The West Seattle SuperSonics Rockets are also a contender for the Western Conference playoffs this season, and although the SuperSonics have opened up the gap with the Rockets, this is still a two-game game.

Therefore, this game against the Rockets is still very important for the SuperSounds.

Last season's Rockets were an almost perfect team without any flaws.

Although the SuperSonics eliminated the Rockets in the playoffs last year, without the help of 'ten pounds', it is impossible for the SuperSonics to beat that perfect team.

What's more, this season's supersonic is not even Durant.

However, the current Rocket is not the flawless rocket of last season.

So the old Nelson is still confident that he can try to let the Rockets lose three in a row in this game.

If you want to beat the Rockets, you need to hold the Rockets back in the first three quarters.

The Rockets' starting lineup is strong, balanced offensively and defensively, as well as inside and out, and few teams in the league can compete with the Rockets in the starting lineup.

The launch of the supersonic could not do this either.

In addition to Ibaka, Milicic and Millsap, Yes and Rondo have all been very good in the supersonics' starters.

But in front of the rocket, such a starter as the supersonic is somewhat passive.

Even the strongest supersonic interior lineman Milicic and Millsap and Marc Gasol, the combination of these three does not have such a big advantage in the face of Yao Ming and Scola and Karlandri on the bench, and is even in a disadvantaged stage.

Supersonic is now whether Gasol Jr. or Milicic plays center, they will be suppressed by Yao Ming, these two can carry almost all the centers in the league, only two and a half, these two people really have no way.

After his center was suppressed, Millsap was not very advantageous in the heads-up with Scola and was even slightly at a disadvantage, not to mention the help of Scola and Yao Ming after beating Milicic or Gasol Jr.

The superSonics and the Rockets also played a game before, and the superSonics were collapsed by the Rockets' interior combination in that game, and they collapsed directly without even dragging on the key moment in the fourth quarter.

This time, the elder Nelson has clearly changed his tactical thinking.

In the last game between the two teams, the tactics of the SuperSonics were that the combination of Milicic and Millsap plus Gasol Jr. was a defensive interior combination, so when facing the Rockets, they did not give the Rockets' two interior combinations to pressure offensively, and passively accepted the pressure of the Rockets' interior throughout the process.

For a basketball game, one-sided passive beating, unless you are the strongest defensive player in history like Bowen, it is a real loss.

If you can withstand the opponent, that's fine, but if you can't withstand the opponent, you will really be disabled, and the supersonic inside line will be disabled in a game.

But that's when there was no way, the last game chose passive defense not because the old Nelson didn't want to smash the offensive end to put pressure on Yao Ming and Scola, but the team's three interior lines were indeed not so reliable in offense at that time, especially Milicic, who needed to contain Yao Ming, was still a little unreliable.

But Milicic is really a big improvement compared to that time.

After playing and Charlotte Hornets defeated Larry Brown, Milicic who came out of Larry Brown's shadow changed quite a bit.

Let Milicic play Yao Ming on the offensive end, Nelson Sr. doesn't need Milicic to really beat Yao Ming, he doesn't need to beat Yao Ming, he just needs to contain Yao Ming's attention on the defensive end, and then give Marc Gasol or Millsap a chance to play Scola.

Yao Ming can help Scola on the offensive end, there is no way, Yao Ming can really blow up any interior line one-on-one on the offensive end, but on the defensive end, Yao Ming must not be allowed to help Scola anymore.

The SuperSonics need to put pressure on Scola on the defensive end, keeping more of his physical strength on the defensive end and limiting his performance on the offensive end.

There is a gap between the offensive strength of Marc Gasol and Millsap compared to Milicic, and there is still a lot of gap, both of them are all-round players on offense, they can shoot with their backs, relatively speaking, Marc Gasol's singles ability is much worse, don't look at Gasol Jr. looks like five big and three thick quite fierce, he is indeed fierce on the defensive end, but on the offensive end, Marc Gasol and his appearance are completely different, this is a center who likes to float and play, using his height advantage to shoot and respond on the outside, as for the back singles……

Gasol Jr. really doesn't play with his back, even if he really plays with his back, it's a turn-over jumper or something, and a turn-over jumper hits Scola, it's better to pull it out directly in front of him.

