Amid Wen Hao's uneasiness, the two sides continued to play in the last three minutes of the second quarter. As soon as Durant came up and got the ball, he faced Wen Hao. His piercing eyes made people believe that he would definitely be on the court.
Kill Wen Hao.
Wen Hao did not flinch. As soon as Durant got the ball, he continued to drill into Durant's arms.
Durant was filled with resentment at this moment and used his body to forcefully squeeze past Wen Hao.
Wen Hao obviously did not expect that Durant would break through with his body at this time, and was temporarily left aside. However, he did not give up, but pressed his chest against Durant, preventing him from gaining speed or height. Du
Lant was furious, and while squeezing Wen Hao away, he followed his arm and threw it into Wen Hao's face.
Wen Hao felt a pain on his face and immediately fell to the ground.
"Beep, beep, beep, beep..."
The referee's sharp and rapid whistle sounded. Durant committed an offensive foul!
Durant's heart was filled with anger. He turned around with the ball and went to find the referee. Fortunately, Ibaka hugged Durant and pulled him back to the Thunder's half.
"Durant has been angered..." the commentator on the sidelines said.
"It's rare to see Durant so angry." Another commentator was a little surprised.
"As a leader, Durant must of course stay calm at all times. But today when facing Wen Hao, he clearly felt that he had the strength to crush Wen Hao instantly, but under Wen Hao's defense, he just couldn't use his strength.
That’s why he gets angry and irrational.”
"I see. If the Rockets were to win today, Wen Hao's defense against Durant would be indispensable."
…
Durant was sent back to the Thunder half court by Ibaka. The head coach on the sidelines had only one sentence to say to Durant: "You are a leader, you must stay calm at all times, otherwise you will not be able to
You can’t win the championship if you win!”
As soon as Coach Brooks said this, Durant was shocked and felt a chill down his back. He had always been very calm, but just now he almost lost control. Today, under the defense of the Rockets point guard, he almost lost his temper.
Gained sanity.
Calm down, must be calm, for the sake of the championship!
With this thought in mind, Durant took a few deep breaths and gradually calmed down.
He is such an excellent leader. When he realizes his mistakes, he can immediately correct them.
The game continued. Wen Hao dribbled the ball to attack. Facing Wei Shao's defense, he first dribbled Harden to the left. He took one step and then passed the ball to Harden behind his left hand. Harden was also unambiguous and hit a three-pointer.
, helped the Rockets widen the point difference to 21 points. The Thunder's momentum became even more sluggish.
Looking back, the Thunder continued to give the ball to Durant. They thought this way: only if Durant opens it, others can open it.
However, Durant was unable to dribble and shoot when faced with Wen Hao's aggressive defense. No matter how good he was, without dribbling and shooting, everything was just talk.
In desperation, he had no choice but to pass the ball out. Wei Shao dribbled the ball and broke through to the Rockets' inside line. Facing the guards of the Twin Towers, he was still unable to take action, so he had to pass the ball out to the outside.
After three passes and two passes, the ball came to Durant's hands again.
After Durant caught the ball, before Wen Hao got into his arms, he immediately took the ball and jumped. With a swish, the basketball came in.
As soon as the ball was scored, Durant's heart suddenly lit up. Yes, although he couldn't dribble, he could catch the ball and shoot. His shooting percentage was absolutely guaranteed.
In fact, if other players were to defend Durant, he would have already thought of this method. But today Wen Hao's defense made him always feel that he could crush Wen Hao instantly. With this kind of thinking, he was focused on holding the ball.
The attack on Wen Hao was too confusing, but in the end I couldn't remember to attack him in this way.
Not only Durant, but even the coaches believed that Durant could beat Wen Hao to pieces, so they didn't think too much about it. Who would have expected that in the end, Durant would be guarded like this by them.
The Rockets scored another goal. Looking back, when the Thunder attacked, Durant did not hold the ball, but ran without the ball. Although he always likes to attack with the ball, today's special circumstances are special
As for him, running without the ball and looking for opportunities is obviously more effective and easier than attacking with the ball.
Westbrook wanted to pass the ball to Durant several times, but when he saw that Durant had no intention of catching the ball, he immediately planned to attack it himself.
But at this moment, Durant walked out from the inside and shouted: "Pass the ball!"
Wei Shao didn't dare to delay and hurriedly passed the ball to Durant.
Durant caught the ball and half-turned around, then pulled up and shot.
Even though Wen Hao had caught up at this time, Durant was tall and had long arms. As long as Durant lifted the ball, he couldn't block the shot at all and could only watch Durant hit a three-pointer.
"Oops..." Wen Hao thought to himself.
