The starting lineup sent by the Rockets is: 'Big Three' Yao Ming + Maddy + Artest + Scola + Alston.

The starting lineup sent by the Warriors is: Chamberlain + Evans + Jackson + Curry + Azubuke.

Billups is not there, Curry has been given a chance to hone, and this time there are two point guards: Ellis is a two-way guard, who can both attack and play, and Curry's position is the same as him, but Ellis is more inclined to attack and Curry is more organized.

Chamberlain and Yao Ming jumped the ball, the two had a good relationship, and they hammered each other before the game, and at the same time Chamberlain said: "When did you form a big three lineup?" Yao, I'm under a lot of pressure right now, and the reporters are asking me how to get the team to imitate you and make a trade after I lose to you. ”

Yao Ming smiled and said, "We have already formed a triumvirate lineup, don't you know what to do?" T-MAC, Ron and Luiz, Luis is the captain of the men's basketball team of the Argentine national team, so if you want, you can ask your team to pick from other countries to add depth to your roster. ”

Chamberlain heard the banter in Yao Ming's tone, so he didn't dwell on the topic, the referee threw the ball up, and the two sides prepared to jump the ball.

Yao Ming was slower, Chamberlain tossed the ball to Curry, and the whistle blew and the game began. The two sides played each other in the preseason, when the Rockets did not use their full strength, and the Warriors did the same, this time the defensive intensity was different, Curry ran forward, Alston reached out to break him, obviously underestimating him as a rookie.

Alston immediately paid the price for his contempt, Curry was unflustered in the face of his pressing, and after a quick change of direction, he took advantage of Alston's misalignment of gravity and successfully broke through. Artest has a good sense of defense, and hurriedly went to make up for Curry and shouted at the same time: "Change defense!" ”

Curry didn't dwell too much with Artest, he quickly passed the ball to Jackson, who shook his hand for a three-pointer, Alston pounced on the defense in a panic, but he was still too slow, and Jackson had already shot.

Just after the opening feeling was not warmed up, the ball bounced straight in and out, Yao Ming's position was under the basket, but Chamberlain, who was more mobile, grabbed the rebound in the front court, took the ball, he turned around and threw the ball into the hoop.

Yao Ming picked up the ball and shook his head, Chamberlain reacted quickly, he was not afraid of Chamberlain's positional battle, he was afraid of his rapid transfer of combat, no way, his speed could not keep up, especially the NBA's restricted area was larger than FIBA, and Chamberlain liked to play like this during the Olympic Games.

The burden of defending Yao Ming was on Evans, and he began to push the latter rhythmically outside the penalty area without waiting for Yao Ming to settle down. Yao Ming was uncomfortable when he got the ball, but he still feigned a layup to attract Chamberlain, and then passed the ball to Scola.

Scola felt as cold, the ball was deflected out of the basket by the mid-range shot, Chamberlain gave it to Curry after a steal, Curry took the ball to the front court and wanted to cover each other with Jackson, but Artest stole his ball and launched a counterattack by himself, crushed it like a small tank, and successfully made a layup to open the scoring for the Rockets.

Seeing this scene that could not be sealed, Chamberlain frowned and muttered, "It's really a giant." ”

Artest focused on catching the other party off guard, and no one expected that this reckless guy would come back with a counterattack.

Curry carefully passed the ball to Chamberlain, who sat with his back to Yao Ming, Yao Ming was prepared to get out of the way, Chamberlain left three points, so that Yao Ming stepped back and he turned around for a layup, Yao Ming reached out to interfere but was unsuccessful, Chamberlain hit the board.

Then the rocket was still handed over to Scola to attack, the Argentine forward played a sports battle this time, he slipped the ball and slipped to the bottom line and missed the backhand layup, Yao Ming grabbed the offensive rebound and jumped up to dunk, and Chamberlain, who was bent on chasing Scola before, turned to the side and jumped up to Yao Ming is a cap and pressed the ball given by Yao Ming.

