Fan Reward System

Chapter 390

At nine o'clock in the morning BJ time, the fifth game between the Rockets and the Warriors began.

In the first quarter of the game, Harden broke through and scored first, Capela scored 8 points in a row inside, and Durant responded with the Warriors' first 6 points.Trevor Ariza and Gerald Green scored consecutive three-pointers, and the Rockets took a double-digit lead.Livingston and Durant helped the Warriors chase points. The Rockets relied on free throws to score points at the end of this quarter. At the end of the first quarter, the Rockets led 23:17.

In the second quarter of the game, Tucker hit a three-pointer, Harden broke through and dunked successfully, and Curry hit his first three-pointer of the game.Gordon scored two free throws and the Rockets led by 10 points again.Gordon and Curry faced each other, and the two scored consecutive points.Curry, Clay, and Durant teamed up to chase points, and the Warriors narrowed the gap to 5 points.Draymond Green and Durant made consecutive free throws, and the Warriors tied the score.At the end of halftime, the two sides battled to a 45 tie.

Changing sides to fight again, Clay turned around and scored a jumper, the Warriors achieved a lead, and the two teams started a tug-of-war.Paul personally scored three three-pointers in a row, and he faced the Warriors alone.Clay also hit a three-pointer, Harden and Gordon made consecutive free throws, and the Rockets regained the lead.Curry scored 4 points in a row, Gordon hit a three-pointer, and the two teams drew again.Durant scored consecutively in singles, and one man was in a stalemate with the Rockets.At the end of the three quarters, the Warriors lead 72:71.

In the final quarter of the game, Paul scored 5 points in a row, Gerald Green also hit a three-pointer, and Curry scored the Warriors' first 5 points.Clay chased and hit a three-pointer, and the Rockets paused.The two teams entered a hand-to-hand battle, and the Rockets relied on free throws to overtake the score.Harden steals and dunks with both hands, and Rooney dunks in return.Paul broke through and scored, the Rockets led by 6 points, and the Warriors suspended.Clay made all three-point free throws, Draymond Green made a tip-up, and the Warriors trailed by 1 point.Gordon hit a three-pointer and the Warriors immediately suspended.Draymond Green hit a three-pointer and the Warriors trailed by 1 point.Curry broke through the board and missed a throw, Ariza made one of two free throws, the Rockets led by 2 points, and the Warriors suspended.Draymond Green missed the ball and Gordon made two free throws. In the end, the Rockets beat the Warriors 98:94 and won the battle of Tianwangshan, leading 3:2.

According to statistics from reporters after the game, in the second half of the campaign, the two teams alternated leading 15 times and tied 9 times; the Rockets led by as many as 6 points, and the Warriors led by as many as 4 points.

In this game, the Warriors only scored 94 points in the game. According to the statistics of reporter Tommy Beer, the Warriors have won 18 wins and 95 losses in the past 0 games where the Warriors scored less than 18 points.

"The host lost 30 points in the bet in this game. The current total score is 288 points, and the life value is 90 days." The system said.

The gods in the west fight, and the children in the east fight...

Warriors and Cavaliers are indeed old rivals. If you lose to Tianwangshan, I will accompany you...

Harden made 3 of 11 three-pointers, and the Rockets actually won. Is this a dream?
In the last three games, the Warriors beat the Rockets by 34 points... The Warriors are 1 to 2 behind! !
After these two games, the Rockets felt like: My Rockets don't play like the Rockets, it doesn't matter.What's important is that I don't make your warriors play like warriors!

The Rockets gave the Warriors a lot of opportunities at the last moment, but the Warriors didn't grasp it, including the last game.This is not the performance of the defending champion. If the Warriors lose the series, they can't blame others!
It was time for my wife to go to work, and she asked me to see her off. I was watching the game, and I rejected her impatiently. She left in disappointment. Later, when the timeout was suspended, I felt so guilty that I was really nothing. Distracted while watching the Western Conference Finals!
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本场比赛，上半场进攻手感糟糕的克里斯-保罗在下半场开始打出状态，半场7中0之后，保罗在下半场12投6中得到18分，全场拿到20分7篮板6助攻3抢断。

Paul, who played 38 minutes, strained his thigh in the final critical round of offense, and then stopped playing.

