At halftime, Anxi rested for about ten minutes, and Brett Brown walked to the middle and began to lay out the style of play for the second half. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

In the second half, Anxi will continue to play, with a break of about ten minutes, and his physical fitness has almost recovered, so in the second half, Anxi continued to play the role of the team's main attacker, and then, Brett Brown waved his hand: "In the second half, Louis (Williams) served as the point guard, Ann was in the second position, small forward Jack Crowder, big forward Channing (Fry), center Paul (Gasol), on the offensive end, we tried to pull out as much as possible, using your range advantage to create a gap on the outside." ”

"Defensively, Ann, you go defend James Harden, Paul does a good job of protecting the frame."

On the defensive end, Jack Crowder has already committed five fouls, and Brett Brown doesn't dare to let him defend James Harden anymore, otherwise he may have six fouls to leave the court just after playing a round.

On the other side, in the visiting locker room, Kevin McHale was in a good mood, after all, at halftime, the Rockets did not fall behind, which means that against the defending champion 76ers, the Rockets still have a dozen.

In the second half, Kevin McHale was also ready to continue to strengthen the defense, because he felt that it was a shame to let Anxi score 29 points in the half, and it would be even more humiliating to let Anxi score another 50 points in the whole game.

In order to avoid shame, Kevin McHale put Josh Smith and Dwight Howard on the inside, plus Patrick Beverley and Trevor Ariza on the outside, a main lineup, except for James Harden in the second position, almost everyone can defend.

Kevin McHale also arranged for Patrick Beverley to mark Anxi's defense, and in the second half of the defense, the Rockets still wanted to play a wheel battle and consume Anxi's energy.

In the second half, the 76ers attacked first, but the starting lineups of the two teams really surprised Turner Sports' commentator Doug Collins: "The starting lineup put out by the Rockets, except for James Harden, almost everyone can defend, and it seems that they are going to be based on defense in the second half!" ”

Sean Battier also followed suit: "The 76ers' lineup is also very interesting, Louis Williams, Ann, Jack Crowder and Channing Fry, everyone on the outside can shoot threes, plus a cameo as a center Pau Gasol, almost everyone in the 76ers lineup can shoot from a distance." ”

"Judging from the starting lineup in the second half, the ideas of the two teams are too far apart, the 76ers think about offense, while the Rockets think more about defense, the two teams have different arrangements and considerations, and the game in the second half will be good, will the 76ers' offense chisel through the Rockets' defense, or the Rockets' defense will lock the 76ers' offense? The race is on! ”

The referee blew the whistle and the 76ers served in the backcourt.

Anxi took the basketball directly from the backcourt, and after advancing to the outside of the three-point line in the frontcourt, Anxi stopped.

The fact that all the teammates pulled away and that all the players on the court could shoot from a distance made it quite tricky for the Rockets to defend, but they still put in more defensive energy and shifted to Anxi's side.

As for Anxi himself, his offensive options were very simple, his teammates all pulled away, and he turned around directly and hit Patrick Beverley with his back in the high post.

Beverley is also a little depressed, in the past games, he has also defended many opponents' top stars, Beverley can always use his pestering characteristics, even a lot of small actions, the opponent is in pain, and the Thunder's Russell Westbrook was even injured by Beverley.

Sometimes Beverley is quite proud, and he thinks he's the modern-day Bruce Bowen.

But when Anxi met Anxi in this game, every time Anxi turned around and hit him with his back and crushed him directly with his body, Beverley felt very powerless.

Small actions are ineffective against Anxi, and he doesn't dare to do big moves, so he can only grit his teeth, withstand Anxi's strong beatings, keep retreating, and then wait for the support of his teammates.

Before Ariza could rush over to wrap the clamp, Anxi jerked back, then turned around and cut through Beverley's right side.

After an acceleration, the Rockets could only separate a Josh Smith to block An Xi's breakthrough, and An Xi did not stop, and at the same time had no intention of passing, continued to accelerate, rushed to the inside, and turned around again, leaning on Josh Smith, and making a gesture to make a layup.

However, his first layup was a feint, and he usually took the ball back again, and after retracting it, Anxi took advantage of the situation to dodge Josh Smith's block and hooked the basketball to the basket with a hook motion from the other side.

Honk! The referee blew the whistle at the same time and Josh Smith fouled.

Swish! Anxi's hook hand also hit, the ball went in, 2+1!

For a while, the Wajovia Arena was full of cheers.

Doug Collins on the commentary bench also shouted excitedly: "Beautiful ball, Anxi single-handedly challenged the Rockets' defense line, and finally played a 2+1!" ”

Sean Battier did not look down on Anxi's goal because of his status as a Rockets celebrity, in fact, Anxi's ball was indeed beautiful, in the face of the Rockets' full encirclement and defense, Anxi scored this goal toughly, and also caused Josh Smith's foul.

