The Rockets are preparing for the third game with humiliation, and the Pelicans are also preparing for the third game at this time, but the atmosphere of the Pelicans is indeed more relaxed, because the Pelicans won the second game.

If the Pelicans continue to win the second game today, they will lead the Rockets 3-0, and then the pressure on the Rockets will increase suddenly, and they can basically go fishing.

Because the Pelicans beat the Rockets in the last game and played a dramatic effect, today's game is also the favorite among the favorites.

ABC TV finally grabbed a broadcast right, and at this time McTrick said cheerfully in his characteristic nasal voice:

"Today was Game 3 of the game, and we all knew that Game 2 was ugly for the Rockets. Hubi, what do you think of the second game, what is the real strength of the Pelicans and Rockets. ”

Although there are many basketball experts in the United States, if there is one that is most widely recognized, it must be Hubie Brown. Hubby Brown's authority in this regard is beyond doubt, and the old Hubby Brown also muttered when he heard his partner's question at this time:

Although the Rockets lost Game 2, the gap between them and the Pelicans was actually not that big. It can even be said that the rocket is more powerful than the pelican in some way! ”

"Rockets are more powerful than Pelicans? So how did the Rockets lose? ”

Old Hubby Brown sighed at this time and said:

"The Rockets lost not so much to the Pelicans as to McHale."

"McHale's model is still traditionally based on the emphasis on big men under the basket, so we can see that the Rockets' frontcourt is all good big men, Morty Yunas, Asik. Josh Smith, Ariza, all of these players are very good and very traditional, they are all big men in the traditional sense of the word, and they value the low post offense. Pay attention to offense and defense in a slower pace. ”

"Then let's look at the Pelicans, the Pelicans are a young team, their interior is the traditional interior line, there is only one El Jefferson, Gasol is the center who relies on the air cut to complete the offense, Kelly relies on the three-point shot, and Henson is simply a jumping man. The Pelicans' interior configuration is inherently a big violation of traditional basketball. In addition, the Pelicans' overall tactics are also very fast and very aggressive. This makes for a completely different style from the rocket! ”

"The Rockets' style is more traditional, and the Pelicans are taking advantage of the league's growing trend of attacking from the outside, and their style is catering to the league's intent to create the future of basketball. One belongs to the past. One belongs to the future, you say so stronger? More potential? ”

When Hubby Brown had said this, McTrick immediately said:

"So you think the Pelicans are stronger?"

"No, I didn't say that, it's not over yet, and the future isn't here yet, is it?"

Hubby Brown didn't give a precise answer by going around and around, but it took people's minds farther afield.

In Hubbie Brown's world, he seems to see a farther future. But the Rockets and Pelicans game has yet to be decided.

The referee blew the whistle and the third game of the game began, and the line-ups of both teams remained basically unchanged today.

The Pelicans still started with Corey and the shooting guard was replaced by Pierce. Small forwards Li Feng, Al Jefferson and Gasol play up front.

On the Rockets' side, it's still a combination of Terry, Harden, Ariza, Asik and Morty Yunas.

It's easy to understand that the Pelicans lineup remains the same, and this lineup played well in the last game. But it's puzzling that the Rockets lineup remains the same, because the Rockets lineup was blown up by the Pelicans in the last game!

The Rockets' lineup remains the same. Just as McTrick was about to say something, Hubby Brown suddenly said:

"The rocket strain today was quite correct. Playing against a team like the Pelicans, you can't step into their rhythm, and once you step into their rhythm, you can't change it no matter how you change it. But come at your own pace and have a chance to win! Therefore, when fighting a strong enemy, you must not follow the rhythm of the other party, and you must stick to your own rhythm no matter how difficult it is. ”

Hubi Brown said it carefully, and the lineup that the Rockets knew was invincible seemed to be another clever trick.

McTrick was still depressed, because he always seemed a little insignificant around Hubbie Brown.

It was at this moment that the referee kicked off, the basketball was thrown high into the air, and the third game began.

In the opening scrum, this is indeed Gasol Sr.'s weakness, and the Rockets drove the ball first.

The Rockets came up in the first round, and the tactics were the same as in the second game, and the basketball went to Asik in the high post first.

But Asik was not in a hurry to pass the ball at this time, the Rockets were in a continuous low-post block at this time, continuous running, Morty Yunas couldn't get stuck for the first time, and immediately moved to the other side for the second time, and the second time he still couldn't get stuck, so he came for the third time.

Morty Yunas struggled under the Pelicans' basket for more than ten seconds, and finally seized an opportunity and suddenly stuck in the low post.

