Alston was born in street ball, and his self-discipline was almost normal, but he didn't expect Maddie to follow.

And what really made him so angry was not the incident itself, but that Maddie actually lied to him!

Seeing Tang Tian's big reaction, Xibodeo suddenly regretted telling the truth.

"Boom~"

Just then, there was another knock on the office door.

"Who?!" Tang Tian tried his best to control his anger, but he couldn't hide the anger between his words.

There was silence outside for a moment, and then Maddie's voice came over: "It's me, Tracy." ”

Hearing that it was Maddie, Tang Tian's expression was stunned, and Thibodeau was even more shocked.

This Maddie came at an inopportune time!

Tang Tian suppressed his anger and stretched out his hand to signal Xibodu to go out first.

"Come in."

Maddie opened the door and was a little surprised to see Thibodeau inside, but she didn't say anything.

When Thibodeau left, Maddie sat in front of Tang Tian, her hand on the table, her head down and she didn't speak for a long time.

"What's the matter?" Tang Tian said in a calm tone.

"I'm sorry, coach, I lied to you before." Maddie looked up and said in a hoarse voice.

"What do you mean?" When Tang Tian heard this, his anger disappeared a lot, and Madicon took the initiative to admit his mistake, which showed that he still had him as a coach in his heart.

"It's not my cat, it's yesterday, I went to the bar with Raff, we just wanted to relax, but I didn't expect to drink too much and didn't come back until the next day, I didn't think so, we were okay last time in Salt Lake City, I thought ...... I'm sorry, coach, it's all my fault for losing this game. Maddie seemed depressed.

Tang Tian frowned, he didn't expect Maddie to have gone out in Salt Lake City before, it seemed that he was still too relieved of his teammates.

"If only you realized the mistake, it's not too late."

"Thanks, Coach." Maddie was relieved.

"But it's true that you and Raff broke the team rules, so I'm going to punish you when I get back to Houston."

"Yes, I will accept any punishment."

Tang Tian nodded, and then motioned for Maddie to go back first.

Looking at Maddie's back, Tang Tian thought for a long time and finally made a decision.

Returning to Houston with a score of 3-1, Tang Tian found the team's general manager Dawson and owner Alexander on the first day after returning, and then convened the coaching staff for an internal meeting the next day.

After the meeting, Tang Tian summoned the players to announce the results of the team's punishment: Maddie and Alston will be punished with a one-game ban for violating the team's rules.

"It's a warning, if there's a player who violates it, I'm not going to use him again in the next games, whoever he is, understand?" Tang Tian said unceremoniously.

The players looked at each other, because of their age, they were more like brothers when they got along with Tang Tian, but this time, after seeing Tang Tian's iron-fisted methods, they gradually remembered that the person in front of them, who was younger than them, was their head coach.

As soon as Team Rocket's punishment came out, it immediately caused an uproar.

Maddie is one of the two cores of the Rockets, and Alston is the sixth man on the team, and if the two are suspended, the strength of the Rockets will be greatly affected.

"It's a decision to take a risk, no matter what they've done, you shouldn't ban them, and if you lose another game because of the ban and go back to Golden State with a 2-3 scoreline, it's really hard to predict how the series will be won." TNT host Kenny Smith suggested in a sincere tone on the show.

Not only the media, but also the local Houston fans could not understand the Rockets' decision, which was simply burying the victory.

But the Rockets officially insisted on this decision, and both general manager Dawson and team owner Alexander expressed support for the team's decision when facing the media.

And at this time, the happiest people are the players and fans of the Warriors.

It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for them.

"Win this game, bring it back to Golden State, and let's make another history." This is the front page of the Auckland (Golden State) Sports News.

After making history by beating the Mavericks, they are expecting the Golden State gang to become the first team in history to come back from a 3-0 comeback.

With this hope in mind, the Warriors all got on the plane to Houston with confidence.

They are very confident.

"If we can't win without Maddie and Alstom's Rockets, then what are we?" Baron Davis said.

On the night of the game, the Toyota Center was still crowded, and despite some dissatisfaction with the team's decision to ban Maddie and Alstom, the fans were not less enthusiastic about the home team's support.

"4:1", "Defeat Auckland", "End the fight tonight"......

The signs held high by the fans still show the confidence of the city.

Despite being suspended, Maddy and Alston were still on the Rockets' bench, and their mood didn't look as depressed as the outside world had speculated, instead, they were still seriously interacting with their teammates before the game.

What can be faintly felt is that the impact of this intra-team punishment on this Rocket team may be a little different from what the outside world speculated.

After completing the pre-match warm-up, the starting lineups of both sides were also released.

On the Rockets' side, Hyde replaced the suspended Maddie as the Rockets' starting No. 2, and the other positions remained unchanged.

The Warriors also made some adjustments to the Rockets' suspension, replacing Matt Barnes with the more attacking Monta Ellis, which was a gesture that was going to be carried out to the end.

"Tonight is definitely going to be a tough night for the Rockets, without T-mac and Raf, their offensive firepower is greatly affected, and while Yao still has absolute dominance on the offensive end, his stamina has always been a big problem, and if no one steps up to fill that missing 40 points, it's really hard." Before the game started, Mark Jackson in the commentary seat spoke.

"yes, and we can't ignore that the Rockets now have a total of 13 players and a ban on two guards, which will make their guard line tight." Reggie Miller on the side followed.

"Maybe we should focus on the coach of the Rockets, Tang Tian, and I don't know what surprises he will bring us this time." Jackson said and looked at the Rockets bench, Tang Tian sat there with a calm expression, and didn't seem to be worried about the team's performance at all.