Wen Hao used Rondo's signature fake fax layup behind to fool Rondo and scored a layup. The entire Rockets players were boiling, while the North Shore Garden Arena was silent, and the fans in the stadium stopped talking. How could the opponent not be silent when they scored a goal on their trump head with their trump card's signature move? And more importantly, the Rockets' two consecutive defensive counterattacks have expanded the contrast to 8 points, and they have to be silent.

Celtics head coach Stevens called a timeout.

In the third quarter, the fight was called a timeout after only half a minute and two rounds, which only showed that the Rockets' offense was too fierce.

Stevens had already seen the way the Rockets were defending just now, and said to the Celtics players: "In these two rounds, the Rockets adjusted their defensive strategy, they deliberately let you into the interior, and then their tall center went to make up for it. So we didn't make it twice. ”

"What then? Are we just going to sit back and wait? Babu asked anxiously. He's the quintessential type of player who has no strategy.

"No, of course we have a way," Stevens said, "and we just have to shoot on the outside, and we don't have to break through to the inside." Babu, you're a player with outside shots, you and small forwards, big forwards all hit outside shots. Rondo is not very consistent from the outside, so you continue to feint and break through and then distribute the ball to the outside. Be sure to let the outside line be thrown away. ”

"I see." Rondo said.

The timeout came back and the Celtics attacked. Rondo faced Wen Hao, and he passed Wen Hao in one step. But this time he didn't go deeper, and seeing that Howard was about to come over to make up for it, he suddenly threw the ball to Babu on the outside.

After Babu got the ball, he was about to shoot according to the coach's arrangement, but when he shot, he suddenly found that Harden did not retreat to the interior to make up for the defense, but was always in front of him. In desperation, he had to pass the ball to their small forward, who shot more three-point from three-point range than him.

But when he passed the ball, he found out that Parsons of the Rockets also stepped on the three-point line and prevented the Celtics from shooting three-pointers.

As a result, the Celtics had no chance to shoot three-pointers, so they had to keep passing the ball, and finally made a hasty shot when the offensive time was almost up, and naturally they couldn't hit.

The Rockets attacked, and although Jones missed a three-point shot, Howard grabbed the rebound, attacked twice, and scored another shot. The Rockets have stretched the margin to 10 points.

The Celtics continued to attack, and this time Rondo dribbled and watched closely. He finally realized that the Rockets' defense was fundamentally aimed at their offense. Stepping on the three-point line defense makes it impossible for them to shoot threes at all. But if they burst in and there is a tall center inside to complement them, they still can't make a shot.

Rondo dribbles the ball while thinking of a way. Suddenly, his eyes fell on their center, Joel? Anthony's body.

The Rockets defended their breakouts, prevented them from shooting three-pointers, but didn't prevent them from cooperating with the center. As long as Joel Anthony gets this point through, then the next thing will be easy.

Thinking of this, Rondo broke through Wen Hao again, passed Wen Hao in one step, and faced Howard who came over to make up for the defense, he threw the ball high. The basketball went over Howard's head and into the unguarded Joel? Anthony in his hands. Joel? When Anthony saw this opportunity, how could he let it go, and he got up with the ball.

But at this moment, Howard, who was still two steps away from him, suddenly turned around, made a short run, jumped high, like an eagle catching a sparrow, and directly cut Joel in the air? Anthony shot down.

Rondo was shocked, it seems that he underestimated Howard's defensive ability, and at the same time overestimated Joel? Anthony's finishing ability. The next ball must not be played like this.

Turning back to the Rockets' offense, Wen Hao missed a shot, and the Celtics took the rebound and came to the frontcourt. Rondo faced Moon Hao again.

Wen Hao guessed that Rondo had failed to attack the interior several times just now, and this time it was very likely that he would make a jumper, so he pressed more to prevent Rondo from shooting.

But unexpectedly, Rondo's footsteps slipped and he burst past him again. When Howard came over to make up for the defense, Rondo hit the ground with the ball in his hand and passed it to Joel from Howard's feet? Anthony. That's what he came up with. It's faster to pass the ball, and once Howard leaves, it's hard to chase it back, and Anthony should have dunked it this time.

But what he didn't expect was that after Howard lost his position, he turned around and pounced on Anthony as soon as possible.

Originally, Anthony had a chance to dunk, but maybe it was Howard's block just now that made him a little scared, and when he saw Howard pounce, he hurriedly took the ball down and shook it.

But as a centre-forward, once the ball is taken down, it's hard to pick it up again. With Howard on top and Harden and Parsons on top, Joel? Anthony simply couldn't handle the ball. Moments later, the referee's whistle blew - three seconds of offense!

