Chapter Thirty-Four: A Battle Like Mars Hitting Earth
The second half of the game begins.
Rockets point guard roundface controlled the ball over half court to the top of the arc, handed the ball to Touch, and then quickly took the defender away from Harden.
Harden holds the ball outside the three-point line and singles Li Yang.
Li Yang's defensive style is still the same as in the first half, letting go of the shot and not letting go of the rush.
Harden is bent on testing his feel in the second half so that he can do a lot of things on it, and Li Yang will also expand to defend himself.
Harden suddenly rose to the ground and made a three-point shot.
"Bang dang"!
With the other iron, it is not far from casting a peerless sword.
Harden's face began to tremble in anger at his poor hand, shook his head, and quickly stepped back, looking for the figure of the reed.
Gallinarika grabbed the rebound and passed to the Reeds.
Reed pushed forward quickly, dribbled across half court, and then began to look for Li Yang's figure.
Li Yang is now looking for cover on the inside to play peek-a-boo with Tucker, making Tucker's head bigger.
Li Yang seized the opportunity of Tucker being blocked by Gortat, and with his feet, he suddenly activated, burst out at the fastest speed, and slipped outside the three-point line in the bottom corner to receive a pass from Reed.
Bending the knees, jumping, tucking the abdomen, bounce the legs, shooting, the action is like flowing water, all in one go, Li Yang's jump shooting action is simply picturesque.
Tucker chased after him and saw the shooting posture that looked like Harden, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, doing all these bells and whistles, flashy handsome moves.
But this kid's jump shot is really a little similar to Harden's jump shot, but it definitely can't go in!
The basketball makes a beautiful arc through the air.
"Wow"!
A wonderful sound of smacking nets sounded from behind him!
The score on the big screen became 56:52.
After Li Yang scored the goal, he made a helpless celebration with his hands on his face, and then hummed the melody of "The rain has been ......falling" in his mouth, and ran back to the backcourt to defend with a twist.
Harden, who was standing on the side behind him, saw Li Yang's celebratory move, and the anger that had been subsided in the first half was ignited again.
You stinky boy, doing such a celebration is to mock me for not having a high hit rate as you, and striking iron frequently.
Very good! You've angered the first quarterback once again, and you're going to pay a terrible price!
With anger in his eyes, Harden ran near the three-point line and put the reeds behind him with his back.
To tell the truth, the celebration action that Li Yang did just now was just out of interest, and he didn't mean to provoke the beard at all, and inadvertently, Li Yang was saddled with a black cauldron again.
In the face of the reeds' sparse defense, he showed his housekeeping skills, changing the rhythm as he went, the basketball swam back and forth between his hands like an elf, and suddenly he started and passed the reeds, rushed into the interior, hit the ball, and made a foul on Gortat.
"Huh!" In the second round of the half, Harden played 2+1.
After Harden won 2+1 strongly, he made a chest-beating celebration to the fans.
"Huh!" The free throws were also securely hit.
"Reed, your defense is no different from papier-mâché."
When Harden returned to the backcourt, although he put a trash word at the reeds, his eyes were staring at Li Yang.
Reed's eyes widened: "Am I doing this for nothing??" ”
Li Yang hurriedly stepped forward and patted the reed, and comforted: "My pot, I'll defend James in a while!" ”
Reed dribbles across half court to the top of the arc.
Gallinari pulled out to cooperate with the Reeds block, Harden was blocked by Gallinari, the Reeds quickly burst inside, and Capela, who switched defenses, followed closely behind, stretched out his arms, and was ready to block at any time.
Li Yang began to throw backs and Harris did a wall collision cooperation, Tucker was blocked by Harris, and Harden quickly helped defend Li Yang.
Li Yang made a switchback run, burst out as fast as he could, and broke through the reeds near the sideline.
Li Yang suddenly stopped and threw a backward jumper, and the ball hit the inside edge of the basket and bounced straight out.
Gortat, who jumped quickly, stretched out his big hand and took the basketball that was flying in the air into his arms, using the veteran's experience, with a slight click, he flew the cake king Capella, who was not solid in defensive fundamentals, and pressed Capela to score 2 points with both hands.
"Gortat's dunk just now was too exciting, Capela still lacks defensive experience and is a little unfocused, otherwise his physical fitness will not allow Gortat to easily make up dunks." Yang Yi sighed.
Teacher Su Qun nodded in agreement.
Back in the game, Harden was furious at Capela's performance.
"Clint, cheer up, I don't want to see you wander again in the next game!" Harden finished saying that and ran to the frontcourt.
Capela nodded, knowing that Harden was angry and had to pick himself up and take the game seriously, and then ran to the front court right after Harden.
Although this game is irrelevant, Harden doesn't want to lose, and the Rockets can't lose either!
The top team in the West was upset by the fish belly team, what kind of news is this, it will make the nation's Denghei collectively rampant, and Harden does not want to be wildly attacked by outside public opinion.
