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Yi Jianlian also showed no fear, and immediately stepped forward to defend.

His actions are still very aggressive, and the foul just now didn't affect him in the slightest.

This is hard for Harden.

After being hit a few times, he could only lower his center of gravity to protect the ball while looking at the referee.

That innocent look seemed to say——Yi Jianlian fouled, why didn't you blow it?

But the referee just looked at the two calmly and didn't say anything.

It's 11 years after all, not 21...

The scale of whistleblowing in the playoffs during this period is very loose.

If it is not the obvious foul action of the last round, the referee will generally encourage confrontation and let the players solve the problem by themselves.

Seeing that the referee said nothing, Harden could only solve the problem by himself.

Seizing the opportunity of the UAE's excessive rush, Harden turned around and successfully got rid of the former's close pressing!

Then he immediately lowered his body and accelerated his breakthrough.

If it was the previous big Ben, Harden could completely shake him off with such an acceleration.

But this time, things are different.

Ah Lian, who was defending him, was able to quickly adjust his center of gravity and rely on a quick lateral movement to block Harden again!

Thunder No. 13 was inevitably surprised.

It was the first time he met an inside player who could keep up with him!

The two entangled all the way and came near the free throw line.

Seeing that there was no chance for an easy layup, Harden thought of making a foul.

I saw him hold the ball with straight arms, put the ball near his knees, and then took three steps.

In this posture, it is difficult for Yi Jianlian to see the exact position of the ball.

On the second step, Harden suddenly raised the ball with both hands...

This is his classic foul-making move!

In the past few games, this trick has successfully caused fouls by many Rockets players.

The last round made the Spurs miserable!

Ordinary players, when they encounter Harden's suddenly raised arm, will subconsciously retract their hand to show that they have not fouled.

But in this way, Harden got the chance to finish easily.

It can be said that so far, no player has been able to cope with this trick better!

But unexpectedly, Yi Jianlian not only did not avoid Harden's suddenly raised arm, but also lowered his center of gravity and greeted his face...

"Snapped!"

A crisp sound.

The next moment, Yi Jianlian fell on his back with a painful expression.

Between his brows, there were three points of shock, three points of bewilderment, and four points of pain.

Yi Jianlian fell to the ground, scaring Harden!

But the bearded player's reaction speed is also very fast. After Yi Jianlian fell, he also fell backwards.

After falling to the ground, Harden covered his face with his hands, his expression of pain was not lost to Yi Jianlian at the side!

At this time, the other 8 players of the two teams were stunned.

They were originally on the other side of the court, quietly waiting for Harden and Yi Jianlian's wonderful offense and defense.

Who would have thought that such a dramatic scene would be seen.

McGrady was the first to react and ran towards Yi Jianlian.

But after running in, t-mac saw a scene that he would never forget for a long time...

He actually saw that Yi Jianlian, who was covering his face and lying on the ground, secretly moved his hands away, revealing a gap.

At this moment, he is peeking at how the referee calls the penalty through this gap.

Yi Jianlian's coquettish operation completely confused McGrady.

In t-mac's impression, Ah Lian is an unpretentious, even a bit dull big man.

But now, he actually played the trick of flopping? !

"Hum..."

"That... are you going to get up?"

McGrady bent down and asked with a little embarrassment.

He was very worried that the camera would capture Yi Jianlian's peeking action, and it would be hard to say what the public opinion would be...

"Wait a minute."

Yi Jianlian also answered in a low voice.

In fact, he himself didn't know why he reacted like this.

He only remembered that when Harden raised his hands and was about to make a foul, such a bold idea suddenly appeared in his mind, and then his body made the following movements uncontrollably.

[The last enlightenment, what did you give me...]

Yi Jianlian couldn't help complaining in his heart.

But now that the show has started, the play will be performed in its entirety.

Ah Lian continued to cover his face very professionally, with a painful expression as if he had just been hit in the face by Harden's uppercut.

The referee looked at the two people who fell to the ground, and was caught in a dilemma for a while.

He first signaled the team doctor off the court to check the situation, and then beckoned the other two referees to discuss countermeasures.

Harden and Yi Jianlian were naturally fine and stood up quickly.

After watching the replay of the video, the referee made the final penalty-Harden's offensive foul!

Hearing such a result, Harden covered his head with his hands, with a look of disbelief.

And Yi Jianlian showed a sly smile and high-fived his teammates to celebrate the successful defense.

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

"I really prevented it..."

In the stands, Ajiali said in disbelief.

"Yi Jianlian's lateral movement speed is faster than Ben Wallace, as long as he is not a speed guard, he can keep up."

"Besides, it's hard to hide those small things in Harden's heart from Yi Jianlian."

Shen Fei said with a smile.

