"Sane passerby, I think Chen Xi is so handsome when he plays basketball! He is a fan!!!" ID: Chen never talks nonsense
"Chris, what are you doing?"
Chen was enjoying being a troll for himself, when suddenly, a big head popped out from the side.
Westbrook looked at the content on Chen Xi's mobile phone curiously. The Chinese characters on the screen kept passing by, which made him look confused.
"Oh, I am interacting and communicating with the Fanss in China." Chen paused and looked at Turtle Turtle with a serious look.
Turtle Turtle is indeed a top student. After studying Chinese with him for a period of time, I really learned something from him. Now I can barely understand some words. At least I no longer believe in such low-level deceptions as "Dad hit me."
In case he recognizes her, what she just typed is "Chen Xi is so handsome, I really want to give birth to a monkey for him."
Then his image of Guang Zhengwei completely collapsed.
Westbrook looked at Chen Xi in confusion, feeling that he was going crazy again, but he had no evidence.
"It's almost time. Second Half is about to start. Why don't you go to the court to warm up your body again?"
"Go, go! Elbow!" Chen immediately put down his cell phone, stood up and finished dressing up, then followed Turtle Turtle's footsteps and walked towards the player tunnel.
Second Half Start soon.
Chen Xi and Butler continue to appear together.
Rockets, Harden and Paul appeared at the same time, hoping to recover the score as soon as possible.
Thunder had the ball, Butler took the ball from Harris and moved it to Frontcourt alone. Facing Ariza's defense, he stretched out his hand and made a gesture to signal Teammates to move.
Then follow the Pick-and-Roll of Harris, break downward, enter Mid-range, and break out to Chen Xi on the outside.
Chen Xi took advantage of Little Sabonis's cover and just stepped out from Baseline. After catching the ball, he immediately attracted Rockets's defensive respect. Harden and Ariza rushed towards him at the same time.
So Chen swung the ball again and gave it to Kennard who was squatting on the side of Corner. He caught the ball and shot, and Three-Pointer made a hit.
An excellent cooperation, Chen Xi relied on its huge defensive attraction to create ample space for Teammates to take action.
Rockets attack.
Paul holds the ball to Frontcourt, waits for Teammates Move up for pick and roll at Top of the Key, then calls Sabonis, and continues to play small Isolation.
Continuous Top of the Key scrambled, once again swaying and shifting Little Sabonis's center of gravity, and then quickly broke through, attracting Kennard to help defend, and then played the ball to Nene who was passing down.
Nene caught the ball and rushed directly to the frame. In the absence of Little Sabonis, Harris couldn't stop him at all. Nene directly connected with Contact Layup to complete the finish.
70 to 63
Thunder attacked again, but this time through movement, Harris took an open shot and failed to hit, thus missing a good opportunity.
Rockets immediately began to advance the counterattack.
Paul takes the ball and plays it to Fast Break. Halfway through, the ball is given to Harden on the Three-Pointer line.
James·Harden, catch the ball at the Three-Pointer line, jump directly, Chasedown Three-pointer.
Huh~~
Rockets narrowed the score difference again.
Three-Pointer The ball is like this, a double-edged sword. If it doesn't go in, it may be a long Rebound, which will make it easier for the opponent to play quickly.
After Chen Xi was transported from Backcourt Receive Ball to Frontcourt, he looked for Pick-and-Roll of Kennard, came to Paul again, and tried to name Brother Pao again.
But this time Paul went directly to Hedge first and came closer, not giving Chen Xi a chance to take action. Then, after Harden squeezed through the screen, he immediately returned to defense and went to Kennard.
Chen Xi also directly played the ball when he saw this.
Kennard on the other side, catch the ball and shoot. Before Paul is in place, Three-Point Shot immediately.
Still didn't get in.
It's because their performance is always unstable, so they are role players. What's more, Kennard is just a rookie this year.
Rebound was protected by Nene, then passed to Paul, Rockets again Fast Break.
It was Harden again. He caught the ball again at the Three-Pointer line at a 45-degree angle on the left. Facing Chen Xi who actively returned to defend and got into position early, Harden chose to break through with the ball.
Taking advantage of Thunder's defensive formation not yet being implemented, he quickly broke through, used his body to push Chen Xi into Interior, then jumped under the basket, and after Contact created space in the air, he shot and put the basket in.
