In the last few minutes of the first quarter, Kobe had scored 14 points and 4 assists, and Harden had also scored 10 points and 2 assists. The two could be said to be evenly matched for the time being. Another highlight of this game is that
Wen Hao and Marshall continued to run endlessly on the field. The audience was stunned for a moment.
Marshall is pretty good. When defending, he runs with Wen Hao, but when attacking, he is still playing his role. In the last three minutes of the first quarter, he has scored 8 points and 4 assists. And Wen Hao
Here, except for the 9 points in the opening, there was almost no achievement. Marshall's close-fitting forward defense prevented him from receiving the ball at all. Without the ball, there was no chance to perform.
Kobe glanced at Marshall and Wen Hao, nodded approvingly to Marshall, and then continued to play against Harden.
Encouraged by Kobe, Marshall became even more energetic. While running with Wen Hao, he gasped for air and said: "Do you think you can outrun me? When I was in college, I was the first in the school in 5,000 meters. In terms of endurance, I
I'll grind you to death."
Wen Hao didn't speak, just smiled and continued running. Like Marshall, he was breathing heavily and his chest was heaving violently.
In fact, with the physical fitness of Wen Hao and Marshall, it is not a problem to persist for a whole game. They both train very hard. But the problem is that in normal games, the two of them never run so desperately on the court.
When the first quarter ended, Wen Hao still had nine points untouched, while Marshall had already scored 10 points and 4 assists. His performance was perfect.
At the end of the first quarter, actor Nicholson even stood up and came over to encourage Marshall personally: "Young man, you did a good job. Continue to use your personal defense to defend him in the next quarter. In the first quarter, he did nothing but start the game
Except for three three-pointers, I didn't get a single point from your defense and didn't pass out a single assist. You did a great job."
Marshall was even more happy when he was praised by Nicholson. Being praised by a big man like Nicholson was also an exciting thing for the Lakers players. In the excitement, Marshall said to Nicholson
Said: "Don't worry, I will definitely guard that Rockets player to death. And on the offensive end, I will also let him taste my power."
Kobe, who was next to him, saw Marshall was so motivated and looked at him with approval. Kobe's favorite thing is a person who has a strong competitive spirit.
But at the same time, what Nicholson and Kobe didn't know was that Marshall was already complaining secretly in his heart: "That idiot, just play ball, you keep running around. Although my physical fitness is better than that kid, it's not that strong."
Where to go? If he keeps running like this
Go down and let him run away by himself. By then, my physical energy will have been exhausted. There are still the last two quarters, how should I fight? Alas, I just hope this silly boy won't be so bad in the second quarter.
He ran around. It’s better to take advantage of this little time and take a rest.”
On the Rockets side, after McHale made arrangements for the others, he turned to Wen Hao and said: "Wen Hao, I know you want to consume his physical energy, but you also have to conserve your own physical energy. If you continue like this
If we go down, I'm afraid we won't be able to play in the second half."
Wen Hao smiled at McHale and said, "Coach, don't worry, I'm measured."
While he was talking, five minutes of the second quarter had already been played. Jeremy Lin and Asik were on the bench for the Rockets, which did not allow the Lakers to narrow the point difference any further. At this time, the coaches of both sides sent out the first lineup.
Kobe continued to play against Harden, and Wen Hao continued to play against Marshall.
Marshall's physical fitness had declined a bit at this time. He expected that Wen Hao's physical fitness had also declined, so he relaxed his defense against Wen Hao. But just like that, Wen Hao caught the opportunity and scored two consecutive three-pointers.
Seeing this, Marshall was shocked and angry, and quickly used his magic weapon to defend himself, and then locked Wen Hao to death again.
After playing for two minutes, Kobe's touch was hot, and with the touch of Marshall Nick Young and other outside shooters, the Lakers closed the gap to only 2 points. At this time, the most important thing for the Rockets was to guard the Lakers' perimeter.
Three points, but the two towers inside could not be defended at all, so McHale had to replace Dayao, one of the twin towers.
And as a result, the Lakers became even more crazy. Their rhythm was faster, so fast that the Rockets couldn't keep up with their rhythm. In just three minutes, they completely reversed the score and actually led the Rockets by 5 points.
McHale was already planning to call a timeout on the sidelines, but Wen Hao shook his head at McHale in advance.
McHale was startled, then hesitantly sat back in his seat. Based on previous experience, he still believed in Wen Hao, but this was the playoffs and nothing could go wrong. So McHale was a little hesitant.
At this time, Wen Hao continued to run back and forth on the court, drilling in and out, but would not catch the ball. Marshall did not dare to relax his defense against Wen Hao at this time, and followed Wen Hao in and out.
