1novels Chapter 429 Duncan's Wisdom
Chapter 429 Duncan's Wisdom
Chapter 429 Duncan's Wisdom
In the Compaq Center, after a period of calmness at halftime, the madness of the fans gradually subsided.
"God, who can tell me why David Stern made such an arrangement? It's unbelievable!!" Seeing the reaction of the fans, Drexler was secretly relieved At the same time, I can't help but feel incomprehensible to Stern's decision!
With Stern's many years of management and shrewdness, it is very unimaginable that such a major mistake in this game has caused great trouble to others!
If these people knew that Stern was also greatly tempted, which made him make such a big mistake, I don't know how these people would react!
On the court, the familiar figure of the Rocket Bear kept interacting with the fans around him, some gave small gifts, and some picked up his bloated jersey in a funny way. After the excitement, the fans in the stands finally returned to normal!
"drop!!"
Suddenly, the whistle sounded that the second half was about to start in the stadium. When the players of both sides came out of the player tunnel with different expressions, the fans in the stands were still screaming and cheering loudly because of the adrenaline secretion in the first half!
"Remember what I said?" Wilkens looked at his players very seriously, and after seeing them nodding, he said slowly: "I know how you feel, but the Warriors don't need these things. Yes, don’t forget who your boss is!!”
"Haha, that's true!!" Barkley suddenly laughed and looked at the puzzled Bruce, and now he finally put aside the strangeness of his previous instinct.
"Okay, gentlemen, now why don't we use a victory to make more fans love you?" Wilkens looked at Barkley helplessly, and finally showed a slight smile.
"drop!!"
The whistle blew, and the referee on duty quickly ran to the court a little depressed.
"Gentlemen, I really don't want any accidents to happen again. I hope you can return to normal. If it is still like the first half, I will make some penalties without hesitation!!" Afterwards, he began to worry about his future. If it wasn't because of him before the start of the game, the players of the two teams would probably play more normally. However, it was his words that completely drove them crazy!
"Okay, sir!"
As the players nodded, the referee on duty smiled bitterly, and then handed the ball to Morris Taylor, who was already standing on the bottom line.
Francis looked at the referee who was standing on the sideline and stared at him, a trace of disdain subconsciously flashed in his eyes!
Later, after receiving a pass from Taylor, Francis still brought the ball to the front court very quickly like a fierce leopard!
Since Yao Ming joined the Rockets, they had to change the existing tactical system.
Although Francis' impact is unparalleled, they have to add a lot of positional offense to their tactics after having Yao Ming, a big man!
Just like now, Yao Ming tried his best to hold Duncan behind him. After Francis ran left and right, he carefully handed the basketball to Yao Ming inside!
"Snapped!!"
While receiving the pass, Yao Ming could clearly feel Duncan's boost behind him.
Duncan tried his best to stick close to Yao Ming. Because of his height, he had to firmly block Yao Ming's body in order to reduce the opponent's pass after the height advantage.
Seeing Yao Ming catch the ball, Bruce, who was sitting in the stands, couldn't help but look forward to it!
On the court, I saw that the Rockets players did not start running quickly, but stared at the duel between the two inside!
Seeing this scene, Tomjanovich couldn't help feeling depressed for a while.
After Yao Ming joined the Rockets, in order to give him enough room for growth, Tomjanovich formulated a lot of tactics around Yao Ming.
While taking Yao Ming as the axis, he asked other players to move quickly so that they could receive Yao Ming's pass at any time.
However, now that the Rockets players "stand still" on the court, it really made him feel depressed.
Seeing that Yao Ming was still struggling to break through Duncan's defense, Francis finally stood up!
Under the defense of Billups, he quickly ran to the right like a calf!
Seeing Francis' action, Yao Ming passed the basketball without saying a word!
"Snapped!"
As soon as he received the basketball, Francis said excitedly to Billups who rushed over to him, "Dude, it seems that your speed is a bit slow!"
"Really?" Billups's eyes flashed a trace of solemnity very quickly, and then he opened his arms and pressed them against Francis.
"Aha!!" The moment Billups was about to get close to the body, the excitement on Francis's face suddenly became stronger, his shoulders shook rapidly, and then he rushed to the inside line with a strong impact as if he was stepping on a hot wheel!
Seeing Francis' actions, Duncan, who was entangled with Yao Ming, did not go to intercept him, but after a flash of wisdom flashed in his eyes, he still entangled with Yao Ming!
Seeing that Duncan did not break free from Yao Ming's entanglement, the excitement on Francis' face suddenly turned into excitement. When he ran a step away from the restricted area on the right, his whole body jumped up like a cannonball! !
"boom!!"
There was a bang, and as Francis roared excitedly while hanging on the basket, the fans in the stands shouted even more excitedly.
"Wow, Steve is a very explosive player. Don't forget, he is a strong player who has participated in two slam dunk contests!" Drexler said excitedly, waving his hands uncontrollably !
