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Clarkson really didn't expect the superstar to be so shameless and bully a second-grade rookie like this!

Boss help me kill him! Clarkson dribbled through the half court and decisively passed the ball to Liu Ren.

Harden has an interesting nickname called "The First Quarterback Maker," which means that he is the first quarterback to defend anyone.

Normally, Harden's coach would let him defend the weakest part of the offense, but even Steve Blake can play like a peak Wade in front of him.

So, the new head coach of the Rockets, John Bickerstaff, played a new trick, letting Beverley and Ariza, who have the best defense, defend the other perimeter, and use Harden to defend the opponent's best perimeter, anyway, Harden is going to be blown up, so that Ariza and Beverley have defended the other two, and only Harden has been blown up.

The ideas of young coaches are always so strange, but it seems that neither the fans nor the management can find fault with it.

So it's Harden who defends Liu Ren.

However, Liu Ren did not single Harden, D'Antoni will focus on the interior at the beginning today, the biggest problem of the Rockets this year is the interior, of course, we must point to the opponent's biggest problem to break through.

Disappointing Clarkson, Liu Ren passed a high lob ball to Green.

Josh Smith is not tall enough, and he has no advantage in the face of Green, he can only hard top below, Green takes the ball with a feint to attract Josh Smith's attention, Josh Smith can't help but stand on tiptoe, Green slaps the ball again, cuts in a step and leans forward to throw a small throw.

"Huh"

Easy hits.

Josh Smith's biggest weakening point is not just offense, he used to be a defensive player at the All-Defensive Team level, and the Pistons signed and then traded him with a 3-year 50 million contract extension because of his defense, thinking that he could help Drummond make up for the defense, just like Anthony Davis and Asik, who knew that his defense was completely a sieve.

At the beginning, the Rockets started playing from the outside, and the Lakers started playing from the inside, and the styles of the two teams were completely different.

The game got on, and both teams played their intensity, and the second round came up with Harden in possession.

But the Rockets' offensive routine was different, with Harden coming up and calling for Howard's cover, who did a pick-and-roll in the high post at the top of the arc, and after the two drew attention in the high post, Beverley made a cover with Josh Smith on the sideline.

Beverley ran out all of a sudden, got an empty space, Harden really has the potential to be a point guard, Beverley just blocked and dismantled, in fact, before the block was over, Harden had already passed the ball over, like using the pass to guide his teammates to run.

Harden hit the ball and passed to Beverley on the wing, and although Beverley had a clumsy offensive ability, he was very good at open three-pointers, and hit open three-point shots.

The Rockets opened with a 6-2 lead.

D'Antoni was eyed when he saw Harden's pass, which he used to guide his teammates and provide assists, which reminded him of his number one proud disciple - Steve Nash......

In the Rockets' half, the Lakers also focused on hitting the opponent's interior.

Who made both of the Rockets' interior lines now a defensive sieve?

The last round the Lakers played Green. This round came over, and the Lakers started to play Whiteside.

Relaxed and comfortable to hold high, Whiteside is half a head taller than Howard, or standing on the pile, Howard is like meeting Yao Ming, being pressed to the ground and rubbing.

Harden pushed slowly in the first two rounds, and at this point he suddenly accelerated, and Clarkson didn't follow.

Liu Ren hurriedly chased after him to help defend, and at this time, Harden faced Liu Ren who caught up, dribbled with a cross-step in front of his body, and then immediately took a step in the opposite direction, and took a step to the other side for a layup.

Harden was moving rapidly, and suddenly came to a European step, the left-handed European step is too difficult to defend, and you have to pay attention not to foul at any time, Liu Ren has no choice, and he doesn't dare to stick it, but he is catching up, there is no frontal defensive position, I can only watch Harden hit the basket.

8 to 4, the Rockets started with a 4-point lead!

The fans at the scene were a little embarrassed, thinking that they would press the Rockets to beat, and once again vented evil anger on Howard's head, mocking Howard in general, who knew that the beginning seemed to be a little unable to suppress the Rockets!

