Start without the ball

Chapter 61 Hard fight
Li Haoyu returned to the bench and sat down after high-fiving his teammates.

Felton: "You are getting more and more used to the rhythm of the game now, and you adjust very quickly. Come on, young man!"

After Li Haoyu thanked the big brother, he leaned on the seat, replenished water and recovered his strength.

After the timeout, the main players of both sides returned to the field.

Because Grant was transferred to the rotation lineup, Patterson appeared with the main force.

In the rest of the second quarter, Westbrook and George still couldn't find the touch.

In the first quarter, due to the impact of Adams and Grant's rebounds, the Thunder were able to maintain the score.

After replacing Patterson, the Thunder's rebounding ability plummeted, and the defensive end could not restrain Harden's firepower, and the point difference was opened again.

At the end of the first half, 62 to 51, the Thunder fell behind again.

Donovan thought hard, and now the Thunder were at an impasse.

George's touch has been delayed, and he needs to rely on Grant to play and hit the rebounds to ensure the offense. However, due to the Rockets' arrangement in the rotation, Grant also needs to contain the defender.

Donovan looked at George, who was receiving physical therapy in the locker room, looking relaxed.

After some consideration, Donovan decided to continue to place Grant in the rotation.

As long as George feels good, the offense of the main lineup is not a problem.

And the rotation lineup must be controlled by Grant, otherwise the opponent will target Li Haoyu unscrupulously. Once Li Haoyu's offense is lost, the scoring ability of the rotation lineup will drop sharply.

In the final analysis, the offensive ability of the two substitutes inside is too poor, so the opponent will target Li Haoyu unscrupulously.

Donovan decided to chat with Sam Presti about it after the game.

The pause time passed quickly.

At the beginning of the third quarter, after the halftime break, George's touch gradually improved, the offensive problem of the main lineup was solved, the two sides made achievements for each other, and the Rockets failed to expand the point difference.

With 3 minutes and 02 seconds left in the third quarter, the two sides battled 79 to 67, and the rotation returned to the court.

Rocket attack.

Gordon took the ball to the frontcourt and handed the ball to Green on the wing.

Facing Li Haoyu, Green accelerated to the right after continuous crotch dribbles.

Li Haoyu had been prepared for a long time, and moved his center of gravity to follow.

Green's offense was blocked and passed back to Gordon.

The round-faced Deng felt hot today. After taking the ball, he ignored Schroeder and shot immediately.

"Shu~"

Three-pointer hit, 82 to 67.

The Thunder attacked, Schroeder took the ball to the frontcourt, and passed the ball to Li Haoyu at 45 degrees to the left.

Li Haoyu lowered his center of gravity, lifted the ball at the same time, and made a fake shot.

In the rocket's combat meeting, the assistant coach emphasized that Li Haoyu would not force his shot when there was a defender in front of him.

Green kept this in mind, he was not fooled, and was still half a step away from Li Haoyu.

Li Haoyu hoisted the ball to Grant on the inside.

The video analyst of this tactical rocket has explained to Green that Li Haoyu will cut to the inside next step, and if blocked, he will go to the top of the arc to cover Schroeder.

Knowing Li Haoyu's movements, Green thought it would be all right to stick to him.

After passing the ball, Li Haoyu took a sharp step to the right.

Green hurriedly shifted his center of gravity to the right.

Li Haoyu saw that Green was moving too much, so he changed direction instantly and ran to the left corner.

Green was taken a step away.

Li Haoyu came to the left corner, Grant passed the ball to Li Haoyu, and then stepped forward to block the chasing Green.

Li Haoyu kicked off the ground, aimed at the basket and raised the ball, and when it reached the highest point, he pulled the basketball out of his wrist.

"Shu~"

The basketball hits the hoop with precision.

82:70.

Tengxing commentary seat.

Ke Fan: "I've seen that tactic before. Li Haoyu cuts to the basket from the right side. After being blocked, he will go to cover for Schroeder, won't he? How has it changed?"

