Gorgeous fast breaks, sharp three-pointers, sharp breaks, and tough interior offense, young Houston frequently attacked the Nets with beautiful goals.

35：26

Fortunately, the Nets shot 66.7% from the field in the first quarter, which avoided a double-digit margin between the two sides.

At the start of the second quarter, the Rockets continued their frantic offense, and their offense was very fast-paced.

Harden forced a shot against a tall and strong defense at the beginning of the quarter and hit a long-range three-pointer.

Five seconds later, Jeremy Lin made another steal, and the Rockets launched a fast break, and Lin's pass through the court helped Parsons dunk violently.

In an instant, the score was stretched to 14 points.

Fortunately, today, the Nets' starting center Lopez hit a good shooting rate, and with a "brush", Lopez received a tall and strong pass and hit a half-volley again.

So far, Lopez has scored a Nets-high 12 points on 6-of-7 shooting, and the offense is not good, but defensively, the Nets interior has made Nets coach Johnson frown.

The Nets' two interior lines, Humphries' lack of height and Lopez's lack of toughness, make it particularly difficult for the Nets to play against teams with strong interior lines.

"Cluster" took advantage of the cover of his teammates, and the Rockets' offensive arrow Harden got rid of the tall and strong defense, and shook off Wallace with a "European step".

With a sound of "Peng", Harden, who strode into the basket, and Nets center Lopez had a head-on collision, but the short Harden knocked the 2.10-meter Lopez back by a big step.

After knocking Lopez away, Harden calmly threw his shot. "Dang", but Harden's throw unexpectedly bounced out of the basket.

"Luckily," Lopez let out a sigh of relief, immediately ready to grab the defensive rebound.

But just when Lopez and other Nets players were lucky, Rockets power forward Jefferson attacked from the wing, stuck Lopez behind him with his arm, and then jumped lightly and lightly bounced the basketball with one hand.

With a "brush", Jefferson made a rebound.

While Jefferson happily retreated to the half court to celebrate with his teammates, the entire Barclays Centre was silent, and this was not the first time that such a scene had happened in today's game.

The game has been played so far. Nets starting center Lopez picked up just one rebound in the backcourt. And the Rockets' two interior giants, Asik and Jefferson, grabbed at least eight frontcourt rebounds under the Nets.

Even though Lopez's offense is exceptionally good today, the Nets only played a "mutual explosion" with the Rockets' interior line, because Lopez couldn't withstand the strong attack of Rockets center Asik and power forward Jefferson.

"Peng" and "Peng" continued back-to-back hard resistance, and Asik had already squeezed into the Rockets' basket with the ball against Lopez. Asik snuggled up to Lopez with his massive frame. Homeopathic with a small hook hand.

"Brush" sound. Asik scored two points on Lopez's head again, and Jefferson, one of the Rockets' interior stalwarts, was stronger in the low post than Asik, and he didn't abuse the Nets inside.

On both offense and defense. The Rockets have a monopoly on rebounding, and it is precisely because of the guarantee of rebounds that the Rockets play even more smoothly offensively.

With 12 seconds left in the quarter, Parsons was heavily guarded after breaking through to the basket, Parsons barely missed, but Rockets center Asik grabbed the key frontcourt rebound and passed the ball to the outside in the air.

Harden calmly made a three-point shot, "brushed", and with this ball, the away Rockets led the Nets by 20 points at 66:46.

Harden, the core of the Rockets, scored a game-high 25 points on inside and outside shots, and Asik, the two interior centers, scored 10 points and 10 rebounds, and played a "double-double" at halftime, big forward Jefferson also had 11 points and 7 rebounds, small forward Parsons contributed 12 points, and point guard Jeremy Lin scored 5 points and 7 assists.

Four of the Rockets' "Starting Five Tigers" scored double-doubles, which can be described as a full flower.

On the Nets' side, Lopez shot 8-of-10 from the field and 2-of-2 from the free-throw line in the half, scoring a Nets-high 18 points, but only grabbed 1 rebound.

The Rockets' tough interior defense also limited Tall's play, and he relied only on mid-range jumpers and free throws to score 12 points, three rebounds and six assists in the absence of a breakaway.

Trailing by 20 points at halftime was not only unacceptable to the Nets fans at the scene, but also made Nets coach Johnson angry: "Are you going to lose by 40 points in the whole game?" Rhythm, rhythm, we can't follow their rhythm".

Yes, what's even more terrifying than being down by 20 points is that the Nets are playing to the rhythm of the Rockets throughout the game, and 65 points at halftime is exactly the style of the Rockets: the offense and defense are fast-paced, but that's not the way the Nets are used to playing.

In fact, the Rockets have scored more than 120 points 12 times this season, a full double the six-time number of the second-place Spurs.

And the Rockets had the last laugh 11 times in those 12 games, losing only once to the Spurs in overtime in early December.

Obviously, fighting "chaotic battles" and "confrontations" is exactly the strength of Team Rocket.

