In fact, Tang Tian's set of tactics has been used in the regular season with the Celtics, and now he is using the Mavericks to learn from the experience.

Carlisle had nothing to do in the end, and the Rockets upset the Mavericks 108-93 on the road, leading 3-0.

Yao Ming had 27 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists, Maddie had 30 points and 6 boards, Artest had 15 points, Yi Jianlian had 14 points, and Billups had 12 points and 12 assists...... Team Rocket is still blooming more.

On the Mavericks' side, Nowitzki played the whole game, scoring 41 points and 7 rebounds, and was powerless.

No team in history has ever achieved a 0-3 comeback, let alone the Rockets led by Tang Tian.

The Rockets' promotion is basically a certainty.

After a two-day break in Dallas, Game 4 of the series continued at the American Airlines Center.

The Dallas fans were enthusiastic, and the team's owner, Mark Cuban, was on the sidelines as always, wearing the wildest denim outfit.

But all this is more like knowing that this is the final curtain call of the team's season, and you have to go crazy at the end.

At the end of the opening ceremony, the starters of both sides appeared one after another.

The Rockets' starting lineup has not changed, with Billups and Maddy on the outside, Battilga Yi Jianlian on the outside, and Yao Ming on the inside.

But the Mavericks' side is a big change.

Dampier was removed from the starting line-up and replaced by Shaun Williams, who has a three-point shooting ability and has never appeared in this series.

Sean Williams is only 2.08 meters tall and mainly plays small forward, which means that the Mavericks actually play the No. 5 position and become Nowitzki.

Not only that, Howard was also removed from the starter by Carlisle and replaced by Barria.

The average height of this squad is amazingly short, and defense will definitely be a big problem.

But it's clear that Carlisle knows that normal play is always a loss, this is a back-to-back battle, and he wants to speed up to the extreme and play against the Rockets.

At the start of the game, Yi Jianlian jumped to win Nowitzki, and the Rockets took the lead in getting the offensive opportunity.

Yao Ming responded to the free throw line, Maddie cut in the air, and passed in a second.

"Smack!"

Barria showed his pace again, rushing from the other side of the half to cut the ball away.

The Mavericks played a fast break, and Barria came together to draw the ball to the defender and give the ball to Terry, who scored on an easy layup.

The Rockets attacked, Yao Ming asked for the ball under the basket, Maddy's pass was cut off by Shaun Williams who rushed over, the Mavericks played a fast break again, and Nowitzki followed up in the middle to score.

4 to 0!

The cheers at the scene shook the sky.

Carlisle's strange formation had an effect as soon as it opened!

Tang Tian stood up from the bench, but he didn't turn around to call Artest, but directly signaled a tactical gesture to the team to play the No. 4 position.

Billups advanced to the front court with the ball, signaled everyone else to pull away, and then hoisted the ball to Yi Jianlian in the low post.

Yi Jianlian looked back and saw that the Mavericks were not packed, and after Williams, who turned to the left and pressed the center, his center of gravity sank to the left, and then turned around and made a backward jumper.

His shot was decisive and his leaning was so wide that Williams couldn't reach it when he looked back and wanted to interfere.

"Huh!"

Yi Jianlian's backward shot steadily finally broke the scoring drought of the Rockets.

The Mavericks' offense, Nowitzki pulled Yao Ming to the three-point line, and Kidd gave the ball to Terry and motioned for Sean Williams to pick it up.

After dismantling the ball, Williams went to the three-point line on the right side, and Terry took the ball to meet Yi Jianlian and went straight to the basket.

Yi Jianlian is very smart, reaching out and retreating at the same time, always maintaining a defensive position.

Terry's hurried stop throw, Yi Jianlian struggled to save.

"Bang!"

Terry's interference shot didn't go in.

Yi Jianlian turned around and took the defensive rebound and gave it to Billups.

After Billups advanced to the frontcourt, he still traded the ball for a low-post single.

At this time, the other points on the court of the Rockets were very open, and they were afraid of the Rockets' accurate three-point shots, and the Mavericks did not dare to wrap them up at all.

Yi Jianlian continued to beat Williams with his back, this time with a hard shoulder.

Although Williams is 2.08 meters tall, he weighs only about 105 kilograms, which is 10 kilograms less than Yi Jianlian, and even in the regular season, he rarely has the opportunity to play, and the confrontation is very average.

After a few hard chisels, Yi Jianlian successfully squeezed to the basket, after a feint to turn to the left to deceive Williams, then turned right and squeezed over, holding the ball with both hands and scoring directly.

There was a commotion at the scene.

Yi Jianlian was able to PK Scola and Landry, and even Artest became the starting big forward of the Rockets, relying on hard power.

Carlisle was stunned for a moment, and then there was some helplessness in his eyes.

This strange formation is most afraid of being so hard to chisel, the Rockets have a high success rate in attack, and the Mavericks have no chance to speed up if they want to.

The Mavericks attacked, Barria and Williams broke through the basket after blocking and picking, and he was faster than Terry and accelerated past Yi Jianlian to score a layup.

Looking back, Billups also traded the ball for Jianlian's low-post single, Yi Jianlian made a hard chisel feint, deceived Williams into exerting his strength, turned directly to the basket, and scored with a two-handed dunk under the basket.

The fans at the scene couldn't sit still.

Williams won the MVP of the National Championship when he was in college, and was selected by the Pacers with the 17th pick in '06, but after arriving in the NBA, his inconsistent positioning made him rarely play, and it was his first appearance in the Mavericks playoffs.

It turns out that he still can't play this level of competition, which was ravaged to death by Yi Jianlian on the other side.

The Mavericks' offense, Barria burst again, the Rockets contracted this time, and Barria gave the ball to the outside Williams.

Williams made a three-point shot.

"Bang!"

The ball was a little off-marking, smashing directly to the right back edge, and Yao Ming pressed Nowitzki to collect the defensive rebound.

Without a decent center, don't count on the Mavericks' frontcourt board.

What made the fans even more depressed was that after Billups held the ball to the front court, he handed the ball to Yi Jianlian!

Four times in a row!

Williams behind him was a little helpless, it wasn't that he didn't work hard to defend, it was that he really couldn't defend against Yi Jianlian now......

Terry recycled the basket, and Yi Jianlian reacted quickly, directly distributing the ball to the outside Battle.

Battier catches the ball and shoots straight at three-pointers.

"Huh!"

With a crisp sound, Battier's trademark bottom-corner three-pointer hit it steadily.

"Toot!"

There was a timeout from the sidelines, and Carlisle shook his head helplessly.

The Rockets played a wave of 9-2 attacks in the past, and Yi Jianlian sent 6 points and 1 assist in this attack wave, which really deserved the title of some fans and became "Chinese Nowitzki".

Coming back from the timeout, the Mavericks made substitutions, with Williams and Barria replaced by Dampier and Howard.

Carlisle's substitution also shows that the strange formation he tested has failed.