NBA: The man who passed the ball to Yao Ming

到此时，张金水已经15投9中，三分球8投5中，罚球2罚2中，拿下25分7助攻3篮板3抢断。

Although the score is not as high as Arenas, but considering Zhang Jinshui's successful defense against Arenas several times in the first quarter, as well as a series of unnatural operations such as logo shots in this quarter, and relying on his own strength to help the Rockets The team overtook the score.

Intuitively, Zhang Jinshui's overall performance in this game was better than Arenas'. In the stands of the MIC Center Arena, the noisy Wizards fans finally dared not point fingers at Zhang Jinshui.

But at this time, Zhang Jinshui's arsenal was already empty, and there was a little problem with his physical strength.

Fortunately, Zhang Jinshui's performance just now helped the Rockets offset the advantage in the lineup obtained by the Wizards Trident with their physical advantages, and at the same time helped Yao Ming get enough rest time.

After returning to the court again, Yao Ming immediately began to grab the offensive position in the interior.

In the first three quarters, Wizards center Jared Jeffries, who was fouled 4 times because of defending Yao Ming, only played for 15 minutes, and his stamina bar was almost full.

At this point, he had already suffocated, and wanted to rely on his physical strength to fight against Yao Ming in the fourth quarter. He even waved his hands so that Arenas and Butler would not have to do the pick-and-roll for him.

However, Yao Ming quickly turned around and passed the opponent after receiving the ball twice in a row, went inside and completed a dunk, letting the opponent know that his defense was not worth mentioning in front of Yao Ming.

The Rockets' lead also took advantage of the trend to 99 points of 94 to 5.

Next, the head coach of the Wizards began to ask the players to double-team Yao Ming again, and Yao Ming also timely distributed the ball to Zhang Jinshui and McGrady, who had better offensive space from the outside.

They also assisted the supportive brother to hit a three-pointer after a breakthrough and a pull-up jumper to help the Rockets continue to pull the score to 106 to 96, and completely grasped the rhythm of the game.

Although in the last 2 minutes of the fourth quarter, the Wizards returned from a timeout, relying on Arenas and Butler's touch to warm up, and hit consecutive three-pointers from the outside, helping the Wizards narrow the score to 5 points again.

However, in less than a minute at the end of the game, Zhang Jinshui's purple badge [Fu Lin Xin Zhi] was randomly activated.

He took the ball to the frontcourt, first consumed the game time to the last 30 seconds, and then, under the desperate eyes of all Wizards fans, he easily hit a three-pointer with a three-pointed gun mount .

The Rockets' lead has returned to 8 points, and the game time is only the last 30 seconds left.

There is absolutely no suspense in this game.

After trying to shoot a three-pointer in the last attack but failed, Arenas no longer snatched the basketball controlled by Zhang Jinshui.

He walked up to Zhang Jinshui, and after the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, he stepped forward and gave Zhang Jinshui a high-five, and said with some coyness: "Zhang Jinshui, you are indeed as good as the media described. I want to apologize for the disrespectful remarks I made to you earlier."

It can be seen that Arenas still feels a little embarrassed by pulling his face down and apologizing to a rookie, but his straightforward character still makes him, a superstar in the league, bow his head to Zhang Jinshui.

Zhang Jinshui smiled, because of some unhappiness during the game, his favor towards Arenas was exhausted and returned.

Frankly speaking, in the last life, Arenas' peak period was actually very short. After the 06-07 season, he quickly disappeared from people's eyes due to injuries.

Most of the last memories of NBA fans about him are the incident of him threatening his teammates with a gun in the locker room. There are even many people who complain that Arenas has not seriously helped the Wizards after he got a big contract. Having played ball, it is an out-and-out contract film.

However, the actual situation is only known to those senior fans who really care about Arenas. Arenas is by no means the kind of typical black player who squanders his talent and releases himself as soon as he gets a big contract in the eyes of the public.

In fact, when Arenas first entered the public eye, his static talent was really mediocre.

When he participated in the NBA draft, like Zhang Jinshui, he was not favored by the scouts and coaches of various NBA teams. In the end, he was selected by the Warriors in the second round.

Afterwards, Arenas, who was ashamed and courageous, threw himself directly into the arena.

After several months of hard training day and night, Arenas has finally grown from a second-round pick without the ball to a rotation player of the team, a new star in the league, and finally a generation of top superstars.

What Zhang Jinshui admires the most is that during this process, Arenas has never lowered his demands on himself, and he still spends every day in the arena and gym.

However, it is regrettable that it is the too hard training rhythm that has overdrawn Arenas' health, causing him to be reimbursed for several consecutive seasons, and gradually fade out of people's sight.

It is also the anguish of not being able to continue the game that has affected Arenas' behavior to a certain extent and allowed some other lace news about him outside the court to occupy the public's attention.

Later, because of the gun time in the locker room, all the media agreed that Arenas had fallen and sentenced him to death.

But the actual situation is that even after his career was reimbursed due to injuries, Arenas never resigned himself to depravity, but actively devoted himself to basketball promotion and coaching activities.

After a friendly meeting with Arenas for the next rematch, Zhang Jinshui refused to be interviewed by the on-site media, and followed Yao Mai and other teammates back to the locker room.

在这场最终比分为115比107的客场胜利中，张金水16投10中，三分球9投6中，罚球2罚2中，拿下28分8助攻5篮板3抢断。

In terms of statistics, he is actually comparable to Yao Ming's 25 points, 15 rebounds and 3 blocks, and McGrady's 28 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists. The best player of the game, and participated in the post-game conference with Yao Ming, Tracy McGrady and Van Gundy.

After the press conference, Zhang Jinshui and the others rushed to the parking lot of the MIC Center Arena, met with other Rockets players and staff waiting there, and then got on the Rockets bus and rushed directly to Washington Airport.

