After Zhang Zifeng went off the court, the 76ers lost one of their most important scorers.

Harden scored four straight points and Gordon hit a three-pointer to give the Rockets a quick lead to 12-7 with a five-point lead.

Rondo, Ibaka, and Grant were not players who were known for their offense.

Nick Stauskas, although he shoots well, lacks the ability to attack with the ball.

The 76ers can only rely on Embiid. He scored seven points on the inside and then assisted Saric for a three-pointer, and he led the team to bite the score.

After each side scored a few points, Harden turned on attack mode to take over the game, and he scored 17 straight points to help the team stretch the gap to double digits.

Watching Harden kill all sides on the court, Zhang Zifeng gritted his teeth with hatred.

If it weren't for Lao Tzu's end, where would you be allowed to be so arrogant.

With Ariza hitting a 3-pointer in the corner, the Rockets ended the first quarter with a 12-point lead at 38-26.

Harden scored 23 points in the first quarter.

Taking advantage of the timeout, Brett. Brown sat next to Zhang Zifeng and said: "Now the league rules are in favor of offense, you can't touch the opponent's upper cylinder when the opponent is shooting, and Harden makes good use of this rule." He's very strong, he's got a lot of hands, he likes to put the ball in front of him when he's going to the basket, and you want to dig it out when you're defending him. You get fooled as soon as you reach out and send him to the free-throw line. How to make fouls is an art, and Harden is a master at it! Jack's next game you need to control your fouls, the team needs you. I guess you don't want to sit on the sidelines and watch Harden perform! ”

Zhang Zifeng nodded and said, "I understand, coach." ”

"If only you understood!" Brett. Brown clapped his hands and called his players over, "In the first quarter, we played badly and gave the opponent too many chances. At the beginning of the next quarter, we need to change that, we need to take the initiative, play to our strengths, and control the rebound. Rondo, don't let Gordon keep playing. I'm sure you can freeze him, don't you? ”

"No problem, Coach. I can get him in minutes! Rondo shouted.

"Ariza's shooting is inconsistent, Jamila you put more pressure on him. Ibaka and Embiid, you two have to control the box and control the rebound. "Brett. Brown looked at Zhang Zifeng and said, "As for Harden, I'll leave it to our captain to be responsible." How's that, Jack, can you handle it alone? ”

Zhang Zifeng ripped off the towel on his head and said, "Of course! ”

Brett. Brown stretched out his hand and shouted, "OK, let's play!" One, two, three, victory! ”

"Victory!"

At the beginning of the second quarter, Zhang Zifeng received the ball in the front court and put on a three-threat posture.

Harden maintained a half-body posture in the face of Zhang Zifeng, but his waist did not sink at all.

Faced with Zhang Zifeng's sudden body shaking, Harden was unmoved.

Zhang Zifeng shook two times in a row, and seeing that Harden didn't react much, Zhang Zifeng really chose to jump up.

Sure enough, Harden couldn't defend in time.

The ball fell neatly into the basket, and Zhang Zifeng scored as soon as he came on the court.

The Chinese fans, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly burst into warm cheers, and they had been waiting for a long time.

Seeing that the ball had scored, Zhang Zifeng breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately, he had been sitting off the field for so long, and his hand still didn't feel cold.

Seeing the ball go in, Harden ran to the front court with a blank face. The rest of the Rockets seemed to get used to it and ran forward silently.

When he arrived in the frontcourt, Harden faced Zhang Zifeng with the ball again, and he glanced at the opponent in front of him. "You've already had two fouls on your back, do you still dare to do it, do you still want to sit on the sidelines?"

"Don't talk nonsense, you dare to despise my words, see if I dare to give you a big hat!"

Although the words were ruthless, Zhang Zifeng became extremely cautious when defending.

Even Zhang Zifeng scored 6 points on Harden's head, and led the team to quickly play a 14-4 counterattack wave to narrow the score to only 5 points.

But when defending, he carried a big burden on his back, which made Zhang Zifeng a little timid, and he couldn't stop Harden from hitting the interior again and again.

