champion heart

Chapter 13 13. Facing Harden
As the person concerned, Asik himself was a little puzzled, how could he score so easily?
You must know that Asik averaged only 3 points per game last season!He has almost no scoring ability and scoring methods, he just picks up rebounds occasionally and makes up a basket!
Howard has already broken his can, and he won't get any affirmation from the outside world anyway, so it doesn't matter.

The team has already entered the playoffs, he has completed the task, and this last irrelevant game still wants me to work hard?You are not sincere, why should I work hard for you?

This is the true portrayal of Howard's heart at the moment!
In the next few offenses, Asik frequently succeeded in the interior. As soon as the game started, the Rockets directly beat the Lakers 10:2!

Now D'Antoni is not willing. Before this game, he never thought that the Rockets could pose much threat to the Lakers!

A large part of the reason why D'Antoni dares to be so confident is because the Lakers have Howard inside!

And the Rockets' inside line is just an extremely ordinary white center like Asik, and it is impossible to be Howard's opponent!

It can be said that the Lakers' inside line has the advantage of crushing!
But now Howard, D'Antoni's most important player, turned out to be like this...

It's too rotten to be rotten!

Timeout, D'Antoni must call a timeout quickly!
On the bench, D'Antoni didn't yell at Howard.

He still knows Howard very well, this big kid needs to be coaxed, not scolded.

You often coax him and encourage him, and he will play hard on the court.

On the contrary, he will not play well!

"Dwight, the center of the Rockets, don't you blow him up?"

"In terms of strength, he is far behind you. It is easy for you to blow him up!"

During this timeout, D'Antoni only said two sentences like this, as for the others, he didn't mention a word!
"Comrade Old De is quite clever, he can see through Howard's thoughts at a glance!"

Tang De understood D'Antoni's words in seconds.

D'Antoni is really well-intentioned.

If you want the horse to run, you have to give it grass to eat!
The effect of Lao De's timeout was immediate, and Howard, who played again, changed a lot.

At least on the defensive end, the attitude is much better than at the beginning.

When Howard got serious, Asik was immediately scared!

As the main point guard on the court, seeing this situation, Jeremy Lin also changed his way of passing the ball.

He doesn't pass the ball to the basket as often because Asik has had trouble getting good offensive positions.

The offense at the basket was blocked, the Rockets quickly fell into a passive position, and the Lakers took advantage of this time to catch up with the score.

Under the bombardment of Meeks, Blake, and Tang De, and under the protection of Howard's strong rebounds, at the end of the first quarter, the Lakers led 24:22!

So Howard is still very good, as long as he plays with a firmer attitude and puts away his childishness, he is still the league's number one center.

It's just that things like personality are hard to change!

In fact, if Howard is willing to stay with the Lakers and play hard, the rebuilding of the Lakers will be much easier.

Tang De also wants to tell Howard that as long as he is willing to stay with the Lakers and play well, the Lakers will definitely regain their former glory!
But Tang De is sure that if he said that, Howard would scold him to doubt his life!
In short, Howard has completely given up on the Lakers. If it weren't for D'Antoni's face, he might not even play in this game!
The game is back, the Lakers attack first!
Blake dribbled forward, but Howard didn't open his hand to ask for the ball. Jeremy Lin was defending in front of Blake at this time!
Tang De took the initiative to go up and stop, creating a "human wall" for Blake!
Blake didn't waste Tang De's pick-and-roll, and rarely broke through with the ball to attack the basket!
The reason why Blake did this was because of something.

Howard guards the basket!
In addition to the entire Rockets, except for the backup point guard Beverly's defense, the defense level of others is not very good!
And right now, the Rockets' only defensive leader, Beverly, is not on the court yet.

So Blake decisively broke through with the ball!

With the help of Tang De's pick-and-roll, Blake passed Jeremy Lin in one step, and Asik was stuck behind Howard at the basket, and had no chance to come up to protect the basket!
Blake picks the basket and the Lakers score another 2 points!
Howard is now anyway, I am trying to defend, but I don't take the initiative to ask for the ball to attack. As for whether I can win, it has nothing to do with me!
It was the Rockets' turn to attack again, Harden advanced with the ball, and Tang De took the initiative to defend Harden!
When the two warmed up before the game, they let go of each other's cruel words. If they didn't face each other several times, those cruel words would become a joke.

And Tang De also wanted to try Harden's ability!
This guy with a bushy beard will be the league's MVP plus scoring champion in the future!

Harden held the ball with a smile on his face, and dribbled the ball with great confidence to adjust his rhythm.

Tang De didn't choose to defend close to the body, because he knew that Harden would easily pass by him in one step!
But at the same time, Tang De can't stay too far away, because in this case, Harden will have a chance to hit a three-pointer again!
So it is not unreasonable to say that players like Harden are difficult to defend.

His offensive area is too wide, and he can complete the attack in any corner of the court!
But Tang De is not afraid. Tang De is still very confident in his defensive ability!
"Listen James, I'm not going to let you go, I'm going to block your shot in this area!"

Tang De pointed to the field with his finger while talking!
Hearing Tang De's provocation, Harden didn't say a word. In terms of temper, Harden is absolutely amazing!

The next moment, Harden moved, and suddenly Tang De's left hand!

But Tang De didn't know about Harden's habit of breaking through, and had blocked Harden's breakthrough route on the left in advance.

Seeing an unsuccessful attempt, Harden pulled the ball back and continued to attack.

It is obvious that Harden intends to go all the way!
After a dazzling dribble, Harden still chose to go left.

It's a pity that Tang De still didn't lose his position!
Tang De's defense aroused the passion of the fans!
Sometimes wonderful defense is more exciting than scoring!

There is not much left in the 24-second attack time, and Harden still has not completed the attack.

Against Tang De, Harden had no choice but to force his shot!
Obviously Harden's shot this time was extremely unreasonable, but he was lucky.

After bouncing the ball a few times on the rim, it finally got into the rim obediently!

In this head-to-head confrontation between Tang De and Harden, it can be said that no one has an advantage.

Tang De's defense is good enough, and Harden's offense is also good enough!

After landing, Harden looked at Tang De with admiration in his eyes...

(End of this chapter)