It's all because of one person – James Harden!

Why don't you beat Harden down first?

Liu Ren felt that this was better, this time Liu Ren did not continue to pass the inside line, and after receiving Clarkson's pass, he made a gesture and opened the single!

Liu Ren wants to treat others in his own way, and wants to make Harden foul!

Liu Ren dribbled the ball, accelerated past Harden violently, and was in a position parallel to the baseline with Harden, and then slowed down.

Liu Ren's idea is this, Harden will definitely chase back and stick it after being passed, this is the best way to defend the players who have passed him, and it can interfere with the breakthrough and shooting of offensive players to a certain extent, Liu Ren is ready to be like Harden, as long as someone sticks it, he will take the initiative to post it to make fouls.

Then something happened that left Liu Ren speechless, and after Harden was passed, he turned his head to look at it......

There is nothing else to do......

Liu Ren rushed into the inside line like that......

Whitecedra went out to avoid being injured by mistake, and Liu Ren faced Howard head-on.

The thoughtless of words is just a momentary thought, the game is changing rapidly, anything can happen, Liu Ren found that when he faced Howard, he immediately focused on the small fight and the big one.

There's only one thing left in Howard's defense right now, and that's jumping!

In addition to jumping, Howard's body resistance can't withstand the giant center, and his explosiveness will drop and he will be blown up when facing Jordan Jr.

After Liu Ren got to the inside line, he walked into the middle and his right hand was shaky, and after he tricked Howard into jumping, Liu Ren took the third step and jumped directly against Howard who fell from the sky, Howard had no choice but to watch Liu Ren dunk the ball into the basket through himself!

The fans finally got to the point of high and began to cheer loudly.

6-8, the Lakers turned the deficit into two points.

The center was blocked, and the Rockets didn't react at all from the outside, so what should they do, but Josh Smith was very unhappy, and he said that he wanted to avenge his brother after coming to the frontcourt and kept asking for the ball.

Harden reluctantly passed the ball to Josh Smith.

Harden felt desperate about the trades and signings that the management thought were crazy at the beginning of the last offseason, one Lawson and one Josh Smith, two of them don't want the other teams, it means that there is a problem, even if it is equivalent to picking it up for nothing, you can't see everything and pick it up!

Just when Harden was about to despair when he saw Josh Smith, a mid-range shooting boy, dribbling under his crotch outside the three-point line, Josh Smith really shot directly because he couldn't shake Green.

This is Josh Smith, even if his physical fitness is good, he is also a big forward, or a relatively heavy power forward, his physical fitness is crushing in the face of the vast majority of the league's interior lines, so he should go to the interior to eat.

But he likes to dribble and break through, but after all, he is an inside lineman, and he can't break through nine times out of ten, and then he doesn't know how he doesn't like passing, so he just pulls up and shoots when he doesn't move......

"Huh"

To everyone's surprise, Josh Smith shot a three-point shot against Green and actually hit a hollow shot!

11-6, the Rockets also led the Lakers by 5 points, and the Lakers were actually suppressed at home, which is a bit incredible.

The Rockets hit another three-point shot, and the Lakers seemed to be a little overwhelmed, and at this time, D'Antoni finally called a timeout.

"Don't worry, don't mess up, can't mess up, can't get into their rhythm, they are a little ahead, let's take the lead, we still have the original plan, play the inside line, don't worry, can't be brought into a messy situation by them." It turned out that D'Antoni felt that the players were a little impatient because of the unexpected backwardness, and he was worried that the players would start to be impatient and want to chase points, and enter the rhythm of the rocket.

The rhythm of the Rockets is a very beautiful scenery in the NBA, whoever enters their rhythm is pregnant......

This year's Spurs are very strange, with a mediocre record and a win rate of less than 50%, but they actually beat the Cavaliers and the Thunder because these two teams have players like Irving and Westbrook who are easily impatient.

The Rockets' offense is still the same McHale era of blind play, and Bickerstaff Jr.'s arrival with the Rockets has not changed anything.