The Rockets, led by Harden, fired all the way from the outside.

Anderson and Gordon teamed up for two three-pointers to help the Rockets pull the score.

In the 8th minute of the second quarter, the Rockets were 55-45 and already had a 10-point lead.

The 76ers have been unable to close the score, and Zhang Zifeng is anxious.

So you score a goal, I score a goal, how can you overtake the score.

No, you must guard against your opponent.

Harden once again held the ball and carried Zhang Zifeng into the penalty area, and made a false move in the penalty area, but Zhang Zifeng was not fooled.

When Harden jumped up again, Zhang Zifeng reacted in time, jumped up immediately, and pressed his raised right hand on Harden's basketball.

The ball couldn't be thrown, and Harden reacted in an instant, leaning towards Zhang Zifeng.

The whistle blew.

"Defensive foul!" Seeing the referee's gesture, Zhang Zifeng's face was full of disbelief.

He glared at the referee with wide eyes and shouted, "Sir, this is definitely a good hat." I didn't infringe on his cylinder, it was he leaning towards me! ”

But the referee didn't pay attention to Zhang Zifeng's reaction at all, and he still punished Zhang Zifeng for a defensive foul.

Seeing that Zhang Zifeng was about to lose control of his emotions, Grant hurriedly ran over and pulled Zhang Zifeng away. "Jack, Jack, we still have half time to turn the tables. If you're ejected, then we're really hopeless. ”

Hearing Grant's persuasion, Zhang Zifeng suppressed his anger and walked away.

Originally, Huaxia fans came to see the game, just to see Zhang Zifeng. But the referee killed all this, and Zhang Zifeng has been on the court for 9 minutes so far in the entire first half.

This made the Chinese fans unbearable at all, and all kinds of boos came from the audience at the Toyota Center Arena.

"It was a complete miscalculation, you idiot referee ruined what should have been a great game!"

"You black whistle, you're going to be the best in the game after the game."

"Bastard, did you fucking take Harden's black money and be blind. You shout fouls for such defense! ”

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Seeing the referee blow Zhang Zifeng's defensive foul, this time Brett. Brown couldn't sit still, either.

Damn there were three fouls in the first half, which made Zhang Zifeng still play in the second half.

Brett. Brown left his seat and stood near the tech desk and yelled at the referee: "Damn, I'm going to appeal." This is obviously a miscalculation, damn the referee is obviously favoring Harden, I will definitely complain to you after the game! ”

See Brett. Brown was furious, and the 76ers players were also taken aback. It's rare for them to see a manager lose his temper like this.

Hearing the scolding, the referee did not hesitate to give Brett. Brown was a plotter, and that's what made Brett. Brown was quieter.

Reassured by the assistant coach, Brett. Brown sat in his chair to calm his anger.

Brett. Brown suddenly went berserk, one was really angry with the referee, and the second was to put pressure on the referee.

Harden was originally a master of porcelain, if he didn't put pressure on the referee and blow the home whistle less, otherwise Zhang Zifeng wouldn't have to play this game.

Zhang Zifeng committed three fouls, only played 8 minutes in the second quarter, and was forced to rest again.

Seeing Zhang Zifeng walk off the court with a helpless face, Barkley shouted: "This is a bad decision, this referee will drag the 76ers into the abyss." It's no wonder the 76ers coach is so angry! ”

Kenny. "Those two fouls in the first quarter, the referee didn't make a mistake," Smith said. Although this is a wrong decision, the referee is also a human being, and it is inevitable that there will be misjudgments on the court, otherwise there will be no balance whistle. Brett. Brown should calm down and think about how to turn the tide! ”

Zhang Zifeng fouled on defense and made two free throws.

Plus Brett. Brown's calculated foul, a free throw.

Harden walked to the free throw line and made 2 of 3 free throws to the boos of Chinese fans to extend the team's lead to 12 points.

What's more, Zhang Zifeng, the core of the 76ers, has committed three crimes.

The 76ers are in crisis!