The Godfather of Basketball

Alston was born in streetball, and his self-discipline was almost normal, but he didn't expect McGrady to follow him.

And what really made him so angry was not the incident itself, but that McGrady lied to him!

Seeing Tang Tian's big reaction, Thibodeau suddenly regretted telling the truth.

"Hey~"

Just then, there was another knock on the office door.

"Who?!" Tang Tian tried his best to control his anger, but he couldn't hide the anger between his words.

There was silence outside for a while, and then Maddie's voice came: "It's me, Tracy."

Hearing that it was McGrady, Tang Tian's expression paused, and Thibodeau was even more surprised.

This McGrady came at the wrong time!

Tang Tian suppressed his anger, and stretched out his hand to signal Xibodu to go out first.

"Come in."

McGrady opened the door and was a little surprised to see Thibodeau inside, but didn't say anything.

After Thibodeau left, Mai Di sat in front of Tang Tian, ​​put his hands on the table, bowed his head and did not speak for a long time.

"What's the matter?" Tang Tian said as calmly as possible.

"I'm sorry, coach, I lied to you before." McGrady raised his head and said in a hoarse voice.

"What do you mean?" Tang Tian's anger subsided a lot when he heard this, and McDicken came to admit his mistake, which showed that he was still the coach in his heart.

"It's not my cat. It was yesterday. Raff and I went to the bar. We just wanted to go and relax, but we didn't expect to drink too much. We didn't come back until the next day. I didn't think so. We were in Salt Lake City last time. It's okay, I thought... I'm sorry, coach, I am responsible for the loss of this game, and it is all my fault." McGrady seemed very depressed.

Tang Tian frowned. He didn't expect McGrady to go out in Salt Lake City before. It seemed that he was too relieved of his team members.

"It's good that you realize the mistake, it's not too late."

"Thank you, coach." McGrady was relieved.

"But it is true that you and Love violated the team's regulations, so I will punish you after returning to Houston."

"Yes, I will accept any punishment."

Tang Tian nodded, and then motioned for Mai Di to go back first.

Looking at McGrady's back, Tang Tian thought for a long time, and finally made a decision.

Returning to Houston with a score of 3 to 1, Tang Tian found the team general manager Dawson and owner Alexander on the first day after returning, and then called the coaching staff for an internal meeting on the second day.

After the meeting, Tang Tian summoned the team members to announce the result of the team's punishment: McGrady and Alston will be suspended for one game because they violated the team's regulations.

"This is a warning. If there are any players who violate it, I will not use him in the next game, no matter who he is, understand?" Tang Tian said bluntly.

The team members looked at each other, because of their age, they were more like brothers when they got along with Tang Tian, ​​but this time, after seeing Tang Tian's iron fist, they gradually remembered that the person in front of them who was younger than them, is their head coach.

As soon as the Rockets' penalty came out, it immediately caused an uproar.

McGrady is one of the dual cores of the Rockets, and Alston is the sixth man of the team. If the two are suspended, the strength of the Rockets is bound to be greatly affected.

"It was a decision to take a risk. No matter what they did, you shouldn't suspend them. If you lose another game because of the suspension and go back to Golden State with a score of 2 to 3, the series will be played. It's really unpredictable." TNT host Kenny Smith suggested sincerely in the program.

Not only the media, but even the local fans in Houston couldn't understand the Rockets' decision, which was simply ruining the victory.

However, the Rockets officially insisted on this decision. Both the general manager Dawson and the team owner Alexander expressed their support for the team's decision when facing the media.

And the happiest thing at this time is the Warriors players and fans.

This is simply a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for them.

"Win this game, bring the game back to Golden State, let us make another history." This is the front page news of the Oakland (Golden State) sports newspaper.

After defeating the Mavericks to create the "Black Eight" history, they expect this Golden State gangster to become the first 0-3 comeback team in history.

With this hope in mind, all members of the Warriors boarded the plane to Houston with confidence.

They are very confident.

"If we can't win the Rockets without McGrady and Alstom, then what are we?" Baron Davis said.

On the night of the match day, the Toyota Center was still crowded with people. Although they were somewhat dissatisfied with the team's decision to suspend Tracy McGrady and Alston, the fans' enthusiasm for the home team's support was not lacking at all.

"4:1", "beat Oakland", "end the fight tonight"...

The signs held high in the hands of the fans still show the confidence of the city.

Although suspended, McGrady and Alston still appeared on the Rockets' bench. Their emotions did not seem to be as depressed as outside speculation. On the contrary, they were still seriously interacting with their teammates before the game.

What can be vaguely felt is that the impact of this team penalty on the Rockets may be slightly different from what the outside world guessed.

After completing the pre-match warm-up, the starting lineups of both sides will also be announced.

For the Rockets, Hyde replaced the suspended Tracy McGrady as the Rockets' No. 2 starter, and the other positions remained unchanged.

The Warriors also made some adjustments to the Rockets' suspension. They replaced Matt Barnes with Monta Ellis, who has a stronger offensive power. It's over.

"Tonight must be a difficult night for the Rockets. Without T-Mac and Love, their offensive firepower is greatly affected. Although Yao still has absolute dominance on the offensive end, his physical strength has always been a big problem. , If no one comes forward to fill in the missing 40 points, it will be really difficult.” Mark Jackson, the commentator, said before the game started.

"Yes, and what we can't ignore is that this Rockets team has only 13 people in total, and two guards are suspended, which will make their guard line very tight." Reggie Miller on the side followed.

"Perhaps we should focus on the coach of the Rockets, Tang Tian. I don't know what surprise he will bring us this time." Jackson said, looking at the Rockets bench, Tang Tian sat there with a calm expression, Doesn't seem to worry about the team's performance at all.