The Godfather of Basketball

The head coach of the Nuggets, George Karl, was also taken aback for a moment. He is considered a coach with advanced basketball concepts. The Nuggets are also an offensive team under his rule, but he has never seen the Rockets play like this.

It's like Princeton, but obviously simpler than Princeton.

In the offense of the Nuggets, Anthony asked for the ball in the low post for singles. Facing Battier's defense, he chose to turn around and lean back.

Battier took out his blindfold defense and successfully interfered with Anthony's shot.

"boom!"

Anthony's shot went out of iron, and the rebound was won by Yao Ming.

The Rockets advanced to the frontcourt, and Yao Ming held the ball in the same position.

Karl reminded the players loudly on the sidelines that the Nuggets' defense expanded greatly and successfully blocked the receiving route of Battier and Alstom.

At this moment, McGrady quickly made an empty cut to the basket.

Camby stood up against Yao Ming at this time, turning his eyes left and right from time to time, paying attention to Yao Ming's passes to both sides.

But in the next second, something that made the fans crazy happened.

One second before Yao Ming was holding the ball high and leaning against Camby in a singles stance, but the next second, without moving his head, he flicked the ball behind his head with a flick of his hand, and the ball flew straight to the air-cut McGrady .

McGrady took a step to catch the ball, jumped up high, and raised his arm to smash a one-handed dunk.

"boom!"

With a muffled sound, the basketball was smashed into the basket.

The entire Toyota Center erupted instantly.

"Oh! God! This is a pass like a magician! He is a center forward!" Barkley's eyes widened at this time, he did not expect Yao Ming to pass such a ball.

"This new style of play has completely activated Yao." Smith couldn't help shouting excitedly. As a member of the Rockets Championship, although he thought that the Rockets had little hope of winning, he still wanted to see the Rockets win from the bottom of his heart. well played.

The live camera quickly showed Yao Ming who was retreating.

At this moment, the fans noticed that Yao Ming pointed to the Rockets' bench as he ran to the backcourt.

Following Yao Ming's gestures, the fans discovered that the object he was pointing at was Tang Tian, ​​the first assistant coach of the Rockets.

What does it mean?

At this moment, Tang Tian gave Yao Ming a thumbs up in response.

Yao Ming passed this kind of pass to Francis before, but Francis made a layup, and the fans were not so impressed.

Passing such a ball, on the one hand, it shows that Yao Ming has this ability, on the other hand, it also shows that Yao and Mai have played for two years, and they have formed a certain tacit understanding.

"I seem to understand something." At this moment, Barkley in the commentary seat suddenly said with a smile.

"What?" Smith turned to look at Barkley, not knowing what he meant.

"Van Gundy is an excellent defensive coach, but offense is another extreme, so judging from Yao's gesture just now, I am more willing to believe that it is from Tang." Barkley said.

Smith was thoughtful after listening, as if it was really like this.

The fans were also discussing for a while, guessing whether this had something to do with Tang Tian.

After all, Tang Tian has been in the team for a long time, and the change started from this game.

Perhaps the answer to this will only be known in the post-match interview.

The game on the field continued, JR Smith missed a strong three-pointer from the outside, and the Nuggets still failed to score.

After the rebound was accepted by Yao Ming, the Rockets continued to counterattack.

Still Yao Ming, still in the same position to catch the ball.

The whistle of the fans has already started to sound at the scene. This trick has been tried and tested!

Karl couldn't sit still, got up from the bench and walked to the sidelines, loudly reminding the other Rockets players to move.

The physical talents of these Nuggets players are still good. Under the full defense, and the Rockets are also new to this tactic, this time they did not run a good offensive opportunity.

Seeing this, Yao Ming feigned a pass, then turned around with his back and headed towards the basket with strides.

Camby couldn't react in time, so he focused on chasing and defending, and finally caught up with Yao Ming before he entered the three-second zone.

When Yao Ming saw him, he stopped abruptly and turned around to hook his hand.

"Shua!"

Before Camby could take off and interfere, Yao Ming's small hook had already sent the ball steadily into the basket.

There was an explosive cheer from the fans at the scene.

Tang Tian was also smiling at this time.

This is where Yao Ming is better than Brad Miller. He can pass some good passes, but he can also put the ball in the basket in one-on-one possessions when his teammates don't have a chance.

7 to 0, the Rockets made a fantastic start.

The Nuggets were forced to call a timeout.

"It's unbelievable. This Rockets has completely refreshed our understanding of it. It's really unbelievable!" After entering the timeout, Barkley expressed emotion again and again. The Rockets who attacked "Constipation" were the same team.

"I am now more and more curious about the reasons why the Rockets have changed." Smith also echoed.

Back from the timeout, the Nuggets played a set of pick-and-roll coordination, and finally Anthony broke through and scored the first goal of the game.

The Nuggets broke the scoring drought, but they still have little to do with the Rockets' new offensive system.

20 to 9, the offensive Rockets made some mistakes due to insufficient running-in and coordination, but overall they played the expected effect. After playing for more than half a quarter, they have already achieved a double-digit lead.

The emotions of the fans at the scene were extremely excited. Regardless of how this offensive system came about, the performance of the Rockets in this half of the quarter has severely slapped those media in the face.

The Nuggets, the favorites to win the championship, aren't they still being rubbed on the ground?

The game entered the second half of the first quarter, and the two sides began to enter the rotation lineup. Dikembe Mutombo, Bunch Wells, Hyde, and Millsap appeared one after another.

In the first game of the season, Millsap became the ninth man in the rotation.

The Nuggets also moved into the rotation, adding Nene, Kleiza and Diawara in addition to Andre Miller and Kenyon Martin who remained on the court.