In the playoffs this season, Paul averaged 21.2 points, 5.9 rebounds, 5.8 assists and 1.9 steals per game.

I have to say that the real thigh of the Rockets in this game is Paul. Without Paul taking a few fairy shots, the Warriors have already won the game.

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In this game, Gordon, who came off the bench for the Rockets, performed well. He frequently entered the penalty area and caused fouls at critical moments. In the last 1 minute and 21 seconds, Gordon's key three-pointer helped the Rockets extend their lead to 4 points.

全场比赛戈登15投6中，三分球10投3中得到全队最高的24分4篮板1助攻2抢断1盖帽的数据。

TNT commentator Barkley did not hesitate to praise Gordon after the game: "I want to pay tribute to Gordon. He brought a different result to this game. He made a lot of key shots. Paul has some magic performance, but I would say Gordon won the game for the Rockets."

If Gordon doesn't score a few three-pointers, I'm sorry for his round face!

Gordon: When the opponent guards me, it's hard to tell which is the header and which is the ball.

Eric Gordon, read it backwards: Brother Deng is awesome!
The second hero of the Rockets in this game is Gordon. It was Gordon's three-pointer at the last moment that gave the Rockets a chance to win.

In addition, Gordon's breakthrough and three-point fouls are also very powerful, supporting the Rockets' bench alone.

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In this campaign, Rockets star Harden did not perform well. He only made 21 of 5 shots and missed all 11 three-pointers. He scored 19 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals.

This is also the first time that Harden has not scored a three-pointer in a single game in the playoffs this season. He also tied the Rockets' record with 11 of 0 shots.

上场比赛，哈登在三分3中3后连续投丢9球（全场三分12中3）。

In this game, Harden made 11 of 0 three-pointers. Counting the games before the series, he has missed 20 consecutive three-pointers.

However, according to statistics from the US media, during the period when Harden missed 20 consecutive three-pointers, the Rockets beat the Warriors by 12 points.

When talking about Harden has missed 20 consecutive 3-pointers, the German coach said: "This is normal, right? He will score 10 consecutively in the next game."

Paul: No one can stop me from taking Tianwangshan, whether it is Durant or Harden!

Do you know why the Warriors tied in the first half and lost in the second half? Because Deng slammed the basket crookedly in the first half.

**Killed by a bomb, Harden was killed by his own 3-pointer!

If this is replaced by Dong Zhan's 11 for 0 three-pointers... the Cavaliers would lose by 50 points!
Harden: Brother, the third brother did his best, teammate NBA!

Durant: go

Rockets fans: If it weren't for Harden playing like shit, Paul wouldn't have to work so hard!Harden, I don't know what to say about him, I can't argue with him! ! !

Harden really didn't feel good in this game, but don't forget that at the last moment, he broke through to attract two double-teams and Gordon made a fatal three-pointer.

Why did Gordon have such a big vacancy at the last moment?It was still because of Harden. At that time, Harden singled Curry and rushed to the free throw line. Durant had to say to help defend. Clay defended Ariza and Gordon alone. Large space for left position.

Therefore, the difference between singles ability and single defense ability determines everything. The Rockets have no particularly weak defense, and the Warriors' Curry defense is indeed a loophole.

If Durant doesn't help defend this ball, Harden is likely to go to the basket.

Conversely, why didn't the Warriors look for Harden's defensive weakness at the critical moment?In this regard, the Warriors did not do well, and the implementation of the policy was not firm enough.

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In this campaign, Rockets insider Clint Capela continued to play steadily, starting 26 minutes, 6 of 5 shots, 5 of 2 free throws, 12 points, 14 rebounds and 2 blocks.

Capela's rebounding ability is still good, at least compared with Green, Capela still has an advantage.

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In this game, Tucker's plus-minus value is +14.Tucker is currently a plus-16 in this series.

According to US media statistics, Tucker is currently the player with the highest plus-minus value in the Rockets' playoff series against the Warriors.

本场比赛塔克登场42分钟，6投3中，三分4投2中拿到8分9篮板。

Everything else is easy to say, but Tucker's ability to grab rebounds has to be impressive.

