The arrival of Stackhouse and Anderson paid off immediately, turning the Nets on the court.

In the face of Jeremy Lin, who has stronger breakthrough ability, Stackhouse adopted the strategy of "preventing breakouts and making shots", and his rich game experience curbed Jeremy Lin's play well, and Jeremy Lin's low shooting rate also gave the Nets a chance to breathe.

Anderson, on the other hand, adopted a "around the front" strategy against Asik, and his good mobility once allowed Asik to not touch a basketball in three or four rounds.

With a "Peng", Asik finally seized the opportunity and pushed Anderson behind him sideways, and at this time, the basketball was transferred from Harden's hands to Asik's hands in time.

"Good ball" Asik couldn't help but be overjoyed, and with a sideways turn, he wanted to jump up and smash the ball into the basket.

But with a "snap", Asik, who had just turned to face the basket head-on, had no time to make a move, but was slapped directly on his wrist by Anderson behind him.

"Toot", the referee's whistle blew just in time, but Anderson's expression showed that it was a deliberate foul.

"When", "When" Asik's mid-range shooting ability is really not flattering, he missed two free throws in a row, and the rebound was also taken into Anderson's arms.

Anderson, who "counterattacked" and grabbed the defensive rebound, immediately passed the ball to Gao Dazhuang, who ran to the Rockets restricted area with the ball at a gallop.

On the way, Harden tried to intercept Tall Strong, but a clever cover from Stackhouse allowed Tall Strong to get rid of Harden's entanglement.

The rest of the Rockets were then unable to pose a threat to the tall and strong, after successive serpentine breakaways. The tall and strong man who rushed at high speed cut smoothly to the Rockets' basket and made an easy layup.

"Oh" The entire Barclays Center arena is boiling, although the Nets are still more than ten points behind the Rockets at home, but the difference between the two sides is slowly narrowing.

At this moment, the Nets players also know that it is unrealistic for a team like the Rockets to completely stop them from scoring, and the best way now is to ensure their own offensive efficiency while disrupting their offensive rhythm.

"Snap" the Rockets After several passes, the ball just passed to Asik on the inside, but the Nets' power forward Humphries attacked from the wing. Knock the ball straight out of Asik's hands.

The referee blew for a defensive foul again. Humphries consciously raised his hands, and his foul prevented the Rockets from making an inevitable offense.

In the next game, Humphries, Anderson and Wallace interrupted the Rockets' offensive rhythm with fouls at the right time.

With 1:21 left in the third quarter, Humphries again fouled Rockets power forward Jefferson for an easy scoring opportunity. However, he also paid the price of six fouls.

Just when everyone thought that Coach Johnson would use starting center Lopez again. The Nets came off the bench with another veteran, Bogans. The Nets once again played a small lineup, with Wallace as power forward.

Although the Nets are at an absolute disadvantage in terms of average height, the ferocious defense makes up for it. And soon Asik's 3-of-10 free throws in the first quarter allowed the Rockets' McHale to put him on the bench, with the more mobile Marcus Morris coming off the bench.

In the next game, the two sides attacked and defended each other, and the offensive rhythm was faster.

The Nets attacked, and Gao Dazhuang tried to break through Harden's defense, but Morris's help defense was very timely, and Gao Dazhuang reluctantly crossed the ball to Starkerhouse on the other side.

On the weak side, Stack House formed a 1VS1 single Jeremy Lin situation, and Stackhouse did not hesitate after receiving the ball, and immediately squeezed Jeremy Lin with his back.

Despite his age, Stackhouse's strength overwhelmed Lin, and with every step he made, defender Lin was forced to take a step back, and soon Stackhouse squeezed into the box.

Just when the inside of the Rockets was preparing to help Jeremy Lin defend, Starkerhouse took the initiative to force a turn and rushed into the encirclement formed by the inside line of the Rockets.

But to everyone's surprise, it was only Starkerhouse himself who rushed into the penalty area, and the basketball in his hand flew straight into the hands of the tall and strong man in the empty space on the outside.

Attracting firepower and decisively sharing the ball, under the crazy rush of the Rockets, Stackhouse fully demonstrated his rich game experience.

After receiving the ball, the tall and strong ignored the oncoming Harden, pulled up the jump shot on the spot, and with a "brush" sound, the tall and strong shot hit.

92：79

At the end of the third quarter, the Nets not only withstood the Rockets' crazy attack, but also slowly chased the score to only 13 points.

"Da Zhuang, their guard line is not stable" As soon as he entered the rest area, Stackhouse walked to Gao Dazhuang's side and whispered, Gao Dazhuang followed Stackhouse's hand and saw Harden resting next door and Jeremy Lin gasping and drinking water.

Yes, the Rockets are currently the most offensive team in the league, but they are only in seventh place in the West, so why aren't they as good as their offense?

The main reason for this is defense, scoring more points and conceding more points!

That's right, the biggest hole in the Rockets' defense line is the guard line, whether it is Jeremy Lin or Harden, they are not players who are good at defense, physical fitness determines Jeremy Lin's defensive ability, and the lack of defensive awareness is Harden's biggest problem.

