The Godfather of Basketball

The scene was shown to Tang Tian, ​​and Tang Tian's expression didn't fluctuate at all.

The Rockets had a poor record in the preseason. In addition to the player's status, it is also one aspect of training for Gasol and Landry.

It now appears that those efforts were worth it.

The changes in the Rockets caught Karl off guard, and he was also a little unspeakably depressed.

The Rockets' bench strength is already very strong. Now that Gasol has supported him and Landry has a three-pointer, is he still allowed to play?

Anthony and Davis are still fierce firepower, but Gasol Jr. and Landry's outstanding performance, so that the Rockets did not fall into a scoring drought because of Yao Ming's end, the score is still stalemate.

After the first quarter, the score of the two sides became 35.

Back in the second quarter, the Rockets replaced Morrow with Weaver.

For the Nuggets, Iverson and Nene played, and Anthony and Davis went off to rest.

Coming up to the Nuggets' offense, Iverson singled out Sun Yue for a layup and scored the ball.

Although he is 33 years old, AI is still a strong offensive defender with plenty of physical strength.

The Rockets' offense is still supported by Gasol at the free throw line.

With the lessons learned in the second half of the first quarter, the Nuggets did not choose to double-team at this time.

Nene faced Gasol Jr., and he didn't suffer too much in terms of size and strength.

Gasol turned around and missed a long hook to the basket.

Although he has developed a coping ability, as he showed in the preseason, his personal offensive touch is not good.

Nene turned around to collect the defensive rebound, but at this moment, a figure suddenly jumped out from the side.

Because he had been prepared for Landry's scrambling ability, Thomas had already stuck him to death at this time.

But it's not Landry, it's Weaver!

Although he is only 1.96 meters, his active fighting has left a deep impression on people as early as the preseason!

After Weaver grabbed the rebound, he scored with a quick shot.

There was a burst of cheers.

First there was Millsap, then there was Landry, and then there was Weaver. The Rockets under Tang Tian always seemed to have such a hard-working player.

And this is the morale guarantee of a team!

"Defend! Defend!"

Not only the team was deeply encouraged, but the fans on the sidelines were also infected and began to cheer for the home team loudly.

With Iverson's breakthrough, Weaver stood in advance and directly made an offensive foul by the latter.

After seeing the referee's gesture, Weaver turned over from the ground with a "bass", slammed his arm at the audience, and then roared.

The cheers in response grew louder.

This is no longer hard work, but passion!

Keith Jones, the deputy general manager of the Rockets sitting in the auditorium, also suddenly realized at this time.

Sure enough, it would be of great use for Tang Tian to keep Weaver.

Although the ability is limited, this kind of passion and appeal is really not possessed by the rest of the team.

The Rockets' offense, Weaver actively cut, Gasol Jr. sent a pass.

Weaver caught the ball and made a layup, but his ability was limited. Nene, who was defended back, slapped a nailboard cap on the backboard.

After landing, Nene wanted to jump again, but at this moment, a figure soared into the air directly behind him.

And instead of grabbing a rebound like Weaver did, he stretched out his long arm with one hand, grabbed the rebounded basketball, and pressed it directly towards the basket through Nene.

"Boom!"

In the stunned eyes of the fans at the scene, Tracy McGrady fell from the sky and directly pressed the ball into the basket with a dunk.

The fans at the scene paused, and then directly burst into explosive cheers.

McGrady glared at Nene after making the dunk, then waved his arms and roared angrily twice.

In the Nuggets' offense, Iverson sent a second pass, but JR Smith, who received the ball, was a bit unlucky and the ball jumped out of the box.

Sun Yue took the ball to the frontcourt again. McGrady didn't wait to hand the ball to Gasol at this time, and directly leaned against Kleiza on the right side and reached out for the ball.

Sun Yue handed the ball in, McGrady leaned on Kleiza, saw that the Nuggets were not double-teamed, and dribbled the ball half-turned, then half-turned, turned again, turned around and made a dry shot.

Smooth rhythm, elegant body shape, perfect take-off timing.

Playing is picturesque.

"Shua!"

McGrady's dry pull hits steadily.

The Nuggets' offense was finally scored by Iverson.

But looking back, McGrady caught the ball after the pick-and-roll and it was a three-pointer!

Nene's hook at the basket was defended by Gasol Jr., the Rockets played a fast break, McGrady slammed Kleiza away after receiving the ball, strided to the frontcourt, and directly made another powerful one-handed dunk .

"Boom!"

With that rushing momentum, Smith, who had come to assist in the defense, wisely chose to step aside.

McGrady scored 9 points in a row!

The fans at the scene burst into cheers.

T-mac! came back!

Tang Tian also breathed a sigh of relief at this time.

The team's spirit is lacking, everyone's situation is different, just like what he reprimanded before, Pietrus lacks competitiveness from the team, while McGrady lacks motivation.

If money and reputation can no longer stimulate him, then there is only one thing left.

Dignity, or face.

As a super giant in the league, not to mention being removed from the starting lineup, he is not even the starting point of the attack. He can't hold back his face no matter what. As long as it is not really hopeless, it will definitely explode.

McGrady's outburst was unexpected, but reasonable.

Although I don't know why he was demoted to the bench, and he almost didn't feel his presence after playing in the first quarter, but he is T-mac after all!

Healthy T-mac!

Really want to score, few people can stop him.

At this time, not only Thibodeau and Cole, but also Yao Ming on the side couldn't help but look sideways at Tang Tian.

This ability and method of mobilizing players is really unparalleled.

McGrady's performance, coupled with the echo between Gasol's support, made the Rockets' bench unstoppable.

After only playing for more than 4 minutes in the second quarter, the Rockets played a wave of 15 to 4, directly opening the point difference to double digits.

Carl was forced to call a timeout directly.

After the timeout, the Nuggets replaced the main players, and the Rockets also replaced the main players.

As for McGrady, who had regained his motivation to play, he was naturally left on the court by Tang Tian.

The two sides entered into a confrontational battle again, and the Rockets were not at a disadvantage at all.

At halftime, the Rockets led the Nuggets by 14 points 72 to 58.

This point difference has been maintained until the end.

Although Anthony of the Nuggets exploded and scored 30 points in the second half, the Rockets couldn't hold back the recovery and the momentum was overwhelming.

In the end, the Rockets defeated the powerful Nuggets 132 to 118.

Amidst the doubts of the media and fans, the Rockets responded strongly with their actual performance.

Yao Ming made 18 of 21 shots and scored a game-high, career-high 44 points, plus 10 rebounds, 10 assists and 3 blocks. It was a nearly perfect game.

McGrady played 30 minutes off the bench and scored 32 points efficiently on 10 of 14 shots.

In addition, Weaver, Landry, Gasol Jr., and Sun Yue all scored in double figures.

A hearty victory!