Gordon dribbled to the top of the arc and hoisted the ball to Capela, who was in a position.
Capela responded with a high post, and Harden took advantage of Ennis's off-ball cover, shook off Li Yang's follow-up defense, and cut into the inside to make a layup.
The score on the big screen became 58:57.
The Clippers took advantage of the dead-ball opportunity and traded for Harrell and Alexander.
The Rockets also made a substitution adjustment, replacing Ennis with Melon Anthony.
At the beginning of the second half, the Rockets' off-ball defense against Li Yang became stricter, and Tucker's off-ball pursuit defense was really strong.
The Clippers attacked, and Alexander passed the ball to Li Yang and quickly went to run.
Li Yang singled Harden with a frame, dribbled under his crotch continuously, and made breakthrough feints, Harden cheered up, he knew that Li Yang's breakthrough was not so easy to defend.
Li Yang quickly made a change of direction in front of the body, knowing that he couldn't easily shake off Harden, who was nimble, Li Yang gritted his teeth and rushed over, and Harden had already blocked Li Yang's breakthrough route.
Just when Li Yang was about to hit Harden, Li Yang dangerously stuck to Harden's body without slowing down, turned around and passed Harden, and rushed straight into the basket.
Harrell tied up his horse and stuck Capela behind him, failing to let him make up for Li Yang in the first place.
Li Yang saw a flat horse in front of him, and went directly to the basket to make a layup, and Ping scored two points.
60:57。
This time, the Rockets' offense began to play together, and Harden also changed his offensive method, no longer gambling on one-on-one singles with Li Yang, and at this time began to show the true strength of the regular season MVP.
Harden cooperated with Capela to block and dismantle, Li Yang was blocked tightly by Capela's huge body, and Harden took the opportunity to break through to the free throw line and hit a shot.
Reed dribbled to the outside of the three-point line, Li Yang began to shuttle repeatedly on the inside, Gallinari blocked Harden's pursuit without the ball, Li Yang quickly ran to the outside to receive the ball, and the melon that made up the defense quickly followed Li Yang and formed a bag with Harden.
Alexander found the right moment to pass the ball.
The moment Li Yang received the ball, he quickly dialed the ball to Harris, who was unguarded outside the three-point line.
After Harris received the ball, he made a three-point shot.
"Bang Bang"!
Brush up on iron!!
Capela grabbed the rebound and passed to Harden under the basket.
Harden quickly advanced near the free throw line and hit a layup to hit Harris while the Clippers defense was still in good position.
60:59!
The Rockets, led by Harden, are closing in on the score.
Li Yang began to play point guard, received the baseline serve, advanced to the frontcourt, cooperated with Harrell to block and dismantle, quickly broke into the interior, and Harden and Melon quickly assisted in the defense of Li Yang.
Before the two of them could complete the encirclement, Li Yang broke through the march at high speed, using passing skills to accurately guide, and in an instant, an orange afterimage flew from Li Yang's hand to the unguarded Harris in the bottom corner.
After Harris comfortably received the ball, he adjusted his shooting rhythm and made a decisive three-point shot before the Rockets reinforcement team arrived.
"Whew!!"
The three-point shot was finally hit!
Harris wiped a handful of sweat from his head and finally breathed a sigh of relief and threw the damn basketball in, not wasting this great opportunity.
63:59。
The Clippers extend their lead again!
Li Yang is defended and can't score, so start assisting!
As long as he can catch the ball where he can attack, he can help the team!
"Li Yang played really reasonably, his passing ability was too good, and he was not weak in the slightest with his offensive talent."
"As long as the Rockets' players come to wrap him, he will choose to pass the ball out and never force it!"
"Li Yang used his off-ball running shot as a containment, and passed a subtle pass to create offensive opportunities for his teammates, but I didn't expect a team like the Clippers to turn over and build a mature offensive system!"
"It's all built on Li's excellent outside shooting ability and accurate passing threat!"
"With this deformed offensive system, it's okay to win a few regular season games, but it's difficult to make the playoffs!"
"It seems that the Clippers need to trade a reliable second-in-command as a tactical core to share the pressure on Li Yang, so that the Clippers can go further."
In Tencent's NBA live broadcast room, Mr. Su Qun and Yang Yi analyzed the dilemma faced by Li Yang to drive his teammates to score and the Clippers lineup by passing the ball.
In the second half of the third quarter, after Li Yang was rested, the Clippers' offensive shortcomings were completely exposed.
Without a tactical core on the court, the Clippers' offense became very simple, and once the shooting rate dropped, the Rockets' counterattack surged, but fortunately, the Clippers finally withstood the pressure.
At the end of the third quarter, the Clippers temporarily led the Rockets by 9 points at 93:84 and entered the fourth quarter.
Staples fans saw such an unusually fierce game, and they all felt that it was worth it, and they were looking forward to the fourth quarter of the game.
Whether the Clippers can upset the Rockets, who reached the Western Conference Finals last season, the suspense is focused on the fourth quarter of the game.