Martin couldn't beat Millsap in front, and he already knew that this short interior line had a lot of strength, but he didn't expect it to be so strong.

After being pushed two steps in a row, he took a step back, trying to use his experience to trick Millsap.

However, he clearly underestimated Millsap as a short interior player with a reputation for his excellent ball quotient, who had been prepared.

As soon as Martin stepped back, Millsap turned around directly, jumped forward, held the ball high with both hands, and pressed the ball directly towards the basket.

"Bang!"

With a muffled sound, Millsap slammed the ball into the basket with both hands.

Martin became the backdrop for the buckles.

Whistles rang out at the scene, and cheers shook the sky.

Wells was blown up by Martin in front, and Millsap was all beaten back!

Millsap was unusually calm at this time, and he glanced at Martin coldly.

As a player with excellent ball intelligence, although the goal was scored just now, he knew that it was not in the plan of head coach Van Gundy, and it would be disgusting.

But he has a reason why it's worth it.

Tang Tian was chatting with Van Gundy at this time.

Millsap played the ball very toughly, but as a stubborn and old-fashioned coach, Van Gundy felt that Millsap's choice just now was very bad, and it was just luck to score, and it was very demoralizing if he didn't score.

Martin is the kind of master who bullies the weak and is afraid of the hard, before Wells instigated, he was hard, and now Millsap is hard, he has become cowardly, not only no longer strong Millsap, but also on the defensive end, he also changed the defense with Nene.

Nene defended well, but was slow to move, and Millsap found an opportunity to receive a pass from Hyde and hit another half-volley.

This man scored 4 points in a row, and the emotions of the fans at the scene were completely aroused.

Seeing that the home team was about to momentum, Karl hurriedly called another timeout.

After the pause, personnel adjustments were made on both sides, the Nuggets replaced Martin, and the Rockets replaced Millsap with Uncle Huo!

The fans at the scene didn't understand, but this is Van Gundy's coaching style, and everyone who didn't follow the coach's arrangement sat on the sidelines.

After Hayes came on the court, he also began to respond to the ball at the free throw line, although he did not do as well as Yao Ming, but the Rockets also played well.

The two sides reached a stalemate.

Tang Tian saw Millsap sitting on the bench at this time, got up and walked over.

"Paul, you have to play according to the arrangement on the court, it is not only a kind of coaching prestige, but also a way for you to win playing time." Tang Tian squatted down and said in a serious tone, he was the one who wanted Millsap to fight well the most.

"Hmm." Millsap nodded, but his fists clenched unconsciously.

Seeing Millsap's reaction, Tang Tian knew that there was probably a reason for this, you must know that he usually doesn't play like this.

"Can you tell me why?" Tang Tian didn't get up in a hurry, and then continued to ask.

Millsap was a little hesitant, but seeing that Tang Tian had been staring at him, he finally opened his mouth.

"That Kenyon Martin, he insulted you before the game, saying you were a summer league win, and calling the yellow ......"

Halfway through that, perhaps realizing that it was on the field and that there were teammates sitting next to him, he stopped.

Although he stopped, the anger on his face did not subside.

The words Martin said in his pre-game interview, especially the yellow man out of the league, are not known to many people now, but he heard them.

Tang Tian had the grace of knowing him, how could he watch others belittle Tang Tian like this?

The moment he came off the bench and saw Martin there, he was desperate to find a chance.

Although he was substituted, he at least did it.

After listening to what Millsap said, Tang Tian was very surprised and moved at the same time.

Cultivating Millsap is because he knows that Millsap will become a big player in the future, but he seems to have forgotten that this is not playing 2K Manager Mode, and that players are real people with feelings.

He patted Millsap on the shoulder and said in a serious tone: "No matter what the reason, next time you fight according to tactics, this is for your good." ”

Millsap saw Tang Tian's eyes and nodded vigorously.

Tang Tian then stood up and was about to walk back, but after he got up, he squatted down again and whispered, "Actually, I like your performance just now. ”

When Millsap heard Tang Tian's "whisper", his face suddenly became happy.

Tang Tian's praise is the greatest affirmation of him.

Seeing his expression, Tang Tian smiled and patted him on the shoulder, and then walked back to the bench.

The Rockets' bench was deadlocked, and when the main team returned, the Nuggets still didn't have much to do with Yao Ming.

In the end, Yao Ming scored 22 points, 11 boards and 7 assists, Maddy also scored 30 points and 6 boards, and the MM combination scored 52 points in the first regular season game of the new season, leading the Rockets to a 101-92 victory over the Nuggets and making a good start to the season.

In addition to the excellent performance of the duo, the biggest highlight of the Rockets was the three-point shooting, they made 30 three-point attempts and hit 12 of them, and scored 36 points on three-pointers alone, which was already a very good performance in '06.

Millsap, a second-round pick, also got eight minutes of playing time in the first game of his career, shooting 2-of-4 and finishing with six points and three rebounds.

At the end of the game, the Rockets held a post-game press conference, and Tang Tian, as the first assistant coach, sat in the most marginal position.

In addition to Van Gundy and Tang Tian, the team's general manager, Dawson, was also present at the press conference.

"A great win, Coach Jeff, we've seen changes in the Rockets' offensive system, and I'm curious to see what the reasons for those changes were, and we all know that the Rockets weren't like that in the preseason." The first reporter to stand up asked the question that everyone was curious about.

"It's Don's credit." Van Gundy turned his head to look at Tang Tian.

It's an obvious answer, Dawson is sitting here, and Van Gundy can't possibly lie.

Van Gundy opened his mouth, and the reporters suddenly became commotionous, although Barkley and Smith had speculation during the game, and fans had suspicions, but at this moment, the real answer was revealed.

Sure enough, the person who made the Rocket team change qualitatively was Tang Tian who was sitting in the corner at this moment!