The Godfather of Basketball

Both commentators were puzzled, let alone the fans.

Amidst the doubtful eyes, the starting players of the two teams appeared one after another.

The two sides jumped the ball, and Yao Ming won the first attack opportunity for the Rockets.

Billups took the ball to the frontcourt and handed the ball to Yao Ming's free throw line.

At this time, except for the top-defense Anderson, the Nuggets expanded their defense to the three-point line.

Because Tracy McGrady didn't start, Morrow and Battier's cutting ability was limited. This expanded defense was tantamount to strangling the Rockets' offense at other points, leaving only Yao Ming alone.

Karl is imitating Tang Tian's way of dealing with Paul and letting Yao Ming fight alone.

You Yao Ming is great, but you are not the kind of super scorer who scored 60 or 70 points.

This strategy worked. It was difficult for Billups alone to drive the offense. The Rockets had no chance at other points. Yao Ming could only choose to attack by himself.

Both Thibodeau and Cole were frowning at this time. Tang Tian's judgment was correct. After last season, the Rockets' tactics have been completely known by the league. Even a head coach like Karl who is not good at defense at this moment , The layout of the defensive end is also quite targeted.

Yao Ming turned around with the ball and hit back.

Anderson has excellent jumping ability and excellent defensive assistance, but there is not much to do against a technical center like Yao Ming one-on-one.

After Yao Ming turned back and forth, he hit a small hook steadily, giving the Rockets the lead.

In the Nuggets' offense, Davis advanced the ball to the frontcourt and called Nene to a high pick-and-roll.

While this set of pick-and-rolls was going on, Anthony and Iverson were also running through the defender's pick-and-roll.

Davis led the Warriors' black eight at the beginning, relying on sharp breakthroughs and three-pointers. After the breakthrough, Scola, who switched defenses, obviously couldn't keep up, and the Rockets' defense shrank. At this moment, Ai Ferson ran out of the opportunity, and Davis had a wide field of vision and threw the ball directly.

Iverson catches the ball and makes a shot.

"Shua!"

With the hand up and down, AI's two-pointer also entered the frame steadily.

The Rockets attacked, and Yao Ming continued to eat Anderson alone. This time, his Shanghai dance tricked Anderson to take off continuously, and finally sent a thug foul.

Yao Ming walked to the free throw line and made two free throws.

The Nuggets' offense, the Rockets did not shrink, Davis directly broke Scola layup.

The two sides played a 4 to 4 tie at the beginning.

Tang Tian was thoughtful at this moment.

The strength of this Nuggets team may really not be weaker than the Nuggets team with only Billups in the previous life.

The breakthrough and passing ability of "Big Beard" Davis can make Anthony and Iverson change from on-ball to off-ball, which will greatly reduce their scoring difficulty and physical exertion. Has the ability to score independently, and if he works well later, his strength is guaranteed to be the top four in the Western Conference.

The game on the field continued, Yao Ming continued to show off his power in the paint, turned around and hooked, Shanghai dance, forced dunks...

Anderson made two early fouls, and the veteran Tim Thomas who came off the bench couldn't stop Yao Ming at all.

But looking back, the Rockets don't have much to do with the three Musketeers of the Nuggets.

You can't stop me, and I can't stop you. The two sides staged a battle.

After more than 8 minutes in the first quarter, the two teams finally tied at 27.

At this time, the two sides entered the rotation stage one after another.

The Rockets replaced Gasol Jr., McGrady, Sun Yue and Landry, while Morrow stayed on the field.

For the Nuggets, Iverson, one of the three musketeers, rested, Davis and Anthony remained on the court, and the other three were JR Smith, Kleiza and Thomas.

"Yao is off the field, and the Rockets' offense is in big trouble." Brin said.

The Rockets' offense in the first quarter relied on Yao Ming. Now that Yao Ming is off the court, this advantage is gone. Not to mention Miller, the commentator, even ordinary people can see it at a glance.

The eyes of the fans at the scene were full of worry.

In the Nuggets' offense, Davis broke through and gave the ball to Anthony, who caught the ball and made a steady hit.

Anthony is a super scorer, and his off-ball offensive ability has actually been underestimated.

"Now the Nuggets are about to start to open up the score. I have to say that Mark Walkentan has done an exceptional job this summer." Miller couldn't help but praise the general manager of the Nuggets at this time.

The Rockets' offense, after Sun Yue took the ball to the frontcourt, immediately attracted the attention of everyone on the scene.

How will the Rockets play after Yao Ming is off the field?

If they still only play individual ability balls like last season, the lineup of the Nuggets is completely worthwhile.

After Sun Yue reached the frontcourt, she reached out to signal the Rockets to open up space, and then handed the ball to Gasol Jr.

At this point, the fans were surprised to find that Gasol was in a high position, exactly the same as Yao Ming's!

Is this to continue playing high-level support?

But Gasol doesn't have this ability!

The current little Gasol is just a meat shield insider!

"Teaming, double-teaming!"

After Karl saw this scene on the sidelines, he yelled at Kleiza directly.

Thomas is getting old, facing a meat shield insider like Gasol, he will suffer a lot in confrontation.

Kleiza shrunk to the basket, and at this moment, the Rockets cooperated with other positions, and Landry got an open opportunity outside the three-point line.

Gasol's height gave him excellent vision. Without much hesitation, he just threw his hand and threw the ball, and the ball followed Randall.

The fans at the scene suddenly felt their eyes light up, and it was really possible? !

Landry made a three-pointer directly after receiving the ball.

"Rebounds! Rebounds!" Karl shouted from the sidelines.

Landry is characterized by mid-range and rebounding, and three-pointers are not his strong point.

At this time, Gasol turned around and rushed to the basket. Thomas' height and weight did not dominate. In contrast, rebound protection was a big problem.

Thomas and Kleiza raced to the rim, squeezing Gasol Jr. out.

"Shua!"

But at this moment, let Karl, a scene that surprised everyone at the scene happened.

With a crisp sound, Randall made a steady three-pointer!

Carl stopped abruptly on the sidelines.

What the hell is this!

The meat shield became a supporting center, and the coolie inside became a three-point shooter? !

It's only been an offseason!

Carl was dumbfounded, while Thibodeau and Cole couldn't help laughing.

Landry is a hard-working player. With everyone on the Rockets able to shoot three-pointers, he has a foundation. It is not surprising that he worked hard during the offseason.

But little Gasol, or Tang Tianhui's eyesight, should be replaced by other people, why can't he think of such a big meat shield that can be directly used as a supporting axis!

Although they have been working together for almost two years, Tang Tian's foresight still made them all admire him.