NBA: Bind the ability of Sakuragi Flower Road at the beginning

The audience at the Rockets' home court was extremely excited. You must know that the Lakers are the defending champions. If the Rockets can win two home games and steal an away game with all their might, the Rockets will have an advantage.

And they believe that Harden, as the best shooting guard in the league, is absolutely capable of winning four games in a row!

The Lakers were all stunned by the Rockets. Although Xu Feng was calm, there was nothing he could do.

Today Harden's breakthrough was indeed resolute, and he was not that flustered when he encountered double-teaming.

Obviously, the Rockets must have conducted targeted training in the past two days, and their teammates were also very upbeat and made all of Harden's passes.

If the Lakers want to win, they must contain the Rockets' pass, or in other words, Harden's pass.

During the timeout, Xu Feng and his teammates said: "Continue to double-team, and then mark Ariza and Motiejunas, and I will defend Howard and Beverly!"

The teammates were stunned. Although Xu Feng's defense area is large, Howard and Beverly are one inside and one outside. How can one defend?
But since Xu Feng said it, his teammates will follow suit.

The time-out is over and the game continues.

The Lakers began to press the Rockets crazily, and Harden saw that Howard had an open space.

So after being double-teamed, Harden lobbed the ball directly to Howard, wanting him to perform an alley-oop.

It stands to reason that Harden's pass was very good, and the ball was thrown very high, but just when Howard was about to catch the ball, a figure suddenly jumped out, jumped high, and intercepted the ball in the air!

This person is Xu Feng!

Xu Feng has been watching Harden's eyes. Although Harden just glanced at Howard quickly, Xu Feng knew that he was definitely going to pass.

After stealing the ball, Xu Feng didn't pause for a moment and passed it directly to Lin Shuhao at the top of the arc.

Shu Hao turned on his horsepower and rushed towards the opponent's half.

Because Xu Feng steals the ball too suddenly, and stealing the ball from Howard is really unexpected, so the Rockets players froze for a second.

The Lakers players had already listened to Xu Feng's instructions in advance during the timeout, so when Lin Shuhao rushed across the midfield, the Rockets players hadn't caught up.

Lin Shuhao went to the meeting single-handedly and scored dunks in the penalty area!
This ball is not only a matter of scoring two points, but also cracks the Rockets' tactics!

This shocked the Rockets players, especially coach Bickerstaff.

The Rockets attacked, Harden continued to be double-teamed, this time Harden did not pass to Howard, but aimed at Beverly who was open in the corner.

Whoosh!
Harden made a scalpel pass to Beverley very quickly and stealthily.

Beverly was ready a long time ago. After receiving the ball, he immediately made a three-pointer!
But as soon as he made a shot, Xu Feng jumped out from nowhere again, pop!
The basketball was slapped out of the baseline by Xu Feng.

The home fans of the Rockets were all quiet. They couldn't imagine that Harden's pass was cracked by Xu Feng alone, and it was so easy.

The Lakers players yelled very excitedly, these two goals boosted morale too much, one block and one steal completely destroyed the Rockets' tactics.

The Rockets sent the baseline ball, and the attack time was only more than 3 seconds left.

Motaiyunas served from the bottom line and directly sent it to Howard. Xu Feng and McGee stepped forward to double-team. Howard had no time to pass, so he shot in a hurry, boom!
Out of the frame, Tucker grabbed the rebound and passed it directly to Kobe.

Kobe pushed forward quickly, Beverly rushed to defend, Kobe turned around directly, passed Beverly, and scored a layup.

At the same time, the referee blew his whistle and called Beverly a hand-holding foul!

2+1!

Although Kobe is old, Beverly still can't guard against him, the tiger is powerful!

Harden really panicked, he couldn't help looking at Xu Feng in a daze, why is Xu Feng everywhere?horrible!

This is the scary thing about an offensive and defensive star. Not only does it hit you on the offensive end, but it also scares you on the defensive end.

Bickerstaff immediately called a timeout. Although the first quarter had just lasted more than a minute, the Lakers had suppressed the Rockets in all directions.

So the coach couldn't sit still and had to deal with it.

The Lakers players ran over excitedly and bumped their chests with Xu Feng to celebrate.

Everyone knows that in the climax just now, it was Xu Feng who strangled Harden's pass on the defensive end.

This ability to assist in defense is unmatched in the league.

Only the Warriors' Green can be compared, but in terms of the ability to defend the perimeter, Green is far behind Xu Feng.

During the timeout, Xu Feng told his teammates not to be careless, the Rockets must make adjustments, and the Lakers must spare no effort to defend.

The fight in the playoffs is defense!
The time-out is over and the game continues.

Sure enough, the Rockets made adjustments. Harden was put on the bench and Josh Smith played.

Josh is a small forward, not a guard, but Josh has a certain offensive ability with the ball and can temporarily replace Harden.

Sure enough, Josh was full of energy as soon as he came up. The first time he hit the inside of the Lakers, McGee got fouled and made two free throws.

But the Lakers are not vegetarian, Xu Feng immediately made adjustments on the court, and he defended Josh himself.

Under Xu Feng's defense, Josh immediately misfired, broke through and was intercepted by Xu Feng, and was blocked by Xu Feng for a layup.

The Lakers used this to play another wave, widening the point difference.

The home fans who were so excited just now couldn't shout anymore, and all of them fell silent.

Harden was sitting off the court with a black face on his face. He was already prepared to be double-teamed, but who knew that the magic height was one foot, and the road was one foot high. Xu Feng easily broke his pass.

This is not easy to play, the Rockets can only hope to score in the chaos.

But the Lakers are also very strong in chaotic battles. Substitutes Ding Yanyuhang, Bo Yang, and Randall can all disrupt chaotic battles, and their shooting percentages are not low.

At the end of the first half, the score between the two sides was 54:41, and the Lakers led by 3 points.

Xu Feng scored 17 points, 6 rebounds, and the most terrifying thing was 4 blocks and 3 steals.

This is equivalent to destroying the Rockets' offense by one person.

During the halftime break, Xu Feng chatted happily with his teammates. Although he was the first contributor to the Lakers' lead, he still attributed the credit to his teammates.

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In the live broadcast room of Fujixun Sports, Yang Yi and Wang Meng commented on the game.

Yang Yi didn't have a good impression of Harden, so in this round of the series, he didn't talk too much about Harden.

Seeing that the promotion of the Lakers is in sight, their commentary is no longer in the game, and they continue to chat about the Rockets in Yao Mai's time.

"Teacher Yang Yi, you spent a lot of time with Dayao at that time, what kind of player do you think Dayao is?"

Yang Yi replied seriously: "Dayao's footsteps and shooting in the paint are top-notch. I have never seen a big player with such a soft shooting touch before."