At least three rebounds in the game were grabbed by Tucker with hard work.

Green is the only one who has this hard work in the Warriors.

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本场比赛杜兰特出战40分钟，全场22中8（三分球6中3），罚球10中10，射落全场最高的29分外加4篮板1盖帽，前三节便砍下27分（首节11分）帮助球队紧咬比分，但末节4中0仅靠罚球拿到2分。

According to US media statistics, in the fourth quarter of the two games of G4 and G5, Durant only scored 8 points in total, and his shooting percentage was a poor 11.11%.

In this round of the series, Durant played 5 games, averaging 38.8 minutes per game, scoring 31.2 points, 5.6 rebounds and 2.0 assists, shooting 46.5% from the field, 40.6% from the three-point range, and 100% from the free throw line.

Obviously, there is a problem with the Warriors' use of Durant. At the critical moment, Honey still confidently wants to run tactics.

You know, in the face of infinite defense changes, the best way is to use a single point of dislocation to blow up the opponent!

On top of that, the more passes you make, the easier it is to make mistakes!

The Warriors are now putting the cart before the horse. They usually play kd singles, but they don't give the ball in the end?
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本场比赛，勇士球员克莱-汤普森上场42分钟，14中8，三分7中4得到23分4篮板1助攻，但是有4个失误。

Clay's performance in this field is quite normal, especially the defense, but there are more mistakes.

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此役，勇士明星后卫斯蒂芬-库里发挥平平，出战41分钟，17投8中，三分8中2，罚篮5中4，拿到22分7篮板6助攻4抢断3失误。

In the last 24 seconds of the game, Curry pushed the ball forward, and Harden missed a throw on the right side, which also made the Warriors miss the opportunity to overtake the score.

In Curry's playoff career, in the last 24 seconds of the game, he took a total of 6 shots, but Curry missed all 6 shots.

In addition to this game, the other games where the overtake goal was missed are:

2013-05-07 vs. Spurs
2014-04-20 vs. Clippers
2014-04-25 vs. Clippers
2015-06-08 vs Cavaliers
2016-05-10 against the Trail Blazers

Curry's biggest problem is not on offense, but on the defensive end. In the face of Harden's breakthrough, Curry needs to help defend from time to time. This is a very annoying problem in the current rhythm of infinite singles.

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本场比赛追梦出战42分钟，全场9中4（三分球2中1），罚球4中3，抢下全场最多的15个篮板外加12分4助攻1抢断6失误（失误与哈登并列全场最高），第四节剩余1分15秒时命中三分球帮助勇士将比分追至94-95，但终场前3.4秒接球失误遭戈登抢断，犯规后戈登两罚全中，勇士队也就此失去了赢球的希望。

If it weren't for Green's three-pointer, the Warriors might not have the opportunity to make this mistake...

Green missed the ball, and KD was still near the center line. Guess the tactics should not be run to him, and he may want to directly ask for 2 points for overtime!Can't blame Chaimeng, without his three-pointers and self-playing in the frontcourt, the game would have been told earlier!The key goals were Gordon's three-pointer and Cook's three-pointer. Gordon scored!Cole made a mistake in the tactics he arranged after two timeouts, and the players should not be blamed for this!Why does the Rockets insist on a 7-man rotation? This kind of game is to play stars, to play giant planets!There are only 6 seconds left, and it is not a mid-line serve, so KD or Curry should serve directly to attack, and the responsibility of making it to the superstar is here!Cole's pot, didn't run away!
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In the third quarter of the game, Paul hit a difficult 24-second three-pointer at the buzzer against Curry. After hitting the three-pointer, Paul made a "Curry-style" shoulder shake against Curry.

In the last game, after Curry hit consecutive three-pointers in the third quarter, Curry made a signature shaking shoulder movement.

This action was also caught and slowed down by the TV broadcaster, and Jazz rookie Mitchell was also paying attention to this battle of focus. He tweeted: Yo @Paul, I am dying of laughter! [Laughing and crying][Laughing and crying][Laughing and crying][Laughing and crying][Laughing and crying][Laughing and crying][Laughing and crying]
Curry: Damn, my classmate!
Poor review, similar in appearance but not in spirit, shaking shoulders mainly depends on temperament!

