Chapter 609 608. The Fire Collapses!

"Ace's ball is really... domineering, haha, Dayao still has a long way to go in the NBA! Facing Ace, who is already an NBA superstar opponent, Dayao still looks a little bit worse, after all It's only the second grade, and Ace is already second in the scoring list..."

On the live broadcast of the court TV, Director Zhang shouted haha ​​to help distract Yao Ming from being detained. Years, it doesn't look so embarrassing.

But will Yao Ming give up?

of course not!

If you are detained, you must find it back!

It is basically impossible to dunk Liu Mang. An inside player has to dunk an outside player, unless he is an air-cutting physical man like Kwame Brown. The odds are extremely low.

Therefore, Boozer suffered. After Liu Mang made a free throw to make the score 50-41, Yao Ming went crazy after coming over. Regardless of his physical problems, he used the strength of his waist and abdomen brought by his powerful lower limbs to beat the cloth with all his might. Zell pouted behind him, received a pass from Francis, and slammed the ball into the basket through Boozer's frantically pulling arm!

For giants like O'Neal and Yao Ming, the most unfriendly thing is the whistle. They are too tall and strong. The referee seems to think that ordinary fouls are not considered fouls on them. Cut, go straight to the free throw line, Yao Ming is the worst, because the free throws are too accurate, the Rockets make him take free throws for technical fouls, the opponents dare not cut, like Boozer, they are almost hanging on Yao Ming, the referee also I didn't blow it, because Yao Ming looked too big, and he was completely crushed.

Yao Ming let out a roar after dunking the ball into the basket through Boozer, venting his displeasure. It seemed that his movements became faster and he ran back to his own half.

Liu Mang patted Boozer on the shoulder, and Boozer signaled that he was fine and continued to follow the tactics.

Liu Mang nodded, received the serve and advanced to the frontcourt, continuing to break through! After passing Francis, Liu Mang played as if he was playing tricks on the opponent. He broke through from the right again. It wasn’t that Francis didn’t know that Liu Mang was going to go to his left. Francis believes that Liu Mang will definitely rush in from the middle, because he himself is the same and knows how much the opponent's breakthrough changes.

But he didn't dare to press too hard against Liu Wei. He was the only shameless person in the league. He didn't blush when he used the rules to cheat fouls. Francis could only keep up with his footsteps. Parallel lines are already pretty good.

Liu Mang rushed into the basket from the right side next to Francis. At this time, Kwame Brown cut in from the center again. Cato let go of Boozer and chased him, but he couldn't catch up! Yao Ming hesitated in the paint, and went to block Kwame-Brown. Liu Mang rushed to the right edge of the three-second zone and made a big hook! When the three big steps just took the first foot, he directly grabbed the ball and hooked the ball from bottom to top, hit the backboard and fell into the basket!

Liu Mang deeply remembers Stockton's joke, "In fact, I want to score every pick-and-roll, and I won the assist king by accident." Liu Mang's first reaction when he heard this sentence was, The middle-aged man is pretending to be aggressive, but if you think about it, it is true. How can you attract the defense away if you don't show that you want to score?

Liu Mang strictly implemented this concept, and accidentally carried it too far, and then became the new generation of iron kings in the league. The number of iron strikes this season is second only to McGrady.

When it was the Rockets' turn to attack, Yao Ming began to go crazy inside. Whether it was Boozer or Kwame Brown, they were all eaten by Yao Ming. It was a direct assist, but it tore apart the defense of the Eagles. Cato's air-cut dunk, Francis' air-cut layup, Mobley and Jim Jackson all averaged nearly two three-pointers per game and With a shooting expert close to 40% of the shots, when Yao Ming showed his power inside, there was no Ratliff who could restrict the inside. The Rockets played very well offensively, just like the first quarter.

The Hawks did not play that well, mainly because Yao Ming's deterrence at the basket was too strong. After he became more focused on defense, Liu Mang broke through and could only shoot around the sideline of the three-second zone. The rate is not bad, but not as high as the layup. Yao Ming's dominance at the basket is beginning to show. If he does not hesitate to defend physically, he can block Kwame Brown and put pressure on Liu Mang. At the same time, it is precisely because of Yao Ming's defensive dominance at the basket. , The Rockets don't have to worry about the inside line when chasing and defending from the outside line, and the Eagles don't have too many opportunities outside the line.

