Yao Ming and Liu Xiu had a meal at each other's house, and their relationship was already very good.

But the better the relationship, the less you want to lose to the other party in the area you are best at.

Of course, winning or losing will not affect the relationship between the two.

Also, Yao Ming came first! He is the senior!

It's live broadcast on the Chaoting Sports Channel! You can't be beaten every time... During the break, Yao Ming strongly requested to play!

Van Gundy was a little surprised. He joined the Rockets during the offseason. So far, the Rockets player he has interacted with the most is Yao Ming.

This is the player who is more important than anyone else on the team, and rightly so.

He can feel that Yao Ming is the kind of player who is very good at accepting arrangements.

In the NBA, this is an advantage, but more of a worry.

But I don’t know when it started, it seems like it was after the last time we played the Trail Blazers?

Yao Ming began to change.

It was not obvious before, but it is very obvious at this moment.

I have more self-esteem! I have more confidence in my own strength. I believe that I am the one who can turn the tide of the war!

There are still 98 points that need to be improved, such as lack of patience.

Let’s improve this in the future. This time, Van Gundy agreed to Yao Ming’s request to play immediately.

This good sign must continue.

…

Come back after a break between festivals.

The Trail Blazers continued to send out the combination of Little Flying Squirrel, Liu Xiu, Outlaws, Miles, and Tianzun, hoping to continue their style of play in the second half of the third quarter.

Unexpectedly, the other party replaced Yao Ming in advance!

The Rockets sent a combination of Francis, Mobley, Jim Jackson, Maurice Taylor, and Yao Ming.

The Trail Blazers attack first.

Liu Xiu received the serve and advanced to the frontcourt, passing the ball to the little flying squirrel.

Yao Ming squatted under the basket, and Cato followed Tianzun closely.

Myers was left open in the mid-range, and the Rockets knew he could hit the mid-range shot.

The little flying squirrel received the ball, and Mobley chose to press forward to prevent the shot.

With Yao Ming here, there is no need to worry about the little flying squirrel suddenly breaking up.

The little flying squirrel made a quick decision, shouted "CV" and carefully protected the ball.

Liu Xiu immediately ran to the right baseline, and Tianzun also moved to the basket tacitly, helping Liu Xiu block Francis. Liu Xiu entered the baseline from the right side of the three-second zone and circled the basket.

In this position, Francis is not stupid. When encountering a pick-and-roll, he went directly to the road. Yao Ming interfered with Liu Xiu's receiving space. Francis went around outside the reasonable collision area and followed Liu Xiu.

Liu Xiu continued to circle the three-second zone, and Francis continued to chase...but was blocked by the lawless maniacs!

At the same time, the Flying Squirrel broke through the defensive Mobley on the right side of the top arc. Mobley covered the Flying Squirrel's emergency stop jumper space. The Flying Squirrel got all the way into close range, and Yao Ming stepped up to defend.

The little flying squirrel passed the ball to the back, and Liu Xiu used the pick-and-roll of the Outlaws to reach the free throw line and receive the ball.

After receiving the ball, Liu Xiu passed the ball again. The lawless maniac broke it apart and moved to the left side of the three-second zone. After receiving the ball, he jumped on the spot, but his head was still flat!

It was too late for Yao Ming to make up for it. The lawless man smashed the ball into the basket with one hand amidst the exclamations of the fans at the scene!

67 to 66, the Trail Blazers successfully overtook the score at the beginning of the final quarter!

When retreating, Miles heard the fans shouting "Outlaw" and was envious.

How had he ever enjoyed such treatment after playing on a bad team before?

Cavaliers fans are very enthusiastic this year, but it has nothing to do with him. They belong to the little emperor alone.

I thought everything here belonged to the warden alone.

But it seems not...

Here comes the Rockets offense.

Yao Ming caught the ball in the low post, and with Myers actively covering up the ball, Yao Ming went one-on-two and hit the ball with a high shot.

