Chapter 427: Breaking through the line of defense
Harden carried the ball to the frontcourt, made a block with Morris, and returned the ball to Morris, who took the ball and directly pressed Brewer to score a layup.
The goal was so hard that Brewer would have been whistled for a foul if he had made any more big moves.
After the goal, Morris was also quite excited, straightened his neck and roared, and it could be seen that he had played two substitutes in a row, and he was also holding back his strength.
The Clippers' offense, Tang Shuai just advanced to the front court with the ball, and immediately encountered the Rockets' bag, without Griffin and Paul, Bickerstaff was quite unrestrained on the defensive end.
Tang Shuai passed the ball to Brewer, and Brewer gave it to Green, who broke through to the layup, but was soon blocked by Howard.
Green's passing ability is obviously not comparable to Tang Shuai, he wanted to pass the ball to Jordan Jr., but the ball passed was obviously slow, and it was cut off by Morris, who was making up the defense.
The Rockets' fast break, Harden rode the dust, and scored on a layup past Pierce and Brewer.
The cheers of the fans at the scene were deafening.
The Rockets started with pretty strong momentum.
Tang Shuai also quickly discovered that the game was far more difficult than he thought, and what Billups said was definitely not alarmist.
Although Griffin was injured before, he still had a strong offensive grasp, which made the Rockets dare not easily take a trap on him, but this time Griffin didn't play, the Rockets didn't give him a chance to play at all, and the others did not have a high offensive success rate, and the situation was quite passive.
21-8, the Rockets played like a rainbow at home, and by the time Tang Shuai and other main players were replaced, the Clippers had fallen behind by double digits, and the score was only a pitiful double digit.
"It looks like the Houstonians can celebrate early, and the Clippers are clearly not ready to play this game." Barkley looked up at the score on the field and couldn't help but sigh. "But don't blame them for that, it's not easy to keep the fighting spirit and motivation of the game after losing the two core of the team."
"Our Emperor seems to have foreseen the wrong thing, Don is heavily guarded, and he doesn't have the ability to change the trend of the game. He's just a rookie after all. Smith chimed in.
The words of Ross Barkley and Smith are exactly how the outside world sees this game, and it is, at least in the opening game.
Tang Shuai wrapped his head in a towel after leaving the game, looking very frustrated, and he encouraged his teammates to win the series for Paul, but the result was not even a chance to shoot, let alone performance.
Billups saw Tang Shuai's performance at this time. I couldn't help but sigh.
The game on the court continued, and compared to the play of the main players, the Clippers' bench group was obviously more energetic today.
Seeing that the offensive time was coming, Booker forced a three-point shot against Reeves Jr., and after the shot, he made a protective move and fell directly to the ground.
There was a crisp sound of "swish", and three points of luck fell into the bag.
The whistle sounded on the sidelines.
It's a 3+1 round.
After the score, Booker was quite excited, and the whole person roared violently, just like a bull's head with bloodthirsty magic.
The fans at the scene were in an uproar.
Tang Shuai pulled out the towel at this time. Look up and see Booker's three-pointer and the passionate celebration that followed.
His whole body suddenly trembled unconsciously.
The game continued on the court, and the Rockets responded with a three-pointer from the outside of Terry. But Booker's newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, and he is directly tough against Capela's defense in the offense.
Capela, as the inside line of the Rockets' key training, is not bad, but the result can be imagined, and the head and face are directly knocked to the ground.
However, Booker grabbed the ball with both hands and did not take it off. The fall was not light.
The referee on the sidelines gave Capela a defensive foul.
When he heard the whistle, Booker suddenly rolled over from the ground, and he was so excited that he didn't care where he fell.
Tang Shuai couldn't help but be moved.
Although he is also a rookie, Tang Shuai's rapid growth makes his role in the team not a rookie at all, and Booker, who was later traded, has become his "little brother". Now that Booker is fighting so hard, he is even more dwarfed by comparison.
"Don, don't be discouraged, the game has just begun, and the Rockets can't defend you like that for a whole game." At this moment, Paul in the back row reached out and patted him on the shoulder and said.
Tang Shuai glanced back at Paul and nodded.
The Clippers' bench group played well under Booker's leadership, and the difference between the two sides was not further widened, but narrowed a little.
36-26, when the two sides returned to the bench in the second quarter, the Rockets still maintained a double-digit lead.
Tang Shuai high-fived Booker when he came on the court and praised: "Good job." ”
Booker was overjoyed, and it was obviously quite a happy thing for him to be praised by Tang Shuai.
After the timeout, the Rockets' offense, Morris's down was stopped by Jordan Jr., the shot slid out of the basket, and the rebound was grabbed by Green.
Tang Shuai held the ball and advanced to the frontcourt.
