The barrel of dynamite exploded, and all it took was a match.

Tang Tian's words were the match.

Cousins' whole face turned green at once, and he was about to scold Tang Tian.

Fortunately, Tucker was watching Cousins when he was making free throws in front, and then he flew over to pull him down, and kept talking to him to calm him down.

Now the Rockets are relying on Cousins' advantage on the inside and the Pelicans are deadlocked, and if Cousins blows up the Rockets, the situation on the court will become very unfavorable.

Tucker was small but powerful, and with the constant talking, he finally persuaded Cousins for the time being.

The Rockets' offense, Paul went to the frontcourt and continued to give the ball to Cousins.

Cousins hit Jokic hard.

Although he was persuaded by Tucker, he was still on fire in his belly, and at this moment he went straight to Jokic to vent his anger.

The two made a muffled sound from their physical confrontation.

Cousins was about to top the box and made a big blow to try to knock Jokic straight away.

At this moment, Jokic suddenly unloaded, and the whole person was knocked to the ground by Cousins.

Cousins lost his focus and almost fell straight out, barely standing on his feet with strong body control.

"Toot!"

However, the referee's whistle blew to signal for Cousins' offensive foul.

Jokic, still lying on the ground, looked up at the referee's gesture and shook his fist excitedly.

Toughness on the basketball court is not just a hard confrontation, and those who know that confrontation is not as good as it are still strong are fools.

A lot of smart players play together with their strength and brains.

Jokic is that type of player.

He's already known after a few rounds that he couldn't get Cousins right now, but he could fight it in a different way.

For example, like this ball just now, make an offensive foul with the situation.

Jokic was excited, Cousins was excited.

He exploded on the spot, and then went directly to the referee to signal that he didn't swing his elbow and was not an offensive foul.

But the referee signaled that it was outside the reasonable collision zone, and that was an offensive foul.

Tucker behind him was pulling Cousins, but Cousins had a violent temper, and the nine cows couldn't pull it, let alone him a Tucker.

Cousins was on the verge of spitting in the referee's face.

The referee didn't put up with it and threw his hand to give Cousins a technical foul.

The audience cheered.

Now that the two teams are at a stalemate on the court, this technical foul could well break the situation.

Cousins was still arguing, but was forcibly pulled back by Paul and Harden, who rushed over.

The Pelicans made one free throw, and after Tang Tian hit the free throw, the Pelicans still had the ball.

The sideline ball was sent, Tang Tian continued to signal to change defense, Cousins didn't come out in the first shot, but it still came out in the second shot.

Tang Tian singled Cousins, and after a continuous change of direction, he saw that Tucker had a helping defense, and directly threw his hand to hit the earth to Davis, who cut in.

The configuration of the Rockets on the court is one big and four small, and as soon as Cousins goes out, the interior line is extremely empty.

After Davis got the ball, he took two steps and scored with a strong dunk with both hands.

Stevens made his personality cheerful, and he yelled at the crowd with excitement after he dunked and landed.

The atmosphere at the New Orleans Arena was ignited again.

"Why are you here? Why don't you go talk to Davis?! ”

Cousins turned to Tucker and asked him why he came to help defend him.

Tucker looked confused.

He didn't help defend the last ball, Cousins was passed by Tang Tian like a stake, and now Cousins is questioning him to come over to help defend?

"You can't guard against him one-on-one."

He reacted and responded to Cousins.

"I just failed once, and I won't fail the second time."

Cousins' answer left Tucker completely speechless and a little depressed.

He persuaded Cousins to help defend again, and ended up like this, which was really kind to the donkey's liver and lungs.

He didn't bother to continue arguing with Cousins.

The Rockets attacked the frontcourt, and Cousins continued to play Jokic in the low post, and he continued to move with his foot, turning and shooting after the confrontation.

But the feeling of this shot was obviously not good, it was directly a bridge cross, and the rebound was collected by Jokic.

He scored eight points in a row on Jokic's head, but he failed three consecutive low-post singles in this period.

It is clear that the negative impact of emotions on him is enormous.

This is also Cousins, who is a Buddha on one side and a demon on the other, and if he doesn't get the double-edged sword right, he will hurt himself.

Tang Tian singled Cousins in the frontcourt, this time Tucker didn't help defense, Tang Tian shook him off and then hit the basket to score again.

With that goal, the Pelicans already led the Rockets by 10 points at 52-42.

D'Antoni was forced to call another timeout.

Paul walked up to Cousins at this point and kept talking to him, trying to really calm him down.

But Cousins looks less patient than he had been with Tucker before.

The Rockets formed a Big Three in the summer and were the best option Morey could make based on the market.

The combination of star defender and super interior lineman, although not the best combination, is not conflicting.

And the individual strength of the Big Three is among the top in the league in their respective positions.

Like the original Celtics and Heat, it is a lineup that is enough to impact the championship.

But what Morey didn't pay much attention to was Paul's private relationship with Cousins.

When Paul was on the Clippers and Cousins was on the Kings, the two clashed head-to-head.

Paul was not whistled for a fake fall while defending Cousins, but Cousins was whistled for a technical foul for arguing.

In addition to his strength, Paul can become a supergiant as a short player, and there are many small means, which is also a necessary means for him to gain a foothold.

This kind of thing is changed to other players, and the next day it is forgotten.

But Cousins was very vindictive, not only did he find an opportunity to hit Paul with the ball later, but he was also dragged back by his former teammate Thomas Jr. when he tried to say hello to Paul.

Just like Malone and Rodman, the personal relationship between the two is actually very poor.

The NBA is a business league, and players are only colleagues with each other, and it often happens that they turn enemies into friends in order to win championships and get high salaries.

But Cousins is a special case, not only does he have a bad brain but also has a very upright personality, and Paul comes to persuade him at this time, which only makes him more annoying.

Seeing that Cousins was getting more and more out of the mood, Harden came over and pulled Paul away, which prevented the situation from getting worse.

D'Antoni saw that Cousins' mood had been wrong, so he had to temporarily replace him off the pitch.

As soon as Cousins came off the court, the pressure on the Pelicans' interior plummeted.

Capela defends well, but Jokic's pull-out style of play is very restrained.

And, more importantly, Capela doesn't have the kind of strategic significance that Cousins has on the offensive end.

The Pelicans seized on that and continued to play to the advantage.

In the Mamba symphony of the Rockets' frequent outside play, the Pelicans had stretched the margin to 15 points at halftime.

They have already won this game.