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Chapter 833 Awaken, Harden~! ! (middle)
"If the opponent is using Battier to defend you, try not to fight one-on-one with Battier, and use the pick-and-roll to create defense changes. Battier's defensive ability is still very strong~!!"

Before the game between the Clippers and the Rockets, Lan Shengli told Harden.

"If the opponent wants to use Martin to defend you, then attack resolutely and use your individual singles ability, I believe you can do it~!!"

Lan Shengli continued to speak.

"But I believe that Adelman will not use Martin to defend you~!!"

Lan Shengli added.

Although Lan Shengli had always had accurate premonitions, this time he obviously made a mistake.

Adelman, who was heavy on offense and light on defense, didn't use Battier to defend Harden at all, but used Martin to defend against him.

Perhaps Adelman believes that Harden's ability is not enough to send Battier to defend.

However, using Martin to defend, let Harden enter the game immediately after the game started.

Not only can he make fouls, but he can also send assists, revitalizing the team's offense.

However, there are also some problems on the defensive end of the team.

Thornton's missed defense allowed Battier to get an open shot.

After hitting a three-pointer, the Rockets also opened.

Harden is still holding the ball here.

Signaling his teammates to open up the space, Harden seems to be ready to single Martin.

"I don't believe what else Harden can do~?!"

Here Adelman looked at Harden and said in a contemptuous tone.

I saw Harden slapping Martin on his back while still looking at his teammates' positions from the corner of his eye.

"Don't make up the defense, don't make up the defense~!!"

The assistant coach of the Rockets here, who is also the coach in charge of defense, yelled to remind him.

The Rockets' players are also very "obedient", just marking people and defending without making too many changes.

Seeing this, Harden suddenly turned around towards the bottom line, and then leaned back and made a mid-range shot like Kobe~! !
"Faback jumper~?! My God~!! When did Harden practice this trick~?!"

Lan Shengli watched Harden make such a move, looked at it in amazement, and said.

Martin has no defensive space at all here, so he can only reach out for a relatively "tasteless" defense.

Although there is not as much fadeaway range and height as Kobe's fadeaway jumper, at least the effect looks good.

"Swipe~!!!"

And scored.

Harden scored his first sports game of the game.

"I didn't expect Harden to have such an action, my God~, haha~, I may have seen it in training, but I really didn't expect Harden to use it in an official game. It's really incredible~ !!"

Lan Shengli still sighed in surprise.

"It seems that Harden really let go tonight. This is a good thing. A rookie needs an explosive game to improve his game influence~!! I believe this is it~!!"

Lan Shengli continued to speak.

"Or use Battier to defend Harden, he looks good tonight~"

Here the Rockets assistant coach suggested to Adelman.

"No, let's take another look~"

Adelman shook his head, it seems that Harden is still not in his eyes.

Then Harden should use a better performance to make Adelman value himself~
Here Hayes came to the high position to support, a relatively casual pass was judged by the very focused Harden, and it was directly cut off.

And because Harden broke the ball in a diving action, he has already increased his speed. Harden dribbled the ball and went directly to the frontcourt.

Here Hayes had no time to return to the defense, Harden accelerated to the basket, and directly poured the ball into the basket with a tomahawk action.

Because of concentration, because of better physical fitness, and because of "forgetting the scoreboard", Harden's performance after the opening was very strong, which was completely different from the Harden who made frequent mistakes last night and wandered outside the field.

"Dum~!!!"

Here Adelman was very dissatisfied with the state of the team, so he called a timeout.

"Nice job~!!"

Here, Lan Shengli and Harden clapped hands to encourage him.

After more than three minutes into the game, Harden had already scored 6 points, made two free throws and made two free throws. The efficiency was very high.

"Hmm~!! This still feels like a number one pick~, if you can play like this every game, maybe this number one pick is very worthwhile~"

The general manager who was watching the game immediately praised Harden's performance.

"The physical fitness of the players in back-to-back matches will definitely be exhausted very quickly, so although we are in a good overall state now, I think we should take the initiative to make substitutions and adjustments~!!"

Lan Shengli is talking to the coaching staff here.

"How are you going to transfer people~?!"

the assistant coach asked.

"Except for Harden, all of them will be replaced~!"

Lan Shengli said in a very firm state.

Seeing that Lan Shengli was so determined, the assistants didn't say anything, and agreed instead by tacit consent.

"The opponent should switch defenses. When facing Battier, don't fight hard. Try to make pick-and-rolls with Camby or others, and then find opportunities to switch defenses to outside players. We must attack in the most energy-saving way. ~!!"

Lan Shengli said to the players here.

"On the defensive end, use zone defense. Scola can't give him a mid-range shot. You have to stick to him, let him break through and let him shoot~!!"

Lan Shengli continued to exhort.

The game quickly resumed.

In addition to Harden, the Clippers completed a "four up and four down", Blake, Novak, Johnson and Camby were replaced.

The Rockets did not make any personnel adjustments here.

Seeing that the Clippers used zone defense, the Rockets quickly gave the ball to Scola near the free throw line.

After Scola took the ball, seeing that Johnson was sticking very tightly, he directly lowered his center of gravity and rushed towards the basket.

Perhaps because of the excessive physical exertion in the game last night, Johnson was obviously slower to start. Maybe even though his consciousness was in place, his body didn't listen to him, and he was instantly ahead of Scola by two positions.

Scola's thigh stepped up in two days, and Johnson was completely out of position.

But just when Scola was about to make an empty basket, it was Harden again, who came from the baseline without anyone noticing, saw the ball in Scola's hand, and cut it with his palm.

"Ah~!!!"

Although Scola yelled that he wanted to get a thug foul, but the baseline referee on the side closely watched the movements of both sides and the trajectory of the ball, and did not make any whistles.

I saw the ball after being shot hit Scola's thigh, and then popped out of the bottom line.

"Beep~!!!"

The referee immediately blew the whistle and pointed to the Clippers' frontcourt. The omnipresent and omnipotent Harden used another steal to help the team complete another successful defense.

(End of this chapter)