However, Bickerstaff Jr. is still the head coach of the NBA after all, at least he can see that the situation is now in their favor, because the previous opponents want to start chasing points regardless of this situation, or abandon the previous slow scoring method of focusing on the inside, and instead use the outside to fight them hard.

Pitch ...... than Lang The Rockets said that the teams in the NBA league are all spicy chickens, and even the Warriors dare to be tough!

However, after the timeout came back, the Lakers were still playing at a tight pace, slowly advancing, slowly getting to the frontcourt, and passing the ball to Green for a while.

Green singled Josh Smith, this time after Green's suffocation, Josh Smith seemed to have learned the lesson of the last time, and this time he decisively took a step back to avoid Green turning around and facing the basket.

But Green really shot straight this time and hit it from close range.

The pace of the Lakers is very slow, but the Rockets don't care what the rhythm is, they play a few blind games in the frontcourt, and the rhythm is dragged by the Lakers to the Spurs beating the Pistons ten years ago, but the Rockets can still continue to wave.

At this time in the game, everyone has already seen that the Lakers ignore the rockets' various accelerations and waves today, and they just don't follow the waves, which is the strategy of playing inside.

Today, the Lakers grabbed the inside of the Rockets to play, which made Bickerstaff Jr. a little depressed, because the Lakers bit them so much that they didn't give them a chance to stir up the situation.

The Lakers play inside, and the shooting rate is very high, whether it is Liu Ren or Green or Whiteside, they can basically score on the inside, although the pace is slow, and the score is also slow.

If the Rockets can shoot from the outside, they will naturally have more advantages, but the Lakers' defense is not vegetarian, and the Rockets will be able to maintain the continuity of scoring with the strong Harden and Josh Smith who has convulsions today, but the shooting rate will definitely decline on the outside, and slowly the two sides tend to be evenly matched.

As the game progressed, both teams gradually switched to the rotation, with Antetokounmpo, Nick Young and Gasol as the core of the bench on the Lakers side. There's Korver and Monroe, and the Rockets have Jason Terry, Cory Brewer, Eric Gordon, Harrell and Capela.

Not to mention, the Rockets' bench lineup is really good, although it is not as explosive as the talent on the Lakers' side, but they are all strength players, that is, super combat power, and Brewer, a super counterattacker who can score 50 points in a single game, so the Lakers continue to press the rhythm, just not to give the Rockets a chance to mess up the rhythm!

At the end of the first quarter, the two teams tied 25-25, and although the Lakers encountered the suppression of the Rockets in the first quarter, they slowly caught up.

The Rockets played really well, but the Lakers adhered to the tactics that had been formulated for a long time, and when the Rockets' wave shooting was not so accurate, only Harden was left to make fouls tirelessly, the Lakers' advantage came up.

Internode breaks.

D'Antoni emphasized that he should continue to play slowly, and D'Antoni should play slowly...... It's been encountered many times over the past year, but the Lakers players still think it's weird, but the effect is really good, the Lakers have a tall and fast enough lineup, even the Warriors don't dare to easily fall into position with the Lakers, and often the Lakers win a lot of games with this kind of slow-paced play.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the Lakers continued to send a second lineup, and Monroe singled Capela on the inside.

Monroe's basic skills are really good, and Popovich is not without reason for taking a fancy to him, if it weren't for the fact that Aldridge, who is seriously the league's number one forward in the offseason, was interested in the Spurs, Popovich would definitely smash the contract that smashed Aldridge's head to Monroe.

It's not that Monroe isn't good enough, it's that Aldridge is too good, and no matter which team Aldridge wants to go to, as long as he wants to, that team will treat him as his first choice.

However, according to people familiar with the matter, Popovich is still very interested in Monroe, if the Lakers are willing, Popovich is willing to take out some high-quality three-pointers and trade with the Lakers, but the Lakers are not interested, they don't want to send Monroe to the Spurs.