If Gasol Jr.'s back-to-back singles ability is strong, Nelson Jr. is definitely ready to use Gasol Jr. in the starting position in this game.

Although the starting small forward was contracted to Ibaka by Yes, he couldn't make any adjustments, but he had complete autonomy in other positions.

He can make any adjustments he wants.

Compared with Gasol Jr., although Millsap is not so big and thick, and his height is not as advantageous as Mark Gasol, Millsap's skills on the offensive end are very comprehensive, not as partial as Mark Gasol, although all skills are not first-class now, but whether it is a face frame shot or a back-to-back offense or even a three-point shot.

It can be said that Millsap now has a little height difference in supersound, a little bit of basic difference, and a little bit of height talent such as speed, and Duncan can do everything, and everything seems to have reached the quasi-first-class Duncan Jr.

Anthony previously said that Millsap had reached the All-Star level, and many people were a little unimpressed, but within the SuperSonics, most people are willing to believe that Millsap, a player who once entered the league with his own PP, has really grown into a player at least a quasi-All-Star level.

It is also precisely because Yes has taken a fancy to his PP that he entered the league, so compared to his other offensive skills, Paul Millsap's back-to-back offensive skills may have reached the league's first-class, which is the most carefully honed skill by him.

"That's why Yes chose me!"

"That's the source of my confidence!"

These are Millsap's exact words.

"Paul, play with him!"

Milicic in the attack Yao Ming blocked, the basketball in his hand to the other side of Millsap, in the face of Millsap's strong attack, Scola was helpless, he even insisted on two times this defense to wait for Yao Ming's help to defend can not do, directly by Millsap hammered under the basket to complete the dunk.

As a kaleidoscope on the offensive end, Scola has no problem with his defensive skills, but Millsap's offense this time is not good at playing with him at all!

"The start of this game is a little different from the last time the two teams met!"

Although the regular season rankings of the supersonic and the Rockets this season are not so good, the superSonics and the Rockets are still the most watched Chinese derby in China when they play each other.

In the last game, when the supersonic and the rocket played each other, Zhang Li knew that he and Su Skirt were still fresh in their memories, and the supersonic team was knocked down by the Rockets' interior as soon as they came up.

And as soon as this game came up, it was the supersonic who took the initiative to play the inside line of the Rockets.

With Yes caught in the hands of two very good defensive players, Roy and Rasheed Wallace, the offensive quality of the other SuperSonics players against the Rockets is very, very important.

In the last meeting between the two teams, why did the supersonic collapse so quickly?

Yes was caught by Rasheed Wallace and Roy, and there was no way to stand up immediately, the combination of Milicic and Millsap Makgasol was completely suppressed by the combination of Yao Ming and Scola Landry, and finally for a while the SuperSonics had to rely on Rondo and Ibaka to stand up and score......

If this is not broken, then there is really no heavenly reason.

After the supersonic changed the tactical play in this game, it is clear that the game between the supersonic and the rocket has changed dramatically.

At the end of the first quarter, the SuperSonics were not broken, and the score of the two teams was 28-24 at the end of the first quarter, and the Rockets only led by four points.

Supersonic still can't stop the rocket's attack, but the supersonic offense is very big, and the rocket's offense has indeed declined, and the main decline is Scola's offense.

At the very least, the Rockets' four-point lead in the first quarter put Yes in the middle of a three-of-four shooting with Wallace and Roy, and the 10 points on 3-of-4 shooting made sense.

In the last game, Yes also scored 10 points in the first quarter, but it didn't make any sense because the Rockets had already scored 36 points by then.

"Judging by the first quarter, the tactics of the old Nelson and the supersonic are working!"

