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Chapter 128 Spurs Rocket War (Two Rocket Bombardment Tactics)

"Shua—" Bertans made a three-pointer as soon as he came on the field.

After Harden retreated and missed a three-pointer, Xiao Hang took a long rebound and forced a fast break. Bertans caught the ball from outside the left three-point line and made a direct hit.

"Shua—" Heh, James Ennis also hit a three-pointer here. After Harden's breakthrough, he passed the ball twice to Ennis who was open in the bottom corner.

The competition is getting more and more intense, and the players on both sides feel very hot. It seems that a confrontational battle is inevitable.

Harden and DeRozan have confronted each other since they were young. They used to be brilliant for a while, but now one is an NBA super giant, MVP, and has rushed to the Western Conference Finals many times.

And the other lost to another James many times, and then suffered from depression, just at the level of an ordinary star.

But now DeRozan is not the same as before. The 21-ball match with Xiao Hang has now become a mutual attack. Whoever reaches 21 goals will win. I wonder if I can do something during Xiao Hang's four-year rookie contract, such as fighting for a championship, and now Harden in front of me is my biggest enemy on the road to the championship.

DeRozan leaned back, shoulders dangling, turned around and passed Harden to kill the inside line.

Brother Deng's defense, emmmmm, it's no problem for him to carry people, but it's a bit difficult for him to defend against breakthroughs.

Facing Capela, DeRozan did not choose to force a layup, and made a quick throw and hit the board.

Of course Harden is going to fight back.

Received the ball from outside the left three-point line, and set up three threats. In fact, DeRozan knew that there were only two threats, either pass or sudden.

Harden broke through to the right of DeRozan, changed direction in front of his body, took a step back, and made a three-pointer!

Got it!

If you hit me one, I will pay you back a three-pointer, Harden is really arrogant.

There are times when the hand feels good, and of course there are times when the hand feels bad. DeRozan seems to have entered the Little Ice Age and missed two goals in a row. The Rockets immediately seized the opportunity. Paul came and assisted Capela with an empty catch .

However, Xiao Hang, who didn't show much in the first quarter, stood up. Ennis's footsteps were much faster than Tucker's, but his physical strength was not as strong as Tucker's. , assisted DeRozan with an air-cut one-handed dunk, and regained his touch for DeRozan. In the next round, DeRozan directly dribbled the ball halfway to face Harden, which was a 3-pointer. After the ball was scored, DeRozan returned to defense While roaring.

In the 10th minute of the first quarter, the number of shots and shooting percentages of both sides was terrible.

Here, the Spurs have taken 24 shots and hit 14 goals, while the Rockets have a faster pace here and hit 28 goals with 16 shots. There are 2 minutes left in the first quarter. Counting free throws, the Rockets and the Spurs have already scored 38 to 45. The quarter score is higher than others' halftime...

This is the scary thing about playing against offense. The Rockets' offensive power this year has improved compared to last season.

The two sides came on the bench, and Mills and Gordon started a three-point confrontation. By the opening 3 minutes of the second quarter, the two had scored three three-pointers each... It felt like the Spurs and the Rockets were heading towards breaking the scoring record. go.

However, after the Rockets played here in the second quarter, it seemed that they were not as passionate as the first quarter.

Just after the break, the German coach went "crazy" and educated the players to control their physical strength and not to play well at the beginning when they are physically strong. The game is 4 quarters and 48 minutes. It is not whoever plays well first wins. It's good to fight until the last second, whoever wins.

You come up chug chug, pitching, pitching, all kinds of singles, you don't need physical strength!

Especially Harden, because of his weight, in the last quarter of a tough battle, he often turns into a trash...

So the Rockets, who re-entered the field, actually played a "creeping boom".

It takes 6-7 seconds each time, and it is accurate to pass halftime, so as not to take 8 seconds as an example.

But throwing the ball in 5-10 seconds represents a quick bombardment.

