Just over halfway through the second quarter, the Kings led by a whopping 17 points.

However, the 17-point lead is just the appearance, and their most dominant manifestation is the complete inability to suppress the Rockets' 'five trot bombardment' tactics that they can survive in the regular season.

The most terrifying thing is that Zhang Feng alone can do this.

De Antony sat on the bench and frowned, the timeout had already been used, and if he wanted to rearrange his tactics, he would have to wait until the second official timeout three minutes later.

What to do during this time? What if the king beats out another wave? How do you encourage the players at halftime?

He folded his hands, closed his eyes, and raised his head to chant words, as if praying for God's blessing.

On the court, the Rockets attacked, Paul dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, and after crossing the halfway line, he raised his hand and pressed down.

It was a regular gesture to control the rhythm, after all, after so many years of experience, in the face of such a big disadvantage, he, as one of the brains of the team, had to stand up and stabilize the scene.

Running and bombing can't be done, and Paul is not hard steel, but chooses to rush Capela to beckon, offering the simplest blocking and dismantling tactics.

Seeing the gesture, Capela stepped forward to block Bogdan, Randolph immediately changed defense, and Paul took advantage of the small play and quickly rushed to the right short corner.

Without the slightest hesitation and without passing, Paul shot straight into the shot.

hit, and the Rockets scored 2 points to stabilize the situation.

Zhang Feng shook his head and walked to the bottom line, and after receiving Randolph's pass, he said: "Next time, stick it directly, even if he rushes into the inside line, Lefu and I can make up for the defense, his shooting rate is quite high, don't have illusions."

Randolph nodded in agreement, and the two ran forward together. Running to the top of the arc, Randolph took advantage of the situation to block and dismantle, and Zhang Feng easily got rid of Harden with the help of cover.

Two steps rushed to the left short corner, and before Harden could catch up, Zhang Feng pulled up and jumped and hit a 2-point shot.

The Yibian Rockets attacked again, and Paul and Capela blocked and coordinated again. After the change, Paul just rushed into the short corner on the right side when he was met by Randolph.

Finding that Randolph was in place, Zhang Feng immediately twisted his body, ready to rush into the interior line to make up for the defense, he knew that with Randolph's speed, it must have been solved by Paul's simple dummy.

Unexpectedly, Paul did not hit the basket as he thought, but shot against Randolph's defense.

Just when Zhang Feng was wondering, the referee's whistle sounded, and when he looked back, he was punished for a foul by Randolph.

“TF！” , Randolph didn't know what was going on, and rushed to the referee Tony Di to theorize, "Where did I foul?" Did you misread my hand that I was raised so high that it didn't make any contact with his hand at all? ”。

Faced with Randolph's questioning, referee Tony gestured and said: "Infringe on the cylinder!" ”。

"Where the hell have I violated the cylinder," Randolph said with rage, "do you see clearly?" ”

"Beep!" Referee Toney's whistle blows again, blowing for a technical foul on Randolph.

Randolph still wanted to theorize, but Bogdan hurriedly pulled him away, and the fans at the scene saw that their players were suffering, and directly shouted 'garbage referee'.

When Paul took the free throw, Zhang Feng looked up at the big screen in the center of the court, and according to the replay, Randolph had no obvious aggression. If you have to call a foul, it can be said that Randolph's big belly hit Paul.

Although it was very deliberate, the referee's Tony's decision did have traces to follow, and the Kings could only suffer a loss, and if they continued to resist, they might have another technical foul.

Hit all 2 free throws and technical free throws, Paul scored 3 points in a row, and the Rockets further stabilized the game.

Seeing this, De Antony nodded with satisfaction, the situation did not go in the worst direction, as long as he waited for the official timeout, he was confident that everything could be reversed.

David on the other side was a little unhappy, he stood on the sidelines, clasped his hands and frowned, as if he was worried about something very bad.

The king attacked again, and Zhang Feng cooperated with Randolph at the top of the arc. After getting rid of Harden's defense, he chose to give the ball to Randolph, hoping that the goal would help him relieve the depressed mood just now.

Unfortunately, Randolph's speed was not fast, and he was caught up by the young and strong Capela as soon as he rushed into the three-second zone.

Having lost the chance, Randolph stopped the ball and thought twice before giving the ball to Love in the low post on the left.

Just now, the Rockets played a five-trot bomb tactic, switching Ariza to the power forward position, first facing Lefou, in the case of positional battles, he has no chance of defensive success.

