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After the player introduction, the starters of both sides officially appeared.

It was at this moment that Tang Shuai and his teammates finally knew what Bickerstaff was talking about.

The Rockets made changes to the starting lineup, they replaced Morris, replaced Terry, and pushed Ariza to the starting power forward position, directly playing a small lineup.

Cassel was stunned for a moment when he saw the Rockets' lineup, and then couldn't help but laugh.

Although the Rockets lost the last game, Morris was used as the starting point for blocking and dismantling, and Harden attracted the defense, and the down after the dismantling was still very threatening, but Bickerstaff actually adjusted Morris to the bench lineup, Morris is not the kind of interior line with strong back ability, this is completely self-defeating, no wonder he laughed out loud in amazement.

That's what Cassel thinks, but Bickerstaff doesn't, and he seems to be trying to lead the team's offense with the fast pace of a small lineup.

"We're going to increase the number of breakaways, and the Rockets' small defense leaves their interior defense empty, and it's a great opportunity." The pre-match arrangement, Kassel said bluntly.

"You don't have to beat Howard, just make him a foul and make him fearful on the defensive end, then we're basically going to win this game." Billups echoed the words.

"Alright, guys, go on the field and beat your opponent hard to prove your strength." Cassel concluded.

"For victory!" The players reached out and made an encouraging gesture before walking towards the field.

With the referee's whistle, the match between the two sides officially began with the deafening cheers of the audience.

This time Jordan Jr. jumped first. Earned the Clippers their first offensive opportunity.

Paul advanced to the front court with the ball and immediately beckoned Jordan Jr. to make a block on the outside.

Jordan Jr.'s blocking and dismantling was solid, blocking Beverley directly at the three-point line one step inside.

This time, Paul did not borrow the jump ball like before, but faced Howard to make up for the defense and broke through directly to the inside.

Howard saw Paul burst in, and then shrank in.

Paul had no intention of stopping. The sudden was extremely resolute, and when he was about to get to the basket, he directly chose to be strong.

Howard was about to block a layup against Paul, but Paul played smartly and deliberately slowed down the pace of the layup after sensing Howard's intentions.

Seeing this, Howard decisively withdrew his hand.

It can be seen from his action that it was arranged before the game, and it seems that Bickerstaff also knows the weakness of the small lineup and deliberately tells him to avoid fouls.

Paul was slightly surprised to see Howard's movements. But he didn't relent, Howard relented, he suddenly accelerated and threw the ball up, and the basketball hit the rebound and bounced into the net bag.

Paul broke through to score the Clippers' first two points, and the audience erupted in cheers.

The Rockets' defense didn't improve at all from Game 1, but worse.

The commentators on the sidelines couldn't stop shaking their heads, and for the commentators, the more intense the game, the more they could arouse their interest. The game at hand is clearly not.

The Rockets' smaller lineup still helped them on the offensive end, albeit with the same tactics that revolved around Harden. But when Terry Sr. goes beyond the three-point line, you really can't ignore him.

Harden also seems to realize that the success rate of strong hitting Brewer is not high, and this time he directly chose to break through the pass.

After receiving the ball, Terry directly opted for a dry three-pointer.

This one really does.

With a three-pointer in the bag, the elder Terry scored his first athletic game for the Rockets.

Immediately after the score, Terry made a ****** gesture.

Instead of booing this time, the fans at the scene gave a round of applause, as a veteran. John Terry's performance is respectable.

Bickerstaff waved his arm excitedly, and it was clear that Terry's goal had cemented his belief in tactical adjustments.

Cassel was calm, just looked up at the score, and didn't even get up from the coach's box.

“Let\'s.go！ clippers！ The crowd roared loudly and cheered for the home team.

The Clippers' offense, this time Paul didn't choose to break through. Instead, hold the ball at the top of the arc.

This time, the person who attacked inside was replaced by Tang Shuai, the difference is that he did not break through with the ball, but used Green's blocking to cut into the inside.

The Rockets' defensive habits were already poor, and at this time, the small lineup couldn't hold it, and Tang Shuai broke in directly with a block.

Paul's pass followed.

After Tang Shuai received the ball, he saw Howard on the inside, and directly chose to go hard like Paul's choice just now.