When they boarded the Rockets' special plane, departed from Washington Airport on time, and arrived at Cleveland Airport, Ohio, it was already 1 o'clock in the morning local time.

For the Rockets, who are back to back and running away from home, and have just played a fierce game, this rushing rhythm is really too exaggerated.

However, there is also an advantage to doing so, that is, the rocket soldiers will not have to suffer from the fatigue of the journey tomorrow, and they can have a good rest for a day.

As the Rockets drove from the Cleveland airport to their hotel, Van Gundy communicated with Dawson about his promise during the game that the players would be rested against the Cavaliers.

Every rest in the past was actually announced to the Rockets after Van Gundy discussed with Morey in advance and obtained the approval of Mr. Alexander.

This time, Van Gundy made this decision rashly during the game, and directly told the Rockets players that it was indeed suspected of cutting first and playing later.

However, Dawson immediately expressed [-]% support for Van Gundy's decision.

Like Van Gundy and the Rockets, Dawson at this time is no longer satisfied with getting a good ranking in the regular calculation. Only the championship is what can really make him famous.

Dawson, who worked as an assistant coach for the Rockets for 16 years before becoming the general manager, naturally knows that health is the most important thing if he is competing for the championship.

After communicating with Van Gundy and other players, Dawson symbolically called Mr. Alexander and got a direct answer from the boss.

In the final analysis, the Rockets' current record is too impressive.

Both Alexander and Dawson are naturally willing to give Van Gundy and the Rockets more autonomy.

The next afternoon, Van Gundy arranged a recovery training at a private basketball gym next to the Cleveland Hilton Hotel, and announced the specific arrangements for the rotation after the training.

Zhang Jinshui, McGrady and Battier all played more than or close to 40 minutes in the game against the Wizards, so naturally they must take turns.

Because of the time and rhythm that Zhang Jinshui fought for in the fourth quarter, Yao Ming's playing time did not increase. In fact, Yao Ming can take rotations or not.

However, since it has been decided to strategically give up the game against the Cavaliers, there is no point in putting Yao Ming on the court to try his best. He naturally also appeared on the rotation list.

In addition to them, although Uncle Mu only played for 10 minutes in the game, because of his age and Yao Ming's important substitute at the center position, he was also placed on the rotation list by Van Gundy.

The only exception is Sprewell. With the 37-year-old "advanced age" of his foster brother and his status as the most important scoring point in the Rockets besides Yao Maishui, Van Gundy must also want to arrange for him to take turns.

But the foster brother refused to agree, claiming that he usually played too little playing time under the shadow of Yao Maishui, and that he had to play in the game against the Cavaliers to have fun.

In the end, Van Gundy had no choice but to line up the starting lineup of center Birdman Anderson, power forward Uncle Huo, small forward Sprewell, shooting guard JR Smith and point guard Alston.

Others, such as Luther Hyde and Joan Barry, who rarely appear in the Rockets' regular rotation, will also get plenty of playing time.

Such a lineup is naturally difficult to pose any threat to the Cavaliers, which ranks third in the Eastern Conference this season.

This season, with the young emperor James averaging 30 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists per game, coupled with the full support of Israeli center Ilgustas, power forward Gooden and defensive champion Larry Hughes, he has been in a long-term position. The Cleveland Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference finally see hope of revival.

At 7:[-] p.m. local time in Cleveland, when the game between the Cavaliers and the Rockets was about to start, James Jr. found out that Yao Ming, Tracy McGrady and Zhang Jinshui were not among the players standing on the field. drooped up.

Obviously, he was very dissatisfied that the Rockets chose to rest in this game, and only sent a group of substitutes to entangle with himself.

After the opening, James immediately crushed JR Smith with the ball and entered the Rockets penalty area. Against Chuck Hayes' defense, he completed a powerful dunk.

This ball also seemed to set the tone for today's game in advance.

In the first quarter, the little emperor did not rest for a minute, and even made a sudden pass. He contributed 1 points and 28 assists in all the Cavaliers' 10 points, helping the Cavaliers lead the Rockets by 5 points 28-12 .

During this process, the little emperor completed two more dunks, and after he succeeded, he raised his fingers and pointed at the Rockets bench. Dissatisfaction with their rotation.

In the second quarter, taking advantage of the rest of the little emperor James, the temporary backcourt of the foster brother and JR Smith began to play, helping the Rockets narrow the score difference to less than 10 points.

However, with the little emperor James back on the court, the Rockets' trailing point difference was once again opened.

When halftime ended, the Cavaliers had a 55-35 lead over the Rockets by as much as 20 points.

Considering that the Rockets do not have any core other than the foster brother, the imposing coach did not send James to play in the third quarter, but let the former Cavaliers All-Star guard Larry Hughes and center Ilguez Tass led the Cavaliers to play and once opened the point difference to 30 points.

Then, the Cavaliers began to withdraw all the main players, Mingjin retreated, and ended a game that had attracted much media attention, but in the end it became dull due to the sudden rotation of the Rockets.

As for the little emperor James' complaints about the Rockets disrespecting him at the post-match press conference, the Rockets naturally no one took it to heart.

Zhang Jinshui knows very well that the current little emperor James is still too young.

However, it won't be too long in the future, when the little emperor finds out that simply performing well in some regular season games and winning is not enough for him to gain praise from the outside world, he will naturally set his sights on the championship trophy, At that time, he will also know the importance of health and rest, and will become one of the most important players in the [NBA Championship] game for a long time to come.

Only now.The little emperor James is not enough to attract the attention of the Rockets.

After finishing the game, the Rockets rested in Cleveland for the night and gathered in the hotel lobby early the next morning for their next stop, Toronto.