Wen Hao jumped in the air with a volleyball-style pass to assist Da Yao to score in the air, and the entire Toyota Center was boiling instantly, and Little Carter in the audience completely ignored the feelings of the audience behind him, jumped up, and kept shouting. The two commentators also praised Wen Hao vigorously.

On the court, Harden looked at Wen Hao with a little surprise in his eyes. However, after this surprise, a trace of unhappiness emerged.

As for Owen, who was defending Wen Hao, he looked at Wen Hao, and the previous disdain for Wen Hao on his face had disappeared, replaced by solemnity. This solemn expression can only show one thing that he has regarded Wen Hao as his opponent. He took the ball, dribbled it to the front court, faced Wen Hao's defense, changed direction directly behind his back, and then relied on his body to quickly squeeze past Wen Hao's side and score inside.

He turned his head and glanced at Wen Hao with a cold look in his eyes. Wen Hao didn't feel anything, but when the Cavaliers players saw Irving's gaze, they thought to themselves, they knew that Irving was going to make a big move.

Sure enough, when Wen Hao of the Rockets passed to Harden, Harden missed three points, was grabbed by Irving, and rushed all the way to the frontcourt, scoring a goal against Harden, and causing Harden's foul, which was a 2+1.

But that's just the beginning.

When Irving played this 2+1, he seemed to have a lot of self-confidence, not only always rushing to the basket, but also constantly firing from the outside. Within six minutes, he made five of six shots and three of three three-pointers to lead the Cavaliers by seven points.

Although Wen Hao's organization is excellent, the Rockets' offense always stagnates for a few seconds or even a dozen seconds as long as the ball is in Harden's hands, which gives the Cavaliers enough time to set up defense. So much so that the Rockets couldn't close the score until the end of the first half.

Cavaliers head coach Brown saw that Irving was playing so hard in the second quarter, and he didn't remind him to pay attention to conserving his strength. He knew that Irving wanted to lead the Rockets as much as possible in the second quarter, which would greatly demoralize the Rockets. As long as the lead is large, he doesn't have to play at the beginning of the third quarter, and his physical strength can be supported by such a long break at halftime

In the end, at the end of the first half, the Cavaliers led the Rockets by eight points, 58-50.

Rockets head coach McHale was a little helpless, although he didn't want to admit it in person, but he had already tacitly acquiesced to the fact that Wen Hao was a very good playmaker.

Wen Hao is a great playmaker, and Harden is a good finisher, but the fact that these two can't have any chemistry really makes him a little big. It seems that the problem of Harden and Wen Hao being incompatible has not been solved. In the second half, Wen Hao could only be allowed to rest first.

In Wen Hao's hometown, those villagers saw that the Rocket team was 8 points behind, and after they were silent for a moment, one of the villagers finally spoke: "What's the matter, I was ahead just now, and I was 8 points behind in the blink of an eye, what is going on?" ”

"Didn't you say that Wen Hao was a big master, and the rocket won as soon as he got on the field? Why are you lagging behind again? ”

"I see, it's all because of that long beard, he didn't play and the Rockets were still ahead, and he fell behind as soon as he played."

"I think too, that long beard doesn't look like a good person, who has such a long beard?" The reason for this villager is obviously very strange.

"But winning first is not winning, laughing last is winning, you see, the Rockets will definitely win in the end. Isn't there a Hao Wali? ”

"That's right, with Haowa here, you can definitely win."

"Our Haowa is a big master, just like those old men who sweep the floor and watch the door in martial arts, as long as he makes a move, all of them have to be placed on the ground."

This sentence made the villagers laugh one by one.

But Wen Hao's father couldn't laugh, although he didn't know much about football, he vaguely felt that it was not so easy for the Rockets to win today.

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"It seems that something is wrong with today's rockets." Drexler said at halftime.

"It's true that their ball doesn't run very smoothly, especially when Harden is on the court. It feels like he's on a team and the other four are on a team. Brad said. Speaking of this, he was also taken aback by his own words, it stands to reason that the boss of a team should be the core, and everyone else should revolve around him. Why is Team Rocket so strange, four people are in a team, and the boss himself is a team?

"Could it be that the rest of the Rockets are trying to isolate Harden?" Brad asked in surprise.

"No, it can't be that they're trying to isolate Harden, they haven't had the guts yet. Judging from the situation just now, it seems that Harden himself is isolating himself. After he took the ball, he didn't pass it to anyone, and he didn't rush to shoot or throw the ball to Wen Hao until nearly twenty-four seconds. It feels like as soon as the ball reaches him, the chain breaks and it can't be reconnected. ”

"It seems that the Rockets do have a problem, and the problem is still with their main player, Harden. McHale must get to the root of the problem as soon as possible and solve it. Otherwise, if the Rockets want to win the championship this season, it will only be a joke. How can a team with problems at the core win the championship? ”

In the Rockets locker room, McHale looks at Team Rocket's faces.

