naaapseattle Chapter 669 Strong opening, Curry evolves!
Chapter 669 Strong opening, Curry evolves!
After the first quarter, the score was fixed at 40:20.
The point difference is already exaggerated, but the disparity in the scene is actually even more terrifying.
The Rockets' offense was nearly unstoppable.
Especially Stephen Curry!
He made 10 of 8 shots in the first quarter, including 5 of 4 three-pointers.
In 10 minutes of playing time, Curry has scored 20 points!
His scoring alone is enough to offset the entire Spurs team!
This kind of firepower was something that the fans did not expect before the game.
But that's not the most exciting thing for Rockets fans...
After the first quarter, what surprised and excited everyone the most was the change in Curry!
Moe God has evolved!
Last season, although he often had impressive performances and ultra-long three-pointers were commonplace, overall, Curry's performance was still relatively young.
More often, he is used to the role of attracting firepower and helping McGrady and Yao Ming to open up space.
But in today's game, Curry gave people the feeling that...he is the ace of this "new" Rockets!
In the words of Director Zhang——
"Curry played too confidently today! As long as halftime is over, he can confidently shoot at any moment."
"It gives me the feeling that as long as Curry makes a shot, the ball will be there!"
"It's horrific... We can feel the horror from the perspective of the bystanders. It's hard to imagine what kind of mental state his opponents will have when they defend him."
"It is said that the playoffs are the best soil to breed superstars. If Curry can continue his performance in the first quarter, I think McGrady will take over the torch in the Rockets!"
Unlike Zhang Weiping's astonishment, Shen Fei was not surprised by Curry's amazing performance.
After all, in the original time and space, Curry has performed many times more exaggerated performances than this section.
When he turns on the "Day and Day" mode, it is not uncommon for the game to be spent within one quarter!
Moreover, Shen Fei has no doubt that Curry can continue to perform well.
This is the winner of two consecutive mvp, one of which was unanimously elected mvp!
For a star of this level, apart from injuries, nothing can limit him.
Now, Shen Fei is more curious about whether the Rockets can maintain the intensity of the game when Curry is off the court and Yao Ming is also resting.
"Time to bench. Come on, show."
Shen Fei was in a good mood, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, and murmured.
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At the beginning of the second quarter, Mark Jackson really replaced many substitute players.
Shu Hao, who took a break earlier in the first quarter, returned to the court.
And his partner in the backcourt was actually another Huaxia player—Sun Yue.
Seeing the appearance of these two people, CCTV commentator Yu Jiaxi was overjoyed and said: "We have seen the Huaxia Twin Towers before, and today we are fortunate to see the Huaxia Twin Guns appear together again!"
Zhang Weiping on the side nodded and sighed: "In 08, we said that this group of people headed by Yao Ming and Wang Zhizhi was the golden generation of the Chinese men's basketball team. Looking at it now, the upper limit of the men's basketball team is far more than that. Next year The Olympic Games will be our new pinnacle!"
Look at the frontcourt again.
George was replaced by Klay Thompson, while the UAE was replaced by Leonard Huaxia.
As for the center position, Mark Jackson dispatched Blake Griffin, who had long been eager to try.
Shuhao, Sun Yue, Thompson, Leonard, Griffin.
The five members of this lineup are all about two meters tall, which can be regarded as the second round of the "Ultimate Basketball" lineup!
On the other hand, for the Spurs, Parker went off to rest, and Ginobili came on with a group of substitutes.
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The game restarted, and the Spurs served in the backcourt.
Corey Joseph has the ball ready to advance.
But before he took two steps, Sun Yue forced him up and started to press the defense.
Joseph didn't expect that the opponent would defend so fiercely as soon as he came up, and Sun Yue slapped the ball as soon as he hit the face, almost making a mistake.
Fortunately, Joseph reacted quickly and quickly regained control of the ball, then turned sideways to protect the ball.
Sun Yue won't forgive anyone, and continues to press forward.
While protecting the ball sideways, Joseph advanced steadily.
When he passed halftime, he saw that Sun Yue made a bigger attack, so he wanted to take advantage of the situation and make a turn to pass the latter.
Unexpectedly, Sun Yue predicted Joseph's movement, and with a ghostly hand, he touched the basketball again.
Joseph was shocked and turned around to save the ball.
This time, although he protected the basketball again, it still took too long.
"Beep!"
The whistle sounded, and the Spurs took eight seconds as an example, and the possession of the ball was directly converted.
Sun Yue silently clenched her fists to cheer herself up.
