Super Evolution of Basketball

Chapter 489 Flanking!

Neither Eric Gordon nor Ariza worked together to prevent Yuan Qingshan.

The ball just now made the fans of the Lakers almost explode, and the voice of No. 16 resounded through the Staples Center.

"You are really great, Xiaoshan, let them see your strength!" Towns couldn't help standing up on the bench.

Coach Wharton didn't change his face. At halftime, he arranged for Paul George to be in charge of the general offense.

But it's okay, although Yuan Qingshan's chance in the last round was a bit far-fetched, but everyone in the team knew that Yuan Qingshan was very good at handling this kind of attack.

Coach D'Antoni's head hurts even more. Now the team is not only two points behind, but what's more frightening is that the Lakers may have to completely change their style of play.

The prestigious coach D'Antoni has a keen sense of smell as always.

It was the Rockets' turn to attack, but D'Antoni stood on the sidelines and made a defensive gesture.

Eric Gordon and Ariza glanced at each other. The coach was asking them to flank Yuan Qingshan!

After halftime, Eric Gordon wanted to pick and roll. Griffin was not there at this time. The quality of the Rockets' pick and roll was not high. Eric Gordon couldn't get rid of Yuan Qingshan's defense. In desperation, he had to give the ball to Harden again.

At this time, there is not much time to attack, and Harden made a 45-degree three-point shot from the left wing.

Not in.

From the second half of the third quarter, Harden's shooting percentage dropped.

D'Antoni is prepared, and no one can maintain a shooting rate of nearly 60% throughout the game. This is why D'Antoni has always wanted to find other attack points besides Harden as soon as possible.

Channing Frye was lucky enough to pick up a long rebound and wanted to throw it to Yuan Qingshan, but unfortunately he didn't have the ability to pass the quarterback's long pass. The flight path of the ball was too low and was successfully intercepted by James Harden.

Harden took two dribbles and returned to the frontcourt. It was another 45-degree left wing, and he shot again at the position just now.

This time the ball went in.

The Rockets chased tenaciously.

Harden retreated back to his backcourt expressionlessly.

After Channing Frye served the ball from the baseline, he passed by Yuan Qingshan and apologized to him in a low voice.

Yuan Qingshan smiled slightly, reassuring him not to think too much.

Eric Gordon forced to defend, Yuan Qingshan basically ignored him, pushed to the top of the arc, and directed his teammates to move.

Channing Frye got a chance at the high position on the right, Yuan Qingshan didn't even think about it, and directly lobbed the ball to Frye.

Frye lowered his shoulders to test twice, then suddenly pulled back a small jumper and scored a beautiful two-pointer.

Yuan Qingshan patted Frye with a smile. He deliberately handed over the ball to Frye just now. Only in this way can Frye regain his confidence as quickly as possible.

Rocket attack.

Harden received the ball directly from the backcourt this time, pushed forward himself, and returned to the top of the arc for a three-pointer.

The hit rate of both sides seems to be picking up again.

O'Neal looked at the statistics, adjusted Mike's position and said, "The Lakers and Rockets are undoubtedly teams with explosive offensive talents. After a short period of adjustment, the shooting percentages of both teams have rebounded."

Barkley: "Yes, those balls were handled very smoothly just now, but they are a little fundamentally different."

O'Neal turned his face away: "Oh? What are you referring to?"

Barkley: "The Lakers are flourishing. Even Channing Frye has started to contribute to the team. On the other hand, the Rockets are still stubbornly relying on James Harden's touch."

Just as he was talking, Coach D'Antoni asked for a timeout.

O'Neal: "The Rockets have a timeout at this time, and I think D'Antoni will regroup."

Barkley: "He should look for other attack points. The game has reached this level. It can be said responsibly that if they still cannot activate other attack points after the second game, I don't think there is any need to play in the following games. Just congratulate the Lakers for advancing."

Although O'Neal hoped that the Lakers could advance quickly, his current identity was to represent a neutral commentator after all, so he forced himself to be expressionless and did not make any comments.

Barkley has known O'Neill for decades, how can he not know his little thoughts, but he doesn't want to tell the truth.

Pause back.

Sure enough, D'Antoni sent Griffin again, and surprisingly took Harden down.

Both O'Neill and Barkley felt like they had guessed the beginning but not the ending.

There is nothing wrong with the Rockets needing to develop new attack points, but there is no need to take Harden down directly. You must know that Harden has rested for 6 minutes.

Barkley; "Is Harden tired? He has rested for 4 minutes so far."

O'Neill: "Hey, the third quarter is almost over, Harden only rested for 4 minutes, are you going to exhaust him?"

Barkley stopped talking. The pressure on Harden in these two games was really great, and he was deliberately exhausted physically and mentally at this time.

Dellavedova, Eric Gordon, Ariza, Griffin, Capela.

Without Harden, the Rockets looked weird, with a "someone from nowhere just put on a Rockets jersey" feeling.

This lineup is organized by Dellavedova, and Eric Gordon plays off the ball.

The Lakers still haven't replaced Towns. Currently there are Yuan Qingshan, Beverly, Nick Young, Channing Frye, and Whiteside on the court.

Walton wants Beverley to try to defend Eric Gordon off the ball, and if it works, maybe he can be sent to defend Klay Thompson and Beal in subsequent games.

Dellavedova was not only disturbed in his heart, but even showed it on his face. After receiving the ball, he carefully led it across the half court, and then handed the ball to Eric Gordon like throwing a fireball.

Gordon was speechless, Dellavedova passed the ball too early, and he obviously hadn't run out of a good position yet, this guy's ball arrived.

Gordon looked a little taken aback.

Beverly has no friendship with Gordon, not only sticking to Gordon, but also making verbal attacks from time to time.

Gordon's temper was also not very good, and the two finally quarreled in the last round of the third quarter.

The referee quickly pulled the two apart so that they would not fight.

Before the game was interrupted, Beverly made a slight violation and was called a foul by the referee, and the Rockets served.

Gordon made a strong three-pointer, but missed.

Beverly was clapping and laughing, Gordon was blushing, and was about to rush up again, but was hugged tightly by Dellavedova.

Gordon's strong shot gave the Lakers another six-second chance.

After serving the ball in the backcourt, Yuan Qingshan directly used up his "three-stage acceleration" skill after taking the ball, and came to a place two steps away from the three-point line to shoot directly.

The "Three-point Champion" skill is activated, and the basketball falls directly into the basket.

Instead of helping the team recover the score, Gordon's rushing attack added three points for the Lakers.

D'Antoni felt a little pain in his head, the whistle sounded, and the players went back to the bench to rest. Harden didn't get up, panting heavily.

(End of this chapter)