"Tian Ji horse racing? I understand, I understand. [No pop-ups. After listening to Yao Ming's explanation, Brin suddenly showed a smug smile, he has always prided himself on being a Chinese expert, and this time he also took the initiative to interface with Yao Ming's words, "I know, Yao Ming said that this Tian Ji horse race is a tactic recorded in Sun Tzu's Art of War, right?" ”

"No, not really." After Yao Ming finished speaking, his face was black, and he thought to himself that this Brin was too strong in associative ability.

"Oh, that may be a mistake, that Tianji horse racing is one of the thirty-six strategies, and I like it even more when it comes to the thirty-six strategies."

Yao Ming is another black line.

"Mike, I think it's better to take it literally."

"Okay, according to Yao Ming's meaning, Roy deliberately saved his strength in the first half, and then had to hit with all his strength in the second half, right?"

"yes, that's pretty much it, I don't think there's any reason for Roy to avoid Harden in the first half, the only explanation is that he's conserving his strength, and he's going to put his limited energy into the decisive moments of the second half."

So, is Roy really preserving his strength?

Maybe, maybe not, but at least in terms of first-half stats, Roy has lost a lot, James Harden played 18 minutes in the first half, scored 33 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists, while Roy only played 8 minutes, scored 2 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists, no matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like a strong confrontation between two generations of stars.

Roy was completely defeated in terms of scene and data, and the Internet had already turned upside down, and those "Luo Hei" who were waiting to watch the show were suddenly excited, and a large number of ridicule and sarcastic jokes circulated.

What "Roy recharged for two months and talked for 8 minutes" (referring to Roy has been 2 months since his first loss to the Rockets, but the revenge game has only been played for 8 minutes).

What "100 Westbrook is separated by Roy and Harden" (by the way, Harden's MVP contender Westbrook is blacked).

What "Awesome my Deng, if the Rockets don't win this game, if Harden doesn't throw Roy a few streets away, I'll eat X live" (standard Dengbu).

In short, Roy's performance in the first half attracted him a lot of sunspots, and for Harden he was almost full of praise......

At this time, in the locker room of the New York Knicks.

"What? As long as Harden doesn't play, you won't play? Are you kidding? The game is not a heads-up game between you and Harden, how do you face your teammates when you play like this? Hornacek's voice suddenly resounded throughout the locker room.

His shout drew the attention of the rest of the resting players to the corner of the room, where Hornacek, Roy, Stockton, and Malone were discussing.

Hornacek's reaction was intense, and Roy's original words to him just now were "If you can, as long as Harden doesn't get off the court, then don't replace me on the court", this sentence made Hornacek, who has always valued team discipline, shine, only to have the illusion that Roy is going to go head-to-head with Harden.

He still remembers what Roy said before the game: "I want to apply to play on the bench, I want to use all my energy in the second half, if Harden is off, send me on, if Harden plays, then replace me." ”

What is Roy up to? Is this playing with me? Hornacek was immediately angry, if Roy was going to play one-on-one with Kyrie Irving, Damion Lillard, and Kyle Lowry on the court before, it would have been forgotten, and those games were won in the end. But now Roy has stepped up a bit, and the two "requests" with opposite meanings in the first and second halves feel like a joke on himself, how can Hornacek, as a manager, easily agree.

But Roy was resolute, and he went on to explain: "Jeff (Hornacek), trust me, I don't mean anything else, I don't mean I'm going to go head-to-head with Harden, I saved my strength in the first half just to lead the team to win the game in the second half, it's not a joke, I'm confident to win the game." ”

"Win the game?" Hearing Roy's words, Hornacek almost fainted, he had just finished reading the technical statistics of the first half, at least from the data, he didn't think Roy was serious, at least from the state of the first half, Roy did not have the ability to lead the team to win the game.

"Roy, why did you suddenly face Harden in the second half? You also deliberately avoided him in the first half. Stockton, who was on the side, suddenly spoke, and he had heard a lot, and he must have had a clue. It's another question that has left Hornacek and Stockton wondering, what was the starting point for Roy's different tactics in the first and second halves? Ignoring Harden for a while, and chasing Harden for a while, is indeed a bit abnormal.

"I don't know if you've heard someone say, 'As long as you kill Roy, the Knicks lose half of it', I'm not saying how great I am, but I think this rule is also valid for the Rockets, as long as you beat Harden, then you can beat the Rockets, and everything I do is to beat the Rockets and win the game."

"Then why now? Do you think Harden will be better in the second half? ”

"That's right, I have a special scouting report on Harden done by a private team here, and it turns out that Harden's stats in the second half are a lot worse than in the first half." Roy said as he handed the scout to Hornacek.

Hornacek took the scouting report with a suspicious face, and then Malone on the side finally couldn't help it, he patted Hornacek with a puzzled face, and said with a smile: "Come on, Jeff (Hornacek), you just let Roy do what he wants, anyway, it's backward now, and that's all the tactics we can use, you see, people have done more homework than our scouts." ”

"You're enough." Seeing Malone dismantle his own platform, Stockton immediately cast a fierce look.

So, all four of them were silent, and Hornacek looked at the scouting report and pondered for a few seconds, and finally squeezed out a few words from his mouth with great unhappiness, "Okay, this is the last time, win the game and show me." ”

In this way, Roy's plan came true, and he stood on the floor of the Toyota Center Arena as he wished.

When Roy stood on the court as a starter in the second half, the whole stadium suddenly became lively, and everyone was like a hungry tiger seeing its prey, and their eyes were green in an instant.

"Hey, look, Roy started in the second half, is he going to die?"

"Brother Deng, your chance has come, kill Roy and show us what you are capable of."

"Coward, do you know you can't hide from it? Let me see how ugly you are in the second half. ”

The audience's emotions were quickly ignited, and the four commentators in the live broadcast room were also happy.

"I'm not mistaken, Roy is finally on the court again, and seriously, if Roy doesn't play in the second half I plan to watch the Cavaliers vs. Hornets game on my phone, and thankfully, Roy is back."

"Roy started in the second half, does that mean the Knicks are going to go on a counteroffensive? It seems that Yao Ming is really right, Roy intends to bet all his chips on the second half from the beginning. ”

"Yao Ming, you have to thank Roy, if he doesn't play, then your coming to Houston this time will be too boring, do you plan to meet Roy after the game?"

"Well, that's a good idea, if the Knicks win the game, I'll ask Roy to treat me to dinner, hahahahaha."

Everyone's expectations are obvious, and on the court, the long-awaited Roy and Harden have finally matched.

"Rookie, did you hear that I was going to play the second half, and I knew that I couldn't dodge, so I came on the court to die? Don't worry, I'll leave you a whole corpse. James Harden was so excited when he saw Roy that he held back the entire first half, waiting for the moment when he taught Roy a lesson in person.

However, what Harden may not know is that Roy has been waiting for this moment for a long time.

Roy moved his muscles, looked at Harden with a smug face, and suddenly asked, "Beard, do you remember what I said to you in the first round?" ”

"Say what? I'm sorry, I'm busy, but I remember what little people like you said. ”

"Very well, then you can just look back, and today I will let you understand the real darkness."

Real strength? That's right, those preserved physical strength, the collection of full "negative energy", and the carefully prepared "physical strength bursting bag" will be greeted to Harden in the second half.

Unbeknownst to Harden, a dark second half awaits him......