12 frontcourt boards in a single game! Zhou Qi was better than him in the Rockets, and now he has become a starter for a playoff powerhouse

Achenggao

2024-05-16 07:48Posted in Shandong Sports Creators

NBA playoffs so far to say the most admirable team, then it is definitely the Knicks, this team has been in the playoffs so far 4 main players injured, they are Randle, Bojan, Mitchell Robinson and Anunoby, in this case, they are now one foot into the division finals, the team relies on the spirit of all-out fighting, every player is like playing chicken blood, in order to win can give everything, very inspiring.

In yesterday's series G5 between the Knicks and the Pacers, the two sides played 2-2, and in the fourth game of the series, the core of the Knicks was obviously unable to support their physical fitness, I thought that the Pacers could easily win this game, but I didn't expect the Knicks to beat the opponent by 30 points in the end. The Knicks were able to win this game because they took 101 shots from the court, 29 more than their opponents.

They are all NBA-level teams, and they are all playoff teams, 10 more shots may affect the trend of the game, let alone close to 30 times, and the reason why the Knicks can have so many more shots is mainly because they grabbed more rebounds, the Pacers had a total of 29 rebounds in this game, while the Knicks had 53 rebounds, a full 24 more, and in terms of frontcourt boards, the Knicks were 20-5, which was completely one-sided.

The Knicks relied on the dominance of the rebounding end to crush the opponent, and their two biggest rebounders were Harden and Hart, Hart scored 18 points, 11 rebounds and 3 assists in this game, and Hatten scored 7 points, 17 rebounds and 5 assists. Hart can be said to be very inspirational, as a 1.93-meter backcourt, he has played a top rebounder so far in the playoffs, averaging 12.2 rebounds per game, third in the league, and now second among all teams in the second round of the playoffs, behind Jokic.

Harden had 12 frontcourt rebounds in this game, and it can be said that he was the key to the team's victory, more important than Hart. Harden has averaged 9.6 points, 8 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1 block per game in the playoffs so far, shooting 62% from the field.

Harden was able to get a chance this season thanks to the injury of Mitchell Robinson, who entered the starting lineup after Miro's injury, and his top-level rebounding ability and positivity were recognized by Thibodeau, and now he is also the starting center that the Knicks can't beat. Speaking of Harden, we have to mention Zhou Qi, the relationship between the two is estimated to be known to many old fans of the Rockets, but now they have taken different paths.

Harden was selected by the Rockets with the 13th pick in the second round in 17, and Zhou Qi was selected by the Rockets in the same position a year earlier, the Rockets at that time had Capela and Nene two centers, it can be said that Zhou Qi and Harden did not have too many opportunities, but the Rockets were still more optimistic about Zhou Qi at that time, because Zhou Qi got a guaranteed contract, while Harden was on a non-guaranteed contract, and after joining the team, Harden was sent to the Development League.

At that time, it is understandable that Zhou Qi was more optimistic, after all, Zhou Qi has projection, and his height and arm span are better, although the confrontation is not as good as Hatten, but if he can practice the confrontation, his ceiling is higher than Hatten. And Hatten had no projection ability at that time, and his skills were very average, and he didn't get a chance at all, and in the end neither of them was able to stay in the Rockets, Zhou Qi chose to come back to develop, and at that time, Harden also got an olive branch thrown by many European teams, but he gave up, and he wanted to stay in the NBA.

In the end, he got the opportunity given by the Nuggets, after the Nuggets signed him, Harden also learned a lot of skills by Jokic's side, although the playing time is limited, but his ability to respond and quality cover has been greatly improved, after leaving the Nuggets, he came to the Cavaliers, in the Cavaliers this season he averaged 18 minutes per game to score 8.3 points, 6 rebounds and 2.5 assists, although he has not projected at this time, but he already has the strength of an NBA backup center.

Then he came to the Clippers next season, and his performance in the Clippers this season is still very stable, in the 22 offseason because Thibodeau wanted a big interior who could protect the frame as a backup center, and finally they found Harden, and also gave a 2-year 16 million contract, it can be said that when he got this contract, Harden was already recognized, and he lived up to the expectations of the Knicks and Thibodeau.

Now Hatten is already an excellent center, if Zhou Qi also chose to stick to it, maybe he would also be able to gain a foothold in the league, right? Speaking of which, what do you have to say about Hatten? Welcome to leave a message to discuss.

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