Basketball's best forward and guard

Chapter 41 41 [Do the opposite]

On the field, with the whistle of the referee, the game officially started.

As the well-known "cake king" in the league, Capela helped the Rockets get the first wave of offensive possessions by virtue of his outstanding athletic ability.

On the defensive end, Jiang Hao faced Chris Paul.

In fact, although this is Jiang Hao's first season in the league, he has also had conflicts with some players on the court.

Among them, Chris Paul is the first to bear the brunt.

Perhaps Jiang Hao would never approve of Paul being called "Saint Paul". Instead, he felt that it was more like a kind of irony, and the title of "Dirty Paul" was more suitable for him.

Why does Jiang Hao have such a big opinion on Paul?
That's because the first injury in his career was thanks to Paul.

It would be okay if he accidentally injured himself during the game, but Paul deliberately injured him with small movements.

Therefore, in that game, Jiang Hao, who was already injured at the time, even rushed towards Paul very angrily.

At that time, many people were shocked by Jiang Hao. After all, in everyone's impression, Chinese players are gentle and refined. I have never seen someone with such a hot temper like Jiang Hao.

Of course, after that game, everyone knew that Jiang Hao and Chris Paul had officially formed a relationship.

Before the game started, many fans mentioned the grievances between Jiang Hao and Paul.

Therefore, when Paul, who was advancing with the ball, faced Jiang Hao, he attracted the attention of the audience without any surprise.

Jiang Hao's character is very gloomy. When facing Paul, he really doesn't want to give the opponent a good look. Of course, he is not Paul. Even so, his defensive actions are normal, and he will not make any small moves on purpose.

The role of Paul holding the ball is not much better. From his point of view, he is not happy to be pointed at his nose by a rookie.

Therefore, he felt that he had to give this hateful believer a blow.

After holding the ball to the top of the arc, he faced Jiang Hao's defense and chose to shoot.

Paul's sudden shot surprised many people. After all, Paul is not such a player in his impression.

However, Jiang Hao was prepared.

Therefore, the final picture of this shot is that Chris Paul, the seat superstar, is lost.

As a well-known super point guard in the league, his first shot in the first game of the playoffs was blocked by a rookie.

"Scumbag, there is a saying in China, stealing a chicken is not worth losing a lot of rice"

For Paul, what was even more murderous was that the rookie used words to humiliate him after blocking him.

Including feeling like you're going to be blown up.

But he must restrain himself, because from an outsider's point of view, it was he, Chris Paul, who made the mistake just now.

Jiang Hao felt very comfortable. To deal with a player like Paul, he had to do this, because a person like him has been used to using small movements to execute tactics throughout his career, and he was persuaded to give up this method?
Jiang Hao felt that he was not God, so he really couldn't do it.

James Harden felt good tonight. After devoting himself to the role of shooting guard, his scoring ability was further released. In turn, he hit a three-pointer.

As for the Spurs, maybe Aldridge is really the Rockets' nemesis. Capela has nothing to do, and Aldridge has been hit by consecutive layups.

Therefore, it was not the Spurs who first requested a timeout in the first quarter, but the Rockets at home.

Rockets fans are a little disappointed. They didn't see the kind of game that entered the slaughter mode from the beginning of the game. Instead, the home team is now in trouble.

In China on the other side of the ocean, those fans with "Rocket complex" may have the most complicated mood in this series.

Because they don't want to see them lose to the Spurs, nor do they want to see Jiang Hao stop in the first round of the playoffs.

They are happy when the Rockets score, and they are also happy when Jiang Hao scores.

In general, it is two words, complicated.

However, for Xu Xiaoyi in a certain area of ​​the Toyota Center stands, she is in a good mood.

She's not a Rockets fan, and she doesn't have a Rockets complex. She came all the way here just to see Jiang Hao score.

Because Jiang Hao is now not only her favorite basketball player, but also her boyfriend.

That's right, since seeing Jiang Hao at the scene last time, she has been captivated by Jiang Hao's sunny smile.

So, through WeChat, she and Jiang Hao got closer step by step. Finally, on the day the Spurs regular season ended, she received Jiang Hao's confession call.

The two of them talked a lot on the phone, just like normal men and women in love, the topics they talked about were flirting.

Of course, the two thought that was sweet.

Finally, when Jiang Hao sent her an invitation to watch his match live, she readily agreed.

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Halfway through the first quarter, Jiang Hao seemed to be in good condition. Facing the high-intensity defense in the playoffs, he was indeed a little uncomfortable, but he still scored 4 points.

Therefore, after returning from the timeout, Popovich did not remove him, but let him continue to play.

After a timeout and adjustment, D'Antoni made adjustments to Aldridge's point, that is, speed up and not play positional battles with the Spurs. In this way, your Aldridge's mid-range shooting performance will be limited.

On the contrary, the Rockets' technical and tactical characteristics have all been brought into play.

As the player with the highest three-point shooting percentage in the Rockets, Eric Gordon is the best representative of the Rockets' fast break frenzy.

He hit 2 three-pointers in just 3 minutes, which not only helped the Rockets reverse the score, but also gained a good lead.

It was Popovich's turn to request a timeout.

Like D'Antoni, Popovich called timeouts decisively.

Maybe the playoffs are like this, both the chatter and the players will be very cautious.

After the timeout, the Spurs changed, the old Pau Gasol was replaced, and Rudy Gay played.The Spurs' lineup suddenly became one big and four small.

"Haha, is Gregg Popovich trying to fight against me? His decision-making is incomprehensible"

The Rockets' offensive firepower this season is the best in the league, and they are not even weaker than the Golden State Warriors' offensive firepower.

The Spurs' offensive firepower can only be said to be average, and their dominant game defense.

In this case, Popovich did not base himself on defense, but did the opposite. Why?
Many people feel very strange. Popovich in memory has always been very cautious. Why did he make such adjustments?
(End of this chapter)