Qiao Hai's response was effective, and the Grizzlies' off-the-board moves eventually failed, and the players had a good night's sleep and recuperated mentally and physically.

On April 20, at the General Motors Arena, the second battle between the Rockets and the Grizzlies began!

Before the start of the game, Qiao Hai kept emphasizing: "Give the ball to Yao, let him solve the opponent's defense near the middle distance, the offensive end must run quickly, and the transfer of the ball must also be fast!" ”

"In addition, your defensive action can be a little bigger at the beginning, and test the referee's blowing scale......"

……

The game officially began, at the beginning, Yao Ming jumped the ball to win, and the rocket got the ball and attacked first.

Steve Francis held the ball and pushed it across the half court and handed the ball to Yao Ming.

Yao Ming took the ball in the middle distance, leaned on his back to defend him, and then suddenly turned around and shook it roughly, but he didn't react roughly, Yao Ming took a step back directly.

A long-range two-point shot!

Bang, the ball goes in!

Qiao Hai on the bench clapped his hands, Yao Ming played a great game, showing his range and footsteps, speaking of footsteps, Qiao Hai really has to thank Rudy Tomjanovich.

At present, it seems that Hakim Olajuwon's special training for Yao Ming is still very effective, Yao Ming's inside footsteps are already very skillful, and he can often shake off his opponent with the help of changes in his footsteps in singles.

Of course, this is also related to the fast growth card, and the fast growth attributes provided by the fast growth card are naturally added to several attributes of Yao Ming's main practice, medium and long range throwing, strength, speed, agility, and the dream steps taught by the big dream.

After Qiao Hai discovered this early, he had already changed the focus of Yao Ming's main practice in early March, and gradually let Yao Ming move inside......

……

Yao Ming scored first in the opening game, which was the same plot as the previous game.

But the plot that follows is very different.

On the defensive end, the Rockets' confrontation increased sharply, and the action was a big mess, Maddie broke through, and was directly stuck to death by Ron Artest, and even pushed and squeezed to stop in the mid-range position.

Then, Maddie shot directly, Ron Artest set up a pair of thick elbows, Maddie's shot was interfered with to death, bang, hit hard!

Beep beep!

But on the other side, the referee blew the whistle and pointed at Ron Artest.

"Ron Artest was fouled, he was a little too big on the defensive end, and there was no problem with this foul."

The foul is no problem, and the Rockets also tested the referee's penalty scale through this ball, and it seems that the scale is not lenient, but Qiao Hai did not adjust, and he decided to try again.

Maddie hit both free throws from the free-throw line to tie the score at 2-2.

The Rockets' offense is still Yao Ming's mid-range singles, and after attracting the pinch, the ball is divided into Ron Artest, who is empty on the other side, and Atai breaks through the inside line and attracts the defense again.

Divide the ball again, Chris Anderson stabbed out diagonally, and caught the ball and dunked! Two more points!

The Rockets' offense is still no problem, and the next step is to look at the defense.

In the Grizzlies' offensive round, the Rockets' defensive movements are still very large, and this time, Maddy didn't take long to get the ball from the outside and just broke through a step.

With a beep, the referee blew the whistle and he pointed at Ron Artest again, signaling for a foul on Altera.

With two fouls in two rounds, Qiao Hai couldn't sit still and directly motioned to Jamal Crawford on the bench to get up.

"Jamal, you go up, replace Ron, and then tell them to reduce the action on the defensive end, how to defend in the last game, and how to defend this game, by the way, let James defend Maddie."

This adjustment means that a major change in the preparation of the Rockets before the game - "increasing the action on the defensive end" has to be abandoned.

"Two fouls in one minute, Ron Artest's defense in this game is too fierce, I don't know if it is Qiao Hai's special arrangement, but now, he has to leave the court to calm down for a while."

……

Ron Artest left the court, and the Rockets' defensive action was suddenly much smaller, and the game was smooth all of a sudden.

In the next game, the Grizzlies' offense was unstoppable, they scored one after another, and played a wave of 11:4 in the opening game, Qiao Hai stood anxiously on the sidelines and kept shouting.

"Give the ball to Yao! Move faster! ”

"Pass the ball!"

“……”

Because Ron Artest left early, Joe Hai did not replace Steve Francis.

In the second half of the game, an accident occurred in favor of the Rockets, roughly with Pau Gasol in the first half of the quarter, each of them had a foul, which was the result of Yao Ming's continuous singles.

Then, Steve Francis broke through the interior and drew another foul on Pau Gasol, and Hubbie Brown had to make a substitution for Lorenzen Wright.

But then, the offensive end roughly pushed Yao Ming, Yao Ming lay back for a while, and with a beep, the referee blew the whistle again, signaling a rough foul.

"Wang Zhizhi also fouled twice, and he must leave the game......"

As a result, roughly with Pau Gasol all left the game, and the Grizzlies' interior line became a combination of Lorenzen Leite Gabo Outelo, and the weak chicken reached the extreme.

Qiao Hai also immediately made adjustments, attacked the inside, and stared at the Grizzlies' inside weakness.

The results were quickly reaped.

