Wen Hao jumped up in the air and passed the ball like a volleyball to assist Yao to score. The entire Toyota Center was instantly excited. Little Carter in the audience jumped up and kept cheering, regardless of the feelings of the audience behind him. The two commentators also kept cheering.
He praised Wen Hao.
On the court, Harden looked at Wen Hao with a little surprise. But after the surprise, a hint of discomfort emerged.
As for Owen, who was defending Wen Hao, when he looked at Wen Hao, the previous disdain for Wen Hao on his face had disappeared and was replaced by solemnity. This solemn expression could only mean that he had regarded Wen Hao as his opponent.
He took the ball, moved it forward, faced Wen Hao's defense, changed direction directly from behind, and then used his body to quickly squeeze past Wen Hao and get inside to score.
He turned around and glanced at Wen Hao with cold eyes. Wen Hao didn't feel anything, but when the Cavaliers players saw Irving's eyes, they thought to themselves that they knew Irving was going to do something big.
Sure enough, when the Rockets Wen Hao passed to Harden, Harden missed a three-pointer and was grabbed by Irving for the rebound. He rushed all the way to the frontcourt, scored a goal against Harden, and caused Harden's foul.
2+1 at a time.
But this is just the beginning.
When Irving scored 2+1 this time, his self-confidence seemed to have greatly increased. Not only did he always rush to the basket, but he also kept firing from the outside. In six minutes, he made five of six shots and three of three three-pointers.
Successfully led the Cavaliers to a 7-point lead over the Rockets.
Although Wenhao's organization is excellent, the Rockets' offense always stalls for a few seconds or even ten seconds as long as the ball reaches Harden's hands. This gives the Cavaliers enough time to deploy defense. So that the Rockets did not wait until the first half.
At the end of the game, there was no way to get closer to the score.
Cavaliers head coach Brown saw Irving playing so hard in the second quarter and did not remind him to save his energy. He knew that Irving wanted to lead the Rockets as much as possible in the second quarter, which would greatly damage the Rockets' morale. And as long as
If the lead is by a big margin, he won't have to play at the beginning of the third quarter, and since the halftime break is so long, his physical strength can sustain it.
Finally, at the end of the first half, the Cavaliers led the Rockets by 8 points, 58-50.
Rockets head coach McHale is a little helpless. Although he doesn't want to admit it personally, he has already acquiesced in the fact that Wen Hao is an excellent organizer.
Wen Hao is an excellent organizer, and Harden is an excellent finisher, but the two people can't produce any chemical reaction, which really makes him a little headache. It seems that the problem of Harden and Wen Hao's incompatibility has not been solved yet.
.In the second half, Wen Hao could only be let off the field to rest.
In Wen Hao's hometown, the villagers saw that the Rockets were 8 points behind. After they were silent for a moment, a villager finally spoke: "What's going on? We were leading just now, but in the blink of an eye we were 8 points behind. How did this happen?"
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"Didn't we say that Wen Hao is a great player and the Rockets won as soon as he came on the field? Why did they fall behind again?"
"Look, it's all the blame on that guy with the beard. The Rockets were leading before he played, but fell behind once he came on."
"I think so. That guy with the long beard doesn't look like a good person. Who among the good guys would have such a long beard?" The villager's reason was obviously very strange.
"But winning first is not winning, laughing at the end is winning. Look at it, the Rockets will definitely win in the end. Isn't there Hao Wa?"
"Yes, with Hao Wa here, we will definitely win."
"We, Hao Wa, are a great master. We are just like those old men who sweep the floor and watch the doors in martial arts. As soon as he makes a move, everything will fall to the ground."
This sentence made all the villagers laugh.
But Wen Hao's father couldn't laugh. Although he didn't know much about football, he vaguely felt that it would not be easy for the Rockets to win today.
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"It seems like there's something wrong with the Rockets today," Drexler said during halftime.
"Indeed, their ball movement is not very smooth, especially when Harden comes on the court. It feels like he is a team by himself and the other four are a team," Brad said.
At this point, he was also shocked by his own words. Logically speaking, the boss of a team should be the core, and everyone else should revolve around him. Why is the Rockets so weird? Four people are in a team, and the boss is alone.
One person, one team?
"Could it be that the rest of the Rockets intend to isolate Harden?" Brad asked in surprise.
"No, it's not possible that they are deliberately isolating Harden. They don't have the guts yet. Judging from the situation just now, it seems that Harden is isolating himself. After he got the ball, he didn't pass it to anyone until 20
It was almost four seconds before he hurriedly took action or threw the ball to Wen Hao. It gave the impression that as soon as the ball reached him, the chain was broken and it could never be reconnected."
