The time of halftime passed quickly, the two teams changed sides and fought again, the Nuggets did not send a full starting lineup, Koufus's speed was too slow, the effect of blocking and dismantling was relatively poor, George Karl still chose the half-orc Faried, in addition, rookie Fournier replaced Tylawson, Wilson Chandler remained on the court, and Iguodala and Gallinari returned.

Overall, the Nuggets are still one big and four small, for George Karl, he doesn't have many options, he has two points that he can't solve, the first is naturally Harden, Harden borrowed the cover after changing the defensive single, and he can't play a good role in restricting several interior lines. The second point is that when Tylawson is on the floor, Lillard plays too easily, and George Karl doesn't want to feed Lillard's touch before limiting Harden.

In response to these two points, George Karl naturally had an arrangement, allowing rookie Fournier to play against Lillard, and putting Iguodala on the guard line to defend Harden.

After the game started, Chen An quickly saw the changes of the Nuggets on the defensive end, mainly Iguodala's defense of Harden, Iguodala borrowed from Brewer's defensive style, and adopted a strategy of sticking to his right hand, if Harden called Vucevic to block and dismantle, Faried would use his speed, switch defenses in time and then resolutely pinch with Iguodala.

Originally, Chen An started the second half, still using the starting lineup, but in the face of a defensive lineup like the Nuggets, Vucevic's shortcomings of being too slow were exposed, and after three consecutive rounds of ineffective offense, and even a round of 24-second offensive violations, Chen An had to call a timeout.

To be honest, Chen An doesn't want to call this timeout, he hopes that the players on the court, especially Lillard, can stand up, form some kind of linkage with Harden, and solve such problems on their own, but unfortunately the current Lillard is too young and lacks adaptability, and he does not have the ability to jump out of the frame and make adjustments in time after the tactical restrictions are restricted.

Chen An didn't show this emotion, he just made targeted adjustments, first, he replaced Vucevic with JJ Hickson, and thirdly, he asked Lillard not to play in the bottom corner when Harden held the ball, but to stand on the side of Harden with the ball, ready to respond and even receive the ball at any time, but most importantly, he changed his blocking tactics.

The effect of the timeout was immediate, and after Harden held the ball again over half the court, Iguodala posted up, followed by Hickson to block and dismantle, but this time the blocking and dismantling did not seem to be qualified, Hickson only blocked half of the body, and at the moment when Faried pounced on Harden, he immediately let go of Iguodala and rushed to the inside.

And at the same time as Hickson blocked and dismantled, Harden did not choose to break through with the ball, but took a step back like a side, and then at the moment when Iguodala and Faried formed a down, a hit came out from between the two, and after Hixon received the ball, he flew directly and burst into a tomahawk split!

"Good!"

Chen An waved his fists, on the one hand, he was pleased with the tactical execution of Harden and Hickson, and on the other hand, he was proud of his tactical arrangement. His blocking tactic is called 'fake blocking and real demolition', which is completely a transfer of the blocking and dismantling routines of Harden and Capela of the previous Rockets.

However, he was still a little apprehensive when arranging, because such tactics have high requirements for the ball holder's ability to handle the ball, and the ability to grasp opportunities and timing must be very strong, after all, the level of the NBA is top, and the offense and defense between players are often grabbed by one step of space, and the reaction speed must be quite fast, and it can even be said that the sharp reaction is almost instinctive.

Fortunately, Harden did not disappoint him, which also made Chen An realize Harden's talent, this guy's learning ability and self-reading ability to read the game are absolutely superb, as long as he can guide him to the right path, this bearded man will definitely grow faster than in the previous life.

George Karl on the Nuggets' side frowned, to be honest, before the game, he didn't think much of a rookie coach like Chen An. Lewd. The old Karl, who has been in the industry for decades, knows that an NBA game is composed of countless links, and no team can say that it can rely on a set of tactics to beat the world, he doesn't think Chen An has the ability to fight against the battle, but the reality gave him a slap in the face.

Seeing that his defensive strategy was broken after only three rounds, George Karl did not make immediate adjustments, he was still holding on to luck, but he still stood up and walked to the sidelines, shouting: "Speed, the speed of the defensive rotation give me a little faster!" ”

George Karl was hoping for a flash of inspiration from Harden and a veteran performance from Iguodala on the defensive end, but his hopes were quickly dashed in the next few rounds.

Harden first concocted the previous pass in the first round, assisted Hickson to hit the basket again, and then when he faced the pinch again, he made a half-step feint, and then suddenly changed direction in front of his body to accelerate, and pulled Iguodal clean in one go to complete an easy layup.

Iguodala was almost completely defeated in the battle with Harden, no way, Harden is faster than Iguodala, as long as the center of gravity is slightly off, and Harden steals a step of space, Harden has too many options.

As a last resort, George Karl could only replace Brewer again, let Brewer defend Harden, Brewer's legs were fast, and the effect of preventing Harden from breaking through was better, but Chen An also immediately made adjustments, sent Turner, and resumed the tactics played in the first half, let Lillard and Turner hold the ball through the half, Lillard attacked, and Harden went to the three-point line to ask for the ball with his back to the position.

In the third quarter, it came to an end little by little in the continuous adjustment of Chen An and George Karl, although George Karl tried his best, but by the end of the third quarter, the score of the two sides had become 89:72, and the difference had expanded by 15 points.

During the intermission, Chen An took over the player's technical statistics from Mitsui, as expected, Harden topped the team in many statistics, only three quarters, he scored 27 points, 6 assists, 5 rebounds and a steal, but there were 4 mistakes, no way, he was targeted by the opponent, and the mistakes were reasonable.

Compared to Harden, Lillard's stats are a little more bleak, but he also scored 17 points, 3 assists, 3 rebounds and a steal, which is definitely excellent for a rookie.

The team has a 15-point advantage, and the twin stars under his command have scored beautiful data, Chen An knows that he is only one step away from his first win in the regular season, but he does not dare to take it lightly, the NBA can start again There is no shortage of drama against the wind, and in the first five minutes of the fourth quarter, Harden must be rested, and the rotation lineup led by Lillard alone was also confirmed to be ineffective in the first half, and was frequently chased for points.

Thinking of this, Chen An couldn't help but set his eyes on Beverley, Crowder and Green, and he was wondering, since Lillard can't fully control the team's offense, can he make the rotation lineup do better on the defensive end?