The Godfather of Basketball

As the starting players from both sides appeared on the field, there was deafening cheers immediately.

Amid the cheers, Yao Ming gave the Rockets the chance to attack first.

With Odom absent, the Lakers still rely more on Kobe Bryant's offense. His performance is also quite good. Battier scored consecutive singles, which excited the Lakers fans present.

But in comparison, the Rockets played more like a whole. The absence of Billups did not have much impact on the starting lineup. McGrady, Battier and Millsap also scored successively, firmly occupying the field initiative.

In an attack, Bryant staged a one-on-three wonderful goal, and the super pull bar in the air also caused Battier's thug foul, which attracted applause.

Although this kind of scoring is wonderful, the score on the court is getting worse and worse.

51 to 35, at halftime, the Rockets had led the Lakers by as much as 16 points.

During the intermission, Tang Tian was interviewed by CCTV reporters on the sidelines.

He was interviewed by the well-known Chinese and American basketball culture ambassador Zhang Weiping "Director Zhang".

Zhang Weiping usually shows off his English when interviewing NBA coaches, but this time he finally wore a Chinese-speaking one, and his expression was quite relaxed.

After asking some routine questions, Zhang Weiping naturally asked about Sun Yue.

"Will Sun get a chance to play in this game?"

Although Sun Yue has a guaranteed contract, he performed poorly in the games he played, and the guaranteed contract may not guarantee that he will stay in the final squad.

Tang Tian didn't seem too surprised by this question. In fact, he had expected such a question a long time ago, so he was well prepared.

"I can only say that there is a chance, but it depends on the direction of the game. Although it is a preseason game, the primary goal of the Rockets is to win."

What he said is the truth. He will not deliberately curb the enthusiasm of the fans, but he will not give up his principles for this enthusiasm.

He has already given Sun Yue a chance, but from the current point of view, his strength is not enough for the NBA, and it is ultimately up to the coaching staff and management to decide whether to stay or not.

Back in the second half, the Lakers suddenly began to explode. Radmanovic suddenly found his touch from the outside. After receiving an assist from Fisher, he made two consecutive three-pointers from the outside. Kobe also scored 4 points in this attack. , The Lakers played a wave of 10 to 2, and the point difference was approached to single digits.

The fans on the scene watched the score anxiously. On the one hand, it was because the Rockets were chasing points. On the other hand, if the two sides played anxiously, Sun Yue would never have a chance to play.

Tang Tian called a timeout. He also discovered Battier's disadvantages when facing up to the top outside line. After all, he was born in the pure No. 3 position, and he suffered a lot in terms of speed.

Radmanovich is a pure shooter. He simply played a small lineup, replaced Millsap with Pietrus, let him guard Kobe, and let Battier guard Radmanovich.

This trick had an immediate effect. Kobe faced the faster-moving Pietrus, and his offensive touch dropped significantly. Radmanovic was also defended by Battier and had no room to catch the ball.

After solving the problem on the defensive end, the Rockets' offense also found a feeling.

Pietrus, Tracy McGrady and Battier fired from the outside one after another, and Barea also broke through the basket to score consecutively.

The Rockets returned a wave of 13 to 0 to the Lakers, and the point difference was stretched to 20 points.

Along with this wave of attacks, there were also some minor frictions on the court. Kobe was a little impatient with Pietrus' strict defense, and they pushed and shoved each other during the attack. Although they were separated by the referee, the two still chattered endlessly.

Seeing this, Phil Jackson replaced Kobe early for protection purposes.

As soon as Kobe came off the court, he announced that the suspense of the game had ended early.

The Rockets finally took advantage of the momentum to pursue, leading the Lakers by 97 to 72 by a full 25 points at the end of the three quarters.

The fourth quarter completely became garbage time.

From this moment on, Tang Tian felt shouts coming from his ears one after another.

"Sun Yue! Sun Yue!"

These fans are eager to see Sun Yue play at the beginning of the fourth quarter.

Tang Tian didn't change the order of the rotation. This year the team has a lot of players who can play. If the arrangement is not good, it is easy to complain.

Anyone who has played 2K knows that this kind of complaint is contagious, and it leads to poor morale in the end.

The game is still like this, let alone the reality.

Gasol, Landry, Novak, Hyde and Francis were the first to be substituted.

This lineup is actually enough for the Lakers to drink a pot.

The facts are indeed true. Although the Lakers' bench group played very hard, Gasol and Novak fired inside and outside. They played for more than three minutes in the fourth quarter, and the point difference has reached as much as 30 points.

At this moment, Jackson was choking on water on the bench, coughing persistently, his face flushed red from being suppressed.

When he regained his strength, he waved to the assistant coach Kurt Rambis, called a timeout, removed all the substitute players, and replaced them with all marginal players. This was an early disarm.

Seeing that the Lakers did this, Tang Tian followed suit and replaced the marginal players.

Keith Butler, Mike Harris, John Lucas III, and Sun Yue all played one after another, and Landry continued to stay on the court.

Sun Yue played the small forward position.

The Lakers side is even more shabby, Larry Turner, Elton Brown, Carl Show, Javaris Corrittenton, Brian Cook, the only one on the field who knows each other is probably the Kobe scored 83 points with Cook.

This is real preseason garbage time.

However, the fans at the scene were extremely excited, and Sun Yue finally made his debut.

Tang Tian raised his head and looked around at this moment. To be honest, he didn't think it was a good thing, the pressure was too great.

The game continued. Crittenton of the Lakers took the ball to the frontcourt, called Cook for a pick-and-roll, and directly chose to break through for a layup.

Harris was a little out of position when defending, and could only watch Crittenton layup.

But at the moment of the shot, a long arm flew out from behind.

"boom!"

A big cap on the nail plate directly lifted Crittenton's layup to the backboard.

The cheers on the scene were loud, and it was Sun Yue who sent the block!

Tang Tian also nodded at this time. Although the atmosphere at the scene is stressful, it is also very good if the pressure can be transformed into motivation.

Sun Yue was also very excited, and this excitement allowed his characteristics to be brought into full play.

Defensively blocking shots, offensively with the passing vision brought by his height, adrenaline rushing to grab offensive rebounds and fouls, and even unsteady shots are also made.

Playing most of the quarter, Sun Yue made 2 of 3 shots and 3 of 4 free throws. He scored 7 points, 3 rebounds, 2 blocks, 2 assists and 1 steal. The statistics are quite comprehensive.

Tang Tian also had to feel the charm of competitive sports at this time. In front of the home audience, Sun Yue played at a super level.