70 to 68
Just two Possession and Rockets recovered the point difference.
There is a suffocating sense of oppression. If you relax even a little bit, problems will arise.
Donovan stood on the sidelines, looking at the player Re-inbound pass, his expression still calm. He believed in the abilities of Chen Xi and Butler. They were just two substitutes and failed to seize the open opportunity. It is understandable.
Chen Xi took Basketball from Butler and turned to face Harden. This time, he wanted to fight it himself.
The role of the stars is to use hard power to open up the situation when the team is in trouble, rather than to score points crazily when the wind is blowing.
Between-the-Legs Crossover connected to Dribble behind him. Chen Xi looked at Harden's defensive actions and began to read and understand.
The moment he saw Harden's right foot moving slightly, Chen Xi quickly brought the ball back in front of him with his right hand, and then made a cross over, pretending to break through to the right, and successfully deceived Harden. Then he made a sharp change of direction, quickly broke through from the left, rushed past Harden, and came to Mid-range. He collected the ball and avoided the big hand extended by Ariza. Facing the approaching footsteps of Nene, Floater shot with a high arc.
Scored two points to stabilize the situation.
At his peak, Harden's defense is pretty good when he takes it seriously, but the premise is that he has to take it seriously.
As we all know, during the Regular season stage, Harden's paddling and defensive eyes from time to time have always been a major problem that people have criticized him for.
This was the case with the ball just now. Although it was passed, in fact, if Chase Defense works hard, it can still get close to Chen Xi again and cause interference, but LeBron's choice is to stand where it is and look at Teammates Help defense, then wait for Chen Xi to score, then slowly run towards Frontcourt.
I thought this would be the beginning of another high score between the two sides, but in fact, it was the end of Third Quarter's rare smooth score Possession.
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After several Possessions, both sides entered a scoring drought again.
Chen Xi Touch declined, Mid-range failed to score twice, and Kennard failed to seize the opportunity, which brought Thunder's offense to a standstill.
But fortunately, Rockets's Offensive Efficiency is not high, and Harden's outside shooting fails. Under the shrinking defense of Thunder, it is not easy to get in, so he can only rely on causing fouls to score points.
Soon, Donovan called out Timeout, and watched as Harden successfully called out Kennard. After scoring four consecutive free throws, he could no longer sit still and immediately replaced Kennard with Roberson.
At the same time, Chen Xi was also replaced and Westbrook was put back on the court.
"Since Touch is not in good condition, it is better to rest for a while and adjust the state." Donovan communicated with Chen Xi in a low voice, saying that she was thinking about him to prevent him from getting emotional.
As for Kennard, the rookie role player, just sit down and reflect on what you did wrong. Why do you expect yourself, Head Coach, to teach him? I am very busy.
The world is such a reality. If you have a high status, naturally everyone will be friendly to you, but if you don't have that level of status and still make mistakes, then just go and stay aside.
If your mental attributes are good, you will be able to calm down quickly, reflect on the problem, and find solutions. If your mental attributes are not good, just consume it internally.
As for Chen, it doesn't matter anymore. Occasionally, Touch is not online. Although it is rare, it is not unheard of. It happened often in the past. Just vote more. But the coach asks you to rest, so it doesn't matter if you take a rest. Just save your energy and leave it to Fourth Quarter.
Chen Xi has a hunch that today's game will definitely go to the end.
So Chen walked to the bench quietly. When he passed by Kennard, he patted his shoulder and told him not to take things too seriously. After lightly comforting the newcomer, he walked into the seat and sat down next to Grant.
He took the towel handed by the team assistant, wiped the sweat from his body, and then turned his attention back to the court.
After Westbrook came on the stage, he immediately showed his effect, conveying his full energy to the Teammates around him.
Continuous personal Isolation made Paul miserable. There was even a flying dunk that passed three people, which suddenly rekindled morale.
Seeing that Thunder was about to open up the score again, Harden finally stopped sleepwalking and began to adjust his state independently. Relying on the Free Throw that had just happened, the recovered Touch, and Isolation Roberson on the outside, used his personal offense to make up for the team's lack of firepower.
However, the role of Roberson is this. Although he is a relatively light forward type, he also weighs 95 kilograms. He will not suffer against a heavy defender like Harden. In addition, Sideways Movement has excellent defensive judgment.
Although there is no guarantee that every ball can be defended, the restriction of Harden is actually much better than that of Grant and Chen Xi.
