NBA guard invincible

Chapter 213 Victory over Rocket

Harden shouldn't be playing shooting guard.

He should play point guard.

Really, this is not a joke.

Because, when he and Paul are on the court at the same time, you will find that Harden's style of play becomes very healthy.

Wiggins is actually not as healthy as we imagined, because Wiggins will run with defenders. As for why someone would come up with the conclusion that Wiggins is the shortest running distance on the court in the NBA, this is not clear.

What about Harden?

Jiang Wudi, who was defending him, knew best.

When Paul took possession of the ball, he stood still on the other horn, did not move, and did not perform any tactics.

Just stand there and watch Paul in another possession playoff.

Yes.

It's that easy.

of course.

This may have something to do with D'Antoni's tactics.

We can't say anything either.

Back and forth in this way, Paul held the ball and organized, allowing the Rockets to complete two successful offenses, which is not a problem.

But the Cavaliers' offense has not weakened in the slightest.

People say that the Rockets' forward line is very fierce, but to be honest, they don't see it that way.

With the Cavaliers' many starting players playing, from playing outside to playing inside, let the Rockets double-team Ayton, and then let the outside look for opportunities to shoot.

At the end of the first half, the Cavaliers took the opportunity to hit a 12-3 climax and once again established a 15-point advantage.

The second half begins.

Easy to fight again.

Maybe it was because Capela didn't play very well in the first half, so in the second half, the Rockets used a small lineup.

Paul, Harden, Gordon, Ennis and Tucker.

Emmm...

result.

The Cavaliers aimed at the shortcomings of the Rockets' small lineup and focused on Ayton.

The Rockets also have their own countermeasures, double-teaming Ayton.

Although Ayton can pass the ball after double-teaming, at this time the rest of the Rockets will stand on Ayton's passing route to intercept.

After feeling a bad pass, Ayton jumped up and wanted to hit one himself.

As a result, the ball was cut off by Tucker who was standing next to him.

The ball transition was quick.

When Tucker wanted to make a long pass to Harden, he was slapped off by Jiang Wudi again. Afterwards, Jiang Wudi ignored the 21 and directly shot a three-pointer.

Bang!
Ok.

Rarely struck iron.

But Nance Jr. jumped up to grab the rebound again and completed a dunk of his own.

Nance Jr. still has a certain advantage when facing Tucker.

D'Antoni couldn't sit still at this time. He stood on the side of the court and kept walking back and forth, shouting tactics and so on to the players on the court from time to time.

Guidance Yu: "Obviously, the current Rockets lineup is not good at all. Perhaps, D'Antoni thinks that the Rockets' small lineup is the best choice!"

Director Zhang: "Which fan doesn't have a center on the field now? The small lineup is no longer enough!"

……

Is the small lineup not enough?

If the Warriors won the championship last season, maybe everyone would not think so.

But last season, the Cavaliers won the championship.

It is also two championships in three years.

Why is the status different?

right.

and so.

Small lineups are indeed not very popular this season, at least not the entire NBA is imitating the Warriors' five small lineups.

There are still many teams with center players as their stars, such as Magician's Vucevic, Timberwolves' Towns, and Jokic's digging.

What center as the core.

Assassin D'Antoni was so far away that he didn't know what he was thinking.

Surrounded by Jiang Wudi, Doncic and Ayton played very well. They both scored 2 points with 20 minutes left in the third quarter.

The point difference has been widened to 29 points.

Three quarters are over.

The Rockets are 80-104, 24 points behind the Cavaliers.

Seeing this scene, the fans at home of the Rockets said that it was meaningless and slipped away.

At the end of the quarter, the Cavaliers continued to practice rookies, while the Rockets teamed up with the light bulb combination, saying that they had not given up on the game.

but.

Although Harden and Paul played very well in the final quarter, they lost to the Cavaliers in the end.

111-131, lost to the Cavaliers by 20 points.

What's interesting is that with 4 minutes left in the fourth quarter, the Rockets left nearly half of the fans at home.

It is conceivable how disappointing this game was for Rockets fans.

When a fan left the arena, he spat on the ground: "Bah, this team wants to win the championship, it's wishful thinking!"

Yes.

Rockets fans were outraged.

Started with a three-game losing streak.

No one would think that such a Rockets team would be a team capable of winning the championship.

The management was already very dissatisfied with the inaction in the summer, and now there is a three-game losing streak at the beginning. If the Rockets don't continue to make adjustments, it is estimated that the fans will really run away.

The Rockets scored the highest in this game was Harden, with 19 points, 9 assists and 9 rebounds, close to a triple-double. However, his shooting was 22 of 7, almost one-third of the field goal percentage.

His poor performance was the biggest reason for the Rockets' loss.

Because in previous games, Harden always relied on his offense to attract double-teams, and then create opportunities for the rest of the team.

however.

Today Jiang Wudi defended him to death by himself, and Harden couldn't attack him at all.

feeling bad.

At this time, he is probably thinking in his heart, what did Jiang Wudi do in the summer, his defensive strength has improved so much, who is his trainer, and I want to hire him with a high salary.

Paul is the Rockets' second-highest scorer. The data is 16 points, 5 assists and 6 rebounds. Is 5 assists the data of a super point guard?
Even Harden has 9 assists as a shooting guard.

It's over.

After Paul signed a big contract, he is also ready to play health basketball.

But Paul's role on the court is not reflected by statistics.

It is actually very stupid to use data to evaluate a player.

Except for these two, none of the Rockets scored in double figures.

The Cavaliers on the other side are different.

Jiang Wudi had 20 points, Doncic had 25 points, Ayton had 20 points, Rondo had 15 points, and Anthony had 20 points. Just these five players accounted for 100 points in total.

emm...

How to say?
Before Jiang Wudi entered the locker room, he was held back by a reporter from TNT, so he had no choice but to answer a question from the reporter: "The Rockets played very well today. They caused us a lot of trouble, but in the end we survived. Today is a happy day, thank you!"

Seeing this perfunctory answer, the reporter couldn't help but want to KO Jiang Wudi.

Nima.

Is it so difficult to answer my question?

(End of this chapter)