In fact, before he took the initiative to defend Durant, he had already thought of this result. He knew that Durant would definitely think of such a way to catch and shoot to deal with his defense. And at this time, his attack on Durant
The offense will be powerless. But under the circumstances, he can only do that. After all, it is much better to let Durant break out later than to break out in the first quarter. And now the Rockets are still leading by 17 points, as long as the Rockets
With everyone working together, the team might not be able to keep their first home court.
In another round, the Rockets' offense missed, and Durant circled inside again and ran out.
Wei Shao didn't need to remind him at this time. He saw Durant running out and passed the ball directly. Durant caught the ball and made another jumper and hit again.
In this minute, he made three of three shots and scored 7 points in a row.
Durant exploded.
Wen Hao saw that head coach McHale was still sitting there firmly on the sidelines and had no intention of calling a timeout. He immediately made a timeout gesture to the referee and asked for a timeout for the Rockets.
In the Xinlang live broadcast room, the beautiful commentator Zhou Ling'an looked a little solemn at this time: "Wen Hao's defense against Durant lost its effect, and Durant broke out. Wen Hao couldn't guard Durant at all."
Ke Fan said: "Yes, Durant's shooting percentage is abnormally high, and now he is using catch-and-shoot jump shots. If this continues, Wen Hao's defensive style will have no use. If this continues, Wen Hao's defense will be useless."
Hao can't guard Durant at all."
Yang Yi said: "The Rockets are leading by nearly 20 points. McHale is not in a hurry at this time and does not call a timeout. Who knows that Durant's murderous nature has been exposed at this time. If he does not call a timeout to arrange defense,
Let Durant explode and the Rockets will be doomed."
"So Wen Hao called a timeout. As a point guard, the overall situation is very important. Wen Hao saw this, so he called a timeout. From this point of view, Wen Hao is indeed a very good player.
Excellent point guard."
Seeing that Wen Hao took the initiative to call a timeout, McHale didn't blame Wen Hao. In fact, he was hesitating to call a timeout just now. He originally planned to wait until the next Durant hit. But now Wen Hao called it in advance.
Yes, this is not a bad thing.
"Coach, my defense failed, we must change our defense, Durant is going to explode." Wen Hao said to McHale as soon as he got off the court.
"Well, I'm thinking about it too," McHale said. "Our idea is to double-team, so we can only double-team."
"But if there is a double-team and Durant passes the ball out, others will have an open shot," Wen Hao said.
"In this situation, it is much better for others to shoot than for Durant to shoot. And when we defend, we try to retreat as much as possible after double-teaming, so that even if their players have a chance to shoot, they can only shoot from the outside and cannot
Get inside. That should be a lot better," McHale said.
Wen Hao said silently, this is the only way at this time. Even if the Rockets will play very passively, and it is very likely that the Thunder will open up the whole team, there is nothing they can do. Otherwise, the Rockets' defense against Durant will really make the Rockets
The team has a headache. Durant is the kind of player who can really kill the entire team by himself.
Soon, after the timeout, the Rockets continued to attack. Wenhao passed the ball to Warcraft, allowing him to dunk on the inside.
When it was the Thunder's turn to attack, as soon as Durant caught the ball, two Rockets players immediately stepped up to double-team him.
But Durant had no fear. He had tasted the sweetness of the catch-and-shoot jump shot just now. Even if he faced two double-teams at this time, before their double-teams were formed, he had already caught the ball and shot, allowing the Rockets to
The double-teaming has basically lost its effect.
"Uh-huh."
The basketball hit the ball again.
McHale was shocked when he saw this. Although he knew that Durant was very strong, he could still hit the ball when double-teamed by two people. This was probably a bit too strong.
In another round, Rockets players double-teamed Durant as soon as they came up, making it impossible for him to catch the ball. Only in this way can Durant be prevented from hitting the basket. But this will inevitably miss one person, facing Wei Wei.
Shao Shao's defense was a little loose. Wei Shao took the opportunity to score 6 points in a row and assisted his teammates to score.
By the end of the first half, the Thunder had narrowed the point difference to 14 points.
At this time, the Rockets players finally felt the strength of the Thunder and the strength of Durant.
With Durant's abnormal scoring ability, even if he leads by 38 points, let alone an 18-point lead, it is not necessarily a guaranteed win.
At halftime, although the Rockets led by 14 points, there was no joyful atmosphere at the Toyota Center. In the few minutes near the end of the first half, the Thunder showed strong ability to chase points, which made the Rockets players start to
I started to worry. The maximum lead of 21 points was recovered by 7 points in just over three minutes. There are still two quarters left. Are the remaining 14 points enough? (To be continued.)
