For the Rockets to go at least further than last season, several key players will be in charge, and Aaron Brooks, who took over the core of the backcourt last season, has been a spring breeze in the absence of Yao Mai, who averaged 19 per game last season. The 6-point table Xiàn won the Most Improved Player award in one fell swoop.

The way Brooks influences the game is by using his speed to create scoring opportunities. If Rockets management or Rick Adelman doesn't like to use a scoring point guard, the only way to do that is to send him away or freeze him and find another way to go elsewhere instead of playing him 40 minutes a game and saying, "Why don't you pass the ball, how don't you pass the ball." ”

In fact, in recent years, dual-player defenders have become popular, and the number one player with individual scoring power has become more and more respected. Some people say that the Rockets are "tigers and monkeys in the mountains", and this theory is also problematic, because the league, whether it is as strong as the Magic (Jamil Nelson) or as weak as the Nets (Devin Harris), does not use "pass-first" commander-type players.

Stan Van Gundy and Kiki Van Dewecki are not concerned about whether they will suddenly know how to pass the ball one day, but whether they can do their job and step up when someone needs to break the deadlock.

The coaches are very realistic and know how to prioritize the use of the resources at hand, after all, there are only a few top defenders in the league who can pass and control.

There is an old Chinese saying that "there is a precedence in hearing the Tao, and there is a specialization in the arts", which is also a truth on the basketball court. Why are Sean Battier and Hayes recognized by fans? That's because they are honest and do what they should do, and they never interfere in what they can't do well.

If Brooks is judged by the same standard, he is in an awkward position - his scoring efficiency is already commendable, but because "scoring" is not the "thing to do" of a point guard, Brooks is rated much lower than some Rockets supporting actors, which is a strange thing that makes no sense.

Among the four cores of the Rockets in the new season, Brooks and Scola are both "long live the steady" players, that is, if they can maintain the level of last season, everything will be fine.

The good thing is that everyone seems to feel that Scola doesn't need to change, and Brooks is "undereducated" and in need of a makeover, and this stark contrast is especially worth noting. Next, let's take a look at the other two, Yao Ming and Kevin Martin, who are more important in the Rockets blueprint.

The reason why Yao Ming and Martin are key is that they became famous earlier, second, the theoretical complementarity of the two is very obvious, and third, it is true that the variables on the internal and external combinations are greater. How to turn this variable into an advantage will determine the Rockets' season attribution.

Yao Ming rested for nearly a season, and during his offseason, he did not just sleep and play, but began to plan to lose weight, so that he had a warm-up for the World Championships.

Before the start of the new season, the industry was very worried about Yao Ming's physical condition, and some experts thought that he could score 12 points per game was very good, and then there was news in the rocket camp that Yao Ming's playing time would be strictly controlled in two quarters.

As a result, the new season started, Yao Ming has not been absent once so far, but has shown that he has not lost the previous competitive level, he changed his style of play and no longer made wooden stakes, and restored the habit of eating by foot when he first entered the league, and he can play for about 40 minutes until December, and has averaged 20 points and 8 points per game so far. The number of 5 rebounds is jù.

Martin's situation is not great, and his shooting efficiency has dropped a bit from a year or two ago - which in itself is difficult to pinpoint considering his age of 27 and the way he plays.

Martin was the kind of non-mainstream shooting guard who was flexible but didn't rely on athleticism and was one of the few in the league to shoot 41 from three-point range (41 from the field in 2008-09). 5% and 2 per game. 3) and made free throws (86 from the field. 7%, 10 per game. 3).

Before the game, Chamberlain analyzed the Rockets' lineup, and their guard line was more threatening.

Aaron Brooks has come a long way last season, as evidenced by the Most Improved Player of the Year award. He is a speedy point guard, but due to his lack of confrontation ability, Bob still relies more on shooting to score, hitting a total of 209 three-pointers last season, ranking first in the NBA, with a shooting percentage of 39. 8%, with an average of 19 per game. 6 points, 5. 2 assists.

