Chapter 189: Harden's Abilities
The main forces of the two sides returned to the court, and I don't know if the Rockets were too angry with their substitutes. The pen and the fun www.biquge.info all of them are like Beverly's.
The already existing strength gap was magnified again. Just now, Zhao Wei's results were beaten back by the Rockets' starters in the same way.
With veterans such as Mozgov and Ruhr Deng, and without Nick Young and Russell, the Lakers can't keep up with the pace of the Rockets' starters. All of a sudden, the difference was reversed.
Although Luke Wharton sat upright, he couldn't hide a trace of helplessness between his eyebrows. It is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, and how much rice to cook is a good coach.
At halftime, the Rockets regained their 15-point lead. Inside and out, in the six minutes of the Lakers' debut, the Rockets scored 19 points.
At half-time, the managers of both sides were relatively relaxed.
In D'Antoni's view, the decisive victory still depends on the main force, and his main team can easily win by 19 points in six minutes, so what else do you have to worry about.
Luke Wharton is still sticking to his strategy of racing horses, and I'm going to do the back hand punch, and the back hand is going to hurt you.
The coaches have their own thoughts, and the players have their own thoughts.
Brian Shaw has already told the other players on the Lakers' side about Zhao Wei's incident, and everyone has expressed their dissatisfaction and vowed to take revenge.
On the Rockets' side, Beverley has not appeared since he was replaced by D'Antoni and was on the court. You know, he's the starting point guard.
He naturally attributed all this to Zhao Wei. It's all the yellow-skinned kid named Zhao Wei, and that kid looks just as annoying as Jeremy Lin.
As soon as the Rockets came, they directly stepped into the position of starting point guard and pressed themselves tightly. If it weren't for the fact that James Harden didn't like Jeremy Lin, he kept putting pressure on the head coach from the sidelines, helping Beverley play on the court, and constantly squeezing out Jeremy Lin, making Morey feel that Jeremy Lin was useless and was throwing money outside for nothing.
That's what makes him the starting point guard for the Rockets.
Now looking at the general manager's pre-game meaning, it is interesting to this Zhao Wei.
Since Yao Ming started back then, every Rockets player has a potential consciousness, as long as there is a ZG player in the NBA, then it must have something to do with the Rockets, and eventually it will be a Rockets person.
The reason why Yi Jianlian did not enter the Rocket team that year was because Yao Ming of the Rocket team was in full swing, and the Rockets did not need to spend money for another player.
And now although Zhou Qi was selected in their team, he was driven back by Morey, Jeremy Lin can't be counted as a real ZG person, so the remaining Zhao Wei will definitely be Morey's dish.
I didn't guard him off today and let him perform well, so isn't this directly adding condiments to the general manager!
The more Beverly thought about it, the more unpleasant it became, and the eyeballs that were the same as his skin exuded a sinister coldness, and the corners of his mouth were raised fiercely.
People who know him well know that this guy is going to use a ruthless trick when they see him smile like this, and they don't know who will be the unlucky ghost.
For those with different agendas, the intermission is very short.
The battle between the two sides in the third quarter began again. The managers of both sides followed the tradition and did not change their main line-ups.
Although they didn't say much, the Lakers' starting lineup was full of veterans after all, and they came off the bench in the first half to help them fill in the holes, and even took the lead, but they came up, bang, bang, and let people chase them back.
It's impossible to say not to be ashamed. Even if they don't think the Lakers in the first year of rebuilding can achieve anything this season, they still care about their old face.
The Rockets easily led by fifteen points, and it was still a six-minute affair, and it was impossible not to relax.
I didn't expect the old guys of the Lakers who came up in the third quarter to play vigorously. Just let them chase after them for a few points.
However, as soon as the rocket's side tightened, the old guys couldn't move again. The score was pulled back again, and there were a few more points. In the third quarter, the difference finally reached 20 points.
But the good thing is that they've been fighting for a while now. It's time for Zhao Wei and them to play.
Shout!!!
Once the ball died, Luke Wharton immediately called Zhao Wei. Luke Wharton was afraid that others would not know about him, so he came directly to five up and five down, which made many people stunned him for a while.
