NBA opening draw to twilight Shaquille O'Neal

After calming down, an unprecedented hot flame appeared in Harden's eyes.

In any case, he must play well tonight and prove himself once!
Prove his nickname as the league's No. [-] shooting guard and prove that he can bring a bright future to the Houston Mosaic team.

Looking at No. 36 of the Trail Blazers not far away, Harden gritted his teeth. No matter what, he must beat that guy once!
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After the opening ceremony, the starting lineups of both sides were released one after another.

For the Trail Blazers, Lillard and Button are on the outside, Batum is at the small forward, and Wang Zelin and Aldridge are on the inside.

Still a familiar formula, still a familiar taste.

For the Mosaic team, the lineup has changed a lot.

The lineup of James Harden, Marcus Thornton, Trevor Ariza, Michael Beasley, Dwight Howard took the field.

Bearded Harden is going to play number one tonight? !
After Jason Terry was injured, the Mosaic team's guard talent reserve was further reduced, and the originally introduced third giant, Ty Lawson, played like a ghost from time to time. Now the Mosaic team really lacks a real backcourt boss.

Therefore, the team's new coach D'Antoni chose to boldly put Harden in the first position tonight, and then let Michael Beasley, who has better running and jumping ability, be the power forward position to increase the mobility of the team lineup.

In this game, D'Antoni's tactics for the team are just one word-fast!

Not only the shooting speed must be fast, but also the speed of counterattack and fast break must be fast, which is a bit like the feeling of running and bombing the brigade in the Suns era.

Fast break, running and bombing is precisely D'Antoni's specialty.

Of course, the premise is to give him a reliable field control master.

Coincidentally, No. 13 James Harden of the Mosaic team is one of the top field control masters in history.

Maybe it’s because they’re too excited about the holiday, maybe it’s because they were too relaxed in the process of killing the Mosaic team twice before, or maybe it’s because D’Antoni didn’t expect that Harden could play so well when he put Harden in the first position.

Only Wang Zelin scored some points through singles at the basket to avoid the point difference being opened up by the opponent.

Conversely, Harden gave his teammates two wonderful assists at the start of the Mosaic team. Thornton and Ariza each made a three-pointer.

Harden started with 5 points and 3 assists, Thornton and Ariza scored 3 points each, and Beasley scored 4 points through air cuts and dunks frequently at the basket.

Only Howard was a little pitiful. Facing Wang Zelin's defense, the offensive end was not accounted for, but fortunately he did his job and protected the backcourt rebounds very well.

After the official timeout, the Blazers trailed by 9 points at 19:10, and the Blazers fans on the field couldn't believe it.

It was a hammer!

The outside shots on the opposite side are blooming, and their own players are dying, and the rhythm on the field is gradually out of control.

Coach Terry was also taken aback by the performance of the point guard version of Harden, and lost the opportunity if he accidentally started the game.

Well, it's still early, and it's still too late to change the strategy.

During the timeout, Coach Terry made lineup adjustments, asking Beverly to replace Lillard, go bite Harden, and let Connett Lee, who has a better three-pointer, replace Barton. The other three positions remained unchanged, and they were still the main players.

In his opinion, using this lineup of three main players and two substitutes should be enough to deal with the situation on the court.

But after the game started, Coach Terry and the two assistants around him were dumbfounded, because Harden's talent once again refreshed everyone's perception of him.

Harden, who swung to the No. [-] position for the first time, played like a fish in water. Perhaps even D'Antoni did not expect that Harden was more suitable for the No. [-] position than he imagined.

Originally playing at the second position, Harden could rely on his strong body to force most of the current players at the same position, and even some forward players. Now that he is at the first position, he has no natural enemies at once.

Even if the external defense is as strong as Beverly, Harden can completely hang him one-on-one.But once the Trail Blazers use double-teaming, Harden can always find an open teammate at the first time and distribute the ball.

The key is that Trevor Ariza and Thornton felt really good today, and most of the open opportunities were seized.

After the first quarter, the Blazers were 17 points behind at 35:18.

The home fans were agitated.

In the opening stage, the Trail Blazers fell behind!
18 points behind in the first quarter, in their impression, this is almost something that never happened during the Trail Blazers' two consecutive championships.

When will the Mosaic team push the Trail Blazers into such a situation?
According to the script, shouldn't the Trail Blazers just make it up?

Is the bearded man so stubborn playing the first position?
The faces of all the fans at home were full of shock and doubts.

At this time, everyone on the Trail Blazers bench fell silent.

Even Wang Zelin didn't expect Xiao Dengdeng to play point guard so fiercely, which even made him feel like he couldn't be restricted.

Before the start of the game, who would have thought that the team could make such a bad start today.

To be 18 points behind the opponent at the beginning was something unimaginable in the past...but it really happened today.

The All-Star weekend is approaching, coupled with the previous wave of 8 consecutive victories, and the experience of defeating the Mosaic team several times, the team subconsciously felt that it was impossible for the Houston Mosaic team to beat the Trail Blazers.

Just relying on the group of Houstonians, it is impossible to kill him.

It is precisely because of this idea of ​​​​underestimating the enemy that the Trail Blazers paid a heavy price for it.

This is the first time they have suffered such a disadvantage at the start since their first championship season.

The Mosaic team is obviously well prepared for this game.Especially the leader Harden, he is determined to prove himself once, and wants to smash the ridiculous statement that "the Blazers No. 36 is the nemesis of the Mosaic team" from the outside world.

Sure enough, entering the second quarter, Harden took the initiative to ask for another fight.

With a lead of nearly 20 points, the confident Harden took the lead and quickly led the team to continue to open the score.

I have to admit that from Wang Zelin's impression of Harden's career history, in many cases, Harden can be described as the god of downwind.

Perhaps due to family factors, Harden has always lacked some confidence and decisiveness in his character along the way. This is a bit similar to his big brother Durant during the Thunder period, which caused him to always be unable to withstand the test of headwinds.

But if it's a downwind shot, it's different. A confident Harden definitely wants to win more than anyone else!

In the blink of an eye, Harden helped the team establish a 24-point lead by breaking through and scoring.

beep~~

Less than 2 minutes into the second quarter, the Trail Blazers were stopped directly.

Damn, did that guy take aphrodisiac today?It's just a change of position, why is it so perverted?
Coach Terry was a little annoyed. They thought that the rotation led by Lillard and Button would be able to last for a while.But I never thought that the team's offensive end was quickly overwhelmed by the Mosaic team.