Lakers coach, mustache Mike D'Antoni, had his eyes wide open, his mouth slightly open, and his face full of disbelief. The arm that was directing the player's defense stopped in the air, and the whole person looked like a real wax figure in a wax museum, motionless.

In his judgment, the Rockets must have changed Wen Hao at this time to pass the ball to open up the situation, and he never imagined that the Rocket's No. 5 would directly break through the inside dunk and dunk, which was too surprising.

In the midst of the accident, D'Antoni looked at Rockets coach McHale, and saw that McHale's face was completely consistent with him at this time, and he also had an expression that he didn't expect. D'Antoni was relieved at this time, and it seems that this time it was only occasional, and it was not intentional by the coach.

So he shouted to the players on the field: "Continue with the defensive strategy just now, don't change." ”

Looking back, the Lakers relied on Kobe Bryant's singles to add two more points.

The Rockets attacked again, and when the Lakers focused on defending Wen Hao's pass, Wen Hao easily broke through Blake again and scored an inside dunk.

In the next two consecutive rounds, Wen Hao easily broke through Blake again, and either dunked or threw inside. On the Lakers' side, their offense has slowed down since the Rockets no longer make mistakes. Although Bryant was able to hit one or two jumpers, their three-point shot was suddenly broken and they missed three shots in a row.

In this way, at the end of the first quarter, although the Rockets were still 13 points behind the Lakers, Wen Hao alone scored 10 points by breaking through, which can be said to be a big shine. However, the fly in the ointment is that he played 4 minutes in the first quarter and only scored 1 assist, which is a lot less than before. But even so, he still ranks first on the team in terms of efficiency.

ESPN's commentary's praise for Wen Hao naturally doesn't need to be said, in the live broadcast room, Ke Fan also seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and said: "Finally saw Wen Hao play, in the last 4 minutes, he scored 10 points by himself and sent out an assist, that is to say, the rocket's 12 points in the last 4 minutes are all related to him, such efficiency is amazing." ”

Yang Yi nodded, agreeing with Ke Fan's statement: "That's true, as soon as Wen Hao came up, everyone thought he was going to pass the ball - of course, everyone included me - but he rushed in one after another, again and again, and the effect was wonderful." This may seem unexpected, but not surprising. When the Lakers focus on guarding his passes, his breakaway success rate is much greater. ”

"It's said that even McHale doesn't know what Wen Hao is thinking, and D'Antoni certainly doesn't know what Wen Hao is thinking, so Wen Hao seized the opportunity to score 10 points." Zhou Lingan said.

However, in the last few minutes, the rest of the Rockets players were still running to attract the defense, but Harden has been playing in a stumbling style. It can be seen that in this style of play, Harden is not suitable, so in the second quarter, McHale should take Harden down. Yang Yi analyzed.

Sure enough, during the break, McHale replaced Harden with Jeremy Lin.

Although it was rotation time and Harden should have been replaced, the Rockets were still 13 points behind at this time, and it was a bit inappropriate to replace Harden. But McHale still resolutely replaced Harden, which is enough for many people to see that Harden and Wen Hao are incompatible.

In his rental home in Houston, Harper, an intern journalist, has begun to worry about Wen Hao.

Judging from the current situation, Wen Hao and Harden are not compatible, which means that Wen Hao can only play as a substitute and play for a while when Harden is resting. As long as Harden is around, he'll never be a starter.

Thinking of this, Harper's heart gradually sank.

On the side of the Lakers' rest area, D'Antoni only laid out offensive tactics, but didn't say much about defense.

When he was about to play, Bryant finally couldn't help himself and asked D'Antoni: "There's nothing wrong with our offense, but what about defense?" You can't let that No. 5 break through so easily all the time, right? ”

D'Antoni smiled slightly, his mustache cocked, and said: "Don't worry about him, as long as you don't let him revitalize the Rocket team, he likes to burst out as much as he wants, and he has the ability to kill our whole team alone." ”

When the Lakers heard this, they all felt reasonable. Basketball is a five-person sport, and no matter how good one person is, it is impossible to defeat five people. Not even their boss, Kobe.

The second quarter continued.

The Lakers' Kobe Bryant and Nash Gasol both went down to rest and came off the bench.

In the first ball, the Rockets attacked, Wen Hao dribbled past the frontcourt, and he didn't even mean to pass, and directly broke through Blake to score a basket. And the Lakers continued their defensive strategy according to D'Antoni's words.

ESPN's commentator Harlan wondered: "D'Antoni's defensive strategy hasn't changed anything? ”

"There's no need to change, there's no need for that." Bigmouth Barkley smiled and shook his head, "You know, basketball is a five-person sport. ”

"How can the No. 5 alone play against the Lakers five?" Miller also added with a smile.

So in the next 4 minutes, the Lakers still adopted this strategy on defense, allowing Wen Haoyu to take what he wanted. On the offensive end, the firepower of their substitutes is much weaker than that of the main team, and they have repeatedly missed attacks.

In 4 minutes, the Rockets relied on Wen Hao's excellent performance to chase the difference to only 8 points in one fell swoop.

D'Antoni finally got anxious at this time, he made a time-out gesture again and again, and shouted to the referee: "Timeout, timeout, timeout!" ”

Now in this situation, D'Antoni is not in a hurry. originally thought that he would kill the entire Lakers team by himself if he had the ability, but I didn't expect this kid to be so tough, he really wanted to kill the Lakers alone. This is not possible!

Ross Barkley, the commentator on the sidelines, shouted: "Oh - he played against the Lakers by himself, and he actually put the Lakers into a timeout, it's so exciting, it's so exciting!" ”

"So far, playing eight minutes, scoring 18 points and getting two assists, this kid has been really good. See, even Kobe Bryant was frowning. Miller said.

"It's not so much his brilliant performance as D'Antoni's defensive missteps. He blindly only defends Wen Hao's passes, ignoring his breakthrough. But I forgot that Wen Hao's breakthrough was also very sharp. If it continues like this, it is really possible that Wen Hao will kill the entire Lakers team by himself. D'Antoni has to make adjustments. ”

In the Lakers' rest area, D'Antoni kept pulling on the tactical board, emphasizing to the players: "We can't let him break through anymore, as long as he gets the ball, let him take a step to defend, and can't let him break through." At the same time, others continued to defend him and cut off his passing paths. As long as you don't let him break and pass, force him to jump shots, he's done. ”

On the Rockets' side, McHale said to Wen Hao: "After the game is played later, they will definitely adopt some strategy to prevent you from breaking through, and at the same time to prevent you from passing, so ......"

"Coach, I'm tired, can I rest?" Wen Hao didn't wait for McHale to finish speaking, and directly interrupted his arrangement.

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[Today and Saturday are busy, and tomorrow will be the same, so they can only be two shifts. 】

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