After the Kings head coach set up a timeout, the game continued in the second quarter. This time, McHale's lineup is the dual point guards of Wen Hao and Jeremy Lin, plus small forward Parsons, power forward Jones and center Monster Howard.

In fact, this lineup was also discharged at Wen Hao's suggestion. McHale, after thinking for a moment, did not object to it.

The first goal was scored by the Kings, who dribbled through the half court and scored a goal through their pre-planned tactics. Wen Hao couldn't prevent this ball, but he didn't show any chagrin. Because the coach has long said that he can't defend it, as long as he suppresses Thomas offensively.

Turning around, the Rockets attacked, Wen Hao dribbled to the front court, and the opposing Thomas, and their point guard had already noticed Wen Hao's side, and they were eager to come over to wrap up. When Wen Hao just crossed the halfway line, the two of them rushed towards Wen Hao as soon as possible.

But Wen Hao had long been prepared for this, and he quickly handed the ball to Jeremy Lin and let Lin control the ball, while he himself left Jeremy Lin far away and ran to the weak side.

Thomas and the other player did not relax their defense against Wen Hao because of this, because they knew that Wen Hao played so smoothly just now, the Rockets would definitely continue to use him a little, and Wen Hao would not stay away from the strong side for a long time.

But as it turned out, they were wrong. After Wen Hao stayed away from the strong side, he kept standing in the vacant position on the weak side, and he had no intention of going to the strong side. And the two defenders paid too much attention to Wen Hao and relaxed their defense against Jeremy Lin's side. You know, Jeremy Lin is also a very impactful player, and his games have become more and more aggressive in the past two years, so how can he let go of such a good opportunity. He changed direction to accelerate, but got rid of the defender, and after hitting the inside, seeing Cousins coming to make up for the defense, he threw the ball directly into the air, and the Warcraft air relay was successful.

Seeing this, the Kings coach thought in his heart that this might be a tactic deliberately arranged by the opponent. However, he couldn't see anything on just one ball, so he didn't make adjustments immediately, but waited for the next two rounds to continue watching before making a decision.

Next, after Thomas dribbled to the frontcourt, he broke through the fake shot and made a real pass, and assisted his teammate to shoot a three-pointer. Looking back, he continued to plan with his teammates to wrap up Wen Hao. But this time, Wen Hao didn't have any intention of connecting the ball at all, he ran directly to the front court to stand. Jeremy Lin went to the backcourt to catch the ball and came to the frontcourt and began to organize the attack.

Thomas and that teammate both had a sense of not being able to turn a corner, and it dawned on them as they watched Jeremy Lin dribble past half court and slowly the Rockets successfully hit an offense. It turns out that this is how Team Rocket was arranged just now.

The head coach of the Kings team only understood at this time, looked at McHale, and said secretly in his heart: McHale, it seems that I haven't seen you for two months, and your on-the-spot command ability is good.

He didn't know that this was Wen Hao's idea at all.

The Kings head coach was directing the players from the sidelines, signaling that they could now defend one-on-one. couldn't prevent Wen Hao, but let Jeremy Lin rush to the basket wantonly.

But soon, he realized that it didn't work. Because after they split up in the next round, they found that Wen Hao suddenly approached the strong side again, and after Jeremy Lin's hand passed the ball, he came directly to the right side at 45 degrees, and at the moment of getting rid of the defense, he suddenly stopped and jumped and hit two points.

Drexler, the commentator on the sidelines, saw Wen Hao hit this ball, thought for a moment, and commented: "This goal fully shows Wen Hao's ability to read the game and control the game. When he sees the opponent wrapping him, he stops catching the ball and makes the opponent's bag miss. And when the opponent started to defend one-on-one, he suddenly moved again, using his nimble running and precise jumper to hit the Kings. His ability to read and control the game is truly rare among players. ”

"Yes, now it seems that neither side of the Rockets nor the Kings can prevent anyone, and the score between the two sides has been stalemate. If the managers of both sides can't figure out how to solve the defensive problems, it may be difficult to decide the winner of this game. Brad, another commentator, said.

Sure enough, as the two commentators said, the coaches on both sides saw that although they couldn't defend each other, they could also attack, so they didn't make any changes. Until the end of the first half, there was no more timeout.

At halftime, the Rockets were 50-48 against the Kings, and they were basically opponents. The Rockets started five players, the least of whom also scored six points. Wen Hao played 21 minutes in the entire first half, scoring 11 points, 7 assists and 3 rebounds, and his performance was very eye-catching.

Commentator Drexler looked at Wen Hao's first-half highlights on the big screen and nodded incessantly: "Eleven points, seven assists and three rebounds in the half, this Chinese's first starter seems to be really good, at least in the first half." ”

"Yes, from the first half, neither side can prevent anyone. And in the position of the players, the same is true for Wen Hao and Thomas. He chipped in 11 points, seven assists and three rebounds, and Thomas, who was opposite him, also had 13 points and five assists, so it can be said that the two of them are evenly matched. I don't know what kind of performance they will have in the second half. Brad said.

That's right, the performance of the two of them is equal, and even in terms of assists, Wen Hao can be a little stronger than Thomas. But there is one point, Wen Hao is not as good as Thomas. ”

"Oh? Which point? ”

"Three points. In the first half of this game, Thomas made three of four three-pointers, while Wen Hao didn't even shoot outside the three-point line, let alone shoot three-pointers. It was at one point that Wen Hao was a little worse than Thomas. In the second half, if Wen Hao still doesn't have three points, then even if Thomas can't defend him, I'm afraid he won't be able to defeat Thomas. Yesterday I read an article on the Internet that said well, saying that a point guard, three points are the most basic ability, and Wen Hao has not developed his three points so far. That would prevent him from becoming a really good point guard. ”

"If you look at this game alone, that's why he doesn't score as much as Thomas."

"Whether this game can be won or not, it seems that we can't bet on Wen Hao, but it depends on how McHale arranges his troops. After all, Wen Hao is just a point guard who can't shoot three-pointers, and even if it works, it is only a tactical role at most, and it is far from a strategic role. ”

"yes, today's game, it's really up to McHale."

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