Less than three minutes into the first quarter, Rockets head coach D'Antoni called a timeout.

The score on the field was 2:7, and the 5-point difference was basically nothing at the beginning.

What worries D'Antoni is not the score, but the fear that Harden will be stimulated by Li Yang to lose his mind and fall into a vicious circle of unlimited singles.

Li Yang's aggressive tactics are very effective, constantly running out of the ball without the ball to catch the ball and pass, Harden passes the ball when he catches up, and Harden shoots directly if he doesn't keep up.

With Harden's strength, there is no need to play any offensive and defensive chase with Li Yang.

Harden can easily break through Li Yang to score under the basket, and although Li Yang's physical fitness is good enough on the guard line, it is still not enough to look at the offensive sharp beard.

Harden was upset at this point, and before he could send a greeting from the old birdie to Liyang, he was interrupted by a timeout from D'Antoni.

"Is Li Yang's strength already so strong?"

"Li Yang's off-ball movement is very good, and his passing ability is too strong, and Harden will definitely change his style of play after the timeout!"

The Rockets glider in the audience covered his forehead, he originally wanted to see the picture of Harden teaching rookie Li Yang, but instead saw Harden frequently eating in front of Li Yang.

Chinese fans who watched the game through Tencent's live broadcast room were completely excited, Li Yang can now compete with Harden, and he will not be able to compete for the title of the league's first person in two years.

Rockets bench.

D'Antoni patiently laid out the tactical arrangements.

"Young's off-ball movement is really good, his passing ability is stronger, and when P.J makes a single defense, everyone else has to delay P.J and block Yang's passing route."

"James, the offensive end is more direct, more consumption Li Yang, he is a newcomer who has just entered the league, and his physical fitness will definitely not be able to keep up with the intensity of the NBA."

Clippers bench.

Rivers also laid out corresponding tactics, and at the same time told his disciples to increase the defensive intensity.

The timeout ended, the game resumed, and the Rockets changed their tactical play.

After the timeout, the Rockets' first offense, Harden was ready to hold the ball and single-handedly beat Li Yang.

Harden was outside the three-point line, and after continuous dribbling feints, Li Yang was shaken off the center of gravity, and Harden seized the opportunity to jump and shoot a three-point shot.

At the moment when Harden made a move, Beverley came to the defense, and he knew that Harden would definitely force a ball back to Li Yang and get back to the court.

Under the defense of Li Yang and Beverley, Harden hit a difficult three-point step-back jumper.

After the goal, Harden turned around and roared wildly, holding his breath, and finally vented at this time.

When he retreated, he did not forget to run to Li Yang's side and express his cordial greetings.

Li Yang saw Harden pouting his ass and running over and knew that he was going to start talking, so he grabbed Harden before he spoke and said to himself: "James, do you want to say to me: rookie, welcome to the NBA!" ”

After Li Yang finished speaking, he didn't wait for Harden to react, and quickly ran to the front court.

Harden reacted and slapped his thigh depressedly: "Fake! He robbed the lines again!! This rookie IQ is a bit demonic!! ”

After Li Yang's interruption, Harden's previous depression was swept away, and the corners of his mouth began to smile, and he suddenly felt that this kid was still a little interesting.

Beverley controlled the ball and advanced to the top of the arc, completed the blocking and dismantling cooperation with Gortat, hit the big with a small one, directly used his speed to kill from the right side to the basket, made a quick stop to shake off Capela's defense, turned around and threw a backward jumper, and scored 2 points in one go.

In the next round, the Rockets attacked.

Roundface Dribbles the ball across half court and passes it quickly to Harden.

Harden held the ball at the top of the arc, continued to test the step, and made a feint to shoot.

Li Yang is unmoved, as long as he prevents Harden's breakthrough, tonight Harden feels average, and he does not defend against shooting, this is a defensive strategy made by Li Yang temporarily after Harden made adjustments.

Harden is ready to break through Li Yang's defense this time, and intends to physically confront Li Yang.

But seeing Li Yang's defensive style, Harden is now under a bit of pressure, if he can't shoot, he will be embarrassed, dribbling towards Li Yang, planning to use his strongest scoring method to break through Li Yang from the left side.

Beverley quickly helped defend and wrapped Harden with Li Yang, facing the defense of two excellent guards, Harden was unmoved, and stepped back to shoot against Li Yang and Beverley's defense.

"Bang Bang"!

Brush up again!

This time, Harden's difficult shot failed to score, and the Clippers' defensive strategy was successful.

Gallinari grabbed the backcourt rebound and handed it to Beverley for a quick advance.

Li Yang quickly went down the fast break, and Harden followed.

