Asik wanted to draw McGee's offensive foul, didn't jump, and slid backward after the contact.

The referee blew his whistle, but signaled a defensive foul on Asik!

Asik was standing inside the restricted area when defending!

It's a 2+1!

McGee looked excited when he saw the referee's gesture.

But he didn't celebrate, instead, he turned around and looked straight at the commentary booth.

He couldn't hear what O'Neal and the others were saying in the commentary booth, but he wanted to show it to O'Neal!

The crowd erupted in cheers, and many fans stood up from their seats excitedly, waving their fists and shouting.

This ball was definitely morale-boosting!

McGee's talent...

Although there would be moments of short-circuiting on the court from time to time, his physical talent was enough to support him in becoming a rotation-level player.

But the prerequisite was that he could solve his defensive problems and needed a coach who could trust him.

McGee made the extra free throw, and the Pelicans took the lead again.

Bosh scored with a turnaround fadeaway in the low post, the Rockets came tonight for revenge.

But Gordon broke through for a layup and immediately responded with a score.

After two possessions without a score from either team, the Pelicans led 31-28 after more than three minutes into the second quarter.

Williams turned around and called Whiteside and Morrow up, preparing to substitute them into the game.

Motiejūnas on the Rockets' side was also preparing to replace Bosh.

There was no dead ball on the court yet, they were sitting at the technical table waiting.

During the Rockets' offense, Bosh continued to post up Aminu in the low post, this time he didn't fade away, but turned and went for a layup under the basket.

Aminu was completely squeezed past by his slender figure.

It was an excellent scoring opportunity.

But at that moment, McGee squeezed past Asik and flew up for a block.

The timing of this block was a bit late, Bosh's shot had already been released.

But fortunately, McGee's reaction speed was fast enough, and he slapped Bosh's shot onto the backboard.

A chase-down block!

The baseline referee's eyes were always on the ball, McGee was a major interference offender.

But this block was before the ball fell, it was a good block.

The ball bounced back and was taken down by Aminu, the Pelicans directly launched a fast break.

Dinwiddie dribbled the ball to the frontcourt against Terry.

Although Terry's defense wasn't strong, he had excellent experience and didn't give Dinwiddie an easy layup opportunity.

At that moment, Dinwiddie saw a figure quickly following up in the middle.

He turned his head to look and was shocked.

It was actually McGee!

After the block, this guy was the first to fast break to the frontcourt!

The dunk over Asik earlier had given Dinwiddie a new understanding of McGee's ability, he directly held off Terry and lobbed the ball into the air towards the basket.

The ball led the person, McGee jumped up one step inside the free throw line, grabbed the ball with his right hand and slammed it into the basket.

"Boom!"

With a powerful one-handed dunk, McGee slammed the ball hard into the basket.

The crowd instantly boiled.

From a block in the backcourt to completing an alley-oop in the frontcourt, this was definitely a top-five play of the day!

After McGee scored, he made a one-handed "strong" gesture towards the commentary booth.

When Barkley saw McGee's action, he turned to look at O'Neal and laughed.

This was blatant provocation.

O'Neal spread his hands, the material had already been obtained, whether McGee played well or not was no longer so important to him.

The game continued for another minute, and the game entered a dead ball.

McGee was substituted off the court, he played for more than four minutes in this quarter, contributing 5 points, 2 rebounds and 2 blocks, playing quite efficiently.

And he also helped the Pelicans establish a 5-point lead, which was more important than how many points he scored.

The Pelicans' starters returned, Tang Tian and Davis performed well, helping the team take a double-digit lead of 56-43 at the end of the first half.

Harden had 21 points and 5 assists in the first half, his performance was already eye-catching enough, but unfortunately, the help given by his teammates was still not enough.

In the critical third quarter, Harden and Bosh scored under the basket one after another at the beginning, helping the Rockets narrow the point difference to single digits.

But at the critical moment, Tang Tian once again showed his MVP performance, continuous strong attacks and scores helped the team stabilize the situation.

Davis also had a bright performance with a block and a dunk with a 2+1.

When this quarter reached more than 9 minutes, the Pelicans led 76-61, widening the point difference to 15 points.

With this point difference, Williams entered the rotation with peace of mind.

McGee also replaced Whiteside at this time.

He continued his excellent state from the second quarter, giving Capela a big block right away, which was quite morale-boosting.

At the last moment of this quarter, Dinwiddie was double-teamed, he couldn't shoot, and threw the ball to McGee at the arc.

McGee made a buzzer-beating three-pointer.

This was a shot with basically no certainty.

But after the ball hit the backboard, it went in!

McGee made a buzzer-beating three-pointer off the backboard!

The cheers from the fans at the scene continued, this time they didn't just like "my.boy", but they really started to like McGee a bit!

There was a burst of excited shouts from the Pelicans' bench.

Tang Tian also stood up and applauded McGee.

McGee didn't seize the opportunity in the last game, but he did in this one.

McGee's buzzer-beater lucky ball helped the Pelicans widen the point difference to 18 points, becoming the last straw that broke the camel's back.

The Rockets performed poorly in the last quarter, and the Pelicans finally easily defeated the Rockets 115-100, winning a four-game winning streak.

Harden faced the Pelicans and scored in vain again, getting 38 points and 8 assists, Bosh's performance in this game was average, with only 15 points and 7 rebounds, and Capela had 6 points and 12 rebounds.

On the Pelicans' side, Tang Tian got the highest score of 27 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists, Davis had 18 points and 10 rebounds, and Whiteside had 9 points and 11 rebounds.

Dinwiddie from the bench got 12 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists, Gordon had 10 points and 3 assists, and McGee had 10 points, 5 rebounds and 3 blocks.

After the game, Tang Tian and McGee attended the post-match press conference together.

"How do you evaluate McGee's performance?"

A reporter asked Tang Tian about this.

Tang Tian's attitude after the last game had already expressed his support for McGee, and they could ask with confidence now that McGee played well in this game.

"He seized the opportunity and proved that he is an NBA-level player."

Tang Tian gave a very pertinent answer.

He rarely praised him hard because McGee was by his side, he didn't want McGee to become overly confident because he played well in one game.

Being modest and not arrogant is very important in the NBA.

McGee nodded after listening, these words were just the right encouragement for him.

"I heard that during the game, Shaq said he found new material again, which was McGee's defensive positioning problem in the second quarter, do you think this is something McGee needs to improve?"

Another reporter asked.

Tang Tian frowned slightly when he heard this.

Everyone knew that O'Neal was a Tang Tian supporter, but this approach obviously made him a little unhappy.

"Yes, McGee needs to improve his defensive positioning."

He first affirmed the reporter's question, McGee was by his side, and his words were also a reminder.

"But I don't think Shaq's approach is appropriate, everyone will have mistakes in the game, it's not right to just stare at one person."

He then said with a serious expression.

ps: Congratulations to Zhong Kui's small account for becoming the 14th alliance master of this book!