His shortcomings are also obvious, lacking a good sense of the big picture, and he suffers from size on the defensive end. When Yao Ming returns in the new season, Xiaobu's number of shots may be limited, and on the other hand, the head coach has strictly ordered to strengthen the defense, and Xiaobu must pay attention to defense.

Kyle Lowry is an energetic Scud on the bench, good at using offensive and defensive transitions to capture counterattack opportunities, his body is strong, explosive, rebounding ability, impact and defense are above Xiaobu, and his vision is broader, free throws are an important weapon in his offense, and he is the engine of the second echelon of the rockets.

At the No. 2 position, Kevin Martin is the first choice for starters, Martin is a pure scorer, he rarely does anything other than scoring, but he is really a very efficient attacker.

Shooting, three-pointers, and free throws are all very accurate, especially in Martin's thin size, Martin, who lacks explosiveness and first step, is very good at using feints to find physical contact to achieve the goal of getting to the free throw line.

But Martin's performance last season wasn't ideal, averaging 21 per game in 24 games for the Rockets. 3 points, but hit 43 from the field. 5 percent, a three-pointer that is accurate has dropped to 31 percent, but he is shooting 92 from the free-throw line. 4%, an average of 7 per game. 7 times. Martin has suffered serious injuries in each of the past three years, and injuries and defense are the two major issues facing him in the new season.

Off the bench, the Rockets have new signings Contney Lee and Jermaine Taylor, Lee is a player who is known for his defense, his offensive ability is average, but he relied on defense to sit in the Magic's starter. Taylor, who has been playing in the NBDL for a long time, will have to wait until his teammates are injured and he can only be expected to be in the rotation.

In the frontcourt, the Rockets' starting small forward is Battier, and apart from the three-pointer, it is difficult for Mr. President to get other scoring opportunities, and his defense is an important addition to the backcourt like Bomartin Jr.

Chase Badinger this season is not bad, he is expected to be the most improved Rockets player in the new season, last season he has proven himself to be a sharpshooter without dead ends, this season is even more daring to fight, plus Yao Ming changed his style of play and is no longer stubborn to play positional battles, with Yao Ming's inside shots, his chances to shoot this season have increased greatly.

The power forward position of the Rockets is overcrowded, and Luis Scola is the one who has become a pillar of Argentina at the World Championships. Chuck Hayes, Jared Jeffries, Patrick Patterson and others on the bench are all poised to make a move, and the trio are now competing for the post.

Needless to say, Yao Ming is the starter, but he has been seriously injured after all, and he is also over thirty years old, and the change in playing style also makes him a little mismatched with the rocket system.

Brad Miller will be Yao Ming's first bench, Miller's level in the Bulls last season fell very badly, the Rockets' expectation for him is to come and be a firefighter, once Yao Ming needs to rest, throw him up, now Yao Ming can play 378 minutes, his table Xiàn does not have many opportunities.

The Rockets are not bad in every position, but the fact that they lack a real helmsman has been a problem for the past few years, and it is a foregone conclusion that Yao Ming is not a real superstar and that he cannot dominate the game on both ends of the floor like Chamberlain did.

In this way, it means that when facing the warriors, they will have to suffer.

After a break, West, who returned to the starting lineup, started with a strong momentum, and he made two successful breakthroughs in a row, but the Rockets also counterattacked well, Brooks hit a three-pointer, and Yao Ming made a 2+1 above Ibaka's head, and the two combined to help the Rockets take a 6-4 lead.

West's ferocity is also a testament to the fact that in the first minute, he may have rushed a little too hard, missed his third layup and fell to the ground, and the mad dog got up and grinned hard against his lower back. This frightened Nelson Sr., the old coach hurriedly replaced him, Mad Dog and Curry sat in a row on the bench, the two looked at each other sadly, one holding his waist and the other holding his stomach, and they couldn't play.

