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Time is fast, and the regular season is about to start.

The Rockets will also be sitting at home, welcoming their first opponent in the regular season, the Denver Nuggets.

The Nuggets are still "Little Melon" Anthony's team. This talented small forward has led the team to the playoffs for three consecutive years after entering the league. Last year it ranked third in the West. The team traded this summer. Here comes the scoring explosive JR Smith, it is bound to make a big difference in the new season.

媒体 Before the game, the media consistently looked at the Rockets and applied a sentence from the Los Angeles Daily. A team with internal and external problems encountered the Nuggets winning the championship. This game can already predict the results before the start.

比赛 This game is also broadcast live across the United States, and reporters came to the arena early to wait.

训练 During training before the game, they caught Nuggets main power forward Kenyan Martin and asked him what he thought of the game tonight.

肯 "Ken Young, do you think the team can win tonight?"

当然 "Of course, why not, we just killed our opponents in the preseason." Martin said for granted.

"Neither Yao Ming nor McGrady played that game?" The reporter reminded.

"Mello and I played for a few minutes. Look at the Rockets' poor record in the preseason. Even if they are both, we will easily beat them." Martin's words revealed a while Arrogant.

"Well, what do you think of the assistant coach Tang Tian introduced by the Rockets in the new season? He just led the Rockets to the championship in the summer league." The media just "killed" Tang Tian, ​​and now he is pulling out "whips" Corpse ".

"The son of that executive?"

Martin's answer immediately attracted a burst of laughter from the reporter. This question and answer was quite tacit.

"Don't do this, man, what's the use of the summer league championship, the yellow race shouldn't stay in this league." Martin said with a look of disgust.

This reporter's interview came to an abrupt end. Martin didn't seem to feel that there was anything wrong with what he said just now, and turned to continue training.

This interview happened before the game, but was heard by many people present, including many front-line fans, as well as Millsap who also came to the field to train early, his fists clenched.

After completing pre-match training, players from both sides finally came out of the locker room one after another.

Houston is an industrial city. Not many Americans watch the ball, but the whole stadium is still full of people, because there are a lot of Chinese and Chinese fans.

Tangtian and Yao Ming gave them no reason to miss such a home opener.

的 The official commentary for this game is from TNT's famous Charles Charles Barkley and his old partner Kenny Smith.

The more interesting thing is that both of them used to play for the Rockets.

"Kenny, the first commentary of the new season, old rules, let's talk about tonight, the Rockets, the Nuggets, who do you think the two of them will be the winner tonight?" Before the game started, we started talking.

"Nuggets." Smith said for a moment.

"Don't be like this, this is the Rockets home. You will be booed by the fans."

Barkley's voice did not fall, the audience followed a boo.

With his big mouth, the best thing he can do is to attract the attention and encourage the audience.

Smith shook his head with a bitter smile, but he still said, "Before the preseason started, I heard that Yao and T-mac both recovered from their injuries. I think the Rockets will perform well in the new season, especially in the summer league Gained a very good power forward, but we have seen the preseason games, Yao and T-mac battle for a long time, the rookie named Millsap seems to be unable to win playing time for himself, so ... "

Smith was the Rockets' 95-year champion, and he still has a lot of feelings for the Rockets. This analysis is well-founded.

别 "Don't do this, old man, you have analyzed so much, I have nothing to say!" Buckley said with a laugh.

When he said this, Smith immediately laughed.

That's the charm of Barkley, but he has tacitly assumed that Smith said the Rockets have no hope of winning tonight.

After the opening ceremony, the starting players of both sides appeared one after another.

On the Rockets side, Van Gundy uses the previous starting lineup.

Starting center Yao Ming, power forward Zhuwan Howard, small forward McGrady, shooting guard Shane Battier, point guard Alston.

On the Nuggets side, starting All-Stars Kenyon Martin and Marcus Camby, the small forward is core Carmelo Anthony, the shooting guard is new aid JR Smith, and point guard Andre Miller .

With the referee's whistle, Yao Ming returned the ball from Camby to the half court, and the Rockets got the chance to lead the attack.

In the frontcourt, Yao Ming changed to the sunset position and directly stood at the free throw line to receive the ball ~ www.novelmtl.com ~ What? The commentary's Barkley froze when he saw the scene.

"This is Princeton tactics?" Smith saw the clue.

I can see, but he is more surprised than Barkley, because the Rockets have never played like this before, including this preseason game.

Even equally puzzled is the fans on the spot, this Van Gundy suddenly opened up?

After Yao Ming held the ball, the Rockets quickly played pick-and-rolls on both sides. Battier and Alstom walked the corner three-pointers on both sides. Uncle also fell near the mid-range shooting point.

At this moment, four offensive selection points appeared on the field instantly!

Buckley and Smith are both completely dumbfounded. When did Van Gundy hit such an offensive tactic?

The Nuggets quickly contracted the basket,

Yao Ming directly gave the ball to Shane Battier. Shane caught the ball and shot it directly.

The basketball hovered across a high parabola in the air, then fell straight down.

"唰!"

A squeak echoed in the arena, Shane Battier shot and fell, hitting the first three-pointer of his Rockets career.

Explosive cheers sounded instantly at the scene. It was a three-pointer when it came up.

Barkley and Smith are as dead as a chicken, this Rockets attack took less than 6 seconds!

The offensive in 2006 was relatively slow. Except for a few teams that were bombarded by the Warriors, most of the teams were playing positions. The 24 seconds were used as much as possible. This is an unconventional operation for the Rockets!

And the key is that although it is fast, it is obviously different from the deliberate speed increase of shelling. There is a tactic in it.

This rocket team suddenly changed!