James Harden carefully organized the offense, but he knew how powerful Chen Feng was.
I saw James Harden take a very crisp step back, then jump high, and the ball quickly left his fingers.
James Harden's step back was quick and crisp, so Chen Feng did not block the shot.
However, Chen Feng's amazing bounce still interfered with James Harden's shot. The ball flew towards the basket and then hit the front edge of the hoop.
Seeing this scene, Chen Feng was relieved and only hoped that Derrick Favors could protect the defensive rebounds.
However, the next scene made him extremely depressed.
The bouncing ball did not pop out, but bounced on the rim a few more times, and then actually fell into the basket.
"Uh, is this too embarrassing?" Chen Feng waved his hand depressedly.
The home fans naturally continued to shout loudly the name of their hero, James Harden.
The Spurs' next attack still missed, and the Rockets chased the Spurs again and completed a wave of fast breaks.
With 3 minutes and 11 seconds left in the last quarter, the Spurs called a timeout, but at this time the Spurs were still seven points behind.
"Tony, prepare to warm up and replace Chen Feng in the game later." After seeing Chen Feng coughing non-stop, **Vicci asked Tony Parker to warm up. He was quite helpless with this decision.
"Greg, please wait a moment, I can still hold on." Chen Feng sat down on the bench tiredly, but when he saw the coach preparing to make a substitution, he quickly started to stop him.
"Chen, I understand your feelings, but you also have to listen to me. The series lasts seven games. Even if you lose in the away game, there is still room for recovery. But if you insist on holding on, if you are injured
, the gain outweighs the loss. What's more, your foot was injured in the last game, so letting you play today is already the bottom line. Okay. You just..."
"Greg. Believe me, I can do it." Chen Feng simply said this sentence.
Chen Feng's persistence left **Vicci with nothing to do. He could only ask a few players to share some of the pressure with Chen Feng before the game restarted.
There were 3 minutes and 10 seconds left in the game. The two sides were tied at 88:95. With a seven-point gap, there was no hope of tying the score in more than three minutes.
For a three-pointer, Chen Feng made a shot from a 45-degree angle on the right wing with Ginobili blocking him.
Looking at McHale yelling on the sidelines, I guess he will have a lot more white hair on his head after this game.
When Chen Feng caught the ball just now, two Rockets defensive players had already tightly double-teamed him. Although there was a barrier from his teammates, Chandler Parsons was always in a favorable defensive position.
, when Chen Feng took off, he accurately judged Chen Feng's shooting point, but Chen Feng's amazing shooting speed made his defense fail again.
With this three-pointer, the Spurs chased the score to only four points behind.
The pressure on Chandler Parsons is a bit high. The best candidates for the entire team to defend Chen Feng are him and Beverley, and he is the absolute main force, but Chen Feng is defeated in almost every match.
At two minutes and thirty seconds, Beverley made a pass error and the Spurs took the opportunity to have a beautiful fast break. Ginobili hit the basket and easily scored two points.
In the face of the Spurs' huge offensive, the Rockets players did not blindly defend. After Beverley and Chandler Parsons hit three-pointers one after another, with one minute and sixteen seconds left in the game, the Rockets
The lead was once again extended to 6 points at 101:95.
Jeremy Lin, who has stronger organizational skills, returned to the court.
McHale found that his twin-tower tactic was completely bankrupt so far and had no chance to be used again. The advantage in rebounding was gradually equalized by Derrick Favors and Tim Duncan, and this tactic
The weakness in speed becomes more and more obvious under the Spurs' fast break.
Jeremy Lin's midfield pass, James Harden appeared at a 45-degree angle on the right wing, but he was not allowed to take action. Leonard appeared in front of him in time, spread his arms, and completely blocked James Harden's breakthrough route.
Prevent death.
James Harden's two consecutive feints, although he did not succeed in breaking through, allowed him to find the opportunity to pass the ball.
The ball was quickly handed over to Chandler Parsons, who didn't hesitate at all, easily lifted his body, flicked his right wrist, and the basketball fell into the net.
As Chen Feng's physical strength became less and less, his role on both offense and defense was suddenly reduced.
The Spurs suddenly lost their backbone on the outside, and missed several shots in a row. Derrick Favors' inside line was also unable to open up the situation. The Rockets took the opportunity to play an 8:4 mini-game.
The point difference widened to 9 points.
**Vicci called a timeout. The slump on the outside line was not that he didn't expect that the two hardest steel knives on the outside line have now lost their standards.
