Chapter 346: Deception and Foul Making
Although the point difference was widened, but Harden, who had just come on the court, commanded Ruoding, scolded Fang Xuan, first faked cover with Capela, and directly hoisted the ball to Capela who went down, Capela was blocked in the paint area, and gave the ball to Ariza in the bottom corner, Ariza faced Haugist's dribble, almost was stealed, and hurriedly returned to the wing Beverley, Beverley changed hands under two crotch dribbles and then followed a back dribble, and then stepped back to shoot three points in a dashing manner, but the result was a little embarrassing, the ball smashed on the rebound next to the basket and rebounded to the basket.
Hougist picked up the rebound in the low post and dribbled to the frontcourt, and the Rockets hurriedly retreated. Hoggist saw that the defender in front of him was Harden, so he rushed directly to Harden, stepped forward with a long leg, and cut directly past Harden with a large change of direction, stepped on the free throw line to collect the ball and start to prepare to dunk Ariza. Ariza did his best to pull Haugist out of the air, and Hoggist tried to use his soft touch to pick the ball into the basket before losing his balance, but the ball spun around and fell out.
The audience at the scene sighed one after another, and even booed when they saw that the referee only gave a normal shooting foul. Although Hougist was seriously disturbed, Ariza also fully protected him, and Hoggist landed very steadily, so he patted Ariza amicably and didn't mind. He stepped to the free throw line and made his 99th and 100th free throws in a row, taking his all-time record to triple digits for the first time.
Harden is still so steady, as if it is not the Rockets who are 14 points behind, he played again at the top of the arc according to the tactical routine just now, and Capela faked cover at the top of the arc, and the base was given to Capela in the paint area, Capela couldn't hit it to Ariza in the bottom corner, and Ariza then turned to Beverley on the wing.
Reed dribbled to the frontcourt, Kobe Bryant hit Beverley in a dislocation position, felt that the opportunity was good, one hand blocked Beverley to ask for the ball, but Beverley quietly lowered his center of gravity and put his neck to Kobe's hand, Kobe's attention was on the reed at the top of the arc, he didn't notice the small changes around him, and when he received the ball, he wanted to push Beverley away, but under Beverley's planning, this action became a choke lock for him, and the referee decisively blew an offensive foul.
Kobe Bryant is also an old man, just frowned and thought that he had fallen into Beverley's trap, sneered and threw the ball to the referee, Beverley's little trick was finally seen through by Kobe, but Harden was still in the dark, he actually wanted to stand up for Beverley, and returned to the offensive end to directly force Kobe Bryant to create a foul, Kobe Bryant was very dead on the defense, but failed to stop Harden's change of hand to make a layup, and Harden still rushed to the referee to foul after the ball was scored, "And one motherfxxker!" ”
How could the referee tolerate this, and directly gave Harden a technical foul, and Hougist walked to the free throw line and laughed at the free throw. The Lakers rekicked the ball, Horgist dribbled to the front court and handed it to Kobe, and moved to the bottom corner, Kobe felt that the opportunity was not good to return the ball to the reed at the top of the arc, the reed dribbled to the left, Kobe slipped from the right side to the left wing to catch the ball, this time it was the turn of Harden who was chasing the defense to step on the sweat of unknown people and directly slid out, Kobe avoided Harden after there was no one in front of him, so he dribbled and rushed to the inside, Howard came up to make up for the defense, Kobe directly shook his hand around an arc, let the ball fly back to the basket from outside the baseline around Howard, To Turner, Turner received the ball and hit the board for a layup, the ball bounced out of the basket, Turner jumped up and made up again, and put the ball into the basket.
Harden dribbled and ran forward, and Howard and Capela ran side-by-side like bulldozers two steps in front of him, blocking defenders. Harden dribbled to two steps away from the top of the arc, saw that there was no interference and shot a three-pointer directly, the ball smashed on the basket and bounced back, Howard and Capela were both on the outside, and Hoggist easily collected the rebound and launched a counterattack again.
Seeing that the reeds were faster, Hougist did not hesitate to divide the ball, the reeds received the ball on the wing and shot a three-pointer directly, and also returned an iron, although Turner had already stuck his position under the basket, but the ball also bounced far away, and Capela, who was chasing back, caught the rebound and threw it directly to Harden in the midfield.