I saw Lefu continue to hit with his back, and Ariza retreated again and again. Grabbing space, Lefu picked up a fluent turn, followed by a three-step layup.

"Beep!" , The whistle sounded again, Zhang Feng looked in the direction of the sound, it was referee Tony again!

It's just that this time it's not a whistle for the Kings offensive foul, nor a whistle for the Rockets' defensive foul, but a whistle for Lefou's walking violation, and the goal is invalid!

Judging from the whole set of actions of Lefu just now, the back hit, turn, start, and basket are completely in one go, without the slightest sign of fluency.

Randolph also wanted to rush to find Tony's referee theory, but was pulled by Love, and the fans at the scene did not immediately shout 'garbage referee', everyone looked up at the big screen in the center of the stadium.

The first thing to defend was the overhead perspective, and there was nothing wrong with Lefou's movements, and subtle boos began to sound at the scene.

It was the backcourt perspective that immediately returned to the defense, and there was no problem either, and the fan boos began to increase.

The last to defend is the ground view, and this time you can see that Lefou's pivot foot moves a little bit before the three-step layup.

can be blown or not, referee Tony blew, and it can't be said that he has a black whistle, just like when the Celtics Morris beat the Thunder, there was a walking violation after receiving the ball, but the referee on duty was stunned and didn't blow it.

It can only be said that referee Tony has strict standards for the Kings, and it is unknown whether he will treat the Rockets with the same penalty standards.

After returning to the defense, Lefu pouted and shook his head, but the referee Tony grinned lightly, as if he was responding to the questions of the Kings players and the boos of the fans just now.

In this minute and a half time, the king committed one foul and one violation, and the momentum of the originally planned onslaught suddenly slowed down, and the two teams began to fight a tug-of-war.

The game went into the second official timeout, and the Rockets stubbornly narrowed the gap to nine points, and when the Rockets players came off the court, De Antony couldn't hide the smile on his face, as if he had received a windfall.

On the king's side, Randolph's anger had not completely dissipated, and he crossed his waist and said angrily: "I think his referee is deliberately making things difficult for me, no, deliberately making things difficult for us, and the same is true of the blowing penalty against Zhang Feng in the first quarter."

"Be quiet, don't let them hear it, wouldn't it be good for you to learn from Zhang Feng? Minimize physical contact" Carter cautiously glanced at the technical table, and then continued: "We played so well that some people didn't like it, you wouldn't understand, right?" ”。

Hearing this, Randolph instantly softened like a deflated ball, and he sighed and said: "Alas, pure basketball no longer exists, it is a business league after all."

"Okay, don't discuss that, everyone wants me to get closer" David beckoned to the king, and then he picked up the tactics board and said, "I couldn't extend the advantage further just now, and then it's time for hand-to-hand combat." Their run-and-gun tactics didn't work out just now, and they will definitely continue after the timeout, and we have to keep an eye on everyone! Zach, you take a break first, Lefu goes to play center, Willy, you go up to the power forward position, Zhang Feng, do you pay attention to remind everyone of the Rockets' passing route, are they all clear? ”

……

At the end of the timeout, the game between the two teams continued, and after a series of pick-and-rolls, off-ball runs, and passes, the basketball flew into Lefou's hands.

It was a low post single on the left side again, or facing Ariza's defense, considering that he had suffered a loss before, he used the strong top to open up the space, and did not choose a three-step layup, but directly turned over and made a jumper.

A 2-point hit, a perfect back-to-back delay, but after landing, Lefu seemed to be dissatisfied, and kept gesturing at referee Tony, emphasizing that Ariza had fouled the beater.

But referee Tony ran straight to the front as if he didn't see it, completely ignoring it.

The Yibian Rockets attacked, and Harden singled Zhang Feng with the ball on the left wing.

may be because he was scared by Zhang Feng continuously, this time he didn't even shoot a feint, and directly dribbled under his crotch to break through, but several technical moves in succession, whether it was a cross-step change of direction, or a sudden stop and retreat, all of them stopped Zhang Feng.

The 24-second offensive time clicked away, and in the last 6 seconds, Harden finally lost patience, and he dribbled out with his left hand, trying to pass Zhang Feng in one step.

Such a breakthrough strategy had long been expected by Zhang Feng, he took a step back without hurry, and then immediately bent down and stretched out his hand, and went straight to the ball in Harden's left hand.

Similarly, Harden also bent over slightly, and the two seemed to be about to stage a floor-grabbing battle.

But suddenly, Zhang Feng stopped, and Harden staggered to the inside.

