The two sides played hard in the first quarter.

After Li Liang came on the court, the Thunder's offense was obviously much smoother.

On the Rockets' side, Harden also began to exert his strength, and kept using their advantages in the low post and inside to connect and attack Li Liang and Adams.

The Thunder's interior defense is indeed a significant weakness, and Harden has taken advantage of it well.

And Harden's "one-point finger" hasn't really played yet.

At the end of the first quarter, the two sides were tied at 30:28, and the Thunder led the Rockets by two points.

So the Rockets team is quite magical, whether it is strong or not, and whether it is weak or not.

No matter how strong or weak, you can always pull your opponent to the same level as yourself, and then play a difficult one.

Li Liang was on the court in the first quarter, directing the team's offense while calming Westbrook's restless heart.

Westbrook played a bit higher in the first quarter and gradually calmed down in the back.

The trash talk between him and Beverley never stopped, and they kept spraying each other.

The second quarter of the game started quickly, Li Liang still stayed on the court, at this time he was the absolute core of the court, the first leader of the second center.

As soon as he came up, Li Liang passed the ball to Vitesse on the right side, and Vitesse received the ball and shot a three-point shot, and hit!

Vitesse is in the bench lineup and can be regarded as Li Liang's right-hand man.

has the ability to hold the ball, dare to throw, dare to play, dare to rush and fight, and is a stubborn good helper.

On the Rockets' side, Howard and Harden continued to stay on the court.

Their rotation is also quite strange, the two main forces go down at the end of the first quarter to rest for a while, and the second quarter immediately comes up.

There is no way to do this, if Shangchun is substituted, McHale knows that he will definitely be beaten by Li Liang.

Harden broke through with the ball and caused a foul on the Thunder and served the ball on the sideline.

It can be seen from this ball that the Thunder are starting to shrink defensively.

In the first quarter, Harden had several balls that were too easy to burst and too deep.

After being torn apart by him, whether it is attacking or passing, he is a huge threat.

In the second quarter, Li Liang began to lead the encirclement and suppression of Harden.

"Stand in the three-second zone, a little in, a little more in!"

When the Rockets sent the sideline ball, Li Liang loudly commanded his teammates, asking Kanter to stand more inside.

Li Liang was worried that the rocket would directly hang a sideline pass, and he would give Howard an air relay.

He was right, the Rockets just had the intention of playing this sideline ball tactic.

As a result, Kante took two steps inside, and Jason Terry, who made the free-throw, dispelled that thought.

Or pass to Harden, Harden on the left baseline one-on-one to eat Vitesse, strong burst, bag up, Harden to the right vacant Ariza.

The Thunder put Ariza to shoot tonight, and Ariza lived up to expectations and missed the three-point shot.

In the rebounding scramble, Kanter tossed the ball to Li Liang, who led the Thunder's quick counterattack.

Kante rushed forward first, Li Liang made a beautiful through pass to Kante, Kante received the basket and dunked with one hand!

I can't defend it, I'm the most active in fast break, I'm talking about Kante.

Subsequently, the Rockets fell into the trap of over-passing in the positional offense.

The outside line keeps passing the ball, and I always feel that I have a chance, but if the opportunity is not particularly good, I don't shoot, and then pass.

In the end, Brewer wanted to give Howard to the outside, and Howard was really deep on the inside, and he could turn around and go to the basket as soon as he caught the ball.

But this intention was too obvious, and Li Liang stepped forward to help defend and intercepted the ball at once.

“Shit！”

Kevin McHale, who was standing on the sidelines, couldn't help but curse, he actually saw that Li Liang was about to move, and he still couldn't stop his player from passing.

The ball should not be passed again, it should be thrown.

Then immediately after, for some reason, the Thunder also began to pass the ball wildly.

Li Liang responded to Vitesse on the wing in the high post, and Vitesse had a chance to attack the basket directly with the ball, but he didn't.

Pass it out, pass it to Augustin, pass it to Hingel, pass it to N'Golo Kante inside.

Kanter hit Howard with his back, felt that he couldn't move, and finally gave it to Li Liang!

Li Liang thought to himself, if he knew that I wouldn't pass it on, wouldn't it be nice for me to vote for him directly?

It feels a little better to vote for yourself.

Now there is no time, and the forced shot misses the shot.

“Shit！”

Li Liang also scolded in his heart, and then yelled at Vites: "Why didn't you attack it yourself!" ”

"I don't think the chances are good."

"Is my TM chance good?"

