In the second half of the game, Wang Feng was still staring at Harden throughout the whole game, when Harden played, he would follow him, if Harden chose to call for a pick-and-roll cover, he would wrap Harden with his teammates, and the target should not be too obvious.

Such tactics turned out to be correct.

This season, the Rockets have become more and more dependent on Harden's offense, and Harden's inability to score will severely hamper the Rockets' offensive rhythm.

As long as they can kill Harden, then the Rockets have no power to resist.

If this trick is used on the Warriors, whether it is Curry or Durant, the other of the two can use offense to make the team doubt their lives.

Even against James is very average, first of all, James does not call for pick-and-roll cover as often as Harden, and the timing of the package is not easy to choose, and secondly, even if James encounters the bag after calling the block, with his strong strength, he can pass the basketball before being pressed.

Harden can't do that, which is one of the reasons why he always pulls his hip at critical moments in the playoffs.

In the third quarter of the game, Wang Feng made fewer shots, scoring only 7 points, raising his personal score to 36 points, while Harden only scored 4 points when accompanied by Wang Feng.

At the end of the third quarter, the difference between the two teams had reached nearly 30 points.

In the fourth quarter of the game, D'Antoni didn't want to struggle anymore, replaced the main lineup, and came off the bench.

On the Lakers' side, Wharton saw this scene and then changed to the bench lineup, but Wang Feng grabbed two three-point shots before leaving the court and scored 6 points, bringing his personal score to 42 points.

The behavior of garbage time scoring is more or less inauthentic, but how can Wang Feng, who is bound to win the scoring king, care about you?

128:100。

This is the final score of both teams at the end of the match.

The Lakers won by 28 points on the road against the Rockets!

Not only did the Lakers win this game, but Wang Feng also won the game.

Wang Feng exploded to 42 points while successfully limiting Harden's scoring to 14 points.

In this game, Harden was depressed enough, and he was immediately caught in the bag as soon as he called for blocking, and he began to single Wang Feng after he was in a hurry, but he still couldn't score under Wang Feng's defense, and was hit by Wang Feng's various defensive shots, which can be described as losing and losing.

Originally, the Rockets' record this season was not good, but Harden's personal scoring ability showed an explosive state, which made many people feel that they didn't care about defense, and in terms of offensive ability alone, Harden was comparable to Wang Feng, and now it seems that it may be up for debate.

"The Lakers beat the Rockets by 28 points, avenging the revenge at the beginning of the season, Butler's joining did make a qualitative change in the Lakers' lineup, but obviously Wang Feng's strong performance is the direct reason why the Lakers are so good at present!"

"So far in the regular season, the Rockets have a record of less than 50%, only ranked 12th in the West, if the team does not adjust soon, it is very likely that they will not be able to enter the playoffs in the highly competitive West, if this is the case, the Rockets may become the first team to win more than 65 games in the regular season last season, and miss the playoffs without significant changes to the team's core lineup in the new season."

As for whether the Rockets can participate in the playoffs, Wang Feng feels that there is no big suspense.

Harden's real explosion was in January, when he averaged 43.6 points, 8.7 rebounds and 7.6 assists per game, and in February, Harden could still maintain 37.6 points, relying on his super scoring ability to single-handedly bring the Rockets into the playoffs.

This is also the reason why Wang Feng cares about suppressing Harden's performance in this game.

Harden's performance behind him is indeed too exaggerated, even Wang Feng is not sure that he can surpass the opponent, and he may be snatched away if he is not careful.

If the Lakers played against the Rockets every game in January and February, Wang Feng would not be worried, let him defend Harden, and he is confident that Harden's average points per game will be suppressed below 25 points.

But the problem is that the Lakers and Rockets only have two regular season games, so every opportunity to keep Harden's points per game low must be seized.

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The Lakers' on-road win over the Rockets was followed by back-to-back road games against the Charlotte Hornets, Washington Wizards and Brooklyn Nets on the road.

All three teams are Eastern Conference teams, and the long journey and back-to-back back-to-back left the Lakers exhausted, and although they managed to defeat the Hornets 115-107 and 109-102 respectively, they still couldn't survive the final road against the Brooklyn Nets, losing the game 110-114.

After losing on the road, the Lakers returned to Los Angeles and finally had a three-day rest to recharge their batteries, and immediately after defeating the New Orleans Pelicans 112-104 at home to defend their home victory.

On December 23, the Lakers hosted the Memphis Grizzlies and won one more victory.

So far, the Lakers have a 27-6 record in 33 games, which is the best in the league, and even far behind other teams.

The current second-best record in the league is the Toronto Raptors in the East, with a 23-8 record.

In third and fourth place are the Golden State Warriors with 23 wins and 11 losses and the Milwaukee Bucks with 22 wins and 10 losses.

Who would have thought of such a result before the start of the regular season?

The Golden State Warriors, who have five All-Stars, can only rank third in the record list, and their performance is not even as good as last season.

Originally, Cousins joined the Warriors with an ultra-low and cheap contract of 5 million, which made the whole league think that the finale had come early, who would have thought that the Warriors with such a strong lineup would perform so hard in the new season?

Cousins is out injured and has clearly not fully recovered from his injury, while the team's defensive core is Draymond. Green Athletic's level has not advanced but retreated, his average points per game have dropped to about 7 points, his three-point shooting rate has dropped to an outrageous 28%, and now no one has stepped forward to defend him at the top arc, and he has become a complete burden on the offensive end.

If it weren't for the fact that he could still shine on the defensive end, his role on the court would be completely negative.

The Warriors are in dire shape, but even so, they are still the favourites to win the championship, consistently topping the NBA odds charts in sports lottery, far outpacing even the rest of their competitors.

Obviously, the Warriors' strong roster has led everyone to think that even if they are not in good shape, they will still show great dominance against other teams, especially after entering the playoffs.

And in this case, the Lakers finally met the Warriors.

December 25th, Christmas.

NBA's traditional performing arts Christmas war, the league's arrangement this year is the Warriors VS Lakers.