Chapter 662: Hurry up with homework!
"Bang, bang, bang"
Houston, Toyota Center.
James Harden was engrossed, staring at the big back head who was dribbling in front of him, and sat down with his hands open and his waist open, without a trace of distraction.
Even he couldn't remember how long it had been since he had been so serious about defending, and he was so eager to defend against someone.
Once upon a time, when he was still on the Thunder team, he also used to be the Thunder's outside defensive gate. What Kobe, James, Anthony, he is often marking the whole process. When he's not spending all his energy on the offensive end, Harden's incredible strength, quickness of his hands, and unique understanding of the space on the court always allow him to deliver satisfying defensive answers.
However, after coming to the Rockets, the burden on Harden was too heavy. It depends on him to score, assists him, tears the defense up to him, and shoots from the outside depends on him.
For the first time, Harden finally realized how tiring it is to be an all-round star like LeBron James, carrying the whole team alone.
However, this season, the Rockets have made several quite interesting signings and trades, and Harden finally has a very qualified helper by his side.
"Flank locked! Don't miss the air!! ”
While keeping an eye on Harden's defense, Jeremy Lin didn't forget to use his amazing brain to judge the situation around the court and remind his teammates of the defensive points.
With Jeremy Lin, who has matured, Harden has greatly reduced the pressure on the offensive end and can put more physical energy where he is needed more.
"Lock, lock! Flank lock!! ”
Parsons heard Jeremy Lin's shout, and without the slightest objection, he quickly followed Beasley, who was wandering around, without letting out any free space.
With Chandler Parsons, who is gradually approaching the high point of his career, Harden finally has a reliable enough wing helper. Not only can he score from the pot, shoot from a distance, and dunk quickly, Parsons also has a good distribution skill that makes the Rockets' offense more diverse.
"I'm on the weak side, keep an eye on the line!!"
Terrence Jones was also fully focused, although he was entangled by Green throughout the game, and his offensive end was mediocre. But Jones' running and jumping ability is there, and his career-high blocks per game and all kinds of pervasive air cuts still create a lot of trouble for the Kings.
With Jones roaming the entire two-point range and forming a two-wing blockade with Parsons, Harden can be more unscrupulous to attack the line, and the pressure on the defensive end is further reduced.
"Put the bottom line! If you break through, put the bottom line! I'd like to see if he dares to challenge my Ten Fingers!! ”
When Howard was stuck under the basket and wrestled with the two behemoths of Bynum, he even made people feel a little in a trance: what they were watching was basketball in the small-ball era of the new era, or the giant confrontation in the 90s?
Even if there are such and such problems with Howard, Howard is still Howard after all. No matter how the injury affects his strength, as long as the monster wants to, the basket is still his world.
The guarantee of rebounding gives Harden more space to handle the ball, and the power of modern combinations has always been underestimated.
As for Beverly, who doesn't want to die...... In the previous game, the mother who had been beaten by Gu Yu didn't know her, and she was beating her thigh with her head down on the court......
It was precisely because Beverley's defense was completely ineffective in front of Gu Yu that James Harden, who returned to his old business, was extremely rare and took the initiative to start marking Gu Yu.
Focus, focus, focus!!
Harden didn't step on it very solidly, his eyes were always staring at the direction of the ball in Gu Yu's hand, as long as Gu Yu started to start, he would rush forward like a hungry tiger.
Now, he has the confidence to do so, even if he is passed, there is Jeremy Lin behind him to make up for it at any time. Even Jeremy Lin was passed, and there were two wings, Parsons and Jones, teamed up to blockade it. Even Parsons and Jones were killed, wasn't there still Howard standing under the basket? How many people in the league dare to challenge Howard's guarded basket?
Rest assured to be bold!
"Bang bang bang!"
With the last 7 seconds left, Gu Yu's dribbling began to accelerate, and Harden immediately stepped forward, interfering with Gu Yu's dribbling space with both hands.
"Bang!"
The footsteps changed, Gu Yu dribbled the ball behind his back with an understatement, and his whole body froze in an instant, just avoiding Harden's left-handed broken ball, and then the basketball was handed over to the crotch and rebounded into the hand
Hasten.
“…… Bang bang bang!! ”
W-what......?!!
Flashes of light, in an instant.
No one could see what was going on, not even Harden could see what Gu Yu had done, he just heard the sound of the basketball hitting the ground become a little faster, so he stepped forward and pressed it regularly.
And he was passed.
"Supplemental defense, !!"
Harden is in a hurry, since he started to defend Gu Yu, Gu Yu has been using his back to consume himself, and there are only a handful of face frame offenses. Now at the most critical moment, Gu Yu suddenly broke through the frame, and Harden was actually passed like a piece of paper, which made him lose face.
"I'm coming!!"
