new lord of the rings

Chapter 306 He Will Always Explode!

The two sides have been rushing to switch, playing until 6 minutes, the Rockets won 6 points, the reason is that Josh Smith and Howard continue to get opportunities by grabbing offensive rebounds.

Harden's condition today is indeed very good. This season Harden is already a strong mvp contender, and he has indeed shown the strength of mvp, constantly passing good balls to the inside.

Because of Thompson's early exit, the Warriors became a little crowded. Barnes and Simmons didn't feel very good at three-pointers tonight. Zhang Xin didn't make many hits. Cole started the rotation and replaced Igo. Dallah, David Lee, for Barnes and Bogut.

The Rockets took advantage of the timeout to make offensive adjustments. After the timeout came back, the Rockets continued to let Josh Smith and Howard play pick-and-rolls:
Josh Smith holds the ball and Howard picks and rolls. When Green switches to Howard, Josh Smith gives the ball to Howard. Howard uses his height advantage to play Green at the basket. When he gets to the basket, it is indeed difficult for Green to guard Howard.

At the end of the first quarter, the Rockets led by 12 points.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Zhang Xin was pressed by Cole on the bench, and Thompson went up to lead the team. Zhang Xin had already played a whole quarter, and Cole needed Zhang Xin to take a good rest.

Zhang Xin didn't attack much in the first quarter, he just helped his teammates to create opportunities, but today's teammates are not very good, and they repeatedly waste the opportunities he created. This may be the aftereffect of resting for too long, and there is no way to enter the game state all of a sudden. in.

Zhang Xin is not in a hurry, the state of the game will come out slowly, and tonight is still very long, as long as Thompson and the others maintain the score.

In the second quarter, the Warriors played Klay Thompson, Marreese Speights, Sean Livingston, Leandro Barbosa and David Lee.

The Rockets have James Harden, Corey Brewer, Terrence Jones, Pablo Prigioni and Clint Capela.

The Rockets' lineup is not bad, especially the pick-and-roll between Harden and Capela. The pick-and-roll between Harden and Capela is much more efficient than the pick-and-roll between Harden and Howard.

In fact, Howard is not very willing to play pick-and-rolls. He feels that he is the cornerstone of the team and should play singles inside, so there is always some resistance when playing pick-and-rolls.

Capela doesn't have this kind of thinking, he runs very actively, and Capela's jumping and speed are very good, and he can withstand the work of working at heights. Harden and Capela played very well at the beginning of the second quarter. After the pick-and-roll dunk, David Lee and Speth really couldn't guard against it.

Fortunately, the Warriors' offense is not bad. Barbosa is worthy of being the Brazilian Lightning. He keeps layups and transition offenses through his speed, which is able to maintain the score.

The Rockets' strategy today is very correct. When they come up, they attack the inside of the Warriors. They don't take three-point shots easily. In fact, the Rockets' offensive method is the same as that of the Warriors. They are all three-pointers. It has indeed achieved very good results.

Cole only gave Zhang Xin a 6-minute rest time. Once the 6 minutes were up, Cole immediately made adjustments, replacing Zhang Xin, Green, and Bogut, replacing David Lee, Barbosa, and Speights. The Rockets also took advantage of the opportunity to replace the starter.

The Warriors had the ball, Livingston dribbled the ball across half court, and then gave the ball to Zhang Xin, Zhang Xin beckoned, Bogut immediately raised it, blocked Ariza in the high post, Howard got enough, he has not yet absorbed previous lessons.

Bogut made a layup, Ariza only wanted to pinch Zhang Xin, Zhang Xin made a lob to Bogut who was laying down, Josh Smith was blocked by Green, and Bogut dunked with fire!

The Rockets got the ball, Terry dribbled the ball across half court, Harden received the ball, Howard went up to the high pick-and-roll, then went down to the low post to catch the ball and singled Green, Zhang Xin let go of Ariza, went straight to Howard, and Green, one behind the other, surrounded Howard, Howard wanted to pass the ball, Zhang Xin hugged the ball with both hands, and directly initiated the conversion!
Ariza quickly followed Zhang Xin. Zhang Xin was approaching the three-point line and suddenly braked. It was too sudden. Ariza didn't stop and slid out a few steps. Zhang Xin adjusted his chase and hit a three-pointer!
After halftime, the Rockets still wanted to find the inside line. This time it was Josh Smith. Josh Smith singled Bogut from one side. Josh Smith’s footsteps were much faster than Bogut’s, causing Bogut’s foul, but today the Rockets Josh Smith only hit one free throw.

Green served the ball quickly, Livingston dribbled the ball non-stop across the half court, Zhang Xin went around the bottom line to catch the ball at the top of the arc, and used Bogut's high pick-and-roll to go around the center.

Terry on the wing can only come to help defend. If he doesn't come to help defend, Howard can't defend Zhang Xin. Zhang Xin passes the ball to Thompson in the corner. Thompson hits a three-pointer from the corner!

Finally opened it, Zhang Xin breathed a sigh of relief, if he didn't open it again, then he could only attack by himself.

McHale hurriedly called a timeout, and within a few minutes of Zhang Xin playing, he played a small climax of 8:1, and the point difference was approached to 5 points at once. Evened the score.

Back from the timeout, Harden held the ball at the top of the arc, Howard went to the high pick-and-roll, Harden circled Howard's pick-and-roll and went straight to the basket, Eurostepped past Green's help defense for a layup with his left hand, Zhang Xin made a diagonal stab, and directly hit Harden The ball hit the backboard!

The Oracle Center suddenly exploded, and the fans seemed to be shaken from their chairs by the movement of the earth's crust. They all raised their hands and let out a "wow" cheer.

Green quickly grabbed the rebound and quickly initiated a transition. Zhang Xin had already shot straight to the frontcourt like an off-string arrow. Zhang Xin started slower than Green, but after a few steps, he was already at the front.

Green threw the ball towards the basket near the middle circle, and the basketball fell in an arc. When it reached the basket, a figure rose from below, pressing the ball into the basket with one hand!

"What a play!! Zhang Xin nailed Harden's ball to the board, and the next moment he appeared in the frontcourt and pushed the ball into the basket. He dominated both offense and defense!" The commentator on the scene roared.

The Oracle Center was like a large amount of explosives exploding, and overwhelming cheers swept the audience!

"It's unbelievable, just a few rounds after Zhang Xin came back, he played a wave of 8:1, forcing coach McHale to call a timeout, but after the timeout came back, Zhang Xin immediately offered a nail-biting cap, and when he came back, he teamed up with Green. An alley-oop dunk narrowed the point difference to 3 points! It's a blast!" Yang Yi was very excited.

"It's amazing. The scary thing about Zhang Xin is that you don't know when he will explode, and you don't know how he will explode. Whether it is a sudden explosive score, or blocking the opponent on the defensive end, or constantly sending wonderful passes. , All of these things may happen, he may not explode this time, he may not explode that time, but he will eventually explode!" Yang Jian was also quite emotional.

(End of this chapter)