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

Paul George on the side looked at this scene thoughtfully, and then began to accelerate the fast break.

The Rockets' transition attack surged toward the Magic's half like mercury.

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

This kind of third-line fast break is something no team wants to encounter.

However, the Magic are a team that has reached the finals.

They have rich defensive experience and can retreat very quickly.

Especially the three consecutive Defensive Player of the Year-Howard.

As a big center, he was able to return to his own half immediately and guard the inside.

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

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

However, in their haste, they missed one of the Rockets players-PJ Tucker!

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

Only Tucker, who seems to be just an ordinary blue-collar worker, is naturally the one who is most easily ignored.

At this time, he silently came to the left corner and opened his hand to catch the ball.

The opponent doesn't know how powerful Tucker is, but the Rockets generals know it very well.

In the past few months of training, the "shoe king" has become more and more accurate in his corner three-pointers, and now it is ridiculously accurate.

Several shooters on the team, such as Danny Green and Shane Battier, have lower shooting percentages from both corners.

To put it simply, you can always trust Tucker standing in the corner ready to catch the ball!

As a result, Lowry flicked his wrist and made a long pass that found Tucker who was open.

The latter didn't hesitate at all, raised his hand and shot...

"Shua~"

The basketball hit the net.

9:0, the Rockets got a dream start!

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

He stood on the sidelines and loudly ordered the players.

If the game hadn't only started two minutes ago, he might have called a timeout.

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

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

Whether it's Howard's low-post play or Carter's pick-and-roll offense, they all pale in comparison to the defense of Yao Ming and Paul George.

The Magic generals had no choice but to let other players on the team attack.

"Mr. Billion Dollar" Rashad Lewis stepped forward and tried to beat Tucker in isolation on the outside.

Ideal is full, the reality is very skinny.

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

"Duang!"

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

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

The Rockets launched another counterattack.

T-mac dribbled the ball through half court and met the defense of his cousin Vince Carter.

McGrady smiled slightly, continued to feint while dribbling under his hips, and then dragged his feet to pretend to break through to the right.

T-Mac's stride is long and his movements are exactly the same as when he really breaks through.

Carter quickly moved sideways, trying to cover up 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 reached 20:7, and the Rockets were already leading by 13 points.

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

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

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

"Yao Ming's return will be of great help to this Rockets team!"

"Although they had won 4 consecutive games before, every game was inseparable. 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.

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

"Mark Jackson previously asked Tucker to take over the No. 5 position. Although he defended very hard and had good defensive awareness, after all, he was too short and could easily suffer losses."

"For example, in the previous game against the Spurs, Duncan could not be solved. In the end, the Rockets could only use double-teaming tactics to restrict him."

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

Zhang Weiping added.

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

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

Although the Magic are a powerful team in the Eastern Conference and even reached the Finals the year before last, their lineup configuration is completely restrained in front of the Rockets!

The core of the Magic is undoubtedly center Howard.

But when World of Warcraft meets Yao Ming, his talent cannot be used.

With the core suppressed, the Magic's "one star, four shots" system was easily dismantled by the Rockets.

In addition, their outside core, Vince Carter, did not show much advantage when facing the young Paul George, and the Magic have even less possibility of creating a miracle.

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

The Asian young man murmured to himself.

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

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 beyond the current victory, but to win the championship this season.

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

Mark Jackson also knows this.

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

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

The timeout ends and the game continues.

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

Facing Courtney Lee's defense, he became obviously more comfortable in his movements.

He first used Howard's screen to accelerate past Yao Ming's defense and scored a layup under the basket.

Then he passed Courtney Lee with a crossover, and he made an emergency stop and shot from mid-range...

Come in again!

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 gain momentum, Yao Ming stepped forward at the critical moment.

He got the ball in the low post, posted up to Howard, and used a difficult turnaround fadeaway jumper to score the ball!

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

A 2.26 meter tall center actually used the method of turning over and leaning back to complete the offense. How can one defend against this?

Then, Tucker successfully blocked Lewis' attack on the defensive end.

During the counterattack, Courtney Lee received a pass from Lawson, took three big steps, and raised the ball with one hand with his right hand, as if it was on fire...

"bang!"

Xiao Li split Huashan with force and succeeded in a one-handed dunk.

"Roar!"

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

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

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

Soon, the game entered the transition period, and both sides sent out substitute players.

And there are countless gangsters on the Rockets' bench!

Kevin Martin and Luis Scola are all holding back their energy and want to prove the value of veterans.

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

No one expected that the powerful Magic team in the Eastern Conference would be defeated in the first quarter.

During the break, Magic coach Stan Van Gundy was furious and berated his players for their poor performance.

"Starting from the second quarter, whenever there is a chance to make a three-pointer, give me a bold shot!"

"Dwight, please be patient today, take fewer shots, and grab more offensive rebounds under 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 encouraged his players with excitement.

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