February 15 is Chinese New Year's Eve, and the Houston Rockets, who have a game mission, also decided to send a New Year gift to Chinese people around the world on this day.

The Chinese New Year's greeting slogan on the side of the field, the Chinese "Rocket" team name on the jersey, and the entire Toyota Center have a strong New Year flavor. Coupled with the imminent All-Star weekend, head coach Mike D'Antoni simply gave several key players, including James Harden, a holiday to let the new signings and substitutes take the lead.

Who made the opponent the Kings, who are weak in the West?

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Take a look at the starting lineup from the Rockets.

Chris Paul, Clint Capela, and Yang Yiming started the regular lineup, and the other two positions were reserved for the newly signed No. 6 Derrick Rose and No. 12 veteran Joe Johnson.

Both were signed by the Rockets as free agents and received cheers from the Rockets when they played. Not to mention the popularity of "Rose" Rose, the image of former "Hawk King" Joe Johnson helping the Jazz in the playoffs last year is still fresh in my memory. Instead of making a deal, but signing such a pearl in a big wave, it is no wonder that everyone is blowing a wave for General Manager Morey's cunning again.

The rocket, which is indeed going smoothly on the road to the championship, does not need to break the muscles and bones at all, and small repairs and small repairs are the best.

It's just that Rose's body, Joe Johnson's physical strength, can still have enough fuel to propel the rocket?

Today's training will be tested!

As always, Chris Paul took possession of the ball first and was in charge of opening up the situation. He used skillful crotch dribbling, and used the center of gravity to change against Yang Yiming to help him block the big man who came over misplaced, and he had three points and two points to shoot. Once the shot is opened, Paul's passing is even more unpredictable. This ball doesn't look different, he is still ready to lean back after dribbling under his crotch, but he didn't expect to see Yang Yiming who was sneaking on the bottom line, shooting and passing, and assisting China Yang to win the air relay!

The next round is to connect with Capella in the air after the block!

Three-point assist for unguarded Joe Johnson in the corner!

The first goal of the new signing's shot! However, "Singles Joe" can't just be satisfied with empty shots in front of the new owner, but also has to show his housekeeping skills as a New Year's gift. Sure enough, after the ball was delivered to Joe Johnson, everyone pulled him to the other side, leaving him to play one-on-one against Kings rookie Daron Fox. The one-on-one back routine has been appreciated countless times in the playoffs last year, but Yang Yiming and all the Rockets fans can see it on the spot, and it is still enjoyable: I saw that "Singles Joe" was not in a hurry to dribble, and first used his whole body from the shoulders to the back to the hips to contact the defenders, and when the defenders were a little anxious and began to get up and down, he really started to attack! Joe Johnson took two steps inside to take a position near the reasonable collision zone, feint to turn to the left and make a jumper, but actually turned to the right and landed a hook on Fox's head.

The old guy's basketball wisdom is really endless, and just when everyone thought he was going to play alone again in the next round, he passed the ball with a backhand and gave Rose an assist to score!

The two new signings have completed the direct connection!

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However, the most worried and most anticipated by all the fans on the scene is still roses.

Is it the glory of regaining the MVP, even if there is only a few successes left?

Or become a glass man with no speed and no shooting, and sink completely?

At least, as long as there is still a chance to play, Ross himself will never admit defeat easily!

After hitting two points from the baseline, Chris Paul simply ceremoniously ceded control of the ball to Rose. This fell back into positional warfare, and it was Daron Fox who defended again. With Rose's current physical fitness and speed after injury, there must be no chance of winning if he wants to go it alone, but Rose is no longer the teenage hero who fought against the world alone. He borrowed Yang Yiming to come up to do the blocking, first dribbling in the direction of the blocking, and then reflexively twisted, and successfully blocked Fox behind him. He used his body to protect the ball, Yang Yiming and him inserted it into the basket at the same time, and Fox was like an unlucky sandwich sandwich, unable to guard left and right. In the end, Rose faked a faux shot and hit the projectile.

With these two goals to score as a base, Rose played with more confidence. The king missed a mid-range shot, Yang Yiming protected the rebound, passed to Rose near the midcourt and launched a fast break. He dribbled with a large crotch, directly shook off the opponent's center Willie Cauley-Stein, and ran!

Some fans stood up directly!

The razor-sharp speed of the Wind Rose!

I saw Rose take two more strides to the top of the Kings' three-point arc, still rookie Fox, Rose braked the car, bent down to do three or four high-speed crotch dribbles in a row, and his steps were like wearing flowers. Do you want to eat strongly? Rose can't attack and shoot on his own at this distance! Fox also spread his feet, crouched down, took a step back and prepared to break through defensively, who knows...

Who knew that Rose neither broke through nor shot, his body was like a spinning top, throwing the ball out! Yang Yiming in the bottom corner had already laid an ambush in advance, received this cannonball-like pass, and shot a three-point shot!

It's not that I Rose can't shoot, it's just that a healthy Rose offensive arsenal is too much!

With a 10-point lead at halftime, Mike D'Antoni even brought on Zhou Qi, who rarely played, in the third quarter, apparently to build momentum for the Chinese New Year. Zhou Qi painted cats and tigers according to his peer Yang Yiming, and also blocked and dismantled Rose. Unfortunately, Zhou Qi's figure is still slightly thinner than the protagonist, and the Kings have strengthened their defense against Rose, and after blocking and dismantling, they were squeezed into the space between the two by Rose's defenders, entangled him and could not easily break through. "Rose" improvised, leaned on his body, forcibly grabbed the opponent's arm, and made a foul with three points!

Three free throws and two hits!

Shots, layups, assists, breakouts, everything, only the standard configuration of the Rockets - three-point shot.

But the three-point shot is also coming!

The fourth quarter went into garbage time, with the head coach continuing to keep several new signings on the court. Yang Yiming missed a three-point jumper, and another joiner, No. 32 Brandon White, contained the King's interior in the restricted area, and Zhou Qi, who was tall and long-armed, took advantage of it, picked up the basketball from the outermost periphery, and did not hesitate to give it to Derrick Rose who was about to retreat at the top of the three-point arc after taking off the rebound.

Rose turned back to attack, dribbled a step forward, and went straight to the jump shot!

After this goal, the Rockets' lead came to 15 points, and Rose, who exceeded his debut, was substituted.

Accept the cheers and receive high-fives from your new teammates to celebrate!

The celebration team even included Zhou Qi, a Chinese boy with a slightly shy personality who had just given him an assist.

Sidelines exchanged exaggerated bows with Chris Paul.

It's as if he's been playing in this arena for years.

Finally, Ross pointed at the broadcast camera and slapped the billboard in front of the technical station: Rockets wish a happy New Year! I don't know if it's a coincidence, or if Ross really understood the meaning of this sentence in advance, but apparently at this time, he is the best New Year gift for all Chinese rocket fans.