"Beep!"
At the beginning of the game, the referee threw the basketball high into the air. Jordan jumped up high and stretched his arms with amazing speed, and passed the ball to the captain Chris Paul.
After Paul caught the ball, he slapped the ball hard, made a wonderful dribbling, and came to the frontcourt.
Fans on the sidelines booed and shouted:
"He turned his wrist and it was a dribbling violation!"
The referee turned a deaf ear. This kind of ball is generally not called. Unless it is overdone and takes five, six, seven or eight steps with the ball in the backcourt, and it is really impossible not to call it, the referee will call it.
Griffin moved to the top of the arc to cover Paul, blocking Jeremy Lin in front of him.
Paul got rid of Jeremy Lin and broke inside to change the Rockets' defense. Griffin on the side immediately came down after completing the screen. Paul only felt a gust of wind passing by, and he threw the ball high with his right hand.
The basketball flew over Garnett's long arms and flew toward the basket.
A white shadow jumped high, hovered in the air and waited, catching the ball with both hands and smashing it into the basket.
"state!"
The backboards rattled, and the White Monster left its mark on the Rockets' home basket.
2:0, the Clippers made a classic empty connection and scored two points preemptively.
Xu Xin was dumbfounded. The Peak Shark didn't see it, but the Peak White Monster did. It turned out that it was so shocking to see it up close.
After Griffin jumped up, he stayed in the air waiting for the ball to come. He waited for half a second. The strength of his waist and abdomen was really amazing.
Jeremy Lin holds the ball in his hands and organizes the team's offense.
Asik covers without the ball on the wing, creating an air-cutting opportunity for Butler. This is a common offensive method used by the Rockets.
Jeremy Lin passed the ball through to Butler who ran out of opportunity. Unexpectedly, a white light passed by and he stretched out his hand to intercept the ball.
It's Griffin again!
After stealing the ball, he sprinted toward the opponent's basket.
"state!"
A tomahawk dunk wreaked havoc on the Rockets basket again.
The ball was very stretched and soared to an astonishing height, almost a flat frame, which caused a burst of exclamation from the fans at the scene.
Jeremy Lin and Butler looked at each other with solemn expressions. Griffin was in great shape tonight, as if he had been given a shot.
Jeremy Lin once again held the ball through half the court. This time he changed his tactics and called Asik to do a pick-and-roll with the ball. Facing DeAndre Jordan's defense in the pick-and-roll, Jeremy Lin didn't say anything, lowered his head and accelerated past DeAndre Jordan, and hit the board with his right hand for a layup.
"Bang!" "Bang!"
Jordan caught up behind him and nailed the big block.
Griffin collected the rebound and handed it to Paul to counterattack while he rushed forward.
The Rockets retreated quickly and built a line of defense near the penalty area. Paul looked at six directions and saw no chance inside. He passed the ball without looking at the 45-degree three-point line on the right side.
When the ball came to the player, Willie Green caught the ball, looked down at the three-point line, then raised his head and shot, hitting the ball from outside the three-point line.
The chasing three-pointer was scored, 0:7, and the Clippers got off to a dream start.
Jeremy Lin didn't react. He knew Jordan's shot-blocking ability. He had already raised the height of this ball and chose to hit the ball high for a layup, and he was still blocked.
"A group of talented monsters."
Xu Xin shook his head and smiled bitterly. These past few years have been the peak of Jordan and Griffin. Although these two insiders have rough skills, they have excellent physical fitness. They are almost the strongest inside duo in the league. Only the Grizzlies' black and white bears. I can fight with him.
"Stay steady, we can win."
Harden patted Shu Hao on the shoulder and said.
Jeremy Lin took a deep breath, calmed himself down, and came to the frontcourt with the ball again. Facing Paul, Jeremy Lin once again stormed to the basket.
"Are you still coming?" Xiao Qiaodan muttered and jumped up again, waiting in the air to prepare another hot pot meal for Shu Hao.
Shu Hao learned a lesson from his mistakes, tightened his core in the air, and folded the ball to find Butler in the bottom corner. After receiving the ball, the latter shot with open hands and a shot from beyond the three-point line.
At 3:7, this three-pointer was recorded and helped the Rockets stabilize their morale.
Butler ran to the backcourt and high-fived Shuhao.
"This is the team atmosphere that a championship-level team should have."
Xu Xin sighed.
Don’t complain when teammates make mistakes, encourage each other to make progress together.
Paul has the power to observe the movements of his teammates.
Griffin came to 45 degrees on the right side of the three-point line and provided Caron Butler with a back screen. The screen was of high quality.
Caron Butler used the screen to get rid of Jimmy Butler. After receiving the pass from Paul, he passed it to Griffin who had just completed the screen.
Griffin caught the ball, took a step inward, and faced the basket guarded by Asik, soared forward, and was about to hit a one-arm slam dunk across Asik.
"Boom!" "Beep!"
The basketball hit the neck of the basket and popped out, but the referee's whistle sounded and Asik fouled.
After all, he still suffers from his wingspan. If Griffin's arms were longer, the ball would have been scored.
Xu Xin said with a smile, and the assistant teacher next to him agreed very much.
Griffin walked to the free throw line, found rhythm by shooting the ball, adjusted his breathing, took a shot, and made the first free throw.
3:8.
The second free throw missed and Garnett collected the rebound.
Shooting is Griffin's weakness, or a common problem among most post players in this era. This season, Griffin's free throw percentage is only 66%, and one of two free throws is the norm.
Jeremy Lin organized the offense and looked at each other covertly with Harden.
This was about to be tactical. Harden understood it and made a fake cut to the basket. He stopped suddenly and turned around to run up the line.
With the help of Garnett's screen, an open three-point opportunity appeared at 45 degrees on the right side.
Jeremy Lin passed the ball straight to the past. The ball was very fast. Caron Butler tried to steal it but missed it.
Harden catches the ball without making any adjustments, and stretches his bow and arrow outside the three-point line.
"Uh-huh!"
A solid hit.
6:8.
Jeremy Lin assisted Butler and Harden each to hit a three-pointer, chasing the point difference to two points.
This is why the small ball era has arrived. The Clippers played very lively on the scene, with alley-oops and counterattack dunks. The Rockets also fell into a passive start.
But when the Rockets found their touch in time and scored two three-pointers, the point difference was quickly recovered.
And the physical exertion is less. In the long run, even if the Rockets' offensive efficiency is not as good as the Clippers, they can still win.
Paul glanced at Harden. The Rockets scored. As the captain, he naturally had to respond.
Jeremy Lin chose his defensive position, opened his arms, and was ready.
Paul dribbled behind his back, lowered his center of gravity, dribbled with his right hand and rushed forward to the right, successfully shaking Shuhao's center of gravity. Then he pulled back, changed direction one after another, broke through to the left, and passed Shuhao in one step.
Facing Garnett's defense, Paul used his signature skill to hit the ball and hit the mid-range shot steadily.
6:10.
When the Rockets attacked, Jeremy Lin chose to respond this time, not because he wanted to be brave, but because of the coach's deliberate arrangement.
It is the task given to him by McHale to consume Paul as much as possible on both offense and defense.
Asik once again put up the screen and blocked Paul tightly.
Jeremy Lin took advantage of a single screen to break into the paint and made easy throws at his fingertips.
