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Chapter 694 This Is The Second Combat Power?

"OK..."

Rose nodded slightly unexpectedly, probably because he didn't expect to play so soon, and the opening time was less than 4 minutes.

He took off his jacket and ran to the technical stage, and the DJ on the spot shouted simultaneously: "Everyone has it! The youngest MVP in NBA history will be on the stage, Derek Rollo Ross from the University of Memphis. Let's cheer and cheer. Scream!"

Cheers erupted in the Gold One Center, Su Yang stood up and applauded, and Rose and Curry clapped hands.

The referee blows his whistle and the game continues.

Paul crossed the center line with the ball and launched a pick-and-roll at 45 degrees on the right side. The Kings side was double-teamed by Rose. Paul couldn't get rid of it for a while. Also ran over.

"Harden is a bit proactive..." Mike Brown subconsciously pointed out that Harden was eager to cover for Paul, or when Capela had already covered.Su Yang chuckled when he heard the words: "Maybe it's because I didn't communicate well and overwhelmed the tactics..."

Before the words fell, Paul was stuck on the sideline and couldn't move. The main thing was Capela and Harden, one on the left and one on the right, blocking him!
The audience on the sidelines laughed and mocked, but Paul was Paul, who actually turned around and hung in the air, facing the out-of-bounds striker, and forced a pass.

Ariza received the ball from the right corner, with only 7 seconds left in the attack time, hurriedly crossed and made a strong charge, facing Tatum for a layup.

The basketball rebounded with a bang, and Antetokounmpo and Capela scrambled into a ball in an instant, and both fell to the ground, resisting full.

In the chaos, Antetokounmpo threw the ball.

Rose took the basketball and turned around to advance, rushing all the way to the left side of the front court at 45 degrees, shaking twice in a row, suddenly raised his hand and put the ball straight to the basket, while Cousins ​​caught the ball and met Paul in a misplaced position, occupying an absolute size and position advantage, However, Paul fouled early.

The referee whistled and the king reorganized the offense.

Su Yang waved his hand to set up tactics, and then said casually: "We want to remind the players that we can't use fouls at the beginning to prevent misplaced attacks like Paul did. Paul's foul on his back is not as cost-effective as letting Cousins ​​score, and That's not his problem, it's Trevor Ariza and Anderson's back-and-forth run that went wrong, his fighting spirit is good, but the way he's doing it isn't…"

Mike Brown shook his head slightly, but still smiled and said: "I can't fully agree with you, because very few players can score one, two, three, four points so clearly in a high-intensity confrontation state. Paul relied on that spirit to get to today... "

Su Yang changed his mind: "It seems to be..."

Before the words fell, the referee blew his whistle again and called Paul a technical foul, pointing out that he had been complaining about the penalty and chattering endlessly.

The central large screen played back synchronously, and the screen showed that Paul was indeed catching the referee all the time, and he could indeed call the penalty.

It is estimated that it is on the top. Less than 4 minutes into the game, the Rockets fell behind 7 to 15, and Paul has already received his second foul.

In contrast, Curry, who also received two fouls, was draping a towel over his head and pretending to be a fraternity assassin.

Immediately after a tactical free throw was executed, LaVine and Cousins ​​signaled Rose to take the penalty. Rose hesitated before standing up, as if he was worried about the feeling of stealing the show. Seeing this, Su Yang stood up quickly and shouted at the court: "Then fight around Rose..."

It is necessary to cultivate self-confidence for Rose, so that he can get out of the self-doubt that he has not been recruited for a long time in the offseason as soon as possible.

The audience applauded and cheered together, Rose walked slowly to the free throw line, caught the ball and made a steady hit, scoring the first point of the season.

The king continued to serve, the box stood up and started, Tatum used the cover of Antetokounmpo to catch the ball, and immediately passed back to Rose, and Cousins ​​simultaneously mentioned the top of the arc to set up a wall as a screen, Paul seemed to be aware of it , step forward to seize the position.

Paul's action was clearly to squeeze through the screen and chase.

Rose immediately changed his left hand behind his right hand to give up the cover, and instead took advantage of the moment Paul seized his footsteps, directly entered the inside line from the right 45 degrees, and then joined the ball in advance to avoid the interference of Ariza's stretching hand on the right, and then received a European step around the head. , dodged Anderson's shrinking help defense, and finally chased and jumped against Paul, gliding in the air for a short period, and hit the layup with a backhand.

boom!The basketball bounces into the net.

18 to 7, the Kings led by 11 points.

Cheers erupted in the arena, Su Yang led the bench seats to stand up and cheer, and Curry took off the towel and waved it excitedly.

The Rockets immediately launched a counterattack. Harden took the ball and turned around and made a long pass to the center line. Paul caught the ball and rushed to the left 45 degrees. He also used Capela to cover and break through at the top of the arc. A pass to Trevor Ariza, who has a small opening on the left wing.

Tatum returned to defense in a hurry and almost blocked Ariza's three-pointer. The basketball bounced back and Cousins ​​got the rebound.

