The Godfather of Basketball

Battier and Pietrus are also defensive leaders, but what makes him better than Pietrus is that he has a mature defensive method, and a team has him, which means that other players, as long as you want, You can also learn this method.

Millsap was eager to improve, so he naturally learned this trick.

This blindfold defense directly blocked Garnett's shooting sight.

"boom!"

Garnett loses sight of the fallback and pops out of the frame.

Yao Ming steadily received the defensive rebound.

This time it was the other way around, as the Celtics went three consecutive rounds without scoring.

The Rockets attacked with the same tactic. This time McGrady failed to make a shot, but Yao Ming picked the melon directly from Perkins' head and scored with a light hook.

No matter how fast the Celtics help defend, it is impossible to double-team at this time.

The Rockets scored 3 goals in a row!

The Celtics began to panic, and Pierce missed a three-pointer against Battier's defense.

Yao Ming received the defensive rebound.

The Rockets quickly counterattacked, McGrady flew out with strides, and Yao Ming directly threw a long swing ball forward.

MM connection.

McGrady received the pass from Yao Ming and went straight to the frontcourt, pushing away Rondo and directly hitting a one-handed dunk.

"Boom!"

In order to buffer, he hung on the basket with one hand and swung around, full of domineering!

20 flats!

The cheers were deafening, the Rockets have completely turned the momentum back!

Rivers was forced to call a timeout.

Let go of Rondo on the defensive end, if you have the ability, you can really score 40 or 50 points as a center.

The offensive end creates a one-on-one advantage. Even if he misses, Yao Ming has a clear advantage over Perkins at the basket, and he can grab the frontcourt and play a second offense.

You Celtics like to play positions, so I will grind you by playing positions.

Tang Tian's thinking was very clear.

Rivers' positional warfare is powerful, but it is also based on the Big Three. Now that Rondo is released, the Big Three are basically double-teaming the ball, and it is difficult to take advantage of the positional warfare.

If the defensive system can't work, they can only be dragged into the consumption stage of one-on-one singles by the Rockets.

In terms of singles, McGrady, one of the four major shooting guards in the new century, is much better than the opposite Pierce.

The game was going on, and the Celtics were opened up a little bit.

Rivers was helpless, and the team could only rely on Ray Allen's sporadic three-pointers to increase points.

The Rockets played more and more smoothly amidst the cheers of the home fans.

Wait for the game to enter the substitute period.

Ray Allen made two free throws due to an air cut, and Marc Gasol turned around and pressed PJ Brown for a layup.

Over there, Posey hit a three-pointer, and Sun Yue immediately hit an open three-pointer from the outside to pay back.

Cassell scored with a post-up and Scola slammed Leon Powe with a cool Argentine dance in the low post.

The Rockets' luxurious bench group is also completely worthy of the Celtics' veterans.

Although it didn't take a step forward to open up the score, it was at least stable.

When the main force came back, the Celtics were like Monkey King under the pressure of the Five Fingers Mountain, unable to turn around.

In the end, the Rockets won the first victory of the finals 98-88 under the watchful eyes of a group of 93-95 champions.

Although some scores were inevitably reduced due to too many singles rounds, the Celtics were more thoroughly restricted in comparison.

Ray Allen scored 20 points with 4 three-pointers, Garnett scored 13 points on 5-of-16 shooting, and Pierce scored 17 points on 7-of-22 shooting.

Except for Ray Allen, which is difficult to completely limit, the other two giants of the Celtics played very uncomfortable under the double-team.

For the Rockets, Tracy McGrady scored a game-high 34 points on 13 of 24 shots. One-on-one is his favorite way to score. Yao Ming scored 16 points, 16 rebounds and 6 assists, including 6 frontcourt rebounds. Lupus and Gasol also each sent 12 points.

A victory boosted the morale of the Rockets and made Rockets fans extremely excited.

Some local restaurants and bars even took the opportunity to create free drinks for winning the game to boost the atmosphere, and fans throughout Houston fell into a carnival.

The domestic fans far away across the ocean are even more so.

This team has Yao Ming, Sun Yue, and Tang Tian. This year it is a veritable home team.

Statistics from CCTV show that the ratings of the Rockets during the finals period have even tied the record of the national football team playing in the World Cup that year.

Many media practitioners realized for the first time that basketball can be so crazy.

Amidst the support of the fans, after a three-day rest, the two sides started their second match at the Toyota Center.

This game also has a special audience.

Kobe Bryant, the star of the Lakers, also ran to Houston to watch the finals with his wife Vasani.

After the pre-match reporter found him, he quickly ran over to interview him.

This unique pre-match shot was also captured by the on-site photographers and put on the large LED screen, welcoming cheers from the fans.

Kobe greeted the audience with a smile. When asked why he came to watch the game, the basketball superstar said with a smile: "I heard that Coach Tang Tian said he would bring the championship back to the West, so come and watch."

Such an answer immediately attracted a burst of whistles from the fans.

Is Kobe showing his affection to Tang Tian?

The camera came to Tang Tian, ​​but Tang Tian was concentrating on talking about tonight's tactics with his team members.

The three old Celtics will not give up easily, and Rivers will not give up easily. Tonight's game will be more difficult than the first game.

His idea was quickly confirmed, the game started, and Yao Ming gave the Rockets the opportunity to take the lead in attacking.

After dribbling to the front court, it was still Yao Ming's response from the free throw line, and McGrady got a chance to hit Garnett in a dislocation.

Everything seemed to be the same as last time.

But the change happened in the next second. McGrady just turned around, and before the Rockets opened up the space, Pierce on the diagonal had already double-teamed him.

McGrady reacted quickly, and directly threw the ball back to Battier.

Battier catches the ball, but just picks it up, because on the same side, Pierce returns to the defense in time, and there is a lot of interference when he releases it.

"boom!"

Battier missed a three-pointer and Garnett took a defensive rebound.

Looking back, Rondo passed the ball directly to Pierce to start the offense after halftime, and he cut directly to the basket.

Rondo's shot can be released, but cuts and layups cannot be released. Rondo took the defender away, and Pierce, who got the ball, directly made a simple pick-and-roll with Garnett and then attacked.

Garnett hits Battier's high jumper.

Looking back, the Celtics still chose to double-team McGrady. Battier's pass fell to the low post early, but Rondo assisted in the defense. Battier's pass was only half a second slower, and Pierce had already switched to defend Bilu Puth is in place.

The Celtics made defensive adjustments to the Rockets' singles tactics. They would rather let McGrady pass the ball to open teammates and they help defend, and no longer give McGrady an easy one-on-one chance.

The adjustment of one offense and one defense, Tang Tian and the coaching staff of the Celtics team finished a game of chess in the last game, rested for a few days, and played the second game in the air.