Francis dunk, brought great confidence to the Rockets.
After that, the Rockets, under the impact of Francis again and again, kept narrowing the difference between the two sides.
Seeing this situation, Wilkens did not call a timeout, but looked at Duncan thoughtfully!
In the last 3 minutes of the third quarter, Duncan suddenly called the rest of his teammates over after Francis made another excited mid-range shot!
"Guys, now that Steve has gone crazy, our performance will be next, are you ready?" Duncan said loudly to his teammates with a smile flashing in his eyes.
"certainly!!"
It turned out that after Francis completed the dunk, Duncan deliberately spoke out his plan next to several people.
His intention is very simple. All players who know Francis know his performance on the court.
Once his shooting percentage and excitement are "fed" out, this guy will endlessly hit the opponent's basket!
It is precisely because of this that although Francis has excited all the fans who love him, his hot-headed behavior is undoubtedly a great flaw in the eyes of some teams!
In the next 3 minutes, under the respective hits of Duncan and Nowitzki, the Warriors did score a little bit, but obviously expanded their lead.
When the third quarter ended, Drexler and Moses Malone couldn't help being very awkward in this quarter of the game between the Warriors and the Rockets!
In this section of the game, the two of them felt very good, but watching Francis hit the basket again and again and scored points for the Rockets, it seemed extremely exciting!
However, when the final score of this quarter came out, everyone couldn't help but feel a little weird!
"Hehe, these guys are really rotten!" After Bruce finished this quarter, he understood Duncan's intentions.
Especially after seeing Francis attack again and again and go it alone, this scene can't help but remind Bruce of the way the Rockets played when they had Yao Ming in the early stage!
In contrast, the Rockets seemed very gorgeous and exciting under Francis' impact style of play, while the Warriors were like frogs boiled in warm water, silently expanding their lead little by little.
"Beautiful work!!"
Back off the field, Wilkens immediately praised Duncan and others for their performance, obviously very satisfied with their performance!
"Hehe, Lenny, it seems we need some playing time!" Barkley smiled and threw the towel to Duncan and the others one by one, and then said to Wilkens with a fighting spirit.
Because of the emotional issues of the players, Wilkens basically kept Duncan on the court for a whole quarter.
Now hearing Barkley's request, he smiled and nodded to Barkley!
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Warriors continued to attack the Rockets' lineup with a starting lineup that was no less than a bad team!
As for the Rockets, I don't know if Francis has started his brain fever again. Under the strong impact of the Warriors, there is basically no one else who can help the Rockets except him. Even Yao Ming is struggling a bit!
When the two teams hit the 8th minute, Tomjanovich finally couldn't stand it anymore!
"drop!!"
A pause made the Rockets players subconsciously feel relieved!
The first thing Tomjanovich did when they walked off the court was to replace Francis with smaller guard Mookie Norris.
"Oh, God! Rudy, are you crazy??" Francis looked at Tomjanovich in disbelief, very dissatisfied with this arrangement!
"Steve, you need to calm down!" Tomjanovich's eyes flashed with displeasure, he ignored him, and continued directly: "Yao, you need to take more balls, Tim is not terrible, I hope you can fight more resolutely!!"
Hearing Tomjanovich's words, Yao Ming subconsciously glanced at the depressed Francis, hesitated for a moment, and subconsciously nodded!
For Yao Ming, he needs more opportunities to get the ball to further develop himself. No one can always be a foil without thinking about making progress.
Later, the lineups of the two sides changed again, and the Warriors put Wallace, Ginobili, Barkley, Mark Jackson and Kirilenko on the court.
For the Rockets, Yao Ming, Eric Griffin, James Posey, Cutino Mobley and Mucci Norris came on!
Seeing the familiar figures of the Rockets players, Bruce couldn't help expressing emotion: "How many of them will be left next year?"
With the appearance of substitutes from both sides, even though the Rockets played a 6-0 spurt under the explosion of Yao Ming, the gap was as high as 13 points, and they were still 2 points behind the Warriors after entering the last 7 minutes. pull back.
When the game ended with a score of 110:98, the Rockets fans screamed and were very dissatisfied with the result of the game!
"In this game, the Rockets scored some exciting goals, but the strong performance of the Warriors and their strong substitute lineup are still difficult for the Rockets to compete for the time being!"
After the game, Drexler had a look of confusion on his face, and made the following comments about the game!
As he said, in this game, except for the crazy moves in the first half, the Warriors in the second half once again returned to their status as a strong player in the league.
Especially the ability of Wallace and others, this has brought great trouble to the Rockets!
In this game, Yao Ming's performance in the second half made everyone see his room for growth and his good basketball talent.
His height, flexible movements and soft touch, these abilities left a very deep impression on the fans!
At the end of the game, the Warriors will take a day off and continue to another city in Texas, Dallas! !
(End of this chapter)