NBA: The man who passed the ball to Yao Ming

In the stands of the Amway Arena, the first moment McGrady completed the dunk, there was a burst of cheers, but it stopped abruptly and turned into boos.

The spoiled Magic fans may have been used to their own star ravaging the opponent's inside line in this way, and did not realize for a while that this person had already put on the Rockets' red jersey.

After finishing the dunk, McGrady walked around the Magic bench with a blank expression on his face.

As if the former king re-inspected his territory.

Immediately afterwards, he walked to the free throw line and made a solid free throw.

3 to 0, the Rockets took a 3-point lead as soon as they played.

Offensive and defensive transition, Francis took the ball into the frontcourt.

Before Yao Ming could get a good position on the inside, Francis made a change of direction and accelerated to break through Alstom. After reaching the inside, he jumped high and completed a powerful tomahawk snap.

2:3.

This dunk is also extremely exciting, and it barely responds to McGrady's dunk.

Amway Arena burst into cheers immediately, as if to tell McGrady, they now have a new favorite.

In fact, McGrady is not the only one who resents his old club on this court.

Francis had a fantastic few years in Houston.

When he represented the Rockets and won the No. [-] lottery and selected Yao Ming, he was full of ambition and wanted to make a name for himself in the NBA with Yao Ming.

Unexpectedly, the Rockets management felt that his cancerous style of play prevented the Rockets from taking off, and cruelly turned him into a bargaining chip.

Has been kept in the dark, after getting the news of being traded from the reporter's interview, Francis immediately turned red eyes.

The scene of him choking and saying "I don't want to leave Houston, I can't bear to part with my brothers" is the memory of a generation of Rockets fans.

After Francis scored a layup, he shook his head expressionlessly, as if he was asking the Rockets, after Francis, can you help the Rockets find a qualified point guard for Yao Ming?

After the possession of the ball was changed, Alston took the ball to the frontcourt and then passed the ball to Yao Ming inside again.

However, Yao Ming still didn't rush to attack, but distributed the ball to McGrady, and left the inside to help McGrady with the pick-and-roll.

He could feel McGrady's desire to attack and absolutely trusted McGrady's offensive ability, so he gave the stage to McGrady for himself without complaint.

Tracy McGrady will not let anyone down, in the next three rounds, he became the Rockets' offensive engine.

With the help of Yao Ming and Huo Ershu's pick-and-roll three times in a row to launch an offense, twice a crisp jumper, once inside and then assisting Huo Ershu to complete a mid-range shot from the free throw line, helping the Rockets take 9% shooting. Got to the top [-] points.

On the Magic side, Francis also let go of his hands and feet to do his best.

Although there is no other All-Star player in the Magic to support him, Francis's singles itself is the league's top.

He didn't even need his teammates to do the pick-and-roll. He forced Alston to complete a layup, and used an inside handoff to help the cub Howard create a foul on Yao Ming.

It's a pity that the cub Howard missed both free throws and Turkoglu missed an open three-pointer, leaving the Magic behind only 4-9.

Next, when McGrady felt that the Magic had adopted a tougher defense against him, he began to return the focus of offense to Yao Ming.

The game has only just begun, and he has plenty of time for Amway Arena to re-appreciate his dominance.

Afterwards, Cub Howard, who was the best defensive player of the year for three consecutive years, although he was just showing his talents at this time, he was Yao Ming's opponent in his peak period, and he was successful in singles in the paint twice in a row.

When the reckless Magic put their defensive focus back inside, Yao Ming returned the stage to Tracy McGrady.

In the first 7 minutes of the first quarter, Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady brought the terror and destructive power of the dual-core linkage to the extreme.

麦迪8投6中拿下13分2助攻，姚明5投4中拿下了8分3个篮板，两人带领火箭队以超过8成的命中率拿下25分。

Although Francis on the Magic team also played the ultimate demeanor, the cubs Howard and Turkoglu are still in the growth stage and cannot give him more help.

He scored 12 points alone, and still couldn't change the embarrassing situation where the Magic were 25 points behind 13 to [-].

The head coach of the Magic had no choice but to call a timeout.

After the Rockets players returned to the court, Van Gundy first looked at McGrady and quickly asked, "McGrady, do you want to stay on the court? Or come down and rest for a while?"

"I still want to fight." McGrady wiped the sweat from his forehead and said with drooping eyes.

Van Gundy turned to look at Yao Ming and asked, "Yao Ming, why don't you rest for a while today and start the second quarter earlier?"

"No problem!" Yao Ming patted McGrady on the shoulder and said.

Zhang Jinshui couldn't help being a little envious as he listened to him.

The lineup arrangement has always been the most authoritative expression of the NBA head coach on the sidelines, and they are even very taboo for players to express their opinions on this matter.

But now Van Gundy took the initiative to adjust tactics for McGrady and consulted Yao Ming, which also reflected the super giant status of McGrady and Yao Ming in the team to a certain extent.

Of course, the two led the Rockets to a 7-point lead in 13 minutes, and they are indeed eligible for this treatment.

Van Gundy turned his head to look at Zhang Jinshui, and said loudly: "Zhang Jinshui, it's your turn to play.

On the offensive end, McGrady is the core. On the defensive end, try to put some pressure on Francis, even if he fouls, he is indeed too difficult to guard. "

Zhang Jinshui immediately stood up, and while training in uniform, he agreed loudly: "Okay, coach!"

As the whistle sounded for the end of the timeout, McGrady and Zhang Jinshui returned to the field with Swift, David Wesley and Uncle Mu.

There is still no lineup adjustment on the Magic side. It seems that the Magic coach hopes that the main lineup can recover some points as much as possible in the first quarter.

On the next offensive end, Zhang Jinshui handed the ball to McGrady every time he took the ball to the frontcourt.

McGrady called tactics, and he took Francis to the bottom line to chat, playing his role as a secondary player.

However, on the defensive end, Zhang Jinshui has been under tremendous pressure. His perimeter defensive ability value of 77 is indeed not enough for Francis' top starting speed in the league.

Although he has been very hard to stick to the opponent, and did not hesitate to offer a foul, but still can not stop Francis to help the Magic expand the score.

After the two attacks were successful, Francis also began to shake his head at Zhang Jinshui.

Even when following Zhang Jinshui on the baseline, he sighed: "I thought that my brother Yao Ming finally got a point guard worthy of him, but now it seems that I have to reserve my opinion."

Zhang Jinshui gritted his teeth, did not speak, and still unswervingly handed over the basketball to McGrady.

Of course, McGrady did not disappoint Zhang Jinshui's forbearance.

During this period, he made a three-pointer and hit the inside twice, causing two fouls by Howard the Cub and making 4 of 3 free throws at the free throw line.

In the end, when Van Gundy replaced McGrady for 10 minutes into the first quarter, McGrady scored 19 points and 3 assists.

The Rockets still lead by 31 points 18-13.

Next, it was finally Zhang Jinshui's turn to play with a substitute.

Moreover, fortunately, the head coach of the Magic still kept Francis on the court, trying to narrow the point difference while Yao Mai was resting.

"Boss F, do you think I'm not worthy to play point guard for Yao Ming?" Zhang Jinshui took the ball to the frontcourt and looked up at Francis.