At this time, there are only 2 seconds left from 24 seconds, and the Rockets are in the main position, but it is not too late, when Asik throws the basketball in. Mortiyunas received the ball and turned with a hook hand that wiped the board, and the Rockets hit a low post in the opening game today.

It's still a low position, but the effect is completely different.

At this time, Su Qun, who was in the domestic broadcast room, said:

"The first feeling of the Rockets today is that they are playing more patiently, and the Rockets hit three low-post positions in an offensive attack, and now they finally card the position, and finally make a shot 24 seconds ago."

Hubby Brown's comment was even more extreme, and he said:

"It can be seen that the Pelicans' strategy is to not let you play in the low post, but the Rockets' strategy is that I just want to find ways to play in the low post, and the competition for the low post today will definitely be more intense, and it will definitely affect the course of the game."

As soon as the match opened, the tone was set in the first round.

The Pelicans felt the determination of the Rockets, but they won the first two games, and they were different in mentality.

Corey came over with the ball here, and he still wanted to play one very badly, but at this time, the Rockets Corey also had a change in defense.

The Rockets are sticking to Corey. Don't let you shoot, but you can break through. It's acceptable for Corey to break through, I can pass the ball, I can go blue.

Corey's side broke through one step at a time, and it was surprising. The Rockets didn't shrink drastically, and they were all looking at their own people, not allowing Corey to find a passing opportunity.

As a result, Corey could only challenge Asik under the basket, shoot from a distance, and come up to score 2 points.

Corey came up today and still scored points. But the effect is no longer the same. Today, Corey couldn't hit an explosive three-pointer, couldn't connect the team through a breakthrough, and could only score by himself.

The Rockets knew they were really weak at the point guard position, so they took a solution, and I couldn't completely stop you. to minimize damage. Cory is allowed to break through a few, but Corey is not allowed to do anything else.

The Pelicans also scored two points, and the two teams opened the game to look like a draw.

However, although the scores of the two teams were the same, the effect was completely different, and at the beginning of the third game, the rhythm was out of the scope of the second game.

The Rockets hit again, and the first action was to force the inside, and several players from the Rockets crossed on the inside to cover.

Harden. Asik, taking turns running on the inside, finally Mortiyunas came out to get the ball in the high post. Asik finally got to a position in the low post.

In the second round, the Rockets struggled for this low-post position, and it took almost 20 seconds to get the position stuck in the end.

Asikka was in charge of the position and knew that time was running out, so he turned and scored two points with a hook hand.

The Rocket's low-post offense in the second round was played again, and the Rocket's patience operated through the guò limit, and the runner kept running the guò. Finally, he played low and played his strongest point.

The Rockets opened with two low shots. More than a point into the game, Van Gundy decisively called a timeout.

The pelican's caution is visible. At this time, Hubby Brown also said:

"The Pelicans pause is very timely, and now that the situation has changed, it is better to call a late pause than to call early, and an early call can be adjusted early.

Both teams reacted very quickly, and Van Gundy called a timeout to immediately set up a joint defence on the defensive.

Didn't the rocket repeatedly ask for positions, constantly blocking and dismantling in the penalty area, I simply blocked the penalty area, the road was blocked, I see how you want it.

On offense, Van Gundy told Sù Corey not to break through if the chances were not too good, and passed to Al Jefferson and Li Feng to deal with it.

That said, the Pelicans' offensive focus shifted from Corey to Li Feng and Al Jefferson.

Van Gundy was sharp-eyed, found the problem and immediately corrected it, and after the timeout, the Pelicans' offensive focus shifted.

The basketball went directly into the inside line Al Jefferson beat Asik, Al Jefferson hit Asik at a loss, but the Pelicans used Al Jefferson to beat Asik not to be completely killed, but mainly to consume the other party, Al Jefferson came up here and hit Asik several times, and when he saw that he couldn't play completely, he turned around and passed the ball to Corey, who remembered the head coach's instructions at this time, and immediately passed the ball to Li Feng on the side.

Li Feng faced Ariza, Ariza's defense today is still close, and the Rockets' overall defensive strategy today is also to let you break through and not let you shoot three points, the Rockets were scared of the Pelicans' three-point shooting in the last game.

Li Feng took the ball at this time, Ariza also posted it to defend, Li Feng didn't play a lot of tricks at this time, took the ball and dribbled forward, and a jump shot was a quick stop to score two points.

The offense shifted its focus, and the Pelicans were just as efficient as the Rockets took away Ariza and didn't have a good defensive player.

The Pelicans quickly adjusted their offensive tactics, and when the Rockets came back and wanted to be stuck in the low post, they really couldn't get stuck in the position, because the Pelicans blocked all the roads, how do you get stuck in the position, there is a sea of people under the basket, and there is no space at all.