"Aren't you the boss?"

As soon as he said this, Li Liang had nothing to say.

Vitesse is one of the few people in the team who dares to talk back to Li Liang, and there are back and forth.

Rockets are indeed poisonous and contagious.

……

Then, the Rockets struggled on offense, with Harden and Howard spending too much time on the court.

The physical strength of the two of them is a little overwhelmed and they need to rest.

If the situation can't be opened, Beverley, Ariza, and Terry can only force the attack.

In the absence of a superstar to open up space, letting role players play with the ball on their own is always the least efficient.

The Thunder, on the other hand, moved forward steadily, taking advantage of the Rockets' offensive problems and counterattacking continuously.

Li Liangtui's counterattack was as vigorous as ever, although there were two turnovers, but his aggressive attacking style, once the pass was successful, it was a very good opportunity to attack the basket in the open position, and did not give the Rockets any time to react.

The Thunder played a wave of 7:0 small climax, timed the Rockets, and the difference was stretched to 11 points.

After the pause, Li Liang should have gone down to rest.

He's been playing for a long time today.

The first quarter was played early, and the second quarter was played for several minutes.

But Donovan did not replace Li Liang, but continued to keep him on the court.

"It's time for me to rest." Li Liang said to Donovan.

"Mike said you should play a little longer." Donovan dumped Mike Brown directly.

Brown scolded in his heart, Lao Tzu sold me so quickly for the sake of the team's good record?

Li Liang looked at Mike Brown, Brown just wanted to explain, Li Liang said: "Don't explain Mike, then I'll fight a little longer." ”

As a result, Li Liang remained on the court, and Durant and Westbrook also re-entered the court, replacing Singler and Augustin.

On the Rockets' side, Harden and Howard continue to lead, and the two of them will not have less time to play.

As soon as the timeout ended, Harden and Howard blocked the ball high and cut inside to Howard.

Howard shook off the defense with a feint, then smashed his hands into the basket.

The connection between the two is still the most efficient way for the Rockets to score, and the opponent will not have a good way to deal with it.

When Westbrook came up, he also wanted to go to the basket with Kanter after a pick-and-roll.

But how can Kante have the impact of Howard, after receiving the ball, he did not form an attack, and could only pass the ball out again to Vitesse on the outside.

Vitesse missed a three-point shot.

The Rockets changed their defensive pattern and suddenly defended a combo defense, which made the Thunder a little uncomfortable.

The Rockets seized this opportunity to launch a counterattack, Harden received a pass from Ariza, and Harden took the ball and burst inside.

Harden's breakthrough is incredible, not for the basket, but for people.

Grab the ball with both hands, raise your chin, point your beard forward, and push it in front to disrupt the defender's view.

Then the hands are raised from the bottom up, and the defender's arm is bound to hit Harden's arm.

This is Harden's mastery, a point.

As soon as the beard is pointed, the whistle sounds, and as soon as the whistle sounds, a point comes.

Harden stepped to the free throw line and hit both free throws to help the Rockets score four straight points.

But right away, Li Liang blocked Westbrook in the high post, and then went down to the inside.

Li Liang received the ball and feintmed to dodge Howard's block, followed up with a close-range pull-up jumper, and hit the board to hit a two-point shot.

It's very easy.

Then, Li Liang patted Robertson and said, "I'll change the guard against Harden later, you pay attention." ”

Li Liang knew that Harden might start a one-point killing, and he would have to learn about Houston for a while.

Harden controlled the ball over half court, and after the high block, Li Liang switched to Harden.

Harden was a little stunned in the face of Li Liang.

To be honest, all the outside scorers in the league will be stunned when they encounter Li Liang and Leonard.

Among them, those who are not afraid of Li Liang are mainly hard bridges and hard horses like Anthony and Durant.

Now that Durant is in the Thunder, Anthony is no longer a threat.

The rest, but those who like to play tricks, will most likely suffer when they meet Li Liang.

Sure enough, Harden dribbled slowly and leisurely, walking inside while observing, and wanted to pass the ball.

As a result, Li Liang's eyes were quick, and he directly cut off the ball from his hand with one pull!

The Thunder launched a counterattack, Li Liang distributed the ball to Robertson, and Robertson plugged in Westbrook in the middle.

Westbrook catches the ball, doesn't dribble, takes off directly, and splits the dunk with a one-handed tomahawk!

The ball hit the neck of the basket and flew out......

The starting point is too far and the height is not enough......

Li Liang wiped his face and scolded MMP.