At this moment, the entire North Shore Garden Arena was clamoring, and the fans kept shouting and scolding the referee. But the referee didn't waver in the slightest and gave the ball to the Rockets.

And the Rockets did not waste this opportunity, during the attack, Wen Hao and Howard completed a very clever cooperation, and in the end, Howard sent Wen Hao an air relay. Wen Hao's bounce is limited, and he can only throw the ball into the basket after receiving the ball in the air, and cannot dunk it directly. But even so, it's a brilliant fit.

At this time, the Celtics head coach had to call a timeout again, they were already 12 points behind, and if they didn't call a timeout, it would be the rhythm of the flower. After a pause, Stevens just kept encouraging the players not to lose their fighting spirit and not to lose confidence. But as for how to break the Rockets' defense, he has no way at all.

In the live broadcast room, Ke Fan was a little strange: "The Rockets' defense today is very good, but this is not quite like McHale's style." ”

"That's true," Yang said, "McHale is a coach who focuses on offense and neglects defense. But today, the Rockets' defense did a good job, preventing the Celtics' outside shots, preventing their inside breakaways, and leaving the Celtics helpless. While they still have a lot more turnovers than the Celtics, they are now 12 points ahead of the Celtics thanks to their excellent defense. The Celtics have to figure out how to do it, otherwise they will have a hard time playing if they enter the final quarter with a margin of more than ten points. ”

But the Celtics didn't come up with any good ways to attack at this time, although there was a way worth trying, but that was too risky, and if it failed, then the Celtics would be a fiasco. He can't afford to put the Celtics in a crushing defeat in front of their home fans.

The timeout came back and the Celtics attacked. It was still Rondo who was in possession. He didn't rush to the frontcourt, but slowly advanced to the frontcourt while thinking of a way. Although the head coach couldn't come up with a good solution, as the leader of the team, the 17th captain of the Celtics, he couldn't just watch the Celtics lose and do nothing. He has to do something, he has to let his opponent know that even if he loses, they have to stand and lose.

Finally came to the front, facing Wen Hao's defense, Rondo took one step past Wen Hao and entered the inside line. Seeing that the monster Howard was about to come over to make up for the defense, he was not afraid at all, and rushed straight towards Howard with a gritted tooth. The other man had already jumped, but the ball in his hand did not hit, and when his body collided with Howard, he finally made a shot.

Naturally, Howard fouled and Rondo got two free throws. He stepped up to the free-throw line and hit it safely.

In the next ball, Rondo still rushed inside and headed straight for Howard, causing another foul on Howard. In this way, Howard, who had only one foul in the first two quarters, quickly got three fouls.

Seeing this, Gorman, the commentator on the sidelines, finally had a smile on his face that had been covered with a layer of gray for a long time: "I see, Rondo knows that the Rockets are powerful inside, so he wants to keep impacting the inside, make Howard fouls, and beat Howard down, smart, too smart." ”

"Yes, Rondo's basketball IQ is very high, and in the current situation, he can only rush in and make a kill, so that he can not only get a stable free throw, but also likely to beat Howard down. But with such a clever way of playing, why didn't he use it before? Didn't Stevens think of that? ”

"No, it's not that I didn't think of it, but I didn't dare to use it. Although this style of play is good, it belongs to the kind of play that kills 1,000 enemies and loses 800 yourself. Rondo playing like this is likely to cause his own fouls or mistakes. If that happens, the score will be pulled even further. ”

"I see. But now there is no other way but to use this method, fortunately it was Rondo who caused the foul of the monster and not his own foul......"

But before the commentator could say anything, Rondo had an offensive foul. Now his fouls have also come to three.

So on the next offense, he motioned for Babu to rush inside as well to attack Howard. Babu was slightly less capable than Rondo, and he finally got Howard a foul when he paid two fouls himself.

McHale had no choice but to replace Howard, who had committed four fouls.

As soon as Howard stepped off the stage, there was a burst of cheers throughout the North Shore Gardens. The Celtics players also breathed a sigh of relief, and without Howard, they faced a lot less pressure.

However, they did not take it easy for a few seconds before they faced a stronger sense of oppression. Because McHale sent a higher Yao than Warcraft.

Although Da Yao's athletic ability is a little worse than that of Warcraft, his height is more than ten centimeters higher than that of Warcraft, and his weight is also greater than that of Warcraft. Such a giant is on the field, and the sense of oppression caused to the opponent is almost suffocating.

"What should I do?" Babu asked Rondo.

"What else can I do? Spelled. Rondo replied, made up his mind, and still used the method he had just used to deal with the demonic beast to attack Da Yao. (To be continued.) )