Chapter 54: The assault continues

In the sixth minute of the second quarter, Anxi re-entered. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The Rockets also made a change, starting with Corebrewer marking Anxi, plus Josh Smith on the inside, the Rockets still maintained a tight defense of Anxi, and on the offensive end, James Harden re-appeared, and the Rockets' goal was to maintain their current lead before halftime.

But Anxi played, and he obviously wouldn't give the Rockets a chance to take the lead at halftime.

From the very beginning of the game, Anxi broke out.

After Anxi re-played, he played without the ball, went around the baseline, bypassed Norens Knowle's cover, and accelerated to shake off Cory Brewer, and then outside the 45° three-point line on the left, Anxi encountered Josh Smith's supplement.

But he didn't hesitate, and directly pulled out a three-pointer from the outside, and the speed of the shot was very fast, almost as soon as he raised his hand, the ball flew out.

Josh Smith didn't have time to react, and when he turned to look at the basket, the basketball was falling right down, and he plunged into the basket with incredible precision!

Swish!

Ball in!

Three points!

As soon as An Xi came out, he scored a three-pointer to narrow the gap to 6 points.

Immediately afterwards, the Rockets' offense, Anxi faced Cory Brewer, and James Harden, who was also a newcomer, handed over to Jack Crowder to defend, and Anxi continued to complete the task of supplementing and assisting on the defensive end.

James Harden held the ball and singled Jack Crowder, and after a change of direction, Harden made a quick stop jump shot, but because he rested for a few minutes, his hand was not warm, and the jump shot was missed.

Channingfrye took the rebound under the basket and then handed the basketball to Anxi.

An Xi received the basketball, and after taking a look at the rocket's retreat speed, he immediately accelerated, rushed to the frontcourt, and hit a scratching layup that broke into the interior line, and directly caught the rocket off guard.

The difference narrowed to 4 points.

A four-point difference is no longer a big deal, and as long as the next two rounds are played, the 76ers have a chance to bring the two teams back to the same line.

This made Kevin McHale a little helpless, a minute ago, the Rockets were still leading by 9 points, but Anxi played for a minute, and the difference was immediately narrowed to 4 points, and it looks like it will continue to be narrowed.

Kevin McHale naturally couldn't bear it, he felt that Cory Brewer didn't do a good enough job of Anxi's defense, so he called a timeout and made adjustments.

Trevo Ariza replaced Cory Brewer, and the defender of Anxi became Ariza again.

The Rockets started a wheel battle on the defensive end, and An Xi's response was very simple - continue to play alone.

On the court, the Rocket's offense missed again, and the basketball came to Anxi's hands again, Anxi took the ball directly from the backcourt to the frontcourt, and Trevo Ariza, who had just played, stood outside the three-point line, and saw Anxi dribbling the ball over the halfcourt, and immediately it was like sticking up.

At this moment, Anxi suddenly changed direction, and a dodge directly passed Trevo Ariza.

Ariza didn't react at all, he reached out to grab An Xi, who was speeding up the breakthrough, but pulled air.

So, Anxi rushed into the inside line and faced Josh Smith alone, a throwing against the defense, and hew! Two more points.

There are only 2 points left in the final point, and Kevin McHale suddenly realized that he seemed to be too concerned about the restrictions on Anxi on the defensive end, and he completely ignored it on the offensive end.

But in fact, the 76ers' successive waves of chasing points still rely on successful defense on the defensive end, and if the Rockets can score a few goals on the offensive end, the result will be completely different.

So, after James Harden got the ball in the backcourt, Kevin McHale stood on the sidelines and made a gesture asking the team to step up their offense.

Harden's offensive talent is still very strong, and as soon as Kevin McHale's adjustment came out, he then singled with the ball and made a foul on Jack Crowder in the frontcourt.

Then, standing on the free throw line, the Rockets finally scored.

The 76ers' offense, Anxi singled with the ball and began to attack.

A back-to-back single, turned around and shook off Trevo Ariza, jumped directly on the spot, hit two points, and the 76ers clenched the point difference under the leadership of Anxi.

Not to be outdone, the Rockets entered individual mode, and another European step on the offensive end rushed into the interior and made a layup.

Jack Crowder is quite helpless, he can defend this ball if he is tough, but he doesn't dare to be tough, because James Harden is clearly a posture of either you foul or I score, the league is still used to his style of play, at the critical moment, James Harden's move is very good.

Therefore, now, James Harden has also used this trick continuously, and Jack Crowder, who has already committed three fouls at this time, naturally does not dare to reach out easily.

Anxi didn't care and patted Jack Laude on the shoulder as a sign of comfort.

Subsequently, Anxi continued to attack on the offensive end.

The Rockets quickly responded with a pack, but in the face of a double bag by Josh Smith and Trevor Ariza, Anxi rolled over and made a jumper, facing two defenders, and threw a basketball.