Seeing the Lakers' side of the battle, D'Antoni was also stunned, more greedy, and said that the Lakers bench was powerful, and D'Antoni was happy just in the first half. began to think about how to talk to Morey after the game about how to bring the Lakers' bench over at once.
The starters of the Rockets, when they saw the Lakers coming up, their hearts trembled at first, and then a wave of anger rose. It's these guys who almost wiped out the hard work they put into the first half of the field.
The first half of the bench lost so much face, now they will definitely play more in the second half, and at this time the Lakers came off the bench just to give them some color. Let them see the strength of the main force and the subs.
If you want to make them think that the Lakers' benches can have the strength to fight against them, they won't believe it if they are killed.
D'Antoni also cooperated and did not replace the main lineup, but also made minor adjustments. He replaced Beverley with Eric Gordon.
Didn't you let a two-meter-three-three small forward play point guard? Since you're not normal, I won't play normal with you. Eric Gordon came on the court, and Harden was pushed to the point guard position.
Luke Wharton saw that the Rockets had sent their strongest offensive lineup, and his face was full of anticipation, but there was also a little more solemnity in his eyes.
I am also cheering for Zhao Wei and them in my heart, which is a test for them. After stepping over, then the Lakers will usher in a real take-off.
Although they have won six in a row before, they have only seized on their ignorance of the situation on their own side. used Zhao Wei to lead the substitute to catch the opponent off guard.
Zhao Wei: The five substitutes are all young, and for such a team in the first year of rebuilding, it is natural to play a very good game once in a while. So although other teams know that the Lakers defeated their previous opponents by relying on their benches, they don't believe that their benches have really completed the transformation all of a sudden and become the strongest benches in the league, and they don't believe it if they are killed.
Which strong team does not form their starting lineup after forming their own starting lineup, and then forming their substitute lineup according to their starting needs.
If there is a team that starts with a bench formation, they have never seen it. If you want to say that the talented team is rebuilding now, it's not just the Lakers.
Like the Suns, Timberwolves, and 76ers, but don't they all rebuild in the same way as they once did!
So the Lakers, who have won six in a row, won by surprise.
Although the Rockets in the first half still took their bench lineup against Zhao Wei and them, they were already prepared for the six consecutive wins of the Lakers before, otherwise they would not have made those small moves before the game, and now the small moves will not work, they will definitely use legitimate methods in the second half, and no longer believe that their bench can fight against Zhao Wei and them. They are bound to keep their main force playing longer.
If D'Antoni hadn't made such a decision, Luke Wharton would have despised him.
Fortunately, D'Antoni did not disappoint him and did take this step.
Luke Wharton is happy with D'Antoni's arrangement. A team like the Rockets, which only focuses on offense and does not pay attention to defense, is the best touchstone for Zhao Wei.
Even if this game is lost, but the smooth attack is played, Zhao Wei and they can still build confidence against the main force. After all, they had already led by 20 points before, and they could still recover points by playing their main force by themselves.
If it were for the Spurs, Luke Wharton would never have done that. Popovich's old man is more cunning than the fox, and after so many years of training, as long as the Spurs can lead the opponent by five or six points, it will be difficult for the opponent to turn over.
A real big war between the two sides is on the verge of breaking out.
Zhao Wei faced a star like James Harden for the first time. Although for some people, Zhao Wei is a little repulsive and doesn't like it very much. However, excluding all external factors, James Harden is one of Zhao Wei's strongest opponents so far.
In the first game, the two sides had a brief encounter, but at that time, James Harden's desire to attack was not strong, the Rockets were still adapting and did not completely wake up from their dreams, and Zhao Wei did the most after coming on the court was to foul.
Now that Zhao Wei is still like that, then it will definitely be blown up by James Harden in less than two minutes.
James Harden didn't know what Zhao Wei thought, he raised his eyelids slightly as if he hadn't woken up, such a lineup really didn't arouse much interest in him.
Harden controlled the ball, Zhao Wei did not press, he gave Harden a certain amount of space.
