Chapter 383 - Fight to the West
In a flash, the first half ended.
The Timberwolves led the Rockets 8 points with 58:50.
“You played well, and you will continue later.”
In the locker room, Adelman slammed Fang Qi and waved his hand: “Ning, Love, wait for your task to score. I want you to beat your opponents with the score. The Rockets are no longer able to rely on Harden alone. No. What’s more, by this time, I’m afraid Harden has lost his confidence, haha…”
Everyone’s eyes were shining and murderous.
This is not a time for soft hands, a battle of sevens, a life-and-death showdown, no room for soft hands, and no one is allowed to be taken lightly. If the opponent is no longer good, then the water dogs must be beaten down.
On the other side, the Rockets locker room.
The atmosphere was a bit dull, and everyone was only concerned about the rest. The entire dressing room was silent, but Harden’s violent gasp seemed to be amplified and became clear and audible.
McHale frowned and sighed in his heart. It wasn’t this situation that happened in today’s game. Since Ning Yi’s comeback, the situation has completely changed, and finally it is unstoppable.
“Let me talk…” McHale shook his head, cheered up, and cheered the players.
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“beep……”
The second half begins.
Both teams are lineups.
The Timberwolves attacked, and Rubio passed the ball to Ning Yi after coming to the frontcourt. After Ning Yi took the ball, the others pulled away, leaving him space for singles.
The difference between nba and some other games is that nba teams rarely use joint defense when defending, almost all use man-to-man defense, because nba players have too much personal ability, and the lack of targeted defense is not conducive to joint defense. Players focus on defensive attention, it is easy for opponents to take advantage of it.
So in the nba game, pulling singles has become a common way.
Especially for nba stars, pulling the singles is their main way of scoring, the offensive people like this, and the defenders are also happy.
This has always been a place with weak meat and strong food and respect for strength. Even if it is not a star player, individual singles are also commonplace and mainstream.
laugh!
Ning Yi broke through and Ariza quickly retreated. He couldn’t stop Ning Yi’s first step. He could only pursue as much as possible. There were teammates behind him to help delay. As long as the delay was instant, he could catch up.
However, they still couldn’t stop Ning Yi. Although Howard had come up to delay, Ning Yi stepped in, forcing Howard to stop. At the next moment, Ning Yi suddenly came to turn around and bypassed Howard. The whole action was flowing and flowing, and he did not give Howard any thoughts. After turning around, he took advantage of the situation and dragged the ball with his hand.
Uh!
The goal is scored.
“nice shot.”
“It’s really beautiful.”
In the audience, home fans applauded and applauded loudly.
Ning Yi turned around and quickly retreated, and the Rockets had launched a counterattack. The ball once again reached Harden. Harden took a deep breath, glanced at his teammates, and wanted to pass the ball, but he saw that the teammates did not have an initiative. To sigh, he decided to single-handedly, he made the same breakthrough as before, and then stepped in Europe.
Snapped!
Harden deflated this time and was slapped by Dion.
Love took the rebound and quickly passed it to Rubio. At this point, Ning Yi had already got off quickly. Rubio took the ball for two steps and found Ning Yi’s position. With a push of both hands, the basketball fell accurately in front of Ning Yi. , Ning Yi took a big step, catching up with the basketball, there was no one in front of him, he grabbed the basketball, took three big steps, and flew up…
“Wow!”
There was a loud bang, and the audience shook with thunder.
This is a beautiful dunk, amazing four.
“The difference is 12 points!”
“The Rockets have to call a timeout.”
People talk.
McHale’s face was green, and it took less than a minute to play. Instead of narrowing the point difference, he was pulled away to 12 points, which was really annoying.
After the players came down, McHale scolded several people with a straight face, and then told them that they must defend well, especially against Ning Yi’s defense. In addition, the offensive end should be steady, don’t worry, take your time, do a good job of defense first, and then seek counterattack, as long as you defend, score, and the difference will catch up sooner or later.
This strategy is true, but the result is not.
The Rockets began to include Ning Yi, Ning Yi reduced his shots, but his response, his ability to contain the defense is still available, can help teammates and create opportunities.
Love, Rubio, Martin, and Dion are also getting more and more excited. Several people are in a state of explosion. The Rockets restricted Ning Yi through the package. Several people of Love were completely opened.
In a few minutes, the point difference widened further, reaching 16 points.
“Hum, we have the advantage of strength, we have the advantage of morale, we have the advantage of the score, you are finished, there is no way to compete with us.” Adelman looked at the Rockets players sneered, he has an absolute advantage on this side, as long as Without problems, the Rockets don’t want to make a comeback.
In the last few minutes of the third quarter, Harden stayed on the court. McHale hoped to reduce the difference in points under his leadership, at least to a very small amount, otherwise it would be difficult to play in the fourth quarter.
But to his dismay, Ning Yi on the Timberwolves has also remained on the court.
Needless to say, Harden’s strength, Ning Yi’s strength is not inferior to Harden. Harden can score, he can, Harden can pass the ball, he can also, although the two of them in this series rarely match directly, but It’s not uncommon for Biao to be staged again at this time, but in the end it’s between Bo Zhong and no one takes advantage.
In a few minutes, the Rockets were still 15 points behind.
Seeing McHale’s face green and terrible, Adelman smiled happily and said to himself: “Want to narrow the score as much as possible, and fight for the reversal in the fourth quarter? You dream, I won’t let it If you wish, if you want to go to Harden, I will go to Ning Yi. You don’t need to wait until the fourth quarter, you will be defeated in the third quarter.”
Adelman knew about McHale’s ideas~www.mtlnovel.com~ but he didn’t plan to win or lose in the fourth quarter, because there was no need for that, and he would not give McHale a chance.
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Soon, the fourth quarter began.
The Rockets did not give up, still trying to counterattack, but it is obviously impossible to rely on Harden alone, more than half of the fourth quarter, the Rockets are still 14 points behind.
At this time, Harden’s state began to decline, and the Timberwolves took the opportunity to quickly expand the point difference to 20 points.
“ended.”
“The Rockets lost.”
In the audience, home fans were excited.
The facts did indeed develop like this. The Rockets returned to the sky with a lack of skills. Although Howard scored consecutive points in the end, they were useless.
In the end, the Timberwolves defeated the Rockets 114:102 at home and won the tie-break. A few days ago, the Warriors had defeated the Clippers, and then the Timberwolves will meet the Warriors in the Western Conference finals.