Parsons, Garcia and the others were talking, and they seemed to be the same as usual. Howard the Monster was still laughing, and although two fouls on his back made him play poorly in the first half, he was already full of energy at this time, waiting for the second half to kill all sides. Xiao Heidou, Jeremy Lin and others were looking at the big tactics board hanging on the wall, discussing the tactics they had used in the game just now.

These people are all acting normally.

Abnormal, there are two people. One was Harden, who sat there in silence with his eyes closed, not knowing what to think. But it's definitely not the same as it used to be.

The other is Wen Hao. He bowed his head silently, not knowing what he was thinking.

As the head coach, McHale certainly knows what happened between Harden and Wen Hao. He knew that Harden didn't speak because he was unhappy, and Wen Hao didn't dare to get too close to him because Harden was unhappy with him.

In fact, there is nothing wrong between the two, if Harden can be a little more broad-minded, everyone will be fine.

If you can keep this thing down, try to keep it down as much as possible and don't make a big fuss. And the most effective way to suppress the contradictions within the team is to win. As long as you can win and everyone is happy, then nothing will happen.

With this in mind, McHale cleared his throat, drew the attention of everyone on the Rockets, and said, "As soon as the second half starts, the Cavaliers will most likely not let Irving play. Taking advantage of this opportunity, we went all-in, narrowed the score in the shortest time, and forced Owen to play again. He fought too hard in the second quarter, and when he got back on the court, fitness was going to be an issue. At that time, our strategy to defend him is still to guard against others, and for him, we can defend against him, and we don't worry if we can't prevent it. Keep letting him play alone like this, and in the fourth quarter, he will be physically exhausted. As long as he is exhausted, our chance will come. ”

Everyone on Team Rocket naturally nodded in agreement with McHale's idea.

The fifteen minutes of the break were long for the fans and the spectators in front of the televisions, but short for the players. Before they could get enough rest, the third quarter was about to begin, and they had to walk to the court again.

At the beginning of the third quarter, the Cavaliers did as McHale expected, and Irving did not play. The Rockets took advantage of this opportunity to quickly chase the score. The Rockets' three-pointers came at the right time, and they miraculously hit four three-pointers in two minutes. Harden was also very brave, and even made a burst shot, leading the Rockets to narrow the gap to just 2 points in two minutes.

Seeing this, Cavaliers head coach Brown turned his head to look at Irving very helplessly: "Kyrie, are you rested?" ”

Owen stood up directly and said, "No problem, coach." As he spoke, he took off his training clothes and began to walk towards the court.

On the sidelines, a fan said: "It was Owen against Wen Hao just now, and Wen Hao didn't suffer." Now it's his turn to James, and I don't know if James can also make Owen unable to take advantage. ”

This sentence happened to be heard by Harden, who was passing by, and the unhappiness against Wen Hao that had been hidden in his heart suddenly turned into a faint anger. To compare me with that Chinese is simply an insult to me.

At this time, the Cavaliers attacked, and Irving passed through the cover and hit the inside line, scoring two points.

Seeing this, Harden didn't wait for Jeremy Lin to receive the serve, he himself received Howard's ball and went straight to the frontcourt. In the face of Irving's defense, he made a fuss, went inside, and scored two points.

On the second offense, Harden still didn't pass anyone, faced Irving, and scored a jumper after shaking for a long time.

The fans were excited when they saw this, but the two commentators saw the problem.

"After Irving came on the court, the Rockets' offense was not as fluid as before, and Harden seemed to have made up his mind to compete with Irving."

"Although the two attacks just now were successful, they were not good balls, and it was completely a one-man strategy."

"Harden didn't have to compete with Irving in the first half, so what's going on now? Didn't we notice what just happened? ”

While the two commentators were talking, the Cavaliers were already alive with Irving's lead. Although Irving is a point guard who focuses on individual offense, he can still lead the team as long as he is willing to pass the ball.

On the other hand, on the Rockets' side, because Harden only cared about competing with Irving and didn't pass anyone, the Cavaliers put all the defensive pressure on his side, and after scoring two goals in the first place, he missed all four shots in the next four shots, and even had an offensive foul. The Cavaliers once again stretched the margin to 8 points.

McHale scratched his head in a hurry, and in desperation, he had to turn his gaze to Wen Hao on the bench again.

Although Wen Hao is a few points worse than Harden's offense, he is far better than Harden in organizing the whole team. In the current situation, only Wen Hao can play.

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