The players from both sides entered the field and began the final warm-up before the game, and Cheng Lei was not focused enough because he was thinking about things, so that he was almost hit in the head by the ball that bounced over.

"Ray, haven't you adjusted your state yet?" Harden asked.

"It's okay, I'll just play later!" Cheng Lei made an excuse for himself.

Soon, the pre-game warm-up was completed, and the main lineups of both sides stood on the field, and with a whistle, the game officially began.

Cheng Lei's task is still arduous, responsible for defending the Raptors' arrowhead, DeRozan.

DeRozan's performance in recent years is obvious to all, in the regular season, he is definitely a superstar, and no one says that he is a superstar, and he has something to do with himself, and every time he gets to the playoffs, he will always habitually drop the chain.

Capela relied on his bounce speed to make the Rockets take the lead in winning the ball, and the playing styles of the two teams are actually relatively similar, the pace is on the fast side, and the team's strong point is in the quarterback.

When the Rockets attack, DeRozan is responsible for defending Harden, as the core of the Raptors, DeRozan has a very good defensive ability in addition to a beautiful mid-range shot.

Paul is in the league, and most of the point guards are weak in height, but against Lowry, the two are about the same height, and after the ball passes half court, Paul's first shot is still chosen to pass to Harden.

The absolute main matchup between the two teams, Harden VS DeRozan.

When it comes to offensive ability, Harden really hasn't been afraid of anyone, even LeBron, who may not necessarily prevent Harden who is fully committed to offense.

Harden first took DeRozan to the direction of the top circle Paul, Paul understood, took the initiative to take a few steps towards Harden, and the moment he passed by, Paul immediately stood up and helped Harden make a block.

On the weak side, Cheng Lei quickly ran to the bottom corner and helped Anderson, who was ambushed, to make a block, and Anderson ran smoothly to the 45-degree three-point line on the right side.

Harden took advantage of Paul's blocking, accelerated, opened the distance between DeRozan, and reached the three-point line.

There was a short gap in time, and Harden immediately stopped, raised his hand and prepared to shoot.

DeRozan leaned on his body, squeezed Paul out of the way, and chased after him.

Seeing that DeRozan was getting closer and closer to him, Harden tapped on his toes, made a shooting feint, and made a direct horizontal pass, and the ball went to Anderson's hand.

As soon as Ibaka was blocked by Cheng Lei, he immediately ran up and wanted to block with all his might, but at this time, Anderson's ball had already been shot.

Boom...

The ball deflected a little bit and smashed out of the frame.

Valanciunas pressed Capela with one hand, firmly holding Capela behind him, allowing Lowry to rebound as he rushed up.

The reason why the small steel cannon is called the small steel cannon is that after he rushes up, he is full of lethality.

The biggest advantage of a small guard is speed, which is also the characteristic of Lowry, with the wind under his feet, running directly to the front, fortunately, Paul's speed is not slow, chasing this Lowry all the way.

Swish... Swish... After two disguised shots, Lowry carried Paul inside and rushed to the free throw line without a chance, and turned around to dribble the ball out.

After DeRozan's well-timed follow-up, Lowry passed the ball directly.

Cheng Lei's attention today is obviously not very concentrated, and the footwork movement is not very positive, after DeRozan got the ball, a step on the same side accelerated, and after dribbling two steps to the free throw line, Cheng Lei was distracted, and he directly stopped the jump shot.

Took the lead by two points.

Looking back, on the Rockets' side, Paul quickly dribbled through the midfield, and in the face of Lowry's defense, he did not rush to attack, but looked at Cheng Lei on the side.

Cheng Lei pressed directly into the inside, Capela decisively rushed out under the rebound and ran to the free throw line, Cheng Lei took the initiative to help Capela make a block, so that Capela pulled out to the outside.

Capela ran out, and the opponent's inside lineman Valanciunas was also brought out, and Paul directly hit the ball and passed the ball to Cheng Lei, who was back to the free throw line.

Cheng Lei singled out the card Berclo, this is a tactic formulated before the game, and Kaberclo should be regarded as a better point to break through.

Back singles is what Cheng Lei is good at, and this position is also Cheng Lei's favorite way to eat alone.

After a few temptations, Cheng Lei shook and turned directly to the weak area on the left, raising his hand to shoot.

This move, Cheng Lei tried unpleasantly, if Caberclo came up to block, then, Cheng Lei could pass him directly with one step, if he didn't come up to block, then he could shoot directly backwards.

Caberclo may also not have looked at Cheng Lei's information before the game, and was sure that he must be shooting, so he jumped up all of a sudden to block Cheng Lei.

Cheng Lei smiled in his heart, his center of gravity immediately dropped, and after taking a quick step to the side, he directly passed Caberclo, throwing and scoring the first point of the game for the Rockets.

"Look, that man is so stupid, he was deceived like this!" Rockets fans began to tease Caberclo.

"It's not that he's stupid, it's that Ray's feints are very realistic, I guess Kobe Bryant will feel very relieved when he sees it!"

On the Raptors' side, DeRozan began to exert his strength, his offense did not have any fancy moves, that is, relying on solid basic skills, after sprinting out with all his strength, relying on inertia, after knocking Cheng Lei out of a little position, he jumped and shot directly.

Successful in the pitch.

From the beginning, the two sides played hotly, and both sides played according to the tactics arranged in advance, and the results achieved were not bad.

As for DeRozan, his style of play, many times, is to shoot directly after the opportunity arises by blocking and dismantling, which makes Cheng Lei a headache, it is really difficult to defend, and DeRozan's mid-range shot is indeed very accurate.

Ten minutes into the first quarter of the game, the score of the two sides was tied, 23 draws, and neither side could effectively restrain the other party.

"It's true that the Raptors' regular season is called the Dragons, but it's a bit of a pity, if they don't turn into worms in the playoffs, then the Eastern Conference game will be much more interesting."

"Also, in the past few years, I've watched the playoffs in the East, and I'm a little tired of watching it, every time I watch LeBron perform alone, or our Western playoffs are good!"

Saying this, a group of spectators on the side nodded again and again.

With a minute left in the first quarter, coach D'Antoni called a timeout, and the two sides tacitly switched to the bench to give the main team plenty of time to rest.

After being replaced by the bench, the Rockets showed what it means to be a bench bandit, going on a rampage all the way, and the Raptors bench had no chance to fight back.

In the last two minutes of the first quarter, the benches actually helped the Rockets take a five-point lead.

At the end of the break, the second quarter began, and in the first two minutes, the Rockets were still the main players.

The Raptors saw that the Rockets bench was so ferocious, and the opening of the second quarter was the main force, Lowry just dribbled to the position of the three-point top circle, and while the defense was not in place, a very unreasonable three-point shot chased the score to only two points.

Turning back, the Rockets attacked, Tucker forced a basket, was blocked by Ibaka, and did not score.