At the beginning of the second quarter, the Rockets' offense began to slowly recover.

First, Parsons hit a three-pointer, then Gao Da Zhuang passed Asik to a dunk in the air, and then Gao Da Zhuang hit the basket with the help of his teammates' cover and successfully picked up the basket.

32：21

The Rockets played a wave of 7:0 offensive small **, but this situation did not last long, because the Rockets' defense was still weak.

Lillard first beat Jeremy Lin to the end of an offensive time, then completed another steal and made a layup after the steal.

At 36:21, the difference was easily widened again

"Lillard's composure and big heart in key moments is amazing, and the variety of his offense makes Jeremy Lin unguardable, Lillard is definitely a highlight of this year's rookies," commented on-site commentator Russ Peterson.

"In front of Lillard, Jeremy Lin, whom the Rockets spent a lot of money on this summer, doesn't seem worthy of that big contract, with a lack of offense, too many turnovers, and hmph, another failed trade for the Rockets," another commentator, Bill Worrell, commented mercilessly.

"Toot" At this time, the referee's whistle sounded, "The Rockets request a substitution", and the Rockets ace James Harden was already standing on the sidelines and eager to try.

However, Harden replaced not the tall and strong, but Jeremy Lin, who had just made a mistake.

"Oh? The Rockets' substitution is interesting, two SGs with very strong attack power stay on the court at the same time, should they let Harden play PG or high? Russ Peterson said in surprise.

In fact, Rockets head coach McHale didn't think about it so much, you should never underestimate the influence of an ace player on the team, James Harden wants to play, McHale will definitely let him play, but McHale doesn't want to remove the tall and strong who performs well on the court, so Jeremy Lin, who makes frequent mistakes, has become a replacement.

As soon as Harden came on the court, he firmly controlled the ball in his own hands, and his score of 1 in 10 made Harden's face quite ugly.

However, it can still be seen from Harden's active invitation that the cold hand did not affect Harden's offense**, and sure enough, after advancing the ball to the front court, Harden began to signal his teammates to come over to cover.

At this time, the closest Rockets player to Harden was Gao Dazhuang, but in this case, Gao Dazhuang still made a very decisive lateral move and made a blocking and pick-and-roll cooperation for Harden.

Harden then changed direction and accelerated, with the help of tall and strong cover, got rid of the defense, and went straight to the basket.

"Hey, here" At this time, the tall and strong found that the Trail Blazers' Lillard and Matthews were following Harden back to the defensive basket, and the tall and strong at this time was completely empty.

However, the tall man in the vacant space did not wait for the pass, and Harden chose to force a layup under the blocking of several Trail Blazers players.

"Ah" With Harden's shout, with a "snap", Harden's layup was slapped directly to the sidelines by Aldridge, who pounced on the side.

In this game, the Trail Blazers developed special tactics for breakthrough players like Harden, and the Trail Blazers' contraction defense was quite fast in the game, and it also achieved good results, completely strangling the Rockets' ace player Harden.

"Toot" But at this time, the referee's whistle was remembered, and the referee clenched his right hand into a fist and slapped his left wrist, pointing at Matthews with one hand and saying "Beat foul".

"What? NO, NO, NO," Matthews immediately rushed to the referee's side excitedly and shook his finger.

Just now Matthews and teammates Lillard and Aldridge completed the encirclement of Harden, Matthews collided with Harden in the air, but it was after Harden shot, so Matthews was quite dissatisfied with the referee's decision.

But this kind of penalty or non-penalty ball, the initiative is in the hands of the referee, and this is the embodiment of home advantage.

"Brush", "brush" Harden, who has been not feeling well in this game, used free throws to adjust his mentality, and made two free throws cleanly.

36：23

To be the star of a team, there must still be a few brushes.

On the next offense, Harden made a pull-up after a feigned breakaway and opted for a pull-up jumper.

Matthews of the Trail Blazers didn't expect Harden to make a hasty shot and was unprepared for a while, but he still pounced on the block like a desperate one.

Suddenly, Harden retracted and feint!!

With a false shot, there was a time difference, and when the opposing guard Matthews fell, Harden jumped up and shot against the opponent.

"Doot" the referee's whistle sounds, "defensive foul".

Harden hit both free throws again, and despite his poor hand, Harden adjusted in time, took advantage of his excellent foul making ability, and relied on free throws to start chasing points.

36：25

Unlike Harden, the Rockets' other "fast knife" Gao Da Zhuang took another form, after seeing the Trail Blazers strengthen the interior defense, Gao Da Zhuang gave up his strong assault ability and began to look for opportunities on the perimeter.

After copying Lillard's ability, the tall and strong mid-to-long-range shooting ability has been further strengthened.

The "snap" ball passed to the hands of the tall and strong, and it was Lillard who was responsible for defending the tall and strong at this time, which was also the first direct "collision" between the two rookies of the same year in the whole game.

Directly facing Lillard, the main point guard of the Trail Blazers, of course, Gao Dazhuang will not let go of this opportunity to prove his strength, without any feints, Gao Dazhuang forcibly starts, accelerates the dribble, and sticks to Lillard and rushes to the basket.

Lillard also stepped forward to stand up to the tall and strong, trying to jam his breakthrough line.

The two fought hand-to-hand all the way to the basket, and at this time, the tall and strong made a sharp stop, turned around, stepped back and shot backwards, and the whole action was done in one go.

Due to the height difference, Lillard, who had already tried his best to jump the block, still watched the ball fly past his fingertips.

With a "brush", the tall and strong shot accurately hit the Nets, a very "Lillard"-style shot.

"Pretty" was not annoyed when his opponent scored in a way he was very good at.

"Hey, I learned from you," Gao Dazhuang said with a pun.

However, although Lillard didn't say anything, he quickly responded with his own actions.