At the end of the first quarter, the Rockets finally played a perfect offensive game with a score of 30:22, and after the first quarter of the game, they led the Grizzlies by 8 points.

On the commentary bench, Cherry Miller kept saying: "The referee's decision in this game is a bit problematic, their scale is too strict, which affects the process of the game to a certain extent, Ron Artest was whistled for two fouls in the first 1 minute, and had to do more than 10 minutes on the bench." ”

"And Pau Gasol and Wang Zhizhi, they both sat on the bench for too long, because there was no interior line available, and the Grizzlies were directly blown up by the Rockets' interior offense......"

The referee's decision affected the course of the game to a certain extent, which Qiao Hai agrees with, and if Pau Gasol and roughly had not been sent off, the Rockets would not have had such a big advantage in the second half of the first quarter.

In fact, Qiao Hai himself didn't expect that he would test the referee's penalty scale at the beginning, and actually tried an unusually strict penalty scale.

Qiao Hai made the players on the court reduce their actions in time, except for Ron Artest, the other players of the Rockets were not affected by this.

On the contrary, the Grizzlies continued to play according to the scale of the previous game, and the result was a huge loss.

……

In this game, the Rockets had a huge advantage, in the second quarter, Qiao Hai let go of his feet even more, and directly used Ron Artest and Steve Francis to play together, plus the outside double control Ralph Alston and Muchinorris, the outside line is four small, and the only big one is Kevin Cato.

"A crazy little lineup, Qiao Hai has found an opportunity, and it seems that he is going to win in a wave!"

But on the other side, Hubby Brown was also ruthless, and the 8-point deficit in the first quarter made him feel the crisis, so in the second quarter, he did not make any substitutions, and Maddie continued to play, looking like he was going to continue to fight.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the Grizzlies launched a wave of offensive, aiming directly at narrowing the difference.

But on the Rockets' side, Ron Artest's two consecutive fouls in the first quarter helped the Rockets and helped the Rockets have a strong outside combination in the first half of the second quarter.

Steve Francis and Ron Artest worked together to frantically storm the Grizzlies' interior, and in this quarter, Hubby Brown used Pau Gasol and Roughly, which also helped the Rockets.

The Rockets' fast offense is invincible, and of course, at the same time, the Grizzlies' interior offense is also unstoppable by the short Rockets.

After half a quarter, the Rockets still led by 8 points.

……

But in the second half of the quarter, Qiao Hai replaced Yao Ming and used Yao Ming to fight with a single core, and the Grizzlies' counterattack began with Yao Ming's appearance.

Hubie Brown's on-the-spot adjustment is still very old-fashioned, after Qiao Hai replaced Steve Francis, he immediately made adjustments, using substitute Lorenzen Wright to strangle near the baseline, and then roughly followed Yao Ming, and used Sean Marion to cooperate with the pinch.

Then directly locked Yao Ming.

Relying on such a defense, the Rocket's offense was half dumb at once.

After being hit by the Grizzlies a few times in a row, Qiao Hai also gritted his teeth and took Steve Francis back, so that the Rockets became an all-main lineup on the court.

The outside of the rocket rushed up again.

After halftime, the score was 44:50, and the Rockets continued to hold a six-point lead.

……

With a six-point lead at half-time, the second half becomes very important.

Qiao Hai looked serious, the Rockets had a good chance in this game, leading by 6 points at halftime, which was an advantage they didn't get in the last game.

According to the tactical strategy of these two games, the Rockets were able to tie with the Grizzlies at most in the first three quarters, but now they are ahead.

If the Rockets can withstand the pressure and maintain their lead in the third quarter, they have at least an 80% chance of winning this game!

……

"The opening is full of main forces, focusing on Yao, Ron and Steve can take turns to rest, play to a small lineup in the second half of the quarter, and use a small lineup to break them."

Stanrefour came up with an idea.

Qiao Hai quickly made a improvement: "Then let's play like this, Carlos (Boozer) is in good shape in this game, we can play double control in the opening game, let Steve go to rest, and Ron will come on the court to stare at Maddie." ”

Dual-control play, playing well, can play a core role to a certain extent, but the Rockets have not practiced dual-control, so at the beginning of the third quarter, the Rockets played very average.

Fortunately, Yao Ming's condition is very good, and he hit three consecutive hits at the beginning! Scored 6 points in a row.

The Grizzlies fought back wildly, Maddie continued to play, and so far in this game, Maddie has only rested for 2 minutes, and for this victory, Hubby Brown has gone completely crazy.

The difference was once stretched to 9 points by the Rockets, but it was once narrowed to 5 points, Qiao Hai kept staring at the stopwatch above the rebound, and when there were 7 minutes left in the third quarter, he very decisively called Steve Francis, who had been resting, from the bench.

Add Jamal Crawford and Chris Anderson, plus James Posey and Ron Artest on the field, and a small lineup has taken shape.

"The Rockets made a substitution, and it looks like they do want to end this game in one wave."

"But the key problem is that the Grizzlies are fighting back so violently that the Rockets seem to be a little unable to resist."

"Let's see what happens after this substitution."