"15:29, do you know what it is?" Coach Johnson angrily threw the stats on the ground in his hand, "Rebounding, they took more than twice as many rebounds in the first half and made twice as many three-pointers as us."

There is a saying on the basketball court that "the closer you get to the basket, the higher the success rate", but with the progress of modern basketball, many players believe that "long-distance two-point shot" is the most unflattering way to attack on the basketball court.

Because it doesn't have the same one-point bonus as a three-point shot, and it's far inferior to other closer two-pointers in terms of shooting percentage and free throw probability.

Some veteran commentators may tell you that the mid-range is the league's most effective way to attack, citing "Michael Jordan won the championship with it".

But first, it is impossible for everyone to be Jordan, and secondly, the league situation is also advancing with the times.

So far this season, every team in the league has taken 25% of their three-point shots, compared with what was the 1992-93 season 20 years ago? 10% only! The effective shooting percentage of that championship-winning Bulls is still today. Not even in the top 10 of the league.

The Rockets know this better than any other team, and according to Hoopdata, the Rockets are the least in the league in shooting at 12 to 22 feet per game, and even less than two-thirds of the second-to-last Spurs, and only a little more than half of the league-wide average.

On the contrary, the Rockets average 2nd in the league in three-pointers per game, slightly behind the New York Knicks, who are also very fond of shooting.

Although the Rockets' three-point shooting is not super accurate, and the shooting percentage is only 8th in the league, the overall effect after the amount is increased is very impressive.

In a word. Now the Rockets' style of play can be summed up as either three-point or basket.

The Rockets have Asik and Jefferson under the basket. Harden, Jeremy Lin, and Parsons on the outside can all break through through the front through pick-and-roll, which makes the next wing gap score even more simple and effective.

Parsons and Harden were the Rockets' main three-point shooters, and interestingly, Rockets coach McHale instructed his bench players to shoot more three-pointers. Plus the Rockets' offense is particularly fast-paced. So the Rockets have repeatedly played a terrifying score of 120+.

In fact, these things. As a tall and strong man who has been with the Rockets for 2 months, he understands, but the current personnel configuration of the Nets makes them a little powerless to stop the Rockets' offense.

Weakness on the inside has always been a problem, and Brooks hasn't been able to put pressure on Jeremy Lin effectively. Thinking of this, the tall and strong couldn't help but glance at Coach Johnson.

"Defend the basket, ...... the basket" Coach Johnson was repeatedly emphasizing the rebound in front of Lopez and Humphries.

Although the Nets are aware of the rebounding problem, it is clear that the current Nets team is not going to improve on this.

At the start of the second half, Nets center Lopez scored first, and his single hit Asik, a standard step-back turnaround jumper.

But then Asik and Jefferson continued to wreak havoc on the Nets' interior, with a loud "clang", and Asik finally won the dunk after grabbing consecutive rebounds in the front court and missing the basket.

With Asik's dunk, the score was stretched to 20 points again.

"Beep" At this time, the referee's whistle sounded, and the Nets players on the court all looked at the bench fiercely, and sure enough, Coach Johnson began to make substitutions.

After seeing Anderson and Stackhouse walking to the sidelines, the Nets' starting centers and point guards Lopez and Brooks silently walked to the sidelines with their heads down.

Despite scoring the Nets' current high 20 points, the Nets trailed by 20 points and were substituted by the coach in the third quarter, all of which made Lopez look very lonely.

"It looks like we won this game," Harden, the core of the Rockets, walked up to the tall man and whispered.

"Heh" The tall man glanced at the elated Harden, smiled bitterly and did not respond positively.

After the substitution, the game continued.

"You need to be more determined," the veteran Starkerhouse whispered as he passed by the tall man, "I'll create an offensive opportunity for you later."

"Smack", Stackhouse received a pass from his teammate at 45 degrees on the right side, and he made a feint to pass the ball to the bottom corner, which completely deceived Jeremy Lin.

When Jeremy Lin's center of gravity shifted, Stackhouse took the opportunity to go straight to the basket, but after attracting the Rockets' shrinking defense, Stackhouse passed the ball out of the same position where he had just cut in, and Tall and Strong appeared right in that position.

After receiving the ball, there was no pause, and the tall and strong shot directly with three points, and the ball flew straight to the basket in a parabola in the air.

But with a "dang" sound, the tall and strong in this game still had no results outside the three-point line.

"Ugh" the entire Barclays Center Hall sighed, while Rockets interior Asik and Jefferson smiled and pounced on the rebound.

With a "snap", just when Asik thought that the rebound was nine out of ten, the Nets' new "Birdman" Anderson suddenly appeared from the side, jumped high and slammed the ball out of the interior before Asik.

The ball was snatched up by Starkerhouse, who immediately passed the ball to Gao Dazhuang again.

The unguarded tall and strong jumped again in the same position, and this time, with a "brush", the tall and strong hit a three-point shot.

"We should still have a chance," said the tall man after the goal, looking at Starhouse and Anderson running towards him, and said silently in his heart. (To be continued......)