Yang Yi: "Basketball tactics are not static. It depends on the defense. Green retreated too aggressively to the right just now. Li Haoyu immediately turned to the left. This is his reading of defense."

Ke Fan: "Using tactics instead of sticking to them, that's how it is."

The Rockets attacked, Gordon took the ball to the frontcourt, faced Schroeder, and accelerated to the right.

Schroeder moved his center of gravity to Gordon's side, and Schroeder was not as good as Gordon in confrontation.

Round-faced Deng gradually grasped the positional advantage, stuck Schroeder and made a layup.

84:70.

Gordon is in such a good state today that Schroeder's defense is difficult to deal with.

Thunder attack.

Schroeder reached the frontcourt, made a gesture, and handed the ball to Li Haoyu at 45 degrees to the left again.

Li Haoyu repeated his old trick, hoisting the ball to Grant in the low post.

Green knew that Li Haoyu would not follow the routine, and when he was guessing Li Haoyu's next move, Li Haoyu moved, speeding up and cutting to the basket from the right.

Green hurriedly shifted his center of gravity, and when he was about to keep up, he happened to crash into the arms of Noelle who was coming to cover Quiet Mimi.

After getting rid of Green, Li Haoyu used his speed advantage to get rid of Hartenstein at the free throw line.

After receiving a pass from Grant, he made a layup.

84:72.

Green put his head in his hands in frustration. When he thought he had studied Li Haoyu's offensive options clearly, Li Haoyu just didn't follow the routine.

Rocket attack.

Anthony gets the ball in the low post on the left, with his back to Grant.

This time, he kept an eye out and saw that Li Haoyu was at 45 degrees to the right and had no chance to steal the ball, so Anthony started dribbling back with peace of mind.

Grant couldn't bear to resist, and backed away again and again.

Anthony came to the basket, bent his legs after turning around, lowered his center of gravity, and was about to wipe the board when he lifted the ball.

Although Grant was pushed off the basket, being behind Anthony was enough to cover the basketball with his height bounce.

Grant jumped high.

Anthony retracted the basketball and waited for Grant to land on him.

"drop"

The referee blew the whistle, Grant fouled, Anthony didn't stop there, adjusted his body, and shot the basketball in his hand.

Hit!Add 1 penalty!
Anthony taught Grant a vivid lesson in low-post offense.

After the goal, Anthony patted Grant on the ass. When he was in the Thunder last season, the relationship between the two was quite good.

Both free throws were made and the score came to 87-72 with 15 seconds left in the third quarter.

Li Haoyu ran to the front court after saying a few words in Grant's ear.

Received a pass from Schroeder two steps away from the top of the arc.

Li Never Holds the Ball Haoyu actually holds the ball at the top of the arc.

Green had a bad premonition that Li Haoyu was going to be a demon again.

He knew that this was within Li Haoyu's shooting range, so he stepped forward a little and came to a position where Li Haoyu could interfere with it.

Suddenly, Li Haoyu moved, passed the ball to Schroeder who was 45 degrees to the right, and ran to the right.

Green's previous attention was all on Li Haoyu, and he didn't have time to look behind him. He adjusted his focus and crashed into Grant's arms when he was about to pursue.

After Li Haoyu threw away Green, he deliberately slowed down his running speed.

Anthony, who was defending Grant at the top of the arc, saw that his teammates were blocked to death, and Li Haoyu's running speed was not very fast. He seemed to be able to keep up, so he followed.

Li Haoyu yelled: "Give me the ball".

The Rockets players' attention was all attracted by Li Haoyu, and Grant cut to the basket.

Schroder hoisted the ball to the basket, Grant jumped high, and after catching the ball with one hand in the air, he smashed it into the frame with all his strength.

"boom!"

The red light came on, 87 to 74.

Due to Gordon's performance, the Thunder failed to catch up with the point difference and entered the fourth quarter behind by 13 points.

　Thanks to the storyteller for the reward again, the id was wrong before, sorry
　　
　
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