In the seventh minute of the first quarter, Rick Carlisle was the first to step up and call a timeout.

There is no way, the Lakers are playing at home, and the 9:9 tie situation seems to be quite good and acceptable.

But in fact, for the Lakers, as long as they fail to gain an advantage in the score, Rick Carlisle has failed in everything he has done so far in this game.

Jerebas's expression in the private room of the stands says it all, he has a black face, and he is not happy.

After a timeout, Rick Carlisle began to reprimand his players, who believed that the Lakers' failure to win in the opening game was related to the indecisiveness of the players on the court.

The Lakers' offense has no problems, but the defense has a lot of problems, the Rockets always make some small cooperation at the top of the arc, but the Lakers' defense is always hesitant, not to change the defense when it is time to change the defense, and not to pinch when it is time to pinch the attack.

On the other hand, the Rockets' defense, they frantically changed defenses, and only when the ball reached the depths of the penalty area, the Rockets would sacrifice a pinch tactic.

"Defend! Your defense is so bad that you have to flank when it's time to pinch and change when it's time to change defenses! Be decisive and don't hesitate! ”

Rick Carlisle shouted a few times at the top of his lungs, and soon, the first timeout of the game was over.

On the Rockets' side, Qiao Hai was very satisfied with the opening 9:9, and this timeout, his approach was to respond to all changes with the same.

So, after the timeout, the Rockets' style of play did not change at all compared to the opening game.

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When the game restarted, the Lakers' new Rick Fox broke through with the ball, and was immediately cut off by Ron Artest, contributing a turnover.

After the Rockets broke the ball, Dwyane Wade quickly rushed to the front court and scored two points by receiving the ball in the penalty area.

At 11:9, the Rockets led by 2 points.

But then, the Lakers counterattacked, Karl Malone and Kobe Bryant's outside block, and after the dismantling and dismantling, the old Malone went to the depths of the restricted area and also attracted a pinch.

Then he split the ball on the flank, and Derrick Fisher jumped out to catch the ball and hit a jumper from close range.

On the sidelines, Stan Lefu frowned: "Joe, are we going to reduce the use of some flanking tactics?" ”

He has a copy of Tang Yi's on-the-spot statistics, the opening 11:11, the Lakers scored 11 points, except for O'Neal's two points scored by an inside strong shot, the other 9 points were scored by attracting the ball after the shot.

It seems that the Rockets lost points after a pinching attack was very serious.

Qiao Hai shook his head: "No, we will continue to attack, not only will we continue to attack, but we will also be more resolute against Shaq, Kobe and Karl Malone!" ”

Qiao Hai has another statistic in his hand, and since the opening, Shaquille O'Neal has scored 2 points, Kobe Bryant has 0 points, and Karl Malone has also scored 2 points.

The Lakers' top scorer was Derrick Fisher, who scored five points, and Devin George also scored a two.

From a tactical point of view, the Rockets' pinch-and-shoot tactics were clearly successful, with the OK combination plus Karl Malone scoring a total of only 4 points, and it didn't seem to be too much of a problem at the beginning.

But if the game gradually enters a critical moment, once Derrick Fisher and other role players can't step up, it will be unknown whether the Lakers' three superstars, who have not scored much in this game, can step up.

Because they have so few shots, they can't guarantee the feel at all.

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The game continued, the Rockets' offense, Ron Artest missed the layup, and hit another iron.

Then the Lakers fought back, and this time, they gave the ball to O'Neal again, and O'Neal took the ball and hit it hard, and before the Rockets could get it, he turned and scored a goal.

The Lakers took the lead, but the next round, the Rockets pulled the gap back by two points, and Wade broke through the cover and scored two points on a mid-range jumper.

Then, Kobe Bryant made two fouls and scored 2 points on both free throws, and Wade forced the inside to score 2+1.

Derrick Fisher returned a mid-range shot, and on the Rockets' side, Boris Dior, who came off the bench, slipped to the bottom and scored two points on a layup.

In the first quarter of the game, the two teams seemed to be completely tied, the score rose alternately, and no one could open up the difference in one wave.

By the end of the first quarter, the score was only 26:23, and the Rockets still led the Lakers by 3 points.

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At the end of the first quarter, both teams had a short break.

Qiao Hai hurried to check the statistics of the first quarter of the game summarized by Tang Yi.

In the first quarter of the game, the Rockets played well overall, and everyone on the court scored, and the most points were scored by Wade, who broke out after receiving the ball in the second half of the first quarter, and he scored 7 points on 3-of-4 shooting.

Yao Ming didn't seem to have a good hand in this game, shooting 2 of 7 in the first quarter and scoring 4 points.

The focus is on the Lakers, and the top scorer is not either the OK combination or Karl Malone, with Derrick Fisher scoring 7 points, but the top scorer on the Lakers' team.

O'Neal scored six points on 3-of-4 shooting, Kobe Bryant relied on free throws to score two points, and Karl Malone also scored only two points.

The Rockets have a 3-point lead, so Qiao Hai decided to continue to respond to all changes with the same!

As the second quarter was about to begin, Joe turned his head to look at the home team's bench on the other side, where Rick Carlisle was giving an intermission interview with TNT.

Qiao Hai smiled, turned his head, and then pushed the players who came out of the Rockets in the second quarter of the game, shouting: "Come on!" Give them a good look! ”

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In the second quarter, the Rockets' lineup was that Gary Payton and Ron Artest, who left the break in the second half of the first quarter, took Jamal Crawford, Boris Dior and Greg Ostertag to play.

The Rocket's tactics have not changed, the offense is still a small cooperation in the high position, and then play in the penalty area, the difference is that the axis of the high position has been changed from Yao Ming to Boris Dio.

The defensive end is even better than the starter, and the quality of Greg Ostertag's rim protection is incomparable to Chris Anderson.

The game soon resumed.

Hollis Grant, Stanislav Medvidenko and Karim Rush played, and Kobe Garrick Fox continued to play.

The court suddenly became Kobe's single-core lineup.

It seems that Rick Carlisle's idea is to let Kobe, who didn't have much power in the first quarter, lead the team forward for a while.

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The game restarted, the Rockets attacked, and Gary Payton started to attack with the ball.

On the big screen above the arena, the picture of Rick Carlisle being interviewed during the break was broadcast, and Qiao Hai couldn't help but look up for a while.

However, he also often accepts interstellar interviews, and what he says is a cliché, which is really not interesting.

After watching for a while, Qiao Hai lowered his head and continued to stare at the field.

In the first attack of the opening game, Ron Artest's breakthrough was a little more ferocious, rushing too much, but he crossed the line, did not hold the ball in his hand, and went directly out of the bottom line.

A mistake!

Qiao Hai shook his head helplessly......