Paul: Newbies, please give me your advice! !

This is a blatant slap in the face of sunspots, is it still black?

When talking about Paul shaking his shoulders at himself, Curry said: "This is what it should be. It is a difficult shot. If you can shake your shoulders at others, of course others can shake your shoulders at you."

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In the second quarter, when Capela defended Curry from outside the three-point line, Curry made a three-point foul.
After the foul, Kahuang looked helpless.When Harden was communicating with the referee on the sidelines, Cole joked about Harden and said: "That's your move."

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At the last moment of the game, Paul opened the singles and Cook chose to turn around and cast a throw. After the throw landed, Paul accidentally strained his right thigh.

Paul was then replaced after communicating with the team doctor.

After the game, D'Antoni talked about Paul's injury: "We will see, he will be evaluated tomorrow. Obviously, you can see him walking with a limp, he is a tough guy."

At the same time, D'Antoni said that if Paul can't play in G6, Gordon will be the starter.

After the game, NBA reporter Kristen Ledlow revealed about Paul's injury at the Toyota Center.

Ledlow said: "Just now I was outside the locker room door of the Rockets and saw Paul limping in. He has now received initial evaluation and treatment. A Rockets staff told me that Paul injured his right hand. Hamstring, but did not disclose the severity of the injury. Paul will continue to receive treatment within the next 48 hours. At the same time, he will also undergo a more detailed assessment tomorrow morning. After the assessment, the Rockets will announce the injury as soon as possible And whether you can play in the next game."

NBA reporter Marc J. Spears just wrote on Twitter: "I just saw Paul dove into a Maybach parked outside the Toyota Center, Paul said, 'I will be all right (I will be all right)' .Then I asked if I was going to play in Game 6, and Paul said, 'Oh yeah.' And then drove away."

According to another reporter, Paul struggled to support himself with his injured right leg when he was about to take off the sock on his left foot in the locker room.However, he didn't appear to be limping much as he walked in and out of the locker room.

Generally, hamstring strains can be divided into three grades according to the degree: the first grade is a slight strain, the second grade is a partial tear, and the third grade is a complete tear.Under normal circumstances, you need to rest for 2-3 weeks for the first-degree strain, at least 4-8 weeks for the second-degree strain, and 3 months for the third-degree strain.Hamstring injury is an injury that is difficult to recover in the short term. Before that, Jazz guard Rubio suffered a hamstring injury in the series against the Thunder. As a result, he completely missed the series against the Rockets.

If Paul is injured and unable to play, the Warriors will have a great chance of winning the next two games.

Even if you play, there will definitely be an impact, whether it is the defensive end or the offensive end.

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Iguodala continues to be absent in this game. The US media has counted the Warriors' record against the Rockets this season (regular season + playoffs) with or without Iguodala.

The first brother joined the battle: Warriors 3-1
One brother is missing: Warriors 0-4
Brother One: Do you accept my fmvp?
On the Warriors plane back to the Bay Area, the atmosphere was like death. Clay turned on his phone and looked at the photos of his beloved dog. Chasing Meng kept shaking his head with the technical statistics, still brooding over his few mistakes, and That damned assist was originally my strong point, but I didn't get one in the first half. Adu's eyes were blurred, and he looked like he wanted to drink bath water. Curry lost his former aura and slept on the seat with a towel on his head. caught!There is only one person, yes, it is him, the first brother, cleared his throat and said: I want 2000 million next season, isn't it too much?
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According to statistics, the Rockets have become the first team in the past 12 years to use a seven-man rotation in consecutive division finals. The last team was the 2006 Suns.

At the same time, they are also the first team in the past 16 years to use a seven-man rotation in consecutive division finals and win all of them. The last one was the Kings in 2002.

The seven players the Rockets used in these two games are: Harden, Paul, Ariza, Tucker, Capela, Gordon and Gerald Green.

Of all the Warriors' 94 points in this game, the starters contributed 90 points, and the substitutes only contributed 4 points, namely Bell's 2 points and Livingston's 2 points.

It has to be said that Cole played a bit too much in this game, and the substitute obviously couldn't keep up with the intensity on the court.

