The strongest unicorn in basketball

Chapter 244
After the pick-and-roll, Harden gave the ball to Deron Brooks, who made a three-pointer!
The "Little Black Bean" of the Rockets returned to the Rockets. Although only 2 years have passed, everything has changed.

Including the Rockets, including himself.

In the past, he was the most reliable point guard around Yao Mai. He experienced the Rockets' 22 consecutive victories and also created the Rockets' history record for consecutive three-pointers.

But two years later, he has changed from a star with unlimited potential to a player who can only receive a basic salary.

God is pitiful, he is only 28 years old now, he is at his peak!

But tonight he played extremely well, feeling like he was dreaming of returning to the top. He scored five points in a row at the end of the first quarter, helping the Rockets tie the score.

After the first quarter, the score of the two teams was tied at 28:28.

Although Harden made 7 of 2 shots in the first quarter and only scored 8 points, he sent 4 assists and led his teammates to play a smooth offense.

In comparison, the Kings' offense is much slower.

In fact, this is also the main reason why the Kings are unpredictable this season. The team lacks a field master who can make the team's offense flow smoothly.

Of course, this does not mean that the strength of the Kings is poor. On the contrary, they can use their own methods to send the ball into the basket.

The short intersection break was fleeting, and soon the second quarter of the two sides began.

During this period, it was a weak link for the Rockets, because both Harden and Howard were resting off the court, and Chandler Parsons was actually leading the team.

Parsons with a basic salary and Parsons with a maximum salary are completely two people!
When he gets the top salary, he is "getting the money and afraid of things", but when he gets the basic salary, he is like an all-around fighter who can take on the "tall, rich and handsome" that the team needs.

For example, now, in this substitute lineup, he acts as a point forward.

After seeing Thomas Jr. hit a mid-range shot against Brooks, Parsons took the ball to the frontcourt, broke through and split the ball, assisted Cassby to hit a three-pointer, and overtook the score in one fell swoop.

After a few rounds, the two sides played back and forth, and the substitute lineup that the Kings were proud of did not take advantage of it.

Under the leadership of Parsons, the Rockets' bench lineup actually lasted until the starting return, and the score between the two sides was still inextricably linked.

In this way, until the end of halftime, the score of the two teams was 52:50, and the Kings led by 2 points.

You know, this was done when Harden played abnormally tonight and made 4 of 0 outside three-pointers.

Li Pu is naturally very dissatisfied with this result, because he knows very well that Harden cannot be in this state for the entire game. If Harden breaks out in the second half, the 2-point lead is not safe at all!

Sure enough, Li Pu understood Harden.

At the beginning of the second half, Harden singled out Butler and used his signature move to step back for a three-pointer to help the team overtake the score!

Seeing this scene, a bad thought suddenly rose in Li Pu's heart, and Harden felt warmer, he was about to suffer!

Then Bledsoe's breakthrough in the next round was intercepted by Harden, who had been defending on his hips.

Immediately afterwards, Harden dribbled forward with the ball. Although the speed was not fast, his ability to seize the opportunity was too strong.

Although the Kings retreated quickly and did not give Harden a chance to attack the basket directly, Harden threw the ball into the sky, and then saw Howard take off on the spot and smash the ball into the basket with both hands!

Relying on Harden's one offense, one defense and one assist, the Rockets immediately established a 5-point lead.

It seems that Harden, who was tired all night last night, has fully recovered after warming up in the first half.

Although the point difference is not that big, Li Pu knows very well that if the goal is missed at this time and the opponent seizes the opportunity, then the momentum of the entire game will completely fall into the hands of the Rockets.

Faced with this situation, Li Pu decisively reached out for the ball in the next round!

As the well-deserved core of the team, he wants the ball, and no one will give it to him!

After receiving a pass from Butler, Li Pu began to back Howard.

To be honest, when Li Pu first entered the league, his biggest natural enemy was Howard.

At that time, Li Pu didn't have any offensive means, and his strength was at an absolute disadvantage, so every time he faced Howard, he would be abused by his opponent!
But now it's different, Li Pu not only has confrontation, but also has a lot of dazzling skills, and Howard is still that rough guy, and his physical fitness is not as good as before.

Under the ebb and flow, it is difficult for Howard today to be qualified to be Li Pu's natural enemy, and even Li Pu has a little bit of the feeling that Dayao used to eat, sleep and fight World of Warcraft.

I saw that when Li Pu hit Howard with his back, after dribbling the ball twice, he immediately chose to collect the ball and turn around to make a fallback jumper.

This golden rooster independence was learned by Li Pu from Nowitzki back then. Over the past two years, although he didn't use it much, his skills have become more and more proficient.

"Shh!"

Although Howard tried desperately to block the shot, Li Pu made the ball easily.

With such a height and wingspan plus jumping, coupled with his soft touch, Li Pu's version of the golden rooster is independent, even more difficult to guard than Nowitzki's!

With Li Pu hitting Howard in singles, the point difference was narrowed to 3 points again.

But this is not over yet, if the Rockets cannot be defended, it is impossible to defeat the Rockets only by attacking!

Sure enough, in the next round, after Harden slowly dribbled the ball to the front court, he directly chose a three-point shot, and he still made a real shot!

"Ahhhh!"

For a moment, the whole scene was excited.

Even though they are all fans of the home team, this kind of scene where stars compete with each other is the easiest to arouse their enthusiasm.

Harden's three-pointer allowed the point difference to return to 6 points.

Seeing this situation, Li Pu chose to dribble himself to the frontcourt this time.

The fans who saw this scene were already excited because they knew that Li Pu was about to start the scoring mode!

After coming to the frontcourt, Howard stepped on the three-point line to defend.

This is also helpless, who made Li Pu's three-pointer really kill people!

When Lip brought Howard out, the Rockets' basket became very empty, and other Kings players could easily attack the basket with just an air cut.

No, before the words fell, Butler took the opportunity to run back, throwing off Harden and heading to the basket.

Seeing this, Li Pu shook his hand, scaring Howard to run to the basket.

But when he took two steps, he found that Butler didn't have a basketball in his hands. He turned around and saw that the ball was still in Li Pu's hands.

Li Pu, who lied to Howard, did not hesitate, he directly chose a three-point shot.

Twinkle, twinkle, sparkle, let's have a three-pointer!

Basketball hollow into the net!

Li Pu doesn't want two points, but three points!

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!" the fans had already celebrated in advance before the ball was scored.

Because this season, Li Pu has brought them such a miracle more than once!

This is also their courage to face any team in the league!
You have Harden, we have Li Pu!
(End of this chapter)