NBA: Being criticized for half a year at the beginning

The lights went out and the big screen above the Dynasty Center began to play.

Tang Yu appeared on the screen, "We will have a long winning streak, and then we will look back and see how ridiculous everything is today!"

This is what Tang Yu said to all the players after the team lost six games in a row.

The scene turned, the camera began to switch to the court, and the Rockets began to win!

On November 10, the first win of the season, away from home, the Mavericks were defeated, Curry scored 40 points and roared to the sky, and Houston started the Northward Expedition!

On November 27, the Rockets beat the Spurs at home and won 10 consecutive league games, and Harden got the first 30+ triple-double in his career!

On January 6, the Houston Rockets challenged the Phoenix Suns away, and the two teams staged an offensive battle. In the end, the Rockets relied on the Curry-Den combination to score 58 points, 9 rebounds and 16 assists to extinguish the Suns and win 30 consecutive games.

On January 13, the Houston Rockets defeated the visiting Minnesota Timberwolves at home, winning 34 consecutive games and breaking the league's 32-year winning streak!

On January 25, the Rockets lost to the Atlanta Hawks at home, ending their 38-game winning streak!

On March 8, the Rockets became the first team in the league to lock in the playoffs!

On April 14, the regular season ended, and the Rockets created the best regular season record in team history with 67 wins and 15 losses!

A short 3-minute video condensed the performance of the Houston Rockets throughout the season, from struggling at the beginning of the season to winning the first place in the regular season record!

After the video was played, thunderous applause rang out in the Dynasty Center, and shouts and slogans came one after another!

Brent Barry began to introduce the starting lineups of both sides.

"Okay, now the players on both sides are ready. The Spurs' starting five is point guard George Hill, shooting guard Manu Ginobili, small forward Richard Jefferson, power forward Tim Duncan and center Antonio McDyess."

French sports car Tony Parker was arranged in the substitute lineup, which is also a set of tactics that Popovich has been using recently, letting Parker play as the sixth man.

"The Rockets still continue their regular starting lineup this season, point guard Stephen Curry, shooting guard James Harden, small forward Sean Battier, power forward Serge Ibaka and center Yao Ming."

After the players of both sides greeted each other before the game, they all stood in the center circle. The referee threw the ball into the air. Yao Ming took the lead in helping the Rockets get the first ball with his height advantage.

After losing weight, Yao Ming's jumping ability has obviously improved a little. He has lost 10 kilograms from the original 140 kilograms. According to Tang Yu's idea, he wants Yao Ming to lose weight to between 125-135 kilograms.

With the cheers of the home fans, the first playoff game between the Houston Rockets and the San Antonio Spurs officially began!

Harden was still in charge of organizing the offense for the Rockets. Facing Ginobili's defense, Harden dribbled the ball to the edge of the three-point line, and no one from the Rockets chose to go forward for a pick-and-roll.

Ginobili took a defensive stance and stretched forward one hand to Harden.

Beard Harden made a shooting move with the ball at lightning speed. Ginobili had no time to pull back his hand and hit Harden's left arm directly.

With Harden's scream, the referee's whistle sounded at the same time.

'Beep! '

Three free throws at the same time!

Ginobili was stunned, and innocently spread his hands to find the referee to reason, but once the penalty was made, it could not be changed at all.

Spurs coach Popovich paced back and forth on the sidelines, while Tang Yu stood on the sidelines with a calm face and exchanged glances with Taylor Swift.

Harden calmly walked to the free throw line and made all 3 free throws!

Tang Yu praised Harden a little bit, and Stevens didn't expect Tang Yu's trick to be so useful.

The Spurs' first attack was handed over to Duncan. Stone Buddha received the ball at 45 degrees on the right and missed the rebound. Battier protected the frontcourt rebound and quickly passed it to Curry.

After receiving the ball, Curry rushed to the frontcourt like lightning. Ginobili immediately stuck to Curry. It seems that the Spurs also did enough work and knew that Curry liked to make a super long three-pointer.

But this did not stump the Rockets' "primary school student". Now all teams think that Curry's three-pointer is sharp and often ignore his breakthrough.

Curry dribbled behind his back at high speed and changed direction to quickly break through Ginobili's defense. Facing Richard Jefferson's defense, Curry rode a horse and shot a small throw to help the Rockets score two points.

Dayao watched motionlessly in the backcourt from beginning to end, and had no intention of participating in the offense at all.

Less than a minute into the game, the score was 5-0, which made Popovich look a little ugly. The old man lowered his head and scratched his gray hair.

"Defense!" The Rockets' home fans shouted in unison to help the home team.

George Hill organized the offense again. This time he played a pick-and-roll with McDyess andIt was given to Duncan.

Shifo played 18-second pass with his back, Ibaka used his strong lower body to resist Shifo's attack, Curry also took the opportunity to harass, Shifo gave George Hill the chance.

Hill is the same height as Curry, both are 1.88 meters, Hill chose to force Curry to layup after receiving the ball.

Except for Battier who was defending Ginobili, all the other Rockets were crowded near the three-second zone, and the inside was very crowded.

Hill wanted to pass the ball, but there was no time.

A sound of "beep~" sounded, and the 24 seconds ended, and it was timed out.

The Rockets successfully defended the Spurs for another 24 seconds!

Tang Yu applauded on the sidelines, very satisfied with the players' condition on the court, and raised a gesture to Harden.

After dribbling across half court, Harden called Ibaka to pick and roll for him on the left, Duncan stepped forward to delay Harden, but he didn't expect that as soon as Shifo stretched out his hand, Harden immediately chose to shoot.

Duncan's speed made it too late to retract his hand. As the whistle sounded, Duncan turned from a stone Buddha to a petrified man!

He did not argue with the referee, shook his head and turned away. Ginobili patted Duncan, and the meaning was obvious. You were fooled too!

"Bobby, James Harden made two three-point fouls in a row. Is this a new technique?" Brent Barry asked.

Bobby Jackson laughed and then said, "I think so. In fact, what I am most interested in is whether this is what Tang Yu taught James Harden."

"We will ask the person involved after the game. This is an interesting technique, and the three-point foul is too harmful to the Spurs."

Harden stepped onto the free throw line again. This time he made two of three free throws. The score was already 7-0. Popovich continued to be as steady as an old dog and did not choose to pause.

Harden's continuous fouls after the opening made the Spurs' defense very passive. In the 8th minute, Popovich was forced to call a timeout.

Ginobili committed two fouls, all on Harden, and he had to go off the court to rest.

The Rockets also pulled the score to double digits, and the score of 15-4 also explained the situation on the court in disguise.

Tang Yu was very proud, while Popovich's face was gloomy and terrible!

Ginobili's departure made Harden more unscrupulous, and after attacking the inside line, he made a layup or dunk with a European step. Even Tang Yu was impressed by the core strength of the young Harden, which was really too strong.

In the first quarter, Beard Harden almost played a double-double, with 18 points and 7 assists shining throughout the court. His single-player score exceeded the Spurs' team score.

34-17!

The Rockets established a 17-point advantage in the first quarter!