In the last few minutes of the first quarter, Kobe Bryant had scored 14 points and 4 assists, and Harden also scored 10 points and 2 assists. Another highlight of this game, Wen Hao vs. Marshall, continued to run endlessly on the field. The audience was stunned.

Marshall is okay, running with Wen Hao on defense and still playing his part on offense, with eight points and four assists in the final three minutes of the first quarter. On Wen Hao's side, except for the opening 9 points, he almost made no achievements. Marshall's close-up defense left him unable to receive the ball at all, and without the ball he had no chance to perform.

Kobe Bryant glanced at Marshall and Wen Hao, nodded approvingly at Marshall, and then continued to play against the team's Harden.

Marshall was encouraged by Kobe Bryant, and became even more energetic, panting as Wen Hao ran, and said, "Do you think you can outrun me?" When I was in college, I was the first in the school at 5,000 meters. In terms of endurance, I will grind you to death. ”

Wen Hao didn't speak, just smiled slightly and continued his run. He, like Marshall, gasped for air, his chest heaving violently.

In fact, with the physical fitness of Wen Hao and Marshall, it is said that it is no problem to stick to the whole game, but they are training very hard. But the problem is that in the usual games, the two did not run so desperately on the field.

When the first quarter ended, Moon Hao still had his nine points untouched, while Marshall had already scored 10 points and four assists, and his performance was perfect.

At the end of the first quarter, actor Nicholson even got up and walked over and personally encouraged Marshall: "Young man, you are doing a great job. Continue to defend him with your close defense in the next quarter. In the first quarter, except for the three three-pointers in the opening game, he was prevented by you and did not score a single assist. You've done a fantastic job. ”

Marshall was praised by Nicholson, and his heart was even more refreshed. Being praised by a big man like Nicholson is also an exciting thing for the Lakers players. In the excitement, Marshall said to Nicholson: "Don't worry, I'm going to kill that Rockets player." On the offensive end, I'm going to give him a taste of what I'm good at. ”

Bryant next to him saw that Marshall was so energetic, and he also cast an approving look at him. Kobe's favorite thing is someone who has a strong competitive spirit.

But at the same time, what Nicholson and Kobe Bryant didn't know was that Marshall was already secretly complaining in his heart: "That idiot, play ball, you always run." I'm a little more physically fit than that kid, but it's not that much better. If he continues to run like this, he will be wasted, and my physical strength will be exhausted by then. There's still the last two quarters here, how do I play? Alas, I just hope this stupid boy doesn't run around so much in the second quarter. It's better to take advantage of this time to take a break. ”

On the Rockets' side, after McHale made arrangements for the others, he turned to Wen Hao and said, "Wen Hao, I know you want to consume his physical strength, but you also have to save your physical strength." If it continues like this, I'm afraid I won't be able to play in the second half at all. ”

Wen Hao smiled at McHale and said, "Don't worry, coach, I'm measured." ”

As he spoke, the second quarter had already played five minutes. The Rockets' benches have Jeremy Lin and Asik there, but it didn't let the Lakers narrow the gap again. At this time, the coaches of both sides sent the first lineup, Kobe Bryant continued to play against Harden, and Wen Hao continued to play against Marshall.

Marshall's physical fitness had already decreased a little at this time, and he expected Wen Hao's physical fitness to also decline, so he relaxed his defense against Wen Hao. But it was such a loose move, and Wen Hao caught the opportunity, and he scored two three-pointers in a row. Marshall was shocked and angry when he saw this, and hurriedly sacrificed his magic weapon to defend closely, and then locked Wen Hao to death again.

After playing for two minutes, Kobe Bryant's hand was hot, plus Marshallnick? Yang and other outside touches also came, and the Lakers chased the difference to only 2 points. At this time, the most important thing for the Rockets is to prevent the Lakers' outside three-pointers, but the inside twin towers can't be defended at all, and McHale has to replace Da Yao, one of the twin towers.

And in this way, the Lakers are even more crazy, and their pace is faster, so fast that the Rockets can't keep up with their rhythm at all. In just three minutes, they completely reversed the score and led the Rockets by 5 points.

McHale was already about to call a timeout on the sidelines, but Wen Hao shook his head at McHale in advance.

McHale was stunned, then hesitantly sat back in his seat. According to his previous experience, he still believes in Wen Hao, but this is a playoffs, and there is no room for error. So McHale was a little hesitant.

Wen Hao continued to run back and forth on the field at this time, drilling back and forth on the inside, but he just didn't catch the ball. Marshall did not dare to relax his defense against Wen Hao at this time, and continued to drill around with Wen Hao.

