Chapter 274: Winning in Overtime
In the fourth quarter of the game, the Rockets launched a fast break at the beginning: after the Trail Blazers Lillard shot the iron, Gao Da Zhuang grabbed the rebound while Harden had already made a fast break to the front, and Gao Da Zhuang made a long pass to help Harden fly to the basket, and then Matthews, who was back behind Harden, made a tough foul on Harden who was flying in the air.
"Peng" Harden fell heavily to the bottom floor, and the referee immediately blew for a foul on Matthews, but fortunately, Harden was fine, immediately got up to the free throw line and hit both free throws, and the Rockets took a good lead at the beginning.
The Rockets' defensive counterattack in the fourth quarter played very well, and Lillard's layup in the next round was once again defended by Asik under the basket, Harden grabbed the defensive rebound, and then the tall and strong quickly counterattacked to the frontcourt, and Harden responded with an assist to the tall and strong fast attack.
"Drink" the tall and strong smashed into the opponent's basket, and jumped high, escorting the ball into the basket with both hands.
At this time, the tall and strong and Harden are like a pair of tacit combinations, and this pair of offensive and sharp guard lines has caused a lot of trouble for the Trail Blazers.
At 3 minutes and 25 seconds in the fourth quarter, Gao Dazhuang used cover to break through the ball in the positional battle, and Harden, who was one step inside the three-point line on the right side, received a pass from Gao Dazhuang and hit a long-range 2-pointer.
5 minutes and 54 seconds, Gao Dazhuang grabbed the defensive rebound and advanced quickly, quickly hitting the top three-point line in the front court, Harden also followed up to the right three-point line, Gao Dazhuang quickly distributed the ball to Harden, who made a decisive shot and hit a three-point shot, and the Rockets played a classic 7-second offensive cooperation from defense to offense this time.
At 6 minutes and 47 seconds, Gao Dazhuang grabbed the defensive rebound again, and then quickly advanced the ball to the front court, at this time Harden also ran from the left to the Trail Blazers basket, and Gao Dazhuang made a "no looking" pass to help Harden make another layup.
At 8 minutes and 12 seconds, after the Trail Blazers missed consecutive strong attacks under the basket, Gao Dazhuang grabbed an important rebound again, and helped Harden win a one-handed dunk with a long pass throughout the whole process.
Gao Dazhuang and Harden connected to revitalize the Rockets' overall offense, and fired inside and outside to completely tear apart the Trail Blazers defense.
At 105:94, less than 4 minutes before the end of the game, the Rockets leading the Trail Blazers by 11 points were all too smooth.
But just when the Rockets thought the big picture was fixed, the Trail Blazers suddenly broke out.
"Brush", first of all, the core player of the Trail Blazers, Aldridge, singled Patterson with his back and hit a backward jumper, which officially kicked off the Trail Blazers' counterattack.
Aldridge then hit a half-volley near the free throw line, and after the Rockets failed to attack, he countered and scored six points in a row.
At this time, the Rockets' offense suddenly went silent, Patterson's layup was unexpectedly deflected, and the Trail Blazers counterattacked again.
Aldridge and Lillard, who were closely followed, played a pick-and-roll, and after getting rid of the defense, he scored his eighth point in the single quarter.
With 30 seconds left in the game, Aldridge hit a buzzer-beating three-pointer from outside the three-point line from Lillard.
With Aldridge's personal 11 points in a row, the Trail Blazers equalized the score with the cheers of the fans.
Both sides then had one chance to attack, but neither took the chance and the game went into extra time.
Because in the last 3 minutes of the game, the Trail Blazers deliberately cut off the continuity between Harden and Tall Strong, and the Rockets' offense was suddenly dumbfounded, so Rockets assistant coach Sampson sent Jeremy Lin, an in-form starting point guard, in overtime, hoping that he could change the situation on the court.
Jeremy Lin immediately came on the court with a NOPASS assist for Asik's dunk, and the Rockets scored first in overtime, but they didn't expect this to be the only bright spot in overtime.
"Brush" Aldridge was still steady, and an unsolvable turnaround and backward jumper leveled the score.
And the Rockets Harden hit the inside line after a series of dumpers, but his layup was off the basket, and in the fourth quarter, this was already Harden's 4 consecutive misses.
107:107
With a "dang", the Trail Blazers' Lillard missed a pull-up jump shot, but Aldridge hit a layup with a touch under the basket, and the Trail Blazers took the lead in overtime.
Rockets power forward Patterson lacks height, so the Rockets tend to be in a very passive situation when facing the opposition's top power forward.
Trail Blazers power forward Aldridge is a big forward in the league, his arm span is about 7 feet 5, his movements are extremely agile, the jump rate is quite amazing, he has a complete set of offensive pace with a basket on the back, the basic skills are solid, the basket attack is very threatening, and he can also pull the outside shot, the feel is very soft, in the face of such an excellent power forward, Patterson of the Rockets was helplessly blown up.
