Basketball Myth: Super Guard

Chapter 1242 Unstoppable Yao Ming
"Shh!"

The ball goes in.

For a moment, Harden was stunned.

The teammates also looked at Harden one after another. Isn't this what Harden did just now? It's exactly the same, like a mirror image copy.

Coach McHale on the sidelines froze. He comforted Harden before, saying that the three-point retreat was just a coincidence, so what about now?

Is it a coincidence once, or a coincidence twice?

"Tsk tsk." Butler rubbed his hands, looking excited, and looked at Qin Hao with adoring eyes, "When it comes to messing with people's mentality, it has to be Qin."

"That also requires strength." Iguodala said with a smile: "If you change someone else, you don't have the strength to do this."

"Too."

It can be regarded as Harden's bad luck, who made him too popular in a few years.

One Harden, one Irving, in the eyes of ordinary fans, it is the field textbook, the kind of master level, Antetokounmpo and James can't learn it, but they love Harden Irving.

After all, you can't learn much about the physical fitness of Antetokounmpo and James. In the words of fans, you can't learn any skills.

Of course, Harden and Irving are really capable, and they play gorgeously. They have their own labels, such as Harden's three-pointer with a step back, European steps, Irving's ball control, pull the bar, etc.
It's just unfortunate that because of this, Qin Hao started copying their homework a long time ago.

A Qin Hao who learned their peak skills and then turned around to play them in the growth period.

"It's okay, it's just a ball."

"It's just a coincidence."

Teammates comforted Harden one after another.

But it's better not to comfort you, are you whipping Shi?
Harden shook his head, took a deep breath, and forced himself to remain calm and calm. He took the ball in the backcourt and quickly advanced to the frontcourt. Facing Qin Hao, he felt uncomfortable. He glanced at the basket again, Suddenly I don't know what to do.

Usually he has a hundred ways to score, but now his mind is in a mess, as if he has forgotten all of them.

In fact, it’s not that I forgot. Whenever Qin Hao thinks of every technical move he uses, Qin Hao will immediately mirror and copy it, and then use it against himself. Harden’s subconscious will spontaneously resist, telling him not to use this technical move.

Whoosh!
In the end, Harden chose to pass the ball.

Coach McHale frowned, this is not a good sign, Harden finally adjusted, but now it seems to be affected again.

After a period of time, Harden changed his normal style and played extraordinarily simple, without technical moves with distinctive personal labels. It was like Irving suddenly stopped being fancy and played like James. Can you imagine what kind of game that is? situation?

Of course, it doesn't mean that Harden can't score if he plays more simply.

He can also score, but he lacks a personal style, not the way he is used to playing, which makes his offense look eclipsed, relegated from a star to a blue-collar level.

Under the ebb and flow, the 76ers will soon further expand the point difference.

In a blink of an eye, the 76ers had led by 14 points.

"beep"

Coach McHale called a timeout, looked at the bench, replaced Yao Ming and Parsons, then stopped Harden, and explained: "Don't worry about those, don't be afraid of Qin. How you play is up to you How to fight, step back, European step, he can do whatever he wants, as long as you don’t care about it, it’s ok.”

Anyway, as long as you are not embarrassing yourself, it is others who are embarrassing.

Harden nodded, but obviously a little distracted.

After a moment, the pause ends.

The two sides returned to the court, the Rockets switched to the starting lineup, and the 76ers also switched to the starting lineup.

The Rockets attack.

Harden pushed the ball into the frontcourt, first called for a pick-and-roll, got rid of Qin Hao, moved two steps sideways, and chose a three-point shot.

boom!
It didn't work out.

This made him even more depressed.

After that, Harden simply reduced his personal offense and passed the ball to his teammates, especially Yao Ming.

Swish!
With a soft sound, Qin Hao hit a three-pointer.

With this three-pointer, the point difference became 17 points.

Harden pushed the ball into the frontcourt, asked for a pick-and-roll, and then passed the ball back to Yao Ming at the top of the arc. Yao Ming lifted the ball, and Nene subconsciously jumped up, but he was fooled.

The next moment, Yao Ming put the ball down, made an accelerated breakthrough, passed Nene, hugged the ball and went straight to the basket. Speights rushed to stop Yao Ming, but was called a foul.

"Shhhh."

Yao Ming went to the free throw line and made two free throws.

Fouling on Yao Ming is basically equivalent to fouling on Qin Hao. Among the centers, Yao Ming's free throws can be said to be the most accurate.

The difference is 15 points.

Ten seconds later, the 76ers hit the iron, and Yao Ming got the rebound and passed it to Harden.

When it came to the frontcourt, Yao Ming asked for the ball from a low position, and Harden passed the ball. Yao Ming turned his back and put his back against Nene, as if he was going to play singles with his back, but then he turned around against Nene and instantly circled around. He passed Nene, then slapped the ball on the floor, and with one step, he was not far from the basket.

Speights rushed forward quickly and stood in front of him.

However, this did not prevent Yao Ming from scoring. He stopped, raised the ball with his right hand, threw a one-handed shot, and made another hit.

"Hey, how do you prevent this?" Speights cursed secretly, looking at Nene.

Nene could only respond with a wry smile. A player who is over [-] meters tall has such excellent shooting ability, three-pointers, mid-range shots, and even free throws. He also has footwork at the basket, hooks, and throws Waiting for skills is really too difficult to guard against.

Originally, the 76ers had achieved an absolute advantage, leading by 17 points, but with Yao Ming's explosion and scoring consecutive points, the point difference between the two sides was rapidly narrowing.

Coach Luke frowned, called a timeout, replaced Speights with Mozkov, and set up twin towers to limit Yao Ming.

Yao Ming gets the ball in the low post, and the person facing Yao Ming becomes Mozkov, and not only him, but Nene is also preparing to help defend. Once Yao Ming plays a post-up in the low post, he will immediately go up.

But when Nene rushed forward, Yao Ming passed the ball out, but it was not an outside pass, but an inside pass to Scola.

At this time, Nene had lost his defensive position under the basket, and it was too late to turn around and pounce on Scola. Not only did he fail to defend the ball, he also got a foul and was scored 2+1 by Scola.

When Scola went to the free throw line and made an additional penalty, the difference between the two sides was further narrowed.

And, to make matters worse, this was Nene's third foul.

It was only the first half, and Nene had committed three fouls. Coach Luke was faced with a choice. Should he replace Nene to protect him, or let him continue to play?
"Substitution."

In the end, Coach Luke still chose to replace Nene and Speights, but this did not solve the problem.Even if Yao Ming is double-teamed, Yao Ming can distribute the ball. He averaged 3.9 assists per game this season, reaching a career high.

The inside pass just now made the 76ers' twin towers and help defense useless.

At this point, the 76ers completely fell into a disadvantage.

(End of this chapter)