Now let's go back and talk about why Wen Hao didn't let the coach call a timeout just now. Because he is running so desperately for? Isn't it just to drain Marshallese's physical energy? Now that it's easy to make Marshall's breath slow down, you can't give him a chance to breathe. If the coach called a timeout, wouldn't that be just the right time for Marshall to take a break? In addition, Kobe Bryant is already old, although he will not be soft at critical moments, but in non-stop games, his physical fitness will inevitably decline, and his state will inevitably fluctuate. Now that he is playing this meeting, he is no longer too hard to carry Harden, but chooses to pass the ball more. So you can't call a timeout to let Kobe recover his strength.

After five more minutes, the Lakers' offense was still extremely fast, and their hand was smooth, stretching the margin to 10 points. At this time, the entire Staples Center was in jubilation. If this continues, wouldn't the Lakers' third victory be a good match?

The commentary on the sidelines also kept saying good things about the Lakers, and everything seemed to be moving in the direction of the Lakers' favor.

But at this moment, Marshall's pass during a fast break suddenly made a mistake, and it was passed to De on the sidelines? Anthony. This surprised the fans. But that's not all, and then another dribble was broken, and the shot was far off. The Rockets took this opportunity to counterattack and instantly narrowed the gap to 3 points.

Morality? Only then did Anthony realize that something was wrong and hurriedly called a timeout. Marshall was sweating like rain, wheezing like an ox, and his chest heaving violently like a bellows. glanced at Wen Hao on the other side, and saw that the kid was even more terrifying than himself, his little face was pale, but the neck was red, and the green tendons on his arms were like a snake. It's obviously more physically exertional than your own.

Marshall secretly scolded in his heart: "This kid, if you don't want to live, you just have to pull me up." Won't you stop for a while after giving birth? Do you really want to run to death? ”

Morality? Anthony had already seen that Marshall's poor condition was due to his physical fitness, but he could only call a timeout to rest him for two minutes, but he couldn't replace him, after all, the Suns now have basically no qualified point guards except Marshall. Although Nash is still there, he is too old to let him play at this critical time.

Two minutes later, Marshall kept scolding Wen Hao in his heart for not dying, but he had to continue to play. But after he came on the field, he ran with Wen Hao for less than a minute, and his speed slowed down. He felt that he could barely keep up with Wen Hao's footsteps.

In fact, Wen Hao was also in extreme pain at this time, he only hated that his throat was too thin and he couldn't inhale more air. But in order to run to death, even if you run to death, you will not hesitate to die.

Finally, when the half ended, Marshall was completely relieved as if he had been amnesty, dragging his two heavy legs and slowly squirming towards the players' tunnel.

Wen Hao, on the other hand, simply sat down on the spot, and after wheezing for five minutes, he slowly got up.

However, when he saw Marshall's stumbling back, the corners of his mouth once again curved.

At halftime, in the Lakers' locker room, Marshall barely spoke, resting against the closet with his head up and his eyes closed. The coach didn't even answer when he asked him twice if he was okay.

On Team Rocket's side, Wen Hao directly found a corner and lay there. He was really about to run to death, and he secretly said in his heart: This is really not a human thing.

At this time, Mullin, the commentator at the scene, was surprised at why Wen Hao ran like this in the first half, and said: "In the first half, Marshall scored 18 points and 7 assists, while Wen Hao didn't even have an assist except for 5 three-pointers, and his offense was almost locked by Marshall's close defense." ”

"For the Rockets, Wen Hao's greatest value is not his scoring, but his assists," Gerner said. But after the first half today, he didn't have a single assist, and Marshall's defense against him today was very successful. ”

And Wen Hao didn't know why, running endlessly on the court, which made his physical fitness drop greatly, and it seemed that it would be difficult to continue playing in the third quarter. And without him, the Rockets will have more difficulty winning today. ”

Soon, the third quarter continued. The Lakers naturally sent their main players on the court, and the Rockets also started all of them.

Marshall has recovered some of his strength after the half-time break. He looked at Wen Hao of the Rocket team, and said secretly in his heart: "This kid shouldn't run like that in the second half." He almost died on the spot at the end of the first half. ”

And Marshall also had an extra eye this time, and after he came on the court in the third quarter, he immediately adopted a close defense against Wen Hao to prevent him from shooting three points like at the beginning of the first two quarters.

But, unsurprisingly, just like previous matches, Moon Hao's behavior will always surprise everyone. His thinking is simply not understandable to the average player.

[There is still only this one watch today, starting tomorrow, two shifts a day in the future, and there will be no less than a day. I also hope that everyone will recommend it no less. (To be continued.) )