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Chapter 232 Crowned MVP
At Xu Hao's strong request, Dantley did not let him rest at the beginning of the second half.Firstly, the current first-year team is indispensable without the Chinese boy's tandem. Secondly, Dantley does not think it is dangerous to play the whole game. In the era when he played, players often had to play more than 40 minutes in the regular season. , Xu Hao and the others were already very relaxed.

But when Xu Hao is on the court, he can't always put Harden on the court, and occasionally has to let Jennings or Curry partner with Xu Hao.At this time, Xu Hao has to swing up to the second position. This is not a big problem for him. His height is enough to cope with the confrontation in this position.And even if he serves as a shooting guard, the organizational tasks still fall on his shoulders. Jennings and Curry only need to score in the way they are best at. This is no different from when Harden is on the court.

Whether it is Rose or Westbrook, it is difficult for them to limit Xu Hao's performance on the defensive end.If they leave space, Xu Hao will show accurate three-point shooting. If they press closely, Xu Hao will call on inside players to pick and roll, and then use various methods to send the ball to the open players. In the hands of teammates, they can deliver a fatal blow.

Seeing that the point difference between the two sides had exceeded 20 points, Clifford quickly instructed his players to double-team Xu Hao, even though the second half only played less than 6 minutes at this time.Indeed, if Xu Hao hadn't been suppressed at this time and let him continue to lead his teammates to charge into the battle, the second-year team would not have much chance to turn around when both sides finally started to get serious.

Now Xu Hao felt the heavy pressure.Now the second-year team is still partnered by Rose and Westbrook on the guard line. Although they are offensive guards, due to their physical fitness, their defensive ability is still good. When they start the double-team mode, As strong as Xu Hao felt that he was stuck in a quagmire, he could barely guarantee not to make mistakes.

Fortunately, at this time, Harden is in the second position of the first-year team, and Dantley also knows the relationship between the two of them to some extent, so try to ensure that Xu Hao and Harden appear on the court at the same time.When he was at Arizona State University, Harden had followed Xu Hao to polish his passing skills. When Xu Hao was off the court, he was the commander of the Sun Devils on the court.Seeing that Xu Hao was in trouble, Harden's first reaction was to organize the offense himself, just like what they did in the Sun Devils.

Originally, Dantley wanted to call a timeout to arrange tactics, but seeing Xu Hao decisively handing the ball to Harden, he put back the butt that had just left his seat.He felt that the pair of college teammates must have reached a certain kind of tacit understanding in their unique way, maybe it was the method they used to deal with double teams, let's see what effect it can have first!

In fact, Dantley once thought that Harden was a pure scorer, but he preferred to break through with the ball rather than catch and shoot. This is also the role he played in the Thunder's lineup.But what Dantley didn't expect was that Harden directly took over the task of organizing the offense, and he did a good job. Of course, there are reasons for the opponent's lax defense, but he doesn't need to worry too much if he can do this. up.With the skills shown by Harden, it is more than enough to be a second organizer.

Clifford also didn't expect that Harden, who has always been a shooting guard, can also organize offenses, which means that his double-teaming is of no use at all, unless another person is guarding Harden personally.But this is crazy. Harden can also give up the right to take shots to his teammates and use the pass to mobilize the defense. Is it possible that the second-year team will form a partial two-on-three situation?
In desperation, Clifford could only let the players give up double-teaming Xu Hao and let them rely on their own talents to defend.When Xu Hao dribbled the ball across the half court again, but only Westbrook came up, he smiled slightly. It seemed that Harden didn't pass the ball in vain.Perhaps when the Timberwolves and the Thunder play against each other, his ability will cause headaches, but at least in the Rookie Challenge, he helped himself solve a big problem, and it is not in vain to take him with him when he was fine in college. Practice passing.

After breaking through the second-year team's double-team, nothing could stop Xu Hao.However, he simply organized the offense with Harden, constantly switching between on-ball and off-ball modes. Both of them seemed very skilled.

At this moment, Evans is sitting in front of a small TV watching the live broadcast of the Rookie Challenge.When he saw his two proud disciples constantly switching positions on the field, his eyes were slightly moist, which reminded him of the two guys doing the same thing in the NCAA field last year, and every time they When constantly switching positions, the opponent will always be confused and don't know who to tilt the defensive focus on, so the Sun Devils can often win the game smoothly.And now they have brought their previous cooperation to the Rookie Challenge. In Evans' view, it is only a matter of time before they win.

Facing the strong performance of Xu Hao and Harden, the second-year team had no power to fight back.Although Westbrook and Rose are still trying to narrow the point difference, they usually play against themselves, unlike Xu Hao and Harden who can form a synergy, and naturally cannot set off a wave of offensive frenzy.Piecemeal scoring at any time cannot help the team come back.

The first-year team played more and more smoothly, but in order to save face for the opponent, Dantley kept changing players and whispered to Xu Hao to let him release the water appropriately.Despite this, the first-year team has always maintained a lead of about 20 points, and under Xu Hao's tandem, every player who played scored, and everyone's face was filled with excited smiles.

When there was one minute left in the game, Dantley replaced Xu Hao in advance, allowing him to accept the cheers of the audience. At this time, there was no suspense about the outcome of the entire game.With Gallinari's three-pointer hitting the frame, the 1 NBA All-Star Rookie Challenge came to an end. The first-year team defeated the second-year team 2010 to 162, ending the seven-year winning streak of first-year rookies .The big brothers in the second grade quickly picked up their mood and congratulated the juniors in a very gracious manner.

Soon the MVP of the Rookie Challenge was officially announced, and Xu Hao, the biggest contributor to the first-year team's victory, deservedly won the trophy.He played 34 minutes in the game, scored a game-high 21 points on 13 of 33 shots, and also sent 13 assists, which completely revitalized the team's offense. If he can't get the MVP in this way, it can only show the judges There is something wrong with my eyes.

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