The moment James Harden received the ball, Zhao Wei noticed the fleeting glint in Harden's eyes.
This guy is a guy who pretends to be a pig and eats a tiger. This is Zhao Wei's first impression of Harden.
Although Harden seemed to be carelessly dribbling the ball, the more Zhao Wei looked at it, the more frightened he became, and he found that almost every part of Harden's body was a feint, as long as he was slightly distracted, then he would be greeted with a head-on attack.
Harden's action of worshipping Buddha in the dribble was very small, and suddenly the lazy Harden accelerated a small gesture of worshipping Buddha.
The body was about to accelerate to the left, Zhao Wei's heart was tightened subconsciously, and the center of gravity of his body had begun to shift to the left. The reaction was so fast, this was not Zhao Wei's subjective reaction, but Zhao Wei's own conditioned reflex triggered by so many years of exercise.
Generally speaking, as long as a player does a few consecutive feints to the left, then he will definitely do this the moment he suddenly tenses, and Zhao Wei's muscles seem to have remembered the rhythm of the opponent.
Seeing Harden's move, Zhao Wei's body immediately reacted. But at this moment, Harden's eyes only flashed with a smile, and the originally raised left foot had not yet landed, and with a swipe of his left hand, the ball in his hand was suddenly passed to the right side.
The ball is very high in terms of speed and accuracy, Ariza happened to appear in that position, the ball led people, and the moment he received the ball, he took three steps directly, at this time the Lakers showed their youth, and everyone's attention was attracted to Zhao Wei and them. Ariza was not noticed at all.
Ariza made a layup with ease.
Fortunately, the Lakers' side is not bad, Harden's offense is powerful, but his defense is really eye-preservation.
Without Beverley's kraft-like defense, Zhao Wei played even better, and now Ryan Anderson is on the court. Zhao Wei played very targeted, that is, let Larry Nance use his body to knead Ryan Anderson inside.
Ingram's physical confrontation was poor, but his shooting after receiving the ball was still very good.
Harden's eyes couldn't stop Zhao Wei's breakthrough, and after the breakthrough, the Lakers took out their three-point strength.
It can also constantly respond to the Rockets' offense.
However, Zhao Wei has indeed suffered a little bit these times. Harden let Zhao Wei go on the defensive end, but he didn't let Zhao Wei go on the offensive end.
Because Harden has too many feints, Zhao Wei is very concentrated every time he defends, which can be described as physically and mentally exhausted.
Harden's man-ball combination is so good that it's hard to tell when he's going to break through, when he's shooting, when he's splitting the ball.
Zhao Wei can't make predictions in advance, he can only be ready to react at any time. But against this kind of star, a half-second delay can make a huge difference.
Zhao Wei has never found a way to crack it, and Harden is also playing on the offensive end. However, Harden didn't attack too much, and his main focus was on passing.
The angles of the passes are very tricky, and although the error rate is high, it is difficult for Zhao Wei to steal.
Harden once again made continuous body feints, trying to shake off Zhao Wei's center of gravity.
Zhao Wei's spirit is very concentrated, and he did a very good job this time, and he was not deceived by Harden's feints again.
However, just when Zhao Wei was staring at Harden, suddenly Harden raised his left foot again, and Zhao Wei did not follow this time, because he had suffered Harden's losses several times before.
However, Harden's movements accelerated sharply again, and this time he really chose to break through.
Zhao Wei immediately shifted his center of gravity backwards, trying to catch up with Harden, but at this moment, Harden suddenly took a step back.
Before Zhao Wei moved back, he was accelerating forward again.
Zhao Weigang's center of gravity had to retreat again, and at this time, Harden's real killing move came out.
He stepped back with a small but very sharp step, and then raised his hand for a three-pointer.
The ball didn't have a high arc, but it spun well and went into the net.
The moment the ball was scored, Zhao Wei was a little annoyed, he had been observing some of Harden's small actions, trying to find a breakthrough through this, but unfortunately he had not observed it so far. If this period continues in the fourth quarter, it will be a very difficult problem for them. They can't contain Harden right now.
(To be continued.) )