As soon as Westbrook slowed down and threw the ball out, Chen Xi caught the ball and broke through. With his quick first step, he passed Anderson and went straight to the basket, facing the empty Basket.
Two-Foot Jump, c-shaped tomahawk!
Beng!!!
After landing, he roared at the audience on the left side of the basket, gave an answer ball, and returned it to Rockets.
At this time, Capela had just passed Midcourt Line. Seeing this, he turned back helplessly.
Paul Backcourt Receive Ball, after seeing the position of Capela, I just gave it a long swing.
Basketball flew halfway across the court and came directly in front of Capela.
Capela reached out to catch the ball. There was only one person in front of him, the slow-moving Sabonis.
Capela chose personal Isolation, quickly dropped the ball, held Little Sabonis Forceful drive, and tried Poster Dunk.
But, no matter what, Little Sabonis is also a big center. He raised his hands very smartly, causing interference, but did not jump.
In the end, the ball in Capela's hand hit the frame.
The absolute bounce height is still a little bit meaningless. If this ball were Griffin, it would have gone in 100%.
I'm not saying that Griffin can jump more than him, but Griffin, he can push people! ( • ̀ω•́)✧
Basketball bounced off, drew an arc, and landed in the audience seat on the sidelines.
Out of bounds, Thunder has the ball.
Westbrook stepped forward, took the hand of Basketball from Referee, and sent the sideline ball.
After Chen Xi took the ball, he moved it to Frontcourt. Facing Harden, he chose Pick-and-Roll to find Westbrook.
After crossing Westbrook's side in two steps, he came to the front of Paul. After a crotch move, he quickly Crossover Step broke through, and then connected with a Step-back jumper.
Three-Pointer Raise your hand and enter.
5 to 7
Thunder overtakes.
When Chen Xi retreated, he shrugged and shouted at the audience on the sidelines, which attracted enthusiastic responses from Fans.
A young white woman in the front row even reached out her hand and tried to touch Chen Xi's butt.
Give Chen a shock.
Damn! My damn charm! I have nowhere to put it!!!
It is worth mentioning that the original Westbrook was rarely willing to move up to provide cover for others, at least in his peak period, he rarely did so, but Chen Xi is so easy to use.
With a height of 1.98 meters in shoes, when you name the point guards of most teams, they are basically Mismatch.
Especially, when playing against a 183 defender like Paul, just pull him out and you're done, there's no way he can interfere!!
Rockets reorganized the attack.
This time Paul came to Frontcourt and handed the ball directly to Harden on the other side, who completed the attack.
Harden holding the ball Isolation Chen Xi.
Continuously connect the left leg in front of the body and under the crotch to find the rhythm.
Chen Xi was fully focused, with his legs spread apart, his hands spread wide, and his eyes fixed on Harden, trying to defend the attack.
Suddenly, Harden moved and quickly dropped the ball to break through from the left. Chen Xi immediately followed closely.
On the Move Contact, Harden pushed open Chen Xi, a look of surprise flashed in his eyes.
It can be clearly felt that the power of Chen Xi is much greater than the last time they faced each other. Last time it flew away with one push, but this time it retreated, but it did not completely lose its position.
However, this is enough.
After the two separated, Harden immediately accelerated a second time and rushed straight into the frame. After throwing away Chen Xi by half, he faced Little Sabonis Help defense, suddenly stopped, used the back half of his body to make contact with Chen Xi, and then took off to take action.
Chen Xi was in a hurry to Chase Defense, and before he could stop himself, he bumped into Harden.
Basketball pops up, but Referee whistle sounds.
Shot foul, two Free Throw.
"Damn!!" Chen Xi slapped Harden's butt in displeasure.
It's hard to guard against it. When it just broke through, it had deliberately avoided Harden's ball protector, but this time Chase Defense did not avoid the sudden brake.
Faced with Chen Xi's dissatisfaction, Harden just smiled and walked up to Free-Throw Line.
Although his smile is obscured by his big beard, Chen Xi can't even see it...
Two free throws were made and Thunder served.
After Westbrook came to Frontcourt, still look for Pick-and-Roll from Chen Xi. If it is useful, use it more often.
After Chen Xi blocked Paul, Pop Out caught the ball, then faced Paul and made a Shot Fake.
Paul quickly started to cut the ball, but it hit Chen Xi's hand.
Beep!!
Referee The whistle sounded, Defensive foul.
Butler stands and changes direction to serve.
Chen Xi pushed away Harden beside him, ran forward to catch the ball, then used Shot Fake to shake Harden's center of gravity, and then dropped the ball to break through. After entering Mid-range, facing Ariza Help defense, he raised his hand and threw the ball.
Westbrook, flew high into the air, caught the ball in the air, faced Capela who had just turned around, and smashed the ball into the frame.
Beng!!!!
"Russell!!!! Westbrook!!!!!"
Another Poster Dunk ignited the atmosphere at the scene.
After Westbrook landed, there was no time to celebrate. He just pointed at Chen Xi and then quickly returned to defense.
Rockets has served the ball.
Harden took Basketball on the Three-Pointer line, turned around to Face-Up, the same Crossover Dribble, this time after making a breakthrough fake move, a double Step-back, Three-Point Shot came directly.
Chen Xi turned to look at Referee, sure enough, don't you brag?
This is considered the privilege of Harden. The superstar whistle, or, Harden whistle, is more appropriate.
After all, this kind of double Step-back, before the official regulations are introduced in 2019 to allow it, only Harden will not be blown away.
What is more classic is that later Curry imitated a shot and was directly called a walking violation by Referee
Curry was crazy at the time, wasn't he a buddy?? He had just used it, if he didn't brag, he would brag me?!!
After Three-Pointer hit, it was 10 to 9, and Rockets took the lead again.
The efficiency of both sides is as high as ever, and the showdowns between high-level stars are mostly about mutual destruction.
The first 7 minutes of the first quarter were basically the solo shows of Harden, Westbrook, Chen Xi, and Paul.
After 7 minutes, Harden took a break and Paul led the team.
His opponents have also changed.
After Westbrook took a break, Thunder was replaced by Butler as the master.
JB holds the ball and faces Ariza's defense. He has no intention of attacking, but chooses to organize in Top of the Key.
Chen Xi and McDermott made a cross move. After covering each other, they went around from Baseline, came to a 45-degree angle to catch the ball, turned around and shot a jump shot.
Eric Gordon was too late to hit Closeout, and Chen Xi easily hit Three-Pointer again.
Chen smiled and pointed at Butler, indicating. "Second transmission! bro!"
With JB's control, Chen Xi also began to change his style of play, from holding the ball to without the ball. With the appearance of McDermott and Harris (replacing Aaron Gordon), Thunder's space was unprecedentedly large, and the success rate of Three-Pointer's tactics was greatly improved.
Naturally, Rockets also changed its strategy with the changes in personnel.
After Harden left the field, Rockets's center of gravity on the field naturally tilted towards Paul.