663: Close the door, put Della
Dwight Howard played poorly in the first quarter. Since Link scored a goal with a fantasy dance step, the Rockets 12 seemed to lose their temper.
He made 1 of 4 shots in a single quarter and scored only 3 points and 3 rebounds. If this is a superstar, then the league is all super giants.
Before the season begins, it is believed that the Houston Rockets should have entered the top Western Conference.
But their current record of 9 wins and 5 losses is not top-notch at all. Putting aside the record, the Rockets' qualities shown in many games have nothing to do with the word "top".
For example, in the first quarter of this game, people only saw Harden, who was not in the game at all, and Howard who was gradually being beaten.
The entire team was in a mess, and they didn't even have the determination to catch up with basic team records.
No matter how strong this kind of team is, it is impossible to become a top-level team.
"If it was the Grizzlies playing the history and record game of the guardian team, I guess they could bite the opponent's ears." Even the commentator couldn't help but start to complain. This confrontation that should have been exciting became dead.
Fortunately, not everyone in the Rockets performed poorly. "Grand, Rich and Handsome" Chandler Parsons played very well. Parsons is still in basketball and his strength is really good.
Link blocked his shooting space several times, and he was still able to hit accurately.
In addition, on the Rockets' bench, Israeli forward Omi Casby also felt hot today.
Casby was selected by the Kings at the end of the first round in 2009. He was the first Israeli player to play in the NBA. He joined the team as a three-point shooter at that time.
In the Kings' two seasons, Casby scored 36.9% and 37.2% of three-point shooting percentages, which were quite efficient. But after that, Casby's three-point shooting percentage plummeted due to transfers and injuries.
Last season in the Cavaliers, Casby's three-point shooting percentage was less than 33%. As an ordinary outside, this three-point shooting percentage failed, let alone as a shooter.
But this season, Casby's performance is somewhat of a rebirth. Up to now, Casby averaged 9 points and 4 rebounds per game, and his three-point shooting percentage is as high as 43%!
Today, Casby continued his hot form. He appeared as the fourth position and made frequent shots outside the three-point line.
With the performance of Parsons and Casby, the game was not completely defeated.
The Rockets struggled to hold on until the fourth quarter and were still 9 points behind. However, 9 points behind is better than the garbage time in the entire fourth quarter.
McHale wants to win, so he still hasn't given up. The Rockets' current record of 9 wins and 5 losses is too different from the prediction. Therefore, McHale will not give up any opportunity to save the record.
Now the fourth quarter is about to start, McHale must ensure that the team can quickly get the score closer. After all, there is not much time left for the Rockets.
There is nothing to say about offense. With both Howard and Harden being relatively sluggish, McHale cannot make the Rockets' offense better. The only thing he can do is start with defense.
So McHale looked at Patrick Beverly, who performed well this season.
Beverly was well-known for his tenacious fighting spirit in the playoffs last season. He is called "Mad Dog" and is an interpretation of his overall style.
In the fourth quarter, McHale plans to replace Jeremy Lin with Beverly and strengthen his defense! Then he relies on the magical touch of Parsons and Casby and the after-warmness of Howard to win the game!
As it turned out, McHale's decision was extremely correct. Because Beverly had just started playing, Conley forced two consecutive mistakes!
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Beverly strongly blocked it, allowing Conley to lose the ball and out of bounds. Then, Beverly broke through and scored himself, narrowing the gap to 7 points.
The next round, Bever used his rough battle to steal Conley successfully and completed his fast attack.
In just two rounds, Beverly scored 4 points with two steals. The most important thing is that the score difference was instantly narrowed to 5 points by him!
The Grizzlies beat the Rockets all the way, but in a blink of an eye, the score difference was only 5 points! Howard's originally extinguished fighting spirit was rekindled.
"Beverly did play great, and Coach McHale's substitutions achieved miraculous results. His mad dog-like style is very suitable for playing in tough battles."
Although Hubby Brown supports the Grizzlies, he must also admit that Beverly has excelled in these two rounds.
Dave Joggel was snatched four points unknown to the Rockets, and Dave Joggel was suspended urgently. Seeing that the 15-game winning streak at the beginning had been won, it could not fail at the last moment.
"Mike, you have a rest first. You played for too long today, and I'll switch you to the last moment." Joggel replaced Conley, who made two consecutive mistakes, and Conley, who had a good temper, had no objection to this.
Conley's continuous mistakes are indeed related to the huge physical energy consumption. This year, Conley's playing time has surged due to the lack of Vasquis. After all, Delavidova does not have the ability to be on the court for a long time.
Therefore, Conley's physical energy consumption has always been quite large. He was already tired and was entangled by Beverly, the "mad dog", and he would inevitably make mistakes.
