The two sides are back on the court, and the Rockets' lineup is: center Howard, power forward Jones, small forward Parsons, shooting guard Harden and point guard Wen Hao.
On the first ball, the Lakers attacked. As soon as Nash came up, he started a pick-and-roll with Gasol, and Gasol made a steady mid-range shot.
Looking back, the Rockets attacked. After Wenhao dribbled the ball past half court, the Lakers did not let Nash, who was opposite him, guard him. Instead, Kobe Bryant came over.
Wen Hao secretly smiled bitterly: My salary is really high. A defensive leader like Kobe doesn't guard Harden but instead guards me. D'Antoni, you are really willing to do that.
Seeing this, McHale also understood that D'Antoni was not a defensive coach and could not come up with any good defensive methods. His defensive strategy was to let Kobe defend Wenhao. As long as Kobe is there, everything will be fine.
Done.
In fact, neither Wenhao nor McHale knew that Kobe's decision to defend him was not only D'Antoni's intention, but also Kobe's intention. With Kobe's personality, if any player on the other side performed too well, he would personally go there.
Control this player. His almost paranoid character about winning will not allow anyone to run wild on his territory.
Seeing Kobe defending him, Wen Hao wanted to show his strength in front of Kobe. He couldn't forget Kobe's words "Who is Wen Hao" during the pre-game interview. But after the last setback,
His mind has become more mature and he knows that this is not the time to be aggressive. He smiled slightly and passed the ball to Harden.
Facing Nash's defense, Harden naturally broke through easily, then used a European step to pass Gasol and score the ball into the basket.
For the next two consecutive times, Wen Hao failed to break through.
Although his unsolvable breakthrough success rate can reach 70%, it is only theoretical. The specific success rate depends on the opponent's defensive ability. For example, Kobe Bryant can almost divide the defense against the ball player.
It is a first-level level. When facing Kobe's defense, Wenhao's breakthrough success rate is only 50% at most. Subtracting the probability of missing a shot due to interference after getting inside, his breakthrough success rate is only 30 to 40% at most.
.So it is impossible for him to choose to break through under such circumstances.
But he couldn't do it here. Harden found it easy to face Nash. He simply broke through and scored consecutively.
Harlan, the commentator on the sidelines, couldn't help but applaud when he saw this.
However, the object of his praise was not Harden, but Wen Hao, who passed the ball to Harden: "This Chinese has really strong ability to judge and control the situation on the court. After the timeout, he saw that Kobe was guarding him.
, and Harden's side is Nash, who has weak defensive ability, and he passed the ball to Harden many times. Apart from anything else, in terms of control ability, he has reached an above-average level."
At this time, Kobe glanced at Harden, then at Wen Hao, and said to the Lakers players: "Guard the zone!" Since Harden likes to break through, then defend the zone.
Looking back, when the Rockets were attacking, as soon as Harden broke in, he felt like he was entering a world where he couldn't take another half step. In desperation, he reluctantly took a shot, but naturally he didn't go in. Kobe grabbed the rebound and killed directly.
Towards the frontcourt. Harden gritted his teeth and caught up with Kobe, blocking Kobe outside the 45-degree three-point line on the left.
At this time, Nash had also arrived in the frontcourt. Kobe turned around and passed the ball to Nash. Seeing that Nash was unguarded during the fast break, Harden rushed towards Nash.
But Nash's hand didn't touch the ball, and he passed it back to Kobe the moment he caught the ball.
At this time, Kobe was unguarded, like a dragon entering the sea, a tiger descending from the mountain, charging in at a 45-degree angle, and making a signature dunk with his head turned towards the moon, making the entire Staples Center boil again. The 36-year-old Kobe can still
To be able to do such an action easily is astonishing.
But the Rockets would not be surprised. They immediately served the ball to the frontcourt. It was Kobe Bryant defending Wen Hao again.
Wen Hao still passed the ball to Harden, and the Lakers once again defended the zone.
In the Xinlang live broadcast room, Zhou Lingan became anxious and said: "The point difference was once again widened by Kobe's dunk. Looking back, the Lakers defended the zone defense again. Harden was unable to break through to the basket. What should the Rockets do?"
Yang Yi cleared his throat and said: "The best way to break the zone defense is to play breakout points. A sudden one or two steps will make the Lakers' defense shrink again, and then distribute the ball to the outside, and the outside will have a chance."
However, Harden obviously did not expect this. At this time, he just wanted to fight for his reputation, score better data against Kobe, win the game, and thus secure his position as the number one shooting guard. Therefore, he had no intention of passing the ball.
, hold the ball and rush in. If you don’t see the sudden attack, you can’t advance.
Go and shoot from the outside. But his touch was not good and he missed two consecutive three-pointers. The fear of Kobe in his heart was intertwined with the eagerness to grab the first shooting guard, and he once again reached the inside. But under the Lakers' zone defense,
Next, there was a turnover and an offensive foul.
Seeing this, McHale took advantage of the dead ball opportunity and replaced Harden with Jeremy Lin.
Although Harden is a big name, under such circumstances, he must let Harden calm down.
The game continued. This time Wen Hao dribbled the ball past halftime, and the Lakers still defended the zone. But this way, Wen Hao was left with space to pass the ball. Wen Hao passed to Jeremy Lin once, Parsons once, and twice.
They hit three-pointers respectively, narrowing the point difference again.
On the sidelines, D'Antoni couldn't sit still. He said to the players passing by: "His passing is very weird, we can't let him pass it again."
When Kobe heard this, he immediately made a gesture with the rest of the Lakers. The Lakers' defense changed again. Everyone began to guard Wenhao's passing route to prevent him from passing the ball, while Kobe took a step back to defend.
, preventing Wen Hao from breaking through. After two consecutive attempts, Wen Hao failed to pass the ball and could only make two wasteful shots.
But Wen Hao was not brainless. Needless to say, McHale didn't take the ball in the third attack, but ran directly to the low post.
Seeing this, Jeremy Lin knew what Wen Hao was going to do. He dribbled to Wen Hao's side, handed the ball to Wen Hao in the low post, and then ran to the other side.
With his back to Kobe's defense, Wenhao was unafraid and took two steps in. However, his small body could not withstand Kobe's impact. Not only did he not move, but he tended to be squeezed out of the perimeter.
But Wenhao seemed unyielding, determined to compete with Kobe physically, and challenged Kobe for the third time.
Kobe was well prepared and once again shouldered Wen Hao hard.
But at this moment, Wen Hao only used half of his strength and suddenly withdrew, using his left foot as an axis, he turned forward, dodged Kobe's body, and raised the ball toward the basket.
Gasol saw this and rushed over.
But Wen Hao only raised the ball halfway, but did not reach the limit. He took a step forward with his right foot, dodged Gasol's block, raised the ball again, and easily hit the board into the basket.
On the sidelines, Reggie Miller's eyes froze, and then he exclaimed: "False and real steps!"
