The Godfather of Basketball

The opening game turned into the battle of the century, the fans and the media fell into a carnival, but Tang Tian felt a little bit pained.

His plan was originally to play badly. The so-called bad play means losing. If you lose too much, the probability of winning the number one lottery will increase.

But the enthusiasm for the first game was so high, this loss, not to mention the Cleveland fans, even he himself couldn't accept it.

After hesitating, he finally decided to have a serious fight.

Let's talk about the bad things after this game is over.

On October 29th, US time, the Cavaliers headed to Houston to usher in the first game of the regular season, and it was also the home opener of the defending champion Rockets.

Before the game, the awarding ceremony of the championship ring was held on the spot.

As one of the champion members, Tang Tian received his exclusive ring, which was also the third championship ring in his career.

Although some fans called Tang Tian a traitor before the game, that was a minority after all. Most fans knew how much Tang Tian had contributed to the city.

When he received the championship ring and kissed him affectionately, most of the fans at the scene gave him a standing ovation and cheered loudly.

In fact, last season's champions of the Rockets hugged Tang Tian one by one. As players, they all knew how important Tang Tian was to the team.

The ring presentation ceremony ended, and the fifth championship banner belonging to the Rockets slowly rose.

Tang Tian's eyes also moved with the flag.

Every flag hides countless hard work and sweat, and also represents his past.

If it wasn't for the incident with Morey, he would still be leading Yao Ming and the others to attack the Celtics for eight consecutive championships.

The raising of this flag is an honor and a farewell to his Rockets career.

The flag was raised to the highest point, and excited cheers broke out again, but Tang Tian had already turned around and picked up the tactical board, called the players together, and started the final tactical arrangement before the game.

The scene quickly entered the familiar opening ceremony, and the Rockets' starters were introduced one after another.

Although the head coach has changed from Tang Tian to Thibodeau, the starting lineup remains unchanged.

Billups and McGrady are still on the outside, Battier and Yi Jianlian are on the front line, and Yao Ming is the center.

If it wasn't for the fact that Tang Tian was standing in the Cavaliers' half, the fans would have felt that Tang Tian was still with the Rockets.

After the opening ceremony, the two sides started their debut.

For the Cavaliers, the lineup has been adjusted compared to the preseason.

The outside line is still Beverly and Green, and the small forward is still James, but the inside line has been replaced by two veterans, O'Neal and Rasheed Wallace.

With this lineup, it can be seen that the determination of the Cavaliers tonight must be to win.

Yi Jianlian jumped to get the ball for the Rockets, and Billups took control of the ball to the frontcourt and handed the ball to Yao Ming's free throw line.

familiar system.

"Don't double-team, follow your defenders closely!" Tang Tian reminded loudly from the sidelines.

The system he created himself, of course he knows how to defend is the most appropriate.

After listening to the Cavaliers players, they also stared at their defenders the whole time, not giving them a chance to run out to catch the ball.

Beverly, Green, James and Wallace, four of them have defensive abilities above the league level. After this round of defense changes, the Rockets did not find a suitable opportunity.

Yao Ming saw that his teammates had no chance, so he directly chose to singles O'Neal, and after turning around continuously, he scored with a small hook at the basket.

After all, O'Neal is old, and his confrontation and footsteps are at a disadvantage.

"Good job! Good job!" Tang Tian applauded his team members.

The Cavaliers have done a perfect defense. It is unrealistic to use the old O'Neal to defend the peak Yao Ming. That is the point Yao Ming deserves.

Beverly dribbled the ball across half court and handed the ball to James. James called Wallace to play a pick-and-roll.

Yi Jianlian was not as good as James in confrontation, and Battier returned to the basket to help defend. At this time, James was ready to go and threw the ball directly to Green in the corner.

After summer training and eight games in the preseason, the two of them had a tacit understanding. When James broke through, Green was ready to catch the ball, and he shot immediately after receiving the ball.

"Shua!"

Green made a solid three-pointer.

The Cavaliers got off to a good start.

After halftime, Billups handed the ball to Yao Ming. This time, McGrady used a backrun to get rid of Green, catch the ball and go straight to the basket.

O'Neal at the basket directly defended the past.

McGrady took a big dribble with the ball, and after jumping up, he wanted to dunk through O'Neal.

Although O'Neill is old, how can he succeed in pulling him down from the air.

The referee blew O'Neill's blocking foul, but the two were entangled together, their mouths were not clean, and they almost staged a full-scale martial arts, and finally they were barely separated by the players of the two teams.

There was booing.

After being pulled away, McGrady was still chattering, and when he came up, he became a little angry.

Tang Tian glanced at Maddy, and said that Maddy left early during the last dinner, and now he was so angry, it seemed that he had resentment towards him.

Beverly dribbled the ball for halftime, the Cavaliers played the same tactic, and James still rushed to Yi Jianlian.

Yi Jianlian's surprise steal failed and was directly passed by James.

Yao Ming came to defend, and James directly hit the ball and passed the ball to the other side.

O'Neal took the ball and staged a violent abuse of the frame, and his super heavy weight directly pressed the basket by three or four centimeters.

Although it is old, the feeling of frame abuse is still "shark".

After the dunk, the old Shark made a silencing action to the fans at the scene.

There was booing again.

At this moment, Tang Tian let out a light surprise.

There was something wrong with Yi Jianlian's choice just now.

According to his previous feeling, with Yi Jianlian's golf quotient, he shouldn't have risked stealing the ball just now. Even if James rushed to the basket and Yao Ming came to help defend, James would not pass the ball so easily.

Yao Ming continued to support the Rockets' offense at a high position, but McGrady's air-cut layup was blocked by James.

Yao Ming rushed to the inside and grabbed the offensive rebound, which was directly distributed to Yi Jianlian in the bottom corner.

Yi Jian directly made a three-pointer after connecting the ball.

Wallace rushed over, but Yi Jianlian didn't receive the ball, and jumped back and shot.

"boom!"

The ball went out of the basket under interference.

O'Neal blocked Yao Ming, and James rushed to grab the defensive rebound.

Tang Tian saw it even more strangely at this time.

"It shouldn't be!"

He couldn't help murmuring.

Yi Jianlian's fight is too big a problem.

The shot is still decisive, but the choice is too problematic.

This is too different from when he coached last season.

"The target of the system ability will slowly disappear after leaving the host, and return to the original level in a season at most."

At this moment, a voice suddenly sounded in his mind.

He nearly fell straight off the bench.

And this setting? !