Chapter 212: Layout and Counterattack

Anel Peralta Luciano sat in the VIP seat in the first row of the Madison Square Garden Arena, her charming expression, iconic face, and bumpy figure are difficult to avoid being noticed by others.

And sitting next to her is the number one die-hard fan of the Knicks - the great director Spike Lee.

The combination of the two is hilarious, Luciano has long hair and a wonderful figure, and Spike Lee has a stubble face that looks like an old man, and there is a very incongruous sense of joy when viewed from a distance.

The malicious TV broadcast footage will also be given here from time to time, giving this pair of fans who can't help laughing, and when the two jumped on the big screen, it attracted a heated discussion among the audience.

Speaking of which, it is understandable that Harden is so true today, he just ended his sadistic romance with socialite Khloe Kardashian at the beginning of the year, cut off the feelings in his heart, and planned to devote himself to the basketball career. I thought that everything was about to be slowly diluted by time, but who knew that just last month, Khloe Kardashian suddenly announced that he had accepted the marriage proposal of Tristan Thompson, the main center of the Cleveland Cavaliers, and the two not only got engaged publicly, but also participated in the NBA opener game with the Knicks in a high-profile manner.

James Harden, who was shocked by this, was undoubtedly furious and furious, he was in a storm to be with the ex-wife of Odom (former Los Angeles Lakers star), he was really infatuated at that time, but in the end not only did not get married, but also died halfway and broke up unhappily.

He was already depressed, but he didn't expect that not long after he broke up with him, Khloe Kardashian was actually going to get married, and he was still looking for Tristan Thompson, whose fame, status, and strength were far inferior to him. How could Harden, who knew about this, swallow this breath, and for this reason, he chose to launch his new girlfriend Luciano in a high-profile manner a week after Thompson and Kardashian's high-profile appearance, and his opponent is also the New York Knicks.

The poor Knicks have been reduced to a backdrop for the infighting spirit of NBA stars......

The menacing Harden is here, with anger at Kardashian and Thompson.

Since he got rid of Kardashian, his physical condition and game stats have improved significantly.

Roy didn't expect his defensive ability of less than 70 to be able to defend Harden from 80 or more and his near-full outside offensive ability.

Harden's offensive rhythm is so hard to grasp that he moves his feet as if he is dancing, forward or backward, left or right, and now he is just a dance carpet under his feet to dance.

Roy can't judge Harden's footsteps, as long as he has the slightest confusion of his steps, Harden will attack accordingly.

Roy's defensive footwork is not excellent, Harden found an opportunity with a few dodges, or his best move, the European step: a small acceleration, two steps to slow down and bypass the defender for an easy layup, 20:27.

"It's the perfect rhythm master, James Harden's progress this season is obvious to all, and it seems that rookie Roy will have a hard time defending the Rockets' offensive ace."

"Harden's European step layup and three-point shooting are signature skills in the NBA, not to mention that Roy can't defend it, even Kawhi Leonard (Spurs star and two-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year) may be difficult to deal with."

Brin and Fraser were right, Roy had a hard time defending Harden one-on-one, and Harden would use his excellent passing to create scoring opportunities for his teammates if he was trapped.

Roy is well aware of the huge gap between himself and James Harden, who has a comprehensive ability of 91, but he also knows that with Harden's defensive ability of less than 70, he cannot pose a threat to his offense.

As long as there is no trap defense, Roy has the confidence to beat Harden in one-on-one offense, which is one of Roy's highlights in his notebook: "Don't expect to be able to defend Harden, you must beat him with offense."

You have to beat Harden with offense, and then beat the Rockets.

In order to achieve this goal, Roy has actually laid out the layout for a long time, and his first two assists Anthony has already made the Rockets' defenders a little confused.

Roy and the style of play in the previous game are almost the same, according to Coach D'Antoni's pre-game arrangement, to deal with a "cancer" player like Roy, as long as Beverley is stalked, plus the appropriate bag.

But unfortunately Beverley missed the game today due to injury, and the only defensive ace that D'Antoni can use is Ariza. It was a difficult situation, but D'Antoni was a smart man, and considering that Roy and Anthony had no passing in the previous eight games, he had the audacity to use Harden as the main defense against Roy, and let the defensive strong Ariza wait for the opportunity.

