After the pause, the Rockets came up to beat their strongest Harden, and Harden also fought at this time, and if he made up at this time, he was afraid that he would lose, so Harden came up and fought Granger to the vicinity of the restricted area by playing a few steps in the low post.

In this position, the Pelicans' players suddenly came up and again to the fierce bag of Harden, and Harden saw that the opponent pounced on three people.

This would have been played if Harden was young, but Harden has also matured in recent years, and when he was trapped, a jumping pass distributed the basketball to Asik outside, and Asik is now also on fire, raising his hand and throwing a mid-range, and finally shot.

From 19 to 8, there is still an 11-point difference, and the situation of the rocket is still very unoptimistic.

It is a little difficult for Corey to get the ball in the backcourt at this time, but Corey has his own off-ball play even if he does not hold the ball, which is where Corey is omnipotent.

Granger pushed in, Corey immediately ran along the baseline without the ball, and Corey ran around quickly to get the basketball.

But at this time, once Corey got the ball, Josh Smith and Pliginho immediately caught up, and the level of the Rocket's defense after Josh Smith was really much higher.

But here we say that Corey is also a player who is crazy alone, he is usually accurate, he is sharp, once it is love, he is very accurate, very sharp, today Corey started too well, and the body has been able to accumulate up.

At this time, even though Josh Smith defended well, but Corey was too perverted, Corey made a pass to Josh Smith and the basketball went directly past Josh Smith to Gasol under the basket.

The moment Gasol got the ball, Asik's defense on the Rockets' side was in place, so Gasol made a pass to Al Jefferson outside.

Al Jefferson received the ball and shot a mid-range jumper, and the basketball got into the Rockets' basket and 24 seconds were over.

The Pelicans made multiple passes. After many times of cooperation and another whistle shot, the Pelicans' morale and state continued to heat up instead of decreasing under the pressure of the Rockets. The rise was steady and unstoppable, with Corey's passes and Gasol's passes being classic.

At this time, Director Zhang couldn't help but say:

"It's hard to see. Gasol and Corey haven't played together in a long time. The play of the two people is simply too freehand, several passes of the two people are very beautiful, if you play at this pace, Li Feng can win without contribution. “

Yu Jia also said at this time:

"Today the Pelicans played the game, and it was too smooth, and it was unimaginable. Especially when you're in a high-intensity defence. A couple of wonderful passes from Corey defused the opposition's high-intensity defense. In today's game, the Pelicans had enough intensity and a strong inspiration to play, which is very valuable. ”

"It's on the Pelicans' home turf. They have been preparing for a long time, and the Pelicans can play the form because of the accumulation of full preparation, and the current dilemma of the Rockets is their lack of preparation for Corey's cousin. But that's not a problem with the Rockets, and I'm sure all the pundits and pundits aren't prepared for Corey's kind of performance, after all, injuries have made people forget that he was also a candidate for MVP last year. ”

Director Zhang can only give Corey a very high evaluation at this time, and now Corey is the crux of the current situation. If the Rockets want to win, they must first think about how to deal with Corey. But it's obviously hard.

Now the Rockets have changed people, adopted tougher defensive tactics, and also failed to reach the goal.

After the rocket although try to adjust as much as possible. But Corey went crazy today, he wanted to attack and attack, he wanted to attack and attack, and he had teammates next to him to help, Li Feng and Al Jefferson, Gasol could all help Cory share the pressure.

One Corey messed up the whole situation. After the Rockets, although Harden stepped up for consecutive points, he couldn't stop the Pelicans from scoring points. The Rockets still can't catch up.

And today's Pelicans' strategy is to allow Harden to score on a certain distance, and the Pelicans' strategy is not to let Harden score at will. Rather, Harden was allowed to score under the Pelicans' bunch of defense, and Harden was allowed to score after a number of hand-to-hand fights.

The Pelicans' strategy is also the same as last season's Rockets against the Pelicans, that is, with the goal of consuming the opponent, if this is the end of Harden's body, once Harden is out of body in the second half, the Pelicans' chances of winning at critical moments will be greatly increased.

At the end of the first quarter, the Pelicans won by 12 points from 29 to 17, and the Rockets trailed by 12 points in the first quarter of the game, which was a huge disadvantage.

So the Rockets took advantage of the five minutes of rest to quickly adjust their mentality, and the refrigerator was already very good at adjusting the psychological state of the players.

At this time, the refrigerator also put full effort into motivating his team:

"We're a traditional powerhouse, but now we're scared of a glass man, it's incredible, I can't imagine why you're afraid of him."

