Chapter 254 Winning streak, doing rockets!(1/2)
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In the current NBA, especially in the NBA playoffs, it is normal for players from both sides to fight on the court. Even before the Pistons Bad Boys became famous, the league did not even have malicious fouls. That is, after David Stern came on stage, in order to promote NBA, violence on the court was banned and the concept of civilized NBA was promoted...
It's just obvious that for most players nowadays, the concept of civilized NBA is nothing. If NBA players really become civilized after a slogan from David Stern, it would be strange. After all, the league has only been less than four years in order to purify the field. In this case, as the referee of this game, Bavitta has long been used to these guys with excessive hormone secretion swaying fists on the court.
The fierce player Robert Hawley, who swung the iron elbow and iron fist at this time, defeated the horses. The powerful and majestic movements of this Jazz team not only scared Robert Hawley to retreat. Even the Rockets players next to them pretended not to see the embarrassed Robert Hawley, but pretended to be "fighting" with other Jazz players who didn't look so cruel.
After all, in the NBA, in terms of fighting strength, there are really few people who are Kal Malone's opponents. Apart from the New York gangster Anthony Mason and Oakley and other few people, he is really not afraid of anyone. Before this season, Kal Malone's career was just eight years old. Why did he miss these four games? The answer is actually very simple. Just look at Isaiah Thomas, who was directly knocked over by Malone with one elbow and almost fainted two seasons ago.
Of course, Malone is indeed cruel, but compared to Anthony Mason, a strong man who dares to chase the opponent under the nose of the referee, Malone is still a little worse. Of course, for example, Lin Han, who is sitting on Drexler and fighting with Drexler, although this kid is just a rookie, this season, Lin Han quickly entered the ranks of the "butchers" that cannot be messed with by the NBA.
"Bastard, do you dare not play like a sissy!"
"Don't block your face if you have the ability, let me punch two times!"
The Rockets and Jazz players were fighting in the middle circle at this time. Lin Han was sitting on Drexler, pressing Drexler to the ground, and his right hand kept hitting Drexler's face. After Drexler was knocked down by Lin Han, he soon came to his senses. Although he was just angry at Lin Han at that time, he really didn't think he would do that, so after he finished seeing Lin Han lying there motionless, he was indeed a little confused and in a complicated mood. But when he saw Lin Han so fierce now, except for the redness and swollen nose, there was nothing else, how could Drexler continue to let Lin Han sit on him and bully him?
In this era, even if he is not a player who likes fighting so much, how could he be successful in the NBA if he doesn't have a little bit of ability? Especially a player like Drexler who was known for breaking through and dunking. If he doesn't have that two moves, he will be lucky. However, what makes Drexler very upset is that although he has been struggling, he has no way to turn over from under Lin Han. Lin Han is indeed full of strength. However, in order to be able to hold Drexler down, Lin Han paid the price of a left hand. Lin Han, who went straight to Drexler with one fist, naturally finds it difficult to protect his Drexler with both fists, so this scene occurs.
"Bi Chi, if you fuck me in front of me, I will be fucked by me. I will admit that you are a man. You tm dare to pull me from behind. If you are only at this level, you are just rubbish."
"Trump, don't block me and let me punch you twice!"
Being fouled from behind is not a big deal in the NBA now. When a player breaks through, the defensive player can even sweep his legs, let alone pulling people from behind. This kind of thing is too common. Lin Han’s ‘master’ Stockton is the master behind the scenes. Lin Han can do this trick, so he will not be so arrogant that he thinks he can play but others cannot play. The key is that Drexler can foul from behind, but in the end, there is no need to pull it. This is the rhythm of being clear to provoke him!
Although it was a bit dark to pull people behind, it was still a normal move. Just like when Malone elbowed Isaiah Thomas, Isaiah Thomas had already avoided the block of Jazz center Mark Eaton and could make a layup. Malone was very dark and suddenly rushed over from the side without rushing. If she just knocked Isaiah Thomas away, it would be nothing. An ordinary foul, even Isaiah Thomas and the Pistons had nothing to say. However, when Malone hit Thomas, she threw a elbow to him even though she had stopped Thomas from attacking, and this was for the fight and provocation.
Especially Drexler's provocative foul on Lin Han just now almost broke Lin Han's appearance. If Lin Han hadn't been smart enough to support his arms on the ground when he fell down, his nose wouldn't have been a little swollen at this time, and the bridge of his nose would have collapsed.
In this case, how could Lin Han bear it? Since Drexler issued him a challenge book, Lin Han would not be afraid, so he naturally went straight to his fist.
