According to the conjectures of the two commentators, the game between the two sides has already started. And the fans are full of expectations. Although the Rockets are very strong this year, the Celtics' play style and system are just right to restrain the Rockets. The Rockets
The inside line is very strong, but they mainly use Harden on the outside line.
. And Harden needs to have the ball in his hands, so the point guard assigned to him must give up possession of the ball. This will inevitably make the Rockets' backcourt combination less powerful. And the Celtics' backcourt combination is
The strength is very strong. Compared with the two, the Rockets will definitely suffer.
As soon as the game opened, the Rockets jumped to the ball and began to attack inside. But today Howard's touch was not very smooth. He tried a hook on the left and right, but failed to hit. The Celtics relied on their backcourt
Combination, two consecutive fast breaks.
In the next six minutes, the plot was as fans expected. The Celtics used their backcourt combination to completely suppress the Rockets' combination of Harden and Jeremy Lin or Harden and Beverley. In addition, the Rockets
Warcraft's poor touch allowed the Celtics to lead 17-5 in five minutes. The fans at the scene were excited.
In the Xinlang live broadcast room, Ke Fan said to Yang Yi next to him: "This is the rhythm to spend."
"It's only five minutes, the Rockets won't really spend it," Yang Yi said with a wry smile.
"Your friends have given you a nickname, Yang Huahua. As long as there is a game that you commentate on, you will definitely be Yang Huahua. It seems that is the case."
Yang Yi smiled bitterly again: "I don't want to spend money either. I also hope that this game will be better, but unfortunately the Rockets failed to live up to expectations and were beaten like this from the very beginning. This is a tragedy. Friends,
This is really not my fault, I am wronged."
The on-site commentator at North Shore Garden looked relaxed when he saw this. Haythorn said: "If we continue like this until the end of the second quarter, we are very likely to win. That way we will be one step closer to the playoffs."
"Our backcourt combination completely suppressed their backcourt combination. It was difficult for us not to win." Gorman said with a smile.
Celtics head coach Brad Stevens breathed a sigh of relief. The Celtics have a poor record this season, and his coaching position is somewhat unstable. They urgently need a victory to stabilize it. Now they are playing against the Rockets.
Such a strong team could open the game 17-5, which made him feel relieved. It seemed that their style of play was just right to restrain the Rockets.
At this time, in Houston, Alexander and Morey were watching the live broadcast of the game at their home. The two of them looked at each other with some tacit understanding at this time, and Morey said: "Is it time to play?"
"Yeah." Alexander only said this word and continued to watch the game.
At the North Shore Garden Arena, when the Rockets' morale was a bit low, McHale was less anxious than before and seemed very calm. He looked at Wen Hao and said, "Wen Hao, are you ready?"
Wen Hao was shocked and quite excited. Since the recent game, he had hardly played in the first quarter. He only played for a short while and was completely on the bench. He didn't expect to get a chance to play so early today.
He stood up, nodded to McHale, and said, "It's been ready."
When commentator Gorman saw Wen Hao and Harden playing together, he couldn't help but be a little surprised: "Is McHale confused?"
Haythorn shook his head: "Maybe, he really wants to use this lineup to beat our Rondo and Barb? Are you kidding?"
In the Xinlang live broadcast room, Ke Fan also said in surprise: "McHale is not going to give up, right? Everyone knows that Harden and Wen Hao are at odds. When facing a powerful combination like Rondo and Barb, he actually sent
If Wen Hao and Harden are killed, isn't this looking for death? Teacher Yang, what do you think?"
"Uh..." Yang Yi looked at it for a moment and only said "uh".
"how?"
"I can't understand what McHale is going to do."
While talking, Wen Hao and Harden were already on the court. The Rockets attacked, and the ball came to Wen Hao after three or two turns. Wen Hao lowered his head and headed towards the Celtics inside. He knew that Celtic
A person's inner core is his or her weak point.
Sure enough, he easily scored a two-plus-one. In the second attack, he broke into the paint and scored a layup.
Seeing this, Celtics head coach Stevens shouted from the sidelines, asking the inside line to pay attention to help defend.
For the third ball, Wen Hao still rushed in, but in the middle of the ball, he suddenly threw the ball behind his head. After Harden received the ball from the outside, he shot without hesitation. The three-pointer was answered.
In the fourth attack, Wen Hao once again went inside. This time the Celtics paid attention to assisting in defense inside, and at the same time, they also paid attention to defending Harden's three-pointer from the outside to ensure nothing went wrong.
But at this moment, Wen Hao suddenly sent the ball from behind his head again. At the same time, Harden, who followed behind, roared and rushed towards the basket after receiving the ball. Celtics center Joel Anthony
He only focused on guarding Wenhao, but Harden unexpectedly came out from the side, leaped high, and dropped a dunk from the sky. Joel Jean didn't even have time, and Harden directly rode on his shoulder and smashed the ball into the basket.