He is very confident in Yi Jianlian's defensive ability.

After all, the United Arab Emirates is equipped with the [Rodman Scramble Ability Pack]!

Who was Rodman defending against?

Jordan, Malone, Olajuwon, David Robinson...

Each of these is a big name, a Hall of Famer.

But the current Harden is far superior to himself in the same period in the original time and space.

But no matter how fast he improves, he is only a second-year rookie after all.

Shen Fei was not surprised to suffer from Yi Jianlian.

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

UAE's defense not only interrupted Harden's fiery touch, but also changed his mentality.

One minute later, the unbelieving Harden challenged Yi Jianlian again.

Maybe it's all about one thing...

Before Harden singled out Ben Wallace, one shot was accurate, but when the defender was replaced by Yi Jianlian, the situation was completely opposite.

This time, Harden made a dribble error under Yi Jianlian's constant harassment.

The basketball dribbled directly to his own feet and bounced off the sideline.

"fxxk..."

After the mistake, Harden cursed in a low voice.

It didn't seem like he was speaking to anyone, but more like venting his dissatisfaction with his performance.

The Rockets took advantage of Harden's two mistakes to hit a 6:0 spurt, rewriting the score to 42:32 in one fell swoop.

The point difference came to double digits!

On the sidelines, the Thunder coach—Brooks saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly got Durant ready to play.

But misfortunes never come singly. While kd was waiting to play on the technical stage, Harden was once again defended by Yi Jianlian.

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

During the fast break, after McGrady rushed to the inside, he distributed the ball to Yi Jianlian who followed up on the right.

Ah Lian bowed and took an arrow, and made a three-pointer!

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

"Shu~"

Hollow into the network!

45: 32.

"Roar!!!"

After scoring the goal, Yi Jianlian looked up to the sky and screamed.

This three-pointer is the best reward for his hard defense before!

"yi!"

"yi!"

"yi!"

......

The fans at the scene responded by shouting Yi Jianlian's name!

Some people were happy and some were sad. Brooks on the sidelines couldn't wait for the ball to die, so he called a timeout.

After the timeout ended, Westbrook and Durant went into battle again, and Harden was replaced to rest.

The Thunder's lineup has changed to: Westbrook, Sefolosha, Durant, Ibaka and Collison.

For the Rockets, McGrady and George were replaced by Curry and Yao Ming respectively, and the lineup became: Curry, Green, Tucker, Yi Jianlian and Yao Ming.

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

The game restarts.

Westbrook holds the ball and organizes the offense at the top of the arc.

He waited patiently until the ball was firmly in Durant's hands.

The Rockets changed their defensive strategy-they no longer defended alone, but directly double-teamed KD.

Under the pincers of Green and Tucker's ears, Durant had no room to play at all and could only pass the ball immediately.

Westbrook received a pass back, and with an acceleration, he passed the opposing Curry and rushed to the Rockets penalty area.

Yao Ming and Ah Lian reacted quickly, shrinking the basket and preparing to protect the frame.

Seeing this scene, Yu Jia couldn't help but said: "Our two towers from Huaxia guard the Rockets' restricted area together. This scene may be recorded in the history of Huaxia men's basketball team!"

Yang Yi nodded and said with a smile: "I'm looking forward to it now. If we meet in the Olympic Games and the Bullfighting Country, what kind of sparks will the combination of Dayao and Ah Lian create with their Gasol brothers..."

Yu Jiayu said proudly: "My team, our team is not worse than them at all!"

While the two were talking, Westbrook had already jumped high to challenge the Huaxia Twin Towers.

It has to be said that for Westbrook in this period, the sky is his limit.

Even though two 2+ tall guys are standing in front of the basket, he still chooses to "climb to the peak"!

What's even more outrageous is that Westbrook really relied on his super explosive power to jump to the highest point first.

The basketball passed through the interception of Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian...

It's a pity that Westbrook didn't control his strength because of too much force, and finally dunked on the edge of the basket.

"woo..."

There was an uproar at the scene.

The ball bounced high and flew near the three-point line.

Tucker had quick eyes and quick hands, controlled the rebound, and passed the ball to Curry immediately.

Mengshen was upset by Westbrook just now.

Now that there is a chance for a fast break, he will naturally not miss it!

He dribbled all the way to the Thunder half court.

At this time, Durant, who was back on defense, forced up, trying to force Curry to stop and prevent the Rockets from fast break.

But the Rockets No. 30 just dribbled the ball behind the back and passed KD cleanly.

After Durant was passed, he became more impatient, quickly adjusted his pace, and ran towards Curry again.

At this moment, Curry in front of him suddenly slowed down and looked up at the basket.

[He is going to vote? ]

[No, this should be a shooting fake! ]

Just as Durant was at war with heaven and man, Curry had quickly completed the shot...

