After coming on the court, Whiteside directly blocked behind Howard and did nothing else but resist Howard. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

On the Rockets' side are Beverley, Harden, Ariza, Garcia, and Howard.

On the Lakers' side, Green stood on Beverley's side, ready to delay Beverley, and Clarkson, Jeremy Lin, and Liu Ren formed a blocking circle, ready to form a flank attack on the other three at any time.

The four players on the Lakers, except for Whiteside as a pure coolie, everyone else has excellent speed, Liu Ren and Clarkson needless to say, they rely on their bodies to eat, Green can play small forward and big forward two positions, Jeremy Lin is also very fast, and the outside rotation defense is proper.

"Hit the others, the other players of the Rockets don't get easy shots, Howard, Drummond and Hassan on the inside, don't give him a chance to play alone, let their point guards become the main players!"

D'Antoni's arrangement is firmly remembered that the Lakers played the Magic in the 2009 Finals was this strategy, and the main point guard of the Magic at that time was Alston, and the Lakers just put Alston on the outside, which achieved miraculous results.

The Lakers are now using not the previous three-two defense, but the most conventional zone defense!

In the first half, D'Antoni didn't replace Whiteside just to try to see if the super small lineup could work, once the score was overtaken, he would immediately replace Whiteside, but I didn't expect the effect to be good, so that Green and Liu Ren, two small men of two meters and three, partnered on the inside line to achieve miraculous results on the offensive end, but the rebounding protection was too poor, otherwise it would be difficult for Howard to score when he was surrounded by Green, basically the score obtained by the second offense.

And although Liu Ren is great at rebounding, his two fists are hard to beat with four hands!

Harden saw the Lakers' defensive position and thought suspiciously: playing regional defense?

Harden couldn't break through Liu Ren in the first place, and after looking at the other party's position, Harden found that a large part of it was aimed at him, in addition to Liu Ren in front of him, the one named Green was also coming over at any time.

Harden analyzed the opposing defense, and the pass to the interior may not necessarily go in, and Green is now a rao of the former appearance, the same as in the first half. And Howard can't stand on the inside for too long, and will be whistled for a three-second offense.

Then there is only Beverley in the bottom corner, and Harden frowned, he didn't trust Beverley at all.

Beverley may do a good job on the defensive end, but the offensive end is an absolutely invisible person, sometimes it can't be seen in the regular season, and after the intensity of the playoffs, Harden is almost taken care of by the opposing guard line, and Beverley can't even play a role in attracting a little defense.

In the end, Harden gestured for Howard to come out to block the demolition, and Howard was uncomfortable by Whiteside's indifference to anything, and immediately obeyed the call to block Liu Ren.

With Howard's cover, Harden temporarily got rid of Liu Ren and was ready to kill inside.

Green, who had been prepared for a long time, immediately came up to block Harden, and soon Liu Ren came over to form a trap on Harden, and Harden was forced to stop the ball under the two of them.

Harden looked at his teammates, Ariza was watched by McCollum in the bottom corner, Garcia was aggressive in position, but Clarkson was faster and couldn't get a catch.

After stopping the ball, the opponent's power forward Green was also ready to wrap Howard at any time, Harden did not dare to pass the ball to Howard, and the blocking offense completely failed.

Seeing Beverley reaching out for the ball in the bottom corner, Harden was helpless, at this time, you just cut it empty! Still standing there asking for the ball!

Harden is a lot shorter than Liu Ren, and it was too difficult to make a strong shot, and finally passed to Beverley.

Harden's biggest dissatisfaction with this team is the point guard position.

In the first two seasons, Jeremy Lin barely satisfied him, but after Jeremy Lin left, these point guards played more and more disappointingly.

For example, Beverley, Harden doesn't like it at all, the defensive end is not bad, but the offensive end is simply a black hole, passing is not good, breaking through is not good, shooting is not good.

As Harden expected, Beverley didn't dare to shoot when he got the ball, and his three-point ability scared even himself.

Seeing that the pass couldn't be passed out, and there was no one to defend him, Beverley was very happy and rushed directly to the basket.

Layups!

"Slap" Liu Ren slapped the ball down.

Liu Ren looked at this short man who was stunned, and felt incredible in his heart, he didn't see that he had made up for it?

Jeremy Lin grabbed the ball and quickly countered to advance, while Clarkson also went down quickly.

With an open connection, Clarkson received a pass from Jeremy Lin and put his hands into the frame.

"Shuhao, you're really miserable in the Rockets, such a guy can squeeze you off the bench, I don't know what your previous coach thought." Taking advantage of the Rockets' serve to advance to the frontcourt, Liu Ren teased Jeremy Lin.

Jeremy Lin also wondered last season that he crushed Beverley in terms of statistics, on-court role and box office appeal, but that McHale just wouldn't let him start.

Once again, it was the Rockets' turn to attack, and Harden advanced to the frontcourt.

Air cut! You're empty!

Harden looked at Beverley in the bottom corner, and was very anxious, this Beverley, if his single ability is not good, he can't read the opponent's defense so badly, and he has no offensive awareness.

Believe him one more time! Harden passed the ball to Beverley and immediately made a return gesture.

What Harden thought was that Beverley would continue to break through, and then take advantage of Liu Ren to make up for the defense, he himself shook off Green and ran out of the open position, and Beverley immediately passed back.

Harden thought very well, when Beverley broke through the ball just now, Liu Ren, who was defending him, immediately focused on making up for the defense, and this time he took advantage of the opponent's intention to defend and play a three-point strategy.

It can be said that Harden is right, and Liu Ren is indeed ready to make up for the defense, and he gets the perfect open opportunity.

But Beverley received the ball and threw it straight away! To everyone's surprise!

Beverley thought relatively simply, he thought that it was useless to break through himself, so shoot three points! None of his teammates have a chance, only he has a chance.

Beverley averaged 10 points per game last season, all on 9 shots per game, and his scoring efficiency was outrageous.

This time, as usual, he shot and ended up striking iron.

Green, Liu Ren, Jeremy Lin, and Clarkson blocked Harden, Howard, Ariza, and Garcia at the first time Beverley made a shot, and Whiteside easily took the rebound with his long arm.

me! Harden saw the opponent's board-grabbing strategy and shouted in his heart.

He remembered four years ago, when he was a second-year player.