NBA: The start beat Kobe Bryant in his old age

Chapter 330 Howard's new and old hatred!

These two teams played six games in a row without deciding the outcome, but instead tied with a big score of 3:3.

As a result, when the Cavaliers, Warriors and other teams start to play the second round, the Lakers have to wait for their opponents to be born.

On the night when the Rockets and the Clippers played the tiebreaker, the entire Lakers team sat in the conference room to watch the live broadcast.

In fact, the Rockets this season still surprised Lin Tian.

They were different from their previous lives. Without Howard, they straightened Capella in advance, and the effect turned out to be pretty good.

Harden also had an MVP-level season.

On the perimeter, they also have defensive champions like Beverly and Trevor Ariza.

But the most important thing is the contest between Harden and Paul.

Paul is a traditional point guard, while Harden entered the league as a point guard.

When it came to the Rockets, D'Antoni arranged to play point guard, and the effect turned out to be surprisingly good, so now Harden is equivalent to a combo position.

The two teams played very well in the first quarter. Paul and Harden played against each other.

However, Harden's offensive ability is still stronger. Paul's defense has not been as good as before in recent years, and he can't guard Harden.

After the start of the second half, the confrontation between the two sides also escalated.

Harden continued to insist on attacking the inside, and at the same time brought his housekeeping skills to the extreme.

Paul, who has always been as stable as an old dog on the defensive end, was stunned by the table and was fouled by the referee consecutively.

After learning his lesson, he also began to resort to some means to make Harden's foul, which made Lin Tian dumbfounded.

The Clippers were terribly defended by the Rockets, and Griffin was reimbursed for the season due to injury a few days ago. Paul still failed to stand up in the fourth quarter.

In the end, the Rockets defeated the Clippers 115:100 and entered the Western Conference semifinals!
When the game ended, Scott had already got up, and he applauded: "Okay! Guys! Our next opponent is the Rockets!"

Wade curled his lips: "Honestly, I wish I had met Chris more. I really want to beat him up again, haha, but the Rockets don't care."

Howard showed an excited expression: "Great! We actually met the Rockets in the Western Conference semifinals!"

Wade patted Howard on the shoulder: "What? Dwight? Do you still hold a grudge against the Rockets?"

Howard shook his head quickly: "No, no! I just can't wait to teach them how to play!"

He said so, but Lin Tian knew very well that Howard only hated the Rockets, especially Harden.

Howard and Kobe had already had a lot of trouble with the Lakers.

But after he signed with the Rockets, he and Harden were even more at odds!In the later stage of the cooperation between the two, Harden was unwilling to pass the ball to him again. This was absolutely unbearable for him, so he kept clamoring to leave.

Lin Tian also got up and said to Howard: "Dwight! Two days later, teach your former little brother how to play center forward."

"Hahahaha!" Howard laughed loudly, "Don't worry! I know what to do, and I can't wait to meet them on the field!"

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Two nights later, at the Staples Center.

All the players of the Lakers waited for several days, and finally ushered in the Western Conference semifinals!
An hour before the game, players from both sides were already in place.

During the warm-up, Howard greeted his old teammates politely, but did not greet Harden.

It was as if the two of them didn't know each other, which showed how bad their relationship was.

Lin Tian didn't mind, as Howard was so tough, and he would definitely do his best when playing games.

He came to Howard's side and said solemnly: "Dwight, let you and Harden settle the old and new grudges together in this round of the series."

"That's exactly what I mean." Howard smiled.

After the warm-up, the two sides set foot on the field first.

The Lakers' starting lineup is: Dellavedova, Wade, Lin Tian, ​​Tucker and Howard.

The Rockets' starting lineup is: Harden, Beverly, Trevor Ariza, Anderson and Capela.

As soon as the game started, the Lakers took the lead in getting the ball.

It was only halftime before Lin Tian took the ball, and Howard, who was constantly in the paint, had already stretched out his big hand to ask for the ball.

Without hesitation, Lin Tian quickly passed the ball to Howard.

Howard hit Capela with his back, hit Capela twice in a row, pushed Capela away, and forced the ball into the basket.

Playing his former substitute, Howard still has a lot of experience.

After the Rockets served the ball, Harden organized the offense.

He headed into Dellavedova, and Dellavedova reached for the ball when Harden broke through. Who knew that Harden suddenly raised his hand to shoot.

This sudden shooting action caught Dellavedova off guard, and his right hand was hooked by Harden.

Beep!

The referee blew his whistle in a hurry and called Dellavedova a foul, and it was a shooting foul.

Dellavedova didn't understand very much, and asked the referee: "I always defend like this! He did it on purpose!"

The referee didn't care what Dellavedova said, he let Harden stand on the free throw line with a blank face.

At this moment, Wade walked up to Dellavedova, and the experienced him reminded: "Don't reach out easily! It's easy to be fouled by him!"

Dellavedova nodded, remembering Wade's words.

Harden made a very high percentage of free throws. After making two free throws, the Lakers served.

Lin Tian attacked with the ball, and Ariza greeted him with open arms.

Ariza averaged 2.2 steals per game this season, among the best in the league.

His defense is not as good as it was at his peak, but he is still an excellent 3-and-D player.

And Ariza has never been a good-tempered person, facing him, Lin Tian dared not take it seriously.

He used his harness dribbling skills to dart past Ariza, drive inside, and put the ball in against Capela.

It's the Rockets' turn to attack, and they still let Harden handle the ball.

This time Dellavedova did not foul, but Harden used a step back to easily score a three-pointer.

His step-back three-pointer is extremely difficult to defend, and Dellavedova has nothing to do.

Wade knew that it was difficult for Dellavedova to defend Harden, so in the Rockets' next round, he took the initiative to defend Harden.

I thought that Wade's defensive experience could limit Harden a little bit, but Harden feels surprisingly accurate today!Wade has nothing to do with him.

In the second half of the first quarter, Wade was even tricked into a foul by Harden.

Fortunately, for the Lakers, Lin Tian and Howard played bravely, Ariza couldn't guard Lin Tian, ​​and Capela couldn't guard Howard.

The two sides played fiercely back and forth. After the first half, the Lakers still led by 10 points.

After returning from the second half, Harden's touch has declined.

After he made two consecutive long-range shots and found that he couldn't score, he used his unique skill again, that is, his super foul-making ability.

The trick worked so well that the veteran Wade's mentality gradually began to crumble.

The Lakers have Lin Tian and Howard. Although they can always hold down the score, Wade is very tired.

The dense whistle made the fans boo constantly.

After Wade got his fourth foul of the game, Lin Tian and Wade switched defenders.

This is also the game, Lin Tian defended the bearded James Harden for the first time.

When playing against the Rockets in the regular season, Lin Tian never guarded against Harden because it was unnecessary.

Things are different now!If you want to kill the game completely, you have to kill Harden!

(End of this chapter)