"Link, next you control the ball and act as the organizational striker. Dera, your task is to defend, do you understand?"
Joggel is not very brave to let Delavidova control the ball. This guy is good at defense, but the offense is really lacking. Fortunately, the Grizzlies have an all-around forward Link, who can play a guest role in point guard.
As long as Delavidova does not make any mistakes and replace Conley at the last moment, the Grizzlies will definitely be able to cancel the game!
Delavidova nodded and took off his training suit. Just as he was about to appear, Link waved his hand and signaled Delavidova to come to him.
As a undrafted draft pick who was obedient by Link as soon as he came to the team, Delavidova respected Link very much. Seeing Link wave, he immediately ran over happily.
Beverly looked at the Grizzlies' bench and found that Link was conspiring with Delavidova. This scene made Beverly nervous.
Every time Link whispers with his teammates, nothing good will happen.
The game started over and the changes of the Grizzlies were obvious. In addition to replacing Conley with Delavidova, Link also became the team's main controller.
Link's offensive organization is quite mature. You can't even say he is a point guard at 2.03 meters.
Under Link's organization, the Grizzlies' basketball runs as smooth as Conley was on the court.
In the end, Randolph got a shot from mid-range and ended the offense. The point difference turned back to 7 points, and the Rockets were still unsafe.
Beverly wanted to launch a quick counterattack, so he quickly crossed the baseline ball and accelerated directly to the Grizzlies' halftime.
But he had just passed the midfield line and collided with Delavidova!
Conley would not defend so roughly, so Delavidova may not be the case.
Beverly knew that he had met an opponent, so he made a pick-and-roll cooperation with Terrence Jones, intending to throw away Delavidova.
However, Delavidova pushed away Jones rudely and continued to wrap around Beverly.
In an instant, the scene turned into a battle of dog biting dogs.
Beverly was very embarrassed by Delavidova's rough defense, and in the end he could only barely feed the ball to Howard. Howard was about to turn around and face the frame, but was cut off by Link who was double-teamed.
The fourth mistake in this game, Howard's just ignited fighting spirit was wiped out by Link again.
After stealing, Link ran all the way. Harden had the chance to stop Link, but he chose to give up. He watched Link pass by him and then easily dunk.
McHale is so angry. Harden's defense is comparable to Anthony! No, he is not as concerned as Anthony!
I had just seen a little hope, but the score difference was pulled back to 9 points.
Delavidova's appearance completely offset Beverly's role.
Beverly's biggest function is defense, but now that the person who controls the ball becomes Link, Beverly does not match Link, so his defense is useless.
As for the rapid counterattack, Beverly basically couldn't fight when he met Delavidova who was as crazy as himself.
Delavidova, no matter what, he was like a wolf who had been hungry for three days and three nights, staring at Beverly.
If others are crazy, he will be even more crazy!
After Link succeeded in dunk, he gave a thumbs up at Delavidova.
Who doesn’t have a cruel person? The Rockets want to revive Beverly, go for a dream!
Howard has done it, how could he not be able to deal with the small character Beverly?
Ten seconds later, Beverly encountered a rough foul by Delavidova when he broke through and made a layup.
Although Beverly was able to stand on the free throw line, his free throws were always very unstable. In the end, only one of the two free throws was made, and the Grizzlies still made a profit.
Delavidova made a foul on his back, but he didn't care. Anyway, he played for a little while in one game, but he couldn't get 6 fouls.
After Beverly's mad dog was contained, the Rockets became at ease. Link's organization allowed the Grizzlies to maintain their advantage steadily, while the Rockets' offense became stumbling.
Beverly basically couldn't get the ball well. He would be roughly interrupted by Delavidova just after two steps.
Looking at Beverly who was forced into a desperate situation, Hubby Brown shook his head.
Who doesn’t have a sword guard around? For McHale, this person is Beverly. For Link, this person is Dravidova. But just looking at it today, Beverly was suppressed by Dravidova.
The ruthless people around the ruthless people are destined to be not simple.
Under Delavidova's defense, Beverly made a series of irons, and the magic was no longer there.
Delavidova seemed to be Link who put it up for hand-to-hand combat. He did nothing, and didn't even touch the ball, and was just "wrestling" with Beverly.
Delavidova looked fierce on the surface, but in fact he was afraid. Every time he saw Beverly attacking, he would remember what Link said in his ear before he appeared.
"Take him for me, or I'll get you."
When Delavidova thought of this sentence, she got goosebumps all over her body. So she fought desperately to fight Beverly...
The Rockets became less and less energetic as they played, and the score difference was wider and wider. In the third minute of the fourth quarter, when Link assisted Iguodala to hit a three-pointer and pulled the score difference to 15 points, fans on the scene had already begun to celebrate the victory.
Chapter completed!