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Xiaogangpao once again predicted the opponent's passing route and successfully completed the interception!

Paul George on the side watched this scene thoughtfully, and then began to speed up the fast break.

The Rockets' conversion offense, like mercury pouring down the ground, rushed toward the Magic's halfcourt.

Lowry sits in the middle, with George and McGrady on the left and right.

Such a three-line fast break is something no team wants to encounter.

However, the Magic is a team that has reached the finals at any rate.

They have rich defensive experience and retreat very quickly.

Especially the three consecutive best defensive players-Howard.

As a big center, he was able to return to his own half in the first time, guarding the inside.

Seeing that he could not complete the counterattack directly, Lowry slowed down slightly and waited for his teammates to outflank.

At this time, all five players of the Magic have returned to their defensive positions.

However, in a hurry, they missed a Rockets player-pj-Tucker!

There is no other reason. The Rockets' starting five are either famous stars or recently rising supernovas.

Only Tucker, who seemed to be just an ordinary blue-collar worker, naturally became the one who was most easily overlooked.

At this time, he silently came to the left corner, ready to catch the ball.

The opponent didn't know how powerful Tucker was, but the Rockets knew it all.

In the past few months of training, "Shoe King"'s three-pointer from the bottom corner has become more and more accurate, and now it has reached an outrageous level.

The few shooters on the team, such as Danny Green and Shane Battier, are not as good as him in both corners.

Simply put, you can always trust Tucker who is standing in the corner and ready to catch the ball!

Ever since, Lowry flicked his wrist, and a long pass found Tucker who was vacant.

The latter did not hesitate at all, raised his hand and shot...

"Shu~"

Basketball hit the net.

9:0, the Rockets made a fantastic start!

Magic coach - Stan Van Gundy can't sit still.

He stood on the sidelines and directed the players loudly.

If it weren't for the fact that the game had just started for 2 minutes, he might have called a timeout.

But Van Gundy's anxiety did not allow the players to play better.

In the next 3 minutes, the Magic, who came from afar, could not find a way to overcome the Rockets' defense.

Whether it's Howard's low-post strong play or Carter's pick-and-roll offense, under the defense of Yao Ming and Paul George, they all look pale and weak.

The Magic will have no choice but to let other players in the team attack.

"Mr. Billion" Rashad Lewis stepped forward and tried to single Tucker on the outside.

Ideal is full, the reality is very skinny.

Facing Tucker's defense, his dribbling looked so lame, and in the end he could only rely on his height advantage to forcefully complete the shot.

"duang!"

The ball hit the front of the basket hard and bounced out of the frame.

Yao Ming relaxed his ape arm, took off the rebound, and passed the ball to Tracy McGrady.

The Rockets counterattacked again.

TC dribbles through half court and meets his cousin - Vince Carter's defense.

McGrady smiled slightly, dribbled the ball continuously under his crotch, then shuffled and pretended to break through to the right.

tc has great strides and moves exactly as he would when he really broke through.

Carter quickly moved sideways, trying to make up for the defense.

But the next moment McGrady suddenly stood up and threw the ball from beyond the three-point line.

bingo!

As soon as the goal was scored, the score came to 20:7, and the Rockets had already led by as much as 13 points.

Van Gundy couldn't take it anymore and called a timeout.

The Rockets were very happy, and slowly walked to the bench amidst the warm cheers of the fans.

At the same time, the two hosts of CCTV also expressed their views on the game:

"Yao Ming's return is of great help to the Rockets!"

"Although they won 4 consecutive victories before, they played inextricably in each game. In the end, they basically relied on the personal offense of McGrady, Griffin and others to solve the problem."

"But once Yao Ming came back, the entire Rockets team became a whole, everyone's role was fully utilized, and the game became much easier!"

Yang Yi commented.

"Yeah, the most important thing is that Dayao supported the inside line!"

