James. Harden, it's hard for you to imagine that last season, this guy was just a little henchman who followed the butts of Durant and Westbrook, and the best sixth man is already the best compliment for this little guard.

And this season, it wasn't until two days before the start of the season that he knew that his life might be about to change.

On October 28, the NBA officially confirmed that James. Harden was traded to the Houston Rockets. The Sixth Man of the Year has also become Houston's star player.

The sudden rise in exposure and attention has not put Harden under pressure, but has made him more and more motivated.

In his first game with the Rockets, Harden scored a super double-double of 37 points and 12 assists, establishing his core position in one fell swoop. In Game 2 against the Hawks, Harden had another 45-point performance moment, and people were amazed that the best sixth man could burst out with such terrifying power. Of course, the most surprising of them all must be the Thunder management.

Last season, Harden averaged 16.8 points and 3.7 assists per game and started twice this season. This season in the Rockets, Harden has not played off the bench, and his average data has skyrocketed to 25.9 points and 5.8 assists per game. The Thunder management estimates that the bowels are now repentant, who would have thought that the young man who was completely lost in the Finals last season would become one of the hottest stars this season.

It's like scratching a lottery ticket and giving it to someone else when you see the word "thank you". As everyone knows, Morey picked it up and continued to scrape, and what he saw was not "Thank you for your patronage", but "Thank you, you won the lottery".

That's James. Harden, he found his belonging, and the Rockets finally found their star player.

Because of this, the Christmas battle between the Rockets and the Pacers has become a high-profile event.

In the beginning, the league arranged this game, mainly to deal with the Chinese market. After all, the Rockets have a huge fan base in China, and the Pacers have a huge fan base in China. Qiao's relationship with the Chinese coach has also accumulated a high degree of popularity in China in recent years.

Can James. The arrival of Harden has changed all that, and now, not only Chinese fans are looking forward to this game, but even American fans think that this is one of the games to look forward to in the Christmas game!

With the addition of Harden, the Rockets finally returned to the top eight in the West. And, they definitely have the ability to wrestle with the league's top teams.

On the Pacers' side, what fans love to watch the most is all kinds of bizarre opponents challenging the defending champions. The sudden rise of the rocket is simply the perfect candidate.

Watching the attention of the Rockets vs Pacers game continue to soar in the United States, it is estimated that David. Stern wakes up laughing at night when he sleeps. Who doesn't like this kind of thing?

Of course there is, but Henson doesn't like it.

"Do you have any defensive advice for the next game?" On Christmas Eve, the day before the start of the Christmas War, on the training ground, Henson asked Vogel on the sidelines.

One of the Rockets' offense is that the star has a lot of singles. And Harden's offense also has a characteristic, a lot of free throws. Last season, as the Thunder's sixth man, Harden averaged just 6.2 free throws per game. But this season, that number has become 10.1.

Combined, these two characteristics give the Rockets' offense a headache for all head coaches and players. Prevent Harden from dying too much, easy to be touched by Harden. Prevent it from being too far, Harden can really shoot you to death when he feels it.

Journalists have also interviewed a lot of players and coaches on this issue. And most people can only shake their heads when faced with Harden's problem.

'He's done a great job of using his body to play tough, and a lot of times he touches you and your natural reaction is to bump back and then you get whistled for a foul. So, he's just that good, he knows how to get the hang of it, how to get the referee to make a decision in his favour, and that's why he can take 10 penalties a night. Here's what Kobe Bryant had to say about Harden.

"If you're a full step slower, Harden gets a straight shot to the basket. But if you're half a step slower, he's going to make space and then leaning in towards you to make a foul. "Ronnie. Brewer said this with a helpless look on his face.

'It's not easy to defend him, he's so good at making fouls. I had to control my hands, but it was harder to guard against him without touching him, especially since he was a left-handed player. If he feels good, then we'll have blood mold this night. "The Argentinian Ginobili also suffered.

Listen to the voices of these people complaining, and you will know how painful Henson is at this time. He studied for a long time, but still couldn't find a way to contain Harden.

Vogel shook his head, as a very defensive coach, he didn't seem to have any tricks, "What else can I do?" We can only raise our arms as high as we can and not touch him. In short, don't let him make free throws easily. ”

Everyone knows that this is a no-brainer. Everybody knows how to do it, but Harden can still score as many points as he wants.

"You can only watch while fighting, Henson, you can only watch while fighting."

Watching while playing is Henson's least favorite thing. Because, he doesn't like to fight unprepared battles. But whether he's ready or not, Christmas won't be postponed.

On December 25th, Christmas night, the Bankers' Living Arena was crowded. Henson, of course, knows that being able to play the Christmas game is a recognition of the strength of the team by the league and the fans. But Henson misses spending Christmas at home more than ever.

Before today's game, the most popular person in the stadium was undoubtedly the daughter of the Pacers' small owner and the girlfriend of Coach Henson. Lanadivi up.

Since An Jiali's identity was exposed, she has gained a large number of fans in an instant. I have to say that there are really some people in this world who can eat with their faces......

The footage of the on-site camera would give Anjiali a close-up every few minutes, and after Anjiali's selfie in the stadium was uploaded to ins, it immediately attracted a lot of comments and retweets.

Pacers management even came up with an idea, "Let's just let this little girl sing the national anthem at the opening of the show, it must be very popular"

Before the players entered, the field belonged to Angeli. But as soon as the players entered, the strong smell of gunpowder immediately spread!

Pacers fans were passers-by who admired the beauty at first, but now, they all roared and cheered, and in an instant they became bloodthirsty fighters!

This is the end of Christmas Eve, and the bloody battle will continue until late at night!

"The Indiana Pacers are out and the defending champions are cheering the crowd!" On the commentary stage, Shaquille. O'Neill made the opening remarks for the game. Since today is the Christmas War, all the members of the "Living Treasure Trio" are here. Of course, on this occasion, how can there be less "Mr. Colorful Clothes" Sage.

"Henson, long time no see!" When Sag saw Henson, he greeted him very warmly.

When Sag first met Henson a few years ago, he just thought the guy was talking a little bit like that old bastard of ** Vicky. Who knows, now Henson is even very good at the results.

"Sage, your red suit looks good today, follow my one." Henson smiled, Uncle Sag and Ledlow's chick were undoubtedly the only reporters on the sidelines he had a good opinion of.

"Let's talk about clothes in private, Coach Henson, everybody's got one thing on mind. That is, how the Pacers plan to contain James. Harden's play! Who are you going to play tonight to target this strong point of the Rockets? "Sag is worthy of being an old fritter, and as soon as he came up, he forced Henson to release the material.

"Who's going to play?" Instead of laughing, Henson thought with a serious face, "The Rockets and Pacers players will be on the court. ”

"Poof...... "Fortunately, Sager's professionalism is good, so he couldn't help laughing, "Thank you for your answer, Coach Henson, your answer is really very useful." ”

"Don't thank Shesag, if you really want to thank me, invite me to dinner in the evening."

In front of the camera, Henson is still the same Henson, and you can't see that he is the slightest bit nervous. But back on the bench, Henson was completely different.

"What did Sag ask you?" Vogel asked casually.

"Just some boring questions, leave those alone. In this game, we have to rip off the Rockets' bottoms. Focus on the game and see what they can do. ”

"What did you say?" Vogel, who had been watching the players warm up, looked back in surprise.

"I said, we're going to have to rip off Team Rocket's bottoms and look at them."

"You're not...... Big Christmas hooligan......"

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