After "Eh" figured this out, the tall and strong nodded vigorously at Stackhouse, and the two looked at each other with a heartfelt smile.

Sure enough, at the beginning of the fourth quarter of the game, Stackhouse made a blocking and pick-and-roll cooperation with Gao Dazhuang, and when the Rockets switched defenses, Stackhouse passed the ball back to Gao Dazhuang in time.

At this time, it was Jeremy Lin, the Chinese point guard of the Rockets, who was responsible for defending the tall and strong, and the duel between the two yellow people immediately attracted the attention of the fans.

The tall and strong dribble gradually approached Jeremy Lin, and at the moment when the two were about to make head-on contact, the tall and strong suddenly turned around, and with a "peng" sound, the tall and strong back made Jeremy Lin take a big step back.

The two made a judgment under the strength, and just when Jeremy Lin adjusted his center of gravity to prepare for the second collision of the tall and strong, he saw that the tall and strong turned around and shot backwards without warning.

With a "brush", the tall and strong jump shot accurately passed through the Nets.

The tall and strong "good ball" scored first and immediately won a cheer from the Nets bench.

A minute later, Gao Dazhuang once again used the misplaced attack to single Jeremy Lin.

This time, after receiving a pass from Stackhouse on the wing, the tall man made Jeremy Lin jump with just a simple probe and a feint to shoot.

Tall and strong skillfully beat the opponent for a time difference, and when Jeremy Lin fell, Gao Dazhuang pulled out his hand on the spot.

With a "brush", the tall and strong hit the half-volley again.

"Hey, your opponent is me" As the absolute core of the Rockets, Harden felt like he should stand up for Jeremy Lin.

Gao Dazhuang just smiled faintly, and did not respond to Harden positively, Gao Dazhuang's attitude obviously did not satisfy Harden.

After hitting a goal with his trademark step-back jumper, Harden waved his hands defiantly in an attempt to mobilize the Nets' home fans to cheer on the visiting Rockets.

At this moment, Gao Dazhuang responded without hesitation.

Without the help of his teammates' cover, without any feints, Gao Dazhuang dribbled the ball outside the three-point line, and in the face of Harden's defense, Gao Dazhuang suddenly rose to the ground without warning and flung the long whip.

"Brush" sounded, three-point hit.

"This is my home court," said the tall man who still maintained his shooting posture and smiled indifferently at Harden and whispered.

Harden is also not an easy opponent, and soon relied on Parsons' off-ball cover, came to a 45-degree angle on the right side, and directly pulled out a jumper after receiving the ball.

"Brush", Harden immediately returned the three points.

"Three-point, I have it too" Harden's face immediately showed a sense of revenge happiness after the goal.

Soon, fans at the Barclays Center discovered that the game on the court gradually evolved into a personal showdown between Harden and Tall Strong.

Given the core position of the two in their respective teams, the other players on both sides also deliberately created the conditions for them to be "heads-up".

As soon as the tall man made two free throws from the foul, Harden hit back with a jumper.

"40 points" Harden, who had just made a successful shot, triumphantly pointed to the scoreboard, indicating that he was tall and strong, and he had scored the 40th point of the half.

"Brush", and soon the tall and strong took advantage of the cover of Stackhouse to hit another three-point shot at the top of the three-point arc.

"There are still 3 goals left" Gao Dazhuang said to Harden intentionally or unintentionally, and at this moment, Gao Dazhuang was full of firepower and scored his 31st point in the game.

At 8 minutes and 30 seconds into the fourth quarter, as Gao Dazhuang hit a three-pointer again, the score on the court became 109:101, and the difference between the two sides suddenly became only 8 points.

At this time, Rockets coach McHale and core Harden sensed that something was wrong.

Because in the seven or eight minutes of Harden and Gao Dazhuang's crazy attack, the two of them broke through to the basket and made foul free throws, but with the shot just now, Gao Dazhuang has made 5 three-pointers in the fourth quarter, while Harden has only one.

"Three points?" Coach McHale of the Rockets looked at the technical statistics in his hands in surprise, yes, in terms of three-pointers, tall is undoubtedly better than Harden.

Harden is an excellent three-point shooter, but the tall and strong close to the scramble makes Harden choose to break through more to score points, but the tall and strong super fast shot makes Harden unable to defend, relatively speaking, there is no doubt that the tall and strong three-point has greater destructive power, in the face of Harden's defense, Gao Dazhuang has also relied on three-point strength to kill opponents in sports battles many times in the game.

And the Nets' bench center Anderson played exceptionally well in this game, and his excellent anticipation, positioning, and continuous jumping ability allowed him to grab a lot of rebounds under the Rockets' basket, and those rebounds were eventually turned into points through his tall and strong hands.

Amid the frantic cheers of the fans in the Barclays Center arena, the Rockets felt a sense of urgency, "Can you hold these 8 points for three minutes?" A strange thought came to the minds of the Team Rockets. (To be continued......)