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Chapter 310 Counterpoint Howard

After Howard signed a big contract with the Rockets, the Rockets' strength has risen to a higher level on the surface, and the Morden combination has also been called.6 wins and 1 loss in the preseason. Except for the first accidental loss to the Hornets, three of the other six games were won by big scores, and they won by 6 points against the Spurs.

Before playing against the Lakers, they had already played five games. Except for the loss of 19 points against the Clippers, they won the other four games.And in this game against the Clippers, you can't complain about the Modeng combination, after all, there are only two of them.Harden plays by himself in the backcourt, and Howard also fights in the interior by himself. Their partner is not very powerful.

Howard's partner is Chandler Parsons, a power forward who is good at offense and can also support him. He is 208cm tall and weighs only 104kg. He cannot resist anyone at all.Griffin is also a physically strong guy who can force Chandler Parsons away.

What if Howard was allowed to defend Griffin?Then Parsons will be violently abused by Jordan. Jordan's offensive methods are layups or dunks under the basket, but his physical fitness is absolutely beast-level, and he can send Parsons flying with just one arch of his butt.

The other two outside the Rockets are Terrence Jones and Beverly.Jones is a defensive player with a certain three-point ability, but he is not very reliable. Last season, his three-point shooting percentage was only 26.3%.Beverly is a speedy point guard, but he doesn't have much possession in the Rockets. It's similar to what Fisher did in the Lakers. He's just a dribbler, and Harden has to deal with it after halftime. .

The most critical thing is that both players joined the NBA last season, have very little game experience, and their status is up and down.

At the beginning of this season, Wu Di became the one who jumped the ball. Although he is short in height, his jumping skills are very good. He has not lost any of the previous games.Now facing Howard, the master jumper in the league, Wu Di is not too sure.

The referee threw the ball up, and Wu Di jumped up, a little too early.Howard felt happy and jumped up, but he soon discovered that Wu Di didn't fall down, but seemed to stop in the air.

It turned out that Wu Di relied on his strong waist and abdomen strength to increase the time spent in the air.In just over a second, the basketball fell down, and Howard was distracted by Wu Di's time in the air. Wu Di easily transferred the basketball to Jeremy Lin's hands.

As soon as he landed, Wu Di immediately ran towards the penalty area.The rest of the Rockets did not react because of Howard's accidental jump ball failure. They never thought that Wu Di could beat Howard by jumping, so they were all thinking about offense, not defense.

On the Lakers side, someone is about to get off, and Jimmy Butler has already rushed to the three-point line.Jeremy Lin immediately threw the ball to the frontcourt, but was hit by Harden with a wave, the ball flew a little high, directly passed Jimmy Butler, hit the basket, and jumped off the court.Jimmy Butler took a few steps forward and snatched the ball back. He threw himself on the reporter because of the momentum, but the ball was saved.

He shouldn't have saved it, but he didn't see Harden play anymore, because Jeremy Lin made a big pass, so he saved the ball back.But closely behind him was Wu Di. As soon as Wu Di grabbed the ball, he stepped on the penalty area line, jumped up, and made a 360° dunk.

After the dunk was successful, Wu Di pulled Jimmy Butler up, clapped hands with him to celebrate, and then returned to their own half, ready to defend.

Wu Di followed Howard into the penalty area, and Parsons blocked Klay Thompson for Harden.Harden's breakthrough is very strong, but it is not easy to break through Klay Thompson easily.As the No.1 under the Lakers superstar, Klay Thompson is very strong. After this season, I believe his statistics will be better, and it is not impossible to enter the All-Star in the future.

Harden entered the inside line and it was a European step layup.The players in the league who have played the European step layup to the extreme are Manu Ginobili, Wade and Harden.Moreover, under the current rules, European step layups are extremely difficult to defend, and it is easy to be fouled if you are not careful.

UAE's speed is much slower than Harden's, and he has not kept up with Harden.Wu Di immediately moved sideways to defend.Howard has no mid-range shooting ability, and he doesn't need to worry about Harden's pass at all when he defends.

To be honest, Howard and Harden are not the best partners. A star who is good at breaking through and scoring inside needs to be matched with an inside man who can shoot. After Howard leaves the penalty area, he basically has no scoring ability, isn't it? Are you waiting to be let go?
Wu Di's hand was always covering Harden's head, blocking his shooting space.Harden couldn't make a shot, so he had to return the ball to Howard.

After Howard received the ball, he immediately took three steps to rush to the basket for a dunk.

Wu Di jumped up and hit him head-on.

Wu Di's round strength is not similar to Howard's, and Wu Di's lower body strength is even stronger than Howard's.Although Wu Di is only 203cm, his weight has reached 130kg.There are muscles all over the body, although being overweight will become a burden, resulting in slow running and high jumping.But also look at Wu Di's strength, there is an extremely complicated formula to measure the ratio of strength to body weight.If the average player is 1, Wu Di is 3 to 4, so that he can have the current performance.

"Snapped!"

Wu Di slapped the basketball with a slap, and Howard clung to the basketball tightly. The two of them just like this, each holding the basketball with one hand, and falling from the air.

"Drip!" The referee blew his whistle, pointed at Howard, and jumped up.Indeed, Howard took two steps and then took off, which is the standard three steps.But when it fell, the basketball did not leave the hand, so it was a violation.He got a turnover himself, and Wu Di also got a block.

Howard glared at Wu Di, then turned around and went back to defend.

Wu Di served the ball directly, and after giving the ball to Jeremy Lin, he made a cover for Jeremy Lin to prevent Jeremy Lin from entering the inside lane.pick and roll!Howard met Jeremy Lin from the inside, but Jeremy Lin passed the ball back to Wu Di, and the defender of Wu Di became Beverly, the 185cm guard.

Wu Di shot directly over the head and made a three-pointer!

Wu Di scored five points at the beginning of the game. It seems that he feels good today. The Rockets are going to be in trouble.

Sure enough, next, Harden made a difficult shot under Wu Di's supplementary defense, and was directly slapped by Wu Di.Jimmy Butler grabs the ball, then sprints down and dunks directly over Beverley's head.

At the beginning of the game, the Lakers played a 7:0 attack wave, which heralded the direction of today's game.

(End of this chapter)