I really play basketball

Chapter 196 Giant planet, let's fight!
"For the second time in the series, Luke Longley beat Hakeem for the opening jump ball."

"The Warriors attack first, and Star holds the ball at the top of the arc, signaling his teammates to pull away. He is going to play singles!"

"Is Star going to play singles in the opening game? The Rockets will definitely defend him, there is no chance..."

At the commentary seat, when Matt Gudica was analyzing, Lin Xing was already caught in a high position.

The Rockets, as always, had a single defense with the front glider, and Horry put enough pressure on the side.

And, the Warriors are still shorted by Rodman.

"Give me the ball, Sta, my hands are hot, Sta, trust me, Sta!"

On the quiet court, a fool yelled, which was very abrupt.

Lin Xing was engrossed and did not pass the ball.

Instead, he put his back against the glider, separated Hori with one hand, and swayed left and right.

In the end, he suddenly turned over, added a retreat step, and directly retreated beyond the three-point line.

"The step-up jumper from beyond the three-point line, Stadt..."

Matt Gutica shouted, but what followed was a bang.

"The opportunity has already been given, but unfortunately, the goal was not scored."

Lin Xing frowned. He practiced so many three-pointers before the game, but it didn't seem to work.

Turn around, rocket's turn.

Dameng fell to the basket, and the Warriors immediately started zone defense.

Rodman blocked the inside line, and Lin Xing blocked the outside line, directly blocking Dameng from receiving the ball.

On the periphery, Kenny Smith broke through an emergency stop jumper, and with a bang, he also hit an iron.

At the basket, Longley was in position, Rodman grabbed the rebound, but the rebound did not fall by the wayside.

In fact, the Warriors were able to fight the Rockets until the sixth game, and even had a good chance of dragging the game into the tiebreaker, relying on the protection of a single rebound.

Longley, Rodman and Galin, although the main trio can't fight against a big dream.

But the rebounds protected, and the insiders didn't lose much.

With the rebound at hand, Lin Xing received the basketball immediately, turned around and tried to counterattack.

The Rockets retreated quickly, but the speed was still not slow.

Old Nelson's original plan was to play as fast as possible to wear down the Rockets game after game.

But at present, it seems that he thinks too simply.

For the Rockets, a team with rich experience in the playoffs, they can easily make reasonable adjustments or allocate physical energy between each playoff game.

The series has reached the sixth game, and the Rockets have not been dragged down. They can still easily deal with the Warriors' quick whirlwind.

In the frontcourt, Lin Xing, who was advancing with the ball, was still blocked by the glider and Horry.

The counterattack turned into a positional battle. The difference is that this time Lin Xing just stopped the ball, and his position has already reached near the free throw line.

In this position, he can turn around and make a mid-range shot.

Lin Xing did exactly that. He swayed to the left and waved his hand as if to avoid Huo Li on one side, and broke out from the other side.

Just as the glider was moving sideways to block, Huo Li rushed towards Lin Xing in a daze, but Lin Xing turned around and made a jump shot.

Swish-!
"Sta, the mid-range turnaround jumper, played with Clyde and Robert Horry who defended him..."

"The goal is scored, 2 to 0, the away game, the Warriors opened the scoring first!"

On the court, Lin Xing clenched his fist and waved it fiercely.

Sure enough, for this kind of crucial battle, CIC has to come in handy.

A mid-range shot made a 2-0 start.

Next, with the Rockets' offense, Dameng continued to land in the penalty area.

It seems that they don't know how they won G5.

But actually, they know it.

Dameng's CIC explosion happened in the second half, although it has a lot to do with Dameng's appearance at a high position in the second half.

But the more important thing is that there were one hit in the penalty area in the first half, which made the big dream more and more hot.

It can be seen that the accumulation in the restricted area is also very important.

In this game, the Rockets still let Dameng kill the Quartet in the restricted area first, and then raised to a high position, directly shooting down the idea of ​​​​winning the game.

The passiveness at the beginning is acceptable to them.

Moreover, it is not certain who is passive at the beginning.

For this wave of offense, Lin Xing and Rodman joined hands and continued to block the Rockets' passing route.

But on the periphery, Kenny Smith broke through Xiao Chong's defense and made another mid-range shot.

Swish-!
Lin Xing was a little helpless when the crisp sound of wiping the net sounded.

He thought of the content of the chat he had with Old Nelson before the game, the defense, hidden dangers and influence of Xiao Chong, they were indeed too great.

Rationally speaking, if Xiao Chong is sent away, the Warrior will indeed become stronger.

