NBA's No. 1 guard

Chapter 322

At the end of the first quarter, the Pacers lost to the Rockets 24 to 28 in the away game, but the difference of 4 points is not too much, and there are still some chasing.

Xu Xiang was replaced with more than 1 minute left in the first quarter, and the pickled peppers were still on it.

Soon, the second quarter began. On the field, the Pacers were on the bench, Lu Wei, CJ Myers, Pickled Pepper, Plumlee, Jokic.

On the Rockets' side, Howard was replaced, with Jones, Jason Terry, Ariza and Beverly.

No way, the Rockets have a 9-man rotation today, not enough manpower, so Beverly and Ariza have to stay on the court.

But this is also the tradition of the Rockets. When D'Antoni is in charge of this team in the future, there will be fewer rotations.

The core of the Rockets' lineup is obviously Howard alone, unless he really has no chance, he will hand it over to others.

In fact they do.

After Beverly dribbled the ball for halftime, he handed the ball to Howard without even thinking about it. Jokic succeeded in a low single and hit a two-pointer!
Jokic, as good as he is, is still too young to guard him.

But he was not discouraged. Coach Nate told him before the game that everyone has their own strengths, and it is enough to play well.

The strength of Jokic lies in his super reading ability and organizational ability, while Warcraft is just the opposite. Warcraft can only play singles under the basket. For him, such things as passing, organization, and overall situation are completely right.

The game continued, the Pacers attacked CJ Myers and made a three-pointer from the bottom corner!
The score was 27 to 30, and the point difference was narrowed step by step.

The ball was very beautiful, and almost caused a defensive foul on the opposite side. CJ Myers was looking for the referee to reason. He thought that the ball must have been fouled by the other side, but this is his home court after all. The referee still ignored it and signaled him to continue the game.

After Howard got stuck in his position, he reached out for the ball in the low post, and continued to single Jokic with his back, "Wow!" The ball is still there!
Howard came up and succeeded in consecutive singles!
Looking back, Lu Wei's breakthrough layup was interfered with, and Beverly had a +1 steal.

Give Ariza who is advancing fast, a three-point chase!
"Shh!"

Got it!

27 to 35, the point difference returned to 8 points again.

"beep!"

Coach Nate paused. After the timeout, Hibbert was replaced again. Jokic mentioned the fourth position. At the same time, Xu went to the field to replace Lu Wei.

Xu Xiang still didn't feel very good in the second quarter, and missed three consecutive three-pointers.

The Rockets took this opportunity to quickly expand the score. At the end of the first half, the Pacers trailed by 46 points 58 to 12. The Rockets scored 30 points in a single quarter under the leadership of Howard in the second quarter!
Howard scored 12 points and 7 rebounds alone.

Xu Xiang made 5 of 1 three-pointers in the second quarter and only scored 6 points and 1 assist.

"Xu Xiang's three-pointer feeling is still not found. It will be very troublesome for the Pacers to win this game."

"Pickled peppers don't feel good today."

"The bananas are all turned into blacksmiths. It seems that the Pacers' winning streak will be lost."

Sure enough, in the third quarter, Xu Xiang was still not allowed to go outside and was forced to hit the basket to cause damage, but such a score was tantamount to a drop in the bucket.

Harden rested for a whole quarter, and after the third quarter came up, he hit consecutive outside shots, leading the Rockets to continue to expand their lead.

The Pacers didn't withdraw their main force until the last 3 minutes, announcing their abandonment of the game, and the game entered garbage time.

With a score of 89 to 101, the Rockets won by 12 points at home!
Xu Xiang played 35 minutes, made 14 of 3 three-pointers, 21.4% from the field, 31.3% from the field, and 7 of 4 free throws. He only scored 19 points, 3 assists and 1 rebound. In addition, he made two turnovers.

Xu Xiang played too badly in this game.

泡椒数据也不是很好，21分6篮板4助攻1封盖1抢断3失误，两个人本场比赛罕见的贡献了五个失误！

This has never happened in previous games.

Jokic, who came off the bench, had 14 points, 8 assists and 7 rebounds. It is already very good to be able to play against Howard.

Harden on the opposite side had the highest score in this game, 9 of 5 three-pointers, 55.6% shooting, 14 of 8 field goals, 57.1% shooting, 24 points, 9 assists and 9 rebounds. The quasi-triple double data, rebounds and assists are only one!
霍华德15次出手命中9次，命中率60%，拿到21分17个篮板的超级两双！

If you compare the performance of the core players of the two sides in this game, there is no doubt that the "modern combination" beat the "banana combination".

"I have to admit that I played poorly in this game. I didn't make all the shots I made." Xu Xiang replied in an interview after the game.

As the hottest shooting guard in the league, in this battle between Xu Xiang and Harden, there is no doubt that Harden won at 01:30.

"You have to admit your mistakes in order to make progress. I played too poorly today."

Xu Xiang didn't want to throw the blame away. He took 14 three-pointers today, but only hit 3 goals!This level is not as good as the players in the domestic league.

They took so many shots but didn't get the points they deserved. This is why they lost.

"I felt very bad today, it was ridiculously bad, the defense on the opposite side made me feel pressured, and I made two mistakes that shouldn't have been made"

Beverly put a lot of pressure on it today, basically all the shots were forcibly shot while being interfered by him.

火箭队今天能赢，贝弗利占很大的功劳，他今天三分8投4中，命中率50%，拿到16分6助攻5篮板3抢断1盖帽全面数据。

The previous ones are nothing, but 3 steals and 1 block are quite scary.

Xu Xiang couldn't find a way to break through his pressing defensive strategy.

At the same time, Harden also accepted an interview,
"Yes, today we defeated a strong enemy and we won."

The reporter asked:
"After winning the Pacers today, does it mean that you have won the competition with Xu Xiang's league's No. [-] shooting guard?"

Harden raised his beard and glanced at him, and immediately replied:
"Originally I could refuse to answer your question, but since you said so, I will answer you"

"Xu will definitely be one of the greatest shooting guards in the league. There is competition between me and Xu, but it is benign and we are on the field. We are very good friends after the game."

"There is no question of who beats who between me and him. According to you, if James loses a game, will he give you the first place in the league?"

After speaking, Harden declined other interviews, and walked into the locker room, leaving only the flushed reporter who was stunned by Harden messed up in the wind
This kind of person who is purely to sow discord cannot give them a good face.

(End of this chapter)