Popovich didn't complain when he saw Monroe playing off the bench, and he seemed to enjoy it, scoring more than ten points per game, shooting percentage was super high, and rebounding was organized, although the defense was not very good, but that body was there, and there would be bad defense in the Spurs system? And not greedy for credit, hard work, not complaining about the ball and playing time, if necessary, willing to take a pay cut, for Popovich, Monroe is simply the perfect successor to Duncan.

Capela is a jumping man, similar to the bankrupt version of Jordan Jr., not even the bankrupt version of Howard, the defense relies on bounce, rebounds by bounce, everything depends on bounce, and is easily resisted by Monroe's solid body and put the basket with one hand......

It's a bit hard......

Let the basket fly......

Monroe was a little embarrassed, and the rebound was grabbed by Harrell.

Jason Terry pushed the ball forward, and the Rockets bench was very scattered because of the small ball, and all four players were standing outside the three-point line, with only one Capela inside the three-point line.

Jason Terry passed the ball to Capela on this side, and then Jason Terry himself used the cover of Capela who was holding the ball to run to the bottom line at once, and Harrell came up to block Jason Terry in this position, and when Jason Terry ran from the baseline to the side, he easily received the ball, and Jason Terry, who got the ball, immediately broke through to the penalty area with a fierce step.

Jason Terry was deeply impressed by the Lakers, in the 2011 playoffs, it was he who helped Nowitzki sweep the Lakers by relying on his explosive three-point shot, he broke through in one step, and when the Lakers naturally contracted, Jason Terry passed the ball directly to Harrell who pulled to the bottom, and Harrell took a three-pointer at this time.

It's a smooth tactic!

D'Antoni took a look at Old Bickerstaff, who didn't express any tactical opinions today, Tiger Father has no dog! Although Bickerstaff Jr. has little coaching experience, he still has good tactical guidance skills.

Unfortunately, Harrell's three-point shot was not particularly good, and he missed the open shot.

Harrell missed a three-pointer, and Antetokounmpo, who came back, jumped high to grab the rebound, and Whiteside went off, and it was finally his turn to rebound.

Antetokounmpo pushed steadily to the front court and continued to press the tempo, and after the Lakers won the championship, they were stronger and more confident, and they became one of the best teams in the league to control the tempo.

Antetokounmpo pushed in, and the Lakers quickly opened up space, with Nick Young and McCollum standing in two corners, Gasol stuck under the basket, and Monroe went up to cover Antetokounmpo.

Antetokounmpo took advantage of Monroe's cover and quickly passed the ball to Gasol, who defended Gasol with Harrell, Gasol singled out, and the Rockets, who played a small lineup, immediately contracted.

Gasol took the opportunity to pass the ball to Nick Young, but the Rockets contracted and expanded very quickly, and Cory Brewer immediately defended it.

At this time, the benefits of the Rocket's small lineup are reflected, although the Rocket's lineup is small, but the speed is really fast. It's the same on rotation defense.

The Lakers have played quite well from the high post to the combination of inside and outside, but they have not yet gotten rid of the rotation of the Rockets, and Nick Young takes the ball when he wants to pass.

Who is Nick Young? Singles King!

He is the only person in the Lakers' second team who can wave casually, no matter who he defends, don't think about getting out when the ball is in his hand, and continue to dribble under the crotch and then lean back to shoot three-point shots......

"Bang" struck the iron.

It was a bit sudden, the Lakers were caught by the Rockets' four small men, and Capela grabbed the defensive rebound.

The Rockets attacked, playing almost the same stance and style of play as in the first round, and four people scattered Capela in the middle, and Jason Terry held the ball on the baseline after consecutive off-ball blocks.

In the last round, Jason Terry took the ball and attacked directly, and in this round Jason Terry came up and got the ball, walked around the high post for half a circle and turned back to pass to Eric Gordon, who ran out of space.

Eric Gordon Open Jump Shot ...... Then I saw Antetokounmpo's giant-like body flying over, with fast bullet speed and long hands, and he took the ball off directly in the air!

"Damn!"

Lakers fans at the scene were frightened, this first round of the draft that was exchanged for the team's precious three-point player Meeks, more than two years later, has grown into such a powerful all-round ball-handling "big center"!