"The Rockets' defense is too simple, Josh Smith is too casual, in fact, he can let Beverley entangle Anxi, let Anxi go inside, and then cooperate with Beverley to interfere with Anxi's layup......" Sean Battier picked on the Rockets' defensive problems for a while, as a defensive expert of the year, he was qualified to say so.

In fact, the current Rockets are indeed not good at defense, and Darryl Morey's magic ball theory is gradually abandoning defense.

If it weren't for the fact that the Rockets have a strong defensive lineup, the Rockets' defense this season would probably fall into the Mariana Trench.

Anxiga hit a free throw to make it 2+1, and the 76ers took a 3-point lead.

Then, the Rockets' offense, James Harden held the ball and faced Anxi's defense.

Harden didn't choose to play this ball strongly, because there were some changes in the Rockets' offensive play in the second half, and Kevin McHale decided to increase the number of Dwight Howard's inside singles, so after Howard was in a good position on the inside, Harden passed the ball over.

Dwight Howard hit Pau Gasol inside and hit a layup with a turnaround hook to bite the score.

Pau Gasol failed to defend against Howard's strong attack, he seemed a little dissatisfied, on the one hand, he was dissatisfied with his defensive performance, after all, he and Howard had a grudge, one attack and one defense were competing, on the other hand, Howard's single action just now was a bit too big, Pau Gasol thought that Howard had a foul action, but the referee ignored it.

Although dissatisfied, Pau Gasol only shook his hand to vent, because he knew very well that the Rockets were now very taken care of by the league, which can be seen from James Harden's body hair whistle.

Although Howard moved too much, he was also between fouling and not fouling, and it is understandable that the referee did not blow it.

So Pau Gasol is more dissatisfied with himself.

The 76ers' offense is still Anxi who takes the ball.

Although An Xi felt that he should give the ball to Gasol and let Gasol play an answerball, but after thinking about it, he still didn't give it, his task in this game was a bit heavy, and after the 2+1 in the third quarter, his score in this game was just full of 32 points, and he was 18 points away from 50 points.

If the 76ers play crazy in the third quarter, maybe this game will be another three-quarter clock-out, so Anxi needs to brush up the points as soon as possible, and the remaining 18 points, he must brush up before the end of the third quarter.

Of course, it is said that it is a score, but in fact, every goal scored by Anxi is very golden, and it is all won by his own strong play.

In this game, Anxi faced the Rockets' continuous defense, and every ball was very difficult.

Back to offense, Anxi continued to defend against Patrick Beverley, this time, he called a block from the outside, and after a single block, Anxi broke through in one step, and then made a pull-up jumper.

Trevo Ariza belatedly arrived from the other side, stretching out his long arms and blocking only a small spot in front of Anxi's eyes.

Bang!

Ball in!

With two points in hand, Anxi scored 34 points, and the 76ers led by 3 points.

"Anxi has played strongly, and the Rockets' defense doesn't seem to play a role."

Doug Collins was very happy, judging from the opening few rounds, the defense that the Rockets put a lot of emphasis on didn't work at all, and Anxi continued to score, and his personal score has risen to 34 points.

However, as soon as he finished saying this, Sean Battier on the other side added unconvinced: "But the 76ers also failed to open up the difference, the difference between the two teams is still 3 points, and the Rockets have the ball in the next round." ”

Before the words fell, the Rockets' offense was quickly finished, and they still handed the ball to Dwight Howard, who hit the inside and hooked the basketball with a left hook hand to continue to bite the score.

Pau Gasol became more and more depressed, and Anxi didn't stick the ball in his hands anymore this round, he gave the ball to Gasol and asked Gasol to play an answerball.

But Gasol's mid-range jumper was directly interfered with by Howard and didn't go in.

Turning around the rocket and wanting to play a wave of fast attack, Anxi quickly returned to the defense and blocked it.

Then, Brett Brown on the sidelines waved his hand to make adjustments, and as soon as the Rockets wanted to enter the positional battle, Channing Frye rushed up and made a foul on Howard, and the 76ers played shark slashing tactics at the beginning of the third quarter.

However, the number of fouls has not yet arrived, so the Rockets can only serve from the sideline.

The Rockets made free throws on the sideline, and this time the ball continued to be given to Howard, Howard was strong inside and wanted to make a layup, but Pau Gasol unceremoniously fouled Howard.

This time it's time to make free throws.

Dwight Howard walked to the free throw line and hit one of two free throws, and the score of the two teams was tied again.

The Rockets played tenaciously, but Kevin McHale clearly had one issue to consider, and that was Dwight Howard's free throws.

The 76ers obviously want to play a shark-cutting tactic, and whether to continue to let Howard attack is a choice that must be made.