king of defenders

Chapter 438 Encountering a Rocket
"beep"

The whistle blows and the game begins.

The Heat are still regular starters, Whiteside, Bosh, Luol Deng, Wade, Dragic.

On the Rockets side, Capela, Beasley, Ariza, Harden, and Beverly played. Howard did not start, and it seems that he may not play today.

Meng Yun and Joseph Young sat together and watched the game on the field. The two sides did not play very intensely. You come and go, and the score is also rising alternately.

After all, this is a preseason game, Wade and Bosh will not be so serious every time, they will adjust their own competitive state, everything is to prepare for the regular season.

The same is true for the Rockets. Harden doesn't have much personal offense, but more about organizing, mobilizing teammates, using himself to tear apart the Heat's defense, and letting his teammates attack.

"Pick and roll."

Harden asked for a pick-and-roll and rushed forward quickly, and Capela immediately slid down. The Heat immediately shrunk the defense, but Harden did not pass to Capela. Instead, he flicked the ball with one hand and gave the ball to the left bottom In the hands of Ariza outside the corner three-point line, Ariza took the ball and made a three-pointer and hit a three-pointer.

Meng Yun's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help nodding: "Harden's organizational ability is indeed very strong, and he has an excellent view of the overall situation. The key is that his personal ability is too good."

Sending assists requires not only excellent passing ability, overall view, and vision, but also excellent personal ability. If you don’t have excellent personal ability, you can’t mobilize the opponent’s defense. Even if you are good enough in other aspects, you often need to rely on the tactical system To be able to send an assist.

And like Harden, he has a strong scoring ability and is too threatening. Once he attacks with the ball, the defense has to respond. Once the defense changes, the rest of the Rockets will have a chance.

Not to mention, sometimes Harden needs to be double-teamed, and once double-teamed, he will definitely miss someone.

"However, there is more to Harden's strength than this." Meng Yun stared at Harden with glowing eyes, observing every movement of Harden, "Harden's real strength is his scoring ability, he has too many scoring methods , It is simply impossible to defend against. In terms of personal singles ability, Harden is definitely the top in the league."

On the field, Harden stepped back, raised his hand and made another three-pointer.

Joseph Young couldn't help clicking his tongue, and sighed: "Harden is too strong. There is no solution to this retreat. There is no way to prevent it. You can only pray that he can't make the shot. Tsk tsk, if Ha How strong would the Thunder be if Deng didn't leave? With Durant and Westbrook and Harden, it's crazy to think about it."

Meng Yun smiled and said, "It's crazy, but it's just thinking about it."

It's not just Joseph Young who feels regret, many people feel regret, the most sad is the Thunder fans, who will sigh every time they think of it, how strong would it be if Durant, Westbrook, and Harden were still together?
It's a pity that the grouping of superstars is not simply 1+1 equals 2. It also depends on the running-in of each other and the adjustment and control of the coach. It is not just a few people piled up together.

In a blink of an eye, halfway through the first quarter.

The score on the field was 18:14, with the Rockets leading by 4 points.

Harden played very well in the past few minutes, with hot touch and exquisite passing. Under his leadership, the Rockets fired three-pointers from the outside and hit four three-pointers in a few minutes.

Fortunately, on the Heat's side, Bosh scored consecutive points inside, Dragic also hit a three-pointer, and Wade even scored a 2+1, which was only 4 points behind.

I have to say that the three-point rain is indeed terrifying.

"beep"

Spoelstra called a timeout.

When the players came down, he started to make substitutions: "Dragic, Bosh, you guys come down and rest. Meng, Haslem, wait for the two of you to come on."

Mike Roberts' face was not very good. He was originally the second pick, but now he has become the third pick. However, who made him play badly in the first few games and was not active at all on the court.

After the substitution, Spoelstra spread out the tactical board and began to arrange tactics: "We are like this."

Not far away, Rockets coach Kevin McHale also made substitutions, replacing Harden and Ariza with Corey Brewer and KJ McDaniels.

Coach Kyle McHale drew a few tactics on the tactical board, made some arrangements, and then said: "The Heat will definitely replace Meng later. Be careful with him. He has breakthrough and sharpness, and he also has excellent shooting ability. .Beverly, get closer and don't let him shoot easily."

As for Meng Yun's breakthrough, Coach McHale is not very worried. There are Capela and Beasley on the inside, especially Capela.

Beverly nodded in agreement, his eyes were fierce, and he snorted coldly: "I don't care if you are the first rookie or not, you don't want to score easily in front of me."

Beverley's defense is very aggressive and desperate.

This is why McHale assured him that he would go against Meng Yun. Although Beverly is only 185 centimeters tall, his fierceness can make up for this. Even opponents who are ten centimeters taller than him will feel uncomfortable.

"beep"

Pause ends.

The two sides returned to the field.

The Heat attacked, Meng Yun advanced to the frontcourt, a figure flashed in front of him, and Beverly had already pounced on him, his eyes were fierce, and he opened his hands, imposing.

Meng Yun frowned, paying attention secretly, dribbling the ball with one hand and protecting the ball with the other. At the same time, he looked at the situation on the court. Seeing that his teammates were not in a good position, Meng Yun gestured.

Whiteside came up to pick and roll, Meng Yun moved quickly, and Capela immediately rushed to delay.

In such an instant, the black figure flickered, and Beverly had already bypassed Whiteside and returned to the front of Meng Yun. He was very close and reached out for the ball.

A strong force hit, Meng Yun frowned, protected the ball and turned around halfway, while exerting strength with his body.Beverly first used his body to put pressure on Meng Yun, and then waited for an opportunity to steal. If he didn't fight enough or took it lightly, he might be robbed by Beverly.

Of course, Meng Yun would not.

"This kid is so strong in confrontation?" Beverly was surprised. He felt it as soon as the two touched. He thought that Meng Yun's body could not resist, but unexpectedly it was not the case at all.

Before Beverly could react, Meng Yun dribbled the ball close to Beverly and turned around, taking advantage of Beverly's waist to draw the ball to bypass Beverly and kill to the inside.

Beverly cried out "not good" and hurriedly chased after him.

Meng Yun's speed was very fast, and he went straight to the inside line. Capela rushed out immediately without thinking too much. Seeing Meng Yun jumping up, he also jumped up subconsciously.

However, at this moment, the corner of Meng Yun's mouth rose, showing a slight smile, and stuffed the ball under Capela's armpit, and gave it to Whiteside, who was down.

(End of this chapter)