The Godfather of Basketball

Because there was a game every two days, Tang Tian only arranged for one day of training. On the second day of the game, he gave the players a day off.

In the afternoon, when the players appeared in the locker room, he noticed that McGrady was still awake.

"T-mac?" Tang Tian looked at McGrady and said.

"Coach." McGrady looked up.

"Are you OK?"

"It's okay, my cat made a fuss in the middle of the night last night." Maddie said after a pause.

"If you're sleepy, go to sleep now."

"It's okay, it won't affect you." McGrady waved his hand.

Tang Tian nodded suspiciously, and then began to pick up the tactical board and arrange the tactics for the night with the team members.

Three big defeats brought the Warriors to the same desperation as the original Jazz.

However, unlike the Jazz, the patience of the Golden State fans has been worn down by the big defeats. In addition, Golden State is the largest Chinese gathering place in the United States. In the last game of the series between the two sides, the arena Many local Chinese fans poured in.

These fans wore red Rockets jerseys and held up the KT boards of Yao Ming and Tang Tian, ​​which looked particularly eye-catching in the arena.

The arrival of these fans also boosted the morale of the Rockets.

After the game started, Yao Ming also played excitedly, not only still dominated the game on the offensive end, but also dominated the defensive end.

The two sides played for more than 5 minutes in the opening game, and the score was 18 to 6. Yao Ming alone contributed 10 points, plus 5 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 blocks.

The speed of the Warriors' collapse seems to be faster than in the previous three games.

But maybe he was too excited, Yao Ming's physical strength was exhausted very quickly.

Tang Tian replaced Yao Ming in advance, allowing McGrady to stay on the court and lead the team.

Yao Ming was off the court, but the Rockets' strategy remained the same. They still played inside, but the offensive player changed from Yao Ming to Millsap.

After a season of honing, Millsap's skills have greatly improved compared to the beginning of the season, and he successfully scored the first singles against Jackson's defense.

The fans on the scene looked desperate. The Warriors were about to be chiseled to death by the two insiders of the Rockets.

Richardson scored a three-pointer from the outside, which finally gave the home team a sigh of relief.

Looking back, Millsap still played with the ball behind the basket, and Jackson fouled early this time.

The old Nelson on the sidelines saw that the momentum was wrong, and with a big wave of his hand, he replaced Biedrins with Harrington. It seemed that he was going to double-team tactics in advance.

When the dead ball comes back, it is still the Rockets' possession.

Blake handed the ball to Millsap again, Millsap held the ball and played back, and the Warriors double-teamed.

Millsap's passing ability is not as good as Yao Ming's, but Nelson's substitution was too obvious. He immediately distributed the ball to Hayes on the other side. After Hayes attracted the defense, he then distributed McGrady. McGrady got an open three-point shot.

"boom!"

It's a pity that McGrady's shot was short, and the basketball jumped out of the basket.

The Warriors quickly counterattacked, and Davis quickly broke through and scored a layup after receiving the ball.

The Rockets didn't care too much. These points are what the Warriors deserve.

Tang Tian looked up at the scorer at this moment.

The Rockets' offense, the same tactic, McGrady caught the ball again after a few passes, but the difference was that the Warriors made up the defense faster this time. When McGrady took off, Ellington jumped in front of him One meter position.

McGrady meets the defense's shot... and the frame doesn't touch it.

This turned out to be a three-way stick!

The crowd cheered.

The Warriors pushed back again, and Richardson's layup caused Blake's thug foul.

Tang Tian frowned at this time. It was not right for McGrady to miss the big open shot in the previous ball. It is not normal for the defense to make three non-stick shots from a distance of one meter. It seems that he did not sleep well last night. Not small.

He pointed to Alston and signaled him to come on and replace McGrady.

Richardson made two free throws, and the point difference on the field was only 5 points in a blink of an eye.

The Rockets' offense, Blake's three-pointer finally allowed the Rockets to continue scoring.

But looking back, Alstom's misplacement allowed Davis to successfully play 2 plus 1.

That's not counting, looking back, Alston made a low-level dribbling error when he broke through, and dribbled the ball directly out of the court.

The Rockets called a timeout.

"What are you guys doing? Huh? How the hell do you think you're sure to win?" Tang Tian yelled at his players for the first time. He didn't know what happened, but the team's state tonight was simply better than the season. It was even worse at first.

The team members all lowered their heads, and Tang Tian finally threw the tactical board angrily.

It was a sign of anger, but it didn't help the team save the situation on the field.

Tracy McGrady and Alston's state was too bad tonight. In the end, although Yao Ming still scored 32 points efficiently, the Rockets still lost to the Warriors 91 to 96 regrettably and got their first place in the playoffs. lost.

After the game, Tang Weather directly refused the reporter's interview.

He can accept losing, but this inexplicable way of losing makes it really hard for him to accept.

After yelling at the players in the locker room, he was still angry and sat in the coach's office panting.

If he hadn't worked hard to restrain himself, he should have dragged McGrady and Alston to the office alone for a training meal.

"Hey~"

At this moment, there was a knock on the door.

Tang Tian took a deep breath.

"who?"

"It's me, Tom." Thibodeau's voice came from outside the door.

"come in."

Xibodu came in and saw that Tang Tian was still angry, turned around and closed the door.

"We just lost a game, you don't need to be too angry." Thibodeau said.

"No, this is a very bad signal. These guys think they are sure to win, but this is the playoffs. With this attitude, even if you can make it to the next round, how do you play against the Spurs and the Suns?" Tang Tian thinks more, which is why he has always been strict with the team. The strength of the Suns or the Spurs is much stronger than the two opponents they encountered in the previous two rounds. The battle with them is at most four or six.

"Yes, but maybe the next game will get better." Thibodeau hesitated and said.

Noticing Xibodu's expression, Tang Tian glanced at him suspiciously, then turned his head, and vaguely guessed something.

"T-mac and Raff, did you go out last night?" Tang Tian continued to ask.

The team will not interfere in the private life of the players, but the coaching staff has an assistant coach who is responsible for collecting player information, because Tang Tian has too many things to deal with, and these are all first to Thibodeau.

"Yes." Thibodeau hesitated, but finally nodded, "They went to the local bar last night and came back the next morning."

"Fuck!" Tang Tian slammed the table angrily after listening.