Although Reggie? Miller secretly scolded McHale in his heart, but McHale had no intention of sending Wenhao to play. Him and Reggie? Miller, like that, sees the Rockets' current problems, but his solution is not to send Wen Hao, but to put Beverley, who has a better defense, on the court. As long as Beverley is on the court, he will definitely limit Dragic with his mad dog-like defense.

But it was clear that McHale was wrong. When Beverley came on the court, although he used crazy play to limit Dragic, the rest of the Suns' points had already been opened, and it was useless to limit Dragic at all. Finally, at the end of the first half, Phoenix once again widened the margin to 30 points.

In the center of Toyota, there was silence. With 30 points down at halftime, how can this game be played? What else does this make fans think?

Elena, Annie, and Yu Songmi Harper, who came to the scene, all secretly scolded McHale in their hearts at this time: Why don't you let Wen Hao play?

In Wen Hao's hometown, those villagers shouted and scolded one after another at this time: "This dead old man, Haowa played so well, why didn't you call him up?" ”

"Haowa has to steal your house bun, you always target Haowa."

"If I were Haowa, I would have to beat up that dead old coach, what a bad coach."

Wen Hao's father didn't speak, he was silent. It's not like I've never seen this situation before, and it seems that the coach still doesn't trust Wen Hao very much. But now that Wen Hao is not allowed to play, the Rockets are 30 points behind. Alas, I hope the coach will let Wen Hao play in the second half.

At this time, in the locker room of the Rockets, there was also silence. The air seemed to freeze, and everyone could hear their own heavy breathing, but no one spoke.

McHale kept his head down, constantly scratching something on the tactical board, but after one stroke, he frantically erased the tactics, and then scratched again, and then wiped again, and so on several times, but had no clue. Now that the Suns are on fire, no matter what tactics they use, they can't stop them, especially their three-pointers, like they're shooting crazy. The playoffs are a game of defense, and now you can't defend them at all, isn't this a loss?

……

The silence continued, and the only sound in the air was the breathing of the players. After a long time, Howard finally couldn't help it, and he said directly to McHale: "Coach, I think it's time to consider letting Wen Hao play in the second half?" ”

Howard's words were like stones falling into a calm lake, causing ripples on the ground as the Rockets players stepped up.

"Coach, let Wen Hao try it." Jones, who has a good relationship with Wen Hao, said.

"Coach, let Wen Hao go, after all, he played very well in the regular season." Parsons said.

"Coach, let him try." Beverley, who started in place of Wen Hao, also said at this time that although he thought that although he defended well, his grasp of the rhythm today was indeed a little difficult to convince.

Jeremy Lin also said to McHale: "Coach, let Wen Hao try, anyway, it's like this now." Just let him try, maybe it will work, it may not work. ”

Da Yao glanced at Wen Hao and said to McHale: "Coach, I think Wen Hao should be able to give it a try, although his defense is not very good, but he is very good offensively, he can lead the offense of our Rockets team." ”

McHale finally took his eyes off the tactical board at this point, and saw that so many Rockets players were begging him, and he was a little undecided. Glancing at the two assistant coaches, who, like him, couldn't make up their minds. So McHale finally looked at Harden, who had never said anything. The reason why McHale has never let Harden play is because Wen Hao and Harden's style of play is incompatible. Harden is a player who needs the ball in his hand, and Wen Hao can play without the ball, but only by giving the ball to his hand can he play his role to the greatest extent and drive the Rockets players to the greatest extent. And in this way, Harden's stats will suffer.

So when facing a weaker team like the Suns, McHale does not plan to send Wen Hao on the court. Because then it is very likely that Harden will be unhappy, which will have a big impact on the game after the second round. If Harden doesn't do it, the Rockets' losses will be great. Although such a possibility is very small, it has to be guarded against.

Harden saw that McHale looked at him, and everyone's eyes were focused on him, he was silent for a moment, finally nodded, and said silently: "Coach, let Wen Hao try." Although Harden was unhappy with Wen Hao, it was a matter of winning or losing the playoffs, and he had to let go of the dissatisfaction in his heart.

Seeing this, McHale finally made up his mind and looked at Wen Hao: "Wen Hao, you will play in the second half, and you must not let them pull the score apart." ”

Wen Hao saw that so many teammates came to intercede for him, obviously he had great expectations for himself, his heart was full of blood, he clenched his fists, and nodded heavily to the coach and teammates: "Don't worry, everyone, I will definitely do my best." ”

McHale said to Wen Hao: "But there is one thing I want to remind you, I hope you are mentally prepared. The playoffs are a defensive game, your defense is only average, and Dragic is the kind of player who sticks to the defensive type, and you have to figure out how to solve that. ”

Although the rest of the Rockets have great expectations for Wen Hao, they can't help but worry about Wen Hao, and they don't know how Wen Hao, who is not very good at defense, can defeat Dragic, who is a dead defender.

