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Chapter 80 Harden in front of the defense (36)

When it was time for the Mosaic team to attack, Jeremy Lin quickly passed the ball to James Harden after half court.

Seeing this scene, Wang Zelin understood that Jeremy Lin was just as unhappy in Mosaic as in his previous life.

Jeremy Lin and Harden's play style is destined to be ball-handling players, and the two cannot coexist at all, which requires one party to make sacrifices.

Obviously, it was Jeremy Lin, the weaker side, who was first arranged to make sacrifices by the coaching staff.

As soon as Harden came up, he signaled his teammates to pull away as in the previous game: labor and management want singles.

Leaving the Thunder, Harden is like a wild horse, no one can restrain his scoring instinct, and he is enjoying his time in Houston.

Harden, as Mosaic's offensive arrow, is mainly staring at the Blazers' perimeter striker Batum.

Facing Batumna's long wingspan and fierce eyes, Harden felt a lot of pressure, but it quickly turned into motivation.

Although he played in a rotation-centric role in the first few years of the Thunder, as the future No. [-] shooting back in the league, Harden's offensive skills have already been honed.

I saw that he dribbled the ball quickly under the crotch, and watched the direction of the players on both sides and the changes of the defenders. Suddenly, he accelerated to the left and forced Batum to retreat. Two points shot.

"Shh!"

Compared with the three-point step back, to a certain extent, the two-point step back is actually more unpredictable and hard to prevent.

Harden's trump card right now is his two-point step-back and his incredible body at the [-].

Harden, who was born as the third overall pick, has even better rookie physical test data than his second brother, Westbrook. However, due to some reasons in the later period, his style of play is more and more inclined to the floor flow, which makes people ignore his explosive performance. physical fitness.

"James ~~ Harden! A beautiful step back and two points, our new leader quickly responded to the other side, and the Aerospace City will usher in another recovery."

This time, Harden's ability to play singles without a solution in the future is faintly revealed.

After the Mosaic team scored, the Blazers quickly launched a counterattack.

Lillard once again handed the ball to Wang Zelin who squeezed into the three-second zone, but this time he did not choose to continue to be strong inside, but as a transition, he quickly passed the ball to Matthews, who was emptied on the bottom line.

Harden on the other side actively made up for the defense. Although he didn't cover it, he still gave some defensive interference.

Sure enough, Matthews had to adjust his posture slightly at the last moment of the shot, and the whole movement became unsmooth.

Lack of fluidity means rhythm chaos, and the result is a hard shot.

"mine!"

Asik stared at the rebounding ball in the sky, and his legs jumped straight up...

A long arm emerged, grabbed the rebound in front of Asik, and stuffed it back into the basket.

"Sorry, it's mine!"

Wang Zelin looked down at Asik and said with a light smile.

3rd rebound!
"Humph!"

The expression of Asik, who was not as skilled as others, instantly turned gloomy, he snorted and passed Wang Zelin, and quickly walked over to pick up the ball.

I deducted two just now, and then Wang Zelin's anger subsided a lot, and he didn't bother anymore.

It's just that when he returned to defense, his surprised eyes were fixed on Harden on the other side.

I really didn't expect to see Deng Ge who was willing to work hard for the bad job of defense before being broken by Kardashian.

What a good child, how did he become like that...

The rhythm of the game between the two sides was very fast. The two teams came and went, and each attack was almost completed in about [-] to [-] seconds.

What Wang Zelin has to do on the court is actually just a few things: first, to cover and catch the ball for his teammates; second, to defend the basket well; third, to strengthen his own basket offense when he has the opportunity.

By the middle of the second quarter, the Trail Blazers' advantage had grown like a snowball, and the points difference was gradually widened, and the two sides were tied at 2:35.

Wang Zelin has played continuously for 16 minutes without rest. This is the longest protracted battle he has played since he joined the NBA.

17 points, 8 rebounds, 2 blocks and 2 fouls. This is the data that Wang Zelin handed over in the quarter and a half of this game, and it has caught up with the efficiency of the previous game.

He is in exceptional form today, and at the same time has a strong desire to perform.

No one knows why, but people just need to know that Wang Zelin has handed over an excellent transcript, and that's enough.

As for those 2 fouls?
Come on, it's too trivial in front of that string of data.

Young people always make mistakes, don't they, they still have time to change and improve.

"Wang, you played really well today. At a certain moment, I even vaguely saw the style of the future league's No. [-] center!"

On the bench, Coach Terry patted Wang Zelin on the shoulder with admiration in his eyes.

"Hoo! Hoo!" After breathing heavily, Wang Zelin wiped his sweat, raised his head and said, "Thank you for your compliment, sir, but I think I can do better."

"Hahaha, it's a good thing to be motivated, but your physical strength is already a little lacking. What you have to do now is to trust your teammates. In the third quarter, I will let you continue to play time, OK?"

"OK!"

Of course, Wang Zelin knew that the coach was doing it for his own good, so he quickly put on the thermal clothes.

After the Blazers ended Wang Zelin due to physical problems, the inside combination was replaced by Aldridge and Hickson, who were commonly used last season.

Since most of the offensive power was in the hands of Wang Zelin and Lillard in the first quarter, Aldridge played very leisurely, and now he is still very strong.

Although there is one less tiger general, there is still a certain overall strength gap between the Mosaic and the Trail Blazers. The lineup created by the team management for Harden may have the strength to enter the playoffs, but it cannot Go further.

The game continues, and the Blazers' offense on the field is mainly completed by the pair of inside and outside guns of Aldridge and Lillard.

Mosaic's inside duo, whether it's Parsons or Asik, are not Aldridge's opponents.

In my impression, Aldridge performed at the peak of the playoffs, and the background board was a mosaic.

As for Jeremy Lin, he struggled with Lillard on the defensive end, but in the end it was too far behind. The only advantage they had was Harden.

No matter what it is, it will get weak with too much use.

When Mosaic's attack was all relying on the beard, his physical strength also declined very quickly, and his efficiency gradually declined.

At present, Harden has not yet encountered the pressing defense of Kardashian. He just came to Aerospace City. He is full of beautiful vision and high fighting spirit for the future of himself and the team, and he has always longed to become an idol in his heart. A superstar with both offense and defense like Kobe Bryant.

Therefore, Harden not only has to do a good job of offense in this game, but also the outside defense gate in the team's defensive system.

The defensive skills he learned when he was the sixth man in the Thunder not only didn't get lost, but instead tended to strengthen.

第3节开始后受到体力影响，马赛克这边主力打得很烂：哈登6中2、帕森斯3中1，林书豪2中0。

On the other hand, the performance of Asik in the interior was acceptable. He scored 6 points for multiple tip-ups in the interior, and only managed to get 19 points together with the substitute.

According to the current rhythm of the NBA game, most teams score about 30 points in a single quarter, and about 25 points are called normal levels. When the efficiency is below 20, it can be called difficult to score.

The Houston Mosaic team is an offensive team, averaging around 26 points per game is their normal level, but they performed so poorly in the third quarter, which shows their low offensive efficiency.

(End of this chapter)