Harden dribbled to the inside, Europe stepped past Kobe, jumped up and forced a layup at Hougist, who was making up for the defense, and wanted to rub the foul, Hoggist saw it in his eyes and hurriedly stepped back to open the distance before jumping high and reaching out to block, Harden saw that he couldn't rub Haugist, and simply distributed the ball to Howard in the low post. Howard showed off his steps against Turner twice, if you want to say that Turner is incomparable, but if you play with your footsteps, Howard is humiliating himself, his stiff steps are full of flaws, and he can't fool Turner at all.
So Howard returned the ball to Harden on the wing, Harden shook the ball twice, broke through to the basket on the European side, and the ball was fanned out of the bottom line by Turner, but Harden's exaggerated swing of arms still deceived the referee and induced the referee to blow a foul on Turner's beater. Turner also fell into foul trouble at this time, and Shashewski had to replace him with Yi Jianlian, and piggyback on Randle for Blake.
Harden hit both free throws, saw the Lakers replace one big and four small, and the Rockets also removed Capela and replaced Harrell, hoping that the lineup can be flexible. Reed dribbled to the front court to give the ball to the horn Randle, Randle turned his back to Harrell twice, and then passed the ball back to Kobe Bryant at the top of the arc, Kobe received the ball and passed directly to Hoggist on the other side, Hoggist three threats shook a little, directly forced Ariza, squeezed Ariza to the paint area, faced Howard's supplementary defense Hoggist made a quick stop and threw it back with one hand, the ball drew a super arc and fell vertically, and it was bumped on the basket for a long time, and finally fell to the side.
Yi Jianlian jumped under the basket for a long time and couldn't wait for the ball to leave the basket, when the ball fell, he was also falling, but Harden next to him jumped up at the right time and easily won the rebound, dribbling directly to the fast line, rushing into the paint area Europe stepped to the basket, others went to the basket to put the ball away and protect it tightly, but Harden layup with both hands in the ball, looking for victims everywhere, seeing Harden raise the ball and swing his arms, the Lakers players dodged sideways, and Harden easily threw in the air to score two points.
Seeing this, Shashewski applied for a timeout, gathered the players together and criticized them, telling the players not to be fouled by him, but the players should not dodge and let him enter and exit the penalty area freely, right?
The game started again, Reed dribbled to the front court to continue to find Randle, Randle sat inside, and then distributed it to Kobe Bryant at the top of the arc, Kobe Bryant shook Harden with his hand, broke into the interior with a short body, and also chose to throw in the face of Howard's supplementary defense, but he also failed to throw. Harden shrank to the basket in time to collect the rebound. Directly threw it to Harrell, who was about to get down, Harrell received the ball and made a quick stop to shake off Randle, who couldn't stop the car because of inertia, and stepped on the paint area to throw and hit, as long as the opponent was not Haugist, he Harrell was also worthless.
The difference has narrowed to 7 points, the Lakers attacked the frontcourt, Kobe Bryant dribbled Harden, and gave the ball to Hougist in the low post, Hougist returned to Randle at the top of the arc, and mentioned that the top of the arc was blocked by Randle, just when everyone was focusing on Randle, Randle threw the ball to Kobe Bryant in the bottom corner, Kobe received the ball Harden did not arrive, so he quickly shot three points, but still failed to throw the ball in.
Harden dribbled to the frontcourt, dribbled leisurely on the wing, and seemed to wait for his teammates to run, but suddenly stepped back and shot a three-pointer. The Lakers players are too experienced in defending the step-back three-pointer, and they often face Hougist's stunt in team training, Harden's height is not as good as Hougist, so Kobe's defensive pressure is much lighter, first a sliding step forward and grabbing half a step, and then jumping up and reaching out to interfere, Harden continued to play the iron symphony under Kobe's interference.
Howard and Yi Jianlian fought fiercely under the basket, Yi Jianlian obviously suffered in strength, and he also fell behind in position, but Hoggist stepped up in time, snatched food from Howard, and took away the rebounding ball that this monster was bound to get. Then dribble directly and quickly throw the ball to Randle at the top of the arc. However, Harrell defended the ball very well, and he jumped up first to destroy the ball.
Ariza grabbed the ball and transferred it vigorously to Harden, Harden didn't catch the ball and adjusted a step, and then quickly went out to find Howard in the low position in the front court, Howard received the ball and directly carried Yi Jianlian's hands to score. Fortunately, after this physical contact, the referee did not blow Yi Jianlian's foul. The margin has been narrowed to five points, and the Lakers lead the Rockets 55-50, and Shashewski requested another timeout.
