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Chapter 251 The First Shooting Guard Controversy

Chapter 251 The First Shooting Guard Controversy

After Zhang Zifeng left the field, the 76ers lost one of the most important scorers.

Harden scored 4 points in a row, Gordon hit a three-pointer, and the Rockets quickly took the lead, 12-7, leading by 5 points.

Rondo, Ibaka, and Grant are not players who are good at offense.

Nick Stauskas, while shooting well, lacks the ability to attack with the ball.

The 76ers can only rely on Embiid to support them.He hit the inside and scored 7 points, and then assisted Saric to hit a three-pointer. He led the team to bite the score.

After the two sides each scored a few points, Harden turned on the attack mode to take over the game. He scored 17 points in a row to help the team widen the gap to double digits.

Seeing Harden killing all directions on the field, Zhang Zifeng gritted his teeth with hatred.

If it wasn't for Lao Tzu's end, how would you be allowed to be so arrogant.

With Ariza hitting a three-pointer from the bottom corner at the last moment, the Rockets ended the first quarter with a 38-26 lead of 12 points.

Harden scored 23 points in a single quarter.

Taking advantage of the timeout, Brett Brown sat next to Zhang Zifeng and said: "Now the league rules are conducive to offense. You can't touch the opponent's upper cylinder when the opponent is shooting, and Harden made good use of this rule. ... he's very strong, he's got really strong hands, he likes to put the ball in front of him on the layup, you just want to dig it when you're guarding him. You reach for it and you get him to the free throw line How to draw fouls is an art, and Harden is a master in this area! Jack will need to control your fouls in the next game, and the team needs you. I don’t think you want to sit and watch Harden perform on the sidelines!”

Zhang Zifeng nodded and said, "I understand, Coach."

"You just need to understand!" Brett Brown clapped his hands and called the players over. "In the first quarter, we performed very badly and gave our opponent too many chances. From the beginning of the next quarter, we need to change this situation. We must master the Take the initiative, play to our strengths, control the rebound. Rondo, don't let Gordon continue to play. I believe you can freeze him, can't you?"

"No problem, Coach. I'll have him in minutes!" Rondo yelled.

"Ariza's shooting is unstable, Jamila, put more pressure on him. Ibaka and Embiid, you two must control the penalty area and control the rebound." Brett Brown looked at Zhang Zifeng and said, "As for Harden, just Leave it to our captain. How about it, Jack, can you handle it alone?"

Zhang Zifeng tore off the towel from his head and said, "Of course!"

Brett Brown stretched out his hand and shouted, "OK, let's play! One, two, three, victory!"

"victory!"

At the beginning of the second quarter, Zhang Zifeng received the ball in the frontcourt and put on a three-threat posture.

Harden kept a half body posture facing Zhang Zifeng, but his waist did not sink at all.

Faced with Zhang Zifeng's sudden body shaking, Harden was unmoved.

Zhang Zifeng shook twice in a row, seeing that Harden didn't react much, Zhang Zifeng really chose to jump up and shoot.

Sure enough, Harden failed to defend in place in time.

The ball fell into the basket neatly, and Zhang Zifeng scored the goal as soon as he came on the court.

The Huaxia fans who had been silent for a long time burst into enthusiastic cheers. They had been waiting for a long time.

Seeing the ball scored, Zhang Zifeng breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, after sitting off the court for so long, his hand still didn't feel cold.

Seeing the goal, Harden ran up the field expressionlessly.The other players of the Rockets seemed to be used to it, and they also ran forward silently.

In the frontcourt, Harden faced Zhang Zifeng with the ball again, and he glanced at the opponent in front of him. "You have fouled twice with your back, do you still dare to do it, and do you still want to sit off the court?"

"Stop talking nonsense, if you dare to underestimate my words, see if I dare to give you a big hat!"

Although the words were harsh, Zhang Zifeng became extremely cautious when defending.

Even Zhang Zifeng scored 6 points on Harden's head, and led the team to quickly hit a 14-4 counterattack wave, narrowing the score to only 5 points.