Among the fans at the scene, many did not go to Las Vegas to watch the summer league.
In their eyes, Sun Yue is still the patron saint of the drinking fountain who couldn't play at all last season.
I haven't seen him for a few months now, but this Huaxia point guard has such an amazing defensive performance when he comes up...
The fans were all surprised.
Some face-blind fans asked in the stands:
"When did our team have such a number one man?"
"Is this a newly signed player this year? The defense is good, it feels a bit like Tony Allen!"
Looking back to the field, the Rockets serve from the sideline.
Sun Yue passed the ball to Griffin in the low post.
After Shafen took the ball, his teammates pulled away one after another to maximize the offensive space.
And defending Griffin is the Spurs' big shooter-Matt Bonner.
Bonner has a height of 2 meters, which is not inferior to Griffin in terms of size.
But...the difference in dynamic talent between the two is too great!
I saw Griffin speed up his breakthrough step by step, and Bonner was easily passed.
The next moment, the white monster came out of the cage...
"bang!"
Griffin made a good start for his new season with a one-handed tomahawk dunk that shocked everyone!
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In the transition between offense and defense, Ginobili dribbled the ball to the three-point line, suddenly cast a cold arrow, and made a long shot.
"Shu~"
Basketball hollow into the net!
42:23, this goal is very important to the Spurs!
But the good times didn't last long. Not long after Manu Ginobili's three-pointer was scored, the Rockets were about to serve the bottom line.
Jeremy entered Leonard's pass and rushed towards the Spurs half court at full speed.
Brother Hao already possessed extremely fast speed.
After being equipped with the [Owen Dribbling Bag], his sense of the ball has improved qualitatively, and his speed of advancing with the ball has also improved a lot, making it a step further!
Nowadays, even outside beasts like Wall and Rose dare not say that they are stronger than Shu Hao in terms of absolute speed (but their explosive power is still much stronger than Shu Hao).
At this moment, Brother Hao turned into a white lightning, directly killing the Spurs' hinterland.
Joseph retreated with all his strength, trying to follow Jeremy Lin's side.
But near the three-point line, Shuhao lowered his center of gravity and accelerated again, completely throwing Joseph away.
At this time, the Spurs power forward, Dior, known as the Gaul magician, stood in front of Shuhao.
Don't look at Dior being fat, Brother Diao's bounce is really not bad!
I saw him raise his hands high, take off vertically, and successfully interfered with Shuhao's layup.
The ball hit the rim and bounced out of the basket.
Ginobili rushed to the basket, ready to receive the rebound.
But the moment he jumped up, he suddenly felt shrouded in a shadow...
It's Leonard!
He didn't know when he rushed into the Spurs penalty area, jumped high, and took off the rebound on Ginobili's head!
After getting the rebound, Kaka wanted to take off for the second time and complete the layup.
But before he could make a move, Bonner was back on defense, blocking Leonard.
Xiaoka did not choose to force himself, but looked around to observe the positions of his teammates.
It doesn't matter if you don't look at it, you will find two excellent opportunities at a glance!
One is Thompson in the bottom corner on the right.
At this time, Tang Shen used his excellent running position to get an open shot.
The second is Griffin who follows up from the middle at high speed.
While Shuhao was advancing quickly with the ball, Griffin also rushed from the backcourt to the frontcourt.
But before, Bonner had been blocking in front of him, not giving Griffin a chance to speed up.
Fortunately, at this time Bonner has retreated to the basket to protect the penalty area.
Griffin also had the opportunity to cut the basket empty!
Both opportunities were good, and both were fleeting.
Xiaoka thought for a moment, flicked his wrist, and passed the ball to the right corner.
Thompson shot immediately after receiving the ball. The basketball left his fingertips and spun at high speed, drawing a beautiful arc in the air...
"Shu~"
Hollow into the network!
At 45:23, the Rockets continued to expand their lead!
After the goal was scored, Mark Jackson on the sidelines stood up from the coach's bench and applauded in Kaka's direction.
The Rockets marshal is very satisfied with Leonard's offensive choice just now!
Both Thompson and Griffin had a chance just now.
If it is passed to Griffin, after he rushes in, he needs to face the double blocking of Bonner and Diaw.
In contrast, Clay has the opportunity to make open shots on the outside.
And for a shooter of Thompson's level, once he is emptied, his shooting success rate is not necessarily worse than hitting the penalty area to attack the frame!
This may be somewhat counterintuitive.