Of course, that doesn't mean the team that traded for Worm will be weaker.

In fact, it is because the Warriors have Lin Xing, a super giant who needs to have the ball in his hand to play his best role, so Xiao Chong seems a little redundant.

If the team is changed, for example, the old Nelson said that the bullet was intended for the bug, or the Warriors fell to the Rockets again, and the bug has a high probability of being the next home of the Hornets.

After getting the bug, the strength will only increase.

Whether it's the bullets or the Hornets, the strength inside is strong enough.

What they lack is just an outside star who can help them combine inside and outside.

Xiao Chong is such an outside star.

Back to the game, with a score of 2 to 2, it was the Warriors' turn to attack again.

Lin Xing controlled the basketball, and wanted to make another mid-range shot.

But this time without the help of a counterattack, he was directly stuck outside the three-point line.

Outside the three-point line, Lin Xing still swayed left and right, trying to rush in.

But under the double defense, the glider blocked the way, and Horika died in Lin Xing's original position.

Lin Xing couldn't get in at all, and if he continued to control the ball, there was not much time to attack.

Although on the far side, Rodman was yelling again.

Lin Xing sent back a message and found Xiao Chong.

Worm's singles, he one step past Kenny Smith.

Faced with the threat of Dameng's penalty area, he chose a mid-range emergency stop jumper, and turned his head after the shot.

Lin Xing saw the reaction and knew the ball was gone.

Sure enough, with a bang, Xiao Chong continued to hit the iron.

After the Rockets' offense, Dameng received the ball for the first time since the start of the game.

In the penalty area, Dameng easily crushed Langley who was defending him alone, turned around and hit a layup with a hook.

4 to 2, the Rockets got the advantage.

But it was only a short-lived advantage, because in the next round, Lin Xing once again attracted the defense from the top of the arc.

Then a split ball created another chance for Xiao Chong to play one-on-one.

One-on-one, Kenny Smith is no match for Xiao Chong at all.

The only question is whether the mid-range bug can make the ball under the defense of Pete Chilkat.

This time, he raised his hand.

With a bang, 4 to 4 tie!
After the game, it was like everything was back to the original point.

The Rockets' offense, or they find an opportunity to pass the ball into the penalty area.

Dameng easily solved the opponent, and the Rockets scored easily.

Either on the periphery, Kenny Smith or the glider randomly attack one.

In or not, it all depends on luck.

On the whole, at the beginning of the game, the Warriors' offensive efficiency is slightly higher than that of the Rockets.

The main reason is that the success rate of Xiao Chong's singles against Kenny Smith is a bit high, not to mention one hit.

At least, it is also a level where five players can enter three.

But at the end of the first quarter, the Warriors led the Rockets by 27 points with a score of 22 to 5.

For the Warriors who have reached the edge of the cliff, this 5-point advantage can only give them a temporary joy, but cannot give them complete security.

Therefore, the old Nelson was still very nervous during the break.

It is certain that Lin Xing is spinning continuously. The problem now is that in the second quarter, Xiao Chong will have to rest.

During Xiao Chong's rest period, the question of who can break the game when Lin Xing was pinched, directly made Old Nelson frown.

He thought about it, and glanced from the Warriors' bench, and all he could see was a madman.

"Latrier, the next offensive burden will be handed over to you."

The madman nodded solemnly, and he took on this arduous task.

Lin Xing was not overly worried, because he knew that the madman, who was also not slow in his first step, should still be able to play some role against the Rockets' outside defenders except for the glider.

but……

Including Old Nelson, Lin Xing and even Madman, they didn't expect that the 5-point lag in the first quarter directly inspired the Rockets' fighting spirit.

In the second quarter, Dameng began to appear in a high position.

"Hakeem, he sideways to Sam Cassell for a one-up, and the Warriors switch.  …

Hakeem met Chris Mullin's defense, and he shot directly from the middle distance! "

Swish-!
When the crisp sound of wiping the net sounded, what Lin Xing saw was a cold face of Dameng.

As for the Warriors' offense, Lin Xing was still blocked by the Rockets' pinch defense, and the madman first continued the Warriors' offensive firepower.

But as the game progressed, the madman hit more and more irons.

Dameng's mid-range has also improved more and more, and the Rockets have gradually eroded the Warriors' few advantages.

Even a few minutes later, with a score of 36 to 35, they achieved a lead in the score.

Old Nelson frowned and called a timeout, and changed back to Xiao Chong in advance.

But in the second half of the second quarter, Xiao Chong's early appearance only delayed the Rockets' pace of expanding their lead.