"If I were you, I would use a qiē method to tell the other party what the playoffs are, he is just a glass man, a glass man."

McHale repeatedly emphasized the word glass man, as if he was stimulating his own players, as if he was telling his own players something.

The Pelicans got off to a fantastic start, and the Pelicans' head coach didn't want to stabilize the team as most people think. At this time, Van Gundy was instead encouraging the team.

"The rockets are tired now, we can't give up now, keep up the good work, and with a breath, we must not be discouraged and overturn them in one go. Don't give them any chance to hold on, don't wait if you want to win, beat them in one pocket. ”

Van Gundy knows that the Pelicans are a young team, and a young team should have a young style of play, and it is definitely not the Pelicans' style to seek stability, the Pelicans' style should be struck while the iron is hot.

At the beginning of the second quarter, both teams came back and played a bench lineup, but the benches of both teams were very luxurious.

On the Pelicans' side are point guard Knight, scoring guard Granger, small forward Pierce, and power forward Kelly. Center Henson. This lineup can also make the playoffs if you play a starter!

The Rockets are not bad on this side, point guard Corey Brewer, scoring guard Papani Nicola, small forward Nick Johnson, and big forward Josh Smith. Center forward Morty Yunas.

The benches of both teams are also very thick, and there is not much difference between the two teams in terms of strength, but now the Pelicans are in momentum, and they are at home, and they are condescending to play. The Rockets are on the downside, and Harden is not on the court. The rocket fights with a feeling of aggrievedness.

The second quarter started with the Rockets' ball, and the Rockets came over to cover in the high post first, and Corebrewer wanted to rush hard into the Pelicans' restricted area.

But the Pelicans are collective defense, and it is impossible for Brewer to solve the problem alone, and he does not have this ability.

So he had to pass the basketball to Wharton, who was on the wing. Wharton was clever enough to take the ball and play a flick straight into the hands of Mortiyunas near the penalty area.

It was too difficult for Morty Yunas to play Gasol, who had a lot of weight, just now, but now it is much more comfortable to play a flexible interior like Henson, sit down sharply, turn around and shoot to score two points under the basket.

When it came to bench time, the Rockets finally found a little cheap on the inside, but this cheapness was not too big to make a fundamental change in the game.

The Rockets have been playing relatively tightly from the beginning to the present. But the pelicans are different, the pelicans play very easily, and very passionately. The ones are all routines that are very suitable for young people.

The Pelicans came running and immediately started running without the ball from both wings, ripping off the sides and running a wonderful pattern of symmetry. In this way, the middle lane is completely pulled away.

At this point, Knight made another break, and Josh Smith came back a little slower and was fouled.

On the free throw line, although Knight only hit one of two free throws, he also caused a powerful kill to the Rockets.

The Rockets still really want to use this period of bench time at this time. Pulling the difference back a bit, they still passed the basketball to Morty Yunas to play the low post.

But this round once Morty Yunas got the ball. The Pelicans decisively wrapped the three people and clamped Morty Yunas under the basket.

Morty Yunas passes the basketball out to Walton. Wharton shot from the bottom of the pitch, but missed. In this way, Wharton doesn't have much on the offensive end except for defense and passing, and his shooting is particularly shaky.

The Pelicans grabbed the basketball at this time and turned back to the Rockets' halfcourt, and Knight's advance was also very fast.

His style is very different from Corey, Corey still plays light, but Knight is playing more quickly, Knight quickly came up and hit the Rocket's basket at once, when he shrank inward, Knight turned back and passed to Pierce, Pierce quickly transferred Kelly behind him, Kelly was half a step away from the three-point line, he got up and threw a three-pointer.

"Huh!"

Kelly came up and scored three points and gave the Rockets another hearty blow.

McHale, for his part, immediately yelled at Josh Smith, making him look at Kelly.

The Rockets were hit by the Pelicans with another three-pointer, and they also played a Papanicola three-point shot in the past.

Papanicola ran around the court, and finally took the ball and saw that the defense had arrived, but he still forced his shot, and the result was naturally a miss.

Papanicola's vacancy shooting percentage is not bad, but the most important thing is that this guy likes to shoot against others very much, and a shooter without height likes to shoot against other people's defense, and the effect is naturally not good.

Papanikola's three-point revenge missed, and at this moment, the Pelicans took the ball and turned around and headed towards the Rockets halfcourt.

The Rockets hurriedly strengthened their defense at this time, and finally didn't let the Pelicans beat the fast attack.

