On the day of the game, players from both sides came to the stadium early, and it can be seen that both sides are more concerned about this game.

The Rockets' last few games have been relatively difficult, during which they also lost to the strong rival Spurs, and now, the Rockets continue to adjust their state.

Today's starting lineup is the first time the Rockets have been released this season, and the coach knows what kind of chemistry will be in the end.

Before the game, everyone focused on shooting warm-ups, and Harden and Paul each occupied a small area of the court, constantly practicing three-point practice.

As for Cheng Lei, he and Zhou Qi are constantly honing their various offensive methods.

After the simple training, everyone entered the lounge and began to change their competition clothes.

"Starting today, nervous?" Cheng Lei looked at Zhou Qi and asked.

Zhou Qi looked a little excited, and kept tying his shoelaces, untying them, and tying them.

"I can't believe I'm a starter!" Zhou Qi said.

"As long as you play your own strengths steadily, there will be more and more playing time in the future, don't think too much about the rest!" Cheng Lei encouraged.

Zhou Qi is usually too introverted, does not communicate enough with his teammates, and cannot fully integrate into the team, so many times, he will be marginalized by his teammates.

After Cheng Lei arrived at the Rocket team, Zhou Qi began to have in-depth contact with his teammates, and slowly, people became more confident, and the opportunities to play began to slowly increase.

On the Jazz side, in this game, everyone came with a revenge mentality, and everyone's state looked very excited.

During the warm-up practice, Gobert received a pass from Rubio and staged various dunk scenes.

Not to be outdone, the two of them continued to attack the basket against the defenders, and they looked very good.

"Everyone must be active in moving, playing the Rockets, you must run," the coach kept encouraging everyone.

Two hours later, the game began.

Players from both sides walked out of the tunnel and occupied their respective halves for the final pre-match warm-up.

"Is this lineup okay for the Rockets?" At this time, the list of players who have reversed the double reversal has been played on the big screen.

"I think it's a little hanging, it's hard for Zhou Qi to withstand Gobert, you see the last game, Capela defended Gobert, didn't he almost suffer!" Some fans said.

"It's hard to say, Zhou Qi is tall and has strong movement ability, and if he moves to fight, he won't be afraid of Gobert!" Another fan said.

For other positions, everyone has nothing to worry about, but the inside line of the Rockets makes the fans very worried.

The Rockets were originally weak on the inside, but now after Zhou Qi starts, the confrontation ability of the inside line is even weaker on the surface.

"Look, Jazz over there!" At this time, someone suddenly cheered.

Everyone's eyes then turned to the Jazz's half.

Rubio was passing the ball to Gobert and Favors in a row, and the two staged all kinds of fancy dunks, playing the last warm-up before the game as a dunk contest.

"Wow!" The crowd cheered again.

Gobert came up with an aerial pull-up dunk to the applause of the house.

"The Jazz look excited on the inside today!"

"Isn't it, I guess I know that the Rockets have changed the starting inside, and I'm very excited!"

When the fans were talking, the Rockets were still warming up as usual.

"I said Brother Deng, did you say that the other party saw us as a bully?" Cheng Lei casually threw three points and asked.

"They are full of energy to take revenge today, and their emotions are inevitably high-pitched!" Harden said disapprehantly.

"Why don't you deduct two too? Stir up the atmosphere? Harden egged on Cheng Lei.

"Forget it, let them be happy for a while, and then beat them up at the venue!" Cheng Lei shook his head and said.

"Yikes! Mature, you wouldn't have said that before! Paul just happened to dribble the ball and came over, and when he heard Cheng Lei say this, he smiled happily.

"Isn't that it, studying like two big guys!"

The Rockets' home stadium is still full of spectators, and this attendance rate is one of the best in the league.

After the final warm-up between the two sides, the starters of both teams stayed on the field and the game was about to begin.

The referee took the ball and walked to the center circle of the court, where the players from both sides stood and the game was ready to begin.

Honk...

With a whistle, the ball flew into the air, and Zhou Qi and Goebel jumped at the same time.

Zhou Qi relied on his bounce and bounce speed to grab in front of Gobert and dial the ball out, and Cheng Lei grabbed in front of Ingalls and collected the ball in his hand.

Ingalls quickly forced Cheng Lei, Cheng Lei was not busy, turned sideways to Ingles, and waited until the players on both sides ran over, and then passed the ball to Paul.

For the first goal, press the rhythm and strive for the first goal.

Having learned the lessons of the last loss to the Rockets, the Jazz players showed a positive defensive attitude as soon as they came up.

After Paul dribbled, he didn't find a chance to pass the ball, and every player was firmly stuck in position by the opponent, and he couldn't run out of effective opportunities several times.

Paul immediately decided to do it himself, dribbling quickly in disguise and singled Rubio.

Rubio's defense is relatively good, and after several disguised strong bursts from Paul, he has not lost his defensive position and has been firmly following Paul.

"Here!" Cheng Lei's voice sounded.

Paul hit the ball directly under the crotch and passed it towards the one behind him.

After Cheng Lei received the ball, if Paul was a natural blocking point, he quickly hit the basket.

At the beginning, Ingalls's defense against Cheng Lei was still in place, but Cheng Lei suddenly accelerated with a reverse run and completely opened the distance.

In terms of sudden sprint acceleration, Ingalls is still one level behind Cheng Lei.

After stepping into the inner range, Cheng Lei kicked the ground hard with his left leg, held the ball high with his right hand, and jumped into the air in a lever posture.

Gobert also turned around, facing Cheng Lei, guarding his penalty area.

"Is this going to dunk Gobert?"

"Is this guy really dead?"

At the opening goal, the atmosphere was mobilized.

The two confronted each other directly in the air.

Gobert almost completely blocked Cheng Lei's dunk route, weaving a no-fly zone.

At this time, Cheng Lei's raised right hand quickly put down, stretched out from Gobert's armpit, and when it fell from the highest point, Cheng Lei pushed the ball towards the rebound.

Kong Lan was forcibly replaced with a lever, allowing the audience to see Cheng Lei's ability to stay in the air against the sky.

The ball rolled on the basket twice and then successfully turned into the basket.

Cheng Lei started today's match with the Jazz with a beautiful goal.