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Chapter 228 Tragic Target, Rocket's Adversity!

Lowry watched Rondo running toward him, arms outstretched, ready to defend.

Since joining the league, he has never been the focus of an opponent's attention.

It's not that no team has tried it. After all, Lowry's height is only a little over 1.8 meters, and he is basically at a disadvantage in terms of size.

But his small steel cannon-like body and excellent defensive awareness have discouraged many offensive players.

In terms of defensive ability, although Lowry is not as good as Paul who defended nine times, he is definitely above the league average.

Especially this year, under Shen Fei's guidance, he has practiced the unique skill of drawing fouls, and his defensive level has improved to a higher level.

But having said that, Lowry is definitely not monolithic and has no loopholes.

For example, the current Rondo is very confident that he can "cut him under the horse."

I saw Long directing a left hand in&out to shake Lowry half a step away, then cut into the basket, and stretched his right hand forward to make a shot.

The next moment, Griffin, who was guarding the basket, and Lowry, who was chasing and defending hard, flew out in order to block the shot.

Unexpectedly, this is just Rondo's shooting fake.

Long guided the ball back, turned around, and then scored the ball with a light and small throw.

5:2, the Celtics continue to lead.

"Rondo has lost his footing against the Rockets this time. Although Yao Ming succeeded in attacking in the low post, his shortcoming of returning to defense slowly also gave the opponent a chance."

Yang Yi commented.

"It can be seen from this round that the Celtics came prepared today."

Yu Jia added.

As soon as the two spoke, the Rockets' attack arrived as scheduled.

Yao Ming repeated his old trick, once again playing singles in the low post.

This time, O'Neal tried his best, but in the end he had to pay a foul to stop Dayao's attack.

Yao Ming was severely pulled by the arm, but his expression was still calm, and he was not angry at all.

After standing on the free throw line, he made a steady free throw against the boos of the North Shore Garden.

5: 4!

After changing sides, Pierce challenged George's defense at the elbow.

Nicknamed "Truth", he is a veritable offensive kaleidoscope.

In this area near the free throw line, Pierce has countless ways to get rid of the defense and shoot the ball.

However, George, who defended him, was not a vegetarian.

The Rockets have played a total of 22 games so far this season.

After 22 games of testing, there are already many professionals who believe that George's defense has reached the level of the second defense.

The well-known ESPN commentator-A-Smith even said in a live broadcast: "With George's talent, within two years, he will have the strength to compete for dpoy. The wing players in the league, in the near future, You are going to have the same nightmare!"

Coincidentally, the NBA star, once the best defensive player-"Glove" Payton, said in an interview: "Don't dribble in front of Paul (George)."

From the evaluation of these two people, we can get a glimpse of how strong George's defensive ability is!

Moreover, in the Rockets' training yesterday, Mark Jackson deliberately asked McGrady to imitate Pierce's style of play, and played a heads-up match with George with live ammunition.

Although Pickled Pepper failed to win the bullfight in the end, he also had a preliminary impression of Pierce's attack methods during the game (McGrady's ability to imitate and learn is very strong. In the original time and space, McGrady was in the Spurs' team training imitated James' style of play).

Defensive ability + sufficient preparation, with the combination of the two, George has sufficient confidence to defend Pierce.

that's the truth.

The first confrontation between the two, George predicted that Pierce would use a step-back shot as the end.

So, he slammed on the ground, lunged forward, raised his long arms, and grabbed the basketball in the hands of truth.

Although George did not block the ball in the end, it greatly interfered with Pierce's shooting.

"duang!"

Truth's shot hit the front of the basket hard and bounced out of the frame.

Yao Ming jumped high and took off the rebound.

However, at this moment, a pair of thick and powerful black hands suddenly appeared and pressed down on the basketball in Yao Ming's hands.

The master of these black hands is O'Neill who has been suppressed by Dayao since the start of the match!

His big hands were like pliers, pressing firmly on the ball.

No matter how Yao Ming twisted his waist and exerted strength, he couldn't shake it in the slightest.

In this league, in terms of strength alone, O'Neill has never been afraid of anyone except the Mongolian warrior.

As soon as he gritted his teeth and exerted his strength, the basketball instantly escaped Dayao's control...

Steal!

After Sheng snatched the basketball from Yao Ming, O'Neal turned sideways, separated the basketball from his opponent with his shoulders, and then made a hard top...

Dayao snorted and took half a step back.

Just at this gap, O'Neill rose from the ground and slammed the ball into the basket with both hands.

"bang!"

7: 4!

After the dunk, Shark didn't land immediately, but grabbed the frame with both hands and swung back and forth.

The entire basket shook violently in an instant.

"Roar~~~"

O'Neill roared passionately, and the fans at North Shore Garden also responded with fiery cheers.

As soon as the goal was scored, the morale of the Celtics rose instantly.

You know, relying on his stable and efficient performance this season, Yao Ming gradually has the capital to compete with Howard for the number one center.

And the old shark was able to snatch the ball from Yao Ming, and then took advantage of the situation to complete the violent abuse of the basket after the confrontation!

This kind of performance undoubtedly helped the Celtics reveal a signal-the strength of your Rockets may not necessarily have an advantage against us!

Soon, the Celtics in full swing formed a suppression on the scene.

In about 4 minutes, they played a 15:5 shock wave and established a double-digit lead in one fell swoop.

22:9, the Rockets have fallen behind by as much as 13 points!

On the sidelines, Mark Jackson frowned, thinking about whether to call a timeout to interrupt the opponent's momentum.

Halfway through the first quarter, the Rockets have exposed many problems.

The first thing to bear the brunt is to underestimate the enemy.

Obviously the opponent is a champion and is now among the best in the Eastern Conference, but the Rockets generals still looked like "I am much stronger than you" at the beginning.

This caused the difference in energy between the two sides on the field.

The Celtics are obviously the stronger team, while the Rockets are like a sleeping tiger, with no ability to resist.

Another obvious problem is the performance of starting point guard Lowry.

Perhaps because of the appearance of Curry, Xiaogangpao obviously wanted to show his ability today, and the number of shots was much more than any previous game.

In just half a quarter, he has actually shot 3 three-pointers, and because they were barely shot, none of these shots were hit.

And this also means that the Rockets wasted three fast break opportunities.

In addition, the Celtics designed a lot of offensive tactics for Lowry today.

Whether it is Ray Allen or Pierce, they have used their height advantage to shoot directly on the head of the small steel cannon.

Unable to attack and defend, Lowry became more and more anxious.

The point guard is the brain of a team. If the brain is in a hurry, the team will naturally not be able to function normally. This is one of the reasons why the Rockets are now behind by a large score.

With this in mind, Mark Jackson turned around and set his sights on the bench!