Rose passed half court with the ball and called his teammates for a pick-and-roll.
Noah quickly put it up and prepared to set up a cover.
Lowry knew that once blocked, Rose would disappear immediately, so he paid special attention to Noah's position.
But the moment he observed it with his peripheral vision, the rose showed its sharpness again!
Seizing the opportunity of Lowry's distraction, Rose accelerated and passed two Rockets players including Lowry, and before Yao Ming could cover up, he dunked the ball into the basket with a two-handed dunk.
60:47, the Bulls regained two points!
Seeing this, CCTV commentator Yang Yi said: "It's great to be young... Rose was so tired in the first half, and after a 15-minute rest, he was like a fully charged battery, with no signs of fatigue at all!"
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The Rockets players naturally discovered this.
Roy, who replaced George as the starting small forward, walked to Lowry and reminded him: "Don't worry about the pick-and-roll man. Always focus on Rose."
Lori nodded and accepted humbly.
In transition between offense and defense, the Rockets handed the ball to Yao Ming inside.
This time, Noah showed excellent defense at the defensive level. When Yao raised the ball to prepare for the hook, his ghost hand reached out and cut the ball!
This is also the first time Noah has successfully defended Yao Ming alone in the game so far!
Rose has quick eyes and quick hands and immediately controls the ball.
Then, he lowered his head, increased his speed to the fastest speed in less than a second, and headed towards the hinterland of the rocket at lightning speed.
McGrady and Roy reacted quickly and immediately began to defend.
However, although the two of them were running without the ball, and Rose was running with the ball, Rose was too fast and just carried the ball through the middle of the two.
Roy gradually couldn't keep up and was left behind.
McGrady, on the other hand, stepped up his long legs and tried his best to keep up with Rose's pace.
The two of them reached the free throw line with sparks and lightning.
Rose collected the ball and took off with both feet. McGrady took off almost simultaneously on his side.
At this moment, two superstars with fierce playing styles were engaged in a battle of talents.
The remaining eight players on the field and the tens of thousands of fans at Toyota Center were holding their breath at this moment, waiting for the result to happen.
In the end, McGrady took advantage of his height and barely managed to get the ball out.
But when two people are in the air, physical contact is inevitable.
Therefore, when t-mac completed the block, the referee's whistle also sounded...
"Beep!"
The Rockets committed a defensive foul and Rose was sent to the free throw line.
Maddie shook her head helplessly.
He had no objection to the referee's decision, but it was a pity that despite such dedicated defense, he was ultimately unable to prevent the opponent from scoring.
At this time, Dayao, who had arrived late, smiled and patted McGrady on the back, jokingly comforting him: "Not bad, Tracy, you are the first player I have ever seen who can keep up with Rose."
"Don't make trouble, LeBron should be able to do it too."
Maddie shook her head, but she couldn't help but raise the corners of her mouth slightly.
Obviously, he was quite satisfied with his defense just now.
............
Rose went to the free throw line and made two free throws steadily, helping the team continue to narrow the score.
A minute later, the Bulls once again relied on strong defense to make the Rockets' offense futile.
In the counterattack, Rose once again attracted multiple defenders and timely passed the ball to Korver who was ambushing on the outside.
After the latter caught the ball, he threw the ball before Roy could cover up...
The basketball left his fingertips and spun at high speed, drawing a beautiful arc in the air...
"Shua~"
Hollow into the net!
60:52, the score difference between the two teams reached single digits!
Moreover, since the beginning of the third quarter, the Rockets have not scored any points. Instead, they were beaten by the Bulls with a 7-0 spurt.
On the coaching bench, Mark Jackson looked serious, obviously realizing that something was wrong.
Normally, he would have called a timeout in time.
But in a previous conversation with Shen Fei, the latter had suggested to him that he could try to let the players solve problems on their own during strong dialogue matches.
In Shen Fei's original words - "The headwind situation is the most testing mentality. If they can stabilize the situation on their own, the team's championship temperament will come out!"
Because of this, Mark Jackson chose to sit on the sidelines when the Bulls were about to take off.
It is worth mentioning that when Yao Ming was in position to attack, he specifically looked towards the coaching bench.
Dayao was obviously confused when he saw the calm look on Mark Jackson's face.
............
The game continues.
When the Rockets face a crisis, they always handle it in a simple and crude way, which is to hand the ball to McGrady.
But this time, the Bulls were clearly prepared and started double-teaming the moment T-Mac caught the ball.
Facing a double defense, McGrady chose to trust his teammates, jumped up and passed the ball to Griffin inside.
After Noah rotated defensively, he switched to the power forward position, right opposite Griffin.
The Bulls' strongest shield met the Rockets' supernova.
Once in a position, Noah starts the "mental attack" that he is very good at.
"Rookie, I heard that your offense is good. Do you dare to practice with me?"
"With such a high talent like yours, it would be a waste to stay with the Rockets as the third or even fourth attack point!"
...
Noah's mouth is like a machine gun, he talks trash all the time, and often doesn't match the words he says before. He typically says whatever comes to mind.
His purpose is simple, just to influence Griffin's attention.
This kind of trick may not be useful for experienced veteran players, but for rookie Griffin, the effect is very significant!
Griffin was originally hesitant to attack on his own, but now he has made up his mind to shut up Noah.
He exerted force suddenly and pushed his shoulder hard against Noah's chest, causing the latter to groan.
But Noah's horse-stepping skills were good, and he withstood the blow without taking a step back.
After Griffin's first attempt failed, he used all his strength and hit Noah again.
This time, he used all his strength, just to rely on his strength to eat Noah, this annoying opponent alive.
But the next moment...
Noah suddenly turned sideways and actually gave up his position.
Griffin was unable to react in time. He tried his best but couldn't find the point of focus, so he couldn't control his center of gravity and staggered towards the basket.
[Finished...]
Griffin thought to himself.
In panic, he tried his best to throw the ball to his teammates.
But the referee's whistle still sounded - Griffin walked illegally!
"yes!!!"
Noah clenched his fists excitedly, and then celebrated wildly with his teammates.
The morale of the Bulls also reached its peak at this moment!