Today's game has attracted a lot of attention in China, the Lakers play the Rockets, and it has always been a very popular game in China, although Kobe Bryant did not play, but Liu Ren is the same.

On the American side, this game is not low, and Howard is back in the Staples Center again, and people want to see how the Lakers will deal with Howard, or if Howard will play explosively at the Staples Center.

Even if it wasn't Howard's performance, it should have been Liu Ren or Gasol's performance, but I didn't expect it to be Antetokounmpo who began to show his talent at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends.

Just the agile footwork and excellent judgment of the ball that expanded out after shrinking from the interior just now made many bottom-of-the-line teams that lacked the core start to prepare for the high-pick draft picks next year to negotiate with the Lakers.

Antetokounmpo grabbed the ball directly, which was another headache for the official staff of the technical desk, is this a steal, or a block, and how to count it as a block rebound? Say it's a steal, but it's Eric Gordon's shot......

Antetokounmpo did not rush to fight back after catching the shrimp balls, but continued to press the rhythm frantically, which made the Rockets very uncomfortable.

If the Lakers counterattacked directly with this ball, the Rockets would attack immediately, and they would not have any thoughts at all because they were blocked just now, but now that the Lakers are playing slowly, they unconsciously think of Antetokounmpo's unusually powerful defense, which has a great impact on their morale.

Antetokounmpo pushed to the frontcourt, waited for his own team to be in position, and easily passed Jason Terry in a big stride, attracting Cory Brewer who was defending Nick Young, and then Antetokounmpo looked at Nick Young as if he was going to pass to Nick Young, and deceived Harrell who was defending Gasol near the free throw line.

As a result, Antetokounmpo passed to Gasol at the top of the arc!

Gasol's slow-adjusting three-point shot hits!

Gasol has also been making himself better, occasionally shooting three-pointers last season, and this year he began to shoot a little more, basically shooting two per game, the shooting rate is okay, three can score one, this year has broken the career single-season three-point shooting record, plus this three-pointer, Gasol has made 10 three-pointers this season.

The Rockets' offense was still so crisp and decisive, and the Lakers didn't react when they scored, and continued to attack.

The Rockets were very fast, and as soon as the ball came over, Jason Terry immediately took the ball and singled Nick Young at a 45-degree angle on the right side.

Jason Terry is getting old after all, and his stamina began to decline in the second half of the first quarter and a few minutes after the second quarter began to run.

But Jason Terry has always been confident and went straight to the three-pointer......

This shot feels crooked, Jason Terry's height is much worse than Nick Young, self-confidence is good, but you have to serve the old! Jason Terry's jump shot was not as high as Nick Young standing and outstretching his hand, and he could only lean back sharply, which was scarily crooked at first sight.

Antetokounmpo leaps high to grab the rebound......

Monroe also wants to grab the rebound......

McCollum also wants to grab rebounds......

As a result, Jason Terry is three untouched......

Monroe knocked down with Antetokounmpo and McCollum, but the ball fell into Gasol's hands, who didn't intend to fight for the rebound.

Antetokounmpo is very resentful, we are a substitute who often rotates, and he also points to the good data this year to renew his contract early next summer.

Monroe is also very resentful, you Gasol has won so many honors, he has already achieved fame, and he also got the Lakers' pension contract extension, there is a non-tradable clause, and he actually grabbed the rebounds of his own small bench.

McCollum is also very resentful, his thoughts are similar to Antetokounmpo's, how can this kind of data delivered to his hands be worthy of himself without grabbing......

The three chose to ignore Gasol and run directly to the Rockets halfcourt, Nick Young was already almost down, leaving Gasol alone in the backcourt.

The Rockets thought the Lakers were going to fight back and quickly returned to defense, but saw Gasol slowly push the ball himself......

The Rockets players didn't see Gasol's messy expression in the wind when Gasol ran to the court after his team's three outside lines and another center directly made a non-receiving move, but the fans at the scene saw it, and Gasol's next point guard commander gestured while advancing to direct the run, which made the fans at the scene burst into laughter instantly......