Subsequently, Love failed to make up for the defense, and Harden hit the board and scored 2 points.

It was only at this time that Zhang Feng stood up, and he looked at the big screen in the center of the court with a wry smile, as if he was looking for something.

……

In the TNT live broadcast room, O'Neill waved at the director and shouted: "Call up the replay just now and take a look, Zhang Feng was defending well, why did he suddenly stop."

"Shaq, we're broadcasting live across the United States, fans all over the world are watching, in addition to Kings fans and Rockets fans, the Rockets are attacking at this moment, aren't you okay?" Kenny looks embarrassed and tries to stop O'Neal.

TNT is a sports media, and although the three people in charge of the live broadcast now all like the Kings, but the on-site referee suddenly adjusted the live broadcast screen to the offensive replay of the previous round without instructions, which is too tendentious, and it is very easy to offend the skilled and huge Rockets fans.

TNT's top brass don't want their show to be boycotted by fans!

"No, I'm just looking at it today, there is definitely something wrong with the attack just now!" O'Neill's tone was resolute.

Kenny smiled helplessly, Barkley didn't speak, and they knew they couldn't beat O'Neill. In the end, the director still cut out the previous defense.

Five seconds later, after the broadcast of the return defense with different angles and local magnification, O'Neal patted the table and said: "Sure enough, there is a problem, Harden may have dribbled twice, and Referee Tony was on the sidelines at that time, Zhang Feng must have thought he saw it, so he suddenly stopped, but Referee Tony did not make a penalty." ”

Kenny smiled at O'Neal's speculation and said, "As you said, 'maybe' is 2 dribbles, and you can't be sure, so it's possible that Referee Tony isn't so clear?" ”

"Alright, let's cut back the screen!" Barkley makes a cameo as a peacemaker.

O'Neal was speechless, there was indeed no real evidence, but as soon as the screen cut back to the live broadcast, he saw the referee make a blocking gesture towards Justin.

This time, the video playback is different, and the director directly displays the screen.

"FXXK, this is obviously an offensive foul, and you dare to say that it is not a miscalculation?" O'Neill said menacingly.

As he said, judging from the video replay, Justin was already on his feet before Ariza broke through, and there was no reason at all to blow him for a defensive foul.

But the problem is that this foul has nothing to do with Tony, it is the other referee on the scene who thinks Justin has committed a foul.

After this foul, the king has entered the BONUS state, and Ariza has two free throws without shooting.

In the blink of an eye, the second quarter of the game between the two teams ended, and the Kings returned to the locker room with anger.

"My black bear can see it, and the referee is going to make things difficult for us tonight"

"Breakthrough walking, the second dribble when I didn't see it, the defense was blown to block, this ball can't be played, I'm still thinking about going up to just a wave of Harden, it seems that there is no chance"

"Learn from Zhang Feng, learn from Zhang Feng, stay away from defenders when attacking, and only stick to and don't stretch out when defending. Coach, what do you think? ”

Asked by Carter, David breathed a long sigh of relief, "Since the matter has come to this, let's learn from Zhang Feng, anyway, we are still 12 points ahead, and there is no problem at all in playing erratic, we ...... do this."

……

At the beginning of the third quarter, the Kings sent Carter to replace Willy and Buddy to replace Justin to form a pure offensive lineup.

In the first attack, Zhang Feng broke through the attraction bag and then passed back to the outside, and Bogdan hit a hollow three-pointer.

In the second attack, Zhang Feng used Lefu to block and dismantle, and immediately shot 3 points after getting rid of Paul, and hit again.

On the third offense, Zhang Feng passed Carter at the top of the arc, took Paul to the bottom line, and then received Carter's return pass to score a layup.

On the fourth offense, Zhang Feng's off-ball running position involved the attention of Paul and Harden, and Buddy received a pass from Lefu on the left baseline and hit a 3-pointer.

………

In less than 5 minutes of play, the Kings bombarded and scored a terrifying 26 points, while the Rockets scored only 8 points.

Back and forth, the Kings extended their lead by 30 points, but the Rockets couldn't parry.

But there are 17 minutes left in the game, and if we continue to play on this trend, I am afraid that the difference will get bigger and bigger.

The most important thing is that the Kings players are all shooting 3-pointers or scoring 2-point points in the air, and the windfall enjoyed by the Rockets at the end of the second quarter will not be repeated.

A terrifying number pops up in the minds of fans, especially Rocket fans.

What if the Kings take a 58-point lead?