The Godfather of Basketball

"beep!"

With the whistle of the referee, Yao Ming turned the ball back to the Rockets' half court, and the Rockets took the lead in attacking.

In the frontcourt, Blake still passed the ball to Yao Ming in the low post.

Although Tracy McGrady is absent, the Rockets do not seem to want to change their offensive tactics.

Ellis of the Warriors double-teamed, and Yao Ming immediately gave the ball to Hyde.

Hyde made a decisive three-pointer after receiving the ball.

"Shua!"

The basketball hits the net crisply.

The Rockets took the lead.

Cheers erupted at the Toyota Center.

The Warriors' offense, seeing that the Rockets were still defending a 3-2 zone defense, Davis directly signaled the team to make an off-ball pick-and-roll for Ellis.

Ellis received the ball, accelerated past Hyde in one step and broke into the inside line, and scored in a layup with a change.

It can be seen from the opening two rounds that the Warriors coach Nelson's tactical arrangement is also very targeted, that is, it is not at this point to hit you McGrady.

Tang Tian realized it quickly, but he didn't intend to make any adjustments.

The Rockets' offense, the same tactic, still Hyde catches the ball, almost open three-point shot, and still scores!

There was cheers at the scene.

Aside from other abilities, Hyde is actually higher than McGrady in terms of three-point shooting percentage.

This was also the reason why Tang Tian chose him as the starter.

In the Warriors' offense, Ellis scored from Hyde again, but the speed of two points was not as fast as the speed of three points.

After the Rockets' round, facing Hyde who had already scored two three-pointers in a row, Ellis didn't dare to shrink any more.

Yao Ming saw that the Warriors had no defense, so he turned around and hit Biedrins with his foot.

Biedrins was psychologically shadowed by Yao Ming before, so he didn't dare to reach out at this time.

8 to 4, despite McGrady's absence, the Rockets' offense does not seem to have been greatly affected.

"I discovered that the Rockets play in a system, and it is Yao who maintains the system. The absence of T-mac may not have such a big impact." Jackson said in surprise.

"Yes, under Tang Tian's rule, this is a systematic team." Miller on the side said with a smile.

The remarks of Jackson and Miller are true. The core of this tough play is Yao Ming and Millsap's two insiders. The lack of two outsiders does not have much impact on the opening.

And what can be felt is that the mental outlook of the Rockets team has undergone a qualitative change compared to the previous game.

The suspension of Tracy McGrady and Alston damaged the strength of the Rockets, but the fair and just handling made the players more willing to do their best for the team.

Ellis still hits the same point against Hyde, but the Warriors still have little to do against the Rockets on the defensive end. After most of the first quarter, they are still behind like the previous three games.

18 to 28, the only difference is that their own scores are much more than before.

With more than 3 minutes left before the end of the first quarter, both sides began to replace the substitutes one after another.

"Now is the time to really test the Rockets. At this time in the past, the team relied on T-mac to lead the team. Now not only is T-mac missing, but Alstom is also absent. This is also the best team for the Warriors. Chance to chase points." Miller quickly analyzed.

Miller's analysis was in place, but he looked at it and found something wrong on the court. The Rockets switched back and forth until the end of the first quarter. Millsap and Blake in the starting lineup were still on the court. These two went straight to the first quarter!

With Millsap on the court, the Rockets still had a strong point inside, and with Blake on the outside, at the end of the first quarter, the Rockets still led the Warriors by 10 points 34-24!

This is the adjustment made by Tang Tian.

It's simple, but it works.

When Yao Ming was on the court, Millsap and Blake were both engineers and did not consume a lot of energy. It was no problem to play for an extra three minutes.

And at the beginning of the second quarter, Tang Tian directly moved Yao Ming up.

After this up and down, the faces of the insiders of the Warriors were extremely ugly.

This is like holding a pair of king bombs in Doudizhu, and they take turns to play in order to get more cards, and the opponent is a little desperate.

When Yao Ming was on the court, the other four positions of the Rockets were all substitutes, but around Yao Ming, as long as the other four players did a good job of passing and shooting, the team's system was still there.

The Warriors took advantage of the weakening of the Rockets' defense and scored a lot of points, but Yao Ming's scoring in the interior did not decrease, and the point difference between the two sides has been maintained.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the absence of McGrady and Alston has had a great impact on the Rockets' rotation, but Tang Tian minimized this impact with his excellent adjustment ability.

"This style of play is very smart, but it is a great test for the physical strength of the Rockets players. If the Warriors drag the game into the fourth quarter, the Rockets will definitely get into trouble." Miller analyzed before the halftime ended.

Miller's worries are indeed the biggest drawback of this style of play, but when the second half came back, the Rockets played a wave of starting again, widening the point difference from 10 points to about 20 points.

And that's not the end yet. As soon as the fourth quarter started, Tang Tian threw all the main players on the court, and after making persistent efforts to widen the point difference to 25 points, the game was declared over in advance.

In fact, because of the existence of more garbage time in half a quarter, if you look at the playing time of the Rockets' main players, there is actually not much more.

Seeing the daring performance of the bench players on both sides in the last quarter, Miller could only shake his head with a wry smile.

This Tang Tian is really, refreshing his understanding of the basketball game time and time again.

In the end, despite the absence of McGrady and Alston, the Rockets beat the Warriors 116-96 to win Game 5 of the series between the two sides.

After winning this game, they also successfully eliminated the Warriors 4-1 and advanced to the Western Conference finals.

This is also the first time the Rockets have played in a decade.

When the final whistle sounded, the scene ejected all over the sky, and the Houston fans fell into a carnival.

"You are an incredible opponent." When the two teams shook hands for the last time, Old Nelson looked at Tang Tian and said from the bottom of his heart.

Old Nelson is currently the coach with the most wins in the NBA. It is an honor for any coach to get his affirmation.

"You are also a great opponent." Tang Tian also said with a smile.

Old Nelson smiled, wished Tang Tian good luck, then turned around and left.

At this moment, Tang Tian noticed that Youdao was looking at him.

He turned to look and saw that it was Pietrus of the Warriors.

Seeing Tang Tian found himself, Pietrus smiled, then turned and left with his teammates.

Tang Tian didn't know what this meant, but before he could think about it, the team members had already gathered around him to celebrate.