Start without the ball

Chapter 125 The Fiery Harden

At the beginning of the second quarter, the Shuangdeng combination finally made its debut again.

Rockets lineup: center Nene, power forward Clark, small forward Harden, shooting guard Gordon, point guard Rivers Jr.

Thunder lineup: center Noelle, power forward Morris, small forward Burton, shooting guard Ferguson, point guard Felton.

Felton took the serve, and just after the midfield line, Rivers Jr. stepped forward to put pressure.

Although his dribbling skills are not as good as before, Felton's experience is still there, turning his back to protect the basketball and waiting.

From the bottom corner, Burton bounced to the left 45 degrees with the help of a screen to meet Felton.

Facing a top superstar like Harden, the little fat man was very excited after receiving the basketball. As long as he succeeds in singles, it is the best proof of his strength. Morris, who ignored the free throw line and wanted the ball, continued to try to find Harden's flaws.

Harden was unmoved, since the technique is not good, then try the body, Burton immediately accelerated and rushed to the left.

Harden adjusted his center of gravity to follow him, and Burton immediately put up a fight. The little fat man weighed 111KG, more than 10KG higher than Harden.

Harden gradually lost his defensive position. Harden, who was sitting off the court in the first quarter, had sufficient physical strength at this time. Although he lost his position, he did not give up and chased behind with his speed.

Due to his slow speed, when Burton came to the basket for a layup, Harden defended in place, slapped the ball to the bottom corner, and was picked up by Gordon.

After Gordon got the ball, Rivers Jr. went down immediately. The old Feld couldn't keep up with his speed. Rivers Jr. got Gordon's pass and made a layup.

34:24.

Feld rushed to serve and Burton complained a few words, then took the ball and dribbled it forward.

After Fei Dun came to the frontcourt, with the help of Noelle's pick-and-roll, he rushed to the basket, faced Nene's supplementary defense and missed a throw, and Nene turned around to protect the rebound.

The Rockets attacked, Harden took the basketball at 45 degrees to the left, accelerated the dribble to the inside, and Burton immediately shrank.

Harden stepped back beyond the three-point line and shot.

"Shu~"

A three-pointer hit, 34 to 27, the Rockets have chased the point difference to 7 points.

Tengxing commentary seat.

Ke Fan: "The Thunder are really not enough for Harden. Why didn't Donovan replace Li Haoyu?"

Yang Yi: "The second quarter has just begun, brother Yuzi must take a breath, right?"

Ke Fan: "If you take another breath, the score will be tied."

Donovan on the sidelines was also hesitating. He wanted Li Haoyu to get a full rest, but the situation might not allow it, so he rubbed his chin and thought.

Bayer on the side said: "Don't worry, the Rockets' interior defense is a weakness, as long as they maintain their scoring momentum."

Donovan signaled for Morris to attack, and Felton obeyed the instructions, directing all his teammates to the right side and letting Morris go to the left low post.

Compared with Clark, Morris has a height advantage of 5 cm and a weight advantage of 10 kg, so he can easily get to the position to catch the basketball.

Morris pushed Clark two steps, and after gaining space, he turned to the line, as if he was about to shoot.

Clark was pushed away. Seeing that Morris was about to make a shot, he jumped up and tried to block the shot.

Pointing to Clark, Morris raised the basketball to meet him.

"Drip~"

Clark fouled and Morris went to the free throw line.

Both free throws were made, the score was 36 to 27.

In the next few rounds, the Thunder can achieve something by relying on Morris, but Harden will bring the Thunder even more trouble.

9分45秒时，比分来到42比36，分差来到6分。

On the field, Rivers fouled when trying to steal Felton, Donovan took the opportunity to replace the main force, and D'Antoni also sent Capela, Paul and Tucker.

The Thunder's sideline ball was sent to Schroeder at the top of the arc.

Li Haoyu took the basketball at 45 degrees on the left and faced Gordon:

"It's quite enough to rest for a whole session!"

