The Knicks' bench was beaten in front of the Rockets' bench bandits, and they had little power to fight back, and the score was getting bigger and bigger, so they could only replace all the main forces in advance.

De Shuai is not in a hurry, the five people on the field are playing very well now, and there is no need to replace their main forces so early.

Zhou Qi has been resting for nearly a month due to an injury in the team's game, and he officially appeared on the field today, and he also looked full of vitality.

Since Cheng Lei's arrival, Zhou Qi is now a lot more confident, no longer hesitant as before, and after a few times, Deshuai has gradually increased Zhou Qi's playing time.

Because Cheng Lei was still sitting off the court, in the face of a group of substitutes from the Rockets, Anthony couldn't lift any spirits, and directly played health basketball on the court.

Since he is no longer playing in the center position, Zhou Qi's strength and lack of weight are also so obvious, and against Porzingis, the two are fighting for movement speed.

Zhou Qi defends Porzingis, there is no disadvantage in height, and in terms of movement ability, he may be better than Porzingis.

However, Porzingis is confident, so he will open a breakthrough from Zhou Qi.

Therefore, he leaned his back against Zhou Qi around the free throw line and took the initiative to ask for the ball.

Zhou Qi's strength is not as good as Anderson's, so Porzingis estimates that he should be able to easily push Zhou Qi and create opportunities.

After the ball was in his hand, Porzingis also directly began to push inside with his back.

Bang... Bang...

After hitting it twice, I really felt that I was going in little by little.

may be affected by an ankle injury, Zhou Qi was a little retracted, and he didn't go all out to defend Porzingis, which made Porzingis see an opportunity.

After another hard step, Porzingis quickly recovered and turned to face the basket.

Seeing that Zhou Qi was half a step away from him, he estimated that it should be difficult for him to pounce directly, so he lightly prepared to throw the ball.

Zhou Qi's technical characteristics have always been that the inside line moves fast and has sufficient defensive ability, and the moment he saw Porzingis raise his hand, Zhou Qi also stepped over at the fastest speed.

The two jumped almost at the same time.

Syllable... With a big slap in the air, Zhou Qi slapped Porzingis' shot out solidly.

"This Porzingis, I really underestimate Zhou Qi, this kind of defense without confrontation is not too difficult for Zhou Qi!" Kenyon Martin also shook his head and said.

"Zhou Qi lacked a little self-confidence before, but now, self-confidence is there, if the strength and confrontation can be raised to a level, the strength of the rocket team will be at a higher level!" Barkley said.

D'Antoni is also squinting, he seems to see a good lineup to deal with the Knicks, if Zhou Qi can have a bright play, replace Anderson, plus Capela can deal with the lineup of Porzingis and Noah very well.

Anthony is also the absolute core of the team, and seeing that the score is still growing, he naturally can't sit idly by.

In the face of Gordon's defense, a signature mid-range jumper scored two points first.

Turning around, Anthony relied on his tough body to force Gordon to make a passing error, and the Knicks saw the opportunity and decisively adopted a fast-break strategy.

After Sessions got the ball, he quickly pushed forward, and Anthony also played a fast attack for the first time.

A three-two-big situation has been formed.

Courtney Lee and Sessions passed the ball forward quickly from left to right, Anthony was behind the two, after both took the defenders away, a pass from the back of the head, Anthony received the ball, held the ball with both hands, and after taking a big step with his right foot, the whole person rose into the air.

The domineering one-handed smashed the ball into the basket.

De Shuai is still sitting still, and now is not the time for a substitution. He also needs to take a look at Zhou Qi's performance on the court to prepare for the new lineup behind him.

The Rockets' offense, although they are the main force on the court, are still methodical and mainly block and dismantle.

Zhou Qi took the initiative to run towards the basket, bypassed Capela, made a block, and quickly ran towards the bottom corner.

Gordon was also ready, took the initiative to meet the past, firmly blocked Porzingis's pursuit of the defensive route, and let Zhou Qi smoothly appear outside the three-point line.

Blake has been paying attention to Zhou Qi's position when he started to run, and after the opportunity appeared outside the three-point line, he passed the ball directly.

Such a tall man, and outside the three-point line, there is no way to defend at all.

After getting the ball, Zhou Qi did not hesitate, and threw the ball directly on tiptoe.

"I'm going to get in!" Cheng Lei was shouting for Zhou Qi in his heart.

The ball arced and plunged into the basket for three points!

"The Knicks are going to plant this time!"

"Our team hasn't played the main force yet!"

"That's it, that's it!"

In the stands, the fans of the Rockets are naturally the happiest, and it is estimated that they can see a big victory for the team again.

In the second quarter of the game, six minutes have passed unconsciously, and the Rockets are still on the bench at this time.

When the Knicks faced a bunch of unreasonable people who were more accurate than the main force, they had no clue at all.

In the second quarter, it was soon coming to an end, and De Shuai was also very satisfied with the performance of the substitutes, anyway, he was still ahead, so he simply let them finish the first half.

At halftime, De Shuai also performed these substitutes, and at the beginning of the third quarter, De Shuai also began to change formations, decisively leaving Zhou Qi on the court.

Now, the Rockets' lineup has not been used before.

Paul, Harden, Cheng Lei, Zhou Qi, plus Capela.

The two sides fought again, and the team cooperation on the Rockets' side began to increase more, and the movement of the ball also accelerated unconsciously.

At the end of the third quarter, the Rockets pulled the score away and led by eleven points.

In the last quarter, although the Knicks wanted to make a last fight, Anthony also used eighteen kinds of martial arts, and he was powerless in the face of the Rockets' sudden three-point rain.

In the end, the Rockets won the game with a 7-point lead of 97-90.

Zhou Qi performed well in this game, scoring 12 points, 2 blocks, and 4 rebounds, which is a bright point for the Rockets today.

In the post-game interview, De Shuai also praised Zhou Qi a few words.

Of course, the Knicks were also interviewed, and when asked what Anthony wanted to say, Anthony also directly praised Cheng Lei, and Anthony directly called Cheng Lei the best rookie this season, and there was no one.

These words were directly hyped on the Internet the next day, and also made Fultz, Ball and others very unhappy, what qualifications does a person at the end of the second round have to be called the best rookie?