After thinking about it, **Vic decided that he had to send all his main players up. The best result would naturally be to overtake the score and win the game.
However, this will be a big test for Chen Feng's physical strength. Fortunately, as long as they win this game and win another game, they can get a long period of adjustment.
After the timeout, the Spurs sent out their strongest lineup. Favors' performance in the paint has been relatively stable for a while, with no major ups and downs in form. Especially since he has been able to coordinate well with Duncan's twin towers in the paint, his presence
, just for Dwight Howard.
In this series, Derrick Favors, one of the three most useful young men of the Spurs in the regular season, performed absolutely abnormally because his opponent was either Howard or Asik. This made this big player who was almost unbeatable in the regular season
I'm under a lot of pressure.
However, his performance during this period is still good! At least Howard did not have such a big advantage in the interior!
Chen Feng held the ball and attacked the inside. Unfortunately, Chandler Parsons was like a tarsal maggot, and Jeremy Lin was watching from the side. He seemed to be double-teamed.
"Pa", Chen Feng made a 180-degree circle on the spot, but the ball was pressed down heavily in an instant. The violent force caused the ball to hit the floor and bounce quickly, just in the gap between the two defensive players.
flew over.
A figure appeared in the path of the ball like lightning. After Leonard caught the ball, he shot decisively.
At 97:104, the Spurs narrowed the point difference to seven points.
Jeremy Lin made a mistake in passing the ball. After Chen Feng intercepted the ball, he quickly penetrated into the Rockets' half.
Parker's tacit movement, but James Harden obviously didn't want to give him a chance.
After studying the videos of the Spurs' first two playoff games, McHale found that Chen Feng was very good at taking advantage of the opponent's mistakes to launch fast breaks, and his timing was also very accurate. In addition, the Spurs' Parker
, Ginobili and others, that is to say, as long as the team makes a mistake, even if it is just giving away points.
The ones who cooperated best with him and completed at least 70% of the fast break tactics were Ginobili and Parker, so when arranging the tactics for the third game, they paid a little attention.
Jeremy Lin has to help defend Chen Feng, so naturally he cannot defend Parker with all his strength. But now that he has replaced James Harden, who is better than Parker in terms of physical strength and speed, the effect will naturally be different.
Seeing Chen Feng about to rush to the free throw line, James Harden reluctantly gave up on Parker and quickly appeared in front of Chen Feng.
"Squeak!" Chen Feng suddenly stopped during the high-speed movement. His steps did not slip at all. His upper body leaned forward slightly, which did not hinder the next movement and forcibly twisted his waist. His whole body almost
It passed through James Harden.
The momentary stagnation allowed Chandler Parsons to catch up in time. In fact, based on Chen Feng's actions just now, as long as Chandler Parsons double-attacked from the right, it would be difficult for Chen Feng to keep the ball.
, but he didn't do that. Instead, he decisively passed by Chen Feng and stretched out his foot.
Chen Feng was extremely happy. The toes of his left foot were firmly on the ground, and his elbow was firmly stuck on James Harden. All of this made Chen Feng feel that his breakthrough was successful.
It's a pity that he doesn't have clairvoyance eyes. Chen Feng, whose center of gravity is slightly lowered, cannot observe the situation behind James Harden at all. He quickly steps out with his right foot. Just now, the Rockets only had James Harden under the basket. Now the basket is
It is definitely very safe.
His feet finally felt solid, but they didn't feel solid at all. However, the huge inertia made it impossible for him to make other movements.
Chen Feng's keen perception made him foresee danger. The moment his body tilted and he tried his best to recover his steps, his whole body fell down even faster. With his current position and posture, once Chen Feng fell to the ground
, I’m afraid it’s really hard to find any good situation.
Many female fans who supported Chen Feng had already covered their eyes in shock, unable to bear to see the tragedy in front of them.
Seeing that tragedy was about to happen, Derek Favors grabbed Chen Feng's shoulders at the moment when Chen Feng was about to fall to the ground.
"Huh..." Almost all the fans in the audience took a deep breath, and their tense hearts finally relaxed.
But the matter did not end there. Derek Favors, who was not actually very hot-tempered, had already charged at Chandler Parsons with his fists raised.
Chen Feng, who had just escaped, saw Derek Favors' actions and quickly stepped forward to hug him and growled in his ear: "Derek, calm down, it's a game now.
No matter what the situation is, there will be no good results if you take action." (To be continued...)
