Lakers coach Mike D'Antoni with a mustache opened his eyes wide at this time, his mouth slightly opened, and his face was full of disbelief. The arm that was directing the players to defend stopped in the air, and the whole person looked like a real person in a wax museum.
The wax figure remains motionless.
In his judgment, when the Rockets replaced Wen Hao at this time, they must pass the ball to open up the situation. He never expected that the Rockets' No. 5 would directly break through the inside and dunk. This was too surprising.
In the accident, D'Antoni looked at Rockets coach McHale, and saw that McHale's expression was exactly the same as his, and it was also an unexpected expression. D'Antoni was relieved. It seemed that this time it was just an accident.
It's not something the coach did intentionally.
So he shouted to the players on the field: "Continue the defensive strategy just now, no need to change it."
Looking back, the Lakers relied on Kobe's singles to add two more points.
The Rockets attacked again. When the Lakers focused on defending Wen Hao's pass, Wen Hao once again easily broke through Blake and went inside for a dunk.
In the next two consecutive rounds, Wen Hao easily broke through Blake, dunking or throwing in the paint. On the Lakers' side, since the Rockets no longer made mistakes, their offense also slowed down. Although Kobe could still hit one or two
A jump shot, but their three-point shot suddenly stopped, and they failed to hit three consecutive shots.
In this way, at the end of the first quarter, although the Rockets were still 13 points behind the Lakers, Wen Hao scored 10 points on his breakthrough alone, which can be said to be a masterpiece. However, the fly in the ointment is that he played 4 minutes in the first quarter.
He only scored 1 assist, which is much less than before. But even so, his efficiency value still ranks first in the team.
It goes without saying that the ESPN commentator praised Wen Hao. In the Xinlang live broadcast room, Ke Fan also seemed to let out a long sigh of relief and said: "Finally I saw Wen Hao appear on the stage. In the last 4 minutes, he scored alone
He scored 10 points and passed out an assist, which means that the Rockets' 12 points in the last 4 minutes were all related to him. Such efficiency is amazing."
Yang Yi nodded and agreed with Ke Fan's statement: "It's true. As soon as Wen Hao came up, everyone thought he was going to pass the ball - of course, everyone included me - but he kept rushing in.
, time and time again, and the effect is amazing. This seems unexpected, but it is not surprising. When the Lakers focus on preventing him from passing the ball, the success rate of his breakthrough will be much greater."
"It is said that even McHale didn't know what Wen Hao was thinking, and D'Antoni certainly didn't know what Wen Hao was thinking either. That's why Wen Hao seized the opportunity and scored 10 points," Zhou Ling'an said.
"But in the past few minutes, other Rockets players have been running to attract defense, but Harden has been playing in a stance style. This can be seen that Harden is not suitable for this style of play.
So in the second quarter, McHale should take down Harden." Yang Yi analyzed.
Sure enough, during the break, McHale replaced Harden and replaced him with Jeremy Lin.
Although it is rotation time and Harden should have been replaced, the Rockets are still 13 points behind at this time, so it would be inappropriate to replace Harden. But McHale still resolutely replaced Harden, which is enough for many people to see
It turns out that Harden and Wen Hao are incompatible.
In the rental house in Houston, intern reporter Harper had already begun to worry about Wen Hao.
Judging from the current situation, Wen Hao and Harden are incompatible. This means that Wen Hao can only play as a substitute and play for a while when Harden is resting. As long as Harden is here, he will never be able to start.
Thinking of this, Harper's heart gradually sank.
In the Lakers dugout, D'Antoni only laid out offensive tactics and didn't say much about defense.
When he was about to go on the court, Kobe finally couldn't help it anymore and asked D'Antoni: "There is nothing wrong with our offense, but what about our defense? We can't let No. 5 break through so easily, can we?"
D'Antoni smiled slightly, raised his mustache, and said, "Don't worry about him. As long as we don't let him revitalize the Rockets, he can make any sudden moves he likes. If he has the ability, he can kill our entire team by himself."
After hearing this, everyone in the Lakers felt that it made sense. Basketball is a sport for five people. No matter how good one person is, it is impossible to defeat five people. Even their boss Kobe can't.
The game continues in the second quarter.
Lakers Kobe Bryant and Nash Gasol both went to rest, and the substitutes came on.
On the first goal, the Rockets attacked. Wen Hao dribbled past the frontcourt without even the intention of passing the ball. He directly broke through Blake and went to the basket to score. According to D'Antoni, everyone on the Lakers faced
They did not change their attitude and continued their defensive strategy.
ESPN commentator Harlan said doubtfully: "D'Antoni's defensive strategy has not changed at all?"
"There is no need to change, there is no need at all." Big-mouthed Klee shook his head with a smile, "You know, basketball is a sport for five people."
"How can one person on No. 5 fight against five Lakers players?" Miller also added with a smile.
So in the next 4 minutes, the Lakers still adopted this strategy on defense, allowing Wen Hao to get whatever he asked for. On the offensive end, their substitute firepower was much weaker than that of the main force, and they repeatedly missed the target.
Within 4 minutes, the Rockets relied on Wen Hao's outstanding performance to catch up to only 8 points.
D'Antoni finally became anxious at this time. He made timeout gestures repeatedly and shouted to the referee: "Timeout, timeout, timeout!"
In this situation, D'Antoni can't help but be anxious. He originally thought that if he had the ability, he could kill the entire Lakers team by himself, but he didn't expect that this kid is so tough and he really wants to kill the Lakers by himself. This is not possible!
Barkley, the commentator on the sidelines, shouted: "Oh - he fought against the entire Lakers team by himself, and actually sent the Lakers into a timeout. It's so exciting, so exciting!"
"So far, he has played 8 minutes and scored 18 points and 2 assists. This kid's performance is really outstanding. See, even Kobe is frowning," Miller said.
"It's not so much his performance as D'Antoni's defensive mistakes. He only defended Wen Hao's passes and ignored his breakthroughs. But he forgot that Wen Hao's breakthroughs were also very sharp. If this continues
If this continues, there is a real possibility that Wen Hao will defeat the entire Lakers team by himself. D'Antoni must make adjustments."
In the Lakers rest area, D'Antoni kept scratching the tactical board and emphasized to the players: "We can't let him break through anymore. As long as he gets the ball, let him take one step to defend and not let him break through. At the same time, others continue to defend."
He passes the ball and cuts off his passing lanes. As long as you don't let him break through and pass the ball and force him to make jump shots, he's done."
On the Rockets side, McHale said to Wen Hao: "After playing for a while, they will definitely adopt some strategy to prevent you from breaking through and at the same time prevent you from passing the ball, so..."
"Coach, I'm tired, can I take a rest?" Wen Hao interrupted McHale's arrangement without waiting for him to finish.
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[Today is Saturday, I am very busy, and tomorrow will be the same, so I can only update twice.]
