Standing pretty old

Chapter 223 The Unpredictable Illusion

A great China fan who once analyzed the image of three NBA teams in Texas, and raised this analysis to a theoretical level, that is the legendary three falsehoods in Texas: the Spurs are very old, the Mavericks are very old Weak, rocket is strong.

The order of these three illusions can be reversed, but the meaning will basically not be deviated.

However, there are exceptions to everything, at least today's Rockets are not like a pseudo-strong team at all.

For the Eagles, this is destined to be a difficult game, back to back, coupled with long-distance flight, this is not a small test for their physical fitness.

After the start of the second quarter, Er Niu and Jiong Jisen got a little rest time as usual.

In the case that the Eagles did not use their main force, they recovered some points.

Because in the Rockets, there is someone who is holding back. He is the former two-time scoring champion, the creator of 35 seconds and 13 points, Vince Carter's cousin-Tracey McGrady.

McGrady's dry pull is still ecstasy, but he is troubled by back and knee injuries, and there is no way to restore himself to the best state.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Marvin Williams, who played quite depressed in the first quarter, made consecutive hits over Carl Landry, the No. [-] pick in this year's second round, which brought the Eagles closer .

At this time, the god bird in the mouth of Tianchao fans is just a standard defensive colander.

On the surface, Zaza Pachulia seems to be in a better position. Behind him is Chuck Hayes, the legendary league's shortest starting center.

Haiye's base is too solid, not to mention Pachulia, even O'Neal may not be able to squeeze in.

Zaza Pachulia managed to get the ball in the low post. He thought he could single-play the opponent once, but was squeezed by Haiye and almost lost his position. Finally, he ended the attack with a sloppy mid-range shot and the rebound also belonged to the up the rocket.

Considering that the 198cm Haiye can become a back-up killer on the defensive end, many Chinese fans who were not optimistic about Erniu at the beginning of the season were relieved. It is really difficult for ordinary people to understand such a creature as a short and strong rebounder.

Er Niu and Jiong Jisen were substituted in the middle of the second quarter.

Now it's Er Niu's turn to confront Haiye, the top low-post defender.

The Hawks had the ball, and Ruan Erniu caught the ball in the low post, and Hayes resisted him firmly.

Ruan Erniu pushed two steps inward with force, and he was indeed able to move, but Erniu knew better that it would be difficult to get to the ideal scoring position if he pushed down at this speed and turned his back for more than five seconds.

That being the case, Ruan Erniu immediately took the ball back two steps, and continued to dribble the ball under his crotch, changing the back-up attack to face-to-basket attack mode.

Hai Ye stepped forward to defend, Er Niu easily passed him with one step, and scored 2+1 against Landry.

This is the comprehensiveness of Erniu. Although his back-up technique has always been super giant, it does not mean that he does not have reliable face-to-basket skills.

Being able to freely switch your offensive mode according to the form on the court and the type of opponent is something that Erniu has gradually figured out after losing to Tim Duncan at the beginning of the season.

Unknowingly, the Chinese rookie is still making continuous progress.

Others only see his BT-level physical fitness, but often ignore his BT-level learning and evolution ability.And the latter may be the real reason why he said he was able to become the league's top superstar in his rookie season.

Seeing that the momentum had turned to the Eagles again, Adelman quickly called a timeout.

"Yao, increase your offensive firepower. The others try to open up space to cooperate with Yao's offense!" Ever since he came to the Rockets, Adelman had forgotten about that damned Princeton.

Without the likes of Divac and Chris Webber, he had no choice but to use the set of things left by Jeff Van Gundy to build the Rockets' lineup.

As McGrady's injury worsened, Yao's name has become Adelman's life-saving straw. The problem is that Dayao is also an injury-ridden guy, and this season's position, Dayao's average playing time has exceeded 37 minutes, the longest playing time of his career.

Dayao's injury is destined to be a ticking time bomb, and there is always an inexplicable anxiety in the hearts of Tianchao fans.

However, Er Niu has no time to worry about Dayao's injury, because he was blown up when Dayao first played.

As the big brother of the national team, Dayao didn't give Erniu any affection. In this Celestial Derby, Dayao continued his crazy touch in the first quarter in the second quarter.

Facing the second bull's defense without fear, he used his unparalleled shooting touch many times to maintain the leading score for the Rockets.

Er Niu tried his best to defend, but Dayao's fadeaway jumper was still incomprehensible.

This is something that has never happened this season. It is the first time that the Eagles will see someone who can unilaterally beat Kraft.You know, most of the time, what they see is the scene of the two bulls blowing up the opponent.

Woodson had to call a timeout.

As soon as Er Niu returned to the bench, he was sprayed on the face by the egg head: "Damn, Kraft, cheer me up, why don't you defend well? Since you can't guard your compatriots from behind, then just hit him again Before the hand, directly adopt the defense around the front, which consumes his energy."

Ruan Erniu nodded, expressing his agreement with Dantou's opinion.

Under normal circumstances, in the United States, the side that takes the initiative to defend around the front is a sign of weakness, but Er Niu doesn't care about this, and victory is his only pursuit.

From the accumulation of defenses again and again, Er Niu slowly recovered from Dayao's body.

The defensive end stabilized his position, forcing Yao to hardly receive requests for a period of time.On the offensive end of the Eagles themselves, Er Niu didn't dare to play any tricks. He either made high mid-range shots again and again, or used his hips to force Yao in the low post. He didn't have the idea of ​​respecting the old and loving the young.

The current world report has to be fast, Dayao, who played smoothly just now, suddenly became a defensive hole, and Ruan Erniu used his buttocks to clear the way many times and scored points.

"Er Niu, don't be too happy, our teammates also have masters with low backs who can't lose to you." Yao Ming said with a smile.

Is this Dayao's bluff?

Of course not, Adelman quickly played this card out.

This person is the old player of the Blazers-Bunche Welsh, another figure who is begging for food in the league with his buttocks.

Wales, who continued to die last season, has gradually found its former state under the activation of Rick Adelman this season.

In the second season of the game, the direct victim of his confrontation became a lunar eclipse.

Although Bunch's P stock is still a little bit worse than that of Er Niu, and his back-up technique is not that comprehensive, but after dropping ten games with one force, the lunar eclipse was still blown up in this quarter.

Bunch Welsh made 2 of 2 shots in a single quarter, made 6 of 5 free throws, scored 9 points, 4 rebounds, and 4 assists, looking like a superstar.

It was precisely because of Wales' outstanding performance that the two teams finally drew at 25:25 in the second quarter.

46:56, this is the scoring statistics of the two teams in the half game. The Eagles in the away game are still behind the Rockets by 10 points.

Erniu scored 12 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists in the first half.

And Yao Ming's first-half statistics were 14 points, 5 rebounds, and 1 assist.

In terms of statistics, Ruan Erniu still has a bit more advantage, but in fact, in the first half alone, Dayao's dominance at both ends of the offense and defense obviously gave the team more help, and there is no way to reflect this. on the data.

(End of this chapter)