Yao Ming locked in the ticket king, and Qiao Hai's Rockets were the first in the West, so he locked in the position of head coach of the All-Star Game.

This should be the second time Qiao Hai has become the head coach of the All-Star Game, so this time, he is more experienced.

The ticket king is locked, and the starter has also been locked.

The starting five in the West are Kobe Bryant and Gary Payton in the backcourt, and the fans of the Celestial Empire are very powerful and directly put Gary Payton into the starter.

The two forwards are Kevin Garnett and Tim Duncan, and center Yao Ming.

In the East, Allen Iverson and Jason Kidd are in the backcourt, with Vince Carter and Jermaine O'Neal up fronts and Ben Wallace at center.

And, the head coach of the East team will be the head coach of the Nets, Byron Scott.

Because of this, some media have long played out: "All-star master-apprentice showdown, Qiao Hai and Byron Scott, is it better than the blue, or is the master the master?" ”

Warm up for the All-Stars.

Qiao Hai and Byron Scott need to choose a substitute, and on February 1, Qiao Hai received an email from the NBA official and began to choose a substitute within the scope of the NBA official.

"Shaq is definitely going to choose." After Qiao Hai got the list, he immediately decided on a name - Shaquille O'Neal.

Without Yao Ming, Shaquille O'Neal would have been the starter, so there was no problem with his selection, and Qiao Hai was even prepared to use O'Neal more in the All-Star break.

Because Qiao Hai is ready to take advantage of this All-Star Weekend to give his team a good rest, Yao Ming and Gary Payton will be the pseudo-starters in the All-Star Game.

Then, Qiao Hai circled Maddie and Dek Nowitzki again, Maddie and Nuo Tianwang should be the two biggest names in Qiao Hai's eyes among the remaining players.

The next name circled by Qiao Hai is Wang Zhizhi, after getting enough ball possession this season, the average of 19 + 8 + 3 + 1 + 1 per game is roughly eligible for selection, then, Qiao Hai will naturally not be virtuous and avoid relatives, and he will be roughly selected, and there will only be 3 of the 7 substitute places.

Johi then drafted Sam Kassel and Pejastojakovic, who have been doing well this season, and Carlos Boozer of the Jazz was selected.

The seven-man bench was released: Shaquille O'Neal, Tracy McGrady, Derk Nowitzki, Wang Zhizhi, Sam Kassel, Pejastojakovic and Carlos Boozer.

Byron Scott made a phone call, and his bench was quickly chosen.

Kenyon Martin, Paul Pearce, Byron Davis, LeBron James, Richard Hamilton, Steve Francis and Zarunas Ilguskas.

Regarding this list of substitutes, Qiao Hai has a question: "Byron, why did you choose two Cavaliers players?" ”

The implication is that the Cavaliers' record is so bad, why did he choose two players from the Cavaliers?

Byron Scott's explanation is: "LeBron's popularity is too high, and Zarunas's words are because we need a center, and apart from Ben, there is only Zarunas." ”

At this time, Qiao Hai released his substitute list, which was very gorgeous.

Byron Scott took a look at the players Joe Hay didn't pick, Chaun Billups, Sean Marion, Steve Nash, Manuginobili......

He couldn't help but complain: "It's too extravagant!" ”

Qiao Hai laughed: "If you are envious, you can leave the Nets and then come to coach in the West!" ”

Byron Scott really thought about it seriously: "I will, you just wait!" ”

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Before the All-Star, the Rockets played six more games, many of which were strong matchups.

On Feb. 2, the Rockets faced the Suns at home.

At this time, the Suns had already sent Stephen Marbury away and completely entered a state of slump, so the Rockets won 109-89 without much effort, counting the victory in January, two consecutive wins.

On Feb. 4, the Rockets faced the Bucks.

Compared with the previous life, this Bucks has one less Michael Reed, and Michael Reed at this time is still serving as a substitute for the Grizzlies, but because of the excellent performance of rookie Bucks King Chris Bosh, this Bucks has a good record and is currently in the playoffs.

But that is, in the east, if it was in the west, the bucks would have been squeezed out long ago!

Qiao Hai has reduced the intensity of the Rockets' physical training, so the Rockets still won this game easily, and they won 103-89.

On Feb. 6, still two days later, the Rockets defeated the Bulls, a super-bad team, 102-80 at home, for a four-game winning streak.

On February 7, although it was back-to-back, the Rockets still defeated the Hawks 86-77 on the road and continued their winning streak.

But on February 9, the Rockets faced the Spurs, and after a hard-fought battle, they lost 82-85, three-point loss, and the winning streak ended again.

At this point, before the All-Star weekend, the Rockets only have 1 game left to play, the opponent is the Lakers, and the Rockets are playing at home.

In this game, Qiao Hai is very serious, and his requirement is that he can only win, not lose, because this season, he wants to win against the Lakers and even his old club again!

So far this season, he has 1-0 against the Lakers and 2-0 against the Grizzlies, and all wins are underway!

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The game was a scorching one, with both teams attacking on the offensive end and opening without defense.

In the first quarter, the Lakers beat the Grizzlies 31-30, leading by only one point.

On the Lakers' side, Kobe Bryant scored 9 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists on 4-of-6 shooting, O'Neal had 6 points and 2 rebounds, and Karl Malone had 6 points and 1 rebound.

After the OK combination started to cooperate again, the cooperation between the Lakers giants increased, and the game was played more easily.

However, the Grizzlies were not far behind, Yao Ming scored 10 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists on 4-of-5 shooting, Wade scored 9 points and 1 assist on 3-of-4 shooting, and the Grizzlies only trailed by 1 point.

In the second quarter of the game, the hands of the two teams slipped together, and the game suddenly turned into an iron battle.

After the Lakers 20:19 in the first quarter, at halftime, the Lakers led the Rockets by 2 points.

In the third quarter, the two teams played a 20-20 tie, and the Lakers entered the fourth quarter with a two-point lead of 71-69.

In the decisive battle in the fourth quarter, the two teams went to the bench first, and after consuming some time, the main force appeared, and the decisive battle officially began.

On the Lakers' side, Kobe Bryant scored 7 points in a row, and the difference was once stretched to 5 points.

On the Rockets' side, Yao Ming scored 2 points first, then sent a hot pot on the defensive end, turned around and scored another 2 points, and the difference narrowed to 1 point.

With 4:01 left in the fourth quarter, the score was tied at 87-87.

In the remaining 4 minutes of the game, on the Rockets' side, Wade scored a three-pointer from the outside.

The two teams then traded iron until 1:47 left in the game before the Lakers scored two points from a layup by Derrick Fisher to narrow the score to one point.

Then, on the Rockets' side, Wade hit another mid-range single, turned over and made a jumper, and hit with a bang! 2 more points!

On the Lakers side, it was Derrick Fisher who hit a shot, and the difference was close to 1 point.

The Lakers made another mistake, that is, they didn't score, Yao Ming hit a mid-range jumper for 2 points, and successfully killed the game!

In the end, the Rockets narrowly defeated the Lakers 94-91, with three points! Beat the Lakers for the second time in the season!