In order to open up the touch on the offensive end, Shashewski emphasized that Haugist should seriously organize the attack and show real skills. With 2:29 left in the game, Horgist drove the ball to Randle at the top of the arc and cut diagonally to the basket from outside the bounds, while Kobe Bryant also slipped from the weak side to run from the baseline. The two met under the basket, and after covering each other, Horgist moved to the weak wing, and Bryant continued to charge to the strong bottom corner.
Hoggist ran around Yi Jianlian in the weak-side elbow area, returned to the top of the arc to receive the ball from the middle and rushed to the basket, Howard blocked in front, Ariza chased behind, and forced Hoggist into the encirclement, but Hoggist hit the ground and distributed the ball to Yi Jianlian in the low post on the weak side.
Yi Jianlian was unusual, he didn't shoot the ball when he caught the ball, but dribbled to the basket and dunked the ball into the basket with one hand before Howard turned back to defend. This wonderful connection between the Chinese players also aroused the applause of many Chinese fans present.
Harden dribbled to the frontcourt, Kobe Bryant came up and pressed, Harden collected the ball and wanted to rub the shot foul, but Kobe suddenly took a step back to avoid Harden, Harden had jumped in the air, and wanted to adjust the shot It was too late to make up for the leak, so he had to give the ball to Harrell, who was standing at the top of the arc closest to him.
Harrell returned the ball to Harden as a transition, and by the way made a cover for Harden, Harden did not break through with the cover, but directly gave the ball to Howard in the low post, and Howard forced Yi Jianlian to cause a foul. This time, Howard's free throws returned to the level that people remembered, the first free throw missed, and the second free throw was adjusted for a long time before hitting the front board into the basket.
Reed dribbled to the front court to divide the ball on the wing Kobe, then cut to the basket, took a step and quickly retreated, Kobe received the ball and passed directly to the top of the arc, Reed returned to the top of the arc, got rid of Heibei's defense and quickly shot three points, but unfortunately still failed to hit, the Lakers on the outside have been out of power for a long time.
Ariza took the rebound and handed it to Harden, Harden was not in a hurry to counterattack, dribbled to the front court rhythmically, Harrell came up to cover him, Harden did not break through with the cover, and Harrell withdrew and went down. Harden hit the ball to Harrell, Harrell took the ball, made a pass feint in his hand, and didn't expect to really shake off Randle.
So Harrell dribbled to the basket, but Hoggist knew that Harrell's overall situation still couldn't see Ariza behind him, so he decisively came back from the wing to help defend, Harrell's ball was dribbled down and was taken away by Haugist halfway through, and never bounced back.
Randle is also big-hearted, after being shaken away by Harrell, he saw Hougist making up for him, firmly believing that Hoggist would definitely be able to defend it, so he continued to rush to the front court without looking back to steal chickens, Hougist cut off the ball and looked up, Randle had actually jumped to the opposite three-point line, and directly the quarterback made a long pass to the frontcourt, Randle looked back at the ball, continued to run forward, and flew directly to complete the dunk touchdown after receiving the ball in the paint area.
Ariza who was chasing the defense picked up the ball and also made a long pass to Harden who was still in the front court, Harden took advantage of the fact that the Lakers' defense line had not yet been established, and once again broke into the interior European step to make a layup, this time Hoggist and Kobe Bryant both controlled him within the defensive range, Harden simply did not jump, and after taking the second step, he directly distributed the ball to the bottom corner, Harrell received the ball and broke through the inside line, and was pressed down by Hoggist, Kobe, and Yi Jianlian. But the referee blew for a foul on Bryant's thug again.
Harrell scored two points from the free-throw line. The Lakers continued to attack, Reed distributed the ball to Hoggist, Hougist broke through from the wing against Ariza, stopped in the paint area, stepped back to the elbow area to shoot, but still failed to shoot, today's game so far Hoggist only has 7 shots, and has missed 3 shots, which is not his normal state at all.
Repeated shots will eventually be punished, here Howard received the rebound and passed to Harden, Harden suddenly accelerated to the frontcourt, broke through the basket and changed to a right-handed rebound to score two points again, and the difference has been narrowed to 4 points.
Hoggist took the initiative to dribble to the frontcourt organization, directed his teammates to run, and let Randle and Yi Jianlian make double off-ball cover for Kobe Bryant on the strong side to attract the attention of the Rockets, but he didn't look at the reed that cut the air on the weak side of the pass, and the reed received the ball and threw it easily, but it still ended in iron.
Harrell grabbed the rebound and split the ball Harden, with 40 seconds left in the first half, Harden didn't look like he wanted to attack, and still dribbled slowly. But just when everyone was lax, Harden suddenly shot a long-range three-pointer in the frontcourt.