One Hundred and Thirty Eight. Crazy
The situation on the field changed suddenly, and the depth of the Rockets' inside line was really bad. If Yao Ming wasn't on the court, their inside line would be almost defenseless.
Adelman didn't dare to change Hayes at will. Hayes basically has no guarantee on defensive rebounds on the court.
And without Hayes, the inside defense is basically gone.
More than five minutes into the second half of the third quarter, during the desperate counterattack of the five first- and second-year players of the Warriors, they caught up to the score!
The main thing is Brooks and Ariza. They seem to have discussed it. One of them will play one. Ariza wants to attack Sun Ce and also wants to return the three-pointer of Morrow, who is defending him. Brooks is fine. , can maintain a hit rate of three into one, but obviously this is very inefficient.
The Rockets, who scored 22 points in the first half of the third quarter, only scored 8 points in the second half of the quarter, and were beaten 19-8 by the Warriors!
At the end of the three quarters, the Warriors chased the score to 80-90! Only 10 points left!
Brooks and Ariza turned into a tight situation in the crushing game!
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With 4 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists, Sun Ce was speechless looking at his statistics...
He also tried his own shots, 0 for 2 in the third quarter... There is no way to catch the ball and attack the basket like the summer league or preseason. The Rockets shrink too well.
But it is precisely because of this that there are many outside shooting opportunities, allowing the Warriors to catch up with the point difference.
When Sun Ce was hurting his data, Warriors head coach Old Nelson was at a loss...
Why did the score catch up?
Old Nelson is not the kind of guy who wants to change to a veteran to fight for victory after catching up with the rigid score. Since the youngsters caught up by themselves, let the youngsters solve the crucial fourth quarter.
Anyway, it's up to them to decide whether to win or lose!
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The preseason is still very effective for Sun Ce's training. What he learned the most in the preseason is to control his physical fitness! Because of his poor physical fitness, he had to learn how to distribute his physical energy.
The A-level endurance of the company commander's star experience card is very good, but in the NBA, A-level physical fitness can only maintain full output for about 30 minutes.
However, Sun Ce spent most of the third quarter counterattacking and advancing without too many breakthroughs, and his physical fitness was well controlled.
And Curry, who also has A-level endurance, has obviously declined in physical strength. He missed the last two three-pointers in the third quarter, otherwise the point difference may be even smaller, and he was placed on the bench by Old Nelson to rest.
Sun Ce, Morrow, Reggie Williams, Radmanovich, Randolph, the old Nelson continued to maintain at least two powerful three-pointers for Sun Ce.
On the Rockets side, Adelman really held his breath, and he still didn't replace Yao Ming at the beginning of the fourth quarter.
However, Ariza was replaced, and the Rockets' offense improved a lot at the beginning of the fourth quarter.
The Rockets sent a small lineup of Brooks, Lowry, Battier, Scola, and Landry to deal with the speed of the Warriors.
The Rockets' substitutions are very passive!
It's not that Adelman's coaching ability is not good, but that the lineup has obvious flaws!
On the contrary, on the Warriors side, they are always playing waves, and they have no scruples at all.
After the start of the fourth quarter, the Rockets deliberately pressed the rhythm to play positional battles, but stabilized their success rate. With Curry absent, Brooks also played a lot more normally. In addition to Ariza's absence, the Rockets' offensive success rate was still low. OK.
But the Warriors don't care whether the opponent makes it or not, they just want to fight back.
Adelman on the Rockets side is not a coach who likes to change players. He often just changes to a lineup and plays for a long time, probably because of the flaws in the lineup.
As for the Warriors, they trained young players. Young players dared to fight, and chased 11 points in the second half of the third quarter. They became more confident and dared to shoot!
Momentum is too important for young players! The momentum has risen, the self-confidence has risen, and the more accurate the shot is!
The Rockets fell into a disadvantage at the beginning of the fourth quarter!
After playing for more than four minutes, the Rockets called a timeout.
At 4 minutes and 51 seconds, the Warriors played a wave of 14 to 10!
94 to 100, the point difference was chased to 6 points!
Adelman did not expect that after leading by 21 points, he could be caught up and had to call a timeout for substitutions again!
With 6 points, 13 rebounds and 9 assists, Sun Ce scored 2 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist in more than four minutes, and his performance continued to be amazing!
"It's so cool to grab rebounds and lead the offense! You must practice this! You must! You must take down Yao Ming's position!" Sun Ce himself did not expect that he would perform so well after playing firmly!
"Is this the ability of B-level?"
Sun Ce guessed that C+ to B- represents the gap from a substitute to a weak team's starting strength. Now he finally understands how big the gap is!
Wherever Reggie Williams goes, he can be the main rotation player, but he, Sun Ce, can only make a living by passing the ball.
For a C+ level ability, maybe one strong point is enough, and for a B- level, at least two!
It's just... Sun Ce didn't expect that the biggest problem with his own triple-double is scoring... It's too difficult to score in official NBA games! Last season's curtain call gave him too much illusion...
There are still 4 points and 1 assist, and a triple-double is achieved. This difficulty is not small, mainly in terms of scoring.
Sun Ce currently only has a shooting percentage of 3 out of 8.
To reduce the difference to less than 5 points, this can only be fought.
And there are three shots on Yao Ming's head... now there is only one, and this has just forced Yao Ming to play.
so hard!
Using even the long star card to play such an explosion...Compared to Sun Ce's current strength, the data is very explosive, and he has just completed the goal of forcing Yao Ming to come up!
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Back from the timeout, there were 7 minutes and 9 seconds left, and the point difference was 6 points.
The fans at the scene were already desperate at the end of halftime, just because it was the opening game and they didn't leave early.
Who knew it was a critical moment in the fourth quarter!
For the Rockets, Brooks, Lowry, Battier, Scola, and Yao Ming played.
For the Warriors, the lineup of Sun Ce, Curry, Morrow, Randolph, and Hunter played.
Curry rested for a while and recovered his physical strength. The 21-year-old young man recovered quickly.
Sun Ce was a little regretful when he saw that the opponent put Ariza on the bench at a critical moment, which made it more difficult for the Warriors to continue chasing points.
The Warriors rely on touch to chase points. Whether the opponent's defense is strong or not is not that important. The opponent has an extra iron man, which is more conducive to them chasing points.
The Rockets played the ball in the frontcourt. After Yao Ming came on the court, he continued to go to the inside to get the ball.
Yao Ming feels so tired!
He feels that from the beginning of his career to the present, no matter what season, no matter what team's second team, it seems to be better than his Rockets' second team!
What is it like to be able to catch up with a lead of 21 points!
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