The Godfather of Basketball

Both sides on the offensive end have tactical dominance, and invisible confrontations on the defensive end are also emerging in endlessly.

Both sides are exhausted physically. Veterans like Bowen and Finley are basically replaced after half a quarter.

After the first quarter, the Rockets led the Spurs 29-27 with McGrady's three-pointer at the buzzer.

The Spurs in the playoffs showed their toughness as always, and the Rockets really met their opponents.

Back in the second quarter, the physical strength of the players on both sides was exhausted, and both sides expanded the rotation lineup by coincidence.

On the Spurs side, George Hill, Mason, Bonner, and Gooden substituted, and Bowen also re-appeared.

The Rockets have five substitutes, Sun Yue, Morrow, Artest, Scola and Jordan.

Coming up to the Rockets' offense, Sun Yue handed the ball to Scola to support, Morrow used Jordan's pick-and-roll outside to get a chance, Scola flicked the ball out.

Morrow catches and shoots.

"Shua!"

There was a crisp sound. Although he was a rookie, Morrow's three-pointer was really steady, and he made a steady hit with his first shot.

"Follow your own people, stick up your damn ass!" Popovich was obviously upset, and now he yelled at the players on the field for a while, reaching out and waving his suit buttons, almost breaking the buttons of his suit.

Don't be fooled by the old man's gentle and refined appearance, the real culprit is that there are not many coaches in the league who are more ruthless than him.

It's like a whip on the ass of the Spurs. Going back to the offensive end, Hill missed a three-pointer, but Bonner's big ass jammed Jordan, and Gooden pressed Scola to grab the offense Rebound and tipped.

Back on the defensive end, the players obviously fought harder on the court. Morrow took a chance, but the shot was interfered by Bowen who was supplementing the defense, and the ball went out of the basket.

Jordan wanted to grab an offensive rebound, but Gooden couldn't jump, so he knocked him to the ground with a dark elbow.

The referee immediately blew his whistle and reached out to indicate that Gooden's push was fouled.

Gooden was still complaining to the referee, but at this moment, Artest suddenly rushed up, pushed Gooden violently, and then sprayed directly from his mouth.

The referee didn't see the elbow. He, an old fritter, could see it clearly. This time, Jordan hadn't gotten up yet, so he went straight up.

Gooden was directly pushed out of the baseline by Artest, but he wanted to resist but was pushed away by the referee.

At this time, other members of the Rockets also held Artest back.

The referee responded in a timely manner, and no further conflict broke out between the two sides, and Jordan was also helped up from the ground by the players.

The referee discusses in midfield.

"That's a dirty move, an elbow!" Tang Tian walked to the end of the bench and reminded the referee loudly.

The referee didn't respond this time, and soon, the three discussed the result.

Gooden had a defensive foul and Artest had a technical foul.

Tang Tiantian shook his hand, and the scene was booed.

"Don, do you want to replace Ron to cool down?" Cole came over to remind him at this time.

"No." Tang Tian directly motioned for Artest to come over.

When he got close, he stretched out his hand to pull Artest down, and then said in a low voice: "If they still play this way, give me a hard response to them, and don't let the referee see it."

If the Spurs want to play dirty, he doesn't mind putting it horizontally.

Artest nodded vigorously. He was already very upset by Bowen's black hands before.

The game continued, Hill made a technical free throw and the Rockets' frontcourt ball.

Sun Yue served the ball in the frontcourt. After receiving the ball, Artest asked Scola to play a pick-and-roll, and then broke through to the basket after breaking the ball.

Artest's size is the closest to that of James, and this breakthrough is also full of momentum.

The Spurs shrunk to the basket, and at this moment, Artest flicked the ball to the outside. Morrow had already stood outside the three-point line at this time.

The ball arrives.

"boom!"

However, the shot was a bit shorter, and it popped out after hitting the front of the basket.

Gooden was about to accept the defensive rebound. At this moment, Artest shot out directly from the side, grabbed the ball into his arms before Gooden, and took the ball directly for a layup.

Gooden wanted to pull him after seeing it. Artest had been prepared for a long time, and at this time his shoulders exerted strength.

"boom!"

Before he could reach his hand, Gooden was directly elbowed in the chest.

He grinned in pain, and wanted to pull. Artest had already put his whole body on him, and the two were entangled.

"Beep! Beep!"

The referee's whistle followed.

Artest had already raised his hands at this time, indicating that he had not fouled.

Gooden pushed Artest away in annoyance, and wanted to punch, but the referee had already pushed him away.

Without any suspense, he gave Gooden a technical foul immediately after shaking his hands.

Gooden was about to jump up, it was obvious that he had been elbowed by Artest.

Unfortunately, all the referee saw was Gooden wanting to throw a punch.

The rest of the Spurs also hurried over to pull Gooden to the sidelines.

Tang Tian smiled at this time.

The NBA is all-encompassing, and there must be people who play dirty. This is the kind of people that stars fear most. If they are not careful, they may be scrapped by the opponent.

But what are people who play dirty most afraid of? What I am most afraid of is meeting someone who plays badly. If you are angry, you will not be able to play, and if you are angry, you dare not use dirty.

Morrow goes to execute a technical free throw.

At this time, Artest pulled Jordan to stand on the sidelines, pointing at the basket and teaching something.

That mouth shape, full of swear words, just doing it one by one, is leading young people badly.

Morrow made a technical free throw and the Rockets continued to serve the sideline.

The ball was in Scola's hands, and he continued to respond to the free throw line.

Artest cuts to the basket and Scola hits the ball beautifully.

After receiving the ball, Artest continued to crush Bowen for a layup.

Bowen is 38 years old, and he was beaten like this, which means he will lose his life at the end of the season.

He instinctively stretched out his feet to pad them.

This kick was stealthy and fast, and I don't know how many people suffered from it before.

However, Artest had been on guard for a long time. He dodged the moment he saw Bowen lift his foot, and then suddenly exerted force on his shoulder.

"boom!"

Before Bowen stepped on his feet, he was hit by Artest and flew out of the bottom line.

Artest then staggered and flew out of the field.

The two fell to the ground at the same time.

What happened just now was so fast that the referee didn't see it clearly, and was stunned for a while and blew an out-of-bounds ball.

Artest got up from the ground all at once, while Bowen held his hands on his chest with a painful expression.

James is a tank when he rushes up, and Artest is a Hummer when he rushes up!

After finally being supported by his teammates, he panted and recovered, and then looked at Artest, his eyes were extremely fearful.

When he was knocked over just now, he really almost missed his breath.

Artest walked to the bottom line to serve as if nothing had happened, and anyone with a discerning eye realized that his throw just now was fake.

The ball was played really horizontally.