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1071: Anxiety in good times

"Fuck, what are you doing to defend yourself!"

Draymond Green, who was watching TV at home, couldn't help but curse. The Rockets were easily dunked by Harrell as soon as they came up, which disappointed him.

This is the first time this season that Green is watching a game that has nothing to do with him at home. He hopes to witness the entire process of the Grizzlies' 25-game winning streak breaking the start record, rather than watching the Grizzlies' abuse!

I thought the Rockets would let the Grizzlies taste great, but I didn't know that the Grizzlies took the lead in giving the Rockets a heavy blow.

But in fact, the Rockets actually want to take the lead first. But there is no way. Anderson is like a classic car in front of Harrell and can't run at all.

Basically, Harrell took Anderson away from it.

It’s not that the Rockets don’t work hard, it’s that the gap is too big!

Green thought Harrell was the young man who was not good at doing anything in the Western Conference Finals last season, but it was no longer the case.

This season, Harrell's finishing rate after pick-and-roll is among the best in the entire league.

His attack is much better than Capela and other Brothers.

Although Harrell has a strong physical fitness and his offense is mostly about eating cakes, in fact, Harrell has skills.

After cutting into the basket, he not only relies on brute force. This season, Harrell is even focusing on training his ball-holding offense and back-to-back singles.

These are all things that players who rely solely on eating cakes do not have.

After cutting into the basket, Harrell can score in a variety of situations.

Joggle knew the weakness of Ryan Anderson's slow movement and poor frame protection, so he prescribed the right medicine.

Instead of letting Jokic fight Anderson inch by inch by inch, it is better to let Harrell play the pick-and-roll faster and more efficiently.

Tobias Harris is of course a good choice, but Harris's efficiency in frame shooting is not as high as Harrell.

Therefore, Harrell was not fake from the beginning. He was sent to him, which had a huge tactical effect.

The Rockets' inside line does not have any disadvantages in height, but in terms of speed, it is not certain.

The inside lineman D'Antoni is proud of, who is stronger than the Warriors, may actually not be as powerful as he thought.

The Rockets were hit hard by Harrell's first goal. But this is a basketball game after all, and no team will surrender because of an opponent's goal.

D'Antoni signaled Harden to insist on implementing the tactics, and he believed that after the lesson from the previous round, Harden's passes would no longer be so casual.

So, Harden and Capela's pick-and-roll started to play again outside the three-point line.

After this pick-and-roll, Harden specifically observed Link's position. After finding that Link did jump at him, he hit the ball and sent it to Capela.

This time, Capela successfully received the basketball and walked to the basket.

But unlike Harrell's easy attack on the empty basket, Gasol has been deliberately hiding in the penalty area while pick-and-roll, just waiting for Capela!

The centers of other teams are not afraid to shrink to the basket by Harden's pick-and-roll. If you don't come up and delay, Harden will take action immediately.

But for the Grizzlies, Link's outstanding defensive ability eased this problem.

Of course, Link couldn't get rid of the cover in time every time and appeared in front of Harden. But compared to others, he had a higher probability of successfully defending.

Capela faced Gasol without strong back and basket offensive skills to support him to face it.

In the end, Capela could only force Gasol with a brute force.

The result is obvious, Capela's layup did not hit.

Gasol's defensive ability at low posts is stronger than he looks on the surface!

"Damn, what's the point of playing!" Green complained again. He really wanted to put on a Rockets jersey and put it on himself.

D'Antoni on the sidelines also shook his head secretly. Today's game was very unsuccessful from the beginning!

Is this the strength of the league number one?

This time, Link still chose to launch an attack using a pick-and-roll method.

After Harrell cut in the pick-and-roll, Capela immediately made up for defense.

Anderson? He was a big colander when defending the pick-and-roll.

Facing Capela's return to defense, Harrell was not in a hurry. After he jumped up, he changed hands in the air and avoided Capela's block.

When facing defense, Harrell's method of ending the offense is much richer than Capela. His soft layup feel is something Capela does not have at all.

In the "eating cake", the Rockets were completely defeated!

Harrell yelled excitedly after scoring the goal, full of energy!

Harrell has never forgotten the Rockets. To be precise, he has not forgotten the teams that tried him but ultimately failed to choose him.

At that time, as a young man who had just won the Naa Men's Basketball Power Forward of the Year Award in college, Harrell had been resentful of his inability to enter the first round.

He still remembers that Harrell was both happy and sad when the Grizzlies selected him on the draft day.

What was happy was that he successfully entered the league and joined a good team, but what was sad was that he was taken off in the second round.

He felt he was being looked down upon.

No one wants to be looked down upon, Harden, and Harrell!

When Harrell first entered the league, he told reporters, "I can't wait to go on the court and prove myself. I will record the teams that didn't choose me in my heart and give them good looks."

However, at that time, Harrell, who was still an unknown person, had no weight in speaking. Therefore, not many people still remember the goals he set at the beginning.

And now, Harrell finally has the ability to give those teams that look good to him.

Unfortunately, the Houston Rockets are one of them.

4-0, the Rockets' start was very unfavorable. D'Antoni was killed and could not have imagined that the first person to cause trouble for the Rockets was actually the guy he thought was the least threatening guy!

After two successful goals, Harrell was even more excited.

Link has already scored two goals for him. Now, he will help Link win the 25th straight game!

So then, on the defensive end, Harrell also showed his enthusiasm.

Harden chose to break through Link this time. Seeing this, Harrell hurriedly narrowed the penalty area and tried to support Link.

But in this way, Ryan Anderson was completely emptied.

Harden naturally would not let this opportunity go. In the crowd, "Bearded" accurately found Anderson and transferred the ball outside the three-point line.

Attracting double-teams and passing the ball, this is Harden's favorite assist method besides feeding cakes.

However, Harrell turned the gun and rushed towards Anderson at the moment of Harden's passing.

Anderson shot when he received the ball, but when he jumped, he found that the wild Harrell had appeared in front of him!

"So fast!" Anderson widened his eyes. This season, he had already received Harden's pass and made countless three-pointers.

In the game against the Warriors, Anderson scored 29 points with this move, becoming the Rockets' player with the most points!

This kind of ball is usually nothing unexpected, the only variable is whether you can shoot it.

This is the first time Anderson has seen a fourth position like Harrell that can quickly rush out to interfere with it after shrinking.

But at this point, Anderson had to bite the bullet and shoot. Unfortunately, the basketball he shot failed to cross Harrell's five fingers in the end.

Harrell leaped hard and successfully slapped Anderson's shot into the stands with an extremely exaggerated height.

He wants the Rockets to pay the price, but it’s not just a saying!

"Bang!"

The basketball made a muffled sound, and D'Antoni covered his forehead.

It’s not good to go out, it’s not good to go out!

"Oh my God, Harrell's condition is really great today! If he continues to play like this, Link doesn't have to take action, and the game will be over."

Hubby Brown spread his hands, and the Rockets' performance was disappointing.

As of now, no Rockets plays satisfactorily.

The cheers in the Federal Express Arena were rising and falling, and on the Grizzlies' bench, the players also applauded Harrell's block.

However, Link is probably the calmest person in the audience now, and he doesn't even feel any joy in his heart.

Indeed, Harrell performed very well, and the Grizzlies now have the advantage.

However, the Rockets' most powerful "thruster" has not been started yet!

Link stared at Harden and remained focused.

When will the bearded man take action, the real decisive moment will come.
Chapter completed!
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