If it weren't for the fact that his offense was really lagging behind, he wouldn't be on the bench now and wouldn't be able to get much playing time.
In the final analysis, today's era is really not friendly enough to this overly scientific player.
It's not ten years ago now, it's fifteen years ago. If you have good defense, you can play Starting Lineup. Don't you see that Tony Allen next door can no longer play? Although it is due to his age, the type of player is also a dilemma for him.
For players in this era, if you are not the core of the team, then you cannot hold space.
Fox, Morant, and even the early Alexander, their shooting is not good, but they are the core of the team, and their task is to attack difficulties. Their Three-Pointer does not have to be so good.
But even so, they will encounter bottlenecks in the game, and then make changes to increase their outside threats. Alexander's outside shooting in the 23-24 season is much better than in the previous two seasons. Including Fox has also been improving.
As for Morant... as we all know, Gun King has no rival in Western Conference.
But he wanted to make money and couldn't retire directly like Jordan, so he chose to retire for the season (manual dog head)
But role players are different. You are not the core of tactics. You don't have space attributes, so how much do you have to delay the attack?
Even defensive power forwards like Isaac are practicing Three-Pointer. Of course, whether or not they will be able to practice is another matter.
Roberson is in trouble now, which results in him only appearing on specific occasions, such as now.
Rockets's offense has stalled. When a star player needs to step up, he should lead the defense on Harden. Limiting his scoring is equivalent to limiting the entire Rockets team.
However, once Rockets's role players are released, he can no longer play more, because at this time, his single defense limits Harden's role, which will be reduced, and his negative effect in Offensive End is neutralized. Then when he is on the court, he may do more damage to the team than help.
Fortunately, the role players of Rockets were not able to adjust back to form quickly.
So Rockets could only rely on Harden to score intermittently to maintain efficiency, and then Paul would connect the teams from time to time to see if anyone could find the status faster and break the deadlock.
There is no way, you can't expect Paul to score more than ten points in a single quarter, it's unrealistic.
Third Quarter ends, Thunder 94 leads Fourth Quarter by 7 points ahead of 87.
It was another classic eight-man rotation. D'Antoni insisted on the strategy of controlling the main force. At the beginning of Fourth Quarter, he put several Starting Lineup back on the field.
As for Thunder, Chen Xi brings Gordon, Harris, Little Mo, and Little Sabonis to form a lineup of five Wing.
Rockets attacks first, Paul continues to maintain its strategy, using continuous Pick-and-Roll to create a breakthrough opportunity for itself, then enters Interior to attract the defense, then breaks through and distributes the ball to Ariza on the outside.
Ariza catches the ball Three-Point Shot.
Got in this time.
Paul high-fived it happily, and then ran towards Backcourt together.
Finally entered, the role players are opened, and with Shooting Threat, Thunder will not dare to double-team him and Harden unscrupulously. This will also relieve the pressure on Harden on Offensive End.
Thunder attacks, Chen Xi takes possession of the ball and comes to Frontcourt, calls out Little Sabonis Move up for pick and roll, then passes the ball back to Little Sabonis, and runs in the direction of Baseline.
Little Sabonis Top of the Key holds the ball and prepares to deal the cards at a high position. Chen Xi wraps outward from Baseline and staggers with Gordon. Gordon follows Chen Xi made a screen, blocking Harden from Chase Defense. After Harden bypassed the screen, he immediately Reverse cut and Backdoor Cut inward.
After Chen Xi ran out of the Three-Pointer line, he received a pass from Little Sabonis, turned around and made Shot Fake, deceiving Ariza Help defense, and then passed the ball to Harris on the wing, who caught the ball Three-Point Shot.
Changing tactics usually require players to judge the situation on the field to make decisions about who will end the game.
Both Gordon and Chen Xi became a part of attracting defense, and the end point of this attack came to the hands of Harris.
Three-Point Shot, Basketball drew a smooth arc and fell into the net.
Harris, Three-Pointer also enter!
The advantage of Thunder over Rockets is that the bench is deeper and more generous. On the bench of Rockets, only Eric Gordon, Nene, and PJ·Tucker can be used, but Thunder is different.
If Kennard doesn't work, there's Harris. If Harris doesn't work, there's McDermott. If it doesn't work, there's Morris and Grant.
There is always someone who can get in.