In terms of strength, Harden has no advantage over Li Feng, but Harden's offense is really good.

Harden stuck to his back, not purely with his strength, he swayed from side to side, used confrontation and footsteps, swayed two steps back from the left, and made a feint to the right, Li Feng had already turned around, and Harden turned around and stepped back to make a jumper.

Harden has played this set of actions to an artistic situation, footsteps, shaking, feints, and backward movements in the air are completely artistic offensive techniques, and under this effect, Li Feng's defense is effective.

Harden scored two points on a turnaround shot, and Kenny Smith, who was on the sidelines, sighed when he saw Harden in this state.

On a big stage like the playoffs, Harden was the first to play in form, and judging from the beginning, Harden's state can continue, and then the Pelicans will definitely be difficult to play.

Kenny Smith's prediction was not wrong, the Pelicans did not play very well, once the Rockets tightened in the restricted area, the Pelicans had to rely on long-range shooting and mid-range to score, and it was not easy to seize this kind of opportunity.

Corey came up this round, broke through halfway and took the basketball back to Thornton, who threw a three-pointer directly outside the three-point line, but missed.

It's still hard for the Pelicans to make the game too easy because it's a playoff game.

None of the Pelicans went in, and the Rockets immediately caught up, and the basketball was directly ±∧ to Harden, who is now in good shape.

Harden took the ball, Li Feng stuck it up, stuck it below, harassed it above, and faced Li Feng's meticulous care.

Harden doesn't feel annoyed, he is in shape, some players wilt once they face high-intensity defense, and some players are the opposite, the higher the defensive intensity encountered, the more bullish his body is.

Harden is that kind of player. The stronger the defense, the stronger he is. Now Li Feng has given Harden this state.

Harden was in a good state at this time with the ball, his whole body was extremely comfortable, he took the ball and faced Li Feng's defense, forced a step, and suddenly turned around with the ball.

But Li Feng only moved out one step on his side. Harden immediately turned around and turned around, the last time Harden was a backward jumper, this time Harden threw a quick shot, Harden shot very fast, and the basketball flew out with a little fingertip.

"Huh!"

Harden hit another mid-range shot, and Harden scored points on three consecutive rounds, which caused the Toyota Center to immediately cheer.

Su Qun also sighed and said:

"Harden found his form at the beginning of the game, and this kind of game is not easy to play! Harden is a very explosive scoring player. ”

There are many types of players who can score. For example, Karl Malone is a stable scorer, this kind of player can score steadily most of the time, and the average score per game is very stable.

There is also a cold arrow type. This kind of player is mostly a shooter and cannot be taken lightly, you just have to underestimate him and he can kill you in no time. The key ball cannot be let go.

There are also some explosive scorers, this type is Harden and Iverson. Li Feng is like this. Usually it is either more stable dìng, or stable dìng is average, but once there is a state up. That's the end of it, no matter what difficult ball can be thrown, no one can stop it.

Harden is gradually coming up in this state now, scoring three singles in a row, all of which are smooth and artistic. Harden's state gradually came up, and Van Gundy also stood up and yelled at Li Feng on the side, asking Li Feng to find a way on the defensive end.

Li Feng nodded to Van Gundy again and again, and when it came to the offensive end, he still had to bear the responsibility on the offensive end.

The Pelicans' offense was unstable in the two rounds just now, and in this round, Li Feng simply attacked with the ball with his back like Harden.

Li Feng's back-to-back offense is also very domineering, Harden is stubbornly resisted here, Li Feng pressed two steps to the edge of the penalty area with his strength, and when he got here, Li Feng suddenly turned around and threw a jumper that wiped the board and also shot.

Li Feng also responded to Harden with a ball here, and the Pelicans have no problems attacking so far.

The Pelicans' offense is fine, but once Harden plays out on the Rockets' side, it immediately has a chain reaction.

Harden came over to get the ball again, and the Pelicans had to go up to help defend Harden inside, and Harden took this opportunity to pass the ball to Morty Yunas under the basket.

Mortiyunas had a good chance to get the ball and forced a hard basket, and Gasol's defense was a little bigger.

The referee's whistle is coming soon!

"Didi!"

Not only did Mortiyunas score, but he also created a Gasol foul and went to the free-throw line, and Mortiyunas hit an easy free throw.

The Rockets started really well today, and on their home court, the Rockets always seem to play smoothly.

The Pelicans also seem to be a little suppressed on this road, after all, they have lost too many games on this court, and although they came here again with a winning momentum, they are still a little restrained.

