Chapter 424: Easy Rocket
The second penalty may be that Yao Ming's complaint has an effect.
The basketball smashed the frame, bumped it upside down, got into the net, scored the ball, hit one of the two free throws, and Yao Ming helped the Rockets score 1 point first.
Immediately after, the Warriors' offense.
Gilbert Arenas took the ball outside the three-point line on the left side, controlled it for a while, and after forcing a breakthrough, he directly distributed the ball to Jason Richardson on the wing.
Jason Richardson took a step forward to catch the ball and made a pull-up jump shot.
Bang! Ball in!
2:1, the Warriors also scored.
Subsequently, the Rockets' offense was still the blocking and dismantling cooperation of Steve Francis and Yao Ming in the high position, and the blocking was dismantled, but this time, the Warriors did not pinch and chose to disassemble the defense one-on-one.
As a result, Francis accelerated and continued to move towards the basket.
Finally, under the defense of Troy Murphy, he jumped up and passed the ball to Chris Anderson under the basket, and the birdman jumped up, clanged, and scored 2 points.
The Warriors' offense, still Gilbert Arenas's possession of the ball, after a little time, did not break through, and he quickly handed the ball to Antoine Jamison, who went around the bottom corner.
In the last 7 seconds, Jamison's mid-range single, leaning on Ron Artest with his back, turned around, made a breakthrough, shook Atay, and directly shot a mid-range shot.
With a bang, I entered again.
Qiao Hai on the sidelines frowned, at the beginning, the Rockets' defense was in place, but the Warriors still scored 4 points in a row and looked in excellent shape.
Both goals were scored from mid-range positions and seemed to expose some weaknesses in the Rockets' defense.
The game continued, and it was the Rockets' turn to attack again.
Yao Ming was in the middle distance position, Steve Francis broke through directly with the ball on the outside, and without cover, he forced a breakthrough without breaking in, looked left and right, and directly gave the ball to James Posey on the edge of the baseline.
Jason Richardson had a gap in Posey's defense, Posey raised the ball and shook Jason Richardson, rushed two more steps inside, rushed directly to the basket, and scored 2 points on a layup.
The score was 5:4, and the Rockets led by 1 point.
The Warriors' offense, continuous reversals from the outside, and finally Jamison, time was running out, Jamison directly jumped and shot a three-point shot, bang, didn't score.
At this moment, Qiao Hai understood.
The Rockets' defense was completely outstretched, and the mid-range defense was a little weak, which allowed the Warriors to find some opportunities.
"Ron, switch guards with James, you go lock the waist position, don't let them in easily!"
Qiao Hai stood on the sidelines and made an adjustment directly, which was very simple, liberating Ron Artest from the task of defending Jamison alone, and turning him into a free man on the defensive end, helping to make up for the defense, and stifling the Warriors' offense in the mid-range position.
The tweak was officially implemented after a wave of failed attacks by the rockets.
The Warriors' offense, Gilbert Arenas broke through with the ball, rushed to the mid-range position, and was quickly supplemented by Artest, who continued to rush inside against Artai's defense.
Rush to the basket, raise your hand to throw the ball, and force a layup.
As a result, Yao Ming, who was guarding under the basket, jumped up, raised his hand to be a volleyball cap, and fanned the basketball away!
A burst of cheers erupted in the Compaq Center, especially in a corner behind the hoop, where a group of Chinese fans gathered there, wearing Yao Ming's No. 11 jersey, which stood out throughout the court.
The basketball flew off the sideline, and the Warriors had the ball.
They re-served, and there was not much time, and Gilbert Arenas, who served, directly passed a high lob ball, which surprised everyone, and the basketball was directly given to the inside.
Eric Dampier jumped to his feet, he wanted to buckle!
It was Yao Ming again, and he jumped up too, but in front of Dampier.
At this time, Eric Dampier was still the arrogant Dampier later, this ball, seeing that it was impossible to dunk, he chose to change his posture in the air and replaced it with a layup.
With a bang, the basketball smashed into the frame and bounced into the net.
Ball in! The Warriors scored 2 points.
Qiao Hai didn't have too many ideas about this ball, this ball was passed by Arenas too well, it has nothing to do with the Rocket's defense, after adjustment, the Rocket's defense is no longer too much of a problem.
The game continued, the Rockets' offense, Steve Francis also scored, still a breakthrough, suddenly accelerated after passing the cover, completely passed Dampier who was making up the defense, rushed to the inside for a layup, and scored 2 points.
Then, Troy Murphy's mid-range shot hit the iron.
Returning to the Rockets' offense, the ball was given to Yao Ming for a mid-range single, but he was stealed.
The Warriors played a wave of counterattacks, and Jason Richardson caused a foul on Steve Francis and made one of two free throws from the free throw line to tie the score at 7-7.
Then, the Rockets' offense, James Posey's three-point miss, and the Warriors' side, Arenas's mid-range shot also continued to hit the iron.
The Rockets' offense continued to play Francis and Yao Ming's duo, and after Francis broke through, he quickly attracted a pinch shot, and the ball was divided into the bottom line, and James Posey hit a shot from close range.
But the Warriors soon followed suit, with Jamison hitting a mid-range single and a turnaround shot.
Then, Yao Ming hit two points, James Posey hit another two-pointer, Ron Artest also scored a three-pointer, and only Dampier scored a goal inside on the Warriors' side.
The difference began to widen, and at 16:11, the Rockets led by five points.
Then, Qiao Hai was replaced.
Steve Francis and Chris Anderson left the field, Johi was replaced by Boozer and Muchinolis, and Ron Artest took over the ball.
The Rockets' offense went through a wave of hits and turnovers, and finally, a mid-range shot from Yao Ming ended the slump.
Moreover, the Rockets' defense was also very successful, and during this slump, they also defended the Warriors who failed to score.
At the end of the first quarter, the Rockets took a 7-point lead at 29:22.
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With a 7-point lead, Qiao Hai's strategy succeeded again, so, in the second quarter of the game, Qiao Hai continued to adhere to this tactical strategy of play, Steve Francis, who had rested for half a quarter, returned to the court, and the Rockets maintained the pressure on the Warriors.
However, in the second quarter, the Warriors began to chase points.
By halftime, the score was 53-48, and the Rockets still led by five points.
During the 15-minute halftime break, with the Rockets' last two hearty victories and the suppression of opponents on the court in this game, the Rockets' locker room became very relaxed.
Everyone was talking and laughing, and Qiao Hai didn't interfere with the team's state, although some coaches didn't like their teams to be too relaxed at halftime.
But Qiao Hai believes that a relaxed atmosphere is not necessarily a bad thing, and everything must look at both sides.
In the second half, the relaxed Rockets went into battle lightly, Qiao Hai directly discharged a full main lineup, and after the main state completely broke out, the Rockets won by 11 points in a single quarter with 35:24.
In this way, after three quarters, the Rockets led the Warriors by 16 points, 88-72.
The fourth quarter was basically garbage time, and the Warriors struggled for more than four minutes before finally choosing to surrender.