Fortunately, there was Jeremy Lin, who had already judged that Gu Yu's route was moving sideways in one step, and stopped in front of Gu Yu perfectly, and did not make the slightest attempt to steal with his hands open, but directly pushed up, not giving Gu Yu room to shoot.
The defense is good.
Gu Yu also had to admit that Jeremy Lin's brain was really good.
When I passed Harden, what I was thinking about was to make a pull-up jump shot and score points first. Unexpectedly, Jeremy Lin's rhythm was so well controlled, and when the defense came up, Gu Yu was a little caught off guard and almost had two lucks.
Still, almost, just almost.
Jeremy Lin is only 1 centimeter away from successfully stopping Gu Yu.
This 1 cm is enough for Gu Yu to respond.
"Bang bang!"
With two rapid and violent dribbles, Gu Yu stepped back and changed hands in front of him. The basketball that rebounded for the second time fell back into his control, and his body pressed down to stop and rise again, and he took a big step sideways to find a chance to shoot.
Behind him, Harden took off.
"Rub!!"
Serial blockade!
Everyone was shocked, Harden and Jeremy Lin, in order to defend against Gu Yu, actually had a heart in an instant and made an extremely perfect double defense. If Gu Yu makes a move, he will really be covered by Harden.
Gu Yu, how could he not know?
“…… Bang! ”
Worship the Buddha for the second time!
"I rely on this flower show!!"
Again, again! Gu Yu made two Buddha worship movements in one second. Harden was flown off, Jeremy Lin was still chasing back, Gu Yu did not rush to continue to move sideways to find space, but pulled the ball back to the limit with his right hand, landed two centimeters in front of his body and rebounded back to his left hand, and the killer-level change of direction directly shook Jeremy Lin out.
When the time came to the last 3 seconds, Gu Yu did not stop the ball, but swept his eyes to the side very quickly and sharply.
Parsons and Jones have already chased after them.
There is no escape!
"You're right, I'm left!"
Parsons roared, Jones understood, the two of them had a perfect flanking route, just locking all the space for Gu Yu's follow-up movements.
As long as the pinch shot is formed, Gu Yu will fall into the bottomless abyss, Jeremy Lin and Harden return to their positions, Gu Yu just wants to force a shot, and he has to weigh whether his bounce power is enough.
At this moment, Gu Yu made a bewitching operation that directly entered the ranks of the top ten balls of the season.
"Whew...... Bang! ”
Bringing the ball up with his left hand, Gu Yu looked straight ahead with his eyes, judging with his peripheral vision how much was left in the last distance where Parsons and Jones were about to be formed, and suddenly pushed the ball forward with his left hand and rushed out of the ground.
Is this guy going to ......?!
"Rub!"
With his right foot kicking the ground behind him, Gu Yu turned into a bolt of lightning all over his body, and with unparalleled wind power, he turned sideways to survive through the last gap between Parsons and Jones, and sprinted out.
In the case of two people, the ball is divided into !!
"I'm coming!!"
Under the basket, Howard is already ready, as the last defensive gate of the Rockets, Howard is always judging whether the opponent can break through. Almost at the moment when Gu Yu unbelievably broke through the encirclement of the four, Howard was already thundering, his hands were spread and slightly raised, and the flames in his pupils were shining, just waiting for Gu Yu to make a move and complete the earth-shattering hat by himself.
But Gu Yu's thoughts are always ahead of everyone.
“…… Bang! ”
Stopping in an instant, Howard could almost hear the sound of Gu Yu's knees rubbing, the huge momentum, it was completely still in an instant, and when he raised the ball with both hands, the other four people of the rocket flew up in slow motion behind Gu Yu, like a background.
At the same time, Gu Yu turned around.
Gu Yu faced Howard, and his choice was not to throw the giant killer teardrops, but to ......
"Rub ...... Call! ”
Turning 360 degrees, Gu Yu's body leaned back to the limit, and in Howard's surprised eyes, he opened his hand to throw the ball.
"......!!!"
Howard also went crazy, and the terrifying jumping explosiveness was once again displayed in front of the world, and his whole body was like a huge mountain about to fall, and it suddenly shrouded Gu Yu's eyes, covering all the light.
Unfortunately, it was not enough.
Even Howard jumped forward with all his strength to block it, wanting to risk Gu Yu's shot......
"It's not enough......!!!
"Toot ——!!!"
At the same time as the final whistle sounded, Gu Yu's ultra-high arc shot just skimmed Howard's fingertips, and flew towards the sky with the desperate gaze of the fans.
"I'm really tired."
Gu Yu landed, staggered to a steady stand, didn't look at the basket, and shrugged directly at the stunned Harden: "The previous record was too bad, so now I have to rush to ...... homework."
"Huh!"
“…… I'm really tired. ”
103-102, the game is over.
Gu Yu's lore, the Sacramento Kings, won four consecutive victories, and finally brought the winning rate back to more than 50%!