"Now whether the supersonic players can drag this game into the critical win-loss stage of the fourth quarter requires the contribution of supersonic bench players, the supersonic bench is one of the strongest in the league this season, and the rocket's bench is relatively ordinary in the league!"

After the first quarter of the game, Mr. Zhang Li and Su Skirt had great expectations for the supersonic rotation lineup in the second quarter, although because of the excessive consumption of Milicic and Millsap in the first quarter, there was no way to play in the second quarter rotation time, but the interior combination of Marc Gasol and Nick Collison should also be able to fill the big hole left by James Harden on the court.

It's just that......

As soon as the second quarter of the game came up, Teacher Zhang Lili and Su Skirt felt that they were a little wrong.

Marc Gasol and Nick Collison are really good, but the inside offensive ability of these two is really average, or even no, and there is no way to punish the Rockets' center Hayes and big forward Carl Landry, and even Gasol Jr. and Nick Collison can only open with Landry Hayes when grabbing rebounds.

And Landry's offense is even more aggressive than Gasol Jr. and Collison combined!

SuperSonics' rotation lineup this year is mainly to train James Harden, the rhythm is very peculiar, if there is no interior advantage, James Harden is really a pit.

If there is a veteran like Brent Barry who is extremely experienced and does not eat James Harden's foul making, James Harden will be uncomfortable, dribbling for a long time, observing for a long time, unable to find a chance to cut in and a chance to make a foul, and finally can only press the whistle to shoot himself or pass to Barria next to him.

Every time he receives a pass like James Harden, Barria wants to hit someone!

Nima's, I played with KD last season, although KD started to pit, but he never gave me this kind of pot ball!

You think you're yes!

Even if it was yes, I wouldn't pass such a pot ball, didn't you see that there were defenders standing in front of me?

My official height is 1.83 meters, which is a sacred height, you don't really think I have 1.83 meters, do you?!

This season's partnership with James Harden is really deadly, and it is said that Rondo is the team who wants to kill James Harden the most, but in fact, he is the one who wants to kill James Harden the most!

That is, his strong shooting ability is also good, otherwise he would be even worse this season!

In the second quarter of the rotation, Nelson Sr. was hoping that the Seattle SuperSonics would easily beat the Rockets' rotation.

He really didn't expect the rotation of the two teams to be so anxious.

"It seems that the inside line that is partnered with Mark has to be an inside line with a strong inside aggressiveness."

At the end of the second quarter, the score of the two teams became 40-34, and the Seattle SuperSonics was pulled away.

This made Nelson Sr. frown a little, and he has a little more hope for Gasol Jr. now, who is not mature enough to stand alone on the inside like Milicic.

Also, when James Harden can't make fouls and can't break through, it's a real pit, the kind of pit that can pit the dead, and a person as strong as Barria is about to cry by the pit.

You can't beat or scold, you don't want to serve but you still have to serve.

At the end of the second quarter rotation time, Nelson Sr. frowned a little, while Adelman on the side was relieved.

He was taken aback by the change in tactics of the old Nelson in this game, and his tactics were broken by the old Nelson.

But......

"You don't have a player on your hands who can match your tactical thinking!"

The tactics worked, but the game failed, and that's the most regrettable thing for the coach.

And this game with rockets, hypersound is like that.

In the end, the supersonic still did not force the rocket to have a decisive period in the last moments, the final score was 116 to 106, the score seemed good, in fact, the rocket has maintained a lead of about 10 points over the supersonic in the second half, and the rocket won quite calmly.

After losing at home to the Rockets on January 8, Yes and SuperSonics played back-to-back games against the Timberwolves on January 9, another Chinese derby.

129-117, the Timberwolves defeated the SuperSonics at home.

Lost another Chinese derby, for a gimmick game like a Chinese derby, it doesn't matter if the supersonic speed goes up or down.

It is so-called that after losing to the Rockets and Timberwolves in succession, the supersonic record became 23-14.

The position in the top eight of the supersonic West seems to have made waves again......