. Zhang Xin gave the ball to Green. Green broke through inside to attract double-teams, and then gave it to Thompson on the wing. Thompson hit a three-pointer!
Fans at the Toyota Center saw a spectacle: the two teams had the same tactic, with one ball-handler constantly performing high-post pick-and-rolls to launch the offense, and both sides were very efficient. You play one, and I return the other. , no one can prevent anyone.

The whole scene is also quite interesting.

(End of this chapter)