Antetokounmpo caught the ball and ran forward, but the Rockets retreated faster, and four players led by Harden surrounded them in unison.

Between the lightning and the flint, Antetokounmpo braked on the edge of the paint area, stopped suddenly and turned to pass the ball outside. Rose received the ball at the top of the arc.

Perhaps because he was worried that his three-point shooting rate was too low, Ross obviously hesitated, and Su Yang yelled to remind him to shoot.

Amidst the cheers of the audience, Rose took off against the flying Paul, threw a three-pointer steadily, and slammed into the net.

"YES!"

Su Yang waved his fist and shouted, thinking that Rose would show a three-point threat, the offense would be much easier, and he already led by 14 points.

"Isn't this called a timeout?"

Assistant coach Di Brown was a little surprised, "Is the Rockets too confident? Could it be that there is no need to worry about Paul controlling the field?"

The offensive and defensive transition on the court, Harden held the ball at the top of the arc for a long time, and made a breakthrough to attract double-teams, then hit the ground and split the ball to dismantle Capela who cut in, and Capela received the ball and took off against Tatum who was defending , raised both hands high and vigorously separated the dunk, the basketball hit the basket and rebounded and flew upside down.

Harden, who was about to return to defense, picked up the basketball at the center line, misplaced and faced Cousins, who was the closest, and after shaking continuously, he suddenly forced to the left, passed Cousins ​​face to face, strode into the paint, and met the ball. Take off to defend Antetokounmpo and make a pass.

Capela received the ball in a small space, raised it up and jumped on the spot, and it was a dunk, finally breaking the Rockets' scoring shortage.

The two teams switched offense and defense. Su Yang took advantage of Tatum’s still in the King’s half and praised Tatum loudly for his excellent defensive choices and his toughness. Duncan's hard work.

The Kings started with a five-out formation in the frontcourt, and Rose moved according to Curry's usual moves, without too many exclusive tactics.

But the running effect is obviously not as good as Curry. Antetokounmpo waited for a long time to get the ball at the top of the arc, but he just couldn't pass the ball.

Seeing that there were only 6 seconds left in the attack time, Cousins ​​suddenly rushed to Rose and set up a wall to block Paul.

For a moment, Cousins ​​was a bit like Noah.

Ross popped up with RIP at the same time, raised his hand to catch Antetokounmpo's long horizontal pass, and pretended to go high to break through. He successfully tricked Paul to go around the screen to intercept. Three points.

Boom!The basketball crashed into the net, 24 to 9.

The Rockets requested a timeout at the same time, and the cheers in the arena burst. Rose scored 9 points in a row, and the Kings led by 15 points.

Su Yang walked to the center line, high-fived Cousins ​​and others, and said in his heart that the Rockets started the game, sorry for the second ranking given by ESPN in terms of combat effectiveness, then returned to the bench, picked up the tactical board and said: "I bet, The Rockets will have five small lineups..."

The king and the generals agreed with each other tacitly and laughed.

After some arrangement, he finally took the initiative to praise Rose: "You have to continue to play like this, whether it's three-pointers or rushing to the basket, play with confidence, so that the opponent must maintain defensive attention, so that we can get more. Operating space..."

Ross nodded in understanding.

The timeout ended in a blink of an eye, and the announcer announced loudly: Rocket Gordon replaced Paul, and Tucker replaced Capela.

On the king's side, Su Yang, who had been there for a long time, removed Cousins ​​and Tatum simultaneously, and sent Grant and Covington.

Assistant coach Di Brown laughed: "Will Kobe's people record this? If it is broadcast in "detail", the Rockets must be angry and scared. You can completely guess what they think, and targeting them in advance may boost their morale." Big drop..."

"That's a good idea..." Su Yang kept it in mind, and after the game was over, he asked the staff to release the video.

Anyway, it's murder.

While thinking about it, the game continued.

The Kings 15th finished off the Rockets 8th. He was taller and grabbed more rebounds, and his speed was not at a disadvantage. Various single defenses made Harden unable to drive the team. He has maintained a [-]+ lead. The Rockets have nothing to do. In the second quarter Lost another [-] points on the bench.

But in the third quarter after halftime break, Curry and Cousins ​​each got their fourth foul, and the Rockets narrowed the gap by 14 points. Fortunately, the Kings led enough, and finally defeated the Rockets 122-110 to win the first season of the new season. victory.

In terms of data for the Kings, Tatum made 3 of 2 shots in his first show and only had 4 points. New aid Ross performed well and scored 16 points and 3 assists. Jeff Green scored 12 points off the bench and scored 8 points with high efficiency. The biggest contributor is Brogdon had 23 points off the bench.

For the Rockets, Harden scored 39 points, 11 assists and 6 rebounds. The key was only 4 free throws, and the net score rate was extremely high.

After the game, Twitter and other social media set off heated discussions: ESPN believes that the Rockets with the second most combat effectiveness are at this level?
Su Yang was not busy reading the slapping comments, but soaked his feet in the locker room while watching the Cavaliers vs. Celtics.

(End of this chapter)