Legendary basketball manager

Tonight, Shen Fei came to the arena early, and is already waiting for the start of the game in his exclusive box.

In his opinion, this round of the series is very interesting.

Apart from the game itself, Shen Fei actually wanted to see Harden's situation.

Because in the original time and space, after the end of next season, Harden will be sent to Houston by the Thunder in an almost "sweeping out" method.

Harden and the Rockets have a deep bond.

But because of the appearance of Shen Fei, the situation of the Rockets is very different from the original time and space, and they are no longer the big team that needs Harden to save.

But this does not mean that the Rockets no longer need Harden.

On the contrary, the Rockets are bound to undergo a major shake-up next season!

If Harden can join, he and Curry, George, Griffin, and this year's draft, Shen Fei plans to choose Kawhi Leonard...

With such a young lineup, the future of the Rockets will be extremely bright!

Moreover, Shen Fei admired Harden very much.

In his view, the Rockets team led by Harden and Paul is the only team that threatens the "cosmic brave" (the Warriors when Durant is healthy).

It's just that the bearded player has repeatedly shown surprising performances in key games, which has also caused his career reputation to decline a lot.

You know, Harden is not only the mvp, but also a terrifying existence who averaged 36.1 points, 6.6 rebounds, and 7.5 assists per game in a single season!

In Shen Fei's view, Harden should have received more praise.

If there is the support of the current Rockets' lineup configuration, all the regrets on him may be able to make up for it!

Of course, these are things to follow.

Now Harden and the Rockets are still in a hostile relationship. Whether they can join in the future and how to join are also unknown.

[Will the Thunder repeat the same mistake and give up Harden? ]

Shen Fei was very curious about this.

............

When Shen Fei was dreaming, the starters of both sides had already walked to the center of the court one after another, waiting for the start of the game.

In this game, CCTV still sent Zhang Weiping and Xu Jicheng to the scene to explain the game.

"Hello viewers, welcome to watch the broadcast of NBA games brought to you by cctv-5."

"I'm Xu Jicheng!"

"Hi everyone, I'm Zhang Weiping."

In the broadcast room, two commentators started.

"Today I bring you the focus of the second round of the Western Conference - the match between the Houston Rockets and the Oklahoma City Thunder!"

"Director Zhang, can you briefly analyze this game for us?"

Yu Jia asked.

"Ok, no problem."

"I just got the starting lineups of both sides, so I will introduce them to you."

"The Rockets are still regular starters: Curry, Tracy McGrady, George, Griffin and Yao Ming."

"On the Thunder side: Russell Westbrook, Sefolosha, Kevin Durant, Serge Ibaka, and Perkins."

Zhang Weiping introduced.

"It can be seen that the starters of the two teams are very young. It is hard to imagine that they can stand at their current heights at such a young age."

"It's true that every country has its own talents, and the waves behind the Yangtze River drive the waves ahead..."

Xu Jicheng sighed.

"Today's game has a lot to watch."

"For example, the duel between the new MVP Tracy McGrady and the youngest player in the team-Kevin Durant."

"Another example is the matchup between Ibaka, No. 2 in the block list this year, and Griffin, the dunk king."

Zhang Weiping said with a smile.

"There is another set of matchups that is also very eye-catching, and that is the matchup between the two teams of point guards!"

"Wisbrook, who is good at physical fitness and full of violent aesthetics in the game, has no match for his sharp shots. Curry, the most improved player this season..."

"I think this can be seen as a classic duel between physical talent and acquired skills!"

Xu Jicheng said expectantly.

Zhang Weiping nodded repeatedly when he heard the words, and said in agreement: "There are many excellent players on both sides. Tonight's game will definitely be very exciting!"

"Yes! Now the game is about to start, let's hand over the camera to the front!"

After finishing speaking, Xu Jicheng waved his hand, and the screen changed, and he came to the Toyota Center Arena.

............

With the referee throwing the ball high, the game officially begins!

Yao Ming relaxed his ape arm and won the jump ball with Ibaka.

The rocket strikes first!

Curry passed the half court with the ball and came to the top of the arc to organize.

On the first attack, as usual, he handed the ball to Yao Ming inside.

After Dayao received the ball in the low position, he felt a big hand firmly against his waist.

No need to think about it, this is Perkins defending.

As one of the few centers in today's league who doesn't have any scoring means, Perkins can start the Thunder because of his inside defense.

He's very good at defending big centers.

Even for Yao Ming, after losing weight, it is not easy to rely on strength to eat Perkins alone!

Dayao knew this very well.

So he quickly turned around and turned to face the basket to attack, and then against Perkins' defense, he shot from the spot...

