Legend Raiders

Chapter 36
The game continues.

The Rockets and the Eagles have mutual offense and defense, but on the offensive end, the Rockets are obviously stronger.

When the game lasted 5 minutes, with the arrival of the official timeout, when they played again, there were personnel changes between the two sides.

In order to protect Patterson, the Rockets replaced Marcus Morris, who did not make an appearance in the previous game due to minor injuries, to play the position of power forward, and the rest of the players remained unchanged.

As for the Eagles, Larry Drew was well-behaved and did not make personnel changes, and still let the team's main players play.

The two sides drew their horses and continued the first quarter of the game.

The Eagles attack.

After they pushed the frontcourt, Smith stood high and began to play the ball to his teammates.

The tactic of this round seems to be to play against Devon Harris. He is running all over the field, and his teammates cover him continuously.

When Harris received a hand-to-hand pass from Smith with his own speed, he took two steps back very spiritually. Smith made a screen on the spot and raised his hand to score a long-range two-pointer.

have to say.

Harden really didn't do enough on the defensive end.

Easy to fight again.

The Rockets are determined to play Harden on this point.

But the Hawks seem to have a countermeasure, as long as he has the ball, Teague will intentionally or unintentionally pretend to double-team.

Without a good chance, Harden chose to hand the ball to Parsons on the weak side.

But Parsons seemed to lack self-confidence, because he made two zero shots before, and he did not choose to attack by himself. Instead, after Morris stepped forward to cover, he quickly turned the ball back to Morris, who was not keeping up, by breaking through.

Swish!
Morris raised his hand and scored two points, which looked very good.

thereafter.

When the first quarter of the game was about to end, Morris felt as if he was hanging out, and directly helped the Rockets lead 28:21. It was completely invisible from him, and he still had a few injuries.

This section ends.

Back to the Rockets off the court, it is really refreshing.

After all, this is a back-to-back game with a 7-point lead in the first quarter, which makes them much easier.

The second quarter begins.

After the two sides played for 5 minutes, McHale and Larry Drew finally started a large-scale rotation.

The Eagles have put on several familiar faces.

Center position.

The step-up brother Zaza Pachulia replaced Al Horford, who performed mediocrely.

At the position of shooting guard, the Hawks replaced the Rockets with a few years old player, Louis Williams, the top-one super sixth man in the league.

The point guard is still Teague, and the power forward is still Josh Smith.

The rocket is also moving very much here.

The center put Cole Aldridge, and the power forward didn't use Greg Smith, but Qin Tao was directly used.

Morris replaced Parsons at small forward, Harden at shooting guard, and Delfino at point guard.

Judging from the lineups of both sides, McHale's is obviously more daring.

The Rockets' lineup can basically be said that, except for Harden, everyone is a substitute player.

Maybe this is the confidence brought by the lead.

Debut.

Qin Tao handed the ball to Delfino while looking at Josh Smith in front of him.

Judging from nearly one and a half quarters of the game, he already had a general understanding of Josh's skills and tactics.

such as.

This guy is like what the JRs joked a few years later, he no longer plays the machete of chopping melons and vegetables, but has become a female star, and is very happy to shoot in the middle and long distances.

Another example is his control over the timing of cut-ins and his top-level sense of blocking shots. Jeremy Lin alone had two hot pot meals in his hands.

to be honest.

The current Josh is completely contradictory.

Perhaps he sensed the changes in the league and wanted to adapt to some future rhythms faster.

but.

I don’t know if it’s because he’s been used to chopping melons and vegetables for many years, or because he never finds a shooting trainer. Whenever he stands four and a half meters away from the basket, the players who are facing him will always laugh. Mouth.

This ball must not be scored.

Pushed upfield.

Qin Tao gave Harden a high cover.

Rotate position.

He didn't confront Josh immediately.

Facing Lu Wei, Qin Tao was a little nervous.

Regardless of his lack of height, this guy has surprising ability to attack.

Fake action!
A series of skillful feints made Qin Tao feel like he was standing in Rock Park.

but.

The speed of footsteps is not as good as that of Lu Wei, so Qin Tao chooses to stretch out his big hand and never leave his eyes.

a time.

Their matchup quickly became the focus of the field.

Even the cameraman hiding in the stands showed their cameras.

this ball.

How will Lu Wei win it?

soon.

Lu Wei used his razor-like breakthrough and directly used his fairy-like touch to easily score two points.

"Dude, you've done really well, don't be so upset."

Harden passed by Qin Tao with a serious expression, patted him on the shoulder and comforted him.

Qin Tao frowned and said with a smile, "I'm just re-simulating the attack and defense just now."

Great.

Harden gave a thumbs up, and then ran forward.

Handing the ball to Delfino, Qin Tao blocked for him while running forward.

Josh immediately followed, looking very quiet.

Moved step by step, and the tactical execution was still smooth.

Harden suddenly exploded in this quarter, and actually scored nine points on three-of-three shots from beyond the three-point line.

As for the Hawks, it was unclear whether it was Josh who was being entangled by Qin Tao, or whether they were focusing on Al Horford.

Josh didn't score a point, but Horford scored eight points.

After halftime.

With Harden and Morris' hot hands in the first quarter, the Rockets led the Hawks by nearly ten points with a score of 53:44, and they returned to the locker room.

After the halftime break, the two teams continued to play in the third quarter.

Perhaps Larry Drew felt a lot of pressure, and the Eagles played a tough aggressiveness on the defensive end as soon as they played.

but.

Harden, who has played well, will definitely not let them succeed.

offensive end.

He made 6 of 4 shots and scored [-] again.

defensive end.

His performance was also eye-catching. When he played against Harris, the latter didn't score a point.

When facing Lu Wei, Harden's defense halved the former's shooting percentage, making 4 of 2 shots.

however.

The most surprising thing was Jeremy Lin who had no sense of presence in the first half.

this section.

Perhaps it was Harden who put a lot of pressure on the Eagles. Jeremy Lin always supported Harden every time he broke through the ball.

Section III.

Jeremy Lin made 3 of 3 shots and scored a total of [-] points with free throws.

The Rockets have performed well with two guns in the backcourt.

but.

For the Eagles, Josh's performance was sluggish again, missing one of four shots, but the performances of Horford, Teague and Lu Wei showed a good team offense.

pity.

Although the Hawks won this quarter with 30:28, the point difference between them and the Rockets is still as much as seven points.

The last section!
The two sides are bound to enter the final decisive battle!

Is Josh Smith still in the doldrums?
Will Qin Tao stage another explosive performance?

let us wait and see.

(End of this chapter)