At the end of the half, 56 to 51, the Warriors became the side that was 5 points behind.

In the commentary booth, Matt Gutica blew up his big dreams——

"Hakeem started to reap the game again. In the second quarter, he scored 16 points. In the middle distance, he almost hit every shot!"

百发百中的大梦半场23分7个篮板2个助攻1个抢断2个盖帽，所有人的第一反应是——统治！
Since he became a general in the Western Conference semifinals, Dameng has shown his invincible dominance.

Playing the Spurs, he showed invincible inside dominance.

Against the Rockets, he is still invincible inside, but in the middle distance, he has also begun to kill all directions.

"If this continues, the Rockets will win two consecutive championships..."

What, the Rockets haven't beaten the Warriors yet?

Matt Gudica believes that if the current trend continues, the Rockets will be able to win the Warriors in six games.

warrior?It is already a lamb to be slaughtered.

At the end of halftime, Lin Xing left the court with a heavy expression.

He didn't play well in the first half.

The Rockets' pinch defense put a lot of pressure on him. He could shoot against the pinch defense from outside the three-point line, but his shooting percentage was really poor.

Although I always feel that the mid-range shot can kill the game, he can't get into the three-point line at all, let alone a mid-range shot.

and many more……

Can't make it to the three-point line?

In the player channel, the frowning Lin Xing suddenly thought of a way to easily enter the middle distance.

……

A tense intermission passed, and Lin Xing didn't know if the Rockets had adjusted.

What he knew was that the old Nelson had surrounded him and made big changes.

Before the start of the second half of the game, the referee blew his whistle, and both sides started the game.

On the Rockets side, Sam Cassell, Glider, Horry, Pete Chilkat and Big Dream.

Compared with the opening starters, the only change is that Kenny Smith replaced the aliens.

This is still Tang Shuai's impromptu response, because the aliens performed better at this point in the game.

For the Warriors, things have changed a lot.

From point guard to center, they are Lin Xing, Madman, Rodman, Chris Gatlin and Longley.

In the commentary seat, Matt Gudica looked confused.

"Extremely huge lineup, old Nelson forgot how to lose in G1?"

In G1, the Warriors just lost to the big lineup, which made the offense impossible to play at all.

Now the Warriors have put up a big lineup like a gourd painting. Doesn't this mean to give up the game?
Gudika could guess that Old Nelson was probably desperate.

But so desperately, it is a bit astray, and he is very pessimistic.

The first attack of the third quarter, the Rockets' round.

The Warriors' big man lineup immediately played a role. The pick-and-roll at the top of the arc, Lin Xing and Rodman's defense, locked the big dream.

Dameng did not believe in evil and made a mid-range shot against Lin Xing's defense, but it hit the iron with a bang.

"The defense of the big lineup worked, but this is only one round. Whether it can completely lock the Rockets' offense depends on the next few rounds..."

At the basket, Gatlin grabbed the rebound.

In the Warriors' round, what was surprising was that Lin Xing, as the Warriors' only ball-holding point, did not hold the ball after Xiao Chong went down.

The man who holds the ball is the madman, and he is the remaining half of the Warriors' two and a half ball-holding points.

He brought the ball to the front court, and then everyone saw Lin Xing standing empty-handed to the waist.

Turning around, he jammed the glider that was facing him.

After that, the madman gave the ball to Lin Xing with a simple short pass.

"Waist position, Star catches the ball and turns his back to Clyde, ready to play singles."

"Robert Horry rushed up directly. Now the Warriors are an extremely large lineup, and the Rockets' defense is even more unscrupulous."

Matt Gudica frowned, he felt that the Warriors were playing in a self-destructive style.

An extremely large lineup ruined his own offense, and it seemed that it also ruined the Rockets' offense.

It seems that there is a little chance, but he knows that once the Rockets find a breakthrough on the offensive end, the game will be over directly.

but……

He didn't expect that Lin Xing, who was leaning on the glider at the waist, separated Huo Li with one hand, turned over confidently, and directly shot a jumper.

"Sta, he didn't pass the ball. Indeed, he didn't have any good passers. He turned around and shot directly from the mid-range..."

As soon as the words fell, huh——!
"Go in, actually go in?!"

Matt Gudica is a bit unbelievable, but the fact is that Lin Xing scored this mid-range shot one-on-two.

On the sidelines, Old Nelson, who was holding a heart, suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.

"The next step is to see what kind of results the university can play in one-on-two..."

In short, Old Nelson has completely put Bao on Lin Xing.

What he wants to fight is a real giant planet!

(End of this chapter)