In James Harden's eyes, Roy's European layup was undoubtedly a naked provocation, just as the damned Tristan Thompson showed up for the opener with his old love, and it was an unforgivable act.

Harden's anger has been very strong these days, especially yesterday when they lost to the Cavaliers on the road in Cleveland, and James Harden lost against Tristan Thompson. Harden scored 41 points alone and still lost, and the bearded TT (Thompson's nickname) couldn't take care of himself and still lost, which was embarrassing, no, it was simply going to kill the bearded. It's a good thing that Khloe Kardashian wasn't there yesterday, otherwise I really don't know what drastic moves Harden would have made.

It's the same with today's game, if yesterday's loss on the territory of the old love was a disaster, then losing again in front of the new love today will completely disgrace the beard, Harden doesn't allow himself to be so unbearable, he has to win.

After a few rounds of playing Roy, Harden has gauged Roy's strength, and to his surprise, Roy, like himself, is a player with a high ball IQ and can control the overall situation. As long as Roy wants to, he can do everything he wants, he can attack with the ball himself, or he can attract opposing defenses to create shooting opportunities for teammates, everything Roy does, in fact, is everything Harden does for the Rockets.

In other words, Roy is the real brain, the real core of the New York Knicks, and he is the most dangerous player on this Knicks team. And now Anthony is, at best, an All-Star attacker.

Harden, who has a very high ball quotient, immediately woke up, pinching Anthony to death, and guarding against Porzingis are secondary, and if you want to defeat this Knicks team, you must first defeat Roy. Capture the thief first capture the king, as long as Roy is not there, the "mud" Knicks will naturally return to its chaotic true colors.

Harden is going to make his move, and he's going to beat Roy in his own way and win.

What is Harden's Way? It's not the famous European step layup, nor the tiptoeing three-point shot, but his most annoying skill "Touching Porcelain Dafa".

Harden's golf quotient is vividly played in his "touch porcelain" technique, which also makes him one of the most controversial players in the league, inadvertent physical contact, watching the active collision of defenders, combined with Harden's exaggerated movements and shouting, the saying "body hair whistle" is from Harden's hand.

Of course, Roy knew that Harden had this trick before, and in fact he was also on guard, such as trying to keep his hands on Harden's breakaway, such as paying attention to Harden's body movements when he was shooting.

But even if Roy was so careful, there were some things that he couldn't dodge if he wanted to. James Harden is a superstar in the NBA, and he has privileges that Roy could have imagined as a rookie.

Harden really rushed to Roy, this ball he could have cleaned Roy as before, and then a layup under the basket, but he just wanted to accelerate and change direction when he came into contact with Roy, and Roy, who was seriously defensive, couldn't avoid this unreasonable style of play at all, as soon as the bodies of the two sides touched, the referee's whistle sounded.

"Blocking fouls."

Oh my God, Roy who heard the whistle held his head with both hands, this ball was obviously Harden coming to him for a foul, it was a standard "body hair whistle", but from the rule point of view, Roy was indeed suspected of blocking the foul, just like the rear car rear-end collision is fully responsible, the traffic police don't care whether the car in front has a sudden braking behavior, he will only sentence the rear car for not keeping the distance, this is the rule, Roy can only reluctantly accept the blow.

Counting the previous foul, this was the second foul Roy had received. It stands to reason that after getting two fouls in the first quarter, he was basically going to go to rest, but Hornacek saw that there was not much time left in the first quarter, and Roy was playing as a substitute again, so Roy continued to stay on the court.

And this is exactly what Harden is doing, and the bearded man's "porcelain touching show" continues.

Harden, who succeeded in the conspiracy, had no intention of stopping, and he still took the initiative to find Roy's physical contact in the next wave of attacks, even if Roy was extremely careful, even if Roy had consciously dodged, but the cunning Harden still seized the opportunity. He made a stride shot in Roy's direction, and although Roy also wanted to relieve his anger with a block, he changed his mind at the thought that Harden might ask him for a foul. Roy jumped high and stood straight to show that he was completely inside the defensive post, while raising his hands above his head and adopting a defensive strategy of only interfering and not blocking.

But the cunning Harden has a lot of means, he sticks to Roy's body, and his hands are gently sent to Roy's hands, creating a physical collision.