But their side retreated back, and Knight and Kelly on the Pelicans side immediately came to a high block, Knight turned around and passed the ball to Kelly, Kelly picked it up, and Josh Smith hurriedly saved.

In the face of Josh Smith who saved, Kelly's hand attracted attention a little, and he calmly dribbled step back step by step to take a side step, and with the space for this step, Kelly started to shoot another three-pointer.

"Huh!"

The Pelicans' three-pointer was shot again, and this time the Pelicans led the Rockets by 17 points from 36 to 19, and the difference was widened.

The Rockets really have no choice but to replace Harden again, and at the same time fight to the death on the defensive end.

The Rockets were forced like this by the Pelicans, and the Pelicans didn't give up. At this time, Barkley couldn't stand it on the side of the court, and said in surprise:

"The Rockets don't look like a Western Conference powerhouse at all. They are now being driven and beaten by the pelicans, and the rockets give the impression that they are completely powerless to run for their lives. It feels weird! ”

"The Pelicans are really surprisingly fierce now, and the Pelican's current state is really fierce, as if they want to bite the rocket at once."

Kenny Smith naturally saw the situation on the court.

The Rockets were replaced by Harden, and Harden immediately began to take over the game when he arrived on the court, and now the Rockets are struggling inside and out. It really takes a superstar to use his individual ability to change the pace of the game, and this method must definitely work, so Harden used a breakthrough to show his existence as soon as he returned.

At this time, the Pelicans are team defense, with Kelly and Henson on the inside, it must not be easy to break through, but Harden still resolutely takes the ball and kills the basket with a forced breakthrough from the right. When the Pelicans team's defense echoed up, Harden also came to a high throw shot, Harden's high throw was quite elegant, and he immediately scored 2 points over the heads of several people.

Harden came out and finally scored points for the team, and then the Pelicans immediately switched to let Corey and Li Feng warm up together and prepare to enter the court.

The Pelicans really don't want to give the Rockets any chance right now. The Rockets started to fight the defensive end when Harden hit a throw.

At this time, the Rockets are fully exerting the advantage of experience, and the means of defense have come up, all kinds of edge balls and small actions, the Rockets are completely beaten out of the fire by the Pelicans, as a traditional strong team, the face is a little unsightly, and the defensive actions are a little big under some annoyance.

And a group of young people of the Pelicans did not adapt to these small moves, and the Pelicans did not score points in this round.

And Harden took advantage of the Pelicans' lack of points in another round, and turned around and beat the Pelicans for an offensive and defensive transition. He took the ball and shook it in front of Granger continuously, and then suddenly came a European step with a small American step, shook Granger and hit Henson with a layup in the air for a 2+1.

Harden went to the free-throw line and scored a point. In this way, Harden chased 5 points in a row, and the Rockets finally had some opportunities, but it was at this time that the Pelicans replaced Li Feng and Corey.

When Li Feng arrived on the court, he immediately felt that the Rockets were going to wrestle at the rhythm, and Corey was uncomfortable with the ball in this kind of game, and Knight didn't have much experience. But Li Feng liked it very much, and Li Feng came over to get the ball directly at this time. Then direct Corey to run the offense without the ball.

Li Feng's resistance to pressure with the ball is the top in the league, and at this time, it is Wharton who Li Feng defends Li Feng. Wharton's defense is very diligent, but only diligent, allowing him to defend a killer-level player is a meat bun and a dog.

Li Feng came up and pressed him in two steps, and then easily passed the ball to Corey, Corey was in super shape today, taking the ball in the face of super pressure, an extremely elegant streetball-like action, dribbling behind the back and stepping back, easily dodging Harden who was entangled, dodging Harden, and Corey shot a middle distance.

"Huh"

Winning a two-point shot, Corey dodged Harden's back dribble and retreated, it was simply amazing, the New Orleans Center was completely conquered by Corey, and all the fans who watched today's game were also conquered by Corey, this offensive skill is simply unpredictable.

Corey hit a brilliant opener and the New Orleans Center started to cheer and the Pelicans' morale was up again.

The Rockets' well-planned counterattack, Harden's desperate offense, but it couldn't withstand Corey's super, and when Corey injected his super style of play into the team and boosted morale again, the Rockets' counterattack failed again.

In the second quarter, Harden made all kinds of unnatural breakthroughs, and single-handedly supported the entire offensive system of the Rockets.

Harden played really well in the second quarter, but Corey played well, and with Knight stirring up the game around, Li Feng supported the Pelicans' offense in the second quarter and played not badly, so that the Rockets' offense improved, the defense did not improve, and the point difference still couldn't be closed.

