The Godfather of Basketball

The game continued on the field, and Harden dribbled to the frontcourt.

This past summer, Tang Tian redefined Harden.

In the past three years, the Thunder used Harden as a shooting guard, but now the Thunder's new coaching staff defines Harden as a combo guard.

The current lineup on the field is Harden, Tucker, Durant, Ibaka and Brown. Harden is actually playing the role of point guard, which he has never tried in the past few seasons.

Harden directly greeted Durant's pick-and-roll. After the pick-and-roll was dismantled, Harden rushed to the basket and Durant ran to the three-point line.

The Cavaliers did not double-team, Harden faced Artest, consecutive European changes.

Artest is getting older, and his footsteps are slower than last season. He didn't keep up now, watching Harden send the ball into the basket with a low hand.

14 to 12, the Thunder finally broke the scoring drought.

In the Cavaliers' offense, Paul dribbled the ball to the frontcourt and directly signaled to pull away, and then ate Harden one-on-one.

Continuously changing direction, Harden was shaken obviously a little unstable.

"Snapped!"

With an accelerated squeeze, Paul made an elegant layup with a low hand.

But Harden caught up from behind and tried hard to block the shot.

After Paul saw it, he turned around and scored the ball.

Harden shook his head in annoyance, and turned to look at the bench, only to see Tang Tian applauding.

Defense is half talent and half attitude. Not to mention how much Harden has improved in ability, but his attitude is much more positive than last season.

This is worthy of Tang Tian's affirmation.

Tang Tian's attitude made Harden a little happy. When he dribbled the ball forward, his spirit seemed to improve a lot.

In the organization of the frontcourt, Harden found Ibaka's pick-and-roll, broke the ball and then rushed to the basket.

This time the Cavaliers chose to double-team, and Artest clung to him, wrapping him tightly.

However, Harden's ball speed is obviously much faster than Westbrook's. He directly gave it to Ibaka.

16 to 14, the Thunder still lead.

Although the point difference didn't widen much, it can be clearly felt that the Thunder played more smoothly in Harden's organization.

Harden's excellent performance allowed the Thunder to play rhythm, but looking back, Paul immediately assisted Artest to score a goal with an air cut.

The two sides are criss-crossing, not giving in to each other.

The game was deadlocked until the fourth quarter.

With 2 minutes left in the game, the score was 107-106, and the Cavaliers led the Thunder by 1 point.

Lineups on both sides.

The Cavaliers are Paul, Carter, Artest, Battier and Yao Ming.

For the Thunder, Westbrook, Harden, Durant, Ibaka and Brown.

"Come on! Cavaliers!"

The audience began to cheer loudly for the home team.

Paul greeted Carter's outside pick-and-roll in the frontcourt. After facing Harden, he made an accelerated emergency stop in the middle distance.

Harden struggled to jump up to interfere.

"boom!"

Paul's shot misses the basket.

The ball was actually blocked by Harden.

But Yao Ming pressed Brown under the basket at this time and clicked the ball into the basket.

Although he is 32 years old, he is still very dominant around the basket.

109 to 106, the Cavaliers took a crucial 3-point lead.

Westbrook held the ball across the frontcourt, Harden's organization, he once again greeted Durant's pick and roll, this time to split Durant to go to the basket, Harden stepped back to the three-point line to shoot.

"boom!"

The pitch is a little short.

Yao Ming received the defensive rebound.

Paul dribbled to the frontcourt and began to press time.

When the game entered the last 10 seconds, he called Green to come over and play the pick-and-roll.

The Thunder still didn't double-team. With Paul's passing ability, the effect of double-teaming was not as good as a single defense.

Paul faced Harden again.

Harden's defensive aggressiveness is very strong, and the pressure is that the Cavaliers don't have much offensive time.

Paul was forced to have no comfortable shooting space, and barely squeezed out a gap in the last change of direction, and forced a shot against Harden's interference.

"boom!"

Under the interference of this ball, the shot was a bit short.

But the ball still rolled in after a knock!

A ball!

There was a burst of cheers.

111 to 106! The Cavaliers got a crucial 5-point lead!

There is about 1 minute left in the game.

Tang Tian stretched out his hand and called for a timeout.

"Boris, Sabo, you two go on the field, James, you play pick and roll with Kevin, Kevin goes to the three-point line, if the Cavaliers double-team, pass directly to the three-point line..."

Tang Tian arranged a three-pointer tactic. There was not much time at this time, and he had to narrow the point difference to 2 points.

Back from the timeout, Diaw and Sefolosha came on to replace Brown and Westbrook.

Harden dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, and Dior and Sefolosha stood on both sides of the three-point line to open up space.

After all his teammates were in position, Harden called Durant to the pick-and-roll and went straight to the basket.

The Cavaliers did not double-team, and Artest defended Harden one by one.

Harden directly chose to go to the basket and shoot.

Artest stuck very tightly and didn't give a chance to make a phone call.

Harden's European pace changes, strong shots against Artest's defense.

"Snapped!"

Artest slapped Harden on the hand.

The ball bounces into the hoop after hitting the board high.

The referee's whistle rang half a second later, it was a 2+1!

After scoring the goal, Harden fell to the ground, but immediately stood up, shouting excitedly.

This ball is too critical!

There was a commotion at the scene.

There was a burst of excited shouts from the Thunder's bench.

Tang Tian also rushed to the sidelines and waved his fist excitedly.

The three-pointer was not hit, but Harden's 2+1 is actually no different from the three-pointer.

From being active on the defensive end to being decisive on the offensive end, Harden this offseason did not focus on women with big butts as he did in his previous life, but on the training ground. The effect is immediate and the progress is quite significant.

Harden boarded the free throw line and the game entered a dead ball. Tang Tian replaced Sefolosha with Westbrook.

Harden made the free throw against the boos all over the scene.

109 to 111, the difference between the two sides narrowed to 2 points.

In the opening game, the two sides played extremely fiercely. At this time, the audience couldn't sit still on the sidelines.

"Come on! Cavaliers!"

Fans stand and cheer for the home team.

People's shouts start to accumulate energy from Dantian, and the volume after standing up is much higher than when sitting. The cheers on the scene are deafening, and the players on the field are basically in a state of half-tinnitus at this time.

Paul held the ball to the frontcourt and pressed the time, but this time he pressed for about 15 seconds before attacking.

At this time, the Cavaliers, Carter, Battier, and even Yao Ming stretched the space wide.

Continuously changing direction, Paul did not choose the mid-range this time, but forced to kill the basket.

Harden was forced back again and again.

At the basket, Paul turned around with a sudden stop, using his excellent body control ability to throw off Harden, and after turning around, he made a signature throw.