After Harden went down to Howard, he was very qualified to play the role of a big man.

In the face of Qin Yan's defense, Harden was not cowardly at all, and he carried Qin Yan hard several times!

Although under Qin Yan's defense, Harden's shooting rate is not too good, but his resolute impact on the interior does make the Spurs shrink the defense.

In this way, the Rockets' outside has a chance, Parsons and Jeremy Lin can both shoot three-pointers (although not very accurate), and as long as Harden passes the ball after breaking in, the Rockets have an open shot opportunity on the outside!

Qin Yan doesn't have a very good way to take Harden on the defensive end, after all, Harden's "touch porcelain" method is now unique in the world, as long as the defender dares to stretch out his hand, Harden can make a foul for you.

Therefore, Qin Yan didn't dare to stretch out his hand casually, he used his body to block Harden's breakthrough route.

Harden's shooting efficiency was not high, but under his leadership, the Rockets stabilized the situation and played well.

There is no problem with the Spurs' offense, although Qin Yan is too good for Harden on the defensive end, but it is really easy for him to beat Harden on the offensive end, and when he rushes Harden, he is basically a sudden and accurate.

If it weren't for the fact that there were indeed two big and tall inside the rocket, it would be too special to occupy space, and Qin Yan estimated that he could dunk directly instead of passing the ball several times.

At the end of the first quarter, the Spurs only led by three points.

Harden's efficiency in the first quarter was not high, and he was 2 of 6 under Qin Yan's defense, but this guy made fouls so badly, Qin Yan was made one, Leonard was one, and even Whiteside was made one!

If it weren't for the lack of opportunity to make head-on contact with Dio and Maddy, Harden estimated that he would have to make all of the Spurs' starters in the first quarter.

"That guy made a foul."

Back on the bench, the Spurs are discussing Harden's foul-making skills, after Howard was absent in the first quarter, the Spurs played the interior a lot, but the Rockets directly pressed two big men on the inside, which made Whiteside also very uncomfortable, and the interior was too crowded, and the Spurs were not easy to break through.

"Qin, let's shoot more on the outside and pull them out on the inside!"

"Hassan, you come up more on the outside to block and dismantle the cover, and then go down, Qin They will pass the ball to you, and try to pass as many empty as possible, they don't have Howard on the inside, they can't jump, the air is your territory."

"Ke Huai, you and Qin will switch guards in a while, be careful not to foul more."

……

Popovich is talking to his disciples about tactics, this season Mr. Popovich is "lazy", except for important games he will be very diligent to give tactical advice to his disciples, in ordinary games, Popovich does not have to pause much.

Why? According to the old man's own words, it is to cultivate the disciples' ability to read the game by themselves, and let the disciples exercise their ability to control the rhythm on the field.

But after each quarter, Popovich will adjust his tactics according to the performance of his disciples in that quarter, in other words, Popovich is now only giving the general program, and the specific way to do it needs to be adjusted by the Spurs players themselves.

……

Unlike the Spurs, the Rockets' tactics have not changed much, or in McHale's side, the tactics are all false, as long as the players on the court play well.

Harden took a big sip of water to replenish his physical strength, don't look at him in the first quarter, he was very good in the first quarter, and the breakthrough made the Spurs unguardable, but for Harden, the physical consumption is very large.

Especially he often has to carry Qin Yan, a perverted guy, before he has a chance to break through, in this case, Harden's physical exertion is very large, and Harden feels as tired as he usually plays two quarters in the first quarter.

Coach McHale is pouring them chicken soup for the soul, don't forget the team's traditions, you have to face difficulties when you encounter a strong team, the Spurs are not invincible, anyway, you can boost your morale.

Harden is skeptical about Coach McHale's coaching ability, because in terms of on-the-spot command, McHale is indeed often slow and half-beat, and McHale is also the kind of substitution that is rigid at home, he will use those who think it is easy to use, and those who think it is not easy to use are not used, not to mention any "nine-man rotation", McHale's "eight-man rotation" or even "seven-person rotation" can be made for you!

At the end of the break, Harden was put on the game again, and now the Rockets' lineup is a bit thin, and there is no suitable sixth man, so Harden sometimes plays for a long time in a row.

This is no way, if you play a weak team, forget it, today is a strong team like the Spurs, Howard fell into foul trouble prematurely, where does McHale dare to rest Harden casually, and resting Harden again is equivalent to surrendering in advance.

Harden played, and the Spurs on the opposite side had a lot of people playing, so the main players on the court in the second quarter basically rested enough.

Well, the idea of the Spurs is actually very simple, strive to play the game directly in the second quarter, and then you can rest casually.

Harden swept the Spurs' defensive position, which was quite organized, and this time it was not Qin Yan who defended him, but Leonard, who had the best defense in the Spurs.

Leonard's defensive pressure on Harden is incomparable to Qin Yan, especially the legendary Leonard's trick "Death Entanglement" at the bottom of the box, Harden was defenseless for a while, only heard a "pop" sound, and the ball in his hand was directly cut off.

But at this time, Harden's big boss attribute seems to have begun to bring bonuses to Harden, Leonard just cut off Harden's ball, and before he had time to grab the ball, Harden turned around suddenly, stuck Leonard, rolled his long arm, and actually fished the ball back again!

"Is that okay?"

Leonard's eyelids jumped, hasn't this guy always been quite lazy, why is he so fierce today?

Got the ball back, Harden attacked directly without saying a word, and accelerated with a short body, successfully passing Leonard! Spurs are left with only Whiteside on the inside!

Change the rhythm of the European step!

Seeing that he and Whiteside were fighting one by one, Harden was very relaxed, and as soon as the famous stunt Europe stepped out, Whiteside really couldn't find the direction of his shot.

Bet it!

Whiteside could only pounce in the direction he had in mind, and it was a fluttering pounce.

Of course, without any surprises, he pounced, and Harden dodged him straight away, scoring the ball with ease.

In front of Harden, Whiteside is still a little tender.

But fortunately, on the next offensive end, Whiteside grabbed the rebound and scored the second offense, which can be regarded as regaining face for himself.

But this face came and went quickly, back to the defensive end Harden once again used his breakthrough to force Leonard, it can only be said that Leonard has not evolved yet, and after a stalemate for a while, he still let Harden rush in.

And this time, Harden directly hit the basket and caused Whiteside's foul, and the ball scored and added a free throw!

Whiteside is a little crying without tears, this is different from the script given by the coach, I am the protagonist in this section, why was it used as a background board as soon as it came up?

Qin Yan looked at Whiteside, who wanted to cry, and Harden, who was making free throws, and didn't know what was going on in his head, and suddenly a familiar melody sounded:

Deng, DengDengDeng......