68 to 67.

The status is still there!

When Yao Ming was enjoying the boos and clenching his fists to retreat, the referee's whistle sounded.

"?"

Yao Ming looked at the handsome guy opposite, and this guy actually called timeout!

What is this operation?

Back on the bench, Rockets coach Van Gundy made a judgment: "Because Yao is on the court, Randolph will be sent on the opposite side. The next step is a tough battle! Yao, Kevin, you have to protect the rim well, Jim, you have to do a good job."

Note, when you are on the same side as Kevin, you must help Kevin defend Wallace..."

Yao Ming, Cato, and Jim Jackson all nodded heavily.

The mission must be completed!

…

Yao Ming and others didn't see any problems with Van Gundy's arrangement. Once they heard it, they felt that the arrangement was right.

After playing, they were a little confused...

There was a substitution on the opposite side, but the one who was replaced was not Randolph, but...who was it?

Not many people on the Rockets know this center.

Vladimir Spandinha!

The famous garbage time center of the Trail Blazers.

The combination of Little Flying Squirrel, Liu Xiu, Miles, Tianzun, and Spandinha comes on stage.

Liu Xiu just wanted to call a timeout and almost checked Kevin Plett for bleeding.

Maurice Cheeks was also a little speechless, but he liked this kind of operation, so he thought about it. He took off the Outlaws who played for a long time tonight, rested for a while, and sent a center forward.

Tianzun was so moved that he almost cried!

The warden can still be a human being sometimes!

I still feel sorry for him and don't want him to be beaten by the moving Great Wall across the street again.

That Moving Great Wall is simply inhuman! With the strength to insult him back and forth...

But Tianzun is under a lot of pressure, and his teammates who play with him are also under a lot of pressure.

In the first half of the third quarter, relying on Randolph's inside containment of Yao Ming, the rest of them performed outstandingly to hold on to the score.

Now, in order to buy more rest time for Randolph, they need to hold on.

The strategy is simple, single defense, consumption, respond on the offensive end, and bite the score.

In the opening stage, the Trail Blazers' single-defense tactics failed, and this time... it was still not much better.

But on the offensive end, the offensive tactics of Little Flying Squirrel + Liu Xiu's sudden points + auxiliary control came out!

Spandinha is not good at anything else, but he has a weight of 213 cm + 127 cm, and is solid in pick-and-rolls at the bottom line.

On the defensive end, the Trail Blazers are not without achievements.

Spandinha can't guard Yao Ming, but his size can at least allow Yao Ming to shoot farther away from the basket, making Yao Ming's game more tiring.

Of course, Spandinha's supplementary defense and assisting defense are very poor, and they are completely unable to deter Tianzun's incoming outside players...

The main thing is to attack!

In the following time, Xiao Fei Squirrel and Liu Xiu made a total of 3 of 6 shots, plus 2 of 2 free throws, and scored 8 points in the half quarter!

In addition, Tianzun hit a long two-pointer from the wing, and Myers made a tip-in and made two free throws.

After returning from the first timeout and entering the official timeout, the Trail Blazers scored 12 points and scored 12-14!

79 to 82, the Trail Blazers trailed the Rockets by 3 points and entered the official timeout.

Little Flying Squirrel, Miles, and Spandinha were replaced, and the combination of Liu Xiu, Ruben Patterson, Outlaw, Randolph, and Tianzun were replaced!

On Yao Ming's side, his team originally wanted to deal with the Trail Blazers, who had been replaced by Randolph. Seeing that the Trail Blazers did not replace Randolph, they originally wanted to take the opportunity to widen the point difference.

Unexpectedly, it only opened up by 2 points!

The timeout is about to end and players from both teams return to the court.

Next, the Trail Blazers attack and serve from the frontcourt.

When Yao Ming put on some magnesium powder and came on the court, he passed by Liu Xiu.
To be continued...