"Before Mark Jackson asked Tucker to play the 5th position. Although he defended very hard and had a good defensive awareness, after all, he was too short and it was easy to suffer."

"For example, in the previous game against the Spurs, Duncan has been unable to solve this point. In the end, the Rockets can only use double-team tactics to limit him."

"Now that Yao Ming is back, the Rockets can also boldly defend against a star insider. In this way, the Rockets' defensive gates on the outside will no longer need to be distracted to help defend, and they can maximize their defensive capabilities!"

Zhang Weiping added.

As for Shen Fei in the VIP box, his expression was calm.

In his opinion, today's victory is actually not difficult to predict.

Although the Magic is an expensive team in the Eastern Conference and even made it to the finals the year before last, their lineup configuration, in front of the Rockets, is in a state of complete restraint!

The core of the Magic is undoubtedly center Howard.

But when Warcraft met Yao Ming, his talent would not be able to be displayed.

The core was suppressed, and the Magic's "one star and four shots" system was easily disintegrated by the Rockets.

Coupled with the fact that their outside core, Vince Carter, did not show much advantage in the face of the young Paul George, the Magic has even less chance of creating miracles.

"This game should not be a big problem. The next step is to see the performance of Lawson and Courtney Lee."

The Asian youth muttered to himself.

These two are the key bargaining chips for future Rockets deals!

On the premise of winning, it is very important to give them more playing time and performance opportunities.

After all, the Rockets' goal is far more than the current victory, but to win the championship this season.

If you can get Roy and pursue Curry in the middle of the season, then the probability of winning the championship will be greatly increased!

Mark Jackson knew this too.

So during the timeout, he replaced Paul George and Lowry with Lawson and Courtney Lee.

............

The time-out is over and the game continues.

After George left the field, Vince Carter gradually began to show offensive firepower.

Facing Courtney Lee's defense, he was obviously more comfortable in his actions.

He first used Howard's screen, accelerated past Yao Ming's help defense, and scored a low-handed layup under the basket.

Then he passed Courtney Lee with a crossover, and made a sudden stop for a mid-range shot...

Come on!

After scoring 4 points in a row, the point difference between the two sides returned to single digits.

Seeing that his opponent was about to make a move, Yao Ming stood up at the critical moment.

He got the ball in the low post, singled Howard with his back, and used a difficult turnaround jumper to score the ball!

After the ball was scored, Warcraft spread his hands helplessly.

A big center with a height of 2 meters turned over and leaned back to complete the attack. How can people defend against this?

Then, Tucker successfully defended against Lewis' offense on the defensive end.

In the counterattack, Courtney Lee received a pass from Lawson, took three big strides, and raised the ball with one hand with his right hand, showing a tendency to burn the sky...

"bang!"

Xiao Li smashed Huashan forcefully and succeeded in dunking with one hand.

"Roar!"

After scoring the goal, he looked up to the sky and screamed.

The fans at the Toyota Center also responded to him with warm applause.

As soon as the goal was scored, the point difference widened again.

Soon, the game entered a transition period, and both sides sent substitute players one after another.

And in the Rockets' bench, there are countless bench thugs!

Kevin - Martin, Luis - Scola are simmering energy, want to prove the value of the veteran.

Relying on their strong firepower, at the end of the first quarter, the score came to 42:25, and the Rockets led by as many as 17 points!

No one expected that the mighty Magic in the Eastern Conference would be beaten in the first quarter.

During the intermission, Magic coach Stan Van Gundy flew into a rage, berating the players for their lackluster performance.

"From the second quarter, as long as there is a three-point chance, give me a bold shot!"

"Dwight, bear with it today, reduce your shots, and grab more offensive rebounds at the basket."

"Children, we can lose, but we can't lose the game on our knees!"

"Let's play basketball that belongs to Orlando!"

Stan Van Gundy cheered the players on with excitement.

Under his passionate speech, the eyes of the magic generals burst out with fighting spirit again!