It wasn’t easy but the Rockets got their first win of 2017 by beating the Wizards 101-91. It is the Rockets’ five straight victory and it completes the season sweep of the Wizards.
火箭今日坐镇主场并以101-91的比分艰难战胜对手奇才,迎来2017年开门红的同时也迎来了队伍的五连胜,终结了对手的三连胜。
Houston got off to one of its slowest starts of the season. Corey Brewer got the start over an injured Patrick Beverley, who missed his second straight game with a wrist injury. Houston was not a good match-up for Washington given that there was not a pure point guard to defend Wall. Brewer and Eric Gordon gave it a try, but Wall was able to dominate the first half. He ended the game with 18 points and 12 assists.
本场比赛,火箭可谓十分慢热,一直未进入状态。科里·布鲁尔开场代替因腕伤缺席第二场比赛的帕特里克·贝弗利上场。然而,由于火箭本场缺乏一个纯粹的控球后卫来防守沃尔,刚开始对抗奇才显得力不从心。虽然布鲁尔和埃里尔·戈登曾努力对沃尔进行防守,但仍然被沃尔突破并令奇才掌握上半场节奏。整场比赛下来,沃尔为全队贡献18分和12次助攻。
It was also very difficult to play the Wizards without a true rim protector. Had Capela and Beverley played this game, this would have been an easy game for the Rockets, but the Wizards exploited those mismatches and got out to a fifteen point lead to end the first quarter. On top of exposing the Rockets’ weak spots, the Wizards played good perimeter defense and the Rockets were held to only 41 points in the first half.
与此同时,火箭在外线并没有十分给力的防守队员,这令他们在比赛中打得愈发艰难。如果卡佩拉和贝弗利能够上场,这场比赛对火箭来说会容易许多。然而,奇才并没有给他们喘息的机会。对方抓准了火箭阵容中的漏洞并加强攻击,以15分的领先优势结束第一节。除此之外,奇才的外线防守非常出色,使得火箭仅以41分的得分结束上半场。
However, Houston was able to make the adjustments necessary to crack the Wizards’ spell. A big part of that was giving Eric Gordon the ball. Gordon had a season-high 31 points and made 6-of-12 from the great beyond. The Rockets were able to cut into the Wizards lead, but what really got them over the hump was when Nene entered the game in the middle of the third. Nene came up big against his former team, coming up with nine big points and invaluable defense and energy.
然而,火箭迅速做出调整,对奇才队展开全力回击。首先,火箭队将球的主导权交到哈登手上,哈登也不负众望,为全队贡献31分,外线命中率高达50%,火箭队迅速将比分差距缩小。第三节中场期间,内内被换上场,面对老东家内内一点没有手软,防守十分给力的同时上来就为火箭砍下9分,由此火箭顺利反超。
Other noteworthy stats are Harden’s 18 points, 10 boards, and 10 assists, quietly earning his third straight triple-double, and Montrezl Harrell’s 14 points. Bradley Beal also had a Wizards-high 27 points and Washington had their three-game win streak snapped.
另外,值得一提的是,哈登在本场比赛凭借18分得分、10个篮板以及10次助攻的数据连续第三场得到三双。蒙特雷兹·哈雷尔也为全队贡献了14分。布拉德利·比尔也为奇才贡献了最高分27分。然而,奇才的三连胜也由此被火箭终止。
The big takeaway from this game is that the Rockets are capable of making the right in-game adjustments. In the first half, the team looked absolutely lethargic and the tempo was not where it needed to be. The team was falling behind by a large gap at the beginning, but they were able to turn the game in their favor, and it is very difficult to do that in the NBA, but this team can do it. Resilient teams can do that, and that is the best way to describe this team: resilient. This season just gets more and more exciting with each game and it’s the greatest show at this point.
此外,火箭能够在面对颓势的情况下迅速做出正确调整,也是本场比赛的亮点之一。火箭在上半场比赛的状态平平,速度力量都没有发挥出来,一开始也以大比方落后对方,但最后他们却能够神奇逆转并反败为胜,这在NBA比赛中非常不容易,但是火箭队做到了。如果用一个词来形容这支球队,“后劲十足”这个词可谓再合适不过了。也正是这样一场场充满悬念的比赛,才让这个赛季更加精彩。从这个意义上来说,本次比赛可谓是最精彩的比赛。
The show gets even better on Thursday when Harden’s old pal Russell Westbrook and the Thunder come into Toyota Center.
周四,哈登的老朋友拉塞尔·威斯布鲁克将带领雷霆队来丰田球场进行比赛,相信届时比赛会更加精彩。