Slowly pass the half-court to deliver physical strength, and quickly make a move without fighting to accept physical strength...

Harden and Paul are both masters of rhythm control, especially Harden is slowly consuming time. After halftime, facing DeRozan is a XJB dribble and a step back, and then a three-point jumper.

As a rhythmic three-point shooter, Harden is still very accurate. This season, he hit 39% of his shots. On the other hand, the catch and shoot is very eye-catching. The data shows that in the first 10 games of this season, he caught and shot 10 times. hit 2 goals...

Creeping is a tactic specially used by the Rockets to control the field, and the number of rounds is in the hands of the Rockets.

The Spurs were bombarded here, crossing the half court quickly, shooting quickly, and trying to complete the offense within 7 seconds. The Rockets are the leader here, and they control the number of rounds to win.

And the Spurs can't be led by their noses. They need to increase the number of rounds and strive for more shots.

But the problem here for the Spurs is that DeRozan is not a good passer and a good three-point shooter, although he averaged 4 assists per game and his three-point shooting percentage increased to 36% this season.

An average of 4 assists per game comes from more possession of the ball. How high is the quality?

The three-point shooting rate is due to the entire system, and there are easier shooting opportunities.

But at this critical point chasing moment, how reliable is DeRozan's three-pointer?

But if Xiao Hang is allowed to take the lead, with Murray, Mills, Bertans, and Adelaide, it will "offend" DeRozan.

Who will be the core?
Popovich was thinking off the court, but the players on the court had the answers.

DeRozan's positioning is very clear-scorer.

On the court, Xiao Hang spontaneously let Xiao Hang take the lead, and he stood in the position between the left bottom corner and the 45-degree angle where he was most comfortable with three-pointers, and then proved himself by hitting 2 three-pointers in the second quarter.

Only the Spurs training facility administrator knew that DeRozan would practice another 500 three-pointers every night during this period.

DeRozan has begun to adapt to the current trend, instead of being the "stubborn" classical shooting guard.

From the sparring in the first quarter to the control of the field in the second quarter, the fans and friends were a little uncomfortable. There was no way that the first quarter was so enjoyable. The Rockets scored 45 points!Although he also scored 26 in the second quarter, it seemed so tasteless compared with the first quarter.

The Spurs, on the other hand, scored 30 points under Xiao Hang's main control, narrowing the point difference to only 3 points, 68 to 71!

不能说火箭第二节发挥不好，26分，哈登拿下7分、保罗拿下4分、安东尼砍下5分、戈登拿下6分、卡佩拉也砍下4分。

As for the Spurs, although Xiao Hang only scored 4 points, he sent out an astonishing 5 assists, DeRozan made a three-pointer, Mills made a three-pointer, Bertans made a three-pointer, Alder made two inside easy balls, Xiao Hang actually controlled more than half of the scoring in the second quarter.

"Five minutes before the third quarter, Paul and Harden, you play singles first to put pressure on the Spurs family." During the intermission, the German coach changed his tactics again.

The Spurs can be said to have inherited the taste of Xiaoqiang who was unbeatable by the Rockets back then. Although the Rockets suppressed them in various ways, there was no gap.

So the purpose of the German coach in the third quarter is to give the Spurs a head-on blow!
And Popovich seems to have guessed the German coach's idea here, and Poeltl, the 7-foot white big center, was arranged.

Poeltl looks tall and strong, mainly because he is too white and has a generous visual effect. In fact, he weighs a pound lighter than Capela. What's more frightening is that he has the speed that most white insiders don't have. And speed, which is why he was selected with the ninth overall pick. This is a mobile frame-protecting center that conforms to the modern trend.

Although the ability to control fouls needs to be strengthened, the ability to cooperate with the protective frame is indeed attractive and a deterrent.

The coaches of both sides have already made preparations in the midfield, and they will wait for the fight between the two sides in the second half.

(End of this chapter)