Now let’s go back and talk about why Wen Hao didn’t let the coach call a timeout just now. Why was he running so hard? Wasn’t it just to consume Marshall’s physical energy? Now it’s so easy to make Marshall panting like an ox and his pace has slowed down, so he can’t give him
He has a chance to breathe. If the coach calls a timeout, then Marshall can take a break.
Have you taken a breather? In addition, Kobe is already older. Although he will still not be soft at critical moments, in non-stop games, his physical fitness will inevitably decline and his state will inevitably have ups and downs. Now he is playing like this
Yes, he no longer carries Harden hard, but chooses to pass the ball more. So he can't call a timeout to let Kobe recover his strength.
After playing for another five minutes, the Lakers' offense was still very fast, and their playing style was also very smooth, and the point difference had been opened to 10 points. At this time, the entire Staples Center was beaming with joy. If we continue to play like this,
Isn't the Lakers' third victory within reach?
The commentators on the sidelines also kept saying good things about the Lakers, and everything seemed to be moving in a direction that was beneficial to the Lakers.
But at this moment, Marshall suddenly made a mistake in a fast break pass and passed it to D'Antoni on the sidelines. This surprised the fans. But it was not over yet. Another dribble followed.
The shot was intercepted and the shot was far behind. The Rockets took this opportunity to counterattack and instantly narrowed the point difference to 3 points.
Only then did D'Antoni realize something was wrong and called a timeout. When Marshall came off the field, he was already sweating profusely, panting like an ox, and his chest was heaving violently like a big bellows. Looking at Wen Hao opposite him, he saw that the kid was even tougher than him.
He was horrified, his face was pale, his neck was completely red, and the veins on his arms were like snakes. It was obviously more physical exertion than his own.
Marshall cursed secretly in his heart: "This kid, it's just that he doesn't want to live, but he insists on dragging me along with him. Won't you just rest for a while after giving birth? Are you really going to run until you die?"
D'Antoni has already seen that Marshall's poor condition is due to poor physical fitness, but he can only call a timeout to let him rest for two minutes, but cannot replace him. After all, the Suns currently have no qualified point guard except Marshall. Nash
Although he is still there, he is too old and we really cannot let him play at this critical moment.
Two minutes later, Marshall kept scolding Wen Hao for his life, but had to continue playing. But after he came on the field, he ran with Wen Hao for less than a minute, and his speed slowed down. He felt that he could hardly keep up with Wen Hao.
steps.
In fact, Wen Hao was in extreme pain at this time. He just hated that his throat was too thin and could not breathe in more air. But in order to escape that little guy, he would not hesitate to run to death himself.
Finally, when halftime ended, Marshall breathed a sigh of relief as if he had received an amnesty, dragging two heavy legs and slowly squirming toward the tunnel.
Wen Hao simply sat down on the spot and breathed for five minutes before slowly getting up.
But when he saw Marshall's staggering back, the corners of his mouth curved again.
During the halftime break, Marshall barely spoke in the Lakers locker room. He raised his head and closed his eyes, leaning against the closet to rest. The coach even asked him twice if he was okay, but he was unable to answer.
On Team Rocket's side, Wen Hao directly found a corner and lay down there. He was really about to run to death, and said to himself: This is really not what humans do.
The on-site commentator Mullin was surprised at why Wen Hao ran like this in the first half, and said: "Marshall scored 18 points and 7 assists in the first half, and Wen Hao didn't even have 5 three-pointers.
With one assist, his offense was almost blocked by Marshall's close defense."
Gerner said: "For the Rockets, Wen Hao's greatest value is not his scoring, but his assists. But after the first half today, he didn't have a single assist. Marshall's defense against him today was very...
Successful."
"And Wen Hao, for some reason, kept running on the court endlessly, which greatly reduced his physical fitness. It seems that it will be difficult to continue to play in the third quarter. And without him, it will be more difficult for the Rockets to win today."
Soon, the game continued in the third quarter. The Lakers naturally sent their main players to the field, and the Rockets also started all the lineup.
Marshall had recovered some of his strength after half-time rest and adjustment. He looked at Wen Hao of the Rockets and said to himself: "This kid shouldn't run like that in the second half. He almost died on the spot at the end of the first half.
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Moreover, Marshall was more careful this time. After entering the third quarter, he immediately adopted a close-fitting defense against Wen Hao to prevent him from shooting three-pointers like he did at the beginning of the first two quarters.
However, as expected, just like in previous games, Wen Hao's behavior always surprises everyone. His thinking is not understandable by ordinary players at all.
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[There is still only one update today. Starting from tomorrow, there will be two updates every day, and there will be no less in a day. I also hope that everyone will recommend it.] (To be continued.)
