At halftime, the Spurs celebrated for Whiteside in the locker room, this stinky boy was not easy today, except for the opening period, after the start of the second quarter, he actually hit Howard head-on.

"There is a future, there is a future." Duncan smiled and patted Whiteside on the shoulder, he really regarded Whiteside as his younger brother, and when he was getting older, someone had to step up and take over his class.

"Indeed, Hassan, your arm is really incomparable with Dwight's force, you can actually carry him without losing, you cow~"

"That's it, when you were miserably abused at the beginning, I thought I would lose today."

"You're improving so fast, if you keep going like this, you can win the best defensive player next year."

……

The Spurs are very happy, the Rockets are also full of confidence, and Howard is obviously much happier with the Rockets, basically with a smile on his face, not as sullen as when he was with the Lakers.

Although he was down at halftime, Howard was still encouraging his teammates in the locker room.

In fact, there is nothing to encourage, the group of people in the Rockets this year are all a group of optimists, the boss Harden is the one who can lead the team to the nightclub, and Howard, the only one who can grab the position of the boss, is also playful, two teammates brought out by such bosses, do you expect them to be sad and flow backwards?

"Let's shoot more threes in the second half." McHale wrote and drew on the tactical board, then looked up and said to the group.

"Three points?" If you want to shoot three-pointers, the Rockets are actually okay now, and the outside shooters are still the kind that don't give people a way to live when they are on time.

"Well, Dwight, I'll leave the inside line to you." The tactics McHale came up with were the same tactics that Howard used to enter the Finals with the Magic, a big center stood inside, and the four pitchers outside "swooped" three-point rain, and continued after not being able to shoot inside to grab the board.

"No problem." While Whiteside doesn't look that easy to deal with, Howard has the confidence to press him down one-on-one.

……

At the beginning of the second half, the Spurs were surprised to find a set of big and four small on the Rockets' side, Beverley, Harden, Parsons, Cosby and Howard.

In this lineup, except for Howard, the remaining four have three-point ability, and Beverley's defense is also quite strong, with Howard and Beverley, this lineup is no problem except for being shorter.

The Rockets possessed the ball, Beverley gave the ball to Harden after half court, and then the Rockets pulled away from the outside with one Howard on the inside.

Whiteside will definitely suffer a loss in defending Howard alone, with Harden as a passer, as long as Howard is not stupid to hit the basket with his back but to hit the basket with his face frame, Whiteside will definitely not be able to block it.

Harden waved his hand and motioned for everyone to pull aside, he wanted to eat Qin Yan alone.

Qin Yan stared at Harden's eyes tightly, some people say that the highest level of defense is to know what the opponent wants to do by looking at the opponent's eyes, Qin Yan wants to give it a try now, anyway, just lose points for a while and fight back.

Harden began to dribble under his crotch, and he played quite slippery left and right cross-steps, and was nicknamed the "seven-step kill" after this move was later mastered.

What is a "seven-step kill" is that the shot can definitely be scored after dribbling and dribbling seven steps.

Of course, now that Harden's "seven-step kill" has been practiced, Qin Yan doesn't know.

One, two, three...... Six! Qin Yan counted, and after six steps, Harden suddenly stepped back, and it looked like a three-point shot!

"You made me mud?"

Qin Yan took a step forward and jumped up, stretched out his hand and directly covered Harden's face.

But Harden didn't shoot this time, and after jumping up, he threw the ball directly to the side! Over there, Cosby borrowed Parsons' block and rushed over, and after receiving the ball, he shot directly!

"Uhhh

Three points scored!

No one on the Spurs' side thought that Cosby's three-point shot was actually the beginning of the three-point rain in the third quarter of the Rockets!

The Spurs attacked, Dio missed, Howard pressed Whiteside to win the rebound, and then threw his long arm to Parsons who was running in the front court, this year's Parsons is still very diligent, and the three-point shot was shot directly after receiving the ball!

"Uhhh

Three points and more!

The Spurs are still quiet, just two three-pointers, but the Spurs are still a little vigilant, the Rockets look at the posture, and it will rain three points today?

The Spurs attacked again, and this time it scored, with Leonard hitting it from mid-range.

But the Rockets were fast offensive, Beverley served quickly from the baseline, Harden dribbled two steps and then made a big long pass, and Cosby hit Dior's defense and scored a three-pointer again!

"It's not good."

Qin Yan discussed it with Maddie here, and felt that it was a little problem, although the Rockets' three consecutive three-pointers would not stop the Spurs, but they were enough for them to pay attention to.

Maddie dribbled to the frontcourt to return one, but he underestimated Beverley, and this time the three-pointer was missed by Beverley's interference.

It's still Howard, this time he pressed Whiteside and Qin Yan to grab the rebound, and then passed the ball to his teammates.

This time the ball finally arrived in Harden's hand, Harden stepped back, and then shot at Qin Yan's block!

"Uhhh

Return in! Rockets hit four three-pointers in a row!

"Roar—" Harden and the others bumped into their chests in celebration, and four consecutive three-pointers were really terrifying.

"Tick-"

The Spurs paused, and the Rockets made four consecutive three-pointers, even if they were as experienced as Popovich, they were now a little nervous.

"Defend and defend!"

The old man was a little angry, and he was scored three points by the Rockets in a row, which is a very bad memory, the last time he was scored by the Rockets like this, eh, Maddie was achieved.

Maddie is also a little embarrassed, this kind of consecutive three-pointers he also played when he was with the Rockets, and the opponent is also the Spurs......

So something always happens when the Rockets meet the Spurs.

"Defend! Defend! Especially three points for me to defend! Popovich was emphasizing this point towards the end of the timeout.

The Spurs played again, and this time Qin Yan pulled out his hand directly two steps away from the three-point line and returned a three-point shot!

The Rockets rushed over again, and this time they found that the Spurs were putting a lot more defensive pressure on the outside, and several pitchers didn't have a chance to make easy shots.

But at this time, Howard rushed out on the inside, and after a slight block, Howard turned around and rushed inside!

Beverley passed, Howard is now in a frame state, and after receiving the ball, he took three steps to prepare for a dunk!

Whiteside didn't dare to move, and now it's too late for him to hide, Howard rushed over like this, and Whiteside could only hold on!

"Boom!"

"Tick-"

A two-handed dunk, Howard hit Whiteside with a "2+1" by the way, and the Rockets in the third quarter are really a thousand arrows!