When the explosive barrel explodes, all you need is a match.

Tang Tian’s words are the match.

Cousins's face turned green and he was about to confront Tang Tian.

Fortunately, Tucker was observing Cousins ​​when he was free throw in front, and at this time he flew over and pulled him, talking to him constantly to calm him down.

Now the Rockets are stalemate with the Pelicans by Cousins' advantage in the inside. If Cousins ​​blows up the Rockets' situation on the court, it will become very unfavorable.

Tucker was small but strong, and he kept saying it, and finally persuaded Cousins ​​to temporarily stop.

With the Rockets' offense, Paul went to the frontcourt to continue giving the ball to Cousins.

Cousins ​​made a ruthless push at Jokic.

Although he was persuaded by Tucker, he was still full of anger and was now heading towards Jokic to exhale.

The two of them made muffled sounds in their bodies.

Cousins ​​was about to reach the penalty area and tried to knock Jokic away and directly dunked.

Just then, Jokic suddenly released his strength and was knocked over to the ground by Cousins.

Cousins ​​lost his focus and almost fell out directly. He could only barely stop with his strong physical control ability.

"beep!"

However, the referee's whistle rang, signaling Cousins ​​to have an offensive foul.

Jokic was still lying on the ground, looking up and seeing the referee's gesture, he waved his fists excitedly.

The toughness on the basketball court is not just a hard confrontation, but a fool who knows that it is better to fight against each other than a confrontation.

Many smart players play with their strength and brains.

Jokic is that type of player.

After a few rounds, he already knew that he could not beat Cousins ​​now, but he could fight against it in other ways.

For example, like the ball just now, I took advantage of the situation to create an offensive foul.

Jokic was excited, Cousins ​​was excited.

He swears on the spot, and then directly finds the referee to indicate that he has not swung his elbow, not an offensive foul.

But the referee indicated that it was outside the reasonable collision zone, which was an offensive foul.

Tucker behind him was Cousins, but Cousins ​​was so angry that he couldn't even hold on to him, let alone Tucker.

Cousins ​​was almost spitting his saliva on the referee's face.

The referee couldn't bear it and gave Cousins ​​a technical foul.

There was a lot of cheers at the scene.

The situation on the two teams is now in a stalemate, and this technical foul is likely to break this situation.

Cousins ​​had to argue, and was forced back by Paul and Harden who were driven over.

The Pelicans threw one free throw and Tang Tian made a free throw, the Pelicans still had the ball rights.

The sideline ball was sent out, and Tang Tian continued to signal to change defense. Cousins ​​didn't come out in the first shot, but he still came out in the second shot.

Tang Tian singled Cousins. After a continuous change of direction, he saw Tucker assisting in defense and directly hit the earth and gave Davis the cutting into the ground.

The Rockets' configuration on the court is one, one, four, and as soon as Cousins ​​went out, the inside line was extremely empty.

After Davis got the ball, he took two steps and directly dunked his hands and scored.

Stevens made his character cheerful, and after he dunked, he yelled excitedly at the audience's chest and pounded his chest.

The atmosphere at the New Orleans Arena was ignited again.

"Why are you coming here? Why don't you go with Davis?!"

At this time, Cousins ​​turned around and shouted at Tucker, asking him why he had to come to assist in defense.

Tucker looked confused.

He didn't help defend the last ball, and Cousins ​​was passed by Tang Tian like a wooden stake. Now Cousins ​​questioned him to come and defend?

"You can't defend him one-on-one."

He responded to Cousins ​​after he reacted.

"I just failed once, and I won't fail the second time."

Cousins's answer made Tucker speechless and a little depressed.

He advised Cousins ​​to help defend, but ended up like this. This was really a kindness that was caused by the donkey's liver and lungs.

He was too lazy to continue arguing with Cousins.

The Rockets attacked the frontcourt, and Cousins ​​continued to play Jokic at a low post. He moved continuously and turned around to fight the attack after the attack.

But the feeling of shooting this ball was obviously not good. It was just a bridge and the rebound was taken by Jokic.

He scored 8 points on Jokic's head in front, but he failed in this period.

It can be clearly felt that the negative impact of emotions on him is huge.

This is Cousins, who is Buddha on one side and demon on the other side. If the double-edged sword is not properly handled, he will hurt himself.

Tang Tian played Cousins ​​one-on-one again in the frontcourt. This time Tucker did not assist in defense. Tang Tian shook him away and then went into the basket and dunked again.

The Pelicans have already led the Rockets by 10 points 52-42.

D'Antoni was forced to call for another pause.

At this time, Paul walked to Cousins ​​and kept talking to him, trying to really calm him down.

But Cousins ​​seems to be less patient than before when facing Tucker.

The Rockets formed the Big Three in the summer, which is the best choice Morey can make based on the market.

The combination of star guards and super insiders is not the best combination, but it does not conflict.

Moreover, the personal strength of the three giants is the top in the league in their respective positions.

Like the original Celtics and the Heat, it is a lineup that is enough to hit the championship.

But what Morey didn't pay much attention to was Paul's private relationship with Cousins.

When Paul was in the Clippers and Cousins ​​was in the King, the two had a head-on conflict.

Paul was not banned when he was defending Cousins ​​while pretending to fall, but Cousins ​​was banned for a technical foul because of his argument.

As a short player, Paul can become a super giant in addition to his strength, and this is also a necessary means for him to gain a foothold.

If it were other players, I would have forgotten about this the next day.

But Cousins ​​was very revenge. Not only did he find an opportunity to smash Paul with the ball, but he was also dragged back by his former teammate Thomas Jr. when he tried to say hello to Paul.

Just like Malone and Rodman, the relationship between the two is actually very bad in private.

NBA is a business alliance, and players are just colleagues. In order to win championships and get high salaries, it often happens.

But Cousins ​​is an exception. Not only is he a bad mind but he is also very straightforward. Paul came to persuade him at this time, but he was even more bored.

Seeing that Cousins ​​was getting worse and worse, Harden came over to pull Paul away, which prevented the situation from worsening further.

Seeing that Cousins ​​was in a bad mood, D'Antoni had to temporarily replace him with a break.

After Cousins's game, the Pelicans' inside pressure dropped sharply.

Capela has a good defense, but Jokic's way of pulling out is very good at him.

And more importantly, Capela does not have the strategic significance of Cousins ​​on the offensive end.

The Pelicans seized this point and continued to play with the advantage.

In the Mamba symphony where the Rockets frequently made irons from the outside, the Pelicans had already pulled the gap to 15 points at the end of the half.
Chapter completed!