Chapter 427 Breaking through the line of defense
Harden took the ball to the frontcourt and made a pick-and-roll with Morris. After breaking the ball back to Morris who was passing the ball, Morris took the ball and directly pressed Brewer to score a layup. ⊙,
The ball was quite tough. If Brewer had a little more action, he would be called a foul.
After scoring the goal, Morris was also very excited. He straightened his neck and roared. It was obvious that he had played two substitutes in a row, so he was also full of energy.
In the Clippers' offense, Tang Shuai just pushed the ball into the frontcourt and immediately encountered double-teams from the Rockets. Without Griffin and Paul, Bickstaff was quite unrestrained on the defensive end.
Shuai Tang passed the ball to Brewer, and Brewer gave Green again. Green broke through and made a layup, but soon encountered Howard delaying the obstacle.
Green's passing ability is obviously not comparable to that of Tang Shuai. He wanted to pass the ball to Jordan Jr., but the ball passed was obviously slower, and he was cut off by Morris, who was resting the defense.
In the Rockets' fast break, Harden was ahead of the pack, surpassing Pierce and Brewer to score layups.
The cheers from the fans at the scene were deafening.
The Rockets played a pretty strong momentum at the beginning.
Shuai Tang quickly discovered that the game was much more difficult than he thought, and what Billups said was definitely not alarmist.
Although Griffin was injured before, he was still very sure of the offensive, which made the Rockets dare not easily double-team him. However, if Griffin did not play in this game, the Rockets did not give him a chance to play, while the others were not in high offensive success rate, and the situation was quite passive.
21-8, the Rockets played at home with a strong momentum. By the time Tang Shuai and other main players were replaced, the Clippers were already behind the double-digit score difference, and the score was only a pitiful double-digit score.
"It seems that the Houstonians can celebrate in advance. The Clippers' players are obviously not ready to play this game." Barkley looked up at the score on the field and couldn't help but sigh, "But it's not their fault. After losing the two cores of the team, it is not easy to maintain the fighting spirit and motivation of the game."
"Our Master of Understanding Football seems to have foreseeed wrong. Tang was strictly guarded and he did not have the ability to change the game trend. After all, he is just a rookie." Smith echoed.
The words of Barkley and Smith are exactly what the outside world thinks about this game. In fact, this is true, at least that's the beginning.
After Tang Shuai got out, he wrapped his head in a towel and looked very frustrated. He encouraged his teammates to win the series for Paul. As a result, he didn't even have the chance to take action, not to mention his performance.
When Billups saw Tang Shuai's performance at this time, he couldn't help but sigh.
The game on the court continued. Compared to the main players' performance, the Clippers' substitute group was obviously more motivated today.
Seeing that the attack time was about to come, Booker forced a three-pointer against Reeves, and then made a protective move and fell to the ground.
With a crisp "swish", three-point lucky ones fell into the bag.
The whistle sounded along the sidelines.
This is a 3+1 turn.
Booker was quite excited after scoring, and his blue veins roared wildly, just like a bull head with bloodthirsty techniques.
The fans at the scene were in an uproar.
At this time, Tang Shuai pulled open the towel and looked up and saw the scene of Booker making a three-pointer and the passionate celebration afterwards.
He suddenly trembled unconsciously.
The game on the court continued, and the Rockets scored a three-pointer from Terry on the outside, but Booker was not afraid of tigers, and he directly stepped forward against Capela's defense during the offense.
Capela, as the Rockets' focus of training, has a good strength. The result can be imagined. She was directly overturned.
However, Booker caught the ball with both hands, and did not lose his hand, and he fell very hard.
The referee on the sideline gave Capela a defensive foul.
When he heard the whistle, Booker suddenly turned over from the ground. He looked excited and didn't care where the fall hurt.
Shuai Tang could not resist the movement.
Although they are both rookies, Tang Shuai's rapid growth has made him not a rookie in the team at all. Booker, who was traded, became his "little brother". Booker is now playing so hard. In comparison, he is even more pale.
"Don, don't be discouraged. The game has just begun. The Rockets can't guard against you like that for the whole game." At this moment, Paul in the back row reached out and patted his shoulder and said.
Shuai Tang looked back at Paul and nodded.
The Clippers' substitute group played well under Booker's leadership, and the score difference between the two sides was not further widened, but narrowed a little.
36 to 26, when both sides returned to the bench in the second quarter, the Rockets still maintained a double-digit lead.
When Tang Shuai came on the court, he slapped Booker and praised him: "It's done well."
Booker had a sense of joy on his face. It was obviously a very happy thing for him to be praised by Shuai Tang.
After the timeout, the Rockets' offense, Morris's down was stopped by Jordan Jr. He slid out of the basket and was caught by Green.
Tang Shuai carried the ball and advanced to the frontcourt.
