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Chapter 19 Against the Rockets

Martin settled outside the three-point line with a sullen face. After Jeremy Lin dribbled the ball across half court, he asked for the ball directly. Facing Leonard's defense, Martin once again went inside, but this time he It takes a little longer to get out of defense.

Breaking through Leonard's defense again?
Yang Ke stepped up to defend again, looking at Martin with solemn eyes. He knew Leonard's defense. Although his defensive style was different from his own, he faintly suppressed himself on the front line, but he did not expect to be so easy to be broken in the game. .

Martin glanced at Yang Ke in front of him. This time he did not choose to pass the ball, but to attack by himself. He took a step forward without slowing down, and the movement of his hands did not stop, followed by a smooth crotch movement. ball!

Yang Ke subconsciously thought that Martin would use continuous direction-changing breakthroughs, so he quickly sat back and moved his feet slightly to guard against Martin's breakthroughs.

A light flashed in Martin's eyes. He knew that his chance was coming. You must know that his breakthrough and mid-range shooting were well-known throughout the league.

Suddenly stopping his feet, Martin put away the basketball in his hand in an instant, kicked his legs hard on the ground when he stopped, and then his body easily soared into the air, and he chose a mid-range emergency stop jumper.

not good!

As soon as Martin slowed down, Yang Ke reacted, and immediately jumped up with Martin, while raising his right hand high to cover the line where Martin was about to shoot.But what Yang Ke didn't expect was that when Martin was in the air, he added a little backward!

Yang Ke's eyes widened, but it was too late to take back his hand. His hand that was rushing towards the basketball had already hit Martin's left hand, but it didn't prevent Martin from sending the ball out.

Swish!
12: 12!

The goal is valid, and a penalty is added!The referee's whistle sounded precisely, and he gestured to the technical stage.The rookie reacted really fast, seeing this difficult shot, Martin couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"If the ball was defended by Leonard just now, it should not be a thug, but it would have covered Martin's shooting sight."

Seeing this situation, Borrego subconsciously said that Leonard has very long wingspan and big palms.

After hearing this, Popovich shook his head in disapproval: "If it were Leonard, he wouldn't be able to react at all, and he wouldn't even have to jump, and he could just watch Martin hit the ball easily. "

Although it was caused by two plus one, Yang Ke just shook his head calmly. He had tried his best just now, but his ability was really insufficient.Slowly walked beyond the three-point line, bent over and waited for Martin's free throw.

At this time, Rockets coach McHale signaled to the referee's stand to make a substitution, and standing next to him was Lowry, who had just finished the game and his butt was still hot, and replaced Jeremy Lin who had only played for 2 minutes!

Seeing Jeremy Lin walking off the stage with a gloomy face, Yang Ke was a little silent and had no choice. It was obvious that McHale didn't trust Jeremy Lin, and he was sentenced to death after a single failure.

Shortly after, Martin made a solid free throw to give the Rockets the lead again.

Yang Ke walked slowly across the half court with the ball in his hand, carefully looking at Lowry who was in a stance, and this was also a way to reduce physical energy consumption.

When half a meter away from the three-point line, Yang Ke directly passed the ball to Ginobili in the high position, letting him organize the offense, while he began to pull Lowry to run.

In this way, in the ensuing game, Yang Ke acted as a fake point guard once, and threw the ball to Ginobili as soon as he took the ball past half court, letting him handle the offense.On the other hand, he tilted his focus to the defensive direction. Lowry is known as a small steel gun in the league, and he is very good at breaking through.

The Spurs are a team that emphasizes defense, and Yang Ke doesn't want Lowry to score a lot of points against him, even if it's just a preseason game.

In the rest of the game, Yang Ke and Leonard did their best to do their own things, defending hard, opening up space, and shooting three-pointers if they ran out of space.

Relying on Manu Ginobili's internal and external passes, the Spurs defeated the Rockets 87:85. Finally, at the end of the game, Yang Ke got 23 minutes of playing time and scored 6 points with two three-pointers. At the same time, he picked up 1 rebound and sent [-] assists. As for the steals and blocks, there were none.

The statistics are not outstanding, but anyone who knows the ball can see that Yang Ke performed well, with one or two outstanding performances, especially on the defensive end. Lowry, who was defending against him, only scored nine points.

"Yang, it's hard for me to defend tonight!"

When the game ended, the fans left the field one after another, and the players of the two teams also began to greet each other.Lowry was not disappointed because he lost the game, he took the initiative to find Yang Ke, smiled and hugged him.

"Don't be kidding, I can't defend you, it's just that you feel bad tonight, and I will definitely not be like this when I meet you in the regular season."

Yang Ke shook his head with a very serious expression. Others don't know that he is not clear as a defensive player. Many times Lowry has already shaken him away and created an open space, but he didn't make a shot.

Lowry tilted his head with a smile and did not deny that the more than 100-day lockout period had a great impact on their players, and it was precisely because of this that he didn't care so much about winning or losing this preseason game, just getting used to it.

However, Yang Ke didn't wait for the nose to show his face, but clearly recognized the facts, which made Lowry quite fond of him.Originally, it was only because of Dayao's influence that he came here to be polite, but now he is encouraged.

"Come on, Yang, I like you."

Lowry patted Yang Ke on the shoulder with his hand, and then left. He still wanted to find those old acquaintances in the Spurs to have a chat.

Yang Ke nodded with a smile and said goodbye to Lowry. Seeing that there were no Rockets players coming to greet him, he was about to turn around and go back to the bench to pack his things.But just when he tilted his head, out of the corner of his eye, he saw Jeremy Lin standing there alone.

Yang Ke was taken aback for a moment, the smile on his face disappeared, his mood was a little complicated, then he walked towards Jeremy Lin wearing a towel.

Seeing Yang Ke approaching, Jeremy Lin squeezed a smile on his face and greeted him proactively: "Yang, you performed really well tonight!"

"Jeremy Lin, I am looking forward to playing against you in three days. By the way, I will treat you to dinner after you arrive in San Antonio."

Yang Ke raised his eyebrows. He didn't expect Jeremy Lin to call himself American. It seems that American culture has a profound influence on him, but he didn't care too much about it. He hugged Jeremy Lin and let go, and said with a smile.

"Sorry, I don't think I can go. I signed a short-term contract with the Rockets for [-] days, which expires tomorrow, and it is estimated that they will not renew my contract."

Jeremy Lin smiled bitterly. Since he was replaced early today, he knew that he had been sentenced to death by McHale.Thinking of all the difficulties I have encountered since I lost the election, being cut by the Warriors, and about to be cut by the Rockets, I clenched my right hand unwillingly.

Hearing this, Yang Ke suddenly understood why McHale didn't trust Jeremy Lin, and didn't even give him another chance. It turned out that Jeremy Lin was a dispensable person in the Rockets, and he didn't know what to say for a while. .

"But I will not give up because of this, Yang, I am looking forward to our next fight!"

Jeremy Lin said suddenly, breaking the silence between the two, raised his head and his eyes revealed a firm light.

Yang Ke was a little dazed for a while, Jeremy Lin in front of him was so familiar and powerful at this moment, he suddenly had a feeling that those teams who abandoned Jeremy Lin would regret it one day in the near future.

Then came back to his senses, Yang Ke solemnly nodded to Jeremy Lin: "Those who work hard will never fail. I think it won't be long before we fight next time! Jeremy Lin, please leave a contact number!"

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(End of this chapter)