After the score was overtaken, Qiao Hai glanced at Philip Sanders standing on the other side.

Philip Sanders stood on the sidelines and waved his hand and shouted two sentences, Qiao Hai listened, as if shouting: "One-on-one defense, don't attack at will!" ”

Qiao Hai smiled, shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands, and then sat back in his place.

The Timberwolves' offense, Kevin Garnett's singles, attracted the help defense, distributed the ball to the basket, and Joe Smith's forced layup missed.

The Rockets grabbed the rebound and fought back.

Steve Francis rushed to the front court and shot a three-pointer directly, and Troy Hudson counterattacked too hard and pounced directly on Francis.

Beep! The referee blew the whistle.

"Three-point foul! Steve Francis is going to make three free throws. ”

The first free throw was hit, the Timberwolves made a substitution, Mark Jackson came on, and the Timberwolves increased the height of the interior.

Qiao Hai didn't make any moves here, and there were no substitutions.

Steve Francis continued to shoot free throws, hitting both free throws and making three-pointers to give the Rockets a four-point lead over the Timberwolves at 27-23.

The Timberwolves' offense, Kevin Garnett's mid-range shot continued to hit the iron.

On the Rockets' side, Cato received the ball inside and missed a forced dunk, but it caused Mark Jackson's foul and went to the free throw line.

1-of-2 from the free-throw line gave the Rockets a five-point lead.

The Timberwolves' offense, Anthony Peele's long-range two-point shot continued to hit the iron.

The Rockets' offense, Carlos Boozer turned around in the low post and slipped to the bottom line for a layup to score another 2 points, and the Rockets led by 7 points.

Then, the Timberwolves' possession, Troy Hudson controlled the ball from the outside, a tentative breakthrough was unsuccessful, the ball was high on the other side, Kendall Gill shot directly, bang, or iron!

The Rockets scored in a row, Steve Francis forced the inside line, and gave the ball to Cato under the basket, who dunked and scored 2 points.

The Timberwolves continued to hit the iron, and on the Rockets' side, James Posey hit another long-range two-pointer from the bottom corner.

At 34:23, with an 11-point difference, Philip Sanders finally couldn't stand it anymore and called a timeout.

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After the timeout, Qiao Hai replaced Ron Artest and Yao Ming, and on the court, the Rockets continued to maintain their strength, and the Timberwolves also adjusted their offense, they began to try to play under the basket, and added Garnett's singles.

Finally, at halftime, the Rockets entered the second half with a 42-36 lead, six points ahead of the Timberwolves.

From falling behind in the first quarter to overtaking in the second quarter, the Rockets' offense was opened in the low post, so in the second half, they continued to stare at the low post and hit hard, and even Yao Ming played two balls in the low post.

Ron Artest's breakaway scoring also began to explode, slashing a 10-point break in the third quarter.

In the third quarter, the Rockets beat the Timberwolves another 32-21, and the margin widened to 17 points.

Considering it's a defensive battle, a 17-point margin could pretty much help the Rockets seal the game.

So, in the fourth quarter, the Timberwolves played with all their main forces to fight for a big comeback.

The Rockets naturally disagreed, and they were also the main force in the battle, and in the slow positional battle, the Rockets ensured the success rate on the offensive end.

The Timberwolves scored back-to-back points, and so did the Rockets.

In the final quarter of the game, the two teams played a 29-29 draw.

In the end, the Rockets defeated the Timberwolves 103-86 and won another victory, which was the Rockets' fourth consecutive victory.

Four consecutive wins, the biggest contributor to this victory should be Carlos Boozer who came off the bench, Boozer rushed off the bench and scored consecutive singles in the low post, which was the main reason for the Rockets to overtake the score in the second quarter of the game.

Boozer's full-court statistics were also 22 points and 9 rebounds, a team-high score.

Then there was Ron Artest, who exploded in the third quarter, and he scored 19 points in the game, plus 3 rebounds and 5 assists.

Steve Francis got 17 points, 6 rebounds and 11 assists, Yao Ming was inaccurate in the middle range, and only got 11 points, 12 rebounds and 3 assists in this game, plus James Posey got 15 points and 2 rebounds, and the Rockets scored a total of 5 double-doubles in this game.

On the Timberwolves' side, although Kevin Garnett had 25 points, 16 rebounds, 5 assists, 5 steals and 1 block, he shot only 6 of 18 from the field and was defeated by the Rockets with Cato, Chris Anderson and Gabuzell.

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gnawed the hard bone of the Timberwolves, Qiao Hai was also very happy, and after the game, he once again waved enthusiastically to the Rockets fans on the sidelines.

Brad Stevens ran over and told Joe a message: "Joe, news from Portland, the Phoenix people lost again, they lost to the Trail Blazers. ”

Qiao Hai slapped the heavy information in his hand fiercely: "Then, our record is 16 wins and 16 losses, a fifty percent win rate, and the Phoenix people's record is 17 wins and 15 losses, and the difference between wins is ......."

"There's one more!"

Stanrefour answered.

Qiao Hai smiled: "That's right, there's another one!" In the next game, if the Phoenix people continue to lose and we continue to win, we can tie the Phoenix people in terms of record! ”

"Guys, the top eight in the West are already at hand!"

"So, what we need to do now is to keep winning!"

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At the press conference after the game, Qiao Hai was in a very comfortable mood.

Therefore, he answered a lot of questions, and this post-match press conference, it was Carlos Boozer who accompanied Qiao Hai to attend.

However, the reporters only asked a few questions about Boozer, and most of the questions went back to Ron Artest's "big talk" after the last game, and Qiao Hai's approach to this kind of questions was not to respond to them.

The reason given was: "This question has nothing to do with this game, I refuse to answer. ”

Carlos Boozer answered a couple of questions, and as a rookie at the end of the first round this year, Boozer suddenly exploded after Qiao Hai joined the team.

scored consecutive double-doubles, and scored a career-high 22 points in this game.

Boozer was confident in his outburst: "It's not an accident, I know I have the ability and I believe I can adapt to this league and play like I have now. ”

Soon, he changed the conversation again and mentioned Qiao Hai: "Of course, I also want to thank the boss, he gave me a lot of help, he gave me a lot of opportunities, and gave me a suitable positioning......"

Qiao Hai smiled, although Boozer is a famous anti-bone boy, but at least now, Boozer's answer satisfied him, this fierce-looking guy seems to know how to be grateful!

Perhaps, Boozer will not be like in history, and he will not be able to rebel against the parent team without faith, and perhaps, under Qiao Hai's transformation, Boozer will stay in the Rockets.