"I saw you weren't crazy just now, why are you scared now?"
Although the referee of the game, Bavita stood aside, Lin Han had no intention of giving Bavita face at all, and still punched Drexler in the face with one punch. At this time, Lin Han was indeed very similar to Mason of the Knicks. As long as he wanted to hit someone, he would not care whether there was a referee standing next to him.
At this time, as the referee of this game, Bavita was speechless at this time. He had just run over to stop the two of them, but seeing the two funny guys, one old and one young, turned the fight into this way, he stood aside and was silent. He didn't even want to go up and pull the two of them away.
And the one who was even more embarrassed than him was probably the team doctor who had already entered the field. After the team doctor looked at Bavita and Bavita signaled that the team doctor could leave, the Jazz team doctor sighed and left after a glance at Lin Han who was sitting on Drexler.
The Jazz and Rockets fight directly on the court, which is indeed a very, very big surprise. However, because the Jazz's combat power is indeed stronger, it is difficult for both sides to continue to fight without equality. If the Knicks and the Jazz fight, it would be impossible to end if they didn't kill the sky and the earth. This time, after the Rockets were completely suppressed by the Jazz, they immediately dragged Lin Han off Drexler and grabbed Drexler who was lying on the ground and ran away. Of course, Lin Han, who had not had enough fun, naturally could not let Drexler leave like this. Although Drexler was hit by Lin Han several times when he got up, he thought that he was almost disfigured by this guy just now, Lin Han was still angry and chased him.
However, what made Lin Han speechless was that when Lin Han led the Jazz players to the Rockets bench, the referees who had been standing aside to watch the show actually stood in front of them. Obviously, in the eyes of the referees on the court, Lin Han and the Jazz were enough to vent. There is no need to continue like this.
So, in the end, the Jazz players had to give up. When this accident happened and the game was in the official timeout in the first quarter, Lin Han was speechless. When he returned to the bench, the team doctor who could not intervene just now actually stretched out a few fingers to ask him about the question of one plus one equal to a few. Of course, Lin Han also knew that this was to detect whether he had a concussion. Naturally, Lin Han did not have a concussion. Although he fell violently, he was holding his arms horizontally on the ground. Although his head was nothing, his arms were a little painful. When he was hitting Drexler just now, Lin Han didn't feel it. Now when he was sitting on the bench, Lin Han realized that, based on Lin Han's experience, such pain was just a small flaw.
After confirming that Lin Han had nothing to do, the Jazz were a little relieved, but they also began to worry about Lin Han's punishment.
You know, although the atmosphere in the NBA stadium is relatively open now, judging from Lin Han's previous actions, it is a typical malicious foul, and it is a second-level malicious foul. Not only will it be sent off in this game, but it is also likely to be extra punished. As for Drexler, although it was very dirty to take a black hand from behind just now, in this era, when even sweeping the hall legs were not considered malicious fouls when defending, Drexler's foul behind him was at most a first-level malicious foul, and it is unlikely that he would even be sent off.
So at this time, looking at the referees not far away discussing each other, Jazz head coach Jerry Sloan was a little worried, while Lin Han looked relaxed at this time, as if he had not noticed this at all.
Soon, after several referees discussed for a few minutes, they called all 10 people on the court on the court to the center line. When Lin Han came to the center line, he saw Drexler who was dodging him not far away. If Stockton hadn't pulled him, he would have rushed forward. Seeing this scene, Bavita, as the referee, was speechless, and for a moment, felt that the punishment for this kid was too light.
As the initiator of the fight, Drexler and Lin Han got a first-level malicious foul, and Drexler also got a normal foul for his defensive foul.
According to Bavita's explanation, the penalty this time was not because of how bad the two of them were, but because they did not cause any damage to the players. However, the penalty was temporary. As for whether there would be additional punishment due to their behavior, it depends on the decision of the referee committee after watching the video after the game.
Except for these two Lin Han and Drexler, who were sentenced to first-level malicious fouls, among the eight other players, Malone, the most fiercest, got a technical foul. Robert Hawley, who was scared by Malone for a long time, was also very innocent because he participated in Malone's extremely cruel fight. Except for these four people, the other six people participated in the fight, but did not receive any punishment.
It can be seen that Bavita's punishment was relatively light this time. However, after the punishment was released, the Jazz fans on the scene soon booed. After all, in their opinion, Bavita's behavior of playing 50 boards each was unacceptable.
