Seeing No. 11 and Wen Hao, two words came to McHale's mind - Chinese combination. At this juncture, Howard cannot be allowed to stay on the court anymore. His staying on the court is equivalent to giving a big gift to the Jazz. Although
McHale once said that he would not replace Howard when he was cut off, but now this situation no longer allows him to do so. Although the Rockets are currently ranked third in the Western Conference, they are still some distance away from the Spurs in front.
Several teams such as Niu are chasing after them. Therefore, the Rockets cannot make any mistakes. And if they want to make no mistakes now, they can only replace Howard and let No. 11 play. This can allow No. 11 to maximize its power with
His best collaborator was undoubtedly Wen Hao. Thinking of this, McHale finally made up his mind.
Howard, who was standing on the free throw line, missed two free throws again. Looking back, the Jazz scored two points again and tied the score at 105. The entire Energy Solution Arena was boiling in an instant. The fans were like crazy.
Almost as if they were pouring down from the stands, these 20,000 people unreservedly released the loudest noise they could make. This noise alone could drive the Rockets players crazy.
McHale's call for a timeout no longer worked, and the referee couldn't hear it at all. He asked the assistant coach to run in front of the referee and gesture for a timeout. The referee then signaled the Rockets to the technical table to request a timeout. But even during the timeout,
, the Jazz home fans are still releasing their noise, which is mind-boggling.
Howard sat down on the chair in frustration, still cursing: "A bunch of cowards, if they have the guts, they'll do it with real swords and guns..."
McHale had no time to appease Howard at this time. He shouted to No. 11 and Wen Hao: "You two come on."
After hearing this, everyone in the Rockets looked at the coach in surprise, and then turned to look at the Chinese pair. In the past, at critical moments in the game, these two Chinese had never been allowed to play because the head coach did not trust them enough.
.What happened today? The coach suddenly changed his last name?
McHale had no time to pay attention to what the players were thinking. He raised his head and said to No. 11: "Defensively, you try your best. Offensively, you can pick and roll with Wen. In short, we must win this game."
No. 11 nodded with a determined expression on his face.
McHale said to Wen Hao again: "Wen Hao, your task is to pick and roll with No. 11, attack their inside line, or pass the ball after the pick and roll breakthrough. In short, don't single out Lucas III like before, because of your breakthrough
He has already seen through it."
"Yes, I will, coach." Wen Hao replied. The confidence that he had before could no longer be heard in his words, replaced by a cold meaning.
Finally, in the last three minutes of the fourth quarter, players from both sides stood on the court again.
The Rockets' lineup at this time is: Wen Hao, Jeremy Lin, Harden, Parsons and No. 11.
"Ah?!" When seeing this lineup, the commentator on the sidelines exclaimed in surprise, "Two Chinese? McHale actually sent two Chinese at a critical moment. Did he take the wrong medicine?
You must know that in previous games, no matter how critical the Rockets' situation was, McHale never let any Chinese play because it is said - of course, I just heard - that he did not trust the Chinese. Today he sent one out once
Two Chinese, have we seen it wrong? What is hidden in McHale’s body is not his own soul?”
In the Xinlang live broadcast room, Ke Fan saw this scene and said in surprise: "I didn't expect that McHale would let Wen Shi and No. 11 play at the same time at this critical moment. Plus Jeremy Lin, there are three Chinese players. Today's
What happened to McHale?”
"Although I don't know what happened to McHale, I know that the fans are lucky to see Chinese players play at this critical moment. They must also be looking forward to these two Chinese players," Su Qun said.
"Let us wait and see whether these two Chinese people can bring the Rockets a victory."
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At this time on the court, Lucas III saw Wen Hao coming on the court, and did not say any provocative words, but his eyes were still as blood-red as before. Looking at Wen Hao was like looking at the enemy who killed his father. And it was not just him, Jazz
The eyes of all the players on the team were exactly the same as his. As soon as the Rockets players came on the court, they felt a fierce and intimidating momentum. Under such momentum, it is definitely not easy to perform at a normal level.
Jeremy Lin received the serve in the backcourt, transported it to the frontcourt, and handed it to Harden. Although Wenhao and No. 11 were both on the court, Harden was the boss after all, and he was still the first point of attack.
Harden got the ball and tried to break through, but the Jazz's defense against him could be described as airtight. As soon as he got the ball, he was double-teamed. He almost retreated to the midline, but the Jazz still didn't relax on him.
Double-teamed. He had no choice but to pass the ball to Parsons. Parsons overstepped and handed the ball to Wen Hao.
As soon as Lucas III saw Wen Hao holding the ball, he rushed over fiercely. He didn't say a word, but his eyes were as bloody as he stared at Wen Hao.
The fans at the scene saw Lucas III defending Wenhao. Thinking of the two steals in the third quarter, they became even more excited. They kept waving their arms and shouting in unison: "Break him, break him, break him."
he……"
The voices of 20,000 people were overwhelmingly directed at the same person. No matter who faced such a situation, they would be under tremendous psychological pressure.
Wen Hao glanced at Lucas III, and saw that although Lucas III did not speak, there was still a hint of provocation in his blood-red eyes, as if he was saying: Come to me...
Seeing this scene, Wen Hao felt a surge of blood in his heart. He wished he could knock Lucas III to the ground again, or even break his ankles.
But at this moment, No. 11 quickly lifted up, blocked the left side of Lucas III, and shouted to Wen Hao: "Come in!"
Wen Hao woke up to the cry of No. 11 and almost broke out in a cold sweat. He almost made a stupid mistake again.
Shaking his head and throwing away the messy thoughts in his mind, Wen Hao took advantage of the cover of No. 11 and rushed inside from the left side of Lucas III. Lucas III was already red-eyed and desperately bypassed No. 11
No. 11 went to chase Wen Hao. But at this moment, Wen Hao only took two steps forward, suddenly hit the ground with his right hand, and passed it to the unguarded No. 11 on the free throw line without even looking. No. 11
He jumped lightly and shook his wrist to take action. The orange-red ball was like a slow-motion playback, spinning backwards in the air...
"Whoa!"
There was a clean crisp sound, a hollow hit.
At this moment, Wen Hao turned around and looked at No. 11, finally showing a long-lost smile on his face.
Lucas III was stunned there, with a bad premonition in his heart.