"It seems that the Rockets do have a problem, and the problem still lies with their leader Harden. McHale must find the root of this problem as soon as possible and solve it. Otherwise, if the Rockets want to compete for the championship this season,
It can only be a joke. How can a team with a core boss problem win the championship?"
In the Rockets locker room, McHale looked at the Rockets.
I saw Parsons, Garcia and others talking, and they seemed to be the same as usual. Warcraft Howard was still laughing. Although he had two fouls that made him perform poorly in the first half, he was
Already full of energy, waiting for a big kill in the second half. Xiao Heidou, Jeremy Lin and others were looking at the large tactical board hanging on the wall, discussing the tactics used in the game just now.
The behavior of these people is considered normal.
Abnormally, there were two people. One was Harden. He sat there silently, with his eyes closed, not knowing what he was thinking. But it was definitely different from the past.
The other one was Wen Hao. He lowered his head silently, not knowing what he was thinking.
As the head coach, McHale certainly knew what happened between Harden and Wen Hao. He knew that Harden didn't speak because he was unhappy, and Wen Hao did it because Harden was unhappy with him, so people around him didn't dare to talk to him.
Too close.
In fact, there was nothing wrong between the two. If Harden could be more open-minded, everyone would be fine.
If you can suppress this matter, try to suppress it and don't make it bigger. The most effective way to suppress the conflicts within the team is to win. As long as you can win and everyone is happy, then
Nothing happened.
With this idea in mind, McHale cleared his throat, attracted everyone's attention in the Rockets, and then said: "At the beginning of the second half, the Cavaliers will probably not let Irving play. Taking advantage of this opportunity, we will use all the main players.
, narrowed the score in the shortest time, forcing Irving to play again. He worked too hard in the second quarter.
Fierce, after he plays again, his physical fitness will be a problem. Then our strategy to defend him will still be to guard against others. For him, we will guard him when we can. If we can't guard him, there is no need to worry. Let him fight alone like this all the time.
In the fourth quarter, he will be exhausted. As long as he is exhausted, our chance will come."
Everyone on the Rockets naturally nodded in agreement with McHale's idea.
The fifteen minutes of halftime were very long for the fans and the audience in front of the TV, but for the players, it was very short. Before they had had enough rest, the third quarter was about to start, and they had no choice but to
Walk to the court again.
At the beginning of the third quarter, the Cavaliers did as McHale expected, and Irving did not play. The Rockets took this opportunity to quickly chase the points. The Rockets' three-pointers also came at the right time, miraculously hitting four three-pointers in two minutes.
Harden was also very brave, making sudden shots and leading the Rockets to narrow the point difference to only 2 points in these two minutes.
Seeing this, Cavaliers head coach Brown turned to look at Irving helplessly: "Kyrie, have you rested?"
Irving stood up directly and said, "No problem, coach." After that, he took off his training clothes and started walking to the court.
On the sidelines, a fan said: "It was Irving versus Wen Hao just now, and Wen Hao didn't suffer. Now it's his turn to versus James. I wonder if James can also prevent Irving from taking advantage."
This sentence happened to be heard by Harden who was passing by, and the unhappiness he had hidden in his heart towards Wen Hao suddenly turned into a hint of anger. He even compared me to that Chinese, which was simply an insult to me.
At this time, the Cavaliers attacked, and Irving passed the screen, penetrated into the paint, and scored two points.
Seeing this, Harden didn't wait for Jeremy Lin to receive the serve. He received the ball from Howard and went straight to the front court. Facing Irving's defense, he feinted, penetrated into the paint, and scored two points.
In the second offense, Harden still didn't pass to anyone. Facing Irving, he hesitated for a long time and then scored a jumper.
The fans became excited when they saw this, but the two commentators saw the problem.
"After Irving came on the court, the Rockets' offense was not as smooth as before. Harden seemed determined to compete with Irving."
"Although the two attacks just now were successful, they were not good shots. They were completely the last resort of one person fighting alone."
"Harden didn't have the performance to compete with Irving in the first half. What happened now? Didn't we notice what happened just now?"
While the two commentators were talking, the Cavaliers had come to life thanks to Irving's leadership. Although Irving is a point guard who focuses on personal offense, as long as he is willing to pass the ball, he can still drive the whole team.
On the Rockets' side, because Harden only competed with Irving and no one passed the ball, the Cavaliers put all the defensive pressure on his side. After scoring two goals initially, they missed all four of their next shots, and even
An offensive foul. The Cavaliers once again opened the point difference to 8 points.
McHale was so anxious that he scratched his head. In desperation, he had no choice but to turn his attention to Wen Hao on the bench again.
Although Wen Hao is a few points behind Harden's offense, he is far better than Harden in organizing the whole team. In this situation, the only choice is to let Wen Hao play.