The Rockets' defense has changed, perhaps because Tang Shuai basically didn't play much in the first quarter, and they didn't use the bag on him like in the first quarter, but only used Beverley's single defense.
When Tang Shuai saw this scene, he was overjoyed in his heart, and he didn't even call the inside line to block and dismantle, and directly rushed in with a cross step.
Beverley, who was defending him, saw his movement and then shrank back to defend himself.
Iverson's breakthrough, in addition to the unpredictable change of direction, is also the change of his rhythm, sometimes fast and sometimes slow, so that you can't catch when he starts.
After Tang Shuai burst out, the AI-exclusive corssover package was activated, and he accelerated inward, and after Beverley contracted the defense, he suddenly slowed down.
Like Iverson's pull-up jump shot at the beginning, Tang Shuai's exclusive dry pull bag owned by Maddie, even if it is only a weakened version, is full of lethality.
After playing so many games, Beverley also knew this, so after Tang Shuai suddenly slowed down, he pounced.
But just as he pounced, Tang Shuai suddenly accelerated again, and the rhythm changed so fast that people couldn't react at all.
This time is equivalent to the acceleration of the two people in opposite directions, and almost in the blink of an eye, Tang Shuai passed Beverley, and then scored with a light pick-and-roll.
The point difference instantly became a single digit.
The fans at the scene were in an uproar.
A hint of surprise flashed in Billups' eyes at this time, but he quickly smiled and nodded.
"Damn it!" Bickerstaff couldn't help but curse, and he seemed to realize that he had just made a mistake.
The Rockets' offense, Harden wanted to break through and return a ball, but at this time, Brewer's defense was quite hard and stuck to Harden.
Harden made a step-back jumper and didn't get out of it completely.
The force of the ball was significantly less, and the rebound was taken by Jordan Jr.
After hitting such difficult goals in three consecutive games, it was clear that his luck had been overused.
Little Jordan grabbed the rebound and gave it to Tang Shuai, who held the ball and advanced at high speed.
"Bag clip! Bag clip! "Bickerstaff was on the lookout immediately after learning the lesson of the previous goal.
Beverley and Harden, who retreated, heard the shouts and both hugged them one after another.
Tang Shuai's fast attack started quickly, and the other teammates didn't have time to keep up, but he didn't mean to stop, and went straight to the midfield against Beverley's defense.
At this time, Harden's bag is also coming up.
He suddenly slowed down suddenly.
Beverley also slowed down, but he didn't pounce, he was just teased by Tang Shuai in this way, he was obviously not stupid enough to think about it a second time.
But just as he slowed down, a stunned scene happened.
In the next moment of slowing down, Tang Shuai turned around sharply directly.
Dare him slow down not to get rid of it, but to make this action.
This turn was quite fancy, even Barkley on the sidelines couldn't help but exclaim, it was almost three hundred and sixty degrees, and Tang Shuai's turning in advance actually directly bypassed Beverley like a stake!
The fans at the scene were in an uproar.
You must know that Beverly is moving, which is equivalent to directly passing him with relative speed, and it is so simple!
Tang Shuai didn't change much in his expression, dribbled the ball and glanced at Harden in front of him, and rushed forward with a sudden acceleration.
You must know that he has not only Iverson's exclusive corssover bag, but also Alstom's street ball king's exclusive dribble bag, even if it is a weakened version, but it is more than enough to complete such an action!
Harden was a little weak at this time, and he couldn't help but look left and right to see if there were teammates who could help defend.
The answer is clearly no.
Tang Shuaimeng's change of direction.
Harden pounced.
Tang Shuai changed his rhythm one by one, followed by another change of direction, and Harden was like a stake, and he didn't even have time to adjust his defense twice.
Tang Shuai scored 2 points with a light backhand layup.
The fans at the scene were in an uproar.
"It's amazing, this flowing dribble even reminds me of that perverted little guy in Philadelphia!" Barkley couldn't help but exclaim.
"I have to admit that the Rockets' retreat is too slow." Smith followed.
In the blink of an eye, the difference in points on the field was only 6 points.
“Les’s.go! rockets! The fans cheered loudly for the home team.
However, Tang Shuai's performance made the Rockets players a little confused, and Harden and Howard played blocking and dismantling in the offense, I don't know if they haven't recovered from the defensive round of the previous ball, Harden's pass actually went directly to Tang Shuai's hands.
The Clippers once again played a fast attack, and Tang Shuai was quick and threw the ball to Brewer in the first place.
Brewer was at a brisk pace, adding two more points to the Clippers with his best fast-break layup.
In just a few rounds, the difference has been reduced to just 4 points!
Bickerstaff was forced to call a timeout, and if he didn't adjust, the momentum of the game would be completely reversed.
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