It is not necessary to make progress, but to create damage.

This time, Howard is still making a gesture.

Tang Shuai's heart trembled unconsciously, he was not Paul, and he was still more afraid of Howard, but fortunately, he was bold enough, and he didn't flinch when he saw Howard coming over, and learned Paul's previous method, lowered his tempo and prepared to make a throw.

Howard frowned, wanting to cover it but afraid of fouls, but in the end he didn't cover it.

Tang Shuai's confidence increased greatly, and he directly shot a board.

He was already deep enough to hit the board from close range, and the basketball flew past Howard's fingertips, slammed into the rebound, and then bounced back into the net.

Return in!

Howard was forced out by Paul and Tang Shuai.

After the goal, Tang Shuai pressed his fist hard.

"Don~~ handsome!!" The DJ at the scene screamed out Tang Shuai's name.

The cheers of the audience were deafening, Tang Shuai was not Paul, Paul scored in the face of Howard It is reasonable, but Tang Shuai is a rookie, such a goal has greatly promoted the momentum of the home team.

The cheers at the scene shook the sky, but Howard's face was a little not very good-looking, although his body was no longer at his peak, although it was because of Bickerstaff's advice, he deliberately avoided fouls to let Tang Shuai score such an easy layup, but he was continuously eaten hard. His face was clearly uncontrollable.

The Rockets' offense, Harden wanted to repeat the old trick after breaking through, but this time the Clippers were obviously prepared and let Harden rush in and not cover it.

Harden burst in and looked back and had no chance but to choose to attack on his own, and under Brewer's close defense, he stepped back and didn't have a chance. In the end, the reluctant shot also jumped out of the basket, and the rebound was won by Jordan Jr.

The Rockets' small lineup retreat is still good, Paul took the ball and glanced at the lack of a fast break opportunity, and he was not in a hurry, dribbling the ball and steadily advancing to the frontcourt.

When the rest of the Clippers arrived, he beckoned Don and Brewer to cut from both sides.

After messing up the Rockets' defensive formation, he immediately beckoned Jordan Jr. to come out and make a pick-and-roll, and with the help of the pick-and-roll, he broke through again inside. It's still against Howard's defense.

However, this time he did not choose to go hard, but did not turn his head, and directly hit the ball to the right.

Tang Shuai did not stop at the three-point line after slipping around the bottom line, but ran back and cut to the basket again.

Without Morris, the defensive pressure of the Rockets' small lineup is basically on the outside, and Howard is only one on the inside, and this reverse run directly forms an unguarded state.

At this time, Howard's attention was all on Paul's side, and Paul didn't look at people's passes. As a result, after Tang Shuai received the ball, he was completely defenseless, and he didn't say a word. Then it is to jump up.

Howard waited until Paul passed the ball before noticing Tang Shuai, and turned around to take the risk.

If this ball is put in his prime, relying on his perverted physical fitness, it is not impossible to turn back and defend, but unfortunately now his body is not as good as before, and it is impossible to turn back to defend.

Tang Shuai pulled the ball into the air with one hand. Push it down directly.

“bang！” Mike Smith, the narrator at the scene, shouted loudly.

With his shout, Tang Shuai directly completed the attack with a one-handed split.

The cheers at the scene exploded in an instant.

Swift, who was sitting in the first row, showed an expression of amazement.

Although this ball is not a dunk, it looks very much like a dunk because Howard turned around to make up for it, which is why the audience has such a big reaction.

But after the dunk, Tang Shuai looked very calm. He just gave Paul a high-five, and then ran back.

The Rockets' offense, Howard came out to help Harden make a block, Harden returned the ball to Howard, but the ball passed a little hard, and it flew directly off the court from Howard's hand.

The fans at the scene booed.

Howard looked at Harden with a puzzled expression, but Harden had already turned around and ran back at this time, leaving him helpless to spread his hands and could only run back.

It can be seen that after these balls were hit, Howard's mood fluctuated a lot.

The Clippers' offense, Tang Shuai played the role of a passer this time, pretending to take two steps inside after receiving Paul's pass, and after successfully attracting Howard's defensive attention, followed by a ground to Brewer, who cut to the right side.

