When the Rockets expanded their score advantage to more than ten points, the Pistons' momentum began to decline. The Pistons head coach hurriedly called a timeout. The momentum was gone in less than half a quarter. How could this be done?
However, this timeout by the Pistons head coach was wasted. After resuming the game, the Rockets' offensive momentum did not decrease at all. Although they made targeted arrangements against the Rockets, the presence of Wen Hao on the Rockets meant that they had a field
As a coach (of course, a tactical coach), he can always think of ways to deal with the opponent's targeted arrangements. So everyone saw that at the end of the first quarter, the Rockets led the Pistons by 39 to 19.
So many points.
The 19-point advantage established by the Rockets was maintained until the end of the third quarter. During this period, due to the outstanding performance of Jeremy Lin and Dayao, Wenhao and Howard did not play much and sat on the sidelines to rest. Howard continued to interact with those around him.
Teammates joked and exposed
With his big white teeth, the camera kept focusing on him, which suited his taste. He actually performed an ugly dance in front of the camera, which made more than 20,000 people at the scene jump and dance with joy. For a time, the Rockets hosted Toyota Center.
Full of joyful atmosphere.
However, there is an old saying in China that great joy brings sorrow. Perhaps it was because the scene was too joyful, which made the Rockets players feel a little relaxed. In the second half of the third quarter and the beginning of the fourth quarter, they played carelessly and made constant mistakes, which made the Pistons catch
Seize the opportunity to continuously fight back.
These counterattacks boosted the momentum of the Pistons, and their three-pointers also followed. They made 6 three-pointers in 5 minutes, narrowing the point difference to 8 points in one fell swoop. At this time, there were still more than nine minutes left before the end of the game.
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The happy atmosphere at the Rockets venue finally started to get tense, which has become a habit at Toyota Center. Even if they lead by more points, in the last quarter, the Rockets will always play to make the fans very confused.
McHale quickly replaced Wen Hao at this time.
Harden, who is the team's first offensive point and scorer, is no longer available, and everyone else is of no help. Now we can only rely on Wen Hao.
Wen Hao returned to the field, and the effect was immediate. Originally, the Pistons head coach knew that Wen Hao was best at passing, so after seeing Wen Hao on the field, he immediately adjusted his defensive strategy and asked the Pistons players to defend Wen Hao's passes. But it didn't happen.
Thinking of Wen Hao hitting two consecutive three-pointers as soon as he came on the court, the point difference reached ten points.
The Pistons head coach had no choice but to strengthen his defense against Wen Hao's offense. But this played into Wen Hao's wish. He continued to pick and roll with Howard, passed out two assists, allowed Howard to dunk, and also distributed the ball to other players.
, allowing them to hit the target, helping the team to go on a 12-4 run, and the point difference returned to close to 10 points again.
This time, the Pistons were unable to make a comeback. Even though their head coach called timeouts, made substitutions, and arranged tactics, and used all kinds of skills, they still couldn't stop the Rockets from taking off. In the end, the Rockets won 1 (to 103).
They won the game by a big score. This was already the ninth game the Rockets had won in the past ten games.
Wen Hao didn't play too much time in this game. He only played for 28 minutes and scored 21 points and 14 assists, another All-Star data. The highlight was his 6 three-pointers.
5. As a player who rarely shot three-pointers before, this shooting rate is really terrifying.
Some media comments said: Although the Rockets No. 5 rarely shot three-pointers before, in these two games, his three-point shooting rate was as high as 71%, which is really scary. Of course, because three-pointers are not
With his conventional weapons, other teams don't really guard against his shooting. But even so, this shooting rate is very scary. If the Rockets want to hit the championship, and if Wen Hao wants to become a superstar or even a key player, they will all
It is necessary to regard three-pointers as a conventional weapon for Wen Hao.
But this was just the beginning. In the next ten games when Harden was absent from Wen Hao, Wen Hao averaged 22.8 points, 12.3 assists and 1.3 steals per game, which surprised everyone.
Because before, although Wen Hao had a performance of 40+ in a single game, and also had wonderful moments such as critical moments and controlling the overall situation, at that time he was just a substitute, and his playing time was always compressed again and again, so his performance
Whether there is one scene or not, it does not appear
Stable. But through his performance in these ten starts, Wen Hao has let everyone see his strength. He is far qualified to be the starting point guard. The most surprising thing is that his physical fitness is only average.
It's really strange that he can produce such all-star statistics.
Let’s talk about three-pointers. In these ten games, due to other teams strengthening their defense of his three-pointers, his three-point shooting percentage has dropped. But despite this, it is still a terrible 58.7%. Three-point shooting
The rate is higher than the two-point shooting rate of some inside players, which really scares other teams.