The Rockets are playing more and more, the Pelicans are coming again, and Li Feng also wants to beat the team's morale.

Li Feng took the ball and hit Harden vigorously, Harden's strength is not as good as Li Feng's, but there is Asik behind Harden!

Asik came out quickly to wrap up, Li Feng could only pass the basketball to Luo Teng outside, Luo Teng had half a step to take the ball, and he took the ball and thought of projecting it directly.

But just as he was doing the action of sinking the ball, Ariza came up directly and forced a steal from Roten's hand.

Ariza was suspected of a foul in this steal, but it was not blown in the Toyota Center, so Ariza was a successful steal.

After stealing the basketball, Ariza took the ball and ducked it quickly, and when it came to the Rockets' half, he immediately passed the ball to Terry.

Terry didn't get the ball as fast as Corey, and he also relied on his rough skin and thick flesh to take two steps against Corey to the vicinity of the penalty area, and when he got here, he couldn't break through, so he passed the ball to Asik, who followed up behind.

Asik took the ball and played a beautiful back-to-back pass, and the basketball went straight to Ariza, who cut to the basket.

Ariza rushed up and got the ball to the Pelicans basket for a dunk.

"Bang dang!"

Ariza's dunk was successful, and the audience cheered.

This is in the Toyota Center, and once the opening of the Rockets is in a state, the morale suddenly rises.

The Rockets opened with Harden leading. And then before I knew it, the whole team was out of shape. On their home court, the Rockets suddenly had the upper hand.

According to the rhythm of the game between the two teams, it seems that the Rockets are about to win this time, because the game between the two teams has always been to win the starter to win the world.

At this time, Van Gundy could only call a timeout first, and after calling a timeout, Van Gundy immediately adjusted his defense.

Hit high on the other side. When the tide is high, the first thing to do is to adjust the defense, because this is the most important way to target the opponent.

Van Gundy's adjustment was still very in place, and the Pelicans returned to the court, and they immediately played a tactical offense.

With the support of the team, Thornton quickly came out. Took the ball and threw a solid mid-range.

The Pelicans finally got the points, but the Pelicans only got the points, and the Rockets immediately advanced quickly.

The Rockets just used the timeout to replace Morty Yunas and replaced Josh Smith, Josh Smith has nothing particularly prominent, but the general Rockets can't do without Josh Smith, because Josh Smith Although you don't have characteristics, you can still play everything, this kind of jack-of-all-trades player. It's a must-have piece of the puzzle in a championship team.

Josh Smith grabbed the rebound and quickly pushed forward, he overwhelmed the free throw line to hold the ball, and the Pelicans' formation immediately fell apart a little because Josh Smith advanced with the ball at the No. 4 position. It's a problem for most teams.

Just when the Pelicans' defensive formation was a little scattered, Harden ran up from behind, and Josh Smith made a pass to Harden, who dribbled a step. One step away from a three-pointer is a three-point shot with a pull-up jumper.

Harden threw a three-pointer so far away, Li Feng was completely unprepared, and it was too late to get up and defend.

"Huh!"

Harden at this distance. Hitting another three-pointer in this way, the Pelicans' timeout was in vain, and the Rockets were still in full swing.

"Boom, boom!"

The entire Toyota Center was roaring, and the Rockets made a super start on their home court.

In the game between the two teams, now it's either you playing too well or I playing too well, and once you can't play too well, even if it's just normal play, you lose.

And today's situation is that the Rockets are playing exceptionally and the Pelicans are playing normally.

The Rockets opened the game to chase and beat the Pelicans, how the Pelicans' play was not bad, whether it was on the offensive end or the defensive end, the Pelicans' level was not bad, but the opposite Rockets were playing extraordinarily, so that at the end of the first quarter, the Pelicans were still aggrieved and led by 6 points.

27-21, the Rockets lead, the Pelicans fell behind in the first quarter, and at this time Li Feng understood that the Pelicans could not drag out the second quarter and had to play an advantage.

If they can't turn the tide of the game quickly, the Pelicans may lose their balance psychologically.

So Li Feng discussed with the head coach during the first quarter break and asked to play as soon as the second quarter began.

Van Gundy thought about it a little and agreed to Li Feng's request.

After all, the situation is too difficult to be too cautious.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Li Feng continued to play on the Pelicans' side, and Li Feng only hit a ball on the court. Harden on the Rockets' side immediately jumped up, and the Rockets will definitely not let Li Feng play his state, and after the Rockets no longer have Ariza, the best defender on the outside has become Harden.

