A looser stretch of schedule has passed, and the Rockets have a beautiful winning streak in this stretch of schedule, opening up the gap with the Pistons Lakers behind them. www.biquge.info Happiness is always short-lived, and they will have a treacherous schedule to follow, playing six games in nine days, including two back-to-backs.

After a win over the Pistons in their first game, they faced the Bucks in back-to-back battles on January 23. The battle between the old and new center champions ended with Yao Ming's absolute domination, Bogut only got 10+7, and Yao Ming smashed 29+11+3 to lead the team to a 17-point victory over the opponent.

They then returned to their home court with back-to-back victories over the Bobcats and Timberwolves, who had a good record but had been unlucky lately. Okafor sprained his ankle, Wallace injured his left knee, and Paul, who lacked helpers, was left alone with a 21+10 stat that could not prevent the team from losing by 24 points.

At this point, the Rockets have achieved a 38-4 record, temporarily surpassing the 72-win Bulls in terms of winning percentage. Before they knew it, they had another wave of 5 consecutive wins. At this time, the Rockets' morale was at their peak, and many players felt that they could play another wave of 24 consecutive wins. But at this time, Wang Yuanfei was about to control the rhythm for the players, and he took the initiative to interview Adelman.

"Rotation? The next opponent is the strong enemy Heat, which is a good opportunity to practice. Adelman wondered.

"Mainly because of the tight schedule lately and the fatigue of the players." The reason for Yuanfei is flawless, "especially if you have to play the Grizzlies back-to-back the next day after playing the Heat, don't let the players get too tired." ”

"But this is almost certain defeat for the Heat. We might as well prepare seriously for the Heat, and then the Grizzlies, the underdogs, will be rested again. Adelman thought for a moment and said.

"If we play the Heat seriously but lose due to fatigue, the impact on morale is greater than if we lost on the rotation. If you take another round of rest, it is likely that you will lose in a row, have you considered the possibility of this? Yuan Fei asked rhetorically.

"This ...... It makes sense. Ah Shuai was silent for a while, and said, "But can the goal of 73 wins still be achieved?" Started giving up on racing in the middle of the season? ”

"We're a 24-game winning streak and as long as we try to keep our players healthy, we're going to lose. What's the point of putting one or two shows? If you get injured because you're too tired to play this kind of game, it's really worth the loss. ”

"Okay, I'll arrange the rotation."

"Remember, Yao must rest. Also, let's cultivate the self-confidence of our rookies. ”

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The Heat made a few big acquisitions in the summer, and this season is full of ambitions, determined to challenge the Pistons and Rockets. However, due to the large changes in the lineup, the run-in period at the beginning of the season did not go well. In contrast, the Pistons' starting lineup has not changed, and the lineup is stable and has a good record, opening up an early lead over the Heat. At this point, the Heat were only 26-18, barely in second place in the East, far from what they had expected at the start of the season. Because of this, all the Heat generals held back their strength and vowed to take out the rockets to take off the momentum.

But when the starting list came out, they were stupid. The Rockets rested Yao Ming, Reed and Billups in the round, and replaced three main players at once.

"What does this mean by rockets? Look down on us? The fat head Towalker was furious.

"What about the Yao shark battle?" O'Neill is a good old man with a good temper, but he is also very unhappy.

"You guys calm down." Peyton, a relatively calm veteran, said: "I don't think the Rockets look down on us, but they feel that they don't have the certainty of winning for us, so it's better to give up." ”

"Does that sound like a word? They just beat the Pistons by 21 points a few days ago, why are we not sure? Iron Han Moning retorted.

Everyone argued for a long time, and they didn't discuss any conclusions, but Wade persuaded everyone. Don't look at the big names in this team, but most of them are outdated old players. Wade is the youngest of those players, but he's the team's biggest star. As soon as Wade spoke, all the old fritters closed their mouths.

"No matter what the Rockets think, if they dare to use this kind of lineup against our Heat, we will blow them up." Wade smiled, "Don't be polite in this ball, play to the death." ”

The Rockets' starters were Potsbilla, Bosh, Jefferson, Roy and Spanoolris; For the Heat, O'Neal, Haslem, Posey, Wade and Payton are on the cards. Former starting point guard Jason. Williams was sidelined with a finger injury, and the aging Payton stepped into the starting lineup.

The old guys of the Heat are holding a lot of anger to vent, but the young guys of the Rockets are also playing seriously with the attitude of showing themselves. At the beginning, Roy played a little tight against Wade, but Spann was not polite. He is now the starting point guard of the Greek national team, and he has seen all the winds and waves when he is playing for his country, if Payton is 10 years younger and can shock him, how can the 37-year-old Payton keep up with Span's legs and feet? was suddenly scattered by this junior who held the ball.

Purzbilla couldn't resist O'Neill head-on, but he played smartly and simply brought up his massive body to cover his teammates when he attacked. Not to mention Bosh, who frequently pulls out to shoot. Beat the basket behemoth O'Neal has no strength, but he can't use it. The Rockets players are playing well, and a lot of balls are simply thrown up, and it doesn't matter if there is a vacant opportunity, anyway, there is no pressure to lose this ball, just to be happy. As soon as people relaxed, they often shot more accurately, and these lads hit seven three-pointers in the first quarter, but led the Heat by four points.

Adelman not only did not stop the players from throwing in waves, but encouraged them. He took advantage of the timeout and said to Roy, "Brandon, don't let go. Maddie and Reed aren't there, you're Maddie of the Rockets. You have to take responsibility for filling in the void for Maddie. ”

Honest and diligent people, once they go crazy, tend to be even crazier than others. Roy did not show weakness in the face of Wade, a defensive master, swaying left and right and making consecutive shots, and even sometimes he didn't bother to do feints, and he just shot when he pulled up. Adelman saw that this young man was good, and he knew that he would understand himself after listening to the coach, and he had a future.

Seeing Roy dribble to the three-point line, he shot up and pulled up a three-point iron. Jefferson was also happy, and found an opportunity to whisper to Roy: "The head coach asked you to fill Maddie's vacancy, not to let you imitate Maddie's movements." Hit it the way you normally would. ”

After all, the Heat are better, and their rotation includes former first-line stars such as Mourning and Walker. Although the Rockets are famous for their bench depth, they are resting many people in rotation today, and Vallejo and Johnson are not famous. The Heat relied on the old fritters of the second line, and gradually overtook the score under the leadership of Wade.

The score was overtaken, but Roy's fighting spirit was stimulated. He kept carrying the ball to the Heat restricted area, constantly breaking through to create damage and constantly hitting free throws. Since there was no one to rotate in the No. 2 position, Ah Shuai was happy to let him play with the ball more, and as a result, Roy got a lot more possession than usual, and he was not relentless to make frequent shots.

After a tough battle, the Heat finally won the game by 5 points with Wade's last-minute consecutive fouls and 4 free throws. But there was no joy of victory on the faces of the Heat players, who were close to the full roster and almost deflated by the lack of four stars, making this victory look so pale and ridiculous.

Roy scored a career-high 31 points on 12-of-28 shooting, along with six rebounds and six assists. Although he didn't score very efficiently, he faced Wade, the league's top No. 2 pick, which is enough for a rookie to be proud of.

In the second day's back-to-back games, the returning Rockets never gave the Grizzlies a chance again, and they taught their opponents a hard lesson with a 21-point win on the road, and turned on winning mode again.

As Wang Yuanfei said, the real giants dare to lose, and they can afford to lose. The key is to win more games after losing, to win until your opponents are afraid, and to win until you win the championship. (To be continued.) )