"Ahh With a scream, Harden threw the ball into the air and he fell out of thin air.

The whistle came, "thug foul".

I'm X, this ball is also a hitter? Roy was almost about to explode, obviously Harden sent his hand up, which can also be a foul?

With the boos of the audience, Brin couldn't help but fire, "Oh my God, what happened just now, this is an obvious fake fall, you don't need to look at slow motion to know that Harden is a deliberate fake fall, if the league condones the existence of this kind of 'superstar whistle', then we can only watch the players on both sides compare free throws in the future." ”

"I agree with Mike." Fraser was also busy defending his team's rookies, "If it's Anthony or Rose who defends Harden, even if it's just Vujacic or Holiday in this ball, it won't have such a result, except for the 'superstar whistle', the referee is unfair to the rookie whistle for the rookies." ”

Boos from the audience, criticism from the commentators, and even Spike Lee's protests did not change the referee's decision.

Roy picked up two fouls in just 20 seconds, amassed three fouls, and had to be off......

The Knicks crowd did not do anything, with Spike Lee being the first to protest to the referees, and the spectators in the stands spraying angry trash talk at Harden.

But Harden didn't care, his plan succeeded, and he had a smug smile on his face.

"It's too far-fetched, the referee's decision is too much, in fact, since last season, Harden has been the player who has benefited the most from the referee's whistle in the league, and now as long as he has a little physical contact, it is basically an opponent's foul, and from this point of view, our referee is too indulgent to him."

"That's right, that's why old fans always complain that the game is much more boring now than it was in the 90s, and in terms of the foul just now, it wasn't a thing at all. In addition, if Coach Hornacek protested just now, maybe the referee will watch the video replay again, but for a rookie, being bullied by the referee is also a necessary way for him to grow. ”

The commentators were still chattering about Harden, and Roy was off the court with three fouls, just over four minutes after he contributed two points and three assists.

"Roy, I think I'll switch defenders with you later, you will defend Gordon, and I will deal with Harden, which may be better." After sitting back on the bench, Rose took the initiative to make a change of defense, and his intention was clear, to share the defensive pressure of Roy and let him fully devote himself to the attack.

Splitting Roy and Harden is a good suggestion, and Hornacek agrees.

At the end of the first quarter, the Houston Rockets led by eight points at 33:25.

Roy knew he wouldn't be resting for long, because after the start of the second quarter, Jennings was playing all the way around, and the score that he had managed to bite was pulled away again.

Roy was on the verge of playing again, while Harden was resting off the court, and Roy was also refreshed and played a good game for a few minutes and abused a good dish.

He first used a dazzling dribble past K.J. McDaniels to get a small throw inside before Sam Decker could come back from the defense.

Then he played another backup big man of the Rockets, Montrez Harrell, Roy's cross-step even played a little Iverson flavor, and the heavy Harrell was almost shaken to the ground by Roy. Roy, who caught the gap, hit another mid-range shot.

Hearing the cheers of the audience, Harden took his eyes back on Luciano, and he knew that the stinky boy who was making trouble was in the limelight again, and it was his turn to teach the rookie a lesson.

Harden was back on the court, he was looking for trouble, but at the moment, Rose was standing in front of him.

"Hey, Derek, are you protecting that rookie on your team?" Seeing Rose, Harden is still a little in awe, in the end he used to be the best point guard in the NBA, and in the end he was once the league's MVP winner.

"James, I think the league has to change the rules for you too." Rose's words were not only satirizing Harden's "touching porcelain", but also showing off the league's change of rules for itself, and Harden certainly understood that his black face was even darker.

The best way to fight back on the basketball court is to score on his head.

Rose, whose strength has been greatly reduced, is no longer the opponent of the peak beard at this time, he was deceived by Harden's feints twice, Rose turned to look back, but Harden did not shoot with the trend, he went straight to Roy.

Harden's goal is still Roy, he wants to completely kill the "central brain" of the Knicks, Harden rushed to Roy's direction for a layup, Roy certainly can't sit idly by. He endured his anger to keep his composure, and still raised his hands straight, which could not only interfere with Harden, but also prove his "innocence", but Harden's "porcelain Dafa" was not so simple, this time he used a European step layup, but when he took the second step, his body suddenly bumped into Roy.

It was still a "bump", and at the same time, the referee Crawford's whistle blew......