Basketball's best forward and guard

Chapter 47 47 [He is not a rookie]

Jiang Hao's super hot pot for Harden shocked many people, including Popovich, they did not expect Jiang Hao to have such a calm judgment when facing a superstar like Harden.

"It's a total anticipation defense, you can say it's a little bold, but you have to say, it's pretty good."

Popovich sighed.

"Yeah, maybe it was wrong from the beginning, he's not a rookie anymore"

Messina was also a little emotional. For Jiang Hao, he couldn’t keep up with the rhythm from the beginning to the end. Every time you think he has reached the limit, he suddenly bursts out with new energy. This is definitely not a rookie. able to do.

"He's a star player. He's no longer a first-year rookie in everyone's mind. Old man, he can play like this against superstars in the playoffs. He's a star."

Messina was visibly agitated, but it was undeniable that both Popovich and Englander agreed with him.

"If Jiang continues to be powerful on the defensive end, it may not be so easy for the Houston Rockets to win back tonight."

Suddenly, Popovich became full of arrogance, and he felt that he had returned to the era when he first came to the Spurs 20 years ago to scold Fang Qiu and point out the country.

On the court, as Jiang Hao completed the super hot pot against Harden, the whole situation changed suddenly.

As many people expected, Harden was indeed angry. He completely fell into a runaway mode and completely entered the Harden rhythm familiar to Rockets fans.

But the Houston Rockets have not benefited from this. On the contrary, the advantages they have accumulated before are being eroded a little bit.

why?
Because a Harden who is obsessed with singles can't let all his teammates participate in the offense, nor can he keep the team ahead.

Regarding this point, many people made suggestions to the Rockets during the regular season.

But neither Harden nor D'Antoni took it too seriously.

On the contrary, Chris Paul has always had this idea, but as the "second in charge of Houston", he actually can't say anything in many cases.

In the regular season, the intensity of the game is low, and the Rockets' style of play is indeed very effective. In many cases, they rely on Harden's singles to win.

But now it's the playoffs, and their opponent is an old fox like Popovich.

During this period, Popovich actually didn't give much tactical guidance, he just said one thing, that is to consume Harden's physical strength as much as possible.

When the game time came to the fourth quarter, Harden had already scored 33 points, which broke his personal scoring record in the first three quarters of the playoffs, but at the same time, his physical strength was basically exhausted.

In addition, the Rockets only maintained a 1-point lead over the Spurs.

D'Antoni finally became anxious and immediately replaced Harden to rest. However, what he didn't know was that it was already too late.

How old Popovich is to make a living.

When he saw that Harden was replaced, he immediately deployed the main force, and Shenzhen waved a very offensive lineup.

Jiang Hao naturally belongs to one of this lineup.

In the first three quarters, he basically had no sense of presence on the offensive end.

However, he did a good job on the defensive end. Although defending Harden consumes a lot of energy, at least he is strong. Harden has been replaced for a rest, but he is different. As a defender, let Harden go Although it was difficult, they switched defenses with several people, not the kind of one-on-one from start to finish.

Therefore, at this time, he has the energy of impact on the offensive end.

And the Rockets' double-teaming against him at this time can only declare bankruptcy.

When Harden is off the court to rest, more people need to stand up on the offensive end of the field. It is impossible for them to continue to double-team Jiang Hao. After all, people all over the world know that the Houston Rockets are not good at defense.

Like a runaway wild horse, as soon as the fourth quarter started, Jiang Hao made a three-pointer in front of Chris Paul.

The entire Toyota Center was silent.

They can't say anything about the Chinese players who are making exaggerated celebrations at the moment. They know that in terms of score, the Spurs have officially surpassed the Rockets at this moment.

Frankly speaking, this kind of picture is even unimaginable in the first half.

God, are you kidding me?
In the stands, a fan cried with his head in his arms. In the first half, the team led by up to 18 points.

What's going on here?
Why is the Rockets going to be overtaken in a blink of an eye? Does this mean that they will lose the game again tonight?
Jiang Hao's fangs continued to stick out. After he hit a three-pointer against Paul, he then broke through and assisted Danny Green to score a three-pointer.

In an instant, the point difference was expanded to 5 points.

Whether it's James Harden or D'Antoni, they couldn't sit still at this time. Harden took the initiative to ask to return to the court. He couldn't just sit back and watch the team be reversed like this.

As for D'Antoni, he regretted walking at this time, maybe he shouldn't let Harden continue playing singles like this before.

Now it's all right, the cooked duck said it was about to fly away, so how could he explain to the city.

D'Antoni suddenly had a very strong sense of crisis. He was sure that if this series ended with the Rockets' exit, his career with the Houston Rockets would also end, because no NBA owner has ever been able to tolerate the ball. The team loses the game when the hard power is dominant.

After Harden returned to the court, the Rockets' offense did improve to a certain extent, but that's all. He has no physical strength, and his deterrent power has been reduced many times.

Take one of the offenses as an example, Jiang Hao is still defending Harden.

But this time, Jiang Hao didn't even defend Harden too much, but still easily completed the steal from Harden.

Steal and dunk one-stop.

The Rockets' home commentator Blake closed his eyes in pain, and he felt that he had received a [-]-point crit.

What's going on here?

Hollywood movie?

Isn't this a Hollywood movie?
"God, are you joking with this city? I beg you to bless this team." Blake prayed in his heart.

However, before his prayer fell completely, Jiang Hao on the court hit another shot.

11 points!
The leading side is the Spurs.

With less than 2 minutes left in the game, the result of this game has actually been finalized.

0: 2!

This also means that there will be another 2 minutes for the regular season champion Houston Rockets to achieve such an impressive result.

This also means that they became the Golden State Warriors in 16 years, with 73 wins in the regular season, and the finals were reversed...

(End of this chapter)