After the timeout, D'Antoni made a substitution, bringing on Capela and Brewer for Tucker and Bamot.

This is a change to a lineup of one big and four small.

Cousins forced Jokic on the inside, and Davis came over to help defend it.

Jokic didn't fight as well as Cousins, but he held it down.

Cousins saw Davis come over and threw the ball directly at Tucker in the bottom corner.

The strength of the big four lineups is the sense of space on the court, and once they are trapped, it is easy to have direct open shooting opportunities.

"Smack!"

However, the ball was tackled by Ariza flying from the diagonal side!

The results of Stevens' training camp are in.

Defending is not an individual, it's a real system.

Good defense is not about waiting for the opponent to make a choice, but about having a prediction, and this prediction comes from the system.

Davis will definitely go to help defend, Cousins' choice is either a strong attack or a pass, the success rate of a strong attack is not high, and the pass must be in the direction of the packer.

These are all things that Stevens has taught and trained in training camp.

The Pelicans made a steal and played a fast break directly, and the three to two in the front court, Davis received a pass from Tang Tian and scored a basket in the middle.

9 to 5!

In the opening game, the Rockets hit the Pelicans 5-0, Stevens called a timeout, and the Pelicans returned a wave of 9-0!

But here D'Antoni called a timeout, and when he came back, the Rockets made a mistake and were hit by the Pelicans on a fast break.

No contrast, no harm!

Paul dribbled the ball to the front court and hit Cousins' trademark pull-up after a pick-and-roll.

Turning back to Jokic's high organization, Tang Tian cut in to receive the ball and distributed it to Holiday on the outside, and the latter's three-point shot was also made.

These two rounds became a microcosm of the half-game.

D'Antoni and Stevens were completely abused in their play, and the Rockets relied more on individual singles.

On the other hand, on the Pelicans' side, the cooperation on the offensive end is not very tacit, but it is obviously more like a team, and it can also play defensive counterattacks from time to time.

Stevens, at a tactical level, really beat D'Antoni.

The first quarter played more than eight minutes, and relying on individual ability, the Rockets and Pelicans played a 20-26 game.

But after entering the rotation, the Pelicans quickly pulled the score away.

At halftime, the Pelicans led the Rockets by as many as 14 points, 60-46.

The fans on the sidelines were full of excitement in their eyes.

At the beginning, they thought that the Pelicans were over this season, but now it seems that the Pelicans will really blow up in the new season.

The Rockets' Super Big Three were completely beaten at halftime.

A good coach and system can improve the strength of the team obviously.

Stevens in history once led a core lineup such as rookie Tatum, sophomore Jaylen Brown, and Horford to the Eastern Conference Finals.

Now he is coaching the team led by Tang Tian, and the strength is originally the Pelicans at the level of the Western Finals.

And the Pelicans are different from the Celtics led by Irving, the boss of that team is unclear, and many players are unstable when their contracts are about to expire.

But the Pelicans' core and role player positioning is clear, and they are holding back their energy to win a championship in the new season.

So what the Pelicans played in this half is what Stevens can play when he coaches the Pelicans.

During the intermission, Tang Tian attended the promotion activities of Hangzhou Basketball School as a guest.

"It may take us five years, ten years, or even longer to see results, but we can afford to wait, just like our country, it took us 60 years to become a world power again, and I have reason to believe that in 10 years, Chinese basketball will be more than ever before, and it will be truly world-class."

Yao Ming's political consciousness is really high, and he used the country as an example, which immediately resonated with fans.

"I hope that at the Olympics before I retired, I would see all NBA players who started with me."

Tang Tian's words were full of humor.

He is now 23 years old, and it is estimated that there are still ten or twenty years before retirement, which just echoes the effect of Yao Ming's words, which caused the fans at the scene to laugh.

But this kind of laughter is the kind of smile that is full of hope.

The things that Chinese love to do most are growing vegetables and building infrastructure, which are things that take time to produce results.

Now Yao Ming is running a basketball school, just like planting hope and laying the foundation.

One day in the future, they will be able to see a forest, a tall building.

This time, the basketball school promotion activity was very successful, and many people on the scene were eager to try it.

Many of these fans have families and businesses, and for them, if their children are interested and have the opportunity now, they will definitely be willing to try.

In the second half, neither side of the starters played, but they were all substitutes and benches.

This is also a feature of pre-season, and both sides will have reservations.

David West, on the Rockets' side, showed excellent athleticism, scoring 15 points alone in the second half.

Speaking of which, he was a legend this past summer as well.

He signed a three-year, $36 million contract with the Pacers in 2013, and he has a player option this summer.

He still averaged 11.7 points, 6.8 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game with the Pacers last season, but because he's 35 years old, the prospects for free agency after jumping out won't be too good.

But he eventually chose to jump out.

It's not that he's stupid, it's that he's making enough money to chase the championship he wants at the end of his career.

In the end, he joined the Rockets at the invitation of veteran player Paul and signed a base salary to chase his championship dream.

Judging by the level of his second half, he still has the quality of a starter.

However, the Pelicans also had a bright performance.

Dinwiddie, who became Nash's new protégé, appeared to be more comfortable on the court after his sophomore year, finishing with 10 points and four assists in the half.

Of course, he is not the only one who shines, Bojan still scored three three-pointers in the half, and his outside shooting is very stable.

It can be seen that he is really good, and the Pelicans traded him for Gordon in the summer and did not lose money.

In the end, the Pelicans stabilized the situation and won the game 104-94.

At the end of the game, after the two sides completed the handshake, Tang Tian promoted his foundation on the spot.

Nowadays, all over the world, natural disasters rely more on the government to help.

But because there are so many people involved, in many cases, all that can be done is to save people, and how to survive in the future still depends on the victims themselves.

For those with sound limbs, there is hope for a fresh start.

But for families with impaired limbs or those who have lost their workforce, survival can be difficult.

Tang Tian's foundation mainly helps these people.

He was founded in response to Hurricane New Orleans, but he named it the Global Foundation, and he helps people all over the world.