The Godfather of Basketball

After an All-Star weekend, he became the coach of the Western Forces, was confessed by Swift, and was praised by McGrady for a while. Tang Tian did nothing and became the absolute focus of the entire league.

This night, the media reports about him are endless. The New York media described him as a talent coach. The Los Angeles media called him the topic coach. The Houston media even praised him as the new generation of basketball godfather.

Domestic fans are even more envious of Tang Tian. At the age of 23, he was promoted and raised to pay. Looking at it, he would also win Bai Fumei and move towards the peak of life!

However, Tang Tian himself did not have much emotional fluctuations. After the press conference ended, he flew back to Houston with Xibodu that night.

For him, the All-Star Game is irrelevant, and the next half of the season is the most critical.

的 One week after the end of the All-Star Game, the season's trade deadline has arrived.

However, compared with previous years, this year's movement is much smaller.

Iverson traded to the Nuggets, and Stephen Jackson and Al Harrington settled in Golden State with eight people. These big deals were completed long before the deadline, and the deal deadline was mostly a little petty.

The Rockets' lineup is basically complete. There is no better point guard in the market than Blake. The veteran Rockets contract is not wanted. The lineup is basically unchanged.

However, it is not necessarily a bad thing to stay the same. With the lineup unchanged, the team's tacit understanding is higher and higher.

On February 24, in the first game after the All-Star Game, the Rockets challenged the Lakers away. The team's seven players scored in double figures, defeating opponents 106-93, and Bryant scored 51 points.

On February 26, the Rockets met the Bulls' challenge at home. Blake scored a season-high 11 assists. The team scored 16 three-pointers. The team eventually defeated the opponent 121-87 and the team welcomed it. Two in a row.

On February 28, on the last day of February, the Rockets rushed to Detroit to challenge the Pistons. Facing the opponents who had previously been defeated this season, the Rockets played a classic game, and the team sent a full 41 times. Assisted, 116-97 victory over opponents, and won three consecutive victories, but also nearly broke the single assists record of 47 assists created by the Suns in 1991.

Uh ...

Throughout the game from late February to early March, the Rockets showed the status of a champion division, with successive battles. They have achieved 8 wins and 2 losses in 10 games. The record continues to lead the league.

In the new ranking of the strength list, the team finally overwhelmed the Mavericks and the Sun, and for the first time came to the top position.

It's less than a month since the start of the playoffs, and the Rockets are ready for the playoffs.

But at this moment, something unexpected happened. This was a game against the Warriors. McGrady stepped on Stephen Jackson's feet when he broke through and fell to the ground in pain.

When McGrady fell to the ground, the entire Toyota Center was silent, and Tang Tian suddenly got up from the bench.

The Rockets of the previous life were destroyed in the hands of injuries. Although there are systems in hand now, the honor is very valuable.

Fortunately, McGrady was finally helped by the team doctor to the sidelines, insisting on sitting on the sidelines and watching the whole game, it seems that the situation is not too serious.

A post-match MRI showed that McGrady was just lame and recovered after a week of rest.

I was shocked, but after this game, Tang Tian had an idea in his heart and went directly to Dawson's office.

"Rest off?" When hearing Tian Tian say these two words, Dawson was surprised.

Tangtian nodded.

休 Rotational rest, the NBA team has had it as early as 2006, when the Suns Nash and Bell were not injured, the team gave them a break in the name of rotation.

But in the past life, it was the Spurs coach Po Povich who really made the word "carry forward".

Tang Tian remembered that at the time in November 2012, the Spurs challenged the Cavaliers away. Po Povich let Duncan, Ginobili, Parker, and Green all return to San Antonio as planes after training, which eventually made him Was fined $ 2w5 by the league.

Of course, according to the time axis, that is five years later, so Dawson will be so surprised. After all, this kind of thing is very rare, and in a sense, it is a kind of hurting the fans. behavior.

"Yes, there are many regular season games in the NBA, but the time is short and the schedule is very intensive. The players are already tired by this time. T-mac's injury is a warning." Tang Tian followed.

"You can reduce some of their playing time? Or expand the rotation lineup?" Dawson said thoughtfully for a while.

"I will do this, but in some necessary matches, such as back-to-back, or five days and three matches, I still recommend a rest."

Dawson looked at Tang Tian for a while, saw Tang Tian's firm eyes, and finally nodded and agreed.

"I will find a way for management and fans ~ www.novelmtl.com ~" he added at the end.

This is his last year as general manager. He originally just wanted to retire safely, but Tang Tian led the team to an unprecedented result, giving him new ideas. If in the last year, he can bring more to Houston The championship trophy is definitely worth it.

Therefore, Tang Tian's request will be fully satisfied.

After all, he has worked in the general manager for more than ten years and has brought two championship trophies to the Rockets. His vision is still very accurate.

On March 13, the Rockets challenged the Eastern Conference's bottom Celtics team. Yao Ming missed the game because of "private affairs." However, the strength of the two teams is very different. Even if Yao Mai was absent, the Rockets still went 98-86. Take your opponent lightly.

On March 14th, the Rockets faced the Cavaliers, Yao Ming returned, but the team started small forward Shane Battier because of a sudden physical discomfort before the game and sat off the court for a full game. The Rockets eventually lost their opponents 96-101 .

On March 16th, the Rockets challenged the same area rivals the Mavericks. Except for the injured McGrady team, all the main players, such as Yao Ming and Shane Battier, did not play for more than 25 minutes. The team eventually lost 90 to 116. opponent.

Uh ...

From late March to early April, as soon as the Rockets encountered an intensive schedule, some people on the team were absent from the game for some strange reasons. The fans were not fools, and they probably guessed that the Rockets were on holiday.

The Puppet League also noticed it, but because there were no specific regulations, and the Rockets did not have many rotations, they did not pursue it in the end.

Unconsciously, the time has come to late April. After a full season of 82 regular season games, the door to the NBA playoffs has finally opened slowly.