Playing and playing, the point difference began to be gradually narrowed by the Rockets.

After halftime, Yao Ming scored 26 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists in the halftime, helping the Rockets catch up to 61 to 63 at the end of the halftime, with only two points left.

After a 20-minute intermission, the game between the two teams continued.

Yao Ming rested for a while, continued to start the game in the second half, and scored 15 points in the first half of the quarter, helping the Rockets to overtake the Eagles by one point 80-79 at the halfway point of the third quarter.

But the Eagles are not in a hurry, everything is according to plan!

Because of Yao Ming's last shot just now, he has retreated to the free throw line and faced Kwame Brown's turnaround jumper!

During the period from the second half of the second quarter to the half of the third quarter when Yao Ming exploded and scored 27 points, the Hawks used Boozer, Kwame Brown, and Mohammed to fight Yao Ming with all their might. Consuming Yao Ming's stamina, from the third quarter to the fourth minute, Yao Ming's shots were getting farther and farther away from the basket!

During this period, Liu Mang used Boozer's mid-range shot, or Kwame Brown and Mohammed's air-cutting ability to attract the opponent's defense, and Prince or Raheem and Jason Terry from the outside line took the space. Pulled away, rushed into the basket and shot wildly, just biting the score, did not allow the Rockets to overtake the score so quickly, everything was going according to plan.

It seems that Yao Ming scored 41 points before the end of the three quarters, which is very dazzling, but Liu Mang is not bad here. After only scoring 3 points in the first 17 minutes of the game, he silently raised the score to 24 points , Yao Ming scored 27 points from the middle of the second quarter to the middle of the third quarter, and Liu Mang also scored 21 points silently!

The Rockets overtook the score, and Liu Mang saw that Yao Ming was too tired to make a mid-range shot, so he immediately called a timeout!

They are all brothers, of course Liu Mang has to help Yao Ming get some rest time!

Yao Ming breathed a sigh of relief, went back to the bench and sat down on a chair, leaned on the chair with his head open and his mouth wide open, and took advantage of this rare rest time to take a good rest. Coach Van Gundy didn't have the idea of ​​calling a timeout. In the first quarter, the Rockets played very smoothly offensively. The Eagles did not call a timeout. Of course, Coach Van Gundy did not call it to avoid destroying the team's good offensive rhythm.

As for Liu Mang, is he really so kind as to call a timeout to give Yao Ming a rest?

Just kidding! Yao Ming, my dear friend, is determined to snatch the title of No. 1 person in the country. Of course, his unrighteous brother wants to play the little giant to death!

People who like sports may understand that after a strenuous exercise that is close to the limit of physical fitness, if they hold on hard, they can continue to support at the limit of physical fitness for a while, but if they are close to the limit of physical fitness and take a break, they want to continue the previous exercise. Intense exercise is difficult! All the negative situations erupted immediately.

But at the limit of physical fitness, if there is a rest time, I will definitely want to take a good rest, and I can't think of so much at all.

Liu Mang is very familiar with Yao Ming's physical problems. This time, Yao Ming can last for so long in this situation, which is far beyond Liu Mang's expectation, but at least he managed it. The Rockets did not let the Rockets take advantage of Yao Ming's physical strength. Opening up the point difference, after returning from the timeout, the Eagles replaced Liu Mang, Jason Terry, Prince, Raheem, Kwame Brown, and the cavalry company was dispatched!

The Rockets have such a tight score, and they dare not replace Yao Ming. Apart from the Hawks, there are very few large-scale rotation systems with 10 players in the league. Mobley, Jim Jackson, Cato, Yao Ming continued to come up.

The Eagles attack, the front court ball, Liu Mang received the ball and dribbled to the top arc, beckoning Kwame Brown to come out for a pick-and-roll, using Kwame-Brown's pick-and-roll to go straight to the basket, Kwame-Brown cut to the inside at the same time, Liu Mang first One step into the inside to attract Yao Ming to the right side of the three-second zone, Liu Mang threw the ball high to the left side of the basket, Kwame Brown rushed in and pushed the ball into the basket!

The Eagles overtook 81 to 80!

Yao Ming can't even move across quickly if he wants to!

It's not like in the first quarter, because Liu Mang's threat is so great that he is forced to focus on Liu Mang, but there is really no other way, and he can only choose to guard against one!

