Nuggets head coach George Karl was also stunned for a moment, he is a coach with a more advanced basketball concept, and the Nuggets are also an offensive team under his rule, but he has never seen a game like the Rockets.

It's like Princeton, but it's noticeably simpler than Princeton.

On the Nuggets' offense, Anthony asked for the ball in the low post and singled out, and in the face of Battier's defense, he chose to turn and shoot back.

Battier pulled out his blindfold defense and managed to interfere with Anthony's shot vision.

"Bang!"

Anthony's shot came out, and the rebound was taken by Yao Ming.

The Rockets advanced to the frontcourt, and Yao Ming held the ball in the same position.

Karl shouted from the sidelines to remind his players that the Nuggets' defense was expanding widely, successfully blocking Battier and Alston's receiving lanes.

At that moment, Maddie quickly cut into the basket.

Camby resisted Yao Ming at this time, his eyes moving left and right from time to time, paying attention to Yao Ming's passes to the sides.

But in the next second, something happened that drove the fans crazy.

Yao Ming held the ball high one second ago, and put on a singles fight with his back against Camby, but in the next second, he didn't move his head, and directly threw the ball behind his head, and the ball flew straight to Maddie.

Maddie took a step to catch the ball, jumped high in the air, and shook his arm with a one-handed slam.

"Bang!"

With a muffled sound, the basketball was smashed into the hoop.

The entire Toyota Center was boiling in an instant.

"Oh! Oh, God! It's a magician pass! He's a center! Barkley's eyes also widened at this time, he didn't expect Yao Ming to pass such a ball.

"This new style of play has completely activated Yao." Smith also couldn't help but shout excitedly, as one of the members of the Rockets championship, although he thought that the Rockets had little hope of winning, he still wanted to see the Rockets play well from the bottom of his heart.

The camera at the scene quickly gave Yao Ming, who was retreating.

At this moment, fans noticed that Yao Ming stretched out his hand to the Rockets' bench as he ran to the backcourt.

Following Yao Ming's gesture, fans found that the object he was pointing at was Tang Tian, the first assistant coach of the Rockets.

What does that mean?

At this moment, Tang Tian also gave Yao Ming a thumbs up in response.

This kind of pass, Yao Ming also passed Francis before, but Francis made a layup, and the fans were not so impressed.

Passing such a ball, on the one hand, shows that Yao Ming himself has this strength, and on the other hand, it also shows that Yao Mai has played ball for two years and has formed a certain tacit understanding.

"I seem to understand something." At this moment, Barkley in the commentary seat suddenly said with a smile.

"What?" Smith turned to look at Barkley, not knowing what he meant.

"Van Gundy is a great defensive coach, but offense is the other extreme, so judging by Yao's gesture just now, I prefer to believe that it was from Don." Barkley spoke.

Smith listened thoughtfully, as if it was really like this.

Fans also talked for a while, speculating whether this had anything to do with Tang Tian.

After all, this Tang Tian has been in the team for a long time, and the change started from this game.

Perhaps the answer will only be known in the post-match interview.

The game continued on the court, and JR Smith's three-point shot from the outside was missed, and the Nuggets still couldn't score.

After the rebound was accepted by Yao Ming, the Rockets continued to push and counterattack.

It's still Yao Ming, or falling in the same position to catch the ball.

The whistles of the fans have already begun to sound, and this trick has really been tried and tested!

Carl couldn't sit still, got up from the bench and walked to the sideline, loudly reminding the rest of the Rockets of their position.

The Nuggets players are still physically gifted, and under the full defense, and the Rockets are also just exercising this tactic, this time they did not run a good offensive opportunity.

Seeing this, Yao Ming made a fake pass and shot a shot, then turned his back directly, and took a step towards the basket.

Camby was a little late to react, buried himself in the defense, and finally caught up before Yao Ming entered the three-second zone.

Yao Ming saw him and turned around and hooked his hand with a sudden stop.

"Huh!"

Before Camby could jump and interfere, Yao Ming's small hook had already sent the ball into the basket steadily.

The scene instantly resounded with explosive cheers from fans.

Tang Tian was also smiling at this time.

That's where Yao Ming is better than Brad Miller, he can pass some good balls, but he can also put the ball in the basket in one-on-one rounds when his teammates don't have a chance.

7-0, the Rockets made a dream start.

The Nuggets were forced to call a timeout.

"It's incredible, this Rocket team has completely refreshed our understanding of it, it's really incredible!" When it came to the timeout, Barkley sighed again and again, if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, it would be hard to believe that this was the same team as the Rockets who were "constipated" in the preseason.

"I'm getting more and more curious about why Team Rockets changed." Smith echoed the words.

After the timeout, the Nuggets played a set of pick-and-roll combinations, and finally Anthony broke through and scored the first goal of the game.

The Nuggets broke their scoring drought, but they still can't do much with the Rockets' new offensive system.

20-9, the offensive Rockets made some mistakes due to the lack of running-in, but on the whole, they played the expected effect, and after playing more than half a quarter, they had already achieved a double-digit lead.

The emotions of the fans at the scene were extremely excited, regardless of how this offensive system came about, the performance of the Rockets in this half of the quarter was a slap in the face of those media.

What is the favorite Nuggets, isn't it still being pressed to the ground and rubbed now?

As the game entered the second half of the first quarter, the two sides began to enter the rotation lineup, with Mutombo, Bunch Wells, Hyde, and Millsap coming on one after another.

In the first game of the season, Millsap became the ninth man in the rotation.

The Nuggets also moved into the rotation, bringing on Nene and Kreiza and Diawara in addition to Andre Miller and Kenyon Martin remaining on the court.