This time the offense was almost identical to the previous one, and the Rockets' weak defense allowed Brewer to easily get a chance to score.

Brewer took the ball and was ready to dunk one.

This time Howard quit, Tang Shuai's breakthrough threat was not as big as Paul's, and Howard turned around early and prepared to go to Gelbrull.

The movement of this ball is a bit dangerous, Brewer has already jumped up and is ready to dunk, Howard is a backward jump, even if his physical fitness and bounce are a notch stronger than Brewer, but if there is a confrontation, it will be in mid-air, and it is easy to get injured.

But the continuous events made Howard lose control of his emotions, and he slapped his head and face directly in the face of Brewer's dunk.

The result can be imagined, the two met in mid-air, and Brewer was directly covered by force.

Fortunately, Brewer is also an old fritter, seeing Howard's ruthless face, he knew that he was going to cover himself, and he had already dodged intentionally, so he was not injured after landing, and when he turned over, he directly glared at Howard, with a pair of words starting with F in his mouth, and after being fouled so viciously, it was obviously not a good word that came out of his mouth.

Howard was angry, and when he heard the words from Brewer's mouth, his anger also came up instantly, and he glared angrily and pushed Brewer directly.

Little Jordan under the basket saw that the momentum was not right, and before the two people made a move, his body was in the middle of the two people.

Little Jordan and Howard have a good relationship in private, although Howard is angry at this time, but he will not push away Little Jordan, so the two of them just scolded each other a few words in the air.

Jordan Jr.'s block avoided a further escalation of the conflict between the two men, and also gave the referee time to react, and the referee quickly whistled and ran over.

The referee came, and the two stopped scolding, and were pulled back to the bench by their respective teammates, and the game between the two sides also fell into a pause.

The referees went to the technical desk to watch the footage and quickly made a decision.

Because the conflict was within control, there was no malicious foul, only a technical foul on one of the two sides, Howard was because the defense was too big, and Brewer was because his mouth was very unclean.

Technical fouls do not count as ordinary fouls, and if both sides are awarded a technical foul, it is equivalent to just letting both sides make one free throw, so the impact on the game is minimal.

After the technical timeout, the players from both sides returned to the field, and after a brief reassurance, the emotions of the players on both sides were basically restored.

Brewer came up with a foul, and although Howard was not whistled for a malicious foul, the ball just now was obviously fouled defensively.

Brewer hit one of two free throws to give the Clippers a 7-3 lead.

Kassel's calmness is not unreasonable, after Howard was fouled, Bickerstaff did not replace him, and this foul was like a shackle to completely bind him, and the Clippers' breakthrough can be scored in front of him nine times out of ten.

As sideline commentator Chris Webb said, the Rockets still don't realize that the Howard of today is no longer the Howard of the past, and it seems that this understanding is not an ordinary lack of this kind of small lineup, and the defensive pressure that Howard has to face is something he simply cannot bear.

Webb's analysis is thorough, and the performance on the court is that the Rockets' defense has a tendency to collapse.

Tang Shuai followed Jordan Jr.'s cover to burst into the interior and scored a flowing step-back jumper in the face of Howard, scoring the eighth point of the game in the game and helping the team extend the margin to double digits.

20-9, the game played less than half a quarter, the Clippers scored 20, although the small lineup helped the Rockets open up a certain space on the court, but compared to the help played on the offensive end, the complete loss of the defensive end made them more embarrassed compared to the first game.

And what's worse is that after the bench lineup came up, Bickerstaff wanted to play Morris, in his subconscious, let Morris play as a substitute in order to play against Griffin, but in fact, Morris is not suitable to be the offensive core at all, so playing is directly equivalent to beating him out.

As you can imagine, the Rockets' score on the court is getting bigger and bigger, and by halftime, they are already trailing by a full 30 points.

The game was not yet technical, but the bloody score was already official, and Bickerstaff's alleged response was a complete failure.

116-98, relying on the play of CBA new recruit Beasley in the final quarter, the Rockets narrowed the gap to less than 20 points, but fans who have watched this game know that the score does not tell everything, and the Rockets This is a complete rout game, which is much worse than the first game. (To be continued.) )