"Shu~"

Three-point arrow, the flames of hell!

As soon as the goal was scored, the score came to 48:32, and the difference between the two teams was as much as 16 points!

In the stands, Shen Fei smiled slightly, and said lightly: "It feels very difficult for you to win the bet."

"Hmph! The game is not over yet!"

Ajiali pouted, and blushed again the next moment, obviously thinking of something.

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

The game continues.

Because the Rockets adopted a strategy of resolutely double-teaming Durant, Westbrook had to assume the role of the main attacker.

This time, when Curry took two steps, he decisively took a step beyond the three-point line, and the zombie made a jump shot...

hit!

48: 34.

Looking back, all the Thunder generals worked together and successfully defended the wave.

Westbrook received a pass from Ibaka and quickly launched a counterattack.

He strode forward, turning back and forth to pass Danny Green along the way, then eating Curry raw with his speed, and finally leaning on McGrady for a layup...

Just when the fans at the scene thought that Westbrook was going to complete the solo pass, Yi Jianlian turned out to be out of nowhere, and a nail-board cap killed the turtle's layup in the cradle!

This hot pot was delivered, and the scene immediately became a sea of ​​joy.

When Curry launched a conversion attack with the ball, the Rockets fans stood up and cheered for the team loudly!

"let's.go.rockets!!!"

"let's.go.rockets!!!"

"let's.go.rockets!!!"

......

Amidst the thunderous applause, the players' adrenaline was crazily secreted.

Thunder's generals returned to defense very quickly, and all five players retreated to their own half.

But Curry was already excited about playing at this time, and even received the ball just after halftime and shot a super long-range three-pointer...

logo-shot!

Westbrook showed a panicked expression not far away.

For some reason, although Curry shot a three-pointer from a very far away place, he felt that the ball would fall into the net in all likelihood!

And as it turns out...

The basketball draws a rainbow-like arc, and after flying for what seems like a century, it finally hits the net hollow!

41: 34.

The trace of counterattack that Lei Ting had just ignited was once again ruthlessly extinguished.

After the second quarter, they couldn't put together a decent offense anymore...

When the red light on the timer comes on, the first half is over.

At 65:45, the Rockets returned to the locker room with a 20-point advantage.

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

Thunder locker room.

The players lowered their heads one by one, and a "low air pressure" hovered in the locker room.

Although they have rested for a while, the four young players--Durant, Westbrook, Harden, and Ibaka--have exhaustion written on their faces.

Some of them are still panting heavily, some just take a sip of sports drink from time to time...

Obviously, the first half of the game consumed them a lot!

"They have too many defensive resources! The Celtics I was in back then were good at defense, but they didn't have so many defensive resources."

"Like George, Green, Tucker, and Yi Jianlian, they are all very good defenders. It is too difficult for Kevin to be defended by them in turn..."

As a veteran, Perkins took the lead in breaking the silence.

"Their reserves of strikers are outrageous! This should be for James, right?"

Sefolosha shook his head and sighed.

Mentioning James, Durant, who had covered his head with a towel, suddenly raised his head.

He played very poorly in the first half...

The Rockets' resolute flank attack made him helpless.

And during the sporadic period of single defense, both George and Green also put a lot of pressure on Durant.

"If it was LeBron facing a defense like this, what would he do?"

Durant couldn't help asking.

As soon as this remark came out, everyone fell into deep thought.

"If it was him, he would have a physical advantage against George or Green, so when he is defended alone, he should resolutely break through."

Durant began to analyze on his own.

"I guess so..."

"If you are double-teamed, LeBron's vision and passing ability will come in handy. He should find the most reasonable passing route at the first time, and then pass the ball in time, right?"

Harden also offered his own opinion.

"Then I will try to play like this in the second half."

Durant simply responded.

Since entering the league, he has always regarded James as a goal to surpass.

But at this point, Durant doesn't mind borrowing his style of play.

Brooks on the side also nodded.

"We are now 20 points behind, and there are still two quarters to play. There is plenty of time, but we must play defense. Only when the defense is down can we have the possibility of chasing points!"

"Children, we have retreated to the edge of the cliff, and there is no way to retreat."

"So... in the second half, I hope you don't have any burdens. Just do your best when you play and focus on basketball itself!"

Brooks worked hard to impress his players.

The young Thunder players nodded.

The big score was 1:3, and now they are 20 points behind at halftime. They really have no way out.

"Play defense and reverse the game!"

Perkins got up and walked to the center of the locker room, stretched out his right hand, and shouted.

The other players responded one after another, quickly gathered together, folded their hands, and shouted in unison:

"Play defense and reverse the game!"

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

The intermission is over soon, and the second half of the game begins!