"duang!"

The ball hit the front of the basket and bounced out.

After resting for a few days, Yao Ming's hands seemed to be a little cold.

Ibaka and Griffin jumped at the same time under the basket.

Ibaka, who has a clear advantage in wingspan, was superior, took off the rebound, and handed the ball to Westbrook next to him.

Westbrook accelerated immediately after getting the ball, and rushed towards the Rockets' half court immediately.

In the combat meeting before the game, Thunder coach Brooks repeatedly emphasized that once there is a counterattack opportunity in the game, Westbrook and Durant must resolutely push for a fast break!

Westbrook strictly followed the coach's arrangement.

At this moment, he is advancing at full speed, and his speed can only be described as lightning fast!

During the march, Westbrook first changed hands and dribbled past Curry, and then turned around and wiped George.

Soon, there was only one defensive player left in front of No. 0 of the Thunder...

It's Maddie!

The new mvp is guarding the basket at the moment, waiting for Westbrook's arrival.

[If McGrady can be deducted... our morale will definitely skyrocket! ]

Westbrook sprinted while thinking in his mind.

With this thought in mind, he raised his speed to the highest, then took three steps, and "flyed" towards McGrady!

Not to be outdone, t-mac pushes hard with both feet, as if stepping on a spring, and instantly reaches the height of the flat basket above the head!

"Snapped!"

In the blink of an eye, McGrady pressed his hand firmly on the basketball.

Westbrook didn't give up, and continued to exert force with his hands, trying to force the ball into the basket!

But he still underestimated McGrady's strength.

t-mac was tall and slender, and he didn't look like a strong player, but when the two wrestled in the air, he turned out to be the one with the upper hand!

In the end, the basketball was pressed down by McGrady.

However, after the two wrestled in the air, both lost their center of gravity and fell to the ground.

At this time, Curry and Durant happened to run near the free throw line at the same time.

Rocket No. 30 reacted quickly, and flew forward to the basketball.

Durant followed closely behind, ignoring his nearly two-meter-one height, and flew towards the basketball.

"woo..."

The fans at the scene exclaimed.

They didn't expect that the competition would be so fierce from the very beginning!

Curry was faster and took control of the ball first.

But as soon as he hugged the basketball, Durant stretched out his hands, trying to grab it.

Fortunately, Curry reacted quickly, flicked his wrist, and passed the ball to McGrady who just got up from the ground.

After t-mac received the ball, he immediately moved forward, and behind him was Westbrook who was chasing back frantically.

Seeing this, McGrady dribbled the ball two meters beyond the three-point line, and then suddenly pulled up...

Westbrook couldn't react in time and bumped into t-mac who had already taken off from behind.

"Beep!"

The whistle sounded and the Thunder made a defensive foul.

At the same time, relying on his strong core strength, McGrady forcibly completed the shot when he lost his center of gravity...

The arc of the ball is very flat, but the trajectory is very positive, and finally fell straight into the net!

After scoring, McGrady punched the air hard.

What responded to him was deafening cheers from the Toyota Center!

Three points scored, but also a penalty!

McGrady walked to the free throw line amidst the cheers and made an additional free throw.

4: 0.

The Rockets head start!

Offensive and defensive transition, Westbrook handed the ball to Durant at a 45-degree angle on the right.

After KD got the ball, he put on a three-threat posture, and then began to observe George's defense.

Paojiao opened his hands, his center of gravity sank, and his defensive posture was very standard.

"again and again!"

"again and again!"

Durant stepped on two consecutive tentative steps, but George remained unmoved.

Seeing this, kd suddenly pulled out his hand on the spot...

George reacted quickly and reached out to interfere.

"Shu~"

Basketball hits the net!

4: 3.

After the goal, Durant looked flat, while George held up his right hand and apologized to his teammates.

On the sidelines, Tony Allen, whose hands were still wrapped in plaster, stood up and shouted: "Go up, pg!"

George nodded slightly when he heard this.

The game continues.

Curry and Griffin play pick-and-roll tactics at the top of the arc.

With the help of the latter's cover, Mengshen successfully got rid of Westbrook's defense.

But Ibaka quickly moved laterally and got in front of him.

Curry paused suddenly, looking up towards the hoop.

The next moment, Ibaka flew out directly.

A road leading to the restricted area was exposed in front of Curry.

Curry smiled and accelerated towards the basket.

Westbrook, who was passed before, wanted to make up for the defense, but when he started, he ran into Griffin's pick-and-roll again.

Curry rushed, and suddenly found that this was a good opportunity to dunk!

You know, he didn't complete a dunk in the first round, and even left a failed dunk at the "Five Big Ji" level.