But carrying a big burden on his defense made Zhang Zifeng a little timid, and it was impossible to stop Harden from going inside again and again.

Under the leadership of Harden, the Rockets fired from the outside.

Anderson and Gordon jointly scored 2 three-pointers to help the Rockets open the score in one fell swoop.

In the 8th minute of the second quarter, the Rockets were 55-45, leading by 10 points.

The 76ers have been unable to close the score, Zhang Zifeng is in a hurry.

In this way, if you score a goal and I score a goal, how can you overtake the score.

No, you must guard against your opponent.

Harden once again held the ball and carried Zhang Zifeng into the penalty area. He made a fake move in the penalty area, but Zhang Zifeng was not fooled.

When Harden jumped up again, Zhang Zifeng reacted in time, jumped up immediately, and pressed the basketball that Harden was about to shoot with his raised right hand.

When the ball couldn't be thrown, Harden reacted instantly and leaned towards Zhang Zifeng.

The whistle sounded.

"Defensive foul!" Seeing the referee's gesture, Zhang Zifeng couldn't believe it.

He glared at the referee wide-eyed and shouted, "Sir, that's definitely a good hat. I didn't violate his cylinder, he leaned on me!"

But the referee didn't pay attention to Zhang Zifeng's reaction at all. He still gave Zhang Zifeng a defensive foul.

Seeing that Zhang Zifeng was about to lose control of his emotions, Grant hurried over and pulled Zhang Zifeng away. "Jack, Jack, we have half-time to come back. If you get sent off, then we really have no hope."

Hearing Grant's persuasion, Zhang Zifeng suppressed his anger and walked off the stage.

Originally, Huaxia fans came to watch the game because they wanted to watch Zhang Zifeng.But the referee killed all of this. Zhang Zifeng has played 9 minutes in the entire first half so far.

This made the Huaxia fans unbearable at all, and various boos came from the auditorium of the Toyota Center Arena.

"This is a total miscalculation, you idiot referee ruined what should have been a wonderful game!"

"You black whistle, you will definitely be the best player in the game after the game."

"Asshole, are you fucking blind by accepting Harden's black money? You call foul for such a defense!"

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Seeing the referee calling Zhang Zifeng for a defensive foul, Brett Brown couldn't sit still anymore.

Damn, there were three fouls in the first half, which made Zhang Zifeng wonder how to play in the second half.

Brett Brown left his seat, stood near the technical table and yelled at the referee: "Damn it, I want to appeal. This is obviously a misjudgment. The damned referee is obviously favoring Harden. I will definitely make an appeal after the game." Complain about you!"

Seeing Brett Brown jumping into a rage, the 76ers players were also taken aback.They rarely see the coach lose his composure like this.

Hearing the scolding, the referee gave Brett Brown a foul without hesitation, which made Brett Brown quieter.

Under the comfort of the assistant coach, Brett Brown sat on a chair to calm his anger.

Brett Brown suddenly went into a rage. One was really angry at the referee, and the second was to put pressure on the referee.

Harden is already a master of touch porcelain. If you don't put pressure on the referee and don't blow the home whistle, otherwise Zhang Zifeng won't have to play this game.

Zhang Zifeng committed three fouls, played only 8 minutes in the second quarter, and was forced to rest again.

Seeing Zhang Zifeng walk off the court helplessly, Barkley shouted: "This is a bad penalty. This referee will drag the 76ers into the abyss. No wonder the 76ers coach is so angry!"

Kenny Smith said: "The two fouls in the first quarter, the referee did not make a mistake. Although it was a wrong penalty this time, the referee is also a human being. It is inevitable that there will be misjudgments on the court, otherwise the whistle will not be balanced. It's right. Brett Brown should calm down and think about how to reverse the situation!"

Zhang Zifeng made a defensive foul and made two free throws.

Coupled with Brett Brown's foul count, a free throw.

Harden walked to the free throw line and made 3 of 2 free throws amid the boos of Huaxia fans, extending the team's lead to 12 points.

More importantly, Zhang Zifeng, the core of the 76ers, has committed three crimes.

The 76ers are in crisis!

(End of this chapter)