Stephenson was abruptly sent off, disrupting the Pacers' setup and having to be replaced with Corey Joseph.

Joseph is a cut short compared to Stephenson, and the defensive intensity is far less than Stephenson's.

This is good news for Harden, as Stephenson's main defensive target is Harden.

The Rockets' home court fans were certainly happy to see that, and Stephenson sent it down and walked to the players' tunnel, and the entire Rockets fans cheered.

"Okay, in the next game, the Pacers will be difficult to play, and there is a Stephenson Harden who may have concerns about offense, but now, he can attack as he wants!" Paul said happily.

After Harden made the ball safely, the ball was still in the hands of the Rockets, and there was a chance to serve from the sideline.

"Joseph, you look a little nervous!" After Stephenson was penalized, Harden was in a good mood and began to tease Lanceph.

Joseph completely ignored Harden, lowered his center of gravity, and was ready to start defending.

With one less defensive core, the Pacers' strategy to defend Harden can only rely on pinch shots.

After Harden got the ball, before he could dribble, Oladipo also came directly, and the two wrapped Harden.

Harden is very familiar with this scene of the bag, and now, he just needs to pass the ball safely.

Dribbled a step, blocked Joseph with his body to prevent him from having a chance to pull the ball, then played a left side with a step, pulled a little distance, and passed the ball between Oladipo's legs.

For Harden, Gordon naturally appeared in a good position.

The Pacers only made up for the void in the defensive line by constantly making up for the defense, and Gordon did not stick to the ball, and when the defense came up, he directly stuffed the ball to Ariza in the bottom corner.

In this way, the constant guidance made the Pacers' defense tired of running, and finally, the ball passed to Anderson, who had been lying in ambush and did not move.

The hand rises and falls, and the three points are in hand.

With this three-point hand, the score was also leveled.

The ball was back in the hands of the Pacers, and before Oladipo dribbled past halftime, Ariza rushed straight to it.

Pressing on defense?

Now, the biggest threat to the Pacers is Oladipo, and to prevent Oladipo is to directly grab the throat of the Pacers, and Ariza's task is to defend Oladipo with all his might.

Oladipo tried to use his speed to get past Ariza, but Ariza always kept half a step away from him, and no matter how much he accelerated, he could not get rid of Ariza's entanglement.

You can only choose to dribble the ball rhythmically and slowly go to the frontcourt.

As soon as the half passed, Ariza directly changed the defensive strategy, directly pasted it, and constantly hit Oladipo with his body, Ariza still has an advantage in strength, and under this constant collision, Oladipo dribbling is also very uncomfortable.

Ariza defends so tightly that Oladipo always needs to pay attention not to make mistakes, and there is no good way to face the kraft candy Ariza.

Lean sideways and use your body to distance Ariza as far as possible, keeping the ball at a safe distance.

Oladipo had no choice but to pass the ball out and start running to try to shake Ariza away.

However, Ariza was on the same page with him today, and he didn't do anything else, and devoted himself to defending Oladipo.

Oladipo ran a full lap and finally, standing 45 degrees outside the three-point line on the right side, about to reach for the ball, Ariza chased after him.

Seeing that the offensive time was approaching, Joseph, who had the ball, could only choose to shoot by himself.

Fortunately, Harden was not very strict with his defense, giving him a chance to shoot.

However, Joseph did not take advantage of this opportunity and the ball was deflected.

Capela pushed Turner with a fart-tin and gave Anderson a chance to pick up a rebound.

Anderson also rushed straight and grabbed the rebound

After taking the rebound, this time, Anderson did not rush to pass the ball out, but held the ball and waited for the Pacers players to step back before passing the ball to Harden.

Harden dribbled slowly past half court, and now, after leading the score, the Rockets are even more unhurried.

Joseph watched Harden dribble so slowly, it was very similar to going up to break his ball, but he didn't dare, if the ball was not successful, it would mean that Harden would pass it directly.

After dribbling all the way to the top of the three-point circle, Harden stopped, kept changing hands left and right to dribble, and looked at the position of his teammates.

Ariza was fully on defense today, barely involved in the offense, and after helping his teammates block the pick-and-roll, he ambushed in the bottom corner, trying to keep all his energy on defense.

After Gordon got the ball, Bo Yang quickly followed, as a member of the bench bandits, Gordon still has two brushes, and when the mid-range shot is accurate, he can also throw it with his eyes closed, but today his hand is not very good, and he has attacked several times in front of him, and he has hit the iron.

There weren't too many fancy moves, and after Ariza came up to block the pick-and-roll, Gordon directly chose to continue to shoot.

"Entered!" Cheng Lei looked at the arc of the ball's flight and said.

Sure enough, the ball went straight into the basket.

It's been half the water, and now it's finally up to date, a good thing!

In the second half of the third quarter, the situation suddenly froze, and Harden began to break out without warning.

Swish...

Facing Lanceff threw in a three-pointer.

Coming back, Ariza successfully blocked Oladipo's three-pointer.

After the ball returned to the Rockets, Harden singled Joseph, smoothly cut close to the inside, and hit the porcelain Dafa to unfold, causing Turner a foul.

In this game, Turner has carried four fouls, three of which were caused by Harden.

There was no choice but to replace Turner in advance.

In this way, the Rockets' repetition is even more obvious, Capela has no obstacles on the inside, turning over the river and the sea, constantly grabbing rebounds.

On one side, the pressure increased dramatically, and the shooting rate plummeted, and on the other side, all of a sudden, the momentum was played, and the familiar three-point rain fell.

Now, it is estimated that only the Warriors can fight back under the three-point rain of the Rockets.

Ariza lay in ambush in the bottom corner and threw in a three-pointer to stretch the score to 12 points.

Until the end of the third quarter, the Rockets maintained a 13-point lead.

After the start of the fourth quarter, the Rockets were still hot, except for Harden, everyone else's three-point shooting was also opened, and the Pacers had no way to limit the shooting Rockets.

No one expected that the two teams that were still playing in the first half of the third quarter suddenly widened the gap to 18 points, and the gap is still expanding.

With three minutes left before the end, the Pacers made all of their main players and declared the game over.

The Rockets won the Pacers as they wished, losing a total of two of the thirteen games in November, and entering a difficult schedule in December with a proud record.

(End of chapter)