"Sure enough, as I thought, you kid is really the thickest skinned Clippers" Chen Lei raised his eyebrows at Collison, "I believe you might as well believe that Davis is the most handsome on our team, this guy's words are obviously more reliable than yours, of course, just a little bit more reliable, you two are so far away from reality." ”

"......," Davis glanced at Chen Lei speechlessly, "Why do you want to take me?" ”

Collison also glanced at Chen Lei, "You kid...... I'll never play with you again next time! ”

The Rockets replaced Harden and Howard at 1:52 in the second quarter, and the return of the two made the Clippers nervous.

At this moment, the Rockets are 7 points behind the Clippers, and the real pressure on Howard and Harden's return to the Clippers defense can be regarded as coming at this time, and the offensive ability of the Rockets' dual core will definitely begin to destroy the Clippers defense most violently.

"It's reassuring to be on the safe side, but it's better to be on the safe side." Rivers glanced at the timer and hooked his hands at Jordan Jr. and Paul, putting both back on the court at the same time, replacing Collison and Davis.

Paul's rhythm control is much more stable than Collisson's, and even if you look at the league's No. 1 position, there are definitely no more than three active players who can compete with Paul.

If a player of this level passes the ball in most cases, it means that the teammate has an opportunity to attack, of course, the receiver must also grasp this opportunity, and if the way of handling it is slightly wrong, the opportunity will slip away if the opportunity is missed.

The Clippers' subsequent offense was steady under Paul's control, and although the shooting percentage was not surprisingly high, it was also stable at more than half percent.

And the Rockets don't know if McHale gave them some explosive pills or something during the timeout, and the Rockets, dominated by Harden, started the location bombing mode on the outside.

In three minutes, Harden and Parsons, who came on next, combined to throw four three-pointers, and in the blink of an eye, the gap was reduced to one point, forcing the Clippers to take a timeout.

Just halfway through the second quarter, the Clippers' advantage was wiped out, and Rivers sent Griffin and others back to the court to develop a forward-oriented offensive strategy.

Of course, there is no Chen Lei's share in this, this guy has been sweating for more than five minutes in the second quarter, and his face is trembling, and he needs to rest.

Wiping the sweat on his body, Chen Lei felt a little disgusted with his body, this fat body is too poor, and the efficient battle can only fight for five or six minutes in a row, and the power of the offensive side will be weakened if it takes a long time.

Barnes and Griffin were the main attackers of the Clippers in the subsequent offense, of course, this is only tactical, running out of open space is still the same offensive path, so the task of the others is to run as much as possible in their own reasonable area, and give the Rockets a one-shot kill when there is an opportunity to kill them directly.

"The position of the power forward, the first half is out of play!" Chen Lei sighed bitterly, Griffin got a full rest, and he was definitely going to play in the second quarter, as long as he didn't encounter foul interference, he couldn't play again.

Therefore, if he wants to get another chance to play, Chen Lei can only look forward to the position of small forward, but this idea has also become a pipe dream, and Rivers did not call Chen Lei's name again in the latter part of the first half.

The Rockets' counterattack momentum is very powerful, especially the outside killers who gradually come up occupy more shots, and in the face of the Clippers, the main force played a wave of ** in the second half of the second quarter to overtake the score at the end of the half.

At 65:60, the Rockets led by 5 points in the second quarter of the home court by relying on the wonderful play from the outside to enter the second half, which also made the Rockets fans at halftime have a good mood to rest.

Chen Lei got 5 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist in the first half, although Rivers gave the task of playing the attacker in the second quarter, he didn't shoot much, not because he didn't fight for fame, but Chen Lei really didn't have many opportunities.

After hitting the three-pointer in the crit, he couldn't hit the two balls, so he had no choice but to pause the shot and leave the opportunity to his teammates.

And the test to see if the crit will weaken the feel of the number of jù did not rush to shoot, Chen Lei didn't want to leave others that he was a reckless boy who was fighting for the right to shoot, and he had to be more or less reserved, anyway, it was still far from the end of the game, and there was a chance.

The Clippers played a decent game in the second quarter, and they can only blame the Rockets for being too aggressive, and the halftime break was just an opportunity to calm down the group of guys on the opposite side and extinguish their feelings.

"How the hell are you going to stop these guys?" The Clippers' defense has improved a lot this year, but there is still a big gap compared to those traditional defensive teams, which has become a problem that Rivers has to think about every day, how to improve the team's defense.

Of course, this thing can't be solved by you thinking dryly, it also requires the tactical cooperation of the players and their defensive enthusiasm from the bottom of their hearts.

There is no coach who does not emphasize defense, but not everyone who receives orders will take defense extremely seriously, so this responsibility still falls on the coach, and you need to mobilize the defensive enthusiasm of the players.

"Chen's individual defense is okay, but his pace of movement will be a nightmare for outside defense, and what the Clippers need most is not offense or defense, and defense will go further." Rivers rubbed his chin and pushed open the locker room door and walked in.

"Section 2: Everyone's ...... It's not bad, but the defense still lacks a little bit of passion," Rivers clapped his hands, first giving a compliment, and then walked over to the tactics board hanging on the inside wall, erasing the tactical line he had drawn earlier, "In the third quarter, we need to change. ”

"The Rockets strengthened their outside offense in the second quarter, and it stands to reason that our response was to strengthen the outside defense, but no one knows if they will feel hot at halftime, so keep that in mind for now. Inside, let's start with the inside, the inside line must be locked for me in the second half, the first half did a good job for Howard Jordan Jr., Howard only hit 3 goals with only 5 shots, and continued to maintain it in the second half. Barnes continues to defend the No. 3 position, your main task is to help the outside to stop the attacking Rockets, while Paul has to control the rhythm of the offensive end, the Rockets are a team that rotates and attacks faster, so let's not play speed with them, of course, I'm not worried that you will lose to them in the speed, but there is no need for this, we have also practiced positional combat for a long time before, and we should show it off at this moment. ”

Rivers' tactical arrangement is too much of an explanation on defense, and the responsibility on the offensive end is handed over to Paul, which is also a reassurance to Paul, in his opinion, Paul is enough to shoulder this heavy responsibility.

After listening to the tactics of the second half, Chen Lei sighed and leaned against the wardrobe, once again being excluded.

"Sigh? What do you sigh for? Davis squeezed Chen Lei's side, "You kid has been trusted enough to be proud of this first season, and you still have a very aggrieved expression, are you embarrassed?" ”

"Why are you embarrassed?" Chen Lei glared, "I'm the savior sent by God to save the Clippers and let the Clippers enter the finals and win the O'Brien Cup, and I don't let me exert my energy, so wouldn't I come in vain?" ”

"Fack! I don't think God sent you! Davis pouted and pointed to the top of his head, "Your virtue, I think it's more like Mars." ”

Chen Lei's eyes lit up and patted Davis on the shoulder, "You found out, I'm from the stars, it sounds like this name is not bad, it feels like a Korean drama." ”

"......" Davis.

(Can you understand the feeling of being too late to eat ice cream when you arrive home at nine o'clock, and you don't have time to scan the ice cream?) ）