At the end of the third quarter, when Wen Hao came off the court, the Toyota Center suddenly burst into warm applause. In the past 6 minutes, Wen Hao led the Rockets' counterattack, narrowing the 22-point difference to 12 points in one fell swoop, allowing the Rockets to
There is still a glimmer of hope. Naturally, they want to give Wen Hao applause.
At this time, everyone in the Rockets also came over to give Wen Hao a high-five. There was surprise and surprise in their eyes. The surprise was because Wen Hao led the Rockets to narrow the point difference to 10 points; the surprise was because Wen Hao led the Rockets to narrow the point difference to 10 points; the surprise was because Wen Hao made such a big difference in such a short period of time.
The speed at which you can recover from losing your self-confidence is amazing.
Howard came up to him with a smile and said, "Hey, man, you were the protagonist in the past six minutes."
Parsons also smiled and said: "I'm so glad you can come back."
Harden seemed a little reluctant at this time, but as the boss of the team and his younger brother had such an outstanding performance, he couldn't help but express it. He stood up and said to Wen Hao: "Wen Hao did a great job."
Although McHale was a little angry because Wen Hao was disobedient, under the current circumstances, it was not the time to deal with Wen Hao. Moreover, the effect of Wen Hao's actions was unexpectedly good, so there was no reason to deal with him.
Thinking of this, McHale just encouraged the players for a few words, then replaced Garcia with Harden and told the players: "When attacking, Harden is still the first choice."
On the Grizzlies side, head coach Jorge had nothing to arrange at this time. He took the twin towers inside to rest and replaced them with substitutes.
After a while, the final battle began.
The Rockets attacked furiously as soon as they came up. Taking advantage of the rest of the Grizzlies' main force, Harden made a breakthrough, which made the Grizzlies frightened. Coupled with the Rockets' twin towers, the score difference was narrowed to 8 within two minutes.
point.
Grizzlies coach Jorge had no choice but to send all his main players on the field, hoping to maintain this 8-point advantage until the end.
When the main force of the Grizzlies came on the court, the defensive intensity greatly increased. Harden broke through three times in a row, but was unable to break in. Instead, he made a mistake, allowing Conley to complete a counterattack fast break, once again widening the point difference to 11 points.
Joger was relieved. Looking at Harden on the court, he smiled: Harden is simply an undercover agent sent by the Grizzlies to the Rockets. Originally, under the control of No. 5, the Rockets' offense was very smooth.
It is difficult for the Bears to defend. But now it takes at least ten seconds for Harden to get the ball every time. The ball stops when it reaches him. The Grizzlies have enough time to adjust their defense. Although his breakthrough is very sharp, for us Grizzlies
But it's not worth mentioning. Harden, all I can say is, you are so cool.
At this time, the Grizzlies missed the attack. Wen Hao picked up the rebound and wanted to launch a fast break, but the Grizzlies retreated in time.
Wen Hao shook his head and slowed down. It seems that his control during the fast break is not too strong. According to Magic Johnson, as long as you push forward, there will be a chance for a fast break. It depends on you.
Can you find it? Now it seems that I still can't reach the level of a magician. I have to study the magician's video tapes when I go back.
Since we can't make a fast break, we can only stay down and play position. After halftime, Harden has already reached for the ball. Wen Hao hesitated for a moment, but did not give it to Harden. Harden already had two players ready.
If you're double-teamed, giving it to him would be like sending you to death.
Thinking of this, Wen Hao feinted a shot, swung the ball towards Jeremy Lin, and then firmly started to break through.
At this time, only Conley was guarding Wen Hao.
Conley's lateral movement is extremely fast, which is very suitable for defending with the ball. He stared closely at Wen Hao's eyes and gave Wen Hao no chance.
Wen Hao started dribbling slowly from his hips. After changing directions four times in a row, he suddenly accelerated and passed by Conley in an instant.
Because Wen Hao's rhythm became too fast, Conley didn't react at all. When he had to adjust his steps, it was already too late. Wen Hao easily passed him, got inside, and succeeded in throwing the ball easily in front of Randolph who was caught off guard. This is
His 8th point of the game.
"Cool, Wen's first step when he broke through was too fast. Even Conley, who moved extremely fast laterally, couldn't react." Commentator Volley said.
"It's strange that Wen Hao's absolute speed is not fast, but his first step when breaking through is surprisingly fast. Many defenders have become accustomed to his usual speed and cannot adapt to it when he breaks through, so they are passed
It fell." Another commentator, Brad, also said.
From the perspective of a former player, Drexler is also a little strange: "The first step of a breakthrough is faster than the absolute speed. This is not uncommon in the league, but like Wenhao, the breakthrough speed is almost three points faster than the absolute speed.
One of the players I've never seen before. It's so weird."
Of course they don't know that Wen Hao has the heart of a point guard and can break through without any solution, and his breakthrough speed is not his own speed. If we just talk about his absolute speed, it is still below the average level at this time.
In the next few rounds, Conley and Wen Hao were almost in a state of attack. Conley kept attacking the Rockets basket, and the Rockets couldn't guard the outside. Wen Hao was too weak in physical fitness and had poor speed to defend.
It has no effect at all, and Harden's defense is a blur of vision.
On the Rockets' side, after Harden attracted most of the defense, Wen Hao's breakthroughs became sharper, constantly breaking into the inside. However, unlike Conley, Wen Hao's passes were more numerous, which can mobilize the enthusiasm of the whole team.
surname, and Conley focuses more on his own offense.
It is conceivable how one person can fight against four and a half people (Harden's stance play without the ball is only equivalent to half a person). After two minutes, the Rockets narrowed the point difference to 6 points.
Upon seeing this, Grizzlies head coach Jorge waved his hands repeatedly to request a timeout. During the timeout, he readjusted his defense: "Divide some of the attention on Harden to No. 5. You can let Harden fight alone.
We can’t let No. 5 break through again. No matter how powerful Harden is, he is only as good as one person. If No. 5 breaks through, the whole Rockets team will be alive."
Then he turned his head and said to Conley: "After you come back on the court, you don't have to attack as hard as you can. You can focus all your attention on No. 5. With your strength, you can definitely defend No. 5."
"Coach," Conley said with some embarrassment, "Originally, I thought I could easily guard against No. 5, but this No. 5 is really weird. Normally his speed is not very good, but when he breaks through, the first step is really difficult to guard against."
Joger waved his hand and said, "Didn't you watch the video of the Rockets-Clippers game?"
Conley looked at it, but he didn't pay much attention to substitute players like Wen Hao. He looked embarrassed: "Coach, I really can't think of any good way to guard against him."
"Alas..." Joger shook his head helplessly, "This is why you are only an excellent point guard and not a great point guard. How can you improve if you don't pay attention to observation?"
"Coach, I know you have already thought of a way to deal with him." Conley looked at the coach with pleading eyes.
"How did Paul prevent him from killing him in that game?" Joger asked, and then answered himself, "Let's take a step back in strategy!"
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[I have been busy all day today, so I only wrote two chapters and posted three. I will take wedding photos tomorrow and can’t write even one chapter, so I will post two chapters. Please forgive me.]
