Amid everyone's confusion, the Rockets continued their style of play, letting go of Nash and allowing him to take action.
Naturally, Nash had nothing to say. Although he missed a three-pointer just now, he immediately adjusted, took a step forward, and hit two points. After hitting two two-pointers, another three-pointer came, and sure enough, another three-pointer came.
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The Lakers had to give up their fast style of play because Marshall was off the court, and Nash and Kobe were both veterans. As a result, the Rockets also played smoothly. In the last two minutes, although the Lakers caught up with the score,
But there was no equalization. At this time, the Rockets were 1-116, still leading by 4 points. However, these four points were not safe for the Rockets.
Once again it was the Lakers' turn to attack, and all the fans stood up. They knew what would happen next. This had happened countless times in the fourth quarter: it was nothing more than Kobe dribbling the ball through half court and being double-teamed.
Then the ball was handed to Nash, and finally Nash took the shot without any defense.
They were all expecting Nash to hit a three-pointer. Even the actor Nicholson, who had been sitting there calmly, stood up.
Commentator Mullin saw Kobe dribbling the ball to the frontcourt and immediately said excitedly: "Kobe is going to pass the ball to Nash."
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"He passed it to Nash."
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"Nash is about to take a shot. As long as he hits this shot, the Lakers will be only 1 point away.
At this time, all the fans were a little nervous, and everyone on the Rockets was also very nervous. Although they believed in Wen Hao, the facts were before their eyes. If they caught up with the score, it would be all the fault of not guarding Nash.
But at this moment, when Nash had already jumped up, suddenly, his eyes flashed red, and a man wearing a red jersey appeared in front of him. When Nash was unprepared, he hit the ball with a big bang.
On the ground.
Then the man in the red jersey pounced directly on the basketball. Before anyone could react, he came directly to the Rockets' frontcourt, jumped high, and dunked the ball into the basket with a bang.
Only then did Nash see the number on that jersey clearly. Jersey No. 5, Rockets point guard Wen Hao!
"You're careless, Nash is careless. Although Wen Hao double-teamed Kobe just now, the distance between him and Nash is not impossible to get back. And Nash has been used to his own shots and no one blocks them, so he didn't make much preparation, and was unexpectedly beaten by Wen Hao.
Haogai has arrived." The commentator, Genna, said in surprise.
"It's all caused by habit. But Nash is a player who is very good at adjusting. If there is another opportunity like this, he will definitely not be blocked again."
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As he spoke, the Lakers had already dribbled the ball past half-court. This time Wen Hao did not immediately step forward to double-team Kobe, but waited.
Seeing this, the commentator on the sidelines was a little strange: "At such an important moment, Kobe is likely to explode. This is the time when Kobe should be double-teamed the most, so why doesn't he double-team?"
Just as he was speaking, Kobe faced Harden and saw that no one was double-teaming him, so he immediately chose to break through. But just when he was about to break through, Wen Hao suddenly stepped forward to double-team. Kobe had to take two steps back. And Wen Hao
When Hao saw Kobe retreat, he also retreated to defend Nash. When Kobe tried to break through again, he came over to double-team.
In fact, the two commentators didn't know that Wen Hao did this intentionally. Once Kobe wanted to break through, he would double-team. If Kobe didn't want to break through, he would focus on defending Nash. In this way, Kobe would inevitably dribble more.
, just take a little more time. And the less time now, the better it is for the Rockets.
If the commentator on the sidelines knew that Wen Hao was using this method to waste time, he would be shocked. Generally, players can only waste time when the ball is in their own hands. I have never heard of the ball in the opponent's hands.
Even though I have a lot of time, I can actually find ways to waste time.
Kobe glanced at the timer on the backboard at this time and saw that it was only one minute and fifteen seconds. The Lakers didn't have much time. He immediately wanted to force a breakthrough. Seeing this, Wen Hao rushed over and was guarded. This time Kobe was
If he really wanted to force a confrontation, he naturally couldn't ignore it.
Kobe was halfway through, and when he saw Wen Hao blocking the way in front of him, he suddenly sent a pass with his right hand, and the ball flew towards Nash.
Nash, who is open at this time, is likely to hit a three-pointer.
The Staples Center was silent as everyone watched Nash catch the ball.
After Nash caught the ball, he did not take action immediately. Instead, he glanced at Wen Hao out of the corner of his eye and made sure that Wen Hao had no time to come over to make up the defense before taking action.
But just as he jumped up, suddenly, Wen Hao's figure appeared strangely in front of him again, and slapped the ball away.
Nash was shocked. He was so far away and could actually rush over to make up for his defense. This...
The commentator on the sidelines was also very surprised: "At the distance just now, if someone else, such as Westbrook, might have rushed over to block Nash's shot. But with Wen Hao's speed, it is impossible to block it.