In this case, the Rockets couldn't get a position under the basket, and Asik took the ball and shot far away from the basket, so he naturally missed.

The Rockets' repetitive low-post strategy failed!

Once the offensive tactics of the Rockets were blocked, they immediately followed the Pelicans to adjust their defense, and the defensive focus suddenly shifted to Li Feng's side, and once Li Feng got the ball, several people faintly echoed to defend Li Feng.

At this time, the game had just begun, and before Li Feng could play, he stabilized the ball and passed it to Al Jefferson in his heart, and Al Jefferson still hit the low post twice with the ball. Swinging from side to side, at this time if Aljefferson feels that there is a gap he will play by himself, and if not, he will pass the ball.

In the end, Al Jefferson didn't find any space, he just consumed Asik's body.

Al Jefferson quickly transferred the basketball to Cory, who took the ball and shook Terry over. Shaking off Terry, Corey took the ball and made a pull-up jump shot.

Corey played well in the last game, so he was a little confident today, and when Corey made a shot, Harden's assistance defense arrived, and under the influence of Harden, Corey missed.

The Rockets, for their part, were basically in control. At this time, I heard McHale whistle on the sidelines.

He began to put forward new tactical requirements on the sidelines, and the Rockets' tactical code was naturally unclear on the Pelicans' side.

But the moment the rocket hit, you can clearly see that the rocket's offensive focus has also shifted.

Harden got the basketball at this time, and after Harden got the ball, he used the cover of his teammates to break through decisively again. Just when everyone thought the Rockets were going to repeat the mistakes of the past, Harden broke through to the basket and suddenly stuffed the basketball to Morty Yunas on the bottom line.

Mortiyunas took the ball from the baseline and made a big turn and crushed it into the inside, turned in, and Mortiyunas easily hooked his hand to score two points.

At this point, another way for the Rockets to use the big man also came out, using the breakthrough to compress the space, and then the big man took the ball and continued to crush the inside.

These practices of the Rockets are not unusual, but they didn't play in the last game, they just didn't have enough preparation. Today, they are well prepared, and they can naturally fiddle with the methods of playing the inside line one by one.

The Rockets' interior line took the ball in a different way, and Van Gundy secretly hated the cunning of the refrigerator. Then I started thinking about how to deal with the current situation.

At this time, Li Feng also felt the pressure when he got the basketball again, and now although the score difference between the two teams has not been widened, Li Feng has a sensitive feeling that today's rocket is more difficult to play, mainly because the inside line of the rocket can be played, and when the opponent's inside line can score steadily in the penalty area. Pelicans are very dangerous.

But Li Feng has no absolute influence on this situation at this time, and he can only be more diligent in defense and better delayed outside passes in the face of taller Rockets. If you want to extend the influence to the inside line, Li Feng himself is not a big man. So I can't fully assume that responsibility.

At this time, Li Feng only needs to do one thing, and that is to help the team on the offensive end.

So Li Feng, who got the ball, was crazy to face Ariza with a spying step, and got up and threw a three-pointer directly.

Li Feng began to shoot hard and began to shoot unreasonably, which was the same as Harden's unreasonable breakthrough in the last game, which was a choice that looked like chicken blood, but was very helpless.

"Huh!"

Although Li Feng's three-point shot was hit, Grandpa Hubi Brown said first:

"Li Feng began to score unreasonably, Li Feng is a very rational player this season, but he is actually starting to score like this now, which shows that the current situation has given him a faint pressure, and if Li Feng continues to score like this, the team's chemistry will be destroyed."

Director Zhang also said at this time:

"Li Feng forced a score, and fans must like this kind of scoring. But this is not what Li Feng should do, at least not at the beginning of the game. The Pelicans need to be calm now and need a more reasonable way to score. ”

Director Zhang said that it is reasonable, and the fans will definitely spray him, but at this time, the Pelicans do need a reasonable and simple scoring method. At the same time, it is also necessary to control the inside line of the rocket!

Li Feng scored 3 points with a hard throw, and the Rockets immediately turned around and played again.

The Rockets' tactics at this time are still Harden's breakthrough in the middle, and the two interior lines converge from the baseline on both sides to the basket.

At this time, the Pelicans also experienced the power of this tactic once, and the Pelicans also paid attention to defense.

But at this time, Harden passed the basketball to Asik, and Asik immediately took the ball and immediately transferred a wide range, and the basketball went directly to Terry, who was in the vacant position.

