Staples Center, after halftime, the game continued in the third quarter.
When the nearly 20,000 fans at the scene saw the Clippers players take the field, their cheers almost knocked off the roof of the arena. The Clippers trailed the Rockets by 5 points in the first half, and they expected that their cheers and cheers could make them The Clippers regained their confidence and rhythm, catching up and even overtaking the score.
Wen Hao glanced at Paul from a distance, with a burning desire to fight in his heart. There was only the second half left. As long as he continued to maintain the level of the first half in these twenty-four minutes, he would limit Paul to below his average level. , then he defeated Paul and became famous in one fell swoop.
Thinking of this, although Wen Hao's face remained calm, his heart was already excited.
Players from both sides came on the court, and all the Clippers' main players came out. Paul, Griffin and DeAndre Jordan were all in full force.
For the Rockets, except for Jeremy Lin, all other main players are also on the court. Wen Hao continues to be the point guard.
On the first Clippers offense, Paul dribbled the ball past half-court. Facing Wen Hao's defense, he didn't even look at it. He suddenly took a shot from outside the three-point line.
"Uh-huh."
Basketball hollow hit!
Wen Hao was secretly shocked. He didn't expect Paul to hit a three-pointer as soon as he came up. This was not like Paul's style of play at all. Rockets coach McHale was also surprised. He didn't expect Paul to do this.
Looking back, the Rockets attacked. Facing Paul's defense, Wen Hao still did not hand the ball to Harden, but dribbled the ball to attack.
But Paul's defensive intensity suddenly increased. He was almost face to face with Wen Hao, not giving Wen Hao too much space to dribble. In this way, Wen Hao could not change direction at all. In desperation, he had to take a step back and try to open up the space. .But Paul immediately took a step forward and compressed the space again.
Wen Hao was a little anxious and wanted to pass the ball out, but as soon as he passed the ball, Griffin from the side had already come to help defend, intercepted the ball from the air, and rushed forward.
Wen Hao was shocked and rushed to block Griffin, but Griffin threw the ball to Paul. The Clippers formed a two-on-one frontcourt.
When Wen Hao tried to block Paul again, Paul threw the ball toward the basket. Griffin followed up and soared into the sky as if he were stepping on a rocket. He hit an alley-oop and dunk, setting off the whole audience.
"Tied, tied!" Lawler, the courtside commentator, exclaimed excitedly, "Fourteen seconds, just fourteen seconds, the Clippers tied the 5-point deficit!"
"CP3, indeed it was CP3. A three-pointer, an assist, and a very strong defense against Rockets No. 5, tied the score instantly. He let Rockets No. 5 know what the strongest point guard is. .cp3, we love you!" Smith, another commentator, also shouted.
"Fuck!" Wen Hao said a rare curse word in Chinese. He looked at Paul's back and clenched his fists.
After receiving the serve and transporting it to the frontcourt, Paul immediately followed up again. But this time Wen Hao had already started dribbling before Paul could get in front of him. He made a drastic change of direction and rushed past Paul. When Griffin stepped forward to cover up the defense, he flicked the ball. Howard was already waiting there, making a powerful alley-oop and returning the favor to Griffin.
Paul turned back and glanced at Wen Hao, his expression unchanged.
When the Clippers attacked, Paul faced Wen Hao's defensive step, took off again, shot a three-pointer, and hit again.
This three-pointer allowed the Clippers to turn the score back in one fell swoop.
Seeing this, McHale quickly called for a timeout. He said to Wen Hao: "Paul's touch is coming. You can't let him go one step further. You have to go up and grab him. If you are taller than him, just stand in front of him and stretch out your hand.
He didn't dare to shoot."
"Yeah." Wen Hao nodded, and he was secretly alert. It seemed that Paul was really going to go crazy. They said it was scary when Paul went crazy, but he didn't expect it to be so scary. In just one minute, he not only caught up with the laggard
5 points, and even exceeded it by 1 point. It seems that I was indeed too careless.
However, this kind of competition is interesting.
Wen Hao said secretly in his heart.
After the timeout, the Rockets attacked. After dribbling the ball this time, Wen Hao handed the ball to Harden. He had already attracted Paul's defense. At this time, he gave the ball to Harden, and Harden had it.
Possibility of breakthrough.
Sure enough, as Wen Hao thought, after Harden got the ball, without waiting for Paul to double-team, he took a big step over his defender, got inside, threw his body on Griffin, and also threw the ball at the same time.
In. The referee's whistle sounded, Griffin fouled, and Harden successfully scored a two-plus-one, once again opening the point difference to 2 points.
Looking back, Paul dribbled the ball past half-court. Wen Hao did not dare to let Paul go and immediately went up to grab the ball. However, this played into Paul's hands. He dribbled the ball in two directions and passed Wen Hao and went straight to the inside.
The Rockets insiders did not dare to be careless and rushed to cover up the defense. Paul's elusive pass appeared at this moment, and Griffin dunked after receiving the ball, tying the score.
When Rivers saw Wen Hao go up for grabs, he glanced at McHale proudly. The reason why Paul shot a three-pointer from the outside just now was to attract Wen Hao to go up for grabs, so that Paul could break through. As long as Paul gets up,
Others had a chance, and the entire Clippers team was revitalized. This was exactly the style of play he had just arranged during the halftime break.
"McHale, you should be a step slower after all." Rivers thought to himself, "Now it depends on whether Paul can guard No. 5. As long as he guards No. 5 and then heavily defends Harden, the Rockets will be dead.
Already."
At this time on the court, Wen Hao saw Paul getting angry, and he was already very energetic. In front of a super point guard like Paul, any small mistake may be an opportunity for him to seize.
Wen Hao dribbled the ball past half-court, and after a little calculation in his mind, he had already thought of a way to deal with a pressing defense. Seeing Paul rushing towards him, he was already ready to make a move. All he had to do was make that move in one step.
You can get past Paul. Although you can't guard Paul, but with the skill of unbreakable breakthrough, it's not that easy for Paul to guard yourself.
But to Wen Hao's surprise, Paul only took one step forward, and then took a step back to distance himself from him. In this way, even if Wen Hao had the unbreakable breakthrough skill, it would be impossible for him to break through.
"Smart!" commentator Lawler said, "Rockets No. 5 is not good at shooting, so Paul kept the distance from him and he couldn't break through. Shooting is not his strong point. As a result, Rockets No. 5 was almost completely defeated.
It’s useless.”
The fans at the scene saw that Wen Hao could not break through Paul's defense, and the cheers for Paul became louder and louder.
