The Rockets' lineup for the second quarter was point guard Gary Payton, scoring guard Jamal Crawford, small forward Boris Dio, power forward Darius Sangueira, and center Greg Ostertag.

In this rotation lineup, Boris Dio has always played as a big forward, but in this game, he was moved to the third position by Qiao Hai.

Playing at the power forward position is sophomore Darius Sangueira.

Darius Sangeira was selected by Joe Hai in his first season in Houston, and he didn't use it much in the first season, so he can be said to have been on the bench for a season.

But Sangeira did not become decadent, but grew up in Qiao Hai's reasonable training plan, and relied on his amiable personality to become the mascot in the Rockets locker room.

This season, Darius Sangeira has gained a certain amount of playing time, but the reason is also that the Rockets have been plagued by fitness in the middle of the season, so much so that Qiao Hai used a 12-man rotation in the middle of the season.

Dalius Sanguela got a chance because of this, and Qiao Hai can be regarded as practicing Sangella, this important game, Dalius Sanguela can be regarded as coming in handy.

Sangeira played, he was against Karl Malone, who led the Lakers' second lineup, the OK combination was resting off the court, Sangeira was not as strong and physically as good as Karl Malone, but his fighting spirit was tenacious, and he was always able to stick to Karl Malone.

The mid-range shooting ability on the offensive end can also contain Karl Malone to a certain extent, so at this time, Dalius Sangeira came out to play a functional role.

In the second quarter of the Rockets' lineup, the decisive role was played by Gary Payton, who came off the bench.

'The problem with Gary is that he's used to the defensive style of play he used to play back then, he always likes to stop the ball in his hands, press the tempo, play slowly, and actually, he doesn't match our first lineup.

"Then we'll take him down, let him come off the bench, partner Greg Ostertag, make the bench lineup a single-core defensive team, we will press the rhythm to play defense, and then put Boris in it to ensure the fluency of the offense, if it goes well, our bench lineup can even harden the main lineup of the Lakers."

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At the beginning of the second quarter of the game, no one expected that the rotation of the Rockets in the second quarter would be such a lineup.

Gary Payton started to press the tempo, Greg Ostertag guarded the restricted area, and the Rockets were completely a defensive play.

Karl Malone led the team alone, and it was very uncomfortable to be stuck by Darius Sangella, even if he made a lot of action on the offensive end, Sanghera did not retreat at all.

The Rockets didn't score much, but at the very least, they were extending their lead.

With just over three minutes into the second quarter, the Rockets extended their lead to five points.

And in terms of rhythm, he takes the initiative on the field.

Karl Malone didn't score a point during this period of time and was completely stuck to death by Darius Sangueira, in which case Rick Carlisle had to call a timeout again and make a substitution.

Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant played, Karl Malone stayed on the court, and the Lakers became the all-main lineup in the first quarter.

The Rockets also made substitutions, and all the other main players appeared except for Wade.

The Lakers, for their part, were so desperate to regain their downsprint that they didn't even care about defense.

The Rockets took this opportunity and began to play around Yao Ming near the high post.

McBrin exclaimed, "Qiao Hai is really a genius! So far in this game, the Rockets have played three different routines one after another, Dwyane Wade's breakthrough shot, Gary Payton's defense as the core, and now the high-post offense and defense with Yao Ming as the core. ”

"There are too many routines for the Rockets, and the Lakers are already overwhelmed, Rick Carlisle can only put the OK combination on the court, and then rely on the individual abilities of Shaq and Kobe Bryant to open up the situation."

Rick Carlisle hoped to use O'Neal and Kobe's individual abilities to open up the situation, but after switching back to the main force, the Rockets began to pinch the joint defense to target O'Neal, and also made improvements to Kobe's defense, Ron Artest and Gary Payton took turns to play, and the Rockets started a wheel battle.

The margin quickly stretched into double digits.

After halftime, the Rockets led the Lakers by 10 points, 55-45.

In the first half, Qiao Hai once again achieved his one-sided crushing of Rick Carlisle, and unexpectedly changed the formation from the beginning, but the defensive lineup at the beginning of the second quarter helped the Rockets suppress the Lakers' opening outburst with one move, and the other helped the Rockets force out the Lakers' main lineup.

In the third quarter, the effect of Qiao Hai's second move began to show.

At the beginning of the second half, Rick Carlisle had to continue to play the main team, the OK combination continued to play, and Karl Malone was rested.

His rotation is equivalent to the OK combination playing so far, except for a halftime, only the opening 3 minutes of the second quarter.

If you continue to play like this, there may be no problem in the first game, but in the next few games, under such a high-intensity confrontation, even Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant will be physically exhausted.

But Qiao Hai is a conspiracy, Rick Carlisle has to take the move, and if he doesn't accept it, he will lose even more.

The physical fitness of the main players has always been Qiao Hai's best move, but this is also related to Qiao Hai's team building, whether it is the Grizzlies or the current Rockets, Qiao Hai attaches great importance to the team's bench depth.

The deal that sent Carlos Boozer away at the beginning of the season has played a huge role so far.

Greg Ostertag has the ability to start on any team other than the Rockets, so the rotation lineup that Qiao Hai put out at the beginning of the second quarter was able to succeed in the end, relying on Greg Ostertag's ability.

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In the third quarter, the Lakers had to continue to play the main team, but they did not have the advantage, although they chased a few points in the opening, but they did not have too good an effect.

Then in a protracted battle, the Lakers' offense started to have problems......

O'Neal still couldn't catch the ball, and the Rockets completely locked him in this game, just to prevent him from catching the ball, and Kobe Bryant began to decline in physical fitness in the Rockets' wheel battle, and the sound of clattering iron began to sound.

The Rockets stretched the margin to 15 points in another wave.

Rick Carlisle had no choice but to adjust again, asking the team to pass the ball inside and play for O'Neal.

O'Neal shot quite well in this game, scoring 7 points and 4 rebounds on 3-of-5 shooting in the first half.

The Lakers couldn't open the offense, so naturally they could only give the ball to O'Neal.

But Qiao Hai made a corresponding adjustment, sacrificing the shark-cutting tactics that Shaquille O'Neal and Rick Carlisle least wanted to see.

Then, the Rockets cut O'Neal with a 2-of-8 free throw.

At the end of the third quarter, the Rockets led the Lakers by 23 points, 82-59...... u