In Wen Hao's uneasiness, the two sides continued to play in the last three minutes of the second quarter. As soon as Durant came up, he faced Wen Hao after getting the ball, and his piercing gaze made people believe that he would definitely kill Wen Hao on the court.

Wen Hao did not flinch, as soon as Durant got the ball, he continued to drill into Durant's arms.

Durant was full of resentment in his heart at this time, and he forced himself to squeeze past Wen Hao with his body.

Wen Hao obviously didn't expect Durant to break through with his body at this time and be left aside for a while, but he didn't give up, but stuck his chest against Durant, so that his speed couldn't get up, and his height couldn't get up. Durant was furious in his heart, and while squeezing Wen Hao away, he threw his arm in Wen Hao's face.

Wen Hao only felt a pain on his face, and immediately fell to the ground.

"Di Di ......"

The referee's shrill and hurried whistle blew. Durant offensive foul!

Durant was angry at this time, and turned around to go to the referee with the ball, but fortunately, Ibaka next to him hugged Durant and pulled back to the Thunder's half.

"Durant has been...... said the commentator on the sidelines.

"It's rare to see Durant so angry." The other narrator was a little strange.

"As a leader, Durant certainly has to stay calm at all times. But facing Wen Hao today, he obviously felt that he had the strength to crush Wen Hao in an instant, but under Wen Hao's defense, he just couldn't use his strength, so he was angry and not calm. ”

"I see, so if the Rockets are going to win today, Wen Hao will contribute to Durant's defense."

……

Durant was returned to the Thunder half by Ibakara, and the head coach on the sidelines had only one sentence to Durant at this time: "You are a leader, you have to stay calm at all times, otherwise you can't win, you can't win the championship!" ”

As soon as Coach Brooks said this, Durant was shocked and suddenly felt a chill in his back. I've always been very calm, but just now I almost lost control. Today, under the defense of the Rockets' organized guard, he almost lost his mind.

Calm down, be sure to be calm, for the championship!

With this in mind, Durant took a few deep breaths and gradually calmed down.

He was such a good leader that when he realized his mistakes, he was able to correct them immediately.

The game continued, Wen Hao dribbled and attacked, and in the face of Wei Shao's defense, he dribbled to the left first. One step of the ball, then a left-handed back-to-back pass to Harden. Harden was also unambiguous, hitting a three-point shot to help the Rockets stretch the margin to 21 points. The Thunder are even more sluggish.

Turning back, the Thunder continued to give the ball to Durant. They think so: only if Durant is turned on, everyone else can be opened.

However, Durant faced Wen Hao's drilly defense, but he couldn't dribble and shoot at all. So no matter how good he is, without dribbling and shooting, it's all just empty talk.

In desperation, he had to pass the ball out. Wei Shao dribbled the ball and broke through to the inside line of the Rockets, facing the guards of the twin towers, he still couldn't shoot, so he had to pass the ball out of the outside again.

After three passes and two passes, the ball came to Durant again.

After Durant received the ball, he immediately took the ball and jumped while Wen Hao hadn't gotten into his arms. With a bang, the basketball went into the net.

As soon as this goal was scored, Durant's heart suddenly lit up. Yes, although I can't dribble the ball, I can catch the ball and shoot. Your own hit rate is absolutely guaranteed.

In fact, if other players were defending Durant, he would have already thought of this solution. But Wen Hao's defense today always made him feel that he could crush Wen Hao in an instant. Under this kind of thinking, he was bent on attacking Wen Hao with the ball, and he drilled the tip of the horns, but in the end, he couldn't think of attacking in such a way.

Not only Durant, but even the coaches thought that Durant could abuse Wen Hao with blood, so they didn't think too much about it at all, who would have expected that in the end, Durant would be prevented by them like this.

The Rockets scored another goal. Looking back, when the Thunder were attacking, Durant didn't hold the ball, but ran without the ball. Although he has always liked to attack with the ball, today he was treated in special circumstances, and he ran without the ball and then looked for opportunities, which is obviously more effective than attacking with the ball. It's also a little easier.

Westbrook wanted to pass the ball to Durant several times, but when he saw that Durant didn't mean to receive the ball at all, he immediately planned to attack it himself.

But at this moment, Durant shouted while going around the inside line: "Pass the ball!" ”

Wei Shao didn't dare to delay and hurriedly passed the ball to Durant.

After Durant received the ball and half-turned, he pulled it up and shot.

Even though Wen Hao had already followed at this time, Durant was tall and had long arms, and as long as Durant lifted the ball, he couldn't block it at all, and could only watch Durant hit a three-pointer.