The entire North Shore Garden was shocked.
This is definitely a very classic scene when a guard dunks on a center. With Harden's height and jumping, he rarely gets the chance to dunk on a center. But today, with the cooperation with Wen Hao, he actually dunked on him.
The Celtics center is really shocking.
In the Xinlang live broadcast room, Ke Fan and Yang Yi shouted at the same time: "Oh... good shot!"
"This shot is so cool," Ke Fan said. "Harden descended from the sky like a magic weapon. After receiving Wen Hao's pass, he rode and dunked on Joel Anthony. It's a classic scene. It's definitely a classic scene."
"Unexpected, really unexpected. Have you noticed that in addition to the brutality of Harden falling from the sky and wreaking havoc on the basket, what's more important is that there is finally a spark between Harden and Wen Hao." Yang Yi is keen.
discovered this.
"Really, in the past ten games, these two people have hardly passed the ball, but after playing today, they cooperated. Just now, Wen Hao passed the ball to Harden and assisted him to score a three-pointer. This ball also assisted him.
Harden dunked, and they really cooperated."
"It seems that the Rockets executives have finally settled the matter between them, and everyone's long-standing worries can finally be put down a little bit. But what puzzles me is what method did the Rockets executives use to let Harden have such a surname?"
Gedu is willing to submit."
At Alexander's home in Houston, Alexander and Morey were shocked at first when they saw this scene, then looked at each other for a moment, and finally laughed. Wen Hao and Harden can produce huge power when working together. This is what they had thought of in advance, but
I didn’t expect that these two could form a tacit understanding so quickly. Moreover, even Harden, who has never been good at off-ball offense, has already started to follow up with his movements. This is so unexpected.
After Harden landed, he roared again and was a little shocked. He had never thought of playing in this way before. In the past, he would get the ball and others would cut or follow up. Today, he followed up.
, I didn’t expect that it would be so effortless to play the ball in this way and the effect would be so good. It seems that I will play this way more in the future.
McHale, who was on the sidelines, smiled slightly when he saw Harden and Wen Hao's cooperation.
At this time, Celtics coach Stevens saw the two Rockets working together and immediately shouted to the players on the sidelines: "Cut off the connection between their No. 1 and No. 2 positions. Their No. 1 position
I haven’t cooperated much with the No. 2 position before, but I happened to have such a cooperation today. Don’t be scared, put pressure on them both and force them to make mistakes.”
In the opinion of the Celtics coach, the two Rockets have never cooperated much before. There is only one possibility for such a wonderful cooperation: chance. Only by chance can such an offense be played.
After Rondo and Barb heard the coach's words, they immediately strengthened their defense against Harden and Wenhao. Barb was facing Harden. He mainly defended Harden's left hand, limiting Harden's breakthrough and only letting him on the outside.
Shooting. When Rondo faced Wen Hao, he used his excellent physical fitness to defend Wen Hao in all aspects, neither letting Wen Hao break through nor let Wen Hao shoot.
Facing Rondo's defense, Wen Hao did not take a rash shot. He dribbled the ball and wandered outside the three-point line. This was the Rockets' last offense, and he was in no rush to shoot.
When he saw that the opponent's defensive focus shifted towards him, he threw the ball to Harden. There were still more than ten seconds left on the clock.
Generally, the Rockets' last ball is always handled by Harden. Harden has just established a little tacit understanding with Wen Hao, and Wen Hao doesn't want to destroy it.
At this time, Harden dribbled the ball to the last six seconds and was already planning to break through. But Rondo was also very smart. He knew that Harden was planning to break through, so he immediately gave up his defense against Wen Hao and instead double-teamed Harden.
He knew that with Harden's personality, it was impossible for this last shot to be spread.
"No, I'm being double-teamed." Ke Fan shouted in the Xinlang live broadcast room.
But at this moment, when Harden was double-teamed and unable to break through and could only barely shoot, Wen Hao suddenly ran towards Harden. When passing behind Harden, he shouted "ball" to Harden. Harden was originally
Already jumped up,
Suddenly hearing Wen Hao's cry, he immediately backhanded the ball and passed it to Wen Hao. After receiving the ball, Wen Hao took two steps to the left, and without anyone guarding him, he shot a three-pointer.
, the lights turn on and the whistle sounds, and the basketball comes in.
21 to 23, with this goal, the Rockets were only two points behind the Celtics.
As soon as the goal was scored, the entire Celtics home court was a little confused. Not only their players, their fans, and even the Rockets players were a little confused. Didn't you say that Wen Hao and Harden were at odds? That's a lie.
How could there be discord between these two people who cooperated so well?
McHale was also amazed in his heart: What method did Morey use? Suddenly there was a tacit understanding between the two. (To be continued.)