Many professional ball commentators, even coaches, would not like such an offensive choice.
But in the Rockets, the importance of three-pointers was repeatedly emphasized by Shen Fei.
And Leonard's choice just now is very in line with the Rockets' tactical requirements!
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Encouraged by the coach, although Xiaoka has no expression on his face, he is still very happy in his heart.
This also makes him work harder on the defensive end!
The Spurs' offensive round.
Diaw mentioned the high position, acted as the central axis, and began to organize the team's offense.
Leonard lowered his center of gravity, opened his hands, and concentrated his attention.
Diaw didn't know much about Kaka, and he didn't take this young striker seriously.
When he saw Ginobili use the cover to go out, Brother Diao didn't think much, and passed the ball with a flick of his wrist.
But the next moment, a big hand suddenly appeared on his passing path and successfully touched the basketball!
[I'm going, this hand is too fast...]
Dior's heart tightened, and he rushed to the basketball.
But someone is faster than him, and that is Jeremy Lin!
Brother Hao jumped to the top and threw the ball directly into his arms, but the whole person also flew near the sideline.
Dio hurriedly rushed to Shuhao.
Fortunately, Shuhao reacted quickly, and before Brother Diao arrived, he flicked the ball forward...
The next moment, Kaka rushed to the basketball landing point with his long legs.
After receiving the ball, Leonard raised the ball with one hand and jumped with one foot.
The basketball is like a children's toy, wrapped in his big hands.
"bang!"
After a simple one-handed dunk, the score was rewritten to 47:23.
The Rockets' lead has reached as many as 24 points!
And Xiaoka, who completed the dunk, was also cheered by the fans in the audience.
But he maintained a calm expression from the beginning to the end, as if all praises had nothing to do with him...
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In the next few minutes, the Rockets played an excellent defensive performance.
Among them, Sun Yue, Thompson, and Leonard performed exceptionally well.
As the first line of defense, Sun Yue annoyed Joseph enough.
The Spurs' backup point guard couldn't get rid of Sun Yue's defense one-on-one, so he could only get a chance to breathe with the help of his teammates' cover.
The point guard is restricted, which directly leads to the failure of many of the Spurs' tactics.
Later, the ball was handed over to Manu Ginobili or Dior.
But these two faced Thompson one and Leonard, and the offense was also very difficult.
Especially Dior.
Diao, who used to have a gorgeous style of play and can often play coquettish operations, also lost his former magic power when he encountered a robot-like Xiaoka.
After being intercepted by Leonard once, Diaw didn't dare to dribble in front of Kawhi.
In the end, the Spurs' offense could only start from Ginobili's point.
Fortunately, Yaodao was always strong, and under Clay's strict defense, he still showed his style.
A step-back three-pointer and a no-look pass helped the Spurs break the scoring drought.
However, the gap between the two teams is still gradually widening.
At the end of the second quarter, the Rockets' lead had reached 30 points!
When the Spurs players walked to the bench, they were greeted by Popovich's "cannibalistic" gaze.
The players bowed their heads.
They know that during the halftime break, it will definitely be very difficult...
Popovich, will not let them go easily!
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Facts have proved that the coach's roar is effective.
In the second half of the game, the Spurs woke up like a dream.
Under the leadership of Parker and Ginobili, as soon as they came up in the third quarter, they played a wave of 10:0 spurts and chased the score to 70:50.
But just when the Spurs felt that they were about to set off a counterattack, Curry stood up again.
The Rockets' offensive round.
Curry dribbled the ball to a 45-degree angle on the right, and raised his hand to signal the inside line to come up with a pick-and-roll.
Yi Jianlian arrived and set up a pick-and-roll for him.
Parker, as if he was facing a big enemy, turned sideways ahead of time, ready to squeeze for cover.
Unexpectedly, Curry didn't go around the screen at all, but when Parker lowered his center of gravity, he suddenly pulled up and shot a three-pointer!
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"Shu~"
The basketball was hollowed into the net, brushing the net upside down!
At 73:50, the Rockets finally broke the scoring drought in the second half.
One minute later, Curry made a comeback and played a pick-and-roll with Yi Jianlian in the same position.
This time, two of the Spurs' defenders, Parker and Blair, pounced on Curry.
But Rocket 30 did not panic!
He lowered his center of gravity, bypassed the screen and made a breakthrough to the left.
But at the next moment, Curry flicked his wrist, and passed the ball with a freehand white goose to Yi Jianlian who played outside.
Ah Lian bowed and took an arrow, and made a three-pointer!