The Godfather of Basketball

This Hornets, Tang Tian's impression in the past life is relatively weak, basically staying on the pick and roll of Paul and West.

In fact, this season has played four times in the regular season. The Rockets also have an absolute advantage of 3-1. The weak bench makes it difficult for the Hornets to pose too much threat to the Rockets.

But really watching these two games, Tang Tian's impression of the Hornets has changed a lot.

The biggest change comes from Paul and West. The two dual cores are almost full, but the physical strength is supported, and the key moments are not soft.

Don't underestimate the physical aspect, it's very important to reach the playoffs of pinball stars.

It is definitely an achievement to play like this against jazz.

After a two-day break, the Rockets left Houston for Denver to welcome their third game with the Nuggets.

Coincidentally, it is similar to Salt Lake City played last season. Denver is also the league's famous highland home, with an average altitude of 1655 meters, more than 300 meters higher than Salt Lake City.

Fortunately, with the experience of last season, the players have been prepared in advance.

The confrontation between the two teams opened the night after the Rockets arrived.

The Denver Pepsi Center is full of seats. Although the score is behind and it does n’t look like a lot of chances, the descendants of these gold diggers have always maintained a zealous heart, just as their ancestors traveled thousands of miles to dig for gold. Everywhere came to cheer for the home team.

The blue jersey, the blue ocean, is totally different from the flaming red at the Toyota Center.

The game started. Among the fans cheering at home, the Nuggets also played their characteristics for the first time.

Anthony and Iverson both felt hot in the opening, scored frequently, and the strong performance of the double guns also made the Nuggets stalemate with the Rockets for the first time.

But at this moment, Carl replaced Iverson in advance after playing more than 4 minutes.

Iverson's end changed the situation on the court at once, and the Rockets' offensive made Anthony seem to be out of reach.

With more than 3 minutes left in the first quarter, the Rockets led the Nuggets 10 points by 34-24.

At this time, both sides replaced one after another, and Iverson came on the bench again at this time.

Until this time, the fans did not respond to the commentary. Carl learned the lessons from the previous two games and let Iverson bring his physical fitness to this bench period.

This change is very effective. Under the condition of full physical fitness, Iverson still maintains the previous hot feel, or jump shot from the outside, or break through the inside layup, always find a way to increase the points for the Nuggets.

After halftime, the Nuggets trailed the Rockets by 52 to 62. Although they are still behind, this is already the smallest half-point difference in the series.

Carl's adjustment was abrupt, but Tang Tian's response was quick.

Before the start of the second half, he called Baria directly.

"Jose, stay close to AI, increase his energy consumption as much as possible, and reduce his number of catches."

In addition to telling him, he tied Barria and Iverson together. Iverson was on the field, Barria was there, Iverson was down, Baria was down.

In the bench, Iverson played a shooting guard and was beaten by Barria in various situations without a ball. Although he can still add points for the Nuggets under ample physical conditions, every time he scores a point, Scoring a goal feels exhausting.

The difference between the two sides has hovered between 10 and 15 points, and has not changed until the end of the game.

In the end, despite Iverson and Anthony scoring 70 points, the Nuggets lost 111 to 121 to the Rockets and suffered a three-game losing streak in the playoffs.

When the final whistle sounded, Carl stood up from the bench. He looked slightly vicissitudes. The veteran tried everything, but still couldn't close the gap with the Rockets.

3 to 0, the Rockets continued to sing.

With just one more game, the Rockets can sweep the Nuggets, close to the second round of the playoffs.

After the game, the Rockets were training and resting in Denver.

The team is still strictly forbidden to go out, and the team members rest in the hotel at night.

Tang Tian was about to rest after taking a shower, but his cell phone suddenly rang.

The caller ID is Adrian Voinarovsky.

The name is a bit long, but in fact, if you look at the English abbreviation, you can recognize the person at first glance.

Tang Tian is also very familiar with him. Yahoo's well-known reporter was nicknamed Jordan's "Woj God" by journalists in the past.

As head coaches, Tang Tian and him naturally knew each other and exchanged some information, which is actually a normal thing.

Call yourself so late?

Tang Tian answered the phone in doubt, but when he heard what Woj was talking to him, he felt that the call was not too late.

"Internal information, this year's MVP has come out, it's Yao Ming."

A text message may be due to the fact that this matter is more important.

"Thank you."

Hang up ~ www.readwn.com ~ Tang Tian hesitated, then went to the bed and called Yao Ming's room, let him come to his room.

Yao Ming played well in the playoffs last season and won the Finals MVP. Now he has won the regular season MVP. Yao Ming's career is relatively complete compared to the previous life.

"Coach, you call me?" Yao Ming looked puzzled when he entered Tang Tian's room. He looked at the pendulum clock in the room. It was already more than 10 pm.

"Dayao, congratulations, you are now MVP." Tang Tian said directly.

"Ah?" Yao Ming froze, he didn't hear any relevant information.

"It has not been officially announced, but it has been confirmed. According to the schedule, the league should announce it before tomorrow night's game." Tang Tian gave a positive answer.

Tang Tian's eyes were obviously a little excited, knowing that the regular season MVP is the greatest affirmation for a player.

Yao Ming's response was as expected by Tang Tian. He smiled and said, "The reason why you are called so late is that you are too excited to play tomorrow night, so you have time to buffer."

"Thank you, coach." The delight on Yao Ming's face could not be hidden.

Tang Tian's prediction was correct. If he told him before the game, it would definitely affect his performance.

"Well, go back to rest early, don't get too excited." Tang Tian said with a smile, knowing that it was not early.

Yao Ming nodded and pressed out of Tang Tian's room excitedly.

When the room door closed, Tang Tian followed and heard Yao Ming's excited cry in the corridor.

Still couldn't hold back.

Tang Tian smiled.

However, in this case, the regular season MVP, the finals MVP, coupled with the league's first announced center, Yao Ming has some controversy in previous lives, this time can be regarded as the "first center".