Without a chance to break fast, Beverley slowed down, dribbled to the top of the arc, and handed it to Li Yang at the 45th corner.

Li Yang was two meters away from the three-point line, holding the ball one-on-one to face the tough guy Tucker's defense.

Tucker is one step away from himself, and he should also let go of it.

However, Li Yang didn't fall for Tucker, played a tactical gesture, and asked Gallinari to come up to cover for insurance.

Tucker was immediately struck by lightning: "Uh...... I asked you to vote, what cover do you need? Why do you distrust my brother's character so much?? I'm not a certain Deng!! ”

Tucker, who was only one and a half steps away from him, looked back at the basket.

Despite knowing that the opponent has a good three-point shooting ability, Tucker still chooses to prevent the breakthrough and not the shooting, after all, the opponent's passing ability is too threatening.

But even so, he only put a distance of about one step, as much as possible to prevent both inside and outside, but he didn't expect Li Yang to pull it out directly.

"Huh!"

The basketball arced through the air and entered the net crisply, revealing a beautiful white net flower.

Really entered!

Tucker was speechless amid the sudden burst of cheers from the home fans.

Li Yang made a gesture for a three-point goal, and then happily returned to the backcourt, shaking his head and humming and chirping.

"It's raining all the time, and the atmosphere is not harmonious......

only sang this sentence back and forth, and as soon as he was addicted to singing, he was interrupted by Harden, who had arrived behind him at some point.

"Yang, what the hell are you singing? I listened to it for a long time, and I could hear everything, but I found that you can only sing such a sentence, and you sing so badly!! ”

Li Yang looked back at Harden with a serious face, he smiled mysteriously and said, "This is my three-point shooting spell, a secret technique from the East, you don't understand." ”

"I believe in your wickedness!"

Harden glared at his back, with a look of disdain on the surface, but secretly pondering in his heart.

"No wonder I didn't feel good shooting today, it shouldn't be caused by kidney deficiency, it seems that I will study it another day when I have time!!"

Back in the day, the ball was in Harden's hands again, but this time, he gave up his strong attack and fed the cake to Capela in the penalty area.

Capela got the ball, leaned on Gortat, pushed the opponent away with all his might, and then forced a violent dunk.

When he slowly ran back to the backcourt and leaned in front of Li Yang, he showed his strong unicorn arm at the latter, as if to say: Boy, I am stronger!

The Clippers' offense, this time Tucker defended Li Yang a little tightly, almost completely blocking the latter's breakthrough route, while also paying attention to Li Yang's shooting at any time.

There was no chance, and Li Yang didn't force the attack, passed the ball back to Beverley, and cut to the basket with his bare hands.

Where could Tucker let him in so easily? Follow it straight away.

Li Yang relied on the cover of his teammates and received the ball near the free throw line on the other side, seeing that Tucker was still dead behind him, he suddenly made a turn and jump shot, provoking the opponent to retreat at the same time, and then took a step back to the three-point line, pulled up and shot.

"Huh!"

It seemed to feel good, and the three points were scored again.

In the ensuing game, both sides scored separately.

In the next game, Li Yang made a three-pointer from an off-ball run, and used precision guidance skills to assist Beverley on a three-point shot, and the Clippers always maintained a slight lead.

The Rockets' offense handled the ball for Harden, but Harden still chose to play mostly singles and passed very little.

As long as Harden holds the ball in front and prepares to play alone, Li Yang will let him go for a mid-to-long-range jumper, not confronting Harden and not letting him break through.

As long as Harden holds the ball and forces a breakthrough, Beverley comes up to help defend the pinch.

Harden's offensive style was extremely embarrassed by the Clippers' defensive strategy in the first quarter of the game!

Harden's offense didn't play smoothly, but fortunately, Capela output steadily, and repeatedly relied on the basket to cut the cake and bite the score.

……

At the end of the first quarter, the score was fixed at 24:29.

The Clippers, playing at home, ended the first quarter with a five-point lead.

Harden, the NBA's current No. 1 quarterback, shot 3-of-7 from the field in the first quarter and scored just eight points.

Harden's Li Yang was 4-of-6 from the field and had 11 points and 4 assists at halftime.

Rookie Li Yang not only did not fall behind against the first quarterback Harden, but Li Yang's performance in the first quarter was even better than Harden.

Even fans watching the game in front of the TV would not have expected this to happen!

Last season, the Rockets reached the Western Conference Finals, and this season the lineup has not undergone much adjustment, and the strength is still strong.

In the first quarter, it was really impressive that the Clippers were able to hit this level under the bombardment of rockets!