After two hours of running in circles, the Rockets ran more than they did during the preseason training camp.

Obviously, the rocket is on the top, and it's a massive amount of physical training!

In this run, not only Gary Payton, Greg Ostertag and other veterans were very puzzled, but even those young players felt that when the season was in full swing, why did the team suddenly go to such a massive physical training?

This is obviously unreasonable, and to a certain extent, it will affect the team's record.

But in fact, increasing physical training is also the result of discussion by the coaching staff, and there is no way to do it later.

"If you want to speed up at half-time, then all the players have to run, increase the distance of the run in the half, and keep running to attract the defense and open up the space."

"Well, fitness is very important."

After the half-time speed-up, physical fitness becomes very important, but during the Rocket's preseason training camp, only basic physical training was carried out, so the Rocket's physical condition at this time was unable to support the half-court speed-up.

As a result, the season went on for more than a month, and the Rockets could only make temporary adjustments and begin to strengthen their fitness.

As for the change in tactics, it is really not worth mentioning, and after a little training, the rocket can start to pick up speed.

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On December 9, the Rockets played at home against the Trail Blazers.

In this game, the Rockets were more or less affected by the physical training in the past few days, and the game was very difficult.

At the end of the third quarter, 63-72, the Rockets led by nine points and looked like victory was not far away.

But in the fourth quarter, the Trail Blazers frantically chased the score, and when the game reached the last 42.9 seconds, the score was tied at 91:91 by the fierce Trail Blazers, and the game had to enter a critical moment, and both teams had a chance to win the game.

But on the Trail Blazers' side, first Rashid Wallace hit a shot, and then Gary Payton hit a strong shot and hit a key jumper from mid-range.

At 93:91, the Rockets led by 2 points.

Then, Ron Artest made a crucial defense, and Zach Randolph hit a shot.

The Rockets grabbed the rebound with 11.9 seconds left in the game.

The Trailblazers fouled Yao Ming, and Yao Ming hit both free throws.

Before the end, the little flying squirrel Damon Adameyer hit a three-point iron, and the game was over!

The Rockets narrowly won the game 95-91, winning five in a row.

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On December 11, the Rockets won 73-63 at home against the Spurs.

In the last five minutes of the game, the two teams were still evenly divided.

Then, Gary Payton seemed to suddenly open the second pulse of Ren Du, and hit 4 three-pointers in a row! The Rockets pulled away and led the Spurs by 10 points.

In the end, the Rockets relied on Gary Payton's god-like four three-pointers to win the game.

As a result, the Rockets won another six-game winning streak.

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On Dec. 13, the Rockets played the Spurs again and then lost 73-86.

In this game, Qiao Hai was speechless, it was still a battle between the two teams, and such a game was obviously not exciting.

Moreover, after this loss, the Rockets' six-game winning streak ended.

This reminded him of a familiar plot.

At the beginning of the season, the Rockets won six in a row, then jumped to first place in the West, and then were ended by the Mavericks with six straight wins.

After the winning streak ended, the Rockets' good form came again, so another wave of six consecutive wins, and then it was ended by the Kings.

Then there was another six-game winning streak, with the Rockets even beating the Spurs in a close-quarters bayonet game, only to end their six-game winning streak by the Spurs.

In this way, this season, the Rockets won three consecutive waves of six consecutive wins, and then were terminated three times in a row, I have to say, this is also a kind of fate.

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On December 16, the Rockets lost to the Timberwolves on the road, losing two in a row.

Obviously, this time, the Rockets lost their previous good luck and were unable to continue to start the winning streak again after being ended.

And this time, they even started losing streak.

But this is also a reasonable thing, after all, the Rockets at this time have physical problems, and every time they play a game, they have to add a layer of consumption.

So much so that now, Qiao Hai has even started to play a 12-man rotation, and almost every player who enters the activation list will be able to get playing time.

And Dwyane Wade, who played the most time in the Rockets, only played 27 minutes in this game against the Timberwolves.

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On Dec. 17, the Rockets faced the Cavaliers back-to-back.

This season, although the Cavaliers have selected LeBron James, the chosen son, their record has not improved because of the arrival of LeBron James.

In the first 24 games of the regular season, they only won 6 games, with an overall record of 6 wins and 18 losses, ranking last in the East, and they are a complete bad team.

LeBron James's personal data is good, averaging 20+6+4 per game, but obviously, such a statistic cannot help the Cavaliers win.

And once he can't win, LeBron James will get quite a bad reputation.

Compared with Dwyane Wade, the leader of the list who has been winning games on the other side, although the data is slightly worse, LeBron James, the champion looks more like a brush, the data is bright, but he can't lead the team to win.

In this game, although the Rockets were not in good physical condition, they played unusually easy against the bad team of the Cavaliers.

The Cavaliers' style of play is actually a bit deformed, their tactics are to serve LeBron James, LeBron James can take the ball if he wants to, play how he wants, basically there is no tactic at all.

Perhaps, it is precisely because of such connivance that the later LeBron James will bring his own system and take care of everything, and break into the name of a wasted teammate.

At the end of the 48-minute game, the Rockets defeated the Cavaliers 99-85 and won the game.

LeBron James had 17 points, one rebound and three assists on 7-of-19 shooting, while Dwyane Wade had 18 points, seven rebounds and six assists on 8-of-16 shooting.

With such a stark contrast, it is clear that in this game, Wade won both the data and the game.

After the game, there was a tide of public opinion, and Wade was blown to the sky, as Hoop Sports commented: "Dwayne Wade is using his outstanding individual performance to prove that he is the chosen son of the position in the list, and it also proves Qiao Hai's draft vision!" ”

ESPN also spoke highly of Wade one after another, especially after the game, and their evaluation was: "When he first entered the league, Dwayne Wade showed his top-level finishing ability under the basket, and by mid-December, Dwayne Wade gradually developed a mid-range shot, and now, on the offensive end, Wade's only shortcoming is only three-point shooting." ”

"With such rapid progress, Wade is not far from becoming a star player."

For LeBron James, LeBron James, who was blown into history before the draft, has been judged by many media because of the obvious contrast: "LeBron James still has a long way to go." ”