Terry was completely beaten by Corey in his last game, and after he went back, he was not less embarrassed in front of the media, and many media and commentators thought that Terry was really old and couldn't do it! Terry was holding his breath today, too.

Now that the opportunity was finally in place, Terry also seized the opportunity tightly and raised his hand for a three-point shot.

"Huh!"

Terry immediately hit a three-point shot, and the Rockets hit it on the inside, and it hit it on the outside.

The combination of inside and outside of the rocket is now finally out. This combination of inside and outside, and the combination of strong and weak sides is the strongest state of the rocket.

The Rockets played at the start of the game, which was a disaster for the Pelicans.

At this time, Li Feng was also calm in the half of the Rockets, gesturing to Corey and letting Corey run a no-ball tactic.

Corey saw that he had finally reached himself. He ran around the court half a lap as fast as he could, ran out and got the ball and shook it past Terry to shoot.

Corey played too well in the last game, and today he was a little underweight, he didn't take Terry's defense too seriously, and Terry was going to shoot directly after Terry.

But John Terry went through yesterday's game and made defensive changes today. He knew that he couldn't keep up with Corey, so he simply made a fuss about his defensive skills, and when Corey jumped, he chased after him from the side and yelled while getting infinitely close to Corey's body.

For a troubled singer like Terry, Corey's shooting action must not be able to let go. Because you're jumping up and there's someone sticking to you underneath, you're definitely going to be a little out of balance and a little uncomfortable.

"Bang"

Corey missed this shot, and he underestimated his opponent too much.

When the Rockets missed Corey on the side, they also suddenly played a defensive counterattack.

The Rockets' defensive counterattack is still mainly based on Harden, because Terry and Ariza are not that kind of speed players.

Harden took the ball to the Pelicans' basket in the first wave, and immediately turned into a back-to-back offense, when the Pelicans' attention was focused on Harden again.

Harden passes the ball to Asik, who is following up behind. Asik took the ball high and flicked it and immediately passed the ball to Mortiyunas, who followed up behind.

Mortiyunas picked up the ball in the box and threw a high throw with his hand. The Rockets scored two more points, and the Rockets had a lead over the Pelicans.

The Pelicans started slightly behind, and Li Feng hesitated for a long time between his score and passing in the Rockets half, before he suddenly passed the ball to Al Jefferson on the inside. But Asik is really not bad.

Al Jefferson couldn't eat here, turned around and passed the ball to Corey outside. Corey was still immersed in scoring dreams at this time, taking the ball and shooting quickly. Regardless of Terry in front of him, he threw a three-pointer directly.

Terry is taking the medicine according to the prescription, and has stepped forward to post Corey in accordance with the defensive method of the previous game, Terry's defense is suspected of some fouls, but the referee did not blow, and Corey can only suffer a dark loss.

"Bang!"

Corey, who shined in the last game, missed another shot, Corey missed two consecutive balls, and it can be seen that the Rockets' defense seems to have found a trick, and Corey is not as good today as it was yesterday.

Corey missed three points, the Rockets hit another fast attack, Harden took the lead with the ball, and rushed directly to the Pelicans' basket, Li Feng went to help defend Harden, but he didn't expect Harden to face Li Feng and Pierce's sandwich, still stubbornly protected the basketball, and pounced directly towards the basket.

Li Feng could only jump up to defend at this time, but Harden shrank in the air, and then threw a high-toss eraser hook with great difficulty.

Harden's ball is very high and the angle is very awkward, and Li Feng didn't expect him to have such a shot.

The basketball grazed the Pelicans' rebound and hit it too!

This time, the Rockets suddenly became excited, and so far the inside line of the Rockets, the combination of the inside and outside of the Rockets, and the Harden of the Rockets have all played.

The Rockets now have the upper hand all of a sudden, and the Pelicans have become the situation of the last Rockets can only rely on Li Feng to support them alone.

Corey, who played very well in the last game, is helpless today under the high-intensity confrontation and targeted defense, and the Rockets know that they can't prevent Li Feng, so they simply target Corey, especially in the high confrontation, which can more or less affect Corey's feel.

Al Jefferson couldn't beat Asik on his side, and the difference in strength between the two was very obvious. Gasol's performance today was not as good as the last game, and Mortiyunas paid attention to using more skill than brute force to deal with Gasol, and Gasol's defense was also discounted.

As a result, the Pelicans completely fell to the bottom in the first quarter, and their advantage in the last game was not played.

At the end of the first quarter, the Pelicans were tragically 24-18 behind, and the Pelicans started by 6 points, the margin was not very big, but the bad thing is that the Pelicans are now letting the Rockets play the groove. And the Pelicans' own rhythm didn't play out! (To be continued)