The next day, the Spurs travel to Houston for their third meeting of the season on the home court of the Rockets.

The first two meetings have had their own wins and losses, but this time, the Rockets have an extra backcourt defensive stalwarts, nicknamed 'Junk Dog', Patrick Beverley has returned from injury, and since Beverley's return, the Rockets' record has increased slightly, mostly because Beverley has taken on most of the defensive pressure, allowing Harden to focus more on offense.

Beverley's main defensive object is the defender position, and I believe that this time, Thunderwater will definitely become the main object of care.

"This time you're up against one of the league's top backcourt defenders, and although he's a lot shorter than you, you'll be harassed by him to death, so I can only wish you luck." Mills said to Thunderwater.

Beverley is famous, although he doesn't have the height, but his defensive style is intimidating to many, and Lei Shui certainly knows: "It's okay, it's just the right time to test my concentration." ”

"Be careful, he's not like everyone else, he can do anything and he has amazing energy." Leonard has also been misplaced by Beverley, and he is also very impressed.

Lei Shui nodded: "I'll be careful, but we'll win the game." ”

For everyone's reminder, although Lei Shui showed a fearless look, he still had some drums in his heart, after all, most of the guards in the league were unwilling to fight him, so it would definitely be difficult to deal with him.

In the evening, at the Toyota Center Arena, before going on the field, the old man Bobo reminded them: "We have to create a little trouble on their inside first, we have an advantage in this regard, but we must pay attention to the success rate and delay their advancement..."

Spurs starters: center Gasol, power forward Ade, small forward Leonard, point guard Green, point guard Thunderwater.

Rockets starters: center Capela, power forward Anderson, small forward Ariza, point guard Harden, point guard Beverley.

Jumping ball, Spurs got the ball, Lei Shui gave the ball to the inside line according to the established tactics, and at this time Beverley only had regular defense and did not make much movement.

Gasol's height and weight were no problem eating Capela, turning around and hitting the Spurs' first shot.

Although the Rockets are Beverley in the point guard position, in fact, the control of the ball is still in the hands of Harden, Beverley is only responsible for dribbling the ball across the half court, Harden started in good shape, and even threw and passed to help the team bite the score.

After Gasol hit Capela twice, the Rockets strengthened Gasol's defense, which made Gasol afraid to dribble easily and adjust his position, and his shooting began to be inaccurate.

Once the Spurs lose the ball, the Rockets immediately fly down the fast break, unlike many teams, the Rockets have a lot of three-point options in the fast break, which causes the Spurs to retreat from defense, and the Rockets' arrow character Harden likes this rhythm the most, in the process of starting, Green has nothing to do with Harden's European step...

3 minutes passed, the Rockets took advantage of the home court to gain the initiative, leading the Spurs by 4 points, and the confrontation between Thunder Water and Beverley was very flat, but at this time Thunder Water only got 2 assists and did not attack.

Seeing that the team did not play a predetermined threat on the inside, Lei Shui began to play the idea of sudden points, and he had to create a certain amount of shooting space for the twin towers.

Lei Shui seized an opportunity, accelerated early in a push, shook off Beverley and rushed inside, attracted Anderson's help defense, and gave Ade a second-pass dunk with a low hand.

And Harden also returned the color with an empty shot.

At this time, Beverley suddenly stepped up his defense against Lei Shui, and firmly stuck to Lei Shui from behind in the receiving stage, as long as Lei Shui dribbled, he was like a dog skin plaster and constantly harassed by his side, which made Lei Shui have to devote his energy to protecting the ball.

At halftime, Beverley insisted on the three-point line, not letting Lei Shui cross the three-point line one step, as long as Lei Shui has a breakthrough action, Beverley must step forward for physical contact, using small movements to interfere, and he is small, once the first step can not pass, Beverley will use flexible footsteps to jam the travel route, making it difficult to break through, Lei Shui is forced to shoot under Beverley's push, missed.

Once the Spurs miss, the Rockets will quickly counterattack, and as long as the Rockets' rebounds have a chance, they are all stuck together, giving Harden a chance to get rebounds, Harden gets the ball, he can bring speed for the first time, and his excellent personal ability can be attacked and passed, which is difficult to restrict.

Since Beverley's defensive intensity has come up, Lei Shui's feeling is very obvious, his physical exertion has begun to increase, and the small movements that are too annoying have become more and more frequent, making it difficult for Lei Shui to find opportunities in dribbling.

The Rockets are one person and everyone is smooth, as soon as Harden hits out, he must at least contain the defense of the Spurs and the two, and there will be vacancies at this time, and Harden's current passing skills are very powerful, as long as he runs in place, the ball can be passed in place.

By the end of the quarter, the Rockets had a seven-point lead.

Lei Shui has been entangled, very uncomfortable, so as long as there is a chance to break through, I want to seize it very much, Beverley's position mistake, Lei Shui quickly broke through, Beverly in order to make up for his mistakes, quickly pasted it from the side, Beverly also knew that with his height, if Lei Shui started, it would be difficult for him to defend himself, so he was not afraid of fouls and directly risked reaching out to steal.

In Beverley's position, reaching out to steal the body must be probed forward, and this position is where Lei Shui's arm is, Lei Shui, who is starting at a speed, sees an arm stretched out to steal, and instinctively stretches out his arm to protect the ball, but there must be a joint action in order to maintain balance during the run, and this action just hit Beverley's face...

'Smack! Then Beverly's 'Ah! fell to the ground, the referee's whistle sounded, Lei Shui hurriedly looked at the referee, the referee made a wave of his arm, signaling Lei Shui to attack the foul, and to watch the video replay to see if to add a malicious foul.

Although Beverley fell to the ground, he saw the referee's decision, got up from the ground, pounded his chest, and cheered for his successful defense this time.

Lei Shui was an unconscious action, and quickly ran forward to explain to the referee that there would be an arm swing when he ran, no one expected that Beverley's face would appear in that position, and the old man Bobo also grabbed a referee and hit his fist with his face to complain for Lei Shui's foul, but the referee would not be easily affected, and he still insisted on watching the video.

The video was released, this time slowed down, and everyone saw the scene just now, it was indeed Beverley who was able to stretch his arms longer, and his head was very close to Lei Shui, and because of his height, Lei Shui's arm hit Beverley's face, the rules of the alliance dictated, as long as the waving arm hit the face, it would basically be judged that the arm waving the arm was fouled, because no one would risk using their face to win such a foul, once hit by the elbow, it is likely to cause a concussion, And a player like Beverley really dares to use his face to exchange opportunities for the team.

However, at this time, the old man Bobo still did not give up, pointing to the loud reprimand of the referee, because the slow motion showed that Beverley could already blow a foul before he reached out to break the ball before being hit by Thunder Water.

But the referee's decision could not be changed, and the referee could only quickly appease the old man Bobo so that the game could continue.