He originally thought that Roy would play alone as always, but he didn't expect him to pass the ball today, and he also passed the ball to Anthony, who had never interacted with him before. Now, Ariza is hesitant to help defend Roy, he can't leave the Knicks' most dangerous Anthony alone, all he can do is wait.

Roy is going to attack, will Roy choose to attack directly? Or will it continue to pass the ball? The thought kept flashing through Ariza's mind, bag? Or do you not wrap the clip?

Also thinking about D'Antoni, as mentioned earlier, he didn't have many cards in his hand today, Beverley and Nene were both injured, which made the team lose a lot on the defensive end, and the only defensive gate he could rely on was Ariza, but how can one Ariza be enough to defend against two super attackers, if Roy passes the ball again, then he will have to change his defensive strategy.

Thinking about it, Roy has already passed Harden, and the beard's defense this year has indeed improved, but it has only improved from "eye defense" to "hand defense", and he is still poor in defensive skills.

"Complement the defense." Harden shouted, Ariza reflexively pounced on Roy, and young Capela also made up for it.

Roy could see clearly that he was moving faster than the others had expected.

Still passing, still giving Anthony, still empty, still scoring, 22:27.

Ariza couldn't help but feel a little bigger, is Roy in front of him still the "cancer" Roy who shot 32 times by himself yesterday? Not only was he passing the ball, but he was also passing the ball to Anthony, and Ariza clearly remembered a note in the playbook that "the Knicks were so infighting that Roy and Anthony would hardly pass the ball to each other", and he also clearly remembered the defensive tasks that D'Anthony assigned to him.

And today's Roy is like Harden and Paul possessed, he has given Anthony 3 assists in a row, which is not like the rumored two players who are incompatible should look like.

Anthony scored again, and he received another assist from Roy. The succession of packages left Anthony completely confused. Although there was no high-five, no communication, it was clear that Anthony's attitude towards Roy had changed.

After Harden passed Roy in the next shot, it was the lazy Anthony who made up for him.

Harden obviously didn't expect Anthony to make up for it, but the height of "Melon" put a lot of pressure on him, and Harden had to give the ball to Ariza who was in the vacant position, and "Ateza" was very competitive and contributed a tie.

Under the attack, the momentum on the Knicks' side slowly rose.

The players on the field were also happy to hand over the ball to Roy.

"Come on, Roy, keep passing, I know you don't dare attack on your own." Harden, who was on fire, finally fired, Roy's breakthroughs made him very embarrassed, and now the two of them are basically in mutual explosion mode, the difference is that Roy chooses to pass, while Harden is more inclined to finish the offense by himself.

Will Roy still pass the ball this time? Ariza hesitated, and three failed attempts to make up the defense made him dare not pounce on Roy easily.

D'Antoni on the sidelines gave the answer at this time: "Trevor (Ariza), watch Antony." ”

When the opportunity came, hearing D'Antoni's shout, Roy realized that his layout was complete, Ariza was no longer coming to make up for it, and all that remained was a showdown between himself and Harden.

Roy was about to attack, his feet were light and his rhythm was peculiar, forward or backward, left or right, this familiar rhythm...... A thought suddenly crossed Harden's mind: Roy is mimicking my offensive style?

didn't have time to think, Roy accelerated, or a simple step, Harden reflexively followed, but after entering the three-second zone, Roy suddenly slowed down, he made a three-step layup like a slow motion, Capela was pointed, and Anderson was stunned.

Roy made a fancy layup.

European step, isn't this the European step layup that he became famous for? Harden was stunned.

"It's so exciting!" Seeing this, Brin shouted excitedly, "Audience, I don't know if you have seen it, Roy just repaid Harden with Harden's best European step layup, this is really an exciting moment, although it is not a wonderful dunk, but Roy's learning ability is too strong." ”

"That's right, Mike, based on my years of research on Chinese culture, this should be the 'return of the other way' in Chinese kung fu, Roy's kung fu basketball has appeared again!"