Fortunately, after all the special fouls on both sides offset, Lin Han still had two chances of ordinary fouls. After both free throws, the Jazz played 22-20 with the Rockets in half of the first quarter. If it weren't for the fight between the two teams, the two teams performed quite well in this game, especially on the offensive end, the two teams played very well.
This is true whether it is Olajuwon's outside-style personal offense or the Jazz's smooth team defensive counterattack attack.
However, with the determination and posture of the two teams in this game, if neither side was the first to support it, the attack method of the two teams would not change. So although it was interrupted by the fight between the two sides for a while, it was very relaxed, especially Larry Bird, who was a ABC commentator, was even more relaxed at this time. Fighting and fighting were not the same thing for his era. When he was fighting with the Lakers and the Magicians, the Celtics' evil offensive was not considered a malicious foul. At that time, Danny Angie of the Celtics was a player who specialized in the Drexler thing just now. As long as the opponent's players took a fast attack, no one would protect him in the backcourt. Danny Angie's job was to beat the opponent even to play the ball.
, and as one of the most powerful forwards at that time, McHale's responsibility on the defensive end was that after the opponent reached the basket, if he could not defend, he would directly throw the ball to me. This directly led to the NBA Finals in 1984. After the Magic and the Lakers were frightened by the fierce Celtics' malicious foul, the situation was originally a big deal. In the situation where the Magic were a little scared, the stronger Lakers lost to the weaker Celtics. It can be said that Drexler's foul just now was a normal foul a few years ago. Not only was it a normal foul, but it was also very tactical. It is a very commendable "pure man" style "iron blood" defense, because the Celtics defeated the stronger Lakers in iron blood and won the championship.
"Although Lin Han's reaction was a bit too extreme, in the NBA's playoffs, such a counterattack is very necessary. Although the Rockets will not do anything to them, Drexler may be a real surprise this time, but there is no guarantee that other teams will be like the Rockets or Drexler."
When Lin Han posted Drexler directly in the backcourt after the free throw, Larry Bird also said with a smile, full of appreciation and recognition for Lin Han's approach. This old Celtics team "had obviously thought about the weak defeating the strong with the Lakers. If the Magic and other Lakers players could fight back with such fouls, the Lakers might not have the title of the Purple Gold Noble team, but the Lakers and Magic would definitely have one or two more championship rings.
Moreover, although David Stern is now purifying the arena, as long as there is a gangster team like the New York Knicks, even if David Stern wants to purify it, he will not be able to purify it. If Lin Han is timid at this time, then the Knicks will never let him go in the future finals. For the Knicks, who have won two consecutive victories against the Pacers, it should be the next opponent that the Rockets and the Jazz need to consider.
Of course, Larry Bird was thinking very far at this time and had already begun to think about the impact of Lin Han's foul on him in the future. But as for Lin Han, he really didn't think so much. Now Lin Han's almost all his thoughts are on defending Drexler!
"Bastard, I won't let you slip away from me in this game!"
When Lin Han finished the free throw, the Rockets players had not served the bottom line and the Jazz players had not yet retreated, Lin Han pressed Drexler on his body.
Although there is no fight now, Lin Han will not let Drexler go easily. Although at the beginning of this game, the Jazz pressed against the Rockets, the Rockets' large number of offenses were controlled by Olajuwon, which made Drexler's offensive opportunity limited. In this case, Lin Han was not prepared to slap Drexler as soon as he came up because there was no need. He just needed to make a counterattack on the offensive end.
But now, he is obviously ready to do what the head coach has arranged before the game. However, seeing Lin Han strengthening his close defense against Drexler on the court, Jerry Sloan on the sidelines did not say anything, and seemed to ignore Lin Han's personal behavior.
However, according to Jerry Sloan's view, Lin Han might be better at pressing Drexler at this time. After all, although Olajuwon can support him by himself in one single game, he will spend about twenty minutes as long as he is not a fool, as long as he is not a fool, he will not consume all his physical fitness in one quarter or two games. In this case, when both sides came back from the first quarter, although the Jazz were still pressing against the Rockets, the Rockets' style of playing has changed.
Olajuwon no longer stayed at the three-point line to meet the team's offense, but instead organized the offense by the team's outside player Maxville. In this case, facing the Jazz's still tight-fitting defense on the outside, the Rockets' offense had become stagnant again due to Olajuwon's offense.
According to the arrangement of head coach Tom Janovic before the game, if Olajuwon needs a rest in this game, it will be attacked by Drexler. This was the case in the second half of the last game. At that time, the Rockets' style of playing even made them lead the Jazz in the half-time score.
