At the end of the first half, the Rockets faced the Lakers, 55 to 63.
Although the Rockets once narrowed the point difference to 2 points, when Kobe became angry and adopted a pre-emptive defense against Wen Hao, Wen Hao could no longer use false and true steps, and the Rockets also lost their offensive firepower, and the point difference was again lost to the Lakers.
Extended to 8 points.
Back in the locker room, McHale looked unhappy and said to everyone: "In the second half, we used Harden and Howard as the main offensive points again. They must open up and attract the defense so that others can have room to play. So in the second half,
Jeremy Lin, you have to put the ball in their hands more often."
When Wen Hao heard this, he knew that he was out of luck in the second half.
His special skills are breakthroughs, passing and false and solid steps. Now the breakthrough is blocked, the pass cannot be passed, and the false and solid steps cannot be used because of Kobe's preemptive defense, so he is almost useless, at least
This is the case in this game. Under such circumstances, it is impossible for McHale to let himself play again.
As Wen Hao expected, after the start of the third quarter, McHale had no intention of letting him play.
The Rockets' main lineup was all present, fighting against the Lakers.
But when Harden faced off against Kobe, Kobe seemed to extend his anger towards Wen Hao and defended Harden to death. Under Kobe's defense, Harden was not much better than Wen Hao in the end game. At most, he was able to score on fast breaks.
Score a few.
After Harden was strangled by Kobe, the Lakers' defensive focus was on Warcraft. Every time Warcraft got the ball, he would be double-teamed by at least two people. As a result, the Rockets could not open up inside and outside, and were once again in trouble. The score
There is a tendency to be stretched to more than 10 points.
McHale had no choice but to take the risk and push Wen Hao onto the court again.
Although Kobe strangled Wen Hao to death in the second quarter, Kobe was already old and lacked physical strength. Under such a strong defense, his physical strength was rapidly lost. In the third quarter, perhaps the defensive intensity would drop, and Wen Hao had
Even if Kobe's defensive intensity remains unchanged, if he continues to spend time with Wen Hao like this, in the fourth quarter, his physical strength will be even greater. When Harden comes on the court again, he has a good chance of defeating the Lakers in one fell swoop.
Wen Hao came on the court, dribbled the ball across half court, and faced Kobe.
Kobe was still taking a step back to defend. Wen Hao didn't dare to make a jump shot at will, and he couldn't break through, so he had to pass the ball to Jeremy Lin and then fell into the low post.
But as soon as he dropped to the low post, Kobe's preemptive defense followed him like a shadow, leaving him no chance to get the ball.
Wen Hao was surprised. He didn't expect that in the third quarter, Kobe's defensive intensity was still unabated. This was really terrifying.
You know, with such great defensive intensity and such high concentration, no one can maintain it for a long time. Just like a bow string, if it is too tight, it is likely to break.
But Kobe was able, under his almost paranoid desire to win, and under his anger towards the Chinese, his defensive intensity and concentration reached an incredible level.
Under such defense, Wen Hao made no achievements in the three minutes after he came back on the court, even worse than in the second quarter. There were no points, no assists, and no rebounds. It looked like he was following the Rockets back and forth.
Running.
Klee, the big-mouthed commentator on the sidelines, smiled and shook his head: "This substitute was almost going crazy when Kobe was guarding him. Since scoring 24 points in the first half, he has not scored a point or even an assist. Kobe is really terrible."
Harlan also shook his head: "If the Chinese wants to break this situation, he must make a jump shot when Kobe takes a step to defend. Only if the jump shot is successful can Kobe's defense be changed and he can have a chance."
"But shooting does not mean that you have it. It requires continuous hard practice and thousands of shots to form a certain feeling. Only by following this feeling during the game can you score the ball. In my opinion, this
The Chinese don't feel this way at all." Legendary shooter Miller said about his own experience. Based on his experience, it is impossible for Rockets No. 5 to shoot, at least not in this game.
"As a point guard, he can't shoot. This is his biggest weakness."
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Of course, Wen Hao himself is aware of this. As long as he can shoot, he can break the deadlock.
But his confidence in shooting on the court is almost zero. Although his shooting percentage in training can basically reach 70%, in actual combat, he has no such confidence at all. On the court, without confidence, everything is
Nonsense.
So even if Kobe was two steps away from Wenhao, he still didn't dare to shoot.
Staples fans were excited at this time. The Chinese didn't dare to shoot. As a point guard, he didn't dare to shoot. This was a big joke.
So when Wen Hao took the ball and Kobe took a step to defend, the fans looked at the hesitant Wen Hao and shouted: "Shoot one, shoot one, shoot one..."
The more the fans shouted like this, the less confident Wen Hao became. In the end, after he got the ball, he almost didn't think about shooting at all and always passed it out immediately.
The fans' laughter was even louder. Even the actor Nicholson clapped his hands and shouted: "Vote one, vote one..."
On the sidelines, McHale couldn't stand Wen Hao's hesitation anymore. He had already made a plan to replace Wen Hao the next time the ball died.
At this time, the Lakers attacked, and Nash made a mistake when passing the ball to Kobe. The ball was picked up by Yao, who came on the bench, and he immediately passed it to Wen Hao.
When Wen Hao picked up the ball, he saw all the Rockets players running forward. Parsons was at the front, but Kobe had already defended him. With a thought in his mind, he quickly moved to the midfield line and stopped.
Come down.
When Kobe saw that Wen Hao had no intention of breaking fast, he immediately slowed down and rushed toward Wen Hao. He wanted to continue to strangle Wen Hao to death.
But at this moment, Wen Hao suddenly raised his hand and threw the basketball, and the basketball flew towards the basket. When Parsons, who was running towards the outside, saw the basketball flying towards him, he immediately understood, turned around and ran towards the basket, leaping high.
A heavy dunk succeeded.
As soon as the ball was scored, in a large house in Beaver Hills, Magic Johnson nodded, looked at the TV screen, and said: "It seems that this kid has understood the true meaning of fast break. Fast break does not mean you
How fast you are depends on how fast your teammates are, and you must be able to find passing routes and opportunities."
Indeed, as the magician said, Wen Hao's opportunity just now was obtained by following the explanation in the magician's video.
But at this time, he had no time to get excited, because after he sent out this assist, a piece of information came into his mind - he reached 100 assists, acquired new skills, and had an unsolvable mid-range shot...