Thinking of this, Curry kicked the ground with all his strength and jumped up...

"bang!"

He succeeded!

Curry made a one-handed dunk, rewriting the score to 6:3.

"Hey~ The Thunder's defense is wide open! Curry even made such a rush in and dunked!"

Zhang Weiping commented in surprise.

"This ball is mainly because Curry's shooting threat is too great."

"Look at the slow motion everyone... Curry just raised his head, he didn't bother to do the fake moves on his hands, and Ibaka flew out! If someone else did this move, they wouldn't use this effect at all! "

Xu Jicheng added.

............

On the court, Westbrook shook his head silently after seeing Curry dunk.

Easy side to fight again, Guigui decisively launched an impact on the Rockets restricted area!

He first relied on his explosive power to pass Curry in one step.

After rushing to the penalty area, Westbrook faced Yao Ming and prepared to go hard.

But after flying into the air, Thunder 0 suddenly found that it seemed impossible to get past the defense of the little eastern giant.

In desperation, Westbrook could only rely on his strong waist and abdomen strength to forcibly change his shooting method and take a difficult pull-up layup.

However, the ball did not fly into the net after hitting the backboard, but bounced out of the iron.

Yao Ming tiptoes, protects the rebound, and passes the ball to Tracy McGrady

The Rockets took advantage of the situation to launch a counterattack!

The Thunder retreated quickly, and all four players except Perkins quickly returned to their own half.

In the transition between offense and defense, Durant switched to McGrady.

When t-mac saw that Durant was defending him, he immediately became interested.

It's like trying to dunk McGrady on the first ball with Westbrook.

At the beginning of the battle between the two armies, if they can take advantage of the opponent's general, it will be of great benefit to the entire team!

Ever since, McGrady took a stance, stood with his feet one in front of the other, and then dribbled continuously under the crotch.

His center of gravity hits the ground when he dribbles, and the ball bounces below his knees.

At the same time, every dribble of McGrady will be accompanied by a very rhythmic shaking.

This made Durant a little at a loss.

He was worried that McGrady would suddenly speed up and pass him, and he was also worried that the opponent would directly pull him out and catch him by surprise.

Just when KD was hesitating, McGrady moved!

He kicked his feet on the ground at the same time, and with a sudden acceleration, Durant was left behind.

[So fast! ]

Durant was shocked.

He turned around quickly, trying to catch up with McGrady.

But t-mac has already gone away and reached the thunder restricted area!

Ibaka took a step sideways and stood in front of him.

But at this moment, McGrady is already on the verge of breaking out, and has no choice but to send it!

After a step, he jumped with both feet, and directly had a talent showdown with Ibaka.

Ibaka is young and strong, and his jumping ability is also amazing.

But McGrady is not a reckless man. He held his belly in the air, "flyed" past the opponent's blockade, and then flicked his wrist...

Westbrook did this action not long ago.

But for the same movement, Westbrook seemed a little stiff when doing it, but McGrady completed it as smoothly as silk!

The basketball didn't even fly to the backboard, it fell straight into the net...

8: 3.

The Rockets continue to expand their lead!

On the sidelines, Thunder coach Brooks frowned slightly.

Now this node is actually very dangerous for them.

If the Rockets continue to expand their advantage, the Thunder will fall into a great passive situation!

But it is too early to call a timeout now.

Brooks can't help but cast his eyes on Durant.

In this critical moment, the Thunder team is most trustworthy in him!

Durant is well aware of this, too.

After running to the front court, he fell directly to the low post and opened his hands for the ball.

George stuck tight this time.

He applied a lot of contact before Durant even got the ball.

Soon, Westbrook made a lob and successfully delivered the ball to kd.

"If you try harder, you won't be able to stop me like this."

While Durant was trying to confront George, he was spraying trash talk.

"I'm afraid I'll knock you apart."

With that said, George secretly gave Durant an elbow.

KD suffered a bit, but also got a chance because of it.

Following the direction of George's force, he turned around and successfully wiped the latter.

Pickled Pepper's secret path was not good, and he quickly moved sideways to block Durant's path.

But the next moment, Durant made an emergency stop and made a mid-range shot...

"fxxk..."

George knew that he had hit the trick, but with his center of gravity forward, he was unable to interfere with Durant's shooting.

After the basketball left his fingertips, it spun at a high speed, drawing a beautiful arc in the air...

"Shu~"

Hollow into the network!

8: 5.

In the stands, Shen Fei watched the game calmly.

He knew that this series would never be as easy as the first round.

This young Thunder team is bound to bring many "surprises" to the Rockets.

And now, the Rockets must first solve the problem of how to limit Durant!