"Oh no......" Wen Hao thought to himself.

In fact, before he took the initiative to defend Durant, he had already thought of this result. He knew that Durant would definitely think of such a catch-and-shoot jumper to deal with his defense. And at a time like this, he won't be able to do anything about Durant's offense. But in that case, he could only do that. After all, it's better to let Durant explode later than in the first quarter. And now the Rockets are still leading by 17 points, and as long as the Rockets work together, they may not be able to keep their first home court.

In another round, the Rockets' offense missed, and Durant ran out after another round on the inside.

Wei Shao didn't need to be reminded at this time, seeing Durant running out, he passed the ball directly. Durant hit another catch-and-shoot jumper again.

Within this minute, he made three shots and three shots, scoring seven points in a row.

Durant erupted.

Wen Hao saw that the head coach McHale on the sidelines was still sitting there steadily, and he had no intention of calling a timeout. He immediately signaled a timeout to the referee and asked for a timeout for the Rockets.

In the live broadcast room of Xinlang, the beautiful commentator Zhou Ling'an's face was a little solemn at this time: "Wen Hao's defense of Durant has lost its effect, and Durant has exploded. Wen Hao couldn't guard against Durant at all. ”

Ke Fan said: "Yes, Durant's shooting rate is so high that it is perverted, and at this time, it is a catch-and-shoot method, and if this continues, Wen Hao's drill-style defense will be useless." If this continues, Wen Hao can't prevent Durant at all. ”

Yang Yi said: "The Rockets are leading by nearly 20 points, and McHale is not in a hurry at this time, and he did not call a timeout. Don't you know that Durant's true colors of killing gods have been exposed at this time, if you don't call a timeout to arrange the defense and let Durant explode, then the Rockets will be finished. ”

So Wen Hao called a timeout. As an organizational defender, the big picture is very important, and Wen Hao saw this, so he called a timeout. From this point of view, Wen Hao is indeed a very good point guard. ”

McHale saw that Wen Hao took the initiative to call a timeout at this time, and he didn't blame Wen Hao. In fact, he was hesitant to call a timeout just now, and he planned to call it after the next Durant hit. But now that Wen Hao has called in advance, this is not a good thing.

"Coach, my defense is failing, we have to change the defense, Durant is going to explode." Wen Hao said to McHale as soon as he was on the scene.

"Well, I'm thinking about it too." McHale said, "The idea is to wrap the bag, and we have to go to the bag. ”

"But if Durant passes the ball out, then someone else has an open shot." Wen Hao said.

"In this situation, it's always much better for someone else to shoot than for Durant to shoot. And when we're defending, we try to retract as much as possible after the pack, so that even if our players have a chance to shoot, they can only be on the outside, and they can't get inside. That should be a lot better. McHale said.

Wen Hao was silent, there is only this method at this time, even if this is the case, the rocket will play very passively, and it is very likely that the whole Thunder team will open, but there is no way. Otherwise, the defense against Durant will really be a headache for the Rockets. Durant is the kind of player who can kill the whole team by himself.

Soon, the timeout came back and the Rockets went on offense. Wen Hao passed the ball to Warcraft and let him dunk one on the inside.

And when it was the Thunder's turn to attack, as soon as Durant received the ball, two Rockets players immediately went up to cover it.

But Durant was not afraid, and the catch-and-shoot just now gave him a taste of sweetness, even in the face of the two-man bag, but before their bag was formed, he had already received the ball and shot, so that the Rockets' bag was completely useless.

"Huh."

Once again, the basketball hit hollow shots.

McHale was shocked when he saw this, although he knew that Durant was tough, he could still hit under the two, which was also too strong.

In another round, the Rockets players took a trap on Durant as soon as they came up, making him unable to catch the ball at all. Only then can Durant be prevented from hitting the basket. But in this way, one person will inevitably be missed, and the defense against Wei Shao will be a little loose. Wei Shao took the opportunity to score 6 points in a row and assisted his teammates to score.

By the end of the first half, the Thunder had narrowed the gap to 14 points.

At this time, the Rockets players finally felt the toughness of the Thunder and Durant's toughness.

Under Durant's perverted scoring ability, let alone leading by 18 points, even if he leads by 28 points and 38 points, he may not necessarily win.

At halftime, although the Rockets led by 14 points, there was no joy at all at the Toyota Center. In the minutes near the end of the first half, the Thunder's strong ability to chase points made the Rockets players already worried. The lead of 21 points at the maximum was recovered by 7 points just over three minutes. There are still two quarters left, and the remaining 14 points are enough? (To be continued.) )