The scene was also full of laughter at this time.

Martin pretended to be forced before the game, but the reality is that pretending to be forced requires capital.

Yao Mingjia hit a free throw, and the Rockets have a full 10-point lead over the Nuggets at 14-4.

It's only been more than four minutes.

The situation on the opening field is also a microcosm of the two teams.

Although they have two players who are ranked in the top five in the league at each position, the Nuggets seem to be powerless to play because they are both single-handed.

Except for wizards like Tekes Winter, who integrated this single tactic and made a so-called "triangle tactic", and Phil Jackson, who carried it forward in later generations, other coaches really can't handle the relationship between individual players and the team as a whole.

George Carr is a manager, but the situation on the pitch shows that there is not much he can do.

The game played more than half a quarter, and the Rockets' on-court lead had reached as many as 15 points.

After Martin's comeback, the Nuggets' collapse seems to be coming a little faster than ever.

Karl looked helpless on the sidelines.

But the good news is that after enduring half a quarter, the two sides finally entered the bench rotation time one after another.

The Nuggets replaced J.R. Smith on the court, replaced Iverson, who was not feeling well, to rest, and brought Anthony Carter, a point guard who played the game, and Martin was also replaced by None.

The Nuggets made a round change, with Anthony and Kreiza still on the court.

The Rockets' side was more thorough, and all five main forces were withdrawn.

However, these five substitutes came up, and Karl's face was a little unpleasant.

Marc Gasol and Scola on the inside, Petrus on the front, Sun Yue and Billups on the outside.

This is special, if you put it in the east, you can get a team to start!

Otherwise fine, the key is Billups.

He didn't start before the game, and fans speculated, and the Nuggets also speculated if he had an injury, but it was uncertain because Billups was wearing a training jersey.

Now, I didn't see anything tied up on the field, and I didn't see anything uncomfortable, so it's all right!

This is simply playing Tianji horse racing, playing Laipi!

Use Barria's inferior horse to give Iverson's superior horse, and then use Billups' superior horse to beat Anthony Carter's inferior horse......

"Toot!"

The timeout came back and the game continued.

Billups controls the ball and goes up front to organize the attack.

Billups brought substitutes, which Tang Tian used more at the beginning of the season, and later with the growth of Sun Yue and the increase in the strength of the team's overall run-in, it was gradually used less.

Now that I use it again, Billups is also very familiar with it.

Beckoning Gasol to block high, then cut directly to the basket, met the defense and contracted a crotch hit back to Gasol, who hit a solid two-point shot from the mid-range space.

This time the offense is a smooth fight.

The Nuggets' defense was already poor, and with the physical consumption of Anthony and Creza, coupled with J.R. Smith, who didn't know much about defense, the Nuggets couldn't defend this lineup on the court.

The Nuggets' offense, as his physical fitness declined, Anthony played more of an offensive containment role at this time.

At this time, after attracting the defense, he distributed the ball to Anthony Carter on the outside.

With the Rockets' lineup, the defensive focus is on Anthony and Smith, and Carter is not under much pressure.

However, Carter is a point guard who is more organized, and he is not good at three-point shooting, so he has the shooting space to make a strong shot.

"Bang!"

The basketball smashes out of the frame.

Gasol carded the inside to close the defensive rebound.

The Rockets' offense, still organized by Billups, called Gasol to block and break through, this time the Nuggets did not shrink, and as a result, Billups accelerated directly past Camby for a layup after the block.

Billups' strength is obvious to all, and with the defensive intensity of the Nuggets, there is really nothing to do with him.

In this way back and forth, the score on the field was not only approaching, but was getting wider and wider.

The live camera shows Karl on the Nuggets' bench.

Karl sat there with a blank expression.

Team Rocket's rotation, this style of play, made him feel like he was fighting a landlord, and he had a pair of king bombs against his family, and then the system reminded him that "I only have one card".

Despair!

By halftime, the Rockets had a full 24-point lead at 67-43.

Coming back in the second half, Iverson warmed up and caused consecutive defensive fouls on Barria to help the Nuggets close the score to about 15 points.

But when it came to the bench period, Billups came up with a set of east-west-north-south punches, and the difference in points "poofed" and ran out for 20 minutes.

In the fourth quarter, Karl simply let Iverson play this bench time as well.

This change played a role, but it did not change the general trend on the field.

In the end, the Rockets defeated the Nuggets 116-92 at home to get their first playoff victory.

Anthony scored 32 points in the game and failed to deliver on his pregame promise to Denver fans.

However, it can be seen that the difference in strength between the two sides is not something that Anthony alone can change.

The Rockets got off to a winning start, but it was completely expected.

After a two-day break, the second game of the series between the two sides continued at the Toyota Center.

With the lessons learned from the previous game, Martin was noticeably more low-key before the game.

Karl also summed up the lessons learned from the first game, increasing Iverson's playing time and allowing him to play with the bench in his bench time.

Such a change makes the Nuggets' disadvantage look a lot smaller than it was in Game 1.

At halftime, the Rockets' lead was 10 points less than the first, at just 14 points.

However, in the second half, the Nuggets collapsed again, and the reason for the collapse was this rotation adjustment of Karl.

It was common for Iverson to play the whole court at his peak, but it was precisely because of this style of play in the early years that his physical strength declined very quickly as he grew older.

At the end of the third quarter, looking at the 25-point difference, Old Carl shook his head helplessly.

He is really a good woman, and it is difficult to cook without rice.

In the end, the Rockets defeated the Nuggets 108-92 to make the series 2-0.

While other teams in the West are fighting to the death, the Rockets are playing exceptionally relaxed and leisurely.

Tang Tian also began to set his sights on another group of matchups, the Hornets and the Jazz.

The Jazz have a tough style of play, and most people don't think the young Hornets can afford to bargain.

The result was good, and the Hornets who were fighting at home won two games in a row and took a 2-0 lead.

This also surprised Tang Tian a little.

In his previous life, he was very impressed, Deron Williams did three things a day, in addition to eating and sleeping, that is, beating Paul.

He deliberately went through the video footage of the match between the two teams, and soon, he found out that this young team could cause them a lot of trouble in the second round. <