Buzdrick doesn't have much to deal with, after all, Harden's current technical characteristics are like this.

He's more about interpreting the Pelicans' defense, and then letting Harden play more points and pound the basket more resolutely.

After all, Jokic isn't much of a defensive stalwort.

Pause back.

The Rockets didn't continue to attack Harden, but Paul organized it.

The Pelicans also have a strong execution on their side, and if Harden doesn't hold the ball, they are normal people-to-man.

Cousins' backshot under the basket was defended by Davis and the ball was distributed to Morris, who hit a mid-range jumper to finally break the scoring drought for the Rockets.

Tang Tian suddenly gave Davis a mid-range opportunity, and he missed the shot a little bit.

Cousins defends the defensive rebound.

Rockets' chances.

Paul continued to give the ball to Cousins.

This time, Cousins faced the bag and then split the ball, which was prejudged by Davis to steal.

The Pelicans counterattacked, and Tang Tian assisted Ariza to dunk and score.

10 to 2.

The Pelicans started a little well.

The Rockets had to play Cousins when they hit the frontcourt, and Jokic didn't give a chance to go around the front.

Paul didn't have a chance to rush to the basket, and he came out in a circle and could only give the ball to Harden.

As soon as Harden holds the ball, Ariza goes around the left side to defend, and Harden is forced to play on the right side, and he has to watch out for Ariza behind him at all times.

He went to the basket and met Jokic's throw.

Jokic straightens his long arm to interfere.

"Bang dang!"

His throw was a little backward and popped off the back edge of the basket!

4 shots and 0 hits!

The opening rounds became a microcosm of the first quarter of the game.

Harden and the Rockets never found a way to crack the Rockets' defensive strategy.

In this quarter, Harden shot 0-of-7 and scored 4 points only by making two fouls on Jokic, playing the worst quarter of the season.

At the end of the first quarter, the Pelicans led 28-18.

Thanks to Morris and Paul's good performance, otherwise Harden's performance would have cost one quarter of the game.

In the second quarter, Jokic led the team on the Pelicans' side, and Paul led the team on the Rockets' side.

Paul didn't stop in the first quarter, and the efficiency of the game was not high at this time, and Jokic on the Pelicans' side went off the court early, and then came up to be alive.

After this bench transition, the Pelicans led the Rockets by as many as 15 points at 37-22.

The Rockets bench is still weak.

"Harden has to play form, they can't lose two games in a row so easily, man, this is your team!"

Barkley is unhappy with the Rockets' performance, and he is a Rockets celebrity, and this dissatisfaction is also normal.

The all-time best team is playing like this, and he really can't wait to play himself.

In the second quarter, the main force returned, and the Rockets' offensive focus shifted to the interior.

But Davis contracted his defense very resolutely, and Morris missed consecutive three-pointers from the outside, and the difference was further widened instead of narrowing.

Harden made three shots in quick succession in this quarter, but without exception, all ended in iron.

On the one hand, the Pelicans' defensive strategy, on the other hand, his mentality has fluctuated when he repeatedly misses, and the more he shoots, the more inaccurate he becomes.

At halftime, the Pelicans led the Rockets by a full 20 points, 55-35.

Harden shot 0-of-10 from the field and 5-of-7 from the free-throw line in the half, finishing with five points, three assists and three turnovers.

Having failed to score a single goal from 10 shots in the half, Harden also set a new record of his own.

This is obviously not a good thing.

For the Rockets fans on the hotline, they can only hope that Harden can find his groove in the second half.

"If it were me, I'd find a hole to get into myself, man, it's the playoffs!"

Barkley slammed the table at halftime, and he couldn't stand Harden's performance.

"Before Tang Du could exert his strength, the Rocket team had already fallen."

O'Neill laughed beside him.

"Stevens' tactical targeting is too good and we can only hope for the Rockets' half-court adjustment."

Smith didn't gloat as much as O'Neal did, but analyzed it very professionally.

Coming back in the second half, the Rockets really made adjustments, and D'Antoni replaced Morris with Bamot, which was a clear sign of space.

On the first round, Harden broke through with the ball and then distributed the ball to Tucker in the bottom corner.

Davis contracted back a little too late as Tucker hit a three-point shot.

Tang Tian's reaction was fast, and without waiting for Stevens to speak, he signaled Davis to stop shrinking in the next round.

Davis hit Tucker with his back in the low post and turned and hit a back-to-back shot.

D'Antoni changed to a line-up of one big and four small, and the defense of the number four position was very problematic.

Harden went to the frontcourt to continue to burst, Davis did not shrink, he directly used his ability to make fouls to make Jokic's third personal foul.

With both free throws, the Rockets narrowed the gap to 17 points.

Judging from the effect on the offensive end, the Rockets' adjustment effect in this half is not bad.

Stevens saw it and called Biyombo up from the bench.

The Pelicans are now in a misplaced No. 4 position, and the offense is not a big problem, but Jokic's defense is a bit of a lag.

Davis continued to force Tucker in the frontcourt, turning and shooting to cause a defensive foul on Tucker.

The game was dead, and Biyombo came on to replace Jokic.

Davis hit both free throws to help his team maintain a 19-point lead.

The Rockets still played Harden, Davis didn't help defending, and Harden faced Biyombo's throw.

"Bang!"

Biyombo is not Jokic, his offense is N streets worse than Jokic, but his defense is a notch stronger than Jokic.

He used his long arm to directly give Harden a big hat that struck his head and covered his face.

0 out of 11!

However, Harden reacted quickly, grabbed the ball and leaned in before making a shot.

Biyombo didn't cover it, but his hands were really long, giving enough interference.

"Bang dang!"

The basketball pops up on the right edge, but it still doesn't go in!

0 out of 12!

Harden still hasn't scored in the athletic battle!

D'Antoni reached for his hair, a little crazy.

Davis's step-back jumper didn't score, Harden didn't believe in evil, and he tried to make a foul in the defensive counterattack against Tang Tian's defense, but Tang Tian dodged it and didn't succeed.

"Bang dang!"

0 out of 13!

Smith covered his face and couldn't bear to look at it.

Barkley already has a look like you can do whatever you like.

Only O'Neill laughed.

Harden shot a little autistic and didn't shoot again for a while.

The Pelicans only used Ariza to mark him and ramped up their defense against Cousins and Paul.

As a result, after the end of this quarter, the difference between the two sides was further widened, and it was almost 30 points.

The Rockets lost worse than the first game.

But the worst was Harden, who shot 0-of-15 at the end of the third quarter and barely scored 10 points on free throws.

It was definitely the worst fight of his career.

In the final garbage time, neither side played again, and the Pelicans finally beat the Rockets again 101-80, rewriting the score to 2-0.

Harden finished with 10 points, 5 assists, 2 steals and 4 turnovers on 0-of-15 shooting, and did not score in the game.

He also broke Jordan's previous record of 11 shots and 0 shots, becoming the new record holder.

The first D'Antonisau operation left the Rockets bloodied.

But in the second game, the two sides set up a fight, and the result was just like O'Neal said in the commentary, before Tang Tian could exert his strength, the Rocket team had already fallen.