rpbooks Chapter 573 Three Points Wave
Chapter 573 Three Points Wave
Chapter 573
It's hard to believe that the Rockets scored nothing in as long as 3 minutes.Although the Thunder retained half of the starting lineup, Harden was also on the court.As a superstar who almost won all the scoring, assists, and steals titles last season, his downturn is the main factor why the Rockets are currently at a disadvantage.
Of course, there is another reason why the Thunder played well here.The offense was almost surrounded by An Luo. As the only core of the Thunder in this game, he had to stand up.The performance on the defensive end really surprised everyone.In the absence of Westbrook and Paul George, the Rockets, who have such a strong offensive firepower, can't find a scoring state. This also fully reflects how strong the Thunder's overall defensive system is.In the current small ball era, it seems that the teams are not particularly concerned about defense, but in fact, no team that has the strength to compete for the championship does not pay attention to defense.The saying that defense wins the championship is not outdated.
D'Antoni lost his temper during the break.Especially Harden's performance made this offensive coach very dissatisfied.In D'Antoni's offensive tactics, players can fail to make shots, but they must not be soft.In the past two years, the old man has become more and more partial to the magic ball offense, and he has paid more attention to the players' shots.After all, the more you invest, the more you earn!According to probability theory, when the amount of sampling is large enough, the probability will stabilize.With a relatively stable hit rate, isn't it just bulls making more money!And he is crazy about three-pointers.All Rockets players must learn to shoot outside the three-point line.Even a big center like Zhou Qi, in D'Antoni's tactics, always pulls out to shoot three-pointers.And Harden only took one shot from the outside in the first quarter, which he couldn't bear.
D'Antoni's reprimand played a role.In the second quarter, the Rockets finally found their own offensive rhythm.Harden started to speak up on the offensive end, and his touch is not bad.The Thunder's defense is still very targeted at him, but the proficient step-back three-pointer is simply impossible to defend against.An Luo has a deep understanding of this.When Roberson is resting, he is responsible for man-marking Harden.Since the opponent's breakthrough ability is not weaker than the three-pointer, An Luo kept a certain distance from Harden.
Harden played singles with the ball, and after continuously dribbling the ball under his crotch, he suddenly started to go to the right to break through to the inside.An Luo took small steps and quickly followed the opponent.But just like when he occasionally looked for opportunities to shoot outside the three-point line, Harden kicked his right leg, and the whole person withdrew a lot.Moreover, the opponent's actions were more rapid and decisive.
It doesn't matter if the ball is thrown in this way.Even if Harden has a bonus for shooting three-pointers with a side step, the shooting rate always limits the efficiency of scoring.The most terrifying thing is this guy's abnormal ability to draw fouls.
If An Luo rushed forward to interfere with the opponent's shot, Harden would stick to him, hook An Luo's arm, or press An Luo's arm and shoot.Even if An Luo paid attention to this problem and was not in such a hurry, after Harden made a shot, his body was always touching An Luo's body, for fear that An Luo would not be able to touch his cylinder.If you touch it, you will fall, and if you fall down, you will probably be called a foul.
Making fouls is definitely a very important way for Harden to score on the offensive end.In his breakthrough, he always took the initiative to find a confrontation.His keen reaction ability allows him to complete the shot in the shortest time, and then get a chance to stand on the free throw line.An Luo felt that this guy was like a hedgehog, he couldn't let it go, but he couldn't touch it.You can only be cautious, or double-team as in the first quarter.Just press it in place without giving him a chance to move.But if you double-team, someone will be emptied during the meeting.And Harden's passing and vision are at the top of the league.
In this way, the Thunder's defense was almost restrained by Harden alone, and their offense naturally came out.Donovan also simply said, since he couldn't defend, he would play counterattack.Anyway, this game was ready to lose before the game started.
After the official timeout came back, the Thunder took the lead in making changes.In the first few minutes, the Thunder was overtaken by a counterattack from the Rockets.This is the normal state of teams that rely on outside offense. When they feel good, they can widen the score by a large margin in a short period of time.On the contrary, falling behind is also fast.
An Luo took the ball to the top of the arc by himself, then handed the ball to Adams who pulled it to the top of the arc, and took Paul straight to the basket.Of course he didn't do it to grab rebounds!After turning around the basket, An Luo went straight to the right corner.At this time, Robertson leaned over and stood one meter away from the corner to help An Luo block Paul.At the same time, Ferguson on his right immediately passed the ball into his hands.A perfect open three-point opportunity came out!An Luo raised the knife and dropped the ball into the basket.
When retreating, An Luo and Ferguson clapped hands.If the ball is passed slowly, the opportunity will be gone.
Looking back, Harden squeezed past An Luo's right side with a cross step, and then hit Adams for a layup.After landing, the bearded man spread his hands, signaling that Adams had fouled him.However, the referee ignored him.An Luo, who followed closely behind, picked up a rebound, immediately turned the gun, and ran towards his basket.
His speed is not as fast as Westbrook, but he still plays the Thunder's iconic counter fast break.Moreover, such a fast break ended faster in An Luo's hands.He ran beyond the three-point line in a few steps, caught the opponent's unsteady footing, and threw a chasing three-pointer directly.
"Shh!"
Come on!
An Luo's performance is not over yet.After the Rockets relied on Paul's dislocation to single Adams and managed to stabilize the situation, An Luo once again hit a goal from beyond the three-point line.This time, he used Harden's specialty, stepping back and shooting.
After the goal was scored, An Luo pointed to Harden.Then he made the opponent's classic action of throwing salt.However, the latter was not angry because of this, after all, he had been provoked by An Luo countless times in Xia Tian!But the fans at Chesapeake Energy Arena were excited, and they cheered!Americans like to show off in their bones.
With An Luo's three three-pointers, the Thunder once again overtook the score.Moreover, the previously depressed morale was instantly ignited.Subsequently, Ferguson and Grant also fired from the outside.The Thunder completely turned into a three-point team.
(End of this chapter)