The Rockets' next game against the Warriors is the Warriors.

The day before the game, Sun Yue was recalled by the Rockets from the Development League and returned to the Toyota Center, where he had been absent for more than a month.

Compared with his somewhat submissive appearance before, he now looks much more mature and confident.

After he came back, he didn't go to see Tang Tian for the first time, but went to Cole for private training.

The next day, the team's daily training, after the basic training, Tang Tian had some whims, like looking at the abilities of Thibodeau and Cole, and asked them to select players to play an intra-team training match.

Thibodeau has been with Tang Tian for more than a year, but his coaching style is still defensive, except for Yao Ming, he chose the team's good defense, Battier, Petrus...... Sun Yue was also chosen by him.

Kerr specializes in shooting three-pointers, and Maddy, Novak, Millsap, and Billups are all on his team.

The game started quickly, and Tang Tian sat on the sidelines and watched.

Cole's side played at a fast pace, and Thibodeau's side was obviously a little overwhelmed.

Without those three-point shooters, Yao Ming was heavily caught under the basket, and Sun Yue and Barria couldn't shoot the three-point shots on the outside.

This is also expected by Tang Tian, Cole's understanding of basketball is very advanced, and this fast-paced style of play is the future trend of the league.

However, in the one-sided game, Sun Yue played a lot of presence on the defensive end.

When training before, Sun Yue often missed people and lost position, but at this time, whether it was against Novak or Billups, he could hold it, and he also covered Maddie when he helped defend.

You can see that he is really ready to play.

Before the game that night, Tang Tian put Sun Yue on the activation list.

The Warriors in turmoil have completely lost the momentum of last season's black eight, and although they are still bombarding, the team's offensive efficiency has dropped significantly.

Last season's Black Eight Warriors were not the Rockets' opponents at all, and after the first quarter, the Rockets had a 15-point lead of 31-16.

The huge gap made Tang Tian bold in employing people.

At the beginning of the second quarter, he replaced Sun Yue on the court.

The Rockets' lineup on the court is Barria, Sun Yue, Novak, Scola and Marc Gasol.

The Warriors still have Ellis in the starting lineup, and the other four are Azubuike, Marco Belinelli, Matt Barnes and veteran Chris Webber.

The Rockets' bench defense is 3-2 and the Warriors' outside three-pointers.

Ellis dribbled to the frontcourt, and Barnes and Azubuke played two blocks and dismantled without a three-point opportunity, and saw that his defender in front of him was replaced by Sun Yue, so he chose to break through without saying a word.

Ellis's speed was very fast, and Scott under the basket came out to help defend, and he directly changed direction to the right hand side, leaning on Sun Yue's low-handed layup.

Sun Yue jumped up to block, but Ellis made a folded layup in the air.

"Smack!"

Sun Yue hit Ellis's hand.

The referee blows the whistle and signals that it is a thug foul.

Sun Yue hugged the back of his head with both hands.

"Don't take it lightly." Tang Tian stood up from the sidelines at this time and reminded loudly.

This is not Sun Yue's problem alone, rookies like to block, and Ellis's personal ability is very strong, so it is easy to be deceived and fouled.

Sun Yue heard Tang Tian's reminder and nodded.

Ellis hit both free throws to help the Warriors continue to score points.

The Rockets' offense, Barria and Gasol hit the free-throw line to block and then go straight to the basket.

After seeing the Warriors' defense shrink, a ball was given to Sun Yue on the outside.

Sun Yue catches the ball and makes a three-point shooting gesture.

Belinelli pounced on the sidelines.

But at this moment, Sun Yue suddenly collected the ball violently, and then threw the ball to Novak in the bottom corner.

Novak receives the ball in the open space and shoots directly.

"Huh!"

Three points should be called into the net.

Tang Tian nodded, this ball was handled well, it seems that Sun Yue has indeed made progress in the Development League.

The Warriors' offense, Ellis took advantage in the previous round, and this round directly asked Azubuke to block and dismantle, and after switching to Sun Yue's defense, he directly signaled his teammates to pull away.

"Monta, this is ready to teach the newcomers a lesson." Brin in the commentary seat spoke.

"Hopefully this class won't last long." Mark Jackson on the side joked with a smile.

Tang Tian stared at the field at this time.

As the two commentators say, the NBA is a brutal place where the best basketball players in the world compete, which means that everyone will take every opportunity to show themselves and prove their worth.

It doesn't matter if you're the top pick in the draft, the lottery or the second round, or a short-term job, as long as your opponent finds that you have a clear advantage in the matchup, then he will beat you to the end.

This is also the reason why Tang Tian didn't go to Sun Yue before, it's okay to play once, but a few more times will really break the player's self-confidence.

Ellis changed direction, changed direction again.

Sun Yue's center of gravity began to waver a little.

Seizing the moment when Sun Yue's center of gravity was unstable, Ellis "snapped" an acceleration and slammed directly into the basket from the right side.

Sun Yue was cleaned up.

Gasol under the basket was stuck in advance by Webb, and Ellis's eyes were already open, and he directly chose to pick the basket.

But at this moment, a black shadow attacked behind him.

Ellis collects the ball, but the overhead hand is still there.

He made another hand-over pull-up layup in the air.

The ball was on the more difficult side, and the ball grazed the rebound and was drawn out from the other side.

The rebound was picked up by that hand.

Ellis turned around, and then saw the owner of the figure, Sun Yue! That rookie!

"Oh, this rookie has pretty good movement speed and physical talent, Monta is careless." Jackson spoke.

"Yes, but to be honest, I'm not surprised, since Tang Tian joined the Rockets, the rookies of the Rockets have always been able to surprise people, and it seems that this Chinese rookie named Sun is no exception." Brin said and looked at the Rockets bench.

Tang Tian also nodded with satisfaction at this time.

Sun Yue has indeed changed.

His ability has improved compared to before he went to the development alliance, but the improvement is not so obvious, and the obvious change is his attitude.

In this ball just now, Ellis had actually shaken him away, in fact, Ellis thought the same thing, but Sun Yue did not give up after being shaken away, but chased forward with all his might, with long hands and long feet, and let him catch up at the last moment.

As soon as Ellis underestimated the enemy, he was successfully interfered with by Sun Yue.

"Damn it!" Ellis realized this and punched him angrily.

But at this moment, Sun Yue raised his hand and threw the ball violently, throwing the ball directly to the front court.

Barria had just crossed the halfway line by this time.