West hit Gordon with a low back and couldn't even beat him!
However, without Iguodala, Cole really has no one to use.

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In this game, a rule of winning in the Western Conference Finals still survived. The turnover ratio of the two teams was the Rockets 10-16. The Warriors, the Rockets with fewer turnovers won again.

In the current five games of the Western Conference Finals, the team with the fewest turnovers has won.

Comparison of turnovers in the first 6 games:

G1: Warriors win, Warriors make 9 turnovers, Rockets make 13 turnovers;

G2: The Rockets win, the Rockets make 13 turnovers, and the Warriors make 15 turnovers;

G3: Warriors win, Warriors make 8 turnovers, Rockets make 19 turnovers;

G4: The Rockets win, the Rockets make 10 turnovers, and the Warriors make 16 turnovers;

G5: The Rockets win, the Rockets make 10 turnovers, and the Warriors make 16 turnovers.

In fact, in terms of on-the-spot level, Cole is not as good as D'Antoni.The Rockets' defense was obviously carefully arranged, which was to pinch the Warriors to pass the ball, and Kerr still used the Warriors' old style, hoping to play wonderful multiple passes and play wonderful tactics.Opponents naturally make more mistakes when pinching the pass. At this time, it is better to give the ball to Durant and Curry to misplace the ball, and the others will pull away to find opportunities.The Warriors also have superstars, so why bother to run so many tactics.Now I feel that the Warriors are obviously stronger, but they can't win. This is the coach's problem.

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According to BBR statistics, only two teams in NBA history lost the series after winning 40 points in one game of the series, namely the Lakers in 1956 and the Celtics in 1982.

In this series, the Warriors beat the Rockets by 3 points in G41, but they still fell behind 2-3.

Warriors coach Steve Kerr was interviewed after the game.

"There was too much physical contact in tonight's game, and there were too many mistakes, but I think we did a much better job moving the ball tonight than the last game, and found some effective ways." Kerr said.

"I know it might sound crazy, but I think it's a great place we're in. As long as we calm down we'll get back to it," Kerr continued.

When talking about the Warriors players, Cole said: "I think they are very angry now. They know that they should not have lost this game, and they should not have lost G4. I am still very confident that we will do what we should do. We need to play sharper."

"This is the toughest situation we've ever been in with Durant, but we're only two games away from the Finals, which is a great situation," Kerr continued.

Tyronn Lue: To tell you the truth, we are also in a very good position now!

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Speaking of the Rockets' three-pointers today, D'Antoni said: "I told my players before the game that today we are going to shoot 40-45 three-pointers, no matter what method you use. We shot 43 three-pointers in this game , although only scored 13, but scored 3 more than the opponent. I hope we can shoot 50 three-pointers in the next game and hit more three-pointers."

No wonder Harden made a dead shot, it turned out that there was an indicator.

Rockets fans: It’s okay to be firm when shooting three-pointers, but don’t be paranoid. Look at our brother Deng, he is almost dazed. . .

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After the game, Curry and Green discussed in the locker room that the current situation is a bit like the second round of the 2015 playoffs. The Warriors trailed the Grizzlies 1-2.But in the end they reversed their opponents with three consecutive victories.

When the reporter reminded Draymond Green that the Rockets are not the Grizzlies of the year, Green said decisively: "We will come back here to play the tiebreaker."

"If you don't believe me, you are a fool. Even if you don't believe everything I said before, you have to believe this sentence. We are champions. (You'd be a fool not to believe me. If you don't 't ever believe anything I say, believe this. We're a group of champions.)" Green said, "I believe we will survive rather than be eliminated, so we will be fine."

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"Please tell me a few details about this match." The system asked.

He Pan thought for a while and said:
In the first quarter of the game, it was right that the referee didn't call Gordon Bell's foul, because Bell didn't rush forward at all, and Gordon deliberately bumped forward to have a little physical contact with Bell.

In the second quarter, Gordon fouled Clay with a three-pointer. Clay didn't jump forward, but the two had physical contact. This can be blown, but when Paul backhanded Curry later, Curry lost his balance and flew out. The ball, it stands to reason that Paul's foul can also be called, the two are the same, the defensive player does not move, but there is physical contact.

