Harden was depressed after being blocked and was looking for the referee to call a foul. He turned around and saw Tang Tian's action and instantly blew up.

This was a provocation!

A blatant provocation!

The referee also saw Tang Tian's action, which did have provocative undertones.

But on one hand, it was directed at the audience, and on the other hand, for some reason, they just didn't want to call it.

Harden was pulled back by Parsons, and there was booing throughout the arena, but the referee didn't call it!

Tang Tian retracted his hand after wagging his finger, and he was already laughing inside when he saw the referee's reaction.

To be honest, this system is mostly reasonable.

Including the attributes of the skills themselves, the restrictions on weight and height, and the fact that training and games are required to fully utilize the skills after exchanging them.

But controlling the referee is a bit unreasonable.

But, it's very saucy!

Before, the flopping actor increased the probability of the referee calling offensive fouls on opponents, but now it's directly wagging a finger and not calling anything!

Harden was very angry, and the Rockets players were also very angry.

But there was nothing they could do. Just like Harden had tricked Green into a foul before, the Spurs were also angry, but the game had to continue.

Duncan received Parker's pass in the frontcourt and banked it in.

Defense drove offense. The Spurs' defense was clicking, and their offense was following suit.

After being defended successfully several times in a row, Harden became anxious and made a contested three-pointer from outside the arc against Tang Tian.

Tang Tian still straightened his arm without jumping.

"Clang!"

Harden's vision was affected, and the three-pointer was still an airball!

Duncan grabbed the defensive rebound.

In the Spurs' hammer play in the frontcourt, Tang Tian's catch-and-shoot three attracted Asik's help defense, and he directly made a beautiful bounce pass to Splitter under the basket.

Splitter scored with a two-handed dunk.

15 to 11, the Spurs had already overtaken the Rockets by 4 points!

After Tang Tian came on the court, the help he brought to the Spurs on both offense and defense was immediately apparent!

Harden continued to hold the ball and single out Tang Tian in the frontcourt.

He didn't believe it. He had clearly mastered the rules, so why wasn't it working against Tang Tian!

He suddenly accelerated, squeezed Tang Tian to the basket, and shot after initiating physical contact.

His hands waved in the air, exposing his posture of being infringed upon.

But the referee didn't blow the whistle.

Although Harden was looking for a foul, Tang Tian stood still under the basket.

In other words, after establishing his cylinder, he never left it.

The rules are the rules. Harden can master them, adapt to them, but can't change them!

Harden wanted to go up again.

"Pa!"

This time, Tang Tian didn't give him a chance. He decisively attacked, went around him, and stole the ball from his hand!

A fast break opportunity for the Spurs.

After Tang Tian stole the ball, he made a long pass at the first time. Parker scored with a fast break layup in the frontcourt!

17 to 11!

After Tang Tian came on the court, the Spurs went on an 11-0 run against the Rockets!

McHale reached out and called a timeout.

Harden had been playing too impulsively in this stretch.

When the timeout returned, the Rockets made an early substitution. Delfino and Marcus Morris replaced Harden and Patterson.

The Spurs also made substitutions. Duncan and Parker came off to rest, and Ginobili and Diaw came on.

Lin Shuhao drove into the inside lane after borrowing Morris' screen in the frontcourt and scored against Diaw.

After Harden came off, he began to become the Rockets' offensive core on the court.

Ginobili scored a layup after receiving Tang Tian's pass in the frontcourt.

Lin Shuhao passed the ball to Parsons on the perimeter on the return, and the latter hit a three-pointer.

16 to 19, a 3-point difference.

Lin Shuhao's performance on the court during this period was good, and the Rockets and Spurs were playing back and forth.

Popovich then signaled Tang Tian to switch defenses.

Diaw's bank shot from the arc missed, and Asik secured the defensive rebound.

Lin Shuhao advanced to the frontcourt to organize again, and looked up to find that his defender had become Tang Tian.

The two had played together in the rookie game before, and they were both of Chinese descent, so they had a good relationship.

But Tang Tian didn't bring the off-court stuff to the court. He was not polite at all in defense, and went straight up to press.

Lin Shuhao was forced to be a bit embarrassed.

Delfino came over to screen at this time, and Lin Shuhao wanted to squeeze past.

"Pa!"

At the moment Lin Shuhao started, Tang Tian seized the opportunity and directly made a steal!

Lin Shuhao didn't succeed in fouling early, and Tang Tian flicked the ball to Parker. Parker attacked to the frontcourt and gave it to Ginobili, who followed closely. Ginobili scored another 2 points!

"Tang is like a beast on the defensive end tonight. Pressing, blocking, stealing, defending, he's really everywhere!"

Barkley exclaimed in the commentary booth.

As soon as he finished speaking, Tang Tian gave Lin Shuhao another chase-down block!

The Spurs played a fast break again, and Leonard received the ball in the frontcourt and made a two-handed dunk!

23 to 16, the Spurs reopened the score.

"Do you guys know that Tang had a nickname in college called Refrigerator?" Kenny Smith said.

"Refrigerator? Isn't that Kevin..." Barkley looked at McHale on the Rockets' bench, that was his nickname, and it seemed that Chinese fans had given it to him.

"No, no, he defended Klay Thompson of Washington State University to zero points when he played against Washington State University in college, so he got that title." Smith explained.

"Haha, this nickname really makes sense. Whether it's Harden or Lin, they are now 'frozen' by Tang."

O'Neal said with a big laugh from the side.

Tang · The Spurs rookie who is not low-key · Tian, Godfather, Tang Ritian, Refrigerator...

If Tang Tian knew he had so many nicknames, his head would probably explode.

At 96 to 81, the Spurs relied on their excellent defense to finally beat the Rockets on the road and extend their winning streak to 11 games.

Six Spurs players scored in double figures, with Leonard getting a team-high 20 points and 7 rebounds, breaking his career-high score.

Tang Tian also won this "crazy battle."

Especially on the defensive end, he almost played a dominant game.

He came off the bench and only played 25 minutes, but he contributed 11 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, 5 steals, and 5 blocks on 3 of 7 shooting.

Although the streak of 20+ scoring games was gone, he got a mini five-by-five in this game!

This time it wasn't a mini five-by-five of waving towels and encouragement like in the Finals, but a real 5*5*5*5*5 mini five-by-five!

And Harden on the opposite side made only 3 of 21 shots and scored only 12 points and 6 assists!

After mastering the rules, Harden was able to earn a lot of free throws for himself on most nights, but his method failed tonight.

And when it failed, he suddenly became unable to play.

After the game, Popovich did not receive a call from Holt.

He did what Holt asked him to do.

The least playing time of the season, the least number of shots of the season.

These are all things he can control, but he can't stop Tang Tian from defending!

He can't, and neither can Holt!