After two consecutive wins, the Rockets' luck was not so good.

Playing the SuperSonics at home, Steve Francis and Ron Artest are still performing well, and Da Yao also continues to serve as a substitute, still playing soy sauce on the field.

The Rockets lost 97-104 to the more cohesive SuperSonics, ending their winning streak.

Then, on November 9, the Rockets played the Warriors at home.

In this game, Gilbert Arenas, who Tang Shuai didn't want, broke out directly, with 28 points, 6 rebounds and 10 assists on 11-of-15 shooting, plus Jason Richardson's 28 points, 13 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 steals, and Eric Dampier's 23 points, 9 rebounds and 7 blocks, and Antoine Jamison's 21 points.

The Warriors, who started the game with 1 win and 5 losses, directly used their explosive offensive and defensive performances to blow up the Rockets.

The full-game win was 104-88, giving the Rockets a two-game losing streak at home and a third loss of the season.

Yao Ming continued to play soy sauce, playing only 7 minutes in the whole game, and only got 3 points and 2 rebounds on 1-of-1 shooting.

After three days of rest, the Rockets played the Trailblazers again at home, and in this game, under Tang Shuai's hoarseness, the Rockets' defense finally improved a little, and this game gradually became a defensive battle under Tang Shuai's loud voice.

But in the end, the scores of the two teams were close, Steve Francis hit three irons in a row, and the Rockets finally lost the game with a three-point difference of 83:86.

In this game, Da Yao played 15 minutes, scored 7 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 block on 2-of-2 shooting, and his performance was stable and improving.

But the Rockets lost three times in a row at home, and their morale instantly fell to the bottom, and even Qiao Hai couldn't help frowning, after three consecutive defeats, the Rockets' record became 2-4, and they were already at the bottom of the West.

Although there are still very few games, the state of the team really makes Qiao Hai scratch his head, and he doesn't understand Tang Shuai's thoughts anymore, Yao Ming's recent performance is getting better and better, and it is obviously an uncontrollable situation, Qiao Hai doesn't know why Tang Shuai deliberately suppresses Yao Ming......

The reason why Tang Shuai is deliberately suppressed is that Yao Ming already