Super Role Player

Anxi stayed close to Harden, and Harden still had no chance. He could only choose to pass the ball.

The first quarter quickly reached the final minutes. The two teams successively replaced their rotation players. Harden, who performed poorly, was quickly replaced by Kevin McHale.

The Rockets replaced Evan Turner, Anxi's former teammate. As soon as Turner came on the court, Anxi greeted him. The two players who were already rivals exchanged high-fives.

After Evan Turner came on the court, he played the shooting guard position against Anxi.

He was also holding back his energy. After being traded by his home team, Evan Turner was not in a good mood. Although he often won with the Rockets, more than with the 76ers, he got fewer opportunities. In his heart, There was a knot in there, and Evan Turner just wanted to prove himself against his old boss.

This game is full of self-proofs, naturally also because of the transactions between the two teams on the trade deadline.

After Evan Turner came on the court, the Rockets' defense got a little better.

After the last two minutes, the 76ers scored 38 points in a single quarter on the road, and Anxi scored 22 of them, completely suppressing Harden in terms of personal performance.

The 76ers scored 39 points in a single quarter, while the Rockets, who had a poor offensive start, only scored 23 points. At the end of the first quarter, the Rockets fell behind by 16 points.

In the second quarter, while Anxi was leaving the game to rest, the Rockets replaced Harden.

Without Anxi's control on the court, Harden is like Monkey King without the suppression of Tathagata Buddha, starting to cause trouble in heaven.

Harden made sudden shots and scored consecutively. In a few minutes, he beat the 76ers 13:2. The 76ers only relied on Shaun Livingston's mid-range shot to score 2 points, and the point difference was therefore eliminated. It was reduced to 36:41, and the Rockets were only 5 points behind.

Taking advantage of the dead ball opportunity, Brett Brown had no choice but to replace Tathagata Anxi back.

But as soon as he came on the field, it was the Rockets' offense. Harden took advantage of Anxi's absence and scored 8 points on 2 of 4 shots with free throws. Adding in the first quarter's data, he already scored 12 points on 3 of 10 shots. .

On Anxi's first goal as a substitute, Harden also continued his touch, using the screen to move laterally, directly avoiding Anxi's interference, and shot a three-pointer.

With a bang, Harden scored another 3 points! He scored 15 points on 4 of 11 shots, and the score between the two teams reached 41:39.

In the 76ers' offense, Shaun Livingston controlled the ball past halftime, and Anxi directly reached for the ball.

Harden continued to defend Anxi. In this game, Harden's serious defense was very good. At least he would not miss people easily and would not defend with his eyes.

Anxi, who had just appeared, also found his touch, broke through to the mid-range, leaned on Harden with his back, turned around and shot a fadeaway jumper, but it missed with a bang.

Fortunately, Cole Aldridge did a good job in protecting the rebound, directly overpowering Motiejunas to grab the rebound, and then passed the basketball out with a pass.

Anxi ran just outside the three-point line, caught the ball and hit another three-pointer.

Swish!

Anxi suddenly waved his long arm!

Enter again! Anxi's fifth three-pointer of the game! His personal score has reached 25 points!

The Rockets attacked, James Harden continued to attack with the ball, and his emergency jump shot was interfered by Anxi, but he missed!

Cole Aldridge continued to suppress Motiejunas and grab rebounds. The Rockets' current inside combination is Motie Junas and Terrence Jones, and their protection of inside rebounds is really poor. After Anxi came on the court, they asked Cole Aldridge to pick up two rebounds in a row, one of which was an offensive rebound.

After Cole Aldridge grabbed the rebound, he immediately gave the ball to Anxi. Anxi quickly advanced with the ball and rushed to the frontcourt, forming a fast break.

Rushing into the three-point line, Anxi made a diagonal pass and cut into the penalty area. Evan Turner rushed over to block Anxi.

He put his hands in front of his body, trying to cause Anxi an offensive foul.

But Anxi was a thief. He rushed in front of Evan Turner, relied on Turner to turn around, and then turned around and made a layup.

At 46:39, the score expanded to 7 points. Evan Turner slapped the basketball hard and then retreated to the sideline to serve.

Harden attacks with the ball. He has now made 4 of 12 shots, and his shooting rate is appalling.

However, Harden obviously does not have LeBron James' habit of always paying attention to his own shooting percentage. Regarding his own shooting percentage, James Harden does not value his shooting percentage as much as James from the Eastern Conference. He made a breakthrough and was interfered by Anxi again when he was going for a layup. The basketball rubbed against The edge of the rim popped out.

Anxi grabbed the rebound, turned around, took the ball with a long stride, and directly launched a fast break.

The Rockets retreated hastily, Anxi accelerated, made a sharp change of direction from outside the three-point line, passed James Harden, and went straight to the basket.

Motiejunas quickly let go of Cole Aldridge and rushed to cover the defense. The Rockets moved to fill the gap and were unwilling to give Anxi a chance to pass the ball.

Anxi didn't pass the ball, so he sided against Motiejunas and shot from close range. Motiejunas jumped quickly, trying to block Anxi, but Anxi swayed, leaned forward and switched hands for a layup.

A beep! The basketball was put into the basket by Anxi, and Motyjunas jumped on Anxi and received a foul.

Anxi went to the free throw line and made the extra free throw.

At 49:39, the score difference was directly opened to double digits.

Kevin McHale quickly called a timeout, and the situation was out of control. Anxi, who reappeared, scored another 8 points in a row. James Harden, who had just gained momentum, was quickly pushed back by Anxi.

After a pause, Anxi could clearly hear the shouts from the Rockets bench. Apparently Kevin McHale was dissatisfied with Harden's performance.

After shouting a few times, the Rockets did not make any substitutions. They continued to have point guard Jeremy Lin, shooting guard Harden, small forward Evan Turner, and the inside was the combination of Terrence Jones and Motie Yunas.

Seeing that McHale didn't make any substitutions, Coach Zhang shook his head: "McHale's on-the-spot commanding ability is too poor. He didn't even make a substitution after the game was played like this. Harden is the star player. Although he played poorly, he can still play well." I won’t replace him, but the Rockets have a big problem inside in these few goals. The two inside players are too soft. At this time, they should replace Howard. On the one hand, they can strengthen the defense, and on the other hand, the offensive end can continue to attack the inside."

The Rockets did not replace Howard, but their offensive focus still shifted to the inside.

Harden passed the ball to Motiejunas, who singled out Cole Aldridge inside. He used his skillful inside steps to tease Cole Aldridge and turned around for a layup.

Two points hit, 49:41, and the point difference returned to single digits.

When the 76ers attacked, they continued to seize the opportunity. Anxi broke through the bottom line and instantly attracted three people from the Rockets to block.

Francisco Garcia rushed to the bottom corner to receive the ball, and Anxi passed the ball directly.

Francisco Garcia, who got an open opportunity, made a direct three-pointer.

With a swish sound, a three-pointer was hit!

At 52:41, the 76ers continued to expand their lead.

Kevin McHale held his head. When the Rockets let Anxi play in isolation, Anxi scored consecutively. When they formulated special defensive tactics, Anxi assisted his teammates to score. Anxi was almost omnipotent...