It was obvious that Drexler was able to throw Lin Han away without the ball in the last game, but in this game, when Drexler ran from the backcourt to the frontcourt, and even went around inward and outward twice. Even Olajuwon gave him cover more than once, but the Rockets' main defender could not get rid of Lin Han!
"How is this possible?!"
When Maxville and Kenny Smith, who were forced by Rockets players more and more fiercely, saw Drexler under Lin Han's crazy pursuit, not to mention attacking, there was no chance to connect the ball, the two Rockets' ball-handling players were almost stunned in this game.
"Beautiful, so beautiful. Lin Han's off-ball defense ability is really excellent. He can always judge Drexler's actions before Drexler makes a move. Not only that, his reaction ability is even better than Drexler. If Lin Han gave people a prediction of Drexler's actions in the past, he was slightly worse in the reaction, or after being covered, he was still half a beat slower than Drexler, but now, he has no sense of delay as before!"
When the Rockets couldn't find Drexler, Kenny Smith failed to shoot from Stockton's close-fitting defense and forced a three-point shooting, Collins on the sideline almost stood up and yelled.
Lin Han and Drexler have met several times this season. Although Lin Han is both winners, Lin Han is the winner in terms of the duel between the two sides, but Drexler's loss is not obvious enough, because Drexler's off-ball offense is indeed not something Lin Han can defend, so this is also the most important point that the Rockets can rely on, and it is also one of the reasons why Drexler and the Rockets are confident that they can still defeat the Jazz without changing their tactics.
Faced with the Jazz's pressing defense, the Rockets, which have a stronger overall strength, cannot play the overall. The Jazz's defense method is not so much a restriction on other Rockets players, but rather a restriction on other Rockets players, the Rockets, whose overall style of playing is better, to the same position as themselves. Let's play superstar style together. Although the Rockets also have superstars and there are two, it is obvious that although the Rockets can also play superstar tactics, their situation is still extremely dangerous. They are now dragged together by the Jazz's xjbd (abbreviation abbreviation) with xjbd, and the Jazz use their richer xjbd experience to defeat them.
The Rockets suffer a lot from this kind of xjbd or random play experience, so the Rockets have always wanted to use Olajuwon's offensive success rate to force the Jazz not to play tight. The final result is that even if Olajuwon's success rate is high, the Jazz are not moved. This has made the Rockets extremely helpless and speechless, and can only continue to play superstar tactics with the Jazz. If they were originally unable to match their opponents in their superstar style of play, they now have problems with the number of players. Drexler, who was originally expected to be locked up by Lin Han at this time.
It wasn't that I locked Drexler's ball-holding attack like before. This time Lin Han directly locked Drexler's off-ball offense!
When two teams that play superstar styles, if a team suffers from both experience and number of superstars, it can only be said to be a miracle!
In this case, when Drexler was completely blocked by Lin Han on the offensive end, the Rockets head coach on the sidelines was originally sitting in his seat, but after the second half of the first quarter, the Rockets head coach could no longer sit still.
"This kid's defense in this game is better than in the last game. How is this possible? Is this guy still hiding his strength in the last game?!"
When he thought of this, the Rockets head coach had already turned pale because he knew very well. If Drexler could not help the team on the offensive end in this game, then it would be impossible to defeat the Jazz by relying solely on Olajuwon's performance in this game. It would be fine if the Jazz's offensive efficiency was not high in this game, but if the Jazz's offensive efficiency was still high in this game, it would be even more impossible to defeat them!
Just as Tomjanovic was watching the situation on the court's sudden change in his expression, something extremely bad for the Rockets happened on the court. Drexler, who was pestered by Lin Han, had almost no chance, could not bear it this time.
Just as he said before the game. Even Jordan had never blocked him like this. As a superstar in the league, he still had his own dignity. Although Lin Han's defense is indeed very strong, no matter how strong he is, he still needs to show his superstar strength.
Because no superstar can be defended, and a superstar who can be defended is definitely not a superstar!
In this case, facing Lin Han's pressing, the Rockets' outside player forced out of the three-point line to catch the ball. Seeing that Drexler was ready to play ball-holding attack again, although Kenny Smith did not trust his teammate to succeed, at least Drexler's ball-holding attack should be much better than him in terms of grasp. Therefore, after Drexler asked for the ball, the Rockets defender used his height to pass the basketball to Drexler's hand against Stockton's close defense!
After receiving the ball, Drexler wanted to use his best-known breakthrough after receiving the ball to throw Lin Han away directly. He did break through Lin Han. This was when he broke through Lin Han, the basketball in his hand was reacted very quickly and the speed of attacking was very fast, and Lin Han, who was directly cut off from his hand!