The Rockets' defense has changed. Perhaps it was because Tang Shuai basically didn't perform much in the first quarter. They no longer used double-teams against him like in the first quarter, but only used Beverly to defend alone.
When Tang Shuai saw this scene, he was suddenly happy. He didn't even ask the inside to do a pick-and-roll, and directly rushed in with one cross step.
Beverly, who was defending him, saw his movements and then retreated to the defense.
In addition to the unpredictable change of direction, Iverson's breakthrough is also the change of rhythm, and the movements that are sometimes fast and sometimes slow, making you unable to grasp when to start him.
After Tang Shuai suddenly rose, Ai's exclusive OSover package was activated, and he accelerated in. After Beverly contracted his defense, he suddenly slowed down.
Like Iverson's emergency stop jump shot, the McGrady exclusive pull-up bag that Tang Shuai owns is very lethal even if it is just a weakened version.
After playing so many games, Beverly knew this, so after Tang Shuai suddenly slowed down, he rushed forward.
But just as he rushed out, Tang Shuai suddenly accelerated again, and the pace changed so quickly that it was impossible to react.
This was equivalent to the two people accelerating in the opposite direction. In the blink of an eye, Tang Shuai passed Beverly and scored with a light basket.
The score difference instantly becomes single digits.
The fans at the scene were in an uproar.
Billups' eyes flashed with surprise at this moment, but he nodded quickly with a smile.
"Damn it!" Bickstaff couldn't help but curse, as if he realized that he had just made a mistake.
Harden wanted to break through and get a goal in the Rockets' offense, but at this time Brewer was very hard at defense and pressed against Harden tightly.
Harden took a step back and took a jump shot without getting rid of it completely.
The ball's strength was obviously smaller, and the rebound was taken down by Jordan Jr.
After repeatedly hitting such difficult goals in three consecutive games, his luck was obviously overused.
Jordan Jr. caught the rebound and gave it to Tang Shuai, who carried the ball and advanced at high speed.
"Double-team! Double-team!" After learning from the lesson from the previous goal, Bickstaff immediately became wary.
Beverly and Harden, who were retreating, heard the shouts and went up one after another.
Tang Shuai started the fast break very quickly, and the other teammates had not had time to catch up, but he had no intention of stopping, and directly passed the midfield with Beverly's defense.
At this time, Harden's double-team is coming.
He suddenly slowed down.
Beverly also slowed down, but he did not pounce on it. He learned from his mistakes. He had just been fooled by Tang Shuai in this way, and he was obviously not so stupid that he wanted to come for the second time.
But just as he slowed down, a shocking scene happened.
The next moment when Tang Shuai slowed down, he turned around sharply.
It turns out that he slowed down not to get rid of it, but to do this action.
This turn was quite fancy, and even Barkley on the sidelines couldn't help but exclaim, almost 360 degrees. Tang Shuai's turn while advancing actually turned Beverly around like a wooden stake!
The fans at the scene were in an uproar.
You know, Beverly is moving, which means he is directly passing him with relative speed, and it is so straightforward!
Tang Shuai didn't change much in expression. He took the ball and looked at Harden in front of him, and suddenly accelerated and rushed forward.
You should know that he has not only Iverson's exclusive OSover bag, but also Alstom's exclusive dribble bag. Even if it is a weakened version, it is more than enough to complete such a move!
Harden felt a little guilty at this time, and he couldn't help but look around to see if there were any teammates who assisted in defense.
The answer is obviously no.
Tang Shuai suddenly changed direction.
Harden saved.
Tang Shuai changed his rhythm and then changed direction again. Harden was like a wooden stake and did not even have time to adjust his defense twice.
Tang Shuai scored 2 points with a light back layup.
The fans at the scene were in an uproar.
"This is amazing. This elegant dribble is even reminded of that perverted little guy in Philadelphia!" Barkley couldn't help but exclaim.
"I have to admit that the Rockets' retreat was too slow." Smith said.
The score difference on the field was only 6 points left in a blink of an eye.
"les’s.go!rokets!" The fans at the scene cheered loudly for the home team.
However, Tang Shuai's performance made the Rockets' players a little confused. Harden and Howard played pick-and-roll during the offense. I wonder if they had not recovered from the last ball's defensive round, but Harden's pass actually passed directly to Tang Shuai's hand.
The Clippers once again made a fast attack. Tang Shuai was quick-eyed and quickly threw the ball to Brewer who was about to get off the ground.
Brewer was quick to lightning and used his best fast break layup to add another 2 points to the Clippers.
In just a few rounds, the score difference has been narrowed to only 4 points left!
Bixtaff was forced to call for a timeout and was hit continuously. If he didn't adjust, the momentum of the game would be completely overwhelmed.
Chapter completed!