107:109
"Hey" was just as the tall man was about to break through with the ball when he suddenly heard Harden shouting, who was jamming Matthews on the wing and asking for the ball.
Gao Dazhuang hesitated for a second, but still passed the ball to Harden, who had a very strong offense, and ran over to cover Harden.
However, Harden obviously couldn't wait, and after receiving the ball, he turned around and directly singled Matthews simply and roughly.
Continuous crotch dribbling, shaking, step-back, ...... After a series of difficult moves, Harden chose a mid-range jumper, but a "dang" sound also made him miss 5 consecutive shots.
The Trail Blazers immediately fought back.
The "snap" ball was handed over to Aldridge again, and at this time, Rockets Patterson and Asik immediately came up to wrap Aldridge.
However, Aldridge faced the Rockets' two-man wrap-up, did not retreat in the slightest, and in the face of Patterson's close defense and Asik's supplemental defense, Aldridge suddenly adopted a step-back jumper after making a two-step break, and all that was left was Patterson's jump shot near the paint area.
"Brush" Aldridge scored another goal.
107:111
At this time, the Rockets Harden has also been red-eyed, in the face of Matthews' defense, Harden did not hesitate to cut directly from the left hand side into the inside, Matthews kept sliding back and failed to catch up with Harden's footsteps, but at the moment when Harden made a layup, there was a "snap", and Aldridge, the Trail Blazers power forward on the side, slapped Harden's layup off the cap.
But fortunately, the basketball that was fanned off happened to fall into the hands of Gao Dazhuang, who took advantage of the chaos of the Trail Blazers' interior line, stepped into the restricted area, and made a defensive foul on the Trail Blazer Batum.
"Brush" and "Brush" hit both free throws, giving the Rockets a chance to breathe, 109:111.
The Trail Blazers offense is still looking for Aldridge, "snap", the moment Aldridge received the ball, not only Asik and Patterson teamed up, but even Harden, who had just been blocked by Aldridge, withdrew to the restricted area to prepare for a steal.
However, Aldridge passed the ball very calmly, and Matthews, who was unmarked outside the three-point line, hit a three-point shot.
109:114
"Damn, what about defense?" Seeing such a serious leakage, Gao Dazhuang couldn't help but roar angrily.
"Boy, I'm just going to help defend and do your own thing" Facing the team's "rookie" question, Harden, as the core, immediately responded without showing weakness.
Seeing that the two were about to break out into a fierce quarrel, all the players of the Rockets immediately surrounded them, and the Rockets once again had a discordant scene on the court, which also made the reporters on the court keep shooting wildly.
The Rockets were forced to call a timeout, but Harden missed consecutive shots, blocked shots, and choked by tall and strong, and the angry team core Aldridge completely ignored the advice of Assistant Sampson.
After the timeout, Harden "succeeded" to extend his streak of five missed shots to six.
The Rockets also lost the last chance to turn the tables, 109-116, and finally the Rockets hated the away and lost to the Trail Blazers again.
The best player of the game was undoubtedly Trail Blazers power forward Aldridge, who led the Trail Blazers to a successful comeback, scoring 38 points, eight rebounds and two assists on 14-of-22 shooting and 9-of-10 free throws.
However, Lillard, a super rookie of the Trail Blazers, played mediarly, shooting 6-of-15 from the field and 4-of-6 from the free-throw line, finishing with 17 points, three rebounds and six assists.
The highest scorer on the Rockets' side was Harden, who scored 35 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, although the statistics were good, but his efficiency was very low, only 9 of 25 shots, but 14 of 17 free throws were very eye-catching, and also showed his aggressive play.
The Rockets' bench player, "Tanhuaxiu" Gao Dazhuang, played a classic game, shooting 7 of 11 from the field, 6 free throws, scoring 21 points, 16 assists and 10 rebounds, once again hitting a triple-double, and its assists hit a new high, and it was precisely because of its success in revitalizing the whole team that the Rockets once took a 10-point lead.
In stark contrast, the Rockets' starting point guard Jeremy Lin, although his offense is also strong, but his shooting percentage of 2 of 9 only allowed him to score 4 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists.
The Rockets lost the game in overtime, which also made the Rockets fans very angry.
"Ball Tyrant"
"If you can't do it, you won't pass the ball!"
"Harden was beaten back to square one"
"Harden has the potential to be a superstar, how can the Thunder release him"
"Harden Cancer ......"
"James No Pass, Harden"
-- Rockets fans on the Internet are starting to blast their new core, Harden.
At the same time, the other member of Team Rocket was sprayed even more.
"Jeremy Lin, garbage"
"He doesn't know how to play at all"
"Soft Eggs"
"Go back to New York"
"The most humiliating signing ever"
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