Then Curry made Capela a 3-point foul. This ball can also be called a shooting foul. It can be regarded as a supplement to Clay's [-]-point foul in front.

In this game, the Warriors' backcourt rebound protection was not good. Several [-]-[-] rebounds were grabbed by the Rockets. The reason is that the Warriors always wanted to push the fast break and did not pay attention to protecting the rebounds.

With just over four minutes left in the third quarter.Jordan Bell fouled when defending Harden's breakthrough, and Gordon was also called for a foul when he came back to defend Curry. The two balls are the same.

Paul is really superb in this game. He has a few super difficult goals, facing Curry's upcoming super difficult three-pointer, and facing West's difficult throw after the breakthrough. Level [-] Facing West's unconventional, super difficult and strong three-pointer.

As long as one less super god goal is scored, the Rockets may be in danger.

At the end of the fourth quarter, when Thompson faced Gordon with the ball in the bottom corner, Thompson's timeout was called in a timely manner, and Thompson's breakthrough with the ball was not effective.

However, after the timeout, the Rockets defended very tough. Green made a serve error. Harden directly stole the ball from Green to Durant and dunked quickly. This ball is Green's problem. This mistake should not be.

In fact, as long as Green serves normally, Durant can receive the ball. After all, Durant is in front of Harden.But Green insisted on moving behind Durant...

With more than two minutes left in the fourth quarter, the Rockets caused another 24-second violation by the Warriors. From this ball, it can be seen that the Warriors' offensive strategy was not clear and they played very indecisively.

Durant was in the low post, Tucker defended, Livingston didn't give it to Durant, but gave it to Green, Green gave it to Curry, after Green gave Curry a pick and roll, Curry didn't use Green's pick and roll , trying to break through Ariza from the right side, but it didn't pass, so he had to give the ball to Thompson. Thompson couldn't make a shot under Harden's defense, and threw the pot to Durant. Durant made a mistake in a hurry.

In the face of the Rockets' resolute defense change, it is actually useless to engage in so many tricks, but it is easy to cause mistakes.

It's better to fight hard on the defense, and then find the wrong position on the offensive end and go hard.

Don't the Rockets switch defenses every time they cover, then find Harden or Gordon to cover, and then go hard on Harden!
Don't think about anything else!
The Rockets' strategy is very clear, protecting the rebounds, grinding the position and playing singles, simple and clear!
The Warriors were in a hurry to play fast, and when they were in a hurry, they failed to protect the rebounds. They wanted to take advantage of the dislocation during positional battles, but they hesitated whether to play singles or pass the ball. As a result, they made many mistakes.

With more than 40 seconds left at the end of the game, Cook had a wide open space outside the three-point line on the right. As a result, he missed the three-pointer. Paul was injured and did not return. The Rockets had five defenses and four defenses. Livingston or the first brother are likely to choose a layup, and once the defense is covered, the ball can be distributed.

At the last moment, Curry broke through and hit the board and was fouled by Harden, but when Harden shot before, Thompson was also suspected of fouling Harden's three-pointer, so it is understandable not to blow.

With more than six seconds left at the end, Cook served from the back court and gave the ball to Curry. At this time, Harden and Capela were defending Curry. The ball was passed to Green, and as a result, Green made a mistake in a hurry. At this time, it was obvious that Cook was the weakest link on the court. The Rockets ignored him and had five defenses and four defenses.

Obviously, the Rockets' defense is very targeted!

In addition, Rooney's defensive effect is not good today, especially defending Harden's breakthrough. Similarly, Bell's defense is also average.

The defensive end is better, and the lack of Iguodala on the offensive end is especially annoying.

If the first brother is there, at least it will be much better to defend Paul and Harden.

Among other things, Iguodala missed two games, and the Warriors lost both games, which shows the importance of Iguodala.

"The host scored 10 points for watching the game live. The current total score is 298 points, and the life value is 100 days." The system said.

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"How many points will the host bet on tomorrow's match between the Cavaliers and the Celtics?" the system asked.

"Bet 10 points, the Celtics win." He Pan said.

(End of this chapter)