In the ESPN live broadcast room, Barkley nodded decently and said: "Z this kid is very cunning, he deliberately put this rebound to Yao, Yao grabbed the rebound too easily and thought that he had enough time to shoot directly, and then Z turned around and stared at him and gave him a hat." ”

Smith had a similar opinion and said: "Yes, this rebound is not good for Z, if he fights, he may still be picked up by Yao Ming, in that case, he can't even defend, so he simply handed over the basketball to Yao and used hot pot instead of grabbing rebounds." Of course, the alliance is the only one he dares to do. ”

Barkley muttered, "If I did, I'd do the same, it's smart." ”

Smith immediately scoffed, pursed his lips and said, "By you? With less than one block per game in your career? Man, you see, I have more caps than you! ”

Both sides started the game relatively smoothly, after which Maddie asked for the ball to break through, and Azubuuk was crushed, playing a high score of 7-7 in less than 2 minutes, and almost did not concede a goal.

Nelson Sr. called a timeout when he was dissatisfied with the Warriors' defensive strength, and after his return, Chamberlain feinted to attract the ball to Evans, who took advantage of a little space under the basket to dunk and score. But Artest crushed Azubuke again, and he just used his weight and weight advantage to back the shot, then turned and leaned back to hit.

After Chamberlain scored a basket by himself, both sides began to strengthen their defense, sacrificing part of their offensive power to concentrate on defense. This result led to no one scoring in the second half of the first quarter, and there was a magical attack vacuum, and with more than 3 minutes left in the first quarter, Chamberlain scored 4 points in a row with free throws, and Maddie received Yao Ming's assist from Yao Ming to shoot a three-point shot at the top of the arc, and the offense and defense of the two teams became much more balanced again. At the end of the first quarter, the Rockets trailed the Warriors 26-28.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the main forces of both teams went to rest, Chamberlain sat on the bench, Yao Mai went off the court together, the Warriors were West leading the attack, and the Rockets were Artest taking the lead. Maddie wasn't in good form today, feeling a dull ache in the back during the pre-game warm-up, so his trademark pull-up jumper and dreaded breakaway were far less.

The benches came on the court and caused chaos in the early stages of the game, especially West's penchant for breaking, and so did Vaughan Weaver, the backup quarterback used by Adelman, who rushed to the basket without hesitating his head at the beginning, Ibaka gave him a cap mercilessly, and then it was West's turn, West's ability was significantly better than Weaver's, and after the breakthrough, he suddenly slowed down in the last step, and Scola and Mutombo both missed the blocks, and then he made a shot and sent the ball into the hoop.

But the chaos led to a lot of mistakes on both sides, and backup point guard Brooks was also busy breaking through, and when he got caught in the bag at the end, he passed the ball and was stealed by West, who found someone to cover and bumped into Scola in the breakaway, who screamed and fell to the ground, and the referee gave him an offensive foul.

The shooting percentage of both sides at the beginning of the game is not high, both teams have played a small lineup, and the breakthrough on the court is constantly changing for a while, but the score is not much changed, the two sides impact each other's baskets, this period of time cooperation and projection are rare, breakthroughs appear frequently, and soon a tug-of-war began.

Halfway through the section, the main force returned, Artest sulked with a bitter face, and Chamberlain knew the reason, so he smiled and said, "Hey, giant, it seems that your teammates don't take you seriously?" They didn't even pass you the ball? ”

That's why Artest was angry, Weaver and Brooks, two bastard guards, were focused on attacking themselves, and didn't pass the ball to him regardless of his advantage, otherwise the Rockets would be able to overtake the score now.

Brooks dared not to pass the ball to Artest but did not dare not give it to Maddie, who was really not in good shape today, and he didn't make a breakthrough feint for a while, and got up and made a jump shot. The ball bounced off and Chamberlain picked up the rebound and West launched a fast-break counterattack, who rushed into the basket and threw a turn, scoring two points in a weird and elegant position.