Harden is also a member of the defensive team, his defensive ability is undoubted, and Harden immediately caused a lot of trouble for Li Feng as soon as he came up.

The momentum of the two teams was balanced again, so that the Rockets were still 6 points ahead, and Li Feng led the team to chase desperately behind.

But today the Rockets did play an extraordinary game at home, and Harden was also in shape, so the Rockets took a big advantage, and the first half was over, and the Rockets led the Pelicans by 10 points.

57-47, the Pelicans were pressed by 10 points in the first half, and Harden's state is still hot, in this case, the Pelicans' situation is not good.

In a game like this, the Pelicans are 10 points behind, and that's a lot of pressure. And the Pelican's previous compression resistance was not good.

At this time, Su Qun said very worriedly:

"It was the Rockets who took the lead in the first half, which was very unsettling. In this series, the Pelicans played well with the downwind, and the upwind ball played averagely, and now they are against the wind, and the Rockets are downwind, at this time the time to test the Pelican's psychology has come, if the Pelicans can overcome their psychological barriers, there is hope for the game, if not. That's all they can do here. ”

Su Qun said the problem completely from the Pelicans' point of view, but Barkley, the veteran commentator of TNT on the American side, said very firmly at this time:

"The pelicans are finished! According to the previous experience of both teams, whoever leads wins, and today the Rockets are ahead. And the Rockets have a better psychological element, and the morale at home is even higher, and today the Rockets won. The pelican is still young in the end, and the psychological element zhì is not good. ”

When Barkley said this, Kenny Smith agreed:

"It's true that the Pelicans had a good regular season. But in the playoffs, they still lack experience, and although Li Feng has experience, his partner does not. ”

There are also commentators on the broadcast on the American side, who unanimously believe that the Pelicans are finished. Because the pelican's previous appearance of the will quality is not very good.

At a time when the outside world was in crisis, Li Feng delivered a great speech in the Pelican's locker room, and Li Feng knew that he had to use this time to say something. He has to let his team go above and beyond, and he believes that if he just plays one game, his team will be far more explosive than the opposition.

Since now the rocket is playing well. Li Feng wants to make his team play better than the Rockets.

So Li Feng went to the locker room, rested a little, then stood up and said loudly:

"Brothers! Let me say a little bit, we played really well in the regular season this season, but we had trouble against the Rockets, who were one of the strongest opponents we've ever faced. This series, we played hard! I think everyone has experienced the hardships involved. ”

"Now that we've come here, I don't think anyone wants to lose, because if we go one step further, we will be able to create Zào history, only one step, or half a step, we will be able to create the highest glory of Zào, at this time, does anyone want to retreat!"

Li Feng paused a little when he said this, and the Pelicans' locker room could naturally be a piece of "can't"

Speaking of which, Li Feng has made everyone's goals consistent, and under the unified goal, the team can continue.

Li Feng got the answer he wanted, so he continued:

"Since we all want to win. The pace of the second half has to be in our hands and we have to play our own style of basketball. We have to trust each other, share with each other, whether on the defensive end or on the offensive end, communicate more, trust more, think more, and have courage, we can win, we will win! Victory belongs to us and must be ours! ”

Li Feng's tone became more and more firm, and there was a glittering light in his eyes, such Li Feng gave his teammates a lot of encouragement, even shock.

So when Li Feng finished speaking, the Pelicans players chanted together:

"Victory is ours!"

Li Feng finished boosting his morale, stood up again and explained some details to all the players, Li Feng wanted to use his hands and mouth, change the team's style in the second half, and also change the team's confidence. But that's just to say that Li Feng still needs to do something on the court.

Twenty minutes passed quickly, and the second half began, with the Pelicans playing as soon as the second half began.

The Pelicans opened under the command of Li Feng, playing a multi-ball run, as soon as the Pelicans came up, Li Feng ran again, Luo Teng was running, and then Al Jefferson on the inside was also moving in circles.

The whole Pelicans' offense came alive all at once, the Rockets played well in the first half, and their lineup was too heavy to fit this brisk style.

The Pelicans came up and easily tore open the space, Li Feng easily rushed near the low post, once Li Feng rushed up, Corey quickly passed the ball to Li Feng's hands.

Li Feng took the ball and paused a little under the basket, and the attention of the rocket fell to Li Feng.

