With this goal, Lu Yao had already scored 10 points, and it was not even half a quarter into the game.
This is Lu Yao's ridiculous scoring efficiency. As long as he wants to, scoring is a matter of control.
And while scoring, Lu Yao was also trying his best to mobilize the offense of his teammates, making them active on the court.
This Thunder without Westbrook and Durant, under the leadership of Lu Yao, actually showed a new side.
Opposite the Rockets, both offense and defense were blown away by the Thunder. The current score is 15:7. The Thunder lead the Rockets by eight points and even have a tendency to continue to expand.
Lu Yao scored 10 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists, showing his heroism.
Looking back at the Rockets, Harden made 3 of 4 starts, 2 of 2 three-pointers, and scored 8 points and 3 assists, but he couldn't help Howard's trap.
Howard has made three shots since the beginning, all of which were hits. One of them was directly caught by Lu Yao.
Almost half of Lu Yao's goals were scored on Howard's head.
It can be said that Howard is the current war criminal of the Rockets.
What's more, Howard has no intention of changing now and still occupies the offensive position. If he continues to maintain it, then the Rockets will fail because of Howard.
Therefore, after Lu Yao scored a fadeaway jumper against Howard, the Rockets coach quickly called a timeout and quickly summoned the players to make tactical adjustments.
Howard, who had poor touch, was directly replaced and replaced by black dog Beverley.
Beverley's defense is extremely fierce, and Durant also suffered losses under him in 2019.
The main purpose of the Rockets sending Beverley was to restrain Lu Yao.
But now Beverly is still a little immature, and Lu Yao is still a handful.
Although Beverley suffered a loss from Durant back then, it was only a loss. He still won the series with an extremely terrifying efficiency of 35 points per game.
The current Beverley is not as ferocious as he was with the Clippers in 2019, so he is still a little behind when facing Lu Yao.
As for the Thunder, the tactics remain unchanged. The four starters are used as foils for Lu Yao, and the tactics are all centered around Lu Yao.
Donovan's three points this season have impressed many Thunder players. First, he ensured that the Thunder management signed Lu Yao with the maximum salary. Second, he knew how to arrange tactics around Lu Yao.
As for the third point, Donovan knows how to hug Lu Yao when the team is in crisis.
Although the third point sounds a bit ridiculous, if you say this in front of Donovan, he will agree with these three points.
After all, in a league without the genius Lu Yao, Donovan's overuse of Durant caused Durant Jones to fracture.
It was okay to injure Durant, but while Durant was recuperating, Donovan became dizzy, which directly greatly reduced Durant's status in the team's tactics and established Westbrook as the first core.
Westbrook's prone style of play has led to some of his wrong decisions leading to the team's failure.
Not only did the Thunder fail to enter the playoffs in the 14-15 season, the Thunder in the 15-16 season was also because of Donovan's decision, which triggered a series of chain reactions, leading to the Thunder being overturned 1-3 by the Warriors and falling in front of the Finals. .
Durant left the Warriors, and the Thunder never got beyond the first round. The Thunder in later generations was also extremely miserable.
But this time, Donovan did the right thing. Although Lu Yao was the core, he chose to be calm and did not reflect his value as the core at the expense of Dewey's second young master's status.
The Thunder's 11-game winning streak to top the league is the best proof.
Now facing the Rockets, a strong team in the Western Conference, the single-core leader Lu Yao did not disappoint Donovan.
Soon, the short pause ended and the game resumed.
Turning his attention back to the court, the ball was handed to the Rockets. Yunus served from the baseline and handed the ball to Harden to organize.
Harden dribbled the ball across half court, came to the wing, and waved towards his opponent, indicating that he wanted to play singles.
And what he faced was none other than Robertson of the Thunder.
Robertson still seems to have a hard time defending Harden.
After constantly testing with three threats, Harden saw the opportunity, dropped the ball on the right side of Robertson, and broke into the inside.
Because Robertson was stuck in position by Harden, which caused a slow start, Harden immediately pulled him away.
After Harden broke into the paint, he scored with a very easy shot, helping the Rockets chase the score to 6 points.
Needless to say, Harden's personal abilities are still outstanding.
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Lu Yao was double-teamed and saw that there was no room for shooting. He wanted to pass the ball to his teammates, but he never thought that Harden next to him would directly kill Lu Yao.
Because there were two people blocking him, Lu Yaosheng couldn't grab it and could only watch Harden advance towards the frontcourt with the ball.
After Harden stole the ball, he led his teammates to launch a fast break. At this moment, the basket in the backcourt seemed to be in the Rockets' bag.
Advancing all the way, Harden came to the three-point line and passed the ball to Ariza who had already reached the free throw line.
Ariza received the ball, took two steps forward, jumped up, and scored with an explosive smash!
The Rockets' bench immediately started boiling because of this goal.
The Rockets' score also reached one point with this goal.
This is good news for the Rockets.
Harden glanced at Lu Yao with a slightly mocking look. Lu Yao, who was stunned, patted his jersey, raised his head, and met Harden's eyes.
Seeing the contempt in Harden's eyes, Lu Yao was stunned for a moment, then raised the corners of his mouth.
Are you mocking me? The person who mocked him last time is still sitting on the bench.
Ibaka ran to the backcourt, received a pass from the referee, came to the baseline, and passed the ball back to West.
West dribbled the ball toward the frontcourt, and after halftime, passed the ball to Lu Yao without exception.
Now for the Thunder, all offenses revolve around Lu Yaolai.
Facing the Rockets' double-teaming tactics, Lu Yao would not make the same mistake as before. Before the double-teaming was in place, he had already forced his way out and broke through to the inside.
At this moment, Harden stepped forward to defend Lu Yao from the free throw line. This was the first one-on-one showdown between the two of them.
Looking at Harden in front of him, Lu Yao laughed.
By coincidence, you are the one I am looking for.
Lu Yao suddenly smiled, Harden couldn't stop it.
No, buddy, you have nothing to do, why are you laughing?
But before Harden could figure it out, Lu Yao suddenly disappeared in front of him.
Harden's pupils dilated, and when he turned around, Lu Yao turned around like thunder and passed Harden directly.
Lu Yao rushed into the empty paint, jumped up in front of the basket, raised his hand and made an explosive two-handed slam dunk!
"You alone want to guard against me?"
