Patrick Beverley is probably the best player in the league to know just how good James Harden's offense is. As Harden's teammate, the short guard who has been selected for the league's best defensive second team has a compulsory lesson every day is to accompany Harden to play one-on-one, and then keep being ravaged by Harden in various fancy ways, pressing and rubbing on the ground.

Just how powerful is Harden's offense? Beverly could talk about it for a day and a night.

Harden can break through, his footwork is different from ordinary people, not fast or slow, but he can find the rhythm that no one can grasp; Harden is good at shooting, Harden's shooting point is very high, with a 210 cm arm span and a unique straight arm shooting action, Harden can easily find a variety of shooting points; In the end, the most important thing is that Harden is still very smart, even if he doesn't feel good, he can still pass the ball and assist, and he can still find opportunities to kill opponents, which is what others scoff at "touching porcelain".

Patrick Beverley, who is now sitting on the sidelines in a suit, has missed all of the games since the start of the season due to a knee injury in the preseason, including of course this New Year's game against the New York Knicks, and likewise, it has also caused him to miss out on who is the best offensive shooting guard against Roy and Harden.

Patrick Beverley seemed to be on the court again, and when Harden got the basketball, he felt a familiar flavor — Beverley's "mad dog defense." That's right, isn't this the "mad dog defense" that accompanies you day and night? But at this time, it was not Beverley himself who used the "mad dog defense", but Roy, the Knicks' number one star.

O, Roy was defending so hard, his nose was almost sticky to Harden's greasy hair, which was a rare picture in previous games.

Roy's super aggressive defense immediately attracted a lot of complaints from Houston fans, and for a while, the shouts of "kill Roy" resounded throughout the stadium.

"Kill him, James (Harden), don't leave Roy with a pair of bottoms to go back."

"I'll do it, our MVP, defeat that rookie who doesn't know the height of the sky."

"X, Harden, take out your kung fu to take down Roy."

In front of the crazy Houston fans in the court, Harden shrugged his shoulders with his head down and dribbled, which is his usual gesture before launching an offense, which roughly means "Attention, I'm going to drive".

"Rookie, you heard that, our home fans are happy to see you beaten by me, so I'm welcome."

Harden took advantage of this trash talk to directly complete the change of direction, and he had already created a chance to shoot after taking a step, which is Harden's standard shooting move, step-back, straight arm, and pushing the ball, although it is not picturesque, but it is quite practical.

"Huh", the ball went into the net, Harden's hand warmed up, it was an accurate three-pointer, the score was rewritten to 102:92, the Rockets regained a double-digit lead, and Harden's score also came to 51 points.

Harden's three-point shot was cheered by the fans as "MVP", and he also proudly raised his hand in the air and was reluctant to put it down, which seemed to mean that Roy had won the game.

But Roy still looked confident, he didn't pay attention to Harden's provocative actions at all, on the contrary, he also took the initiative to launch a provocation.

"Bearded, you're almost at the end of your score."

You're almost done with your score.

This sentence sounded like a joke to Harden at the time, but after 2 minutes of play, he couldn't laugh at all.

In these 2 minutes of game time, Harden scored another 2 points, but it was also his last 2 points of the game, Roy was ready, and he was about to shoot.

2 minutes later, Roy finally used his killer "physical strength bursting bag", Roy, who had been suppressed for many days, finally felt the power of the long-lost wilderness, he was like a beast returning to nature, becoming extremely fierce, he was like a Kakarot (Monkey King) who transformed into a Super Saiyan, and gained overwhelming power.

At that moment, Harden suddenly fell, and Roy's physical abilities returned to their peak level, and he had an absolute advantage in the face of Harden, who was in a state of fatigue.

He strengthened his defensive hardness almost without warning, and when the Houston fans were still shouting "MVP", when Harden was still playing with the back dribble defiantly, Roy saw the opportunity and stabbed the ball away from Harden's hand.

In a trance, Harden immediately chased back, and it was a small matter to be cut off the ball, but it was a big shame to be beaten back by Roy from his own hand. This seemingly lazy bearded man is actually not inferior to Wei Shao in terms of physical fitness, and his speed is definitely fast in the whole league.

But it was this Harden who ran back with all his might, and in the face of Roy's crushing speed, he was immediately defeated. In just a few big steps, Roy rushed into the unguarded Rockets restricted area, and a heavy clasp of his hands slammed down, cooling down Harden, who was shaking his head and looking at no one, and the Houston fans who were in high spirits in the audience.

But that's not all, the awesome is yet to come.

Just when Harden was depressed and ready to receive the serve, Roy appeared again, and he jumped in front of Harden like a gust of wind, like a face-hugging worm in the alien to entangle Harden, no matter how Harden moves, he will stick to it.

