The next moment, the two were already fighting each other.
McGrady is tall, has long arms and has excellent explosive power. He successfully seized the opportunity and pinned Stephenson down.
Of course, the conflict between the two did not escalate further.
Teammates from both sides arrived quickly and separated the two.
After getting up, Maddie still looked disdainful.
Stephenson had just suffered a loss and kept spewing trash talk after getting up.
Rockets fans at the Toyota Center chanted the name of the team's head coach to cheer him on.
"t-mac!"
"t-mac!"
"t-mac!"
...
After supporting the team's leading player, the fans had time to discuss the conflict just now.
A female fan wearing the No. 1 jersey sighed: "fxxk, Tracy is so classy in fighting, so cool."
The female companion who came with her was also starry-eyed at this time: "I think if the league awards everyone the most handsome award, then McGrady must be the one who deserves it!"
On the other side of the stands, a shirtless burly man said loudly: "Well played! I have long been unhappy with this Stephenson. He dared to talk nonsense before the game and maliciously dissed our general manager. He deserves it!"
Shen Fei in the box was still in a calm mood, even wanting to laugh a little.
Despite McGrady's usual sleepy look, when there was a conflict, he was actually the most irritable one.
This reminded him of future Lakers No. 2 overall pick Brandon Ingram.
"Are all sleepy-eyed people ruthless?"
Shen Fei muttered to himself.
The referee stopped the game and went to the technical desk to check the video.
In the end, both parties to the conflict - Tracy McGrady and Stephenson - were both awarded level 2 flagrant fouls and were directly ejected from the game.
As soon as this result was released, the two parties had completely different reactions.
McGrady smiled noncommittally, turned around and walked towards the tunnel.
Stephenson, on the other hand, held his head in his hands with a look of disbelief on his face!
He did commit a foul just now, but when he pushed Tracy McGrady, the force was not very strong.
In addition, the junior brother was not only hit on the head by the ball, but also pressed to the ground and rubbed for a while.
As a result... both people were sentenced to death?
Stephenson felt very wronged, very wronged!
However, the result cannot be changed.
Under the persuasion of his teammates, Stephenson walked to the player tunnel with great grievance.
After this small episode, the game continued.
And then, it’s time for Griffin’s performance!
During the Rockets' offensive round, he took the initiative to move up to the high post and set up a pick-and-roll for Lowry.
After blocking Baron Davis, Griffin suddenly turned around and cut into the basket.
Lowry understood the idea and passed the ball with one hit.
"bang!"
The Griffin beast came out of the cage and succeeded in smashing Huashan.
In the next round, he repeated his old trick and once again ran towards Lowry outside the three-point line.
This time, Aminu, who was facing off against Griffin, was smart and got stuck in Lowry's passing route in advance.
Unexpectedly, Griffin was halfway through the run when he suddenly reversed course and rushed towards the Clippers penalty area.
This scene made CCTV commentator Zhang Weiping exclaim: "Beautiful! This is a standard fake pick-and-roll, very confusing!"
By the time Aminu reacted, it was already too late!
Griffin once again received Lowry's pass, made an alley-oop, and smashed the ball into the basket.
A minute later, the Rockets launched a counterattack.
This time, Griffin took the lead and rushed to the front.
Roy, who came on as a substitute for McGrady, saw that the newcomer in the team was hot and was willing to add to the cake. With a flick of his wrist, he sent the ball to Lifen with a long pass.
After Griffin caught the ball, he met Aminu's defense again.
He didn't hesitate, and continued to rush towards the Clippers penalty area using the kinetic energy generated by rushing.
When approaching the three-second zone, Griffin dribbled the ball with his right hand. When the ball rebounded, he leaned on Aminu with his left hand and turned around.
His turn was as clean and neat as ever, with both speed and explosive power, and he passed Aminu cleanly!
"bang!"
Another dunk!
In just a few minutes, Griffin dunked three times in a row, and each time he dunked with such force that it seemed like he was going to break the rim.
These three dunks directly made the Clippers generals feel disheartened and completely lost their will to fight.
In the next few minutes, they felt cold on the offensive end and made frequent mistakes on the defensive end.
The Rockets, on the other hand, are becoming more courageous and blooming more and more.
When the red light of the timer lights up, the half game is over.
The score was fixed at 70:30, and the Rockets were already leading by as many as 40 points!
"The 'fierce battle against the old enemy' that everyone was expecting did not happen. This nationally broadcast game lost its suspense at halftime."
Seeing such a score difference, Su Qun couldn't help but sigh.
"Today's Rockets showed people why they were able to win 16 consecutive victories and why they were the top of the league!"
"However, I think they played with 120% of their strength in this game. Generally, we can only see this kind of intensity in the playoffs."
"I just don't know if using too much force will affect their next game?"
Zhang Weiping agreed with Su Qun's statement, and then expressed his doubts.
"Perhaps they will send a substitute lineup in the second half. After all, the game has already been spent, and it is basically impossible for the Clippers to come back."
Su Qun guessed.
"I don't feel like that...The Rockets were obviously playing with emotion today."