Vol 3 Chapter 403: 3 points wave

It's hard to believe that the Rockets didn't score a point in three minutes. Although the Thunder retain half of the lineup, Harden is also on the court. As the superstar who nearly took away the scoring, assists, and steals last season, his downturn is the main factor behind the Rockets' current disadvantage.
Of course, the Thunder played well here for another reason. The offense was almost rounded up by Anluo. As the sole core of the Thunder in this game, he must stand up. The defensive performance really surprised everyone. In the absence of Westbrook and Paul George, the Rockets with such a strong offensive firepower can't find the state of scoring, which fully reflects how strong the Thunder's overall defensive system is. In the current small ball era, it seems that teams are not particularly concerned about defense, but in fact, none of the teams that have the strength to compete for the championship does not pay attention to defense. The saying that the defense won the championship is not out of date.
D'Antoni became angry during the break. Especially Harden's performance makes this offensive coach very dissatisfied. In D'Antoni's offensive tactics, players can not shoot, but they must not be soft. In the past two years, the old man has become more and more inclined to the magic ball offense, and he has paid more attention to the players' shots. After all, the more you vote, the more you get! According to the theory of probability, when the number of samples is large enough, the probability will stabilize. With a relatively stable hit rate, isn't it just bulls and more! And he is crazy about three-pointers. All Rockets players must learn to shoot from the three-point line. Even a big center like Zhou Qi, in D'Antoni's tactics, always pulls out to shoot three-pointers. Harden made only one shot from the outside in the first quarter, which he couldn't bear.
D'Antoni's rebuke worked. In the second quarter, the Rockets finally found their own offensive rhythm. Harden started to speak on the offensive end, and his hand feels good. The Thunder's defense is still very specific to him, but the well-rounded 3-pointer with a retreat step is simply impossible to defend. An Luo has a deep understanding of this. When Roberson was resting, he was responsible for marking Harden. Since the opponent's breakthrough ability is not weaker than three-pointers, Anluo kept a certain distance from Harden.
Harden played singles with the ball, and after dribbling the ball under his crotch, he suddenly started to take the right and break inside. An Luo stepped on a small step and quickly followed the opponent. But just like when he himself occasionally looked for opportunities to take shots from outside the three-point line, Harden kicked his right leg and he withdrew a lot. Moreover, the opponent's actions were quicker and more decisive.
It's okay to just throw the ball like this. Even if Harden makes a three-pointer with a back step, the shooting percentage always limits the efficiency of scoring. The most frightening thing is the perverted ability of this guy to make fouls.
If An Luo rushes to interfere with the opponent's shot, Harden will follow the trend and stick to him, hang An Luo's arm, or shoot against An Luo. Even if An Luo paid attention to this problem and didn't rush so quickly, after Harden took the shot, his body was always touching An Luo's body for fear that An Luo could not touch his cylinder. If you touch it, you will fall down. If you fall down, you will probably be fouled.
Fouling is definitely a very important way for Harden to score offensively. In his breakthroughs, he always took the initiative to find confrontation. The keen ability to react allows him to complete the shot in the shortest time, and then get the opportunity to stand on the free throw line. An Luo felt that this guy was like a hedgehog, he couldn't let it go, but he couldn't touch it. Can only be cautious, or double-team as in the first quarter. Just hold it in place, and will not give him a chance to move. However, once the meeting is doubled, someone will be emptied. Harden's passing and vision are at the top of the league.
In this way, the Thunder's defense was almost restrained by Harden alone, and their offense naturally came out. Donovan also simply, since he couldn't defend himself, he would fight against him. Anyway, this game was ready to lose before it started.
After the official timeout came back, the Thunder took the lead in making changes. In the first few minutes, the Thunder was overtaken by a counterattack from the Rockets. This is the normal state of a team that relies on outside offenses. When the hand feels good, the score can be pulled apart in a short period of time. On the contrary, falling behind is also fast.
An Luo walked to the top of the arc with the ball himself, and then handed the ball to Adams who pulled it to the top of the arc, and he took Paul straight to the basket. Of course he was not there to grab rebounds! After turning around the basket, An Luo went straight to the right corner. At this time, Robertson leaned over and stood one meter away from the bottom corner to help Anlor block Paul. At the same time, Ferguson, who was on his right, immediately passed the ball into his hand. A perfect open three-pointer opportunity is here! An Luo took the knife and dropped it and shot the ball into the basket.
When retreating, Anluo and Ferguson slapped. If the ball is passed slowly, the chance is gone.
Looking back, Harden squeezed from the right side of An Luo with a cross step, and then layup against Adams. After landing, the bearded spread his hands and signaled that Adams had fouled him. However, the referee ignored him. An Luo immediately picked up a rebound ~EbookFREE.me~ immediately turned the gun and ran towards his basket.
He is not as fast as Westbrook, but still hit the Thunder's iconic counterattack fast break. Moreover, such a fast break was in An Luo's hands and ended faster. He ran out of the three-point line in a few steps, grabbed the opponent's unsteady footing, and threw a three-pointer.
"Huh!"
Go in again!
An Luo's performance is not over yet. After the Rockets relied on Paul's dislocation to play Adams, and barely stabilized the situation, Anlo once again hit a goal from outside the three-point line. This time, he took advantage of Harden's skill and stepped back to shoot.
After the goal, An Luo pointed at Harden. Then made the other party's classic salting action. But the latter did not get angry because of it. After all, in the summer, he had been provoked by An Luo countless times! But the Chesapeake Energy Arena fans got excited, they cheered! Americans like to be public.
With An Luo's three three-pointers, the Thunder once again overtook the score. Moreover, the previously depressed morale was instantly ignited. Subsequently, Ferguson and Grant also opened fire on the outside. The Thunder completely turned into a three-point team.