At this time, Li Feng's position under the basket was good, and the Rockets were ready to pounce, but at this moment, Li Feng suddenly reached out to Harden's back, and made a ground pass behind Harden's back, and the basketball went to Gasol's hand behind him. Gasol found an easy opportunity in the Pelicans' barrage of runs and scored two points on a layup.

In the second half, there were changes as soon as the Pelicans started, and the team's movement was more agile. Li Feng also turned into the role of central passing.

As soon as this change appeared, there was an immediate commotion on the court.

The Pelicans' ethos changed, and Barkley on the sidelines immediately said:

"The Pelicans changed the pace in the second half. They're going to give it their all in the second half, this is the Pelicans' last chance, and this wave will definitely be very ferocious, let's see if the Rockets can withstand it! ”

The Rockets naturally felt the Pelicans' ferocious counterattack, and they immediately became nervous.

When the Rockets arrived at the Pelicans' half, they really wanted to kill the Pelicans first, and Harden took the ball up and directly challenged Li Feng's defense again.

Li Feng's own defensive ability is very strong, but at this moment. The team is on the safe side.

Still used collective defense, Li Feng stared at Al Jefferson in front and back, Harden decisively took a breakthrough in the face of this defense, he would rather go to the inside to challenge Al Jefferson than fight with Li Feng on the outside.

Harden's idea is good, but if he wants to break through Al Jefferson, he still has to pass Li Feng first, and when Harden breaks through, Li Feng is chasing at the elbow. Even if he was broken through half a step, Li Feng magically touched Harden's basketball below.

So. Harden didn't grasp the ball when he got up and broke through, and it was crooked immediately when he came up to break through.

The Pelicans successfully defended for a round at once, and the Pelicans immediately turned quickly towards the Rockets' halfcourt.

At this time, the pelicans also ran out of a beautiful cross cover in the fast running, and Luo Teng, who came up from behind, cleverly gave Li Feng a cover. Li Feng took the ball and dribbled to the Rocket's three-point line.

The Rocket's attention shifted to the ground, and Li Feng made another ground-hitting pass, and the basketball went to Luo Teng outside.

Luo Teng took a three-pointer and scored 3 points in an instant.

All of a sudden, the rocket had to call a timeout. Because the Pelicans caught up with 5 points in one go, the Rockets' 10-point advantage disappeared in an instant.

No Rockets called a timeout at this time, and immediately followed the Pelicans to change a small lineup, after changing this small lineup. The rocket's agility immediately increased dramatically, and it could barely keep up with the pelican's rapid movement.

The Rockets finally held the remaining 5-point advantage, but the Pelicans came up to chase 5 points in a wave, and the difference was shortened to 5 points, and the psychological pressure on the Pelicans was suddenly much smaller. Once the psychological pressure is gone, the Pelicans' fighting spirit will come.

In the second half, he fought with the Rockets, and all members played, and Li Feng also passed good balls as the center again and again.

Once the Pelicans have no psychological pressure, their strength will come out, and they will not fall behind in the second half of the fight with the Rockets.

At the end of the third quarter, the difference between the two teams was shortened to 4 points, 79-75, leaving only a 4-point advantage, and the two teams were about to enter the fourth quarter.

At this time, the score difference suddenly shortened, and Su Qun finally relaxed at this time and said:

"The two teams entered the final quarter with a 4-point difference, the Pelicans have no problem, and in the end, regardless of whether the game is won or lost, at least the Pelicans' mentality will not be messed up!"

On the American side, Barkley also changed his tune and said:

"The Pelicans' adjustment in the third quarter worked, and now they finally caught up with the score, so the Rockets don't have an absolute advantage."

Barkley has changed his tune, which shows that the Pelicans put a lot of pressure on the Rockets on the court.

The fourth quarter of the game came back, this was the last quarter, and the two teams knew that it was time to fight hard at this time with a 4-point gap.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Rockets did not let Harden rest in order to seek stability, but they did not let Harden attack as soon as they started, because Harden stayed in the last few minutes.

As soon as the Rockets opened the game, they played a high post tactic of Asik, and Asik took the ball and Harden shook it in front of Asik, pretending to catch the ball.

When the eyes of the world were on Harden's side, Asik flicked the ball in one hand and then broke straight from the middle to the Pelicans' basket.

Asik's blow was really shocking, he was very sudden, and he saw that Asik left the two big men of the Pelicans behind. Everyone thought that Asik must have succeeded this time.

If Asik succeeds this time, with a dunk, the morale of the Rockets will immediately rise. (To be continued......)