"Smack!"

With a thud, Larry Brown slapped the tactical board.

Then, the foaming star flew sideways, and Larry Brown sprayed directly, he felt that there were problems with the team's offense and defense in the opening game, and there was no need to adjust the adjustment.

Although the trail is huge, in Larry Brown's opinion, as long as the Pistons can get their defense back, this is not a big problem.

After the pause, the game resumed.

The Pistons did not make any adjustments, and the style of play remained the same, but on the court, the Rockets' offense gradually felt the pressure.

But the opening lead was real, so the Rockets maintained a lead of about 10 points.

By the middle of the first quarter, the two teams rotated for a lap.

The Rockets replaced Jamal Crawford and Boris Dio, replaced Wade and Chris Anderson, and continued to maintain their offensive firepower on the court.

For the Pistons, Memet Oku came on to replace Rasheed Wallace, and on both sides was an inside line with the function of opening up space.

But on one side is Yao Ming, and on the other side is Oku.

At the end of the first quarter, the Rockets maintained an eight-point lead at 33:25.

The 8-point deficit is a lot better than the Pistons' collapse at the beginning.

In the second quarter, the Rockets rotated the lineup, Wade rushed with a group of substitutes, and on the Pistons' side, Larry Brown did not make any substitutions, and the main lineup continued to stay on the court.

So, at the beginning of the second quarter, the game became a rotation of the Pistons' main force against the Rockets.

Then, the Pistons unleashed a 9-3 attack wave to narrow the gap to 2 points.

But then, Qiao Hai called a timeout and switched back to the main force.

Larry Brown switched to the rotation lineup at this time, and Rashid Wallace, who left the break early, came on the court and carried the rotation lineup

But Qiao Hai played the twin towers on the line, Yao Ming partnered with Greg Ostertag, and as soon as Rashid Wallace got the ball, he marked and assisted the defense with one person, not giving Rashid Wallace a chance to play alone easily.

In the second half of the second quarter, the Rockets still maintained the advantage on the court, but the rhythm was slowed down by the Pistons, and Larry Brown continued to take advantage of the dead ball and took turns to let the starting five tigers on the court to maintain the vitality of the court.

In the slow-paced offense and defense, the Rockets failed to make much progress.

After halftime, the score was 48-44, and the Rockets' lead was reduced to four points.

Obviously, compared to Rick Carlisle, whom Johi played before, Larry Brown is more spicy, and he always makes the right adjustments at the right time.

After falling behind by 8 points in the first quarter, he used the main lineup to play more than three minutes before chasing back.

Then he went on the rotation lineup, and it looked like the lineup on the court was a disadvantage, but Larry Brown dragged the Rockets with the help of defense by dragging the rhythm to the fullest.

But Joe is still confident, because Larry Brown has exhausted his hole cards and he still has a few cards in his hand to play.

In the second half, the Rockets' offensive rhythm changed, Yao Ming was in a low position, Gary Payton organized an offense from the outside, and Wade only played more than five minutes before being replaced by Qiao Hai to rest.

The Rockets took the initiative to give up the offense they were good at, and instead started a defensive battle with the Pistons.

In the third quarter, the scores of both teams were 18:17, both low scores, but the Rockets once again extended their one-point lead, and after three quarters, they led the Pistons by 5 points at 66-61.

Then, at the beginning of the fourth quarter, Qiao Hai's killer move came!

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, for the final decisive moment, the Pistons could only go to the rotation lineup first, and their rotation lineup could still only be led by Rasheed Wallace, partnering with Memetoku, to ensure a certain amount of peripheral firepower.

But the decisive lineup of the rocket surprised everyone.

Carlos Arroyo, who didn't play much throughout the playoffs, was already surprising, with Wadega and Jamal Crawford on the wings, two shooting guards who could shoot and Boris Dior and Kevin Cato on the inside.

McBlin saw through it at a glance: "The Rockets have a fast-break lineup, although the appearance of Boris Dior and Kevin Cato ensures the height of the interior, but their purpose is too obvious, which is to speed up!" ”

"Although Carlos Arroyo hasn't played much this season, according to his information last season, this is a pure playmaker who is good at controlling the tempo, and Qiao Hai's idea should be to use Carlos Arroyo to control the rhythm and speed up the fast attack."

"Take advantage of the time when the Pistons can't get on Ben Wallace, run and kill the Pistons!"

Charles Barkley's face was full of seriousness: "In other words, Qiao Hai has advanced the decisive battle!" ”

Kenny Smith also nodded: "Unless Larry Brown goes to the main force in advance, it will be difficult for the Pistons to cope with this wave of impact of the Rockets!" ”

The shockwave of the rocket came, and at the beginning, Carlos Arroyo quickly rushed to the front court, passed to Jamal Crawford, and after a cover on the outside, Jamal Crawford scored a three-pointer!

The margin widened to 8 points.

Then, the Pistons went crazy and Rasheed Wallace finally hit a 2-pointer.

The Rockets fought two counterattacks in a row, succeeding in a row and scoring four points in a row.

The margin stretched further into double digits.

In desperation, Larry Brown called a timeout and switched back to the main force early.

Qiao Hai also made substitutions, Chris Anderson replaced Kevin Cato, Ron Artest replaced Boris Dior, and the Rockets rushed more fiercely.

Replacing Boris Dio means that Qiao Hai no longer leaves himself with a back move, he just wants to use the impact of running and bombing to break up the Pistons' positional defense.

But after the main Pistons lineup came on the court, the Rockets' run-and-gun effect was average.

The margin didn't widen any further, but it wasn't narrowed by the Pistons.

The Rockets rushed for about five more minutes, and the score became 80:69, the Rockets led by 11 points, and the game was only 3 minutes and 57 seconds left.

At this time, Qiao Hai changed back to Yao Ming and Gary Payton, and the on-court lineup became a regular lineup again.

The last 3 minutes were spent in a slow positional battle.

In the end, the Rockets won the first game of the finals with a difference of 96:86, 10 points.

"The first game of the finals is over, and there is no doubt that the Rockets have won this game! Throughout the game, the Rockets led from the beginning to the end of the game, and the Pistons never overtook the score! ”

"It was a very easy win for the Rockets."

"Yao Ming 24 points, 10 rebounds and 4 blocks, Dwayne Wade 20 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals, Ron Artest 17 points and 5 rebounds, Gary Payton 14 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, the Big Four played perfectly, and the Rockets won the first game."

"And for the Pistons, Steve Francis was completely eaten to death by Gary Payton's one-on-one defense, he shot 6 of 19, only got 19 points and 7 assists, Richard Hamilton 22 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists, Rasheed Wallace 16 points and 7 rebounds, James Posey 10 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists, Ben Wallace 6 points, 14 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals."