Time flies, and the regular season is about to kick off in the blink of an eye.

The Rockets are also on the verge of hosting their first opponent of the regular season, the Denver Nuggets.

The Nuggets are still the team of "Little Melon" Anthony, the talented small forward, who has led the team to the playoffs for three consecutive years after entering the league, and ranked third in the West last year.

Before the game, the media unanimously looked down on the Rockets, to paraphrase a sentence from the Los Angeles Daily News, the team with internal and external troubles met the championship favorite Nuggets, and the outcome of the game could have been foreseen before it began.

The game was also broadcast live across the United States, and reporters came to the stadium early to wait.

During pregame practice, they caught up with Kenyon Martin, the Nuggets' main power forward, and asked him what he thought of tonight's game.

"Kenyon, do you think the team can win tonight's game?"

"Of course, why not, we just beat the opponent in pre-season." Martin said as a matter of course.

"Yao Ming and Maddie didn't play that game, right?" The journalist reminded.

"Melo and I didn't play for a few minutes, and if you look at the Rockets' poor record in the preseason, even if they both play, we'll easily beat them." There was a burst of arrogance in Martin's words.

"Well, what do you think of the assistant coach Tang Tian brought in by the Rockets in the new season, who just led the Rockets to a championship in the summer league." The media had just "beaten Tang Tian to death", and now they are pulling out the "whipping corpse" again.

"The executive's son?"

Martin's answer immediately attracted a burst of laughter from reporters, and this question and answer was quite tacit.

"Don't do that, man, what's the use of the champions in the Summer League, the yellows shouldn't be in this league." Martin said with a look of disgust.

The reporter's interview came to an abrupt end, and Martin didn't seem to think that there was anything wrong with what he just said, so he turned his head and continued training.

The interview took place before the game, but it was heard by many people present, including many fans in the front row, as well as Millsap, who also came to the stadium early to train, with his fists clenched.

After completing the pre-match training, the players from both sides finally came out of the locker room one after another.

As an industrial city, there are not too many Americans in Houston to watch the game, but the whole stadium is still full because there are a large number of Chinese and Chinese fans among them.

Tang Tian and Yao Ming, so they have no reason to miss such a home opener.

The official commentary for the match is TNT celebrity Charles Barkley and his longtime partner Kenny Smith.

What's more interesting is that both of these two have played for the Rockets in the past.

"Kenny, the first game of the new season, old rules, let's talk about tonight's matchup, the Rockets, against the Nuggets, which of the two do you think will be the winner tonight?" Barkley had already started chatting before the game began.

"The Nuggets." Smithton said.

"Don't be such a dude, this is the home court of the Rockets, you will be booed by the fans like this."

Before Barkley could finish speaking, the fans in the stadium booed.

The best thing he can do with his big mouth is to attract attention and encourage the audience.

Smith shook his head with a wry smile, but he still said: "Before the preseason started, I heard that when Yao and T-mac were both recovering from injury, I thought the Rockets would perform well in the new season, especially in the summer league they got a very good power forward, but we all saw in the preseason games, Yao and T-mac have been separated for a long time, and the rookie named Millsap doesn't seem to be able to win playing time for himself, so ......"

Smith is the hero of the Rockets' 95-year championship, and he still has a lot of feelings for the Rockets, and this analysis is reasonable.

"Don't be like this, old man, you analyzed it in such detail, I don't have anything to say!" Barkley laughed.

His words immediately drew a burst of laughter from Smith.

That's the charm of Barkley, but he has already tacitly agreed to what Smith said, and the Rockets have no hope of winning tonight.

After the opening ceremony, the starters from both sides came on one after another.

On the Rockets' side, Van Gundy continued to use his previous starting lineup.

Starting center Yao Ming, power forward Juwan Howard, small forward Maddy, scoring guard Battier, point guard Alston.

On the Nuggets' side, the starting All-Star interior linemen Kenyon Martin and Marcus Camby, the small forward is the core Carmelo Anthony, the scoring guard is the new signing JR Smith, and the point guard Andre Miller.

As the referee's whistle blew, Yao Ming pulled the ball back into the half court from Camby's hand, and the Rockets got the opportunity to attack first.

In the front court, Yao Ming changed his playing style from the sunset position and directly stood at the free throw line to receive the ball.

"What?" Barkley in the commentary seat was stunned when he saw this scene.

"Is this a Princeton tactic?" Smith saw the clue at once.

But despite it, he was more surprised than Barkley, because the Rockets had never played like this before, including this preseason.

The same doubts are still the fans on the scene, this Van Gundy suddenly opened up?

After Yao Ming held the ball, the Rockets quickly blocked and dismantled on both sides, Battier and Alston walked the bottom corner three-point line on both sides, and Maddie took advantage of Uncle Huo's blocking to cut inside, and Uncle Huo after the ball also fell near the mid-range shooting point.

At this moment, there were four offensive options on the field in an instant!

Barkley and Smith were completely dumbfounded, when did Van Gundy play such an offensive tactic?

The Nuggets quickly shrunk to the basket,

Yao Ming threw the ball directly to the bottom corner of Battier, who received the ball and shot directly.

The basketball swirled through a high parabola in the air, and then fell straight down.

"Huh!"

A crunch echoed through the arena, and Battier hit the first three-pointer of his Rockets career.

The scene instantly resounded with explosive cheers, and it was a three-point shot as soon as it came up, which felt refreshing!

Barkley and Smith were stunned, and the Rockets' offense took less than 6 seconds!

The offense in 06 was relatively slow, except for a few teams like the Warriors, most of the teams were playing positions, using 24 seconds as much as possible, and the Rockets were unconventional operations!

And the key is that although it is fast, it is obviously different from the deliberate acceleration of shelling, and there are tactics in it.

This Rocket team has suddenly changed!