The Godfather of Basketball

Toyota Center's attendance is still full, as the defending champion, the Rockets' momentum is still extremely strong.

All the Rockets played, the same for the starting lineup and most of the regular season.

On the outside are Billups and Tracy McGrady, on the front are Shane Battier and Millsap, and center Yao Ming.

The Hornets also continued their usual starting lineup. The perimeter was "The Queen of Bees" Paul, and his partner was 3D player Morris Pittson. The front line was the team's two major points, veteran Peja S. Tojakovic and David West, centered by Tyson Chandler.

Including Chandler, the Hornets are barely the Big Three.

In the cheers of the fans, the referee blew the start of the game.

Chandler mainly used anti-goals and used the bounce advantage to move the ball from Yao Ming's fingertips to the Hornets' halftime.

Paul pushed the ball forward, and at the top of the arc, he directed his teammates to run.

Most people's impression of Paul stays in the Clippers or the Rockets. But the core role of Paul in the Hornets was more obvious. His role is a bit like James, and a bit like Rose at the peak. People form their own system.

At this time, Westra had a high pick-and-roll, Chandler came down, Peteson gave Peja a pick-and-roll, and the entire Hornets moved immediately.

Paul used West's pick-and-roll to switch directly to Millsap and then speeded in.

His first step was very fast, and it started almost in the blink of an eye.

But Millsap took a big step back, and Paul failed to break in after speeding up.

Paul's response was quick, and he directly gave up the ball and returned West to the high post.

Classic pick-and-roll, Paul and West, this effect is not inferior to Deron and Boozer.

West received the ball. In this position, he can usually shoot directly, but Billups had already made a pre-judgment, and he was already in place. He raised his hand and did not give him a chance to directly jump shot.

After seeing it, West turned back and beat.

But as soon as he turned his back, McGrady in the slanting side came straight and he was forced to distribute the ball to outside Peterson.

Peterson made a three-pointer and McGrady rushed back.

"boom!"

Although it was not covered, McGrady's interference still had an effect. Peterson's three-pointer missed and Yao Ming took the rebound.

The Hornets played and were uncomfortable.

In the regular season and the first round, this round basically ended with Paul or West.

For the Rockets' offense, Yao Ming held the ball at the free throw line, held it high, and passed the ball after seeing the empty-cut Billups.

Billups received the ball to press the Hornets defense, and then scored Shane Battier, who hit with a three-pointer.

The Rockets played very smoothly.

The Hornets pushed Paul to the front court and played again. This time he drew the ball directly to Chandler.

The Hornets played this season's gorgeous season, Paul and Chandler's empty catch is a frequent visitor to the top ten goals.

But this time, Yao Ming took it in. Chandler didn't have the space to catch the ball directly. After landing, he wanted to be strong. As a result, Yao Ming was directly out of the field.

There was cheering at the scene.

Hornets coach Byron Scott's face is not good-looking. He frowned and turned to see the Rockets bench. Tang Tian was too targeted.

The audience may not see it, but he saw it as a coach at a glance.

Millsap's early retreat, Tracy McGrady's double-team, these are all playing against the Hornets offensive routine.

Tang Tian's research on the Hornets' offensive routine is very deep!

The game continued to play, the Hornets played particularly awkwardly, West didn't have a few comfortable phone meetings at all, let alone Peja and Pittson's two outside shooting points, let alone Pittson was better, Peggia It was close to Battier who almost never received the ball. Not to mention Chandler in the post, the regular-season empty catch could not be played, and singles Yao Ming was ridiculous, and almost offensive on the offensive end. Already.

The game played for more than half a quarter, and the Rockets led the Hornets with a double-digit difference of 23 to 11.

"Incredibly, the Hornets completely lost their momentum in the regular season and in the first round!" Commented Mike Brin, who couldn't help it.

"This is the strength of the defending champion, Tang Tian's defensive strategy is very successful, and the Rockets' players' execution is exceptionally good." Miller also nodded in agreement and could limit the Hornets to this score. The Rockets' defense is amazing .

At this moment, the two sides changed hands and replaced the substitutes one after another.

On the Rockets' side, Tang Tian used nine players to rotate. In addition to Shane Battier, the other four positions were played by Mark Gasol, Scola, Pietrus and Sun Yue.

The Hornets ’rotation is much smaller. In addition to Wells replacing West and Pago replacing Pittson, both Paul and Chandler in the starting game remained on the court.

"Fight in accordance with the tactics, kick me your legs!" Tang Tian shouted at his substitutes at this time.

When the regular season played, the Hornets let Pago control this period, and now Paul is not down, and he does not know what the game will be like.

Paul took advantage of Wells's pick-and-roll breakthrough, and Scola closed the position in advance. Paul glanced at this time and did not return the ball to Wells.

Scola's defensive habits are a lot worse than Millsap's. He closed his position without raising his hand, and it was too late to raise it.

"Oh!"

Paul's small throw hit.

"Louis, pay attention to reach out." Xibodu stood at the side to remind at this time.

In the Rockets' offense, Sun Yue and Gasol played a pick-and-roll.

Gasol glanced at Paul ~ www.readwn.com ~, who was half shorter than himself, and chose the middle distance directly.

"Snapped!"

Paul shot lightningly and flew the ball directly in his hand.

Before Gasol reacted, Paul rushed forward with the ball. Meteor-like speed directly crossed the Rockets defense line, and rushing to the front court was a light layup.

There was an uproar at the scene.

Tang Tian also paused. This speed is comparable to the peak Ross.

He got up and called the retreating Sun Yue to the sidelines, telling him for a while.

The Rockets attacked the frontcourt again, Sun Yue delivered the ball to Scola low, then pulled Paul to the other side of the three-point line.

Paul is the league's steal king this season. Tang Tian intentionally arranged Sun Yue to pull him to the far end of the offense.

Sun Yue had 3 points, and Paul did not dare to let go.

Scola responded in the low post, Pietrus cut the basket empty, Scola hit the ground, and the latter took the ball directly to the layup.

Chandler stood in advance at this time, blocking Pietrus' layup.

Although Yao Ming was a bit miserable on the offensive end in the first half, he was still an iron gate on the defensive end.

Pietrus missed the layup and Chandler took the rebound.

Paul held the ball and advanced to the front court.

This time he called Chandler out of the pick-and-roll, and after removing the ball, he glanced at Peja on the perimeter.

Shane moved out.

At this moment, Paul suddenly accelerated, broke through Battier and Scola's defense directly, and rushed to the hoop against the backing Gasol.

Gasol reached out and interfered, and at this moment, Paul suddenly changed direction and did not slow down.

Gasol turned to the card but didn't keep up.

"boom!"

In the incredible eyes of the fans at the scene, after Paul jumped, he pressed the ball directly into the basket through Gasol.

Queen bee.

crazy!