Chapter 786 0 Out of 15

Bzdelik doesn't have many ways to deal with it, after all, Harden's current technical characteristics are like this.

He is more reading the Pelicans' defense, and then allowing Harden to score more points and attack the basket more resolutely.

After all, Jokic is not a defensive champion.

Pause back.

The Rockets did not continue to attack Harden, but Paul organized a move.

The Pelicans are also very strong in execution. Harden doesn't hold the ball, so they just use normal man-to-man marking.

Cousins' back hit under the basket was defended by Davis, and the ball was passed to Morris. The latter hit a mid-range jumper, finally breaking the scoring drought for the Rockets.

Tang Tian suddenly gave Davis a mid-range opportunity, but his shot missed slightly.

Cousins ​​protected the defensive rebound.

Rockets' chance.

Paul continues to give the ball to Cousins.

This time, Cousins ​​faced a double-team and was intercepted by Davis in advance.

The Pelicans counterattacked, and Tang Tian assisted Ariza for a dunk.

10 to 2.

The Pelicans started the game somewhat well.

The Rockets had to attack Cousins ​​when they reached the frontcourt, but Jokic went around and didn't give him a chance.

Paul had no chance when he rushed to the basket. He circled around and could only give the ball to Harden.

As soon as Harden holds the ball, Ariza goes around the left side to defend. Harden is forced to go to the right and has to be alert to Ariza behind him at all times.

He drove to the basket and met Jokic's floater.

Jokic stretched out his long arm to interfere.

"Bang!"

His throw was a little behind and hit the back edge of the basket!

0 for 4!

These opening rounds became a microcosm of the first quarter.

Harden and the Rockets have never been able to find a way to crack the Pelicans' defensive strategy.

Harden made 0 of 7 shots in this quarter. He only relied on beating Jokic to get two fouls and scored 4 points. He played the worst quarter of the season.

After the first quarter, the Pelicans led 28 to 18.

Thanks to Morris and Paul's good performance, otherwise Harden's performance would have wasted one quarter of the game.

In the second quarter, Jokic leads the Pelicans, and Paul leads the Rockets.

Paul didn't take a break in the first quarter, and his efficiency was not very high at the moment. Jokic on the Pelicans side left the game early and came back lively.

After this substitute transition period, the Pelicans already lead the Rockets by 15 points 37 to 22.

The Rockets' bench is still weak.

"Harden has to play his best. They can't lose two games in a row so easily. Man, this is your team!"

Barkley is very dissatisfied with the Rockets' performance. He is a Rockets star, and this dissatisfaction is normal.

The best lineup in history was playing like this. He really wished he could play.

The main force returned in the second quarter, and the Rockets' offensive focus shifted to the inside.

However, Davis tightened his defense very resolutely. Morris missed consecutive three-pointers from the outside. Instead of narrowing the point difference, it was further widened.

Harden took three shots in this quarter, but without exception, they all ended in blackouts.

On the one hand, it's the Pelicans' defensive strategy, and on the other hand, his mentality has fluctuated after repeated misses, and the more shots he makes, the more inaccurate he becomes.

After halftime, the Pelicans led the Rockets 55-35 by a full 20 points.

Harden made 0 of 10 shots in the half, 5 of 7 free throws, 5 points, 3 assists and 3 turnovers.

He took ten shots in the half without scoring a single goal in a sports game, and Harden also set a new record for himself.

This is obviously not a good thing.

For Rockets fans on the hotline, they can only pray that Harden can find his touch in the second half.

"If it were me, I would find a hole to crawl into, man, it's the playoffs!"

Barkley slammed the table at halftime. He simply couldn't stand Harden's performance.

"Team Rocket has already fallen before Tangdu even exerts any force."

O'Neill said with a laugh next to him.

"Stevens' tactics are too accurate. I can only hope that the Rockets will make halftime adjustments."

Smith did not gloat like O'Neal, but analyzed it professionally.

Back in the second half, the Rockets made adjustments as expected. D'Antoni replaced Morris with Mbah a Moute, which was obviously to increase space.

In the first round, Harden broke through with the ball, and then passed the ball to Tucker in the bottom corner.

It was too late for Davis to shrink and go back, and Tucker hit a three-pointer.

Tang Tian reacted quickly. Before Stevens could speak, he signaled Davis not to shrink again in the next round.

Davis hit Tucker with a low back and turned around and hit.

D'Antoni changed to a lineup with one large and four small, and the defense of the fourth position was very problematic.

Harden continued to rush to the frontcourt, but Davis did not shrink. He directly used his ability to draw fouls to make Jokic's third foul.

With two free throws, the Rockets narrowed the point difference to 17 points.

Judging from the offensive effect, the Rockets' adjustments in this half were not bad.

Stevens saw it and called Biyombo from the bench.

The Pelicans are currently out of position at the fourth position, and there is not much of an offensive problem. On the contrary, Jokic's defense is holding him back a bit.

Davis continued to attack Tucker in the frontcourt, turned around and shot, causing Tucker's defensive foul.

The game was dead, and Biyombo came on to replace Jokic.

Davis made two free throws to help the team maintain a 19-point lead.

The Rockets still played Harden, Davis did not help defend, and Harden faced Biyombo's counter-throw.

"boom!"

Biyombo is not Jokic. His offense is N blocks worse than Jokic, but his defense is one level better than Jokic.

He used his long arms to directly hit Harden with a big slap in the face.

0 for 11 shots!

But Harden reacted quickly. After catching the ball, he leaned in and took the shot.

Biyombo didn't cover it, but his hands were really long, which caused enough interference.

"Bang!"

The basketball hit the right edge and popped out, but it still didn't go in!

0 for 12 shots!

Harden still hasn’t scored in a sports game!

D'Antoni ran his hands through his hair, going a little crazy.

Davis' fadeaway jumper missed. Harden didn't believe in evil and faced Tang Tian's defense during the counterattack and tried to commit a foul, but Tang Tian avoided it and failed.

"Bang!"

0 for 13 shots!

Smith covered his face and couldn't bear to look.

Barkley already had an expression that said, "You can do whatever you want."

Only O'Neal laughed.

Harden's shooting was a bit autistic and he didn't take another shot for a long time.

The Pelicans only used Ariza to mark him, and increased their defense against Cousins ​​and Paul.

As a result, after this quarter, the point difference between the two sides was further widened, and it was already approaching 30 points.

The Rockets lost worse than the first game.

But the worst thing was Harden, who made 0 of 15 shots at the end of the three quarters and barely scored 10 points on free throws.

This is definitely the worst fight of his career.

The main players of both sides did not appear again in the garbage time of the last quarter. The Pelicans finally defeated the Rockets again 101-80, changing the big score to 2-0.

Harden made 0 of 15 shots and scored 10 points, 5 assists, 2 steals and 4 turnovers. There were no sports goals in the game.

He also broke Jordan's previous record of 0-for-11 shooting and became the new record holder.

In the first game, D'Antoni's dirty tricks caused the Rockets to be brutally beaten.

But in the second game, the two sides started fighting, and the result was just as O'Neal said in the commentary, before Tang Tian even exerted his strength, the Rockets had already fallen.