Chapter 134: Ten Thousand Arrows Shoot Together
Harden made a three-point foul on Leonard. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
This surprised everyone on the Spurs team, and the core of the professional defense was made a three-point foul, which was simply unbelievable before the game.
You know, Leonard hasn't been fouled a few times outside the three-point line since he practiced defense, and Harden is Leonard's first three-point foul this season, and it's also his record for the fastest foul this season.
Now that the first quarter is only halfway through, the first offensive player and the first defensive gate each have a foul on their backs, which is not very good.
Leonard reluctantly walked to the place where he should stand, he didn't expect Harden's three-point foul to be so powerful, he just stretched out his hand a little to prepare the cover, and was cheated into a foul.
Qin Yan also smiled bitterly in his heart, he didn't expect Harden to foul three points now, in Qin Yan's memory, Harden broke out twice after being dumped by Kardashian in the 16-17 season, and his best trick that season was to make three-point fouls.
Don't stretch out your hand, you will foul when you stretch out your hand! Qin Yan could only regret that he didn't remind Leonard in time, after all, he took the initiative to switch guards with him, otherwise, he would have to go down to rest with two fouls now.
Harden made three free throws at the free throw line, and Harden's free throws this season were still very accurate (sometimes Harden would lose one of the two free throws in later seasons), and he hit all three free throws, which brought the score closer again.
"Kehuai, watch out for his fouls." Qin Yan said to Leonard with some apologies.
Leonard shook his head and said it didn't matter, this time it was recognized, and next time it won't be so easy.
The Rockets' morale has increased greatly because of Harden's active morale, and they suddenly feel that the Spurs are just like that, and their own boss can pick the two new stars on the opposite side and not fall behind, so what else do they have to be afraid of? Don't be cowardly, just do it!
Rockets have always had a nickname, that is, "Texas Cockroach", Xiaoqiang who can't be killed, once they go crazy, even they are afraid. So, don't irritate the Rockets, don't let them get into "Texas Cockroaches" mode, or they're likely to stage a shocking reversal!
Harden's performance today seems to have stimulated the Rockets a little, and they have a feeling that they are going to transform into an unbeatable Xiaoqiang!
Asik was the first to erupt!
In the offensive round of the Spurs, Asik, a guy who usually moves slowly, suddenly broke out this time.
After Duncan and Parker completed the blocking, he did not choose to continue to follow Duncan, but suddenly retreated to the defense, took three steps and did two steps, and blocked the layup of the French sports car Parker from behind!
Parker was still in disbelief after being covered, how could it be? How could Asik be so fast? He didn't keep up with the previous few pick-and-rolls!
This block is a bit ruthless, and the ball flies out and bounces straight into the rebound.
Seeing this, Duncan hurriedly stepped forward to card the position, which was quite comfortable, and then Duncan stretched out his big hand and was ready to grab this rebound and launch a second attack!
But at this moment, Asik suddenly turned around like a chicken, turned around from behind Duncan, forcibly pressed Duncan to jump, and viciously took the rebound from Duncan's hands with both hands!
"Wow!"
"Oooh-oh!"
The bench of the Rockets is going crazy! Everyone jumped wildly, is this still Asik? Bloody Parker first, and then snatch the rebound from Duncan's hand! Is this still the usual slow-moving Asik? Is it really not Howard possessed?
After Asik grabbed the rebound, he quickly threw it in the direction of the half court and passed it directly to Jeremy Lin, who did not delay after receiving the ball and immediately launched a fast attack!
Yes, if Asik was the first to break out, then Jeremy Lin was the second!
After receiving the ball, Jeremy Lin pushed the ball forward with his right hand, and then the whole person accelerated forward to chase forward!
"Not good! Defend yourself! Qin Yan yelled, then turned around and chased back.
Because everyone didn't expect Parker to be covered by 1 or didn't expect Duncan's rebound to be missed, so the Spurs were basically in the Rockets' half, and Jeremy Lin's position just now was in the almost halfcourt, and after receiving Asik's pass, he ran directly to the unguarded Spurs' basket!
Qin Yan desperately chased back, if this ball couldn't be prevented and Jeremy Lin came to a strong dunk, it would indeed be a very demoralizing thing, and on the other hand, the Rockets would be imposing!
Under normal circumstances, Qin Yan could still catch up with Jeremy Lin, but now Jeremy Lin has also exploded, and his speed seems to have suddenly become a little faster, with Qin Yan's speed, he can't catch up with him!
However, it also put a lot of pressure on Jeremy Lin, and in the end he didn't end it with a dunk, but chose a layup to equalize the score.
If Jeremy Lin insisted on dunking just now, Qin Yan would still have a chance to cover one, but Jeremy Lin used a layup, and Qin Yan had no way to stop it.
"Tsk, something isn't right, these guys are like they've been beaten with chicken blood." Seeing that the morale of the rocket came up again after the score was equalized, Qin Yan felt that he was facing a super strong team rather than a team that was still rebuilding.
Not only that, but on the defensive end, the intensity of the Rockets has also risen, even Harden doesn't look at the defense anymore, and begins to show his teeth and claws, although the sense of oppression is not very strong, but the constant small movements give Qin Yan a very unpleasant feeling.
One accident, Parker was cut off by Jeremy Lin, and then it was a terrible fast break!
This time, Parker Qin Yan and Leonard retreated, and Parker pestered Jeremy Lin to prevent him from adding up the speed, but Jeremy Lin seemed to be determined to fight Parker this time, stretched out his left hand to block Parker hard, and then threw the ball to Harden with his right hand.
After Harden received the ball, two consecutive steps, Leonard was not fooled, standing firmly in front of him, Harden did not waste much time, directly passed the ball from behind, and distributed the ball to Parsons in the bottom corner.
After Parsons received the ball, no matter if Qin Yan had already pounced, it was directly a three-point shot, of course, Parsons's shooting speed was not fast, and Qin Yan, who reached out and pounced, even felt that his fingers seemed to have rubbed the bottom of the ball!
"Whew!" The goal went in!
Qin Yan looked at the tips of his fingers helplessly, tsk, if he hadn't touched this ball, he might not have been able to score.
One of the most frustrating things for a player is that he wanted to go for a block, but he ended up hitting the ball into the basket, which can only be said that luck is not on his side. And in the next two offenses, although the Spurs also scored under the tight defense of the Rockets, Parsons hit two goals in a row against Qin Yan's defense! Or two three-pointers! Although the goal was not scored very smoothly, it belonged to the kind of goal that was scored after a bump, and it was scored anyway!
Once is luck, twice is good luck, what is more than three times? Bad luck?
And the Rockets don't seem to be just as simple as luck now, from Harden to Asik to Jeremy Lin to Parsons, everyone seems to be exploding, so much so that after the first quarter of the game, the Rockets overtook the Spurs 28-24!
The rocket in the first section can really be said to be a thousand arrows!