With a "brush", Lillard and Aldridge made a pick-and-roll cooperation, and with the help of teammates' cover, they got rid of the tall and strong defense, and easily cut the baseline and made a layup.

"Interesting," the tall man smiled.

The Rockets attacked, and the tall man controlled the ball at the top of the arc and made a gesture to stop Patterson, who was about to come over to block the pick-and-roll, and he wanted to force Lillard.

The other players of the Rockets took the initiative to evacuate outside, and although Harden, the core of the Rockets, was a little dissatisfied with Gao Dazhuang's decision, he still gave Gao Dazhuang a chance to play his opponent alone.

"Oh" In this silent arena, this move of tall and strong is undoubtedly a highlight, which immediately attracted the attention of all the home fans, and everyone held their breath.

"Come on, I've heard that you're our team's number one target, and I'm going to let the team know that their previous judgment was wrong, and I'm the best fit for the Trail Blazers" Feeling the tall and strong move, Lillard snorted coldly and whispered.

"Wow, a direct collision between the two best young guards in this draft, see who will die?" Bill Vorell, the on-site commentator, sat upright and said excitedly.

"Hey, you'll understand" said Tall Zhuang, who glanced at Lillard in front of him, Tall and Strong, who controlled the ball, pressed his entire center of gravity quite low, staring at Lillard, and the basketball quickly shuttled between Tall Zhuang's legs, and the rhythm of the ball was constantly changing, making people completely unpredictable about the route and landing point of the ball.

Lillard squinted his eyes and stared at the tall and strong, of course Lillard had some expectations for the strength of the tall and strong, after all, he was the third pick in this draft, although Lillard was a little unconvinced, but Lillard still admitted that the strength of the tall and strong, especially the dribbling skills and ball sense of the tall and strong, is just like an authentic American player, or even surpassed.

The tall dribble gradually approached Lillard, but the ball slowed down, as if provocative, and Lillard struck a volley with a clever shot.

Lillard's timing was not good, but the tall and strong were prepared, slamming the ball to the ground, and the person broke through to Lillard's flank, and the super explosive power was about to break through Lillard's side in an instant.

"Not good," but Lillard immediately stepped back quickly, trying to open up the gap and stop the tall and strong advance.

The tall man who could break through with the ball suddenly stopped during the high-speed sprint, while Lillard couldn't stop the car and retreated several steps in a row, only to watch the tall and strong jump shot easily.

"Brush" the tall and strong with a jumper and then the next shot.

"Beautiful, beautiful pull-out getaway, Lillard was outstanding in this game, but he was not inferior to him," Bill Warrell, the on-site commentator, said excitedly.

The Trail Blazers served quickly, and Lillard, who was hit hard, rushed straight to the tall and strong.

And Gao Dazhuang also took the initiative to meet Lillard from the first half of the court, and the two began to fight all the way from the backcourt.

Lillard's ball handling is also first-class in the league, but his breakthrough level is still a little bit worse, and the tall and strong physical fitness is still slightly advantageous, and always maintains huge pressure on Lillard in defense, after consecutive unsuccessful breakthroughs, Lillard finally chose to retreat, helplessly passed the ball to Aldridge who asked for the ball inside.

There was a "snap", but before the basketball reached Aldridge's hands, it was stealed by the alert Patterson, who had been waiting for a long time.

"Tall" Patterson yelled after the steal and threw the ball to Tall Strong, and after receiving the ball, Tall Strongman started to sprint at full speed.

At this time, the Rockets' Harden quickly activated, forming a double arrow with the tall and strong to rush directly to the heart of the Trail Blazers.

The two were pretty fast, and the Trail Blazers were the only one with Lillard to retreat the fastest, while Matthews was one position behind the tall and strong, and Harden.

2 to 1

Harden, who was inserted on the side of "here", began to take the initiative to ask for the ball, but the tall man in the paint area did not pass the ball to Harden on the wing, but chose to do it alone after a false shake.

"Hmph" Lillard immediately adjusted his defensive position, and the whole person was sideways in front of the tall and strong.

In fact, Lillard has long been on guard against this ball, because the offensive ** shown by the tall and strong at the moment is too strong, and his whole eyes are baskets.

"I must stop you" Seeing that the tall and strong man chose to force a layup, Lillard also made up his mind to take a step forward and make a steal.

Truth be told, Tall Strong's burst is fast and he shows amazing explosiveness, so Lillard is determined to pay attention to the best if he can cut the ball, and if he can't break the ball, he has to make a tactical foul to stop Tall Strong's layup.

But at the moment when the two were about to collide, the tall man suddenly made a sharp stop and protected the ball sideways, and then changed direction to dodge, and was about to slide past Lillard's side.

"No" Lillard secretly said that it was not good, gritted his teeth, and immediately dragged Gao Dazhuang with his hand, trying to pull Gao Dazhuang to prevent him from making a layup easily.

A tactical foul on Lillard allowed the referee's whistle to blow just in time.

But Lillard still underestimated the strength of the tall and strong, and although he pulled hard, the tall and strong still smashed into the basket like a tank and picked up the basket with the body deflected.

With a "brush", the tall and strong layup hit.

2+1

"Good shot, the tall and strong offensive ability is really too strong, Lillard can't pull him at all, the tall and strong show of strength lets people know why he is the third pick," on-site commentator Bill Warrell shouted excitedly.

"You should have passed the ball to me just now, I'm in a better position," at this time, Harden, the core of the Rockets, rushed to the tall and strong and said word by word.

"But I scored, and there was a penalty," Gao Dazhuang replied without showing weakness.

The referee's whistle sounded again, "The Rockets asked for a timeout", and seeing the "infighting" between the two generals on the court, Rockets coach McHale immediately asked for a timeout.