At halftime, the Pelicans still led the Rockets by 10 points at 55-45.

At halftime, Harden looked so tired that he walked into the tunnel tunnel. At this time, the reporter blocked Corey, who was a rebellious man in the first half, on the sidelines.

The reporter happily pointed the microphone at Corey at this time and said:

"Stephen, you've been off for most of the season, can you tell me why you're having such a wonderful performance?"

"It's like a dream, and I don't know why? I just feel like I'm in good shape. It's really good. ”

Corey is indeed very excited today, in the first game of today's game, Corey scored 22 points and 7 main offenses and 2 steals in the first half, which is enough for the All-Star in the first half, just by virtue of his performance tonight. Corey has already sued the Union that he is completely out of injury.

The reporter was obviously dissatisfied with Corey's answer, and turned to Corey's question about the team:

"Stephen, you got a lot of shots today and a lot of tactical support, does that mean you had this strategy in mind before the game?"

"Of course, you get space and tactical support. It must have been the support of the team. The fact that I was able to play in this position today is a great recognition from the coach and the whole team. I'm very grateful for the trust that the team has placed in me so much, knowing that it's not easy for the team to do that. ”

Corey was interviewed here, and Barkley also immediately said outside the court:

Indeed, we should admire the pelican's courage. It's not easy for them to dare to let a player who has just recovered from an injury play an arrow figure in a crucial game like this. Ordinary coaches don't have this kind of courage! ”

"It's true that I didn't have that treatment in my injury season. Today the Pelicans came up with a miracle trick and then reaped great results. ”

Kenny Smith was also amazed again and again at this time, today the Pelicans made Corey's move, and a change in position suppressed the Rockets in the half, although the Rockets are now only 10 points behind, but Harden fought too hard in the second quarter. According to this spelling, Harden will definitely not hold on to the end of the game, and the Pelicans will take advantage of it today.

At this time, Director Zhang was also very excited:

"The Pelicans played out in the first half today. Especially on the offensive end, with the Pelicans' current firepower, it is difficult for the Rockets to take advantage, and as long as there are no major problems in the second half, the Pelicans can definitely win the first home court. ”

"The Pelicans were really fierce today, especially Corey. Corey simply overshadowed everyone today. ”

Yu Jia still misses Corey now.

Today's first half really belonged only to the Pelicans, who disrupted the rhythm of the Rockets' defense with a Corey. The Rockets have three point guards, and Terry is too old. Prigiño is unstable, Brewer is too rough, and all three are not defensive guru type players. At this time, McHale did start to miss Ariza, and if Ariza had long hands and feet, and the fast Ariza would definitely be in trouble here.

The Rockets encountered Corey, and their strongest interior line did not maximize their play, the Pelicans not only have more interior players, but the Pelicans' rhythm is also very fast, which makes the Rockets not play a lot of things, and the rhythm does not belong to the Rockets at all.

The Rockets are in the locker room at this time, and they are also actively reflecting on this problem, the Rockets are solving the problem of Cory on the outside today, and the offensive end on the inside needs to be solved.

In the emergency response, the refrigerator still took a savage foul approach to Corey, since Corey is weak, he is as savage as possible in defensive actions, anyway, several Rockets guards can take turns to use.

In terms of interior offense, Harden has broken through many times in the second quarter, and Harden has the ability to open up space at this time, and the Rockets will play easier in the second half.

The Pelicans now have the advantage, but they are not slacking off, and Van Gundy gave the Pelicans only one task in the third quarter, which is to continue the offense.

The Pelicans are going to play their offense to the end today, and the Rockets are going to find their rhythm again.

Coming back in the second half, the Pelicans really carried out the offense to the end, the Pelicans came back at halftime and the two players on the inside line were replaced by Kelly and Gasol to play together, although Al Jefferson also has strong offensive ability, but his offensive ability is under the basket, and Kelly is outside the three-point line, Kelly's ability to open up space is something that Al Jefferson does not have. Once Kelly is on board, the Pelicans' small man offense has a huge bonus!

Barkley saw that the Pelicans replaced Kelly to play power forward, and he also exclaimed:

"Today's Pelicans personnel changes are very flexible! Now the Rockets should strengthen their defense against Li Feng, and the hope of having Kelly rush in Li Feng is too great. ”

Just as Barkley spoke, the Pelicans returned to the court and rushed up very quickly on the first offense.

Corey took the ball and walked to the side, all the hatred was pulled over, and then Corey turned back and passed the ball to Li Feng. (To be continued)