At this time, he saw Wen Hao laugh lightly twice and said, "If the defense is not good, I will use the attack." ”

McHale also chuckled twice: "Your idea is so naïve, there have been playoffs every year since there was N**A." So many years of playoff games have proven the truth: you can't win the playoffs without defense. Even if it's offense, it's on defense. Attacking alone will not work at all. ”

The Rockets players all nodded, although they all wanted Wen Hao to play, but the coach was right, no defense can be eaten in the playoffs at all.

Wen Hao shook his head and said, "Coach, why do we have to follow the previous rules? Experience is dead, people are alive, and if our offense is much better than theirs, can we win by attacking alone? And the Suns themselves are not very good defensively, as long as we use strong firepower to drive our momentum and convince them, I believe we can definitely defeat the Suns. ”

When McHale heard this, he suddenly felt a sense of enlightenment in his heart. That's right, I followed the previous experience too much, and I have formed a fixed thinking, and I didn't think about breaking through the previous tradition at all. Now when Wen Hao says this, it seems to have opened a window in his heart, and outside the window is a new world.

When the Rocket players heard Wen Hao's words, they also nodded in agreement.

McHale finally made up his mind: "Wen Hao, I won't arrange much in the second half, just do what you say, and use our powerful firepower to make them tremble." Be sure to do it! ”

"Don't worry, coach, it will be!" Wen Hao said firmly.

In contrast, in the Suns' locker room, their coach Hornacek told his players: "Very well done, 30 points ahead at halftime, victory is already beckoning." However, everyone should not take it lightly, and the next step must be to continue to suppress the Rocket team and make them completely lose their momentum. McHale is a traditional coach and he's going to continue to strengthen their defense in the second half, but we've all three points and as long as you keep the confidence in the threes, I'm sure we're going to shoot them." ”

If there is a word, it is long, and if there is no word, it is short. Soon, the second half of the game began.

When the Rockets came to the sidelines, they looked up and saw that one-fifth of the audience was empty, some of these people went to rest and went to the toilet and did not come back, and more of them saw that the Rockets were 30 points behind at halftime, there was no hope, and they had already driven home.

The match between the two sides began. Team Rocket sent Wen Hao.

"Well, McHale finally got the hang of it." Reggie? Miller said. I believe that there are countless fans who are in the same mind as him at this time.

"Oh, Team Rocket's savior." Big-mouthed Charles? Barkley said with a hint of sarcasm on his lips. Of course, his taunt was not directed at Wen Hao, but at Reggie? Miller's.

Miller smiled lightly: "Whether it's a savior or not, just watch his game." ”

At this time, the Rocket served, Wen Hao brought it to the frontcourt, and in the face of Dragic's defense, he opened his hand to make a three-point shot.

"Bang."

The basketball bounces out of the hoop.

Barkley laughed: "The savior really deserves to be the savior, as soon as he comes up, he throws three points, he is really the savior of the Suns, hahahaha......"

Reggie? Miller glared at Barkley, wanting to refute but couldn't find any words, after all, Wen Hao didn't score.

At this point, the Suns went on offense, and Dragic hit a three-pointer to extend the margin to 30 points. Barkley was even more proud, almost humming a little song and looking at Reggie? Miller.

McHale beat the drum in his heart: "Wen Hao, don't shoot casually, find a suitable opportunity to attack again." ”

While McHale was thinking this, Wen Hao had already dribbled to the front court again. Dragic who defended him didn't go too far ahead, he knew that Wen Hao had just come up and hadn't moved yet, so he didn't have to worry about it at all.

But when Wen Hao came to the three-point line, he raised his hand and hit another three-pointer.

Dragic wondered in his heart, although this kid didn't shoot the three points just now, but when he shot again, where did the confidence in his eyes come from? As if he was going to hit?

"Huh."

The refreshing sound proved Dragic's thoughts, and Wen Hao was in the middle of three points.

Dragic was stunned, but didn't think much of it. The quick dribble to the frontcourt, the shot again from beyond the three-point line, and the basketball hit steadily, and the margin was still 33 points.

But he wasn't happy yet, Wen Hao dribbled all the way to the frontcourt, and when the Suns were unprepared, he raised his hand and hit again!

Dragic was surprised that he couldn't prevent it.

What surprised him was not that Wen Hao hit another three points, but that Wen Hao had the strong confidence in his eyes when he shot three points, where did it come from? (To be continued.) )