The Godfather of Basketball

The Warriors' offense, Richardson hit the iron again against Millsap's defensive three-pointer.

Without losing the speed of movement, the Warriors' small lineup can't give full play to the advantages they had when they played against the Mavericks.

Yao Ming stuck Biedrins, McGrady rushed to grab the defensive rebound.

However, like the previous two rounds, the Rockets still did not launch a fast break, and Blake still handed the ball forward.

"The Rockets have completely given up the fast break." Barkley exclaimed after watching it.

"Yes, it's unbelievable... The result of this is that the Warriors can't get up to speed. This strategy is really perfect!" Smith suddenly understood.

Tang Tian's strategy is similar to what Smith said. He drew on the experience of the Mavericks and Jazz playing against the Warriors in his previous life.

In order to keep up with the speed of the Warriors, the head coach of the Mavericks, "Little General" Johnson, removed Dampier from the starting lineup and replaced him with Stankhouse, who fought against the Warriors.

But the Jazz's 4-1 victory over the Warriors was the complete opposite. They let Boozer and Millsap (formerly Jazz) go to the inside of the Warriors repeatedly, and Biedrins and Jackson simply did not There was not much power to parry, and as a result, the Warriors couldn't get up when they wanted to speed up, and they were chiseled to death.

Yao Ming's ability is definitely better than Boozer's. Although he has not gained weight, it is really a piece of cake to kill the two insiders of the Warriors.

The Rockets' offense, Yao Ming's turn and shot caused a foul by Biedrins.

After making two free throws, he scored all of the Rockets' first six points.

"One coach, one trick, it's incredible." After watching it, Smith sighed again and again, Tang Tian's tactic was too thorough.

Old Nelson couldn't sit still on the sidelines, and stood up to signal Davis to increase his speed.

Davis started throwing three-pointers in the frontcourt.

This attack took only five seconds, faster than the Suns' seven-second attack.

But the Rockets didn't care about you at all. After grabbing the rebound, Blake still slowly pushed the ball halfway.

Biedrins was a little desperate to wait until Yao Ming was handed over in the frontcourt.

Turning around, shaking, beautiful "Shanghai dance steps", Biedrins only had time to pull.

"beep!"

The referee's whistle sounded, and Biedrins had committed two fouls in this quarter.

"Okay, dude, this matchup is really bullying." Barkley couldn't help but put his hands on his forehead when he saw this. Biedrins' ability couldn't guard against a heavy center like Yao Ming at all.

Biedrins made two fouls, and Nelson Sr. replaced him with Al Harrington.

Harrington's height and weight are smaller than that of Bidlins. After he came up, the team double-teamed Yao Ming.

If it were Yao Ming in his previous life, the team's offense would be greatly affected, but this season, in Tang Tian's system, Yao Ming played the role of a coordinator most of the time, and the Warriors only need to double-team. , he can pass the ball to the open teammate immediately.

The result is that it doesn't matter if you don't double-team, if you double-team, the entire Rockets team will be revitalized.

As soon as the inside Jackson double-teamed, Yao Ming passed the ball to Millsap with a flick of his hand. Millsap's speed was not inferior to Jackson's.

After the Warriors gained experience, Barnes, who changed the front line, shrunk inside to help defend, but missed Battier in the bottom corner. Yao Ming waved his hand, and Battier was in the most comfortable position to catch the ball. Steadily hit a three-pointer.

After a series of failed attempts, Davis on the outside line directly received the basket, trying to steal the ball from Yao Ming's hand by surprise, but Yao Ming had already noticed it when he was playing singles, raised the ball high, and then threw the ball to Blake at the top of the arc. Blake also hit a three-pointer.

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The difference between the two sides changed from single digits to double digits, and then from double digits to 20 points.

After the three quarters, the Rockets have already led the Warriors by as much as 30 points, which completely blows up the opponent.

In the end, the Rockets beat the Warriors 106 to 82 and won the first victory of the series.

The 82 points also set a new low for the Warriors in the playoffs, and this was still in the case of playing a quarter of garbage time.

Yao Ming scored a new playoff high of 34 points, plus 6 rebounds and 10 assists. This is still only three quarters.

This high and one low is completely like ice and fire.

"Okay, okay! I admit it, Kenny, you win, you win this time!" Before the game was over, Barkley was willing to concede defeat. Although it was a series bet, the Warriors didn't seem to have Any turnaround points.

The fact is true, the Warriors tried their best to speed up in the next series, but the Rockets played steadily in the interior and would not give you speed up, even if there were occasional mistakes, they would not speed up the offense because of your scoring Rhythm.

In the end cleanly, the Rockets won three consecutive cities and led their opponents 3-0 again in the second round, only one step away from the Western Conference Finals.

In the locker room after the game, the players whistled relaxedly, feeling extremely relaxed.

"We still have one more game, guys just keep going, and we will be able to advance to the next round." Tang Tian reminded the players in the locker room.

"Yes, coach, we know." McGrady came out wrapped in a towel.

Tang Tian smiled and nodded. Compared with the regular season, the playoffs are more tiring due to the high intensity of the game and the intensive schedule. This not only tests the players' on-court ability, but also tests the players' psychological ability.

Before leaving the locker room, he remembered something and turned around to speak.

"No drinking, no staying up late, coach, we remember." Alston said with a smile.

What Tang Tian wanted to say was said, he pointed at Alston, then looked around the team members, and said: "Remember."

After Tang Tian left, Alston and Maddie went into the shower together wrapped in towels.

"T-mac, what bar are you going to tonight?" After Alston entered, he looked back and said.

"Whatever, this game is tiring enough, I need to relax."

"That's right. I went there once when I was playing the Jazz. It didn't have any impact. No, it helped. I remember that you were in such a brave state that night that you beat your opponent!" Alston said with a smile.

Maddie also smiled after hearing this.

"The coach is sometimes too strict. The Warriors are far worse than the Jazz. He should take us to relax." Alston continued.

"Don't say that, the coach is my buddy, he is an excellent coach, we can go by ourselves, don't let others know, understand?"

"Yes, I know." Alston said, patting his chest.

"Oh! Cool!"

As they spoke, they walked under the shower head and yelled.