In a preseason game with such a high level of attention, it is really surprising to send such a lineup.

However, Tang Tian only paused slightly, and then signaled the team members to fight according to the plan.

He knows that Popovich's coaching career has always been this urine, and he likes to habitually pretend.

Lose, anyway, it's normal for the lineup to be inferior to the opponent, if you win, such a rubbish lineup wins, then only the head coach is worth bragging about, and he pretended to be forced invisibly.

The losing side will inevitably become the target of media ridicule.

It was Yao Ming and Ma Simi who jumped the ball, and Yao Ming easily jumped the ball.

Billups moves forward with the ball.

Fans have high expectations for the Rockets in the new season, and Tang Tian has no intention of retaining his strength in the preseason, so the Rockets began to play tactics.

Billups handed the ball to Yao Ming at the three-point line, and then directed his teammates to start running.

Miller looked at the court with curiosity at this time, and after experiencing last season's commentary, he was deeply impressed by Tang Tian, so he was also very curious about how the Rockets would integrate Billups into the system.

Under Billups' command, Millsap and Battier mentioned the pick-and-roll on both sides, and he and Maddie were the first to cut inside.

After the first round of empty cuts, the Spurs' defensive formation has been very leaky, and the ability of these bench players is still much worse than the starters.

Yao Ming followed and passed the ball to Billups, who took the ball and scored directly to the basket.

The Rockets took the lead.

"Clever." Miller gave his first assessment.

Billups is a team player in his own right, and letting him do this kind of off-ball cut is seamless.

Spurs' offense.

Tang Tian stood up at this time and made a defensive tactical gesture to the players to keep an eye on the No. 2 position.

Washington got the ball up frontcourt, and the Spurs began to play their trademark "hammer tactic."

The so-called hammer tactic is a tactic that attracts the defense through the ball handler's breakthrough, and then gives the front line a three-point opportunity to block the inside, just like hitting the opponent with a hammer.

The Spurs have Parker and Ginobili two breakthrough strengths, and when they break through, they will naturally contain the defense, and it is difficult to take care of the blocking and pick-and-roll on the other side, which also gave the Rockets a headache in the playoffs last season.

However, Washington's impact is far inferior to Parker or Ginobili, and Tang Tian's arrangement in advance did not even give Finley a chance to catch the ball.

Washington ended up giving the ball to Masimmy on the inside.

This is the second option for the Hammer game, and it is Duncan who normally receives the ball, and a misplaced single can make it easy for the Spurs to continue scoring.

However, Ma Simmi did not have much advantage in the face of Battier, and he turned very stiff after a few turns, and his final shot was rushed over to help defend Yao Ming.

The basketball was snatched by Maddy, and the Spurs' first offense ended in failure.

The Rockets pushed to the front again, and it was still the same tactic.

Popovich stood on the sidelines and yelled a few times, which made the Spurs' bench players a lot more positive, and the Rockets' first open cut didn't get a good chance to score.

Just then, Billups and Millsap began the second round of air cuts.

Yao Ming flicked the ball to Billups, who cut into the basket.

Billups received the ball with a breakthrough feint that forced the Spurs to shrink under the basket, and then coldly threw the ball into the right corner.

Maddie is just in the spot.

Man to ball to.

Maddie catches the ball and shoots.

"Huh!"

5 to 0!

The Rockets' cooperation is smooth, and it is completely impossible to see that they have just changed to a starting point guard!

"Incredible!" Miller exclaimed.

Billups has stronger individual ability than Blake, which means that when he receives the ball, he is bound to attract the opponent's defensive attention, and at this time, in Tang Tian's tactical system, others have been placed one after another, with Billups's passing ability, he can make the first judgment and pass the ball to him.

Last season, Yao Ming's pass on the outside line, because of the long passing route, there is a certain probability that the opponent will be predicted to steal, but this second-hand pass is equivalent to a transfer station on the passing route, which perfectly avoids this risk.

This arrangement brings Billups' ability into full play in this tactical system, and Miller can only describe it as incredible.

You must know that Billups was traded to the Rockets, and it was only 2 months!

And that's obviously not all Billups is capable of.

Here, the Spurs played a match, and Yuduka's air-cut layup was rewarded with a pegboard hat by Yao Ming.

Coming back, the Rockets played another air-cut tactic, and this time Billups and Millsap played a wonderful combination.

Billups drew the ball to the back of his head after attracting the ball to the defense.

Millsap jumped up and shook his arm with one hand, instantly igniting the audience.

7-0, the Rockets didn't save face for the Spurs at all.

Tang Tian turned his head to look at Popovich in the other half.

Popovich's expression did not fluctuate, and he did not make substitution adjustments.

I can really sit still.

The game on the court continues, and the Rockets are completely hanging.

And this kind of hanging is not all about personal ability.

When the average coach sees the opponent's lineup, he can just use the star chisel directly, which is simple and practical.

But the Rockets don't do that, even if there are three or even four obvious strong points on the court, they don't play alone, but play cooperatively, and you run around like a headless fly, taking care of one or the other.

The game played five minutes, and the Rockets directly beat the Spurs 15-0, easy and happy.

Popovich couldn't sit still at the moment.

No matter how calm he is, if he doesn't do anything if he is beaten like this, he is not pretending to be forced but stupid.

He called a timeout and brought Duncan and Ginobili in.

This substitution immediately attracted applause from the audience.

Let's not talk about the win or loss of the game, just Popovich's move shows that the old man is admitting that he is pretending to fail!

Tang Tian also made substitution adjustments when he saw this, using Marc Gasol, Petrus and Barria to replace Yao Ming, Maddie and Billups.

As soon as this substitution came out, the audience immediately exploded, and the whistles came one after another.

If you use Duncan and Parker as substitutes, then I'll use them to fight you.

It's your pretending to fail, it's my turn to pretend!

"Haha, Don, I love you to death!" Vorell couldn't hide his excitement.

"Isn't that a little too confident?" Miller said with a wry smile at this time, Tang Tian's vindictive behavior was obviously a little irrational, and it was likely to bury all the lead accumulated earlier.