The two sides completed the pre-match warm-up, but did not immediately enter the starting introduction.

Before the start of the second game of the series between the two sides, there was also a victory ceremony on site.

As early as Game 4 of the first round of the Rockets, the league had already announced the winners of the regular season MVP, but the award ceremony did not take place until this game.

The players of both teams retreated to their respective benches, and a table was brought up in the center of the court for the staff, on which were the regular season MVP trophies.

A small figure made of brass, posing as a dribbling on a black base.

It's such a small trophy, but it's something that all the players in the league dream of.

The lights around the scene began to dim, and the main light focused on the center of the court.

The trophy in the spotlight is dazzling.

In the darkness, the fans couldn't help but whistle and cheer.

You must know that the last time a player in the team was elected MVP, it was Olajuwon in the 93~94 season.

League President David Stern appeared in the spotlight and picked up the microphone to say some words of thanks to the fans.

In this process, Yao Ming was invited out by the staff.

"The Most Valuable Player of the 2007~2008 Regular Season, Yao Ming."

Stern said as he picked up the trophy and handed it to Yao Ming.

Yao Ming took the trophy, shook hands with Stern to express his gratitude, and then held the trophy high in the air.

There was a deafening cheer at the scene.

"Yao Ming! Yao! ”

How loud the neat cheers are, it shows how much they love Yao Ming.

After Olajuwon, another dominant centre-forward.

The cheers lasted for more than half a minute, and when the cheers fell, the supporters on the side handed the microphone to Yao Ming.

"Thank you, thank you Mr. Alexander, thank you Mr. Morey, thank you Coach Tang Tian, thank you to all the staff of the Rockets, thank you to the Rockets fans who showed up and didn't, thank you all, thank you for your support, I love you."

The first sentence of Yao Ming's mouth attracted even louder cheers from the audience.

Tang Tian also stretched out his hand to applaud at this time, Yao Ming's emotional intelligence, even in the NBA, is quite outstanding.

Yao Ming followed by his acceptance speech, telling about what he has experienced since entering the NBA, sadness and emotion, progress and hard work.

This sentiment came from the bottom of my heart, and many fans burst into tears when they heard it.

"Finally, I would like to give special thanks to my coach Tang Tian."

With Yao Ming's voice, the live lights were divided into the Rockets bench.

Tang Tian didn't expect Yao Ming to mention him alone, and he was a little surprised.

"We all know that this Rockets team is where they are today is because of him, and it's all thanks to him that I can get this trophy, you know, my stats are going to be meaningless, if the Rockets aren't the number one in the league."

The scene was followed by a burst of coaxing and cheers, followed by applause.

Tang Tian's contribution to the city in the past two years is the most deeply touched by the fans who are in it.

"So coach, more than half of this trophy is yours, I can give him to you if you want it, and everybody knows I'm the MVP anyway."

Yao Ming's words immediately attracted another burst of laughter from the fans at the scene.

"You don't have to worry about other people's misunderstandings, there is no name written on it anyway."

Yao Ming's next words made the entire Toyota Center laugh.

Tang Tian also laughed, the joke was a little cold.

"Finally, thank you all, thank you."

After Yao Ming finished speaking, he raised the trophy into the air, and the scene instantly erupted into cheers and whistles from the mountains and tsunamis.

An awards ceremony, the atmosphere of the scene has reached its peak without deliberately creating it.

At the end of the award ceremony, Yao Ming walked to the Rockets halfcourt with the trophy.

At this moment, the live camera showed the Hornets half, and Paul looked at Yao Ming with a little envy.

There was a burst of cheers from the scene.

Paul realized that he was on the large LED screen, and then withdrew his gaze.

The award ceremony was followed by the first introduction.

The Hornets continued to start the previous game.

The Rockets, on their side, made some substitutions, and Tang Tian replaced Battier with Petrus.

Petrus is the main player in the No. 2 position, and such a change means that Maddie has swayed to the No. 3 position.

"What does this adjustment mean?" Looking at the lineup adjustment of the Rockets, Brin in the commentary seat couldn't help but discuss it with Jackson on the side.

"I don't really understand either, Battier defended Peja very well in the last game, so let T-mac defend this time?" Jackson threw out doubts.

"And the Hornets Pieterson's offensive ability is average, so Pietrus seems a little redundant, right?" Brin continued.

The two discussed for a while, but they didn't figure out the specific purpose of Team Rocket's adjustment.

And just as the two were talking, the starters of both sides appeared one after another, and the second game of the series between the Hornets and the Rockets officially began.

Yao Ming put the ball back in the Rockets' half and took the initiative to get the opportunity to attack first.

Billups advanced to the frontcourt, but unlike in previous games, he didn't hand the ball to Yao Ming again, but handed it directly to Maddy, and then motioned to his teammates to open up space.

It's ready to go 1 to 1.

At this time, Bryn and Jackson in the commentary bench were even more incomprehensible, and the Rockets suddenly gave up their style of play that they had insisted on for a season.

Peterson defending Maddie.

Maddie saw that the Hornets didn't have a bag and didn't have any extra moves, so he just took the ball and started drying.

Change direction, accelerate, stop, break, shoot.

Peterson is a relatively well-known 3-and-D player, but at his peak he was also the arrow figure who defended the offensive core of opponents, but he is now 30 years old, and he is facing the peak Maddie, and the gap appeared when Maddy's first step was activated.

It was a pull-up jump shot with limited interference.

"Huh!"

Maddie's dry pull hit steadily.

The Hornets' offense, Paul and West blocked and then went straight to the basket to meet Millsap's defense with a long-range throw.

"Huh!"

The ball was also hit steadily, and Paul carried over the good feel of the previous game to the front court.

"The CP3 still feels the same, which is not a good sign for the Rockets." After looking at Paul's choice, Jackson followed.

If this is the usual Paul, he would never attack so easily, I don't know if it was the crazy attack in the last game that took away the game, but because Yao Ming's award stimulated him, and he wanted to score a rhythm this time.

However, Jackson's words did not fall here, and the Rockets continued to open up the space over there, and after Maddy shook off Peterson one-on-one, before the help defense was in place, it was a violent dunk to score by breaking into the interior.

Maddie's desire to score tonight also seems to be strong!