Swish!

The crisp sound of wiping the net sounded again, and Anxi scored another 2 points, and the difference was still 2 points.

Back to the defensive end, the Rockets are still James Harden's offense, and it is still the old-fashioned European step to attack the basket, Jack Crowder is still very aggrieved and does not dare to reach out, so he can only watch Harden send the basketball to the basket.

The 76ers' offense, Anxi continued to score in the same way, still a strong attack, singled out Ariza outside the three-point line, pulled out a three-point shot, and hit again!

The goal was a three-pointer, and after Anxi scored, he gave a provocative look at James Harden.

Anxi's meaning is obvious, either Harden will be soft, or Harden will give up the idea of making fouls and concentrate on returning Anxi a three-pointer.

But back to the offensive end of the Rockets, James Harden looked like he had softened, and after holding the ball on the outside, he made a single block and rushed into the interior with European steps again.

Everyone thought James Harden had softened, but what no one expected was that James Harden rushed into the interior and jumped forward in an extremely weird posture. Jack Leod didn't have time to react and crashed into it.

After the mid-air impact, the referee's whistle blew, and James Harden aimed at the basket and threw the basketball a second before it hit the ground.

Swish!

Ball in! Penalties!

But in the next second, Jack Leod rushed out.

"This ball is my foul?" Apparently, Jack Crowder thought the ball was an offensive foul on James Harden.

In fact, it is true, James Harden's foul this time looks more like he bumped into Jack Crowder, so the correct penalty should be an offensive foul, and even the commentary on the sidelines is saying: "This ball should be an offensive foul, James Harden obviously has a forward leaning, and the amplitude is still very large, which is obviously James Harden's own problem." ”

But the referee didn't think so, and he firmly awarded Jack Crowder a foul.

This made Jack Leod very angry, he was a little aggrieved in this game, but this obvious offensive foul was also blown into his defensive foul, how could this not make him blow up.

After the referee resolutely pointed to himself, Jack Crowder couldn't help it and went straight to the referee.

Anxi didn't hold back, and in the end, Jack Crowder ate another technical foul, counting technical fouls, he had already committed five fouls, and Brett Brown had no choice but to take Jack Crowder off the court and replace him with Troy Daniels.

After the substitution, James Harden began to execute free throws, a technical foul free throw, and hit.

Then, three players stood on either side of the free throw line, and the penalty for a common foul was also hit.

James Harden hit both free throws, and the margin widened to five points.

Jack Crowder left the court, and the 76ers replaced Troy Daniels, which meant that Anxi had to go to the No. 3 position, and the people who defended James Harden had to be handed over to Anxi.

Many people have become accustomed to James Harden's whistle, even Anxi has become accustomed to it, after all, he likes to watch the news and visit forums, and James Harden's body hair whistle is said almost every day in the news forum, and Anxi already knows this.

Therefore, after another strong attack, the difference between the two teams became 3 points, and Anxi faced James Harden on the defensive end.

At this point, time was running out for the second quarter, and James Harden's offense was basically his last offense of the second quarter.

In the face of Harden's offense, Anxi showed that he was smarter than ordinary people, Harden broke through in European steps, held the ball with both hands, and rushed into the restricted area with a swing, at this time, as long as Anxi stretched out his hand, it must be a foul.

But if Anxi doesn't reach out, Harden can complete an easy layup.

So, it's a dilemma.

In the next second, Anxi's defense surprised everyone.

Anxi didn't stretch out his hand, and everyone thought that Harden was going to score, but when Harden jumped up and made a layup, he bumped into Anxi with his negative hand behind him in the air, and then the layup was deflected.

Everyone was in an uproar, many people were very beautiful to see how Anxi prevented Harden's layup, and even the referee was stunned, and they all wondered if Anxi had fouled.

But in fact, Anxi just carried his hands and collided with power in the air, interfering with Harden's layup, and did not foul, this is a clean defense that can't be cleaner!

James Harden missed the layup, Nolan Snoll grabbed the rebound, the 76ers fast-break, Anxi passed the ball to Troy Daniels, and Troy Daniels made a three-point shot in the last seconds of the second quarter.

Ball in!

The timer beep at the end of the half sounds, and the second quarter is over!

The two teams played to a draw, and Anxi played half of the second quarter, scoring another 16 points, and 29 points at halftime, and went to a high score.

The two teams were tied at half-time, that is, from the first half of the game, the two teams were evenly matched.

Anxi scored 29 points in the first half, and James Harden lost slightly, but also scored 20 points, plus six assists.

In terms of the comparison of core players, James Harden did not lose much.

But in fact, the Rockets were able to hold the 76ers down, relying on the efforts of Dwight Howard, who opened the score in the first half of the second quarter, and it was Dwight Howard who was on the court and led the team to open up the point difference with two waves of offensive climaxes.