Wen Hao made a throw and made a hollow hit! The score difference was reduced to 5 points.
"Beep——"
The sharp whistle sounded, and Clippers head coach Rivers called a timeout. His face was full of anger, but he was also full of depression. The anger was because the Clippers players failed to live up to expectations and failed to show their own characteristics. Instead, they made mistakes again and again.
Being counterattacked by the Rockets; I was depressed because McHale, an old-fashioned man, seldom changed in the past, so why did his style of play suddenly become so diverse?
When Smith, the commentator on the sidelines, saw that the Rockets had closed the score to 5 points, he felt anxious for a while, but he was just anxious and couldn't go on the field and do it by himself. In desperation, he could only drive McHale away.
He made a joke to vent his frustration: "McHale is not feeling right today.
, I wonder if what is hidden under McHale's appearance is his soul. In the past, he was always the most rigid and inflexible one. Why did he suddenly learn to adapt to changes today? Star singles, substitute sneak attacks, air cuts and intersperses were all blocked.
He has used it all over the place, could it be that he secretly learned the Zen master’s tricks?”
Lawler was depressed when he saw that the 11-point difference had been narrowed to 5 points within three minutes. When he heard what Smith said, he immediately echoed: "I dare say that this is definitely not what McHale came up with."
, it must be that No. 5 made the decision on his own initiative. He couldn’t even control a substitute, so McHale got out of class as soon as possible, hahahaha..."
Lawler never imagined that the nonsense he thought he was just talking about to ridicule McHale turned out to be the unvarnished truth. The Rockets' sudden change in play style indeed came from Wen Hao's own thoughts.
When Wen Hao walked off the court, all the Rockets players stood up to greet him.
Although Jeremy Lin felt a little sad, he still looked at Wen Hao sincerely and said in less standard Mandarin: "Wen Hao, you will be the protagonist for these three minutes."
Howard jumped up like a child, clapped his hands and sang in an impromptu rap: "A boy, he comes from China, he has been in the NBA for more than two years. He has been unknown but worked hard, and finally tonight, let the world feel his
Pulse. Yo, yo, Chris Paul, staring into his eye sockets, a pair of fearful eyes, like saying - Oh, God, my angel brother..."
The Rockets officers laughed loudly when they heard this. They all raised their thumbs and praised Howard for his talent in rapping. Howard sang even more enthusiastically after being praised by everyone.
Wen Hao was welcomed to the chair by everyone like a star holding the moon.
But Dayao next to him was keenly aware that one of the Rockets players was not smiling. He was unhappy.
This person is the Rockets' number one star, the bearded Harden. His touch tonight was not good, and he was already depressed. In addition, Wen Hao, a substitute player, dared to disobey the coach's arrangements and not pass the ball to him. This is
It was inevitable that he would feel some displeasure in his heart. Now that Wen Hao had completely stolen his limelight and made him, the boss, lose face, he was naturally unhappy.
Of course, apart from the big beard, head coach McHale was not very happy either. Although he recognized Wen Hao's intelligence, Wen Hao continued to score points and closed the score to 5 points, which also made him relieved. But regardless of
Anyway, the head coach always likes obedient players who disobey the coach's arrangements. This alone is enough to put Wen Hao on the bench.
But he can't do that at this time. If Wen Hao is put on the bench when he is in good condition, it will definitely arouse many doubts. So, let's wait for the opportunity.
After the timeout, all the main players from both sides took the field.
On the Clippers' side, Griffin and DeAndre Jordan are already on the court. On the Rockets' side, Dayao and Asik are off the court. Howard and power forward Jones are also on the court. Just now, McHale explained to Wen Hao that there is only five points left.
It was a critical period for chasing points, and we had to play according to tactics. The first choice was Howard, and the second choice was Harden. Wen Hao just nodded and said nothing.
After playing, according to McHale's previous strategy, the Rockets once again defended against the Clippers' offense. Looking back, Wen Hao dribbled the ball across half court, but he did not give the ball to Howard or Harden, but motioned for Howard to come up.
Pick and roll.
Howard was also a kid, and he was so happy that he didn't care that Wen Hao was just a substitute and had no qualifications to order him. He raised his head to the three-point line and screened for Wen Hao.
Seeing this, Paul quickly took a step back, intending to prevent the Rockets from picking and rolling.
But all this Wenhao did was just to deceive others. He didn't use Howard's pick-and-roll at all. He suddenly made a drastic change in front of his body, passed Paul who was caught off guard, and once again reached the inside, and scored with a basket over Jordan's head.
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"I hate this Chinese so much." Jordan shouted to Griffin.
"I hate it too," Griffin replied, "but what can I do? This guy is as smart as a ghost. He can always hit unexpected shots, which makes people feel that his strength is useless."
"Don't make any noise and concentrate on the game." Paul said coldly.
The boss spoke, but the two men didn't dare not listen and ran to the front court to take their positions.
Paul once again faced Wen Hao's defense. He gritted his teeth and wanted to break through. But Wen Hao still let him go half a step, not giving him a chance to break through. Paul looked at Wen Hao bitterly, and suddenly a cold light flashed in his eyes,
He shot from outside the three-point line and hit the ball steadily.
As soon as the goal was scored, the Staples Center, which had been silent for a long time, began to boil again. Paul was finally resurrected. As long as Paul was resurrected, the entire Clippers would be alive.
However, what they didn't expect was that Paul's three-pointer was just a flash in the pan. In the next few attacks, Paul failed to score. On the Rockets' side, they relied on Wen Hao's breakthroughs, air cuts, and passes to score continuously.
At the end of the second quarter, the score was 67 to 62, and the Rockets were ahead by 5 points.
By this time, Wen Hao had played 16 minutes and had already scored 23 points, 4 assists and 2 steals. Such statistics are already very dazzling for those superstars, let alone a substitute player.
The morale of the Clippers players was already many times lower than when the game started. They walked to the tunnel dejectedly. Paul turned back and glanced at Wen Hao meaningfully. Wen Hao also looked at Paul at this time, his eyes
The provocation remains the same.
At this time, Clippers sideline reporter Grubin stopped Wen Hao and said, "Can you accept my halftime interview?"
Wen Hao was a little surprised at first. Those who could be interviewed on the sidelines were usually those players who performed very well. He didn't expect that he would also enjoy such treatment tonight. But he soon figured it out. Not only did he have nothing to do against Paul,
He didn't suffer any loss and still had the upper hand. If it weren't for him, today's sideline interview would be totally unreasonable.
Thinking of this, Wen Hao smiled lightly and said, "Of course."