Many people in the industry believe that with Wenhao, the Rockets' chance of winning the championship will be at least 10% greater.
However, when everyone was unanimously impressed by Wen Hao's data, an article revealed the hidden worries of Wen Hao and even the Rockets.
This article was written by reporter Harper, who has been following Wen Hao for a long time. He wrote in his blog: There is no need to worry about Wen Hao's strength. All of us have seen it. He definitely has the potential to become a starting point guard.
Qualification. However, there is one thing that is worrying - the bearded Harden.
As we all know, Harden came to the Rockets with the intention of becoming a leader, and almost no one can shake his status as the Rockets’ No. 1 brother. However, in the past month, Wen Hao’s performance has been quite outstanding, especially several times when he helped
The Rockets have overcome the difficulties, and their last-minute buzzer beaters, last-minute key assists, and ability to control the overall situation all have the potential to rise to the top.
Especially in the more than ten games that Harden was absent, Wen Hao performed unprecedentedly, which made his status in the hearts of the Rockets and fans rise.
Although Wen Hao is still far from being able to usurp power and seize the position, and he may not necessarily have such thoughts, Harden's mind may not be as broad as we imagined. From previous games, we may be able to
Got some clues——
At this point in the article, a video has been inserted. This video is edited: whenever Wen Hao hits a key shot, Harden's eyes and a close-up of Harden's expression; especially when Wen Hao hits that buzzer-beater.
, Rockets players, Rockets fans, and the entire Toyota Center were celebrating, Harden had no intention of celebrating, but turned around and quickly entered the player tunnel.
The article continued: Can’t we see something from Harden’s eyes and expressions? Now I just hope this is my conjecture.
Different from before, after this article was published, although it could not be recognized by experts, many fans saw some clues. Harden fans naturally love Harden, which means that Harden is the Rockets brother.
It is necessary to be jealous of a kid from China; and even if Harden wants to squeeze Wen Hao away, it is normal, because there is no room for two tigers in one mountain, and a team cannot have two leaders.
Wen Hao's fans believe that Wen Hao's performance is getting better and better, and his status in the team should also improve accordingly. Even if Wen Hao wants to usurp power, it is normal.
Fans of the two started a big discussion on the Internet, but due to the strong subjective consciousness, the discussion went on and on and no solution was found.
At Harden's home, the bearded man had begun to clench his fists while reading these comments. He is the Rockets' number one brother, and no one can shake his status.
In another game, Harden tried his best to give Wen Hao some color: If he doesn't get 40 points in this game, he won't have a last name!
But God is not as good as man. Before the game started, McHale suddenly said that Harden and Wen Hao should start together. What he meant was that Wen Hao's ability to control the situation coupled with Harden's offensive firepower would definitely make the league better.
One of the best backcourt combinations among them. So starting from this game, he will experiment with this duo.
But the facts proved that McHale's idea was completely wrong. In this game, Harden held back his energy to score 40 points, did not cooperate with Wen Hao at all, and did not even think about passing the ball. In the end, he scored 43 points.
, but only had 1 assist. The Rockets also lost to a weak team like the Bucks by a large margin.
Since Wen Hao couldn't get the ball, although he played 32 minutes in this game, he only scored a pitiful 7 points and 4 assists, and basically made no achievements in other aspects.
After the game, the Houston media expressed their dissatisfaction with Harden not sharing the ball and hoped that Harden could learn a lesson from this game. If you can't win, then even 40+ games is meaningless.
The media outside of Houston were not so polite. They said: Harden's surname is selfish, and judging from this game, his true surname is undoubtedly revealed. As long as he can get good data, it doesn't matter whether he wins or not.
Rockets head coach McHale also has some headaches. He clearly knows that Wen Hao and Harden can definitely unleash great power, but Harden just doesn't pass the ball to Wen Hao. McHale also understands that Harden is watching Wen Hao's outstanding performance, and in his heart
I feel unhappy. I feel that Harden scored more than 40 points in this game. He was angry, lost the ball, and learned a lesson. It should not be like this in the next game.
So in the next game, McHale still sent out such a combination, but Harden remained the same. This time he was even more abnormal, scoring 48 points, but only 0 assists. And the team also lost to the opponent.
As much as 23 points.
Seeing this, McHale no longer dared to try the combination of Harden and Wen Hao. If he tried a few more games, with the fierce fighting in the Western Conference this year, the Rockets would fall out of the top eight, and he couldn't take the risk.
However, McHale felt it was necessary to have a conversation with Harden and Wen Hao. If these two people can talk together, the Rockets will definitely be greatly strengthened.
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[The surname Liu from the Han Dynasty has rewarded me again, thank you]