But at that moment, he suddenly sped up strangely and rushed over to block Nash. This was too weird."
"This reminds me of the shot just now. In fact, the shot was not blocked because he was too close to Nash, but his speed was really abnormal at that moment, and he was even competing with Westbrook.
This...this is so unreasonable."
At this time, the Rockets are attacking and Wen Hao takes the ball. He is not anxious for a fast break, but dribbles the ball slowly. For the Rockets, the most important thing now is not scoring, but taking time.
Finally, when there were only six seconds left on the clock, he suddenly started, taking a step like Nash, and drove into the inside. Seeing that Gasol was coming to defend him, he received the ball behind his back.
Nico Yang thought Wen Hao was going to pass to Parsons, who was cutting in from the left, and rushed to intercept the passing route. But at this time, Wen Hao received the ball from behind but reached out again and hit Gasol from the crotch.
The ground was given to Dayao. Dayao received the ball and dunked naturally. The Rockets led by 8 points. D'Antoni hurriedly requested a timeout.
Wen Hao returned to the Rockets dugout, and all the Rockets players were pleasantly surprised. Unexpectedly, he failed to guard Nash for most of the quarter and almost allowed Nash to catch up with the score. But in the last two minutes, Wen Hao suddenly became energetic and blocked two shots.
Nash allowed the Rockets to open the point difference to 8 points again in one fell swoop. It was really a surprise.
Howard rubbed Wen Hao's head and said: "Good boy, these two goals are very cool, they have my style."
"Tch, if you have your style, you are obviously imitating my shot blocking." Jones also said.
"One minute, leading by eight points, we have already established the victory," Casspi said. "Looking back now, Wen Hao said that he had found a way to defeat the Lakers and found the Lakers' weakness. Could it be Nash?
.Did he predict at that time that he would block Nash?"
"Don't be kidding, he is not God," Jeremy Lin said, "but he is really amazing. He can turn around and block Nash in an instant. His speed is too fast."
Naturally, Wen Hao couldn't tell Jeremy Lin that he had initiated an unsolvable breakthrough at that moment, and his speed had increased to the extreme, so he had time to block Nash.
As the head coach, McHale did not dwell on these physical issues. He asked Wen Hao: "What's strange to me is, how can you think that Nash is a weakness, and we can defeat the Lakers with this? Do you really
Did you expect you to be able to block Nash at the last minute?"
Wen Hao shrugged and said with a smile: "Coach, actually I didn't tell the truth. From the very beginning when I started to let Nash go to double-team Kobe, when Nash took an open shot, I knew I had a chance to block him."
"Oh?" McHale was even more surprised, "Then why didn't you block the shot at that time and had to wait until the last two minutes?"
"It's actually very simple. If I had blocked Nash at that time, Nash would have been prepared and would not have taken another shot. He would have chosen to pass the ball. Even if he did not choose to pass the ball, the Lakers would have thought of other ways to attack.
Then it is difficult for us to predict what methods they will think of. When they come up with new methods, we will be very worried.
Passive. So we might as well let Nash take the shot easily, and the Lakers won't think of other ways. In the last two minutes, I blocked Nash again, which was more sudden. And by this time the point difference had widened.
By 8 minutes, it's too late for them to think of other solutions." Wen Hao explained with a casual smile.
The Rockets players didn't mind hearing this. They were already used to Wen Hao's shrewd thinking. On the contrary, Lakers head coach McHale and the assistant coaches were greatly impressed at this time: What is this?
My brain, I can think of these things, simplifying what might otherwise be a very complicated game, and I still have the upper hand. This kid is not a player at all, he is simply a conspirator.
At this time, Wen Hao reminded the Rockets players: "Theoretically speaking, we have reached this point and are very close to victory. But the Lakers are different. They have Kobe. I don't need to say more about Kobe's personal ability.
Anyway, we must be careful about Kobe now and never let him catch up with the score."
When the Rockets players heard Wen Hao's words, their hearts trembled, and their expressions became solemn again. Obviously, many players have suffered from Kobe's losses.
When McHale saw Wen Hao reminding the Rockets players, he nodded secretly: Wen Hao has become more and more like a leader without knowing it. This kid is really surprising.
But at the same time, McHale is also secretly worried: Wen Hao is like a leader, so why should Harden go? You know, when Harden came to the Rockets, he came to the Rockets for the position of boss. Now it is the championship that has twisted the two.
Together, if the goal of a championship is lost, can the two of them still play together?
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Let’s not talk about McHale’s worries, just talk about the Lakers. D’Antoni is frowning at this time, looking sideways at the Rockets’ No. 5 in the distance, which is called depressing. The Lakers’ efforts for most of the quarter were lost to that.
The boy's two hats were slapped off. (To be continued.)
