Three Hundred and Eighty Nine: Looking up From Gao Fushuai
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McHale overestimated the strength of his team.
He thought the game would be very tense, but he didn't expect to be beaten 10-0 as soon as he came up.
When James Harden is facing a strong defense, his offense does not seem to be as strong as people think. It can be seen from all aspects that Harden is still immature.
Based on his performance in the first three games alone, Harden cannot be defined as a superstar. After all, this was his first time leading a team as a core player. And Link, as the core last season, led the Grizzlies to the hell of the playoffs.
In terms of ability to fight tough battles, Harden is really inferior to Link.
During the timeout, McHale has been emphasizing the three-pointer, which is the only way to quickly close the score. He set up a lot of pick-and-roll tactics for Harden, Jeremy Lin and Parsons.
McHale still doesn't understand that in front of the Grizzlies' defense, the pick-and-roll alone can't solve the problem.
After a brief respite, the two sides re-entered the court. Link moved his arm, trying to relax his muscles.
When it's time to do something big, don't screw it up.
"The game restarted, and the Houston Rockets haven't scored a point yet. The scoring ratio between Harden and Link has also become 0 to 7, and Link is far ahead. Before the game, people said they wanted to see Link. It was the ultimate showdown between Link and Harden, but Andre Iguodala stood up and disrupted the situation. Now, Harden must kill the 'guard' around Link before the showdown can continue."
Everyone is looking forward to Harden's counterattack. If this game is so qualitative, it would be too boring. After all, the game was very popular two days before, if it ended in such a mediocre way, many fans and commentators would be disappointed.
Fans want a good matchup, not Stevens. The responsibility of the head coach is to lead the team to win, not to lead the team to play well. As long as he can win, Stevens doesn't care how ugly the scene is.
The Rockets attacked again after returning from a timeout. This time, Harden's off-ball running was much more active. While he was running, Patterson and Asik double-covered Beard.
After the Rockets came out on the 13th, they immediately received a timely pass from Jeremy Lin. Now, all he has to do is shoot a three-pointer!
But as soon as Harden looked up, he saw Link! The audience was boiling, and their long-awaited matchup finally appeared!
"Link switched to James Harden, and Iguodala went to defend Parsons. Finally changed positions, can Harden use this offense to reverse the situation?!"
Link wasn't affected by the suddenly louder cheers. He changed positions not to catch people's attention, but just because of defensive needs. Iguodala was delayed by two inside screens, and Link had to temporarily leave Parsons to defend.
First, Stevens emphasized that Harden must not be given an open shot. Secondly, Link also believes that Iguodala will switch to Parsons in time, and he has great trust in Iguodala.
Thus, this perfect defense change was formed. Stevens couldn't help applauding off the court. Link and Iguodala's defensive chain can't be broken by everyone.
These two guys don't need to communicate with each other, just rely on their ability to read the game, and they can switch defenses tacitly.
Harden also wanted to rely on this offense to boost the team's morale, so after Link blocked the space for a three-point shot, the bearded man did not pass the ball, but took a few tentative steps.
He wants to single Link!
Link covered Harden's eyes with one hand at any time, and interfered with his dribbling with the other. In short, it is to prevent Harden from easily pulling up the shot.
In the end, Harden chose the emergency stop jumper after the breakthrough!
But at this time, Harden's offensive method is still too simple, and this kind of emergency stop jump shot is not confusing to Link at all. Link raised his arm and jumped lightly, which seriously interfered with Harden's shot!
"It's still a shot against the defense,
Can James Harden this time... Hey, still not in! "
The commentator sighed, Harden was completely blocked by Iguodala and Link today!
"This is already a switch defense, but no matter how you switch, Harden is facing top-level defenders. By the way, even in the rotation time, the Grizzlies can still send Tony Allen, who was selected last season. The best defensive first team player. The Memphis defense is terrible!"
A team has three perimeter defensive gates at the same time? It's just too scary!
Harden hit the iron, and Link immediately rushed to the frontcourt! He doesn't have to worry about rebounding at all, and the black and white bears won't let Asik and Patterson have any chances to compete for offensive rebounds.
As Stevens said, Link only needs to think about how to score today!
After Conley received the pass from Gasol, before halftime, he passed the ball long to Link.
In the eyes of fans and commentators, Link is facing James Harden at this time. But in Link's eyes, what stood in front of him was an ATM machine.
When Link received the ball, the Rockets' defense hadn't fully retreated. He made a fake pass and caught Harden's attention. Then he accelerated and passed Harden with ease.
Link himself shook his head, Harden's defense is really Buddhist. As long as he gets passed, even if it's only half a body position, he will stop chasing him immediately!
So Link made a jump shot from the mid-range with ease, and made a textbook-like mid-range shot. Link scored the goal in the way Harden failed just now. This seems to be a one-on-one teaching!
"Look at this breakthrough and shot. This is the correct way to open the pull-up jump shot. Has James Harden learned it?" The commentator couldn't help but tease, and then looked at the data by the way.
Link has already scored 9 points in a single quarter! And, there's no sign of stopping.
More than ten seconds later, Jeremy Lin's three-pointer from the bottom corner finally helped the Rockets open. But even so, the Rockets are still 9 points behind. The scoring ratio between Harden and Link is still far behind.
"Toughen up, damn it, don't let him have his way!" This time, before the Grizzlies attacked, McHale shouted at the Rockets.
Maybe, McHale is ready to rush up and "foul the clothes hanger" on Link. But he looked down and found the suit he was wearing now, so he could only express his thoughts by shouting.
Parsons then defended very hard in the next round. I have to say that a "high, rich and handsome" who still wants to play well is indeed a very good player.
It's no wonder that many teams will rush to give him a big contract in the future. Therefore, even if you are lucky, you must have the support of strength.
But now Parsons is still too young. He tries to pester Link to keep him from receiving the ball. Link then handed over Gasol who was holding the ball in the high post, and after getting the ball, he broke through!
Parsons was delayed by Gasol, so after coming out of the screen, the good-looking second-round pick charged Link like a raging bull. His defense and Harden's defense are simply worlds apart. If Harden encountered this situation, he would stop and watch Link shoot the ball.
Harden: Chase? What is there to chase? Let him get two points, and I'll be done if I get three more points.
But Parsons is different. As a second-round pick, he knows very well that hard work is the capital for survival!
Just when Parsons was about to catch up with Link, Link suddenly took a big step back as if he had eyes on the back of his head!
Parsons rushed so hard that he had no time to turn around! So he had to forcefully change his center of gravity, raising his arms to block Link's shot.
As a result, the shot was not blocked, and Parsons slipped to the ground because of it!
"Parsons fell, he was knocked to the ground by Link's very sudden step back! Haha, this is not the first time Link has done it. Seeing this scene, Andrew Bynum must still have a dull pain in his ass !"
Gao Fushuai lay on the ground in embarrassment, looking up at Link. At this moment, Parsons had only one voice in his heart.
"This guy is too strong!"
With an easy shot, the basketball hits the net with precision, and Link scores two points! The fans in the stands were cheering, and the entire Grizzlies bench was dancing. Nick Young and others imitated Parsons' slipping action just now, and McHale was out of breath when he saw it.
Why don't those idiots on the Grizzlies bench go to Hollywood!
But no matter how much McHale complained, Link's attack was indeed exciting enough.
Most importantly, before he knew it, Link's single-quarter score in the first quarter had become 11 points.
From the first quarter, Link took over the game. How many points can he get in the end? Stevens didn't know.
But the marshal assured that in the future, no one will say that Link's scoring power is not as good as Harden's.