Maddie didn't have much enthusiasm for offense, let alone defense, West was worried about being beaten by Maddie at first, and then he was not polite when he saw that this guy was in a low mood today, and when he turned around, he received a pass from Morrow and hit a three-point jumper from the left wing. The Rockets had problems during this period of time, and the interior position was frequently out of control, and the scores of the two teams quickly pulled apart, Yao Ming was beaten 2+1 by Chamberlain, Maddie broke through and was stealed by West, he made a quick shot, and then the Rockets missed the long shot again, Chamberlain grabbed the rebound and moved forward quickly, Yao Ming just landed and Chamberlain hit a high jumper, and after halftime, the Warriors led by 6 points at 53-47.

Maddy's slump finally caught the attention of Adelman, who was not polite, and the midfielder asked the team doctor to check his back directly in the dressing room. This scene made Adelman's soul fly, didn't it, this master's back injury recurred?

Maddy's back injury has been a constant source of scare for the Rockets, who missed 35 games in the '05-06 season, during which the Rockets had a 27-8 record that drove Yao Ming maddeningly. He missed 15 games last season, and the Rockets won 12 games and 3 wins, there is no doubt that Yao Ming may be very dominant, but the real helm of the Rockets is Maddy, and he is not a grass chicken team in the Rockets.

The Rocket Doctor who was with him hurriedly arrived, and he was puzzled by the expression on Maddie's back as he checked his back, and then shook his head and said, "Man, there's nothing wrong with you, your back is healthy." ”

Maddie's face was gloomy, and he frowned: "No, my back hurts now as long as I stretch it, you'd better check it on me, I don't want to get hurt again." ”

The team doctor could only check it again, and then he still maintained his original opinion and persuaded him: "Tracy, your body is in good health, and your discomfort may be psychological." Of course, it could also be a muscle problem, but that requires a professional instrument to detect it, and I can't tell it from the outside. ”

After getting the team doctor's reply, Adelman was so angry that he really wanted to scold, fuck you are such a panacea, you can say such things, what else does the team want you to do? Didn't you help Maddie find a reason to truce?

Sure enough, Maddie then refused to play and asked to return to Houston for a full check-up to make sure his back was healthy.

Adelman is the new coach, and there is no way he can do it, he can only rearrange the squad with this sullen breath in his heart. In fact, Maddie didn't want to fight, but the fragile back has become his nightmare, he is already an old injury, as early as the 2003-04 season, when he was still with the Magic, he injured his back, that season because of back spasms and left knee injury he missed 15 games, the next few seasons this injury haunted him, only he knows how painful it was when he was haunted by a back injury.

In the second half, the news of Maddy's suspension due to injury quickly reached the podium, and the big screen above the Oracle Arena gave an introduction to Maddy's physical condition, introducing the games he has missed due to injury in recent seasons:

In the 03-04 season, away to the Nets, he missed two games due to back spasms in the pre-game warm-up; On 4/26/04, the home game against the Pacers began, and he missed the remaining nine games due to a slight tear of the latissimus dorsi. In the 04-05 season, on April 20, 05, he played the last regular season game at home against the SuperSonics, due to back tensions.

In the 05-06 season, on November 4, 05, he collided with Yao Ming and fell to the ground during a layup in team practice and suffered a back injury, missing the next two games. On November 11, just after his comeback, he missed three games against the Hornets, against the Magic, and against the Heat due to back tension; On November 18, 05, at home against the Pistons, he went down with a back injury in the third quarter; Next, from November 20 to November 30, he missed five games against the Pacers, Mavericks, Suns, Grizzlies, and Bulls due to back tensions......

If you want to count them, it's really countless, and Maddie has missed almost all games in recent seasons because of a back injury.

Since the beginning of this season, the Rockets fans who have seen the team bring in Artest are very happy, with this tough guy outside Maddy's defensive and offensive pressure should be reduced, Maddy's back injury has always made fans worried, but they are happy in vain, even with Artest, Maddie is still suspended again because of a back injury!