When it came time for the Rockets to attack, Yao Ming couldn’t get stuck at the basket. After receiving the ball at the mid-range, he faced Kwame Brown’s blocked mid-range shot. Leading by 1 point again.

The moment Yao Ming made a shot, Rahim rushed back to the basket, picked up the ball and immediately passed it to Liu Mang, the whole Eagles team rushed!

Yao Ming couldn't keep up, the Eagles played 5-on-4 in the frontcourt, Liu Mang rushed to the frontcourt to catch up with a three-pointer...and hit it again!

84 to 82, the Eagles once again overtook the score!

It's time for the Rockets to attack again. Yao Ming received the ball on the left side of the three-second zone and hit it short!

Liu Mang rushed back to the basket immediately, and after grabbing the rebound, he directly counterattacked!

The last time Yao Ming was able to cross the half court when Liu Mang was chasing a three-pointer, this time he couldn't even run, but Yao Ming was the kind of character who tried his best, chasing back with all his strength, the harder he worked, the more bitter he was. Seeing that Liu Mang took advantage of the threat brought by the last three-pointer to make an emergency stop outside the three-point line, swaying the chasing man away, then accelerated again and rushed to the inside line to make a layup. Yao Ming still just passed the center line this time, and immediately returned Going to run back and drop low...

After Yao Ming missed twice, Francis also noticed that Yao Ming's physical fitness was failing! It came much earlier than Francis thought!

In Francis' impression, Yao Ming played seven or eight minutes in each game, and his playing time was limited to about 30 minutes, so he could maintain his state throughout the game.

However, today they encountered a little hooligan who is omnipotent. Yao Ming only hit average in the third quarter, and his physical fitness collapsed!

Francis had no choice but to turn on the personal breakthrough mode and fight against the Eagles' cavalry company.

In the second half of the third quarter, the Hawks were able to hold on. After three quarters, the Eagles led 96 to 92, and the Rockets barely kept up with the rhythm. But the scoring area is too wide. The Eagles had to pull out Kwame Brown on the defensive end. Raheem was too short to interfere. The Eagles had an open basket. Well organized.

But at the beginning of the fourth quarter, Van Gundy saw that Yao Ming couldn't hold it anymore, so he had no choice but to put him on the bench first, and replaced Francis, Mobley, Jim Jackson, Morris Taylor, Carol support.

The Eagles continued to send Liu Mang, Jason Terry, Prince, Raheem, and Kwame Brown.

Without Yao Ming, the Rockets only had Francis and Mobley as threats with the ball. Liu Mang tried his best to limit Francis, and Mobley was directly locked by Prince. The Rockets collapsed in the fourth quarter!

Van Gundy pointed out that the current lineup can last until Yao Ming rests enough to come up to pose a threat, but under the leadership of Liu Mang, the Eagles played a wave of 14 to 3 in more than three minutes in the fourth quarter. In one fell swoop, the point difference was opened to 15 points!

Van Gundy called a timeout several times, but Yao Ming was not there, and the gap between the two teams' lineups suddenly reversed. Yao Ming's role in the Rockets cannot be replaced by others. The Eagles' advantage became very obvious. In the middle of the quarter, the Eagles had already led 121 to 100 by 21 points!

Now even if Yao Ming recovers completely, it's useless!

Van Gundy reluctantly replaced the main force and announced his surrender!

The Eagles also replaced the main force. Liu Mang scored 35 points and 12 assists, leading the Eagles to defeat the Rockets in the fourth quarter!

In the end, the Eagles beat the Rockets away 133 to 117!

It seems that the point difference is not big, but the Rockets were beaten 25 to 8 by the Eagles in the fourth and a half quarters. pressure!

Yao Ming scored 43 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists in the first three quarters. It looks like a behemoth as dominant as O'Neal. The superstar in the three quarters is not just talking about it.

But under Liu Mang's strategy and Jeff Van Gundy's poor on-the-spot command, he didn't find the problems Yao Ming encountered. Although the playing time was well controlled, he didn't notice that Yao Ming was targeted. Not losing to teams other than the Spurs, Lakers, Timberwolves, Nets and the full lineup of the Eagles, but the fourth quarter collapsed!

And Liu Mang quietly scored 35 points, 12 assists and 6 rebounds, which is not inferior to Yao Ming's 43+8+7!