"This is a direct steal from the front. Lin Han actually snatched the ball from Drexler's hand from the front?! It's so incredible, so incredible!"
You should know that at this time, Drexler could not underestimate the opponent of Lin Han, nor could he have a problem of poor protection of the ball. In this case, Lin Han could still break the basketball in Drexler's hand on the face to face defense, which can definitely be called a miracle!
"Lin, do it beautifully! That's it, fuck Drexler to death!"
"The steal was successful, and finally the steal was successful against Drexler!"
"Oh my god, the speed is too fast, it's really too fast!"
After Lin Han directly cut Drexler one-on-one, under the crazy shouts of the fans on the scene, Collins on the sidelines was also shocked. As the former head coach of the NBA and Jordan's former head coach, no one knows better than him how difficult it is to cut off the basketball in one-on-one head coach, especially how difficult it is to break a super star's hand!
Even Jordan, in the first All-Star Game, faced with Isaiah Thomas's uncooperation and passing, he wanted to forcefully intercept the ball from Dantelli, the singles superstar of the Western Conference, and he sent countless fouls when he intercepted the ball from the hand of Dantelli, the superstar player at that time. The final effect was not obvious. You should know that Dantelli was in the late stage of his career, just like Drexler now. Even a superstar player in the late stage of his peak is not that simple!
"Lin Han's defense is very focused today, and his defensive intensity and defensive reaction are even better than the previous game. Although Drexler has worked hard to protect the ball, he still underestimated Lin Han's frontal defense ability and reaction speed."
Looking at the already crazy partner at this time, and Drexler, who was still standing in a daze after being cut off by Lin Han on the court, Larry Bird also said with a smile on his face.
With a bang, when Lin Han successfully dunked after intercepting the ball, amid the crazy cheers of the fans of the court, Larry Bird knew that the Rockets were really in danger in this game!
When Drexler cannot provide enough contribution to the team in this game, it will be difficult for the team to win, especially when the Jazz are very efficient in offensively and have a strong will to press and defend, Larry Bird even doubts whether the Rockets will allow Olajuwon to continue to consume such a huge way of playing in the later game.
The reason why Olajuwon and the Rockets play this high-consuming offensive method when facing pressing. In addition to this is the only effective way for the Rockets to break pressing, another important reason is that they believe that Drexler can stand up when Olajuwon needs a break, so as long as Drexler plays his role, the Rockets do have the chance to win away.
But from now on, Drexler had no chance when facing Lin Han!
In fact, as Larry Bird guessed, when both sides ended in the first quarter, in the subsequent game, because Drexler faced Lin Han's extremely strong defense, the team no longer allowed Olajuwon to play that high-cost offensive method when the opponent pressed.
In this case, when the Jazz used their tight defense to establish a point difference of more than ten, they no longer pressed down, but instead played an ordinary offensive and defensive battle with the Rockets, the Rockets players on the court and Tom Janovic on the sidelines were almost tickled.
Because the Jazz's playing style is really heartbreaking! This way of maintaining the difference in points, as long as the opponent emerges, he will use his absolute advantage to fight the opponent. The Rockets can catch up once or twice and get beaten up again. Then when they are beaten more often, it will be difficult for them to chase like this again.
In this case, as the game time passes and the Rockets fall behind longer and longer, the players' fighting spirit on the court is indeed constantly consumed!
Especially Drexler, since the fight with Lin Han in the first quarter, and Lin Han's defensive strength and ability beyond everyone's expectations on the defensive end, this Rockets' outside player was almost distracted in the subsequent games!
"Steal, another steal! Drexler's dribble was too careless. Although Kenny is not pressing now, he should be more careful about Lin Han, a beautiful dunk and a beautiful counterattack! The Jazz have widened the gap to 15 points!"
When the game reached the second half, especially in the second half of the fourth quarter, players from both sides came on the court again. The Rockets, who were about 10 points behind, wanted to have four games, but as soon as they came up, the somewhat absent-minded Drexler was cut off by Lin Han. This game was not once or twice!
"This should be the fifth time Lin Han intercepted the ball in this game, right?"
Seeing Lin Han roaring at the stands around after the dunk was completed, Larry Bird also said with a smile, five steals are not too many, but what if Drexler, who cuts one-on-one head-on every steal, almost directly?
This can be seen from Drexler's still a bit of tranquil expression after being cut off!
"Have you lost this game again?"
To be continued...