Gordon said angrily: "Stop talking nonsense, hurry in"

Before Gordon finished speaking, Li Haoyu raised the ball and got up, his heels were already off the ground!
Knowing that Li Haoyu had a terrifying shot, Gordon immediately rushed forward.

Li Haoyu stopped his shot and rushed towards the basket. The two moved in opposite directions, and Gordon was thrown away.

In order to prevent Li Haoyu from scoring the ball at the basket, Capela did not step forward to defend immediately.

Seeing that Capela did not defend, Li Haoyu easily made a mid-range shot from the free throw line.

"Shu~"

44:36.

The Rockets attacked. Harden had a feeling of playing on Burton before. He felt hot and landed at 45 degrees to the left to get the basketball.

Without more BB with Ferguson, Harden immediately accelerated to the left.

Ferguson stepped back again and again to block, and with space, the essence of human retreat stepped out of the three-point line and shot.

"Shu~"

Three-pointer hit, 44 to 39.
TNT commentary seats.

O'Neill: "Harden feels too hot! The second quarter has scored 12 points."

Barkley: "Once he gets the touch, this retreat is invincible."

Ferguson said to Li Haoyu:
"Brother Li, think of a way. It won't work if you keep playing like this. I can't guard against Harden who feels hot."

Li Haoyu: "It's like you can guard against him if he feels bad."

Ferguson: "Now is not the time to talk about this, you really have to find a way."

Li Haoyu: "After he breaks through, you continue to retreat, and leave the rest to me. Go, give them back a ball first!"

Ferguson catches the ball at the top of the key.

Li Haoyu signaled everyone to pull away and fell to the low position on the left again.

Li Haoyu knows how to touch porcelain like his elder brother, who can stand it, Gordon didn't dare to go forward this time, Li Haoyu easily received the pass from Ferguson.

After receiving the ball, Li Haoyu started to dribble the ball backwards, but there was a big difference in strength, Li Haoyu didn't push the ball, and stayed on the spot.

Harden was curious about what Li Haoyu was going to do again, and turned his head to look at the low position.

Ferguson immediately accelerated and rushed to the basket, and Li Haoyu passed the ball along the way.

After receiving the ball, Ferguson stepped up from the free throw line, raised the ball with his right hand, his head was level with the basket, flew a certain distance, and slammed the ball into the frame.

"boom!"

46 to 39.
After landing, Ferguson stepped forward to give Li Haoyu a high five.

Because he promised to let Ferguson participate in the offense, Li Haoyu discussed with Ferguson during the intermission.

As we all know, Harden is prone to distraction in defense, and Li Haoyu took advantage of this. Ferguson, who doesn't often participate in offense, is easily ignored by Harden, so there was this air-cut dunk.

Rocket attack.

The round face Deng took the basketball at the top of the arc and gave it to Harden who was 45 degrees to the left.

After receiving the ball, Harden dribbled the ball continuously under the crotch and accelerated to the left. Ferguson stepped back again and again to block Harden's breakthrough route.

The essence of the human retreat step immediately retreated to the side of the top of the arc. Li Haoyu observed the landing point of Harden's second retreat step, moved ahead of time, and stood still.

After retreating, Harden bumped into Li Haoyu, and Li Haoyu took the opportunity to fall backwards.

"Drip~"

The referee called Harden an offensive foul!

TNT commentary seats.

O'Neal: "Holy shit! Li is such a genius. He stood in advance at the landing point of Harden's retreat. The retreating Harden violated Li Haoyu's cylinder. This is a reverse dribble."

Barkley: "The first half is not over yet, Harden has fouled three times!"

Tengxing barrage.

"Success also takes a step back, and defeat also takes a step back. Brother Deng was clearly arranged by Brother Yuzi today!"

"I didn't expect that Magneto King Harden would suffer from fouls one day!"

"Brother Yuzi, the genius, someone else stood up early and made a breakthrough offensive foul, and Brother Yuzi stood up early and made Harden a step-back foul."

"Is there anything Brother Yuzi dare not play?"

"I'm about to be replaced as soon as I make a shot. I beg Harden's shadow area!"

　Thank you [THORNS] for your continuous rewards!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)