Chamberlain scored 4 points in a row, and the Warriors overtook the score, and then it may be because of the Chinese derby, Yao Ming's state today is not ordinarily good, and he actually grabbed an offensive rebound above Chamberlain's head and hit a supplementary shot.

In this way, the competition between the two sides quickly entered a white heat.

West's return made Chamberlain feel very comfortable on the inside, and the cooperation between the two was very tacit, and Martin on the Rockets' side was as fierce as a dragon and cut 5 points in a row.

Just over halfway through the first quarter, Yao Ming, who had scored 6 points, was replaced by Miller to rest, and Scola immediately provoked the Rockets' interior responsibility, and the "actor" wanted to make a quick contribution after the pause, but Chamberlain was very faceless and let him eat hot pot, and it was two back and forth two hot pots.

In the ninth minute of the first quarter, Chamberlain was substituted, and Scola quickly revived after Chamberlain left, scoring eight points in a row to lead the Rockets to a 12-4 mini-climax. At the end of the first quarter, the Rockets led the Warriors 27-24.

Coming back in the second quarter, Chamberlain returned, and he hit a three-pointer on Jordan Hill's head, only for Contney Lee and Battinger to score six straight points on a quick shot.

Old Nelson is very dissatisfied, he roars off the court, the Rockets currently have a mediocre record, and they have just been able to enter the top eight in the West, but the Warriors, who are the first in the West today, did not play aggressively enough, so how can the old man not be angry?

The Warriors took a timeout, then returned, and the aggressiveness began to show, Chamberlain counterattacked, Carter cut to the basket, and on the defensive end they pressed the Rockets' offensive point, Badinger missed consecutive long-range shots, and Yao Ming failed to turn the situation around for a while after coming on the court, so that the Warriors quickly exceeded the score.

The Rockets moved the focus of the offense back to the interior, and Scola scored a low-post solo to regain the lead.

At the moment of stalemate, the scores of the two sides rose alternately, Battier jumped to open up the difference, and Chamberlain immediately dunked Yao Ming on the inside and played 2+1.

In the last minute of the first half, Chamberlain scored five consecutive points inside and out, but Carter hit a three-pointer to give the Warriors a 51-48 lead over the Rockets at halftime.

In the second half, Yao Ming took the lead in jumping and ate Chamberlain's big hat, Scola picked up the ball and attacked the inside, but Ibaka killed from the diagonal stab and sent another big hat, and the two teamed up to give the Rockets two big hats.

But Scola is really good, he took advantage of Chamberlain's outside defense to make up for it, and made a comeback to score 6 points in a row, leading the Rockets to overtake the score at once.

Chamberlain glared, no longer stingy and began to bomb in an all-out way, and in the next minute and a half, Chamberlain scored 8 points on 4-of-4 shooting, and the Warriors took advantage of the opportunity to extend the lead to 6 points.

After the Rockets paused, Yao Ming quickly regained his senses, and scored two consecutive passes from Martin to ensure that the Rockets could bite the score.

In the second half of the third quarter, the two sides began to fight for the bench, George played very fiercely in this game, Battier was completely unable to defend him, and under the cover of Chamberlain, he scored 11 points in the second half and became the first wonder soldier of the Warriors, killing Adelman constantly wiping sweat.

In the final quarter, the Warriors quickly played a wave of 7-2 small surge under the leadership of Chamberlain to open up the difference, but Scola was in a hot state and hit three points.

After that, Chamberlain used his flexibility to constantly change direction in the high post, setting off an 11-0 attack to widen the gap to 15 points.

At the critical moment, Scola made consecutive jumpers to stabilize the morale of the Dìng army, and just halfway through the fourth quarter, Martin made consecutive free throws to help the Rockets narrow the gap to 9 points.

Chamberlain made a jumper to try to open up the gap, and Scola immediately returned the shot. However, the Rockets' poor outside shooting once again became a drag, Carter took the opportunity to score five points in a row, and the Warriors hit another wave of 9-0 mini-climax, and the Rockets fell behind by 20 points and finally lost.