Roy's tall body and terrifying arm span completely separated Harden from the passer Ariza, and now Harden is really angry, you kid is still fighting me, right? I saw Harden's beard raised, his eyes glared, and he ran away, he thought that he could shake off Roy's "mad dog defense" and get the ball with two switchbacks, but he was obviously wrong, Roy's speed and agility have never been so fast, Roy at this time is like a reinstalled computer, and by the way, he defeated 99% of the players in the world, how could Harden, who had decreased physical strength, easily get rid of him.

In front of Roy, who was "physically strong", Harden didn't have any chance, the three ran back and forth, Harden was already tired, Harden gave up, and his teammates were dumbfounded. And it was precisely because Harden was slow to receive the ball, and other teammates were also killed by the Knicks players, that the Rockets were forced to make a "five-second violation".

"Bearded, your show is over, and my show has just begun, you can't win me."

Roy's words deeply hit Harden's sensitive and fragile heart, but he was powerless to refute it, Harden was indeed defeated by the two goals just now.

This is a tough defense that Harden has never encountered, and Roy's current "Mad Dog Defense" has far surpassed the level of "Blackback" Beverley, calling it "Mad Dog Defense 2.0" and "Mad Dog Defense 3.0". Under Roy's completely crazy close defense, under Roy's entanglement of running to the death, and under the interference of Roy's long hands that are always in front of Harden's eyes, Harden's offense is in a quagmire.

This is a real frozen defense in basketball, and Roy's defense forces Harden to run around the court for 9 or 10 seconds every time he gets the ball. In this case, Harden's already little physical strength is declining sharply, while Roy is still running around the court as if nothing happened.

Roy can be in pain with Harden in the first second, or he can hit the Rockets' interior with full power in the next second, Roy can run all over the court without changing color and heartbeat, or he can do several changes in one breath. Roy is almost everywhere, he alone takes the five players of the Rockets around, in other words, Roy alone consumes the physical strength of the five members of the Rockets at the same time, and his unreasonable style of play makes the already overstretched Rockets a little overwhelmed.

The Rockets' players were all out of breath.

Harden's eyes were hollow, he couldn't figure out where Roy got his endless physical strength, and the audience in Houston was also stunned, this was not the Roy who encountered the "rookie wall" in front of him at all, this was not the Roy who was sluggish in the first half at all.

Now Roy is more of a demon, an ultimate boss, and he's a nightmare for all Houston fans.

Harden's physical strength is rapidly declining, and his shooting percentage is also moving towards freezing, as written in Roy's scouting report, Harden's physical strength cannot support him to play an average of 36 minutes per game at 100%, and now Roy's full interference is to accelerate the burning of Harden's physical strength.

"It's useless, you can't get past me at all, you're slow like an old lady crossing the street, now I'm invincible, you definitely can't win me."

Roy is still attacking Harden with words, now is the best time for him to chase points, as long as the Rockets can't shoot, Roy will kill the Rockets' restricted area at full speed as soon as possible, and wreak havoc on the Rockets' baskets in various ways, he wants to save every second of time, save every second of "physical strength" time, he doesn't even bother to play 2+1, because free throws are too wasteful of time.

Roy's scoring is constantly rising, he has scored a full 46 points, and almost every of his attacks uses the opponent's physical strength to force the inside, which also ensures that Roy's every attack will be rewarded. On the other hand, Harden's side, after his physical strength was close to the red line, he had nothing to do, and several times in a row, Harden was forced to end the offense with passes, and he himself was almost out of strength to break through.

But Harden is still insisting, if he goes off the court now, it is undoubtedly a show of weakness, since he can still bite the score by passing, since Roy has not caught up with his score, then Harden must persevere, he will never fall.

Of course, Harden's pass also drew ridicule from Roy.

"Bearded, are you no longer good? Are you throwing in the towel? If you can't beat it, then lie down, I said, you will never be able to win against me, your rout is only a matter of time. ”

This is the third time Roy has mentioned "you will never be able to win me" in this game, which makes Harden angry, he hates being looked down upon the most, from playing sixth man in the Thunder to competing with Howard for the boss, from being belittled by the media to becoming an MVP candidate, from brushing up data with Wei Shaobi to being ruthlessly dumped by Khloe Kardashian, which time has Harden admitted defeat, and which time has Harden bowed his head.

I definitely want to win, even if I don't have the physical strength to win, even if I can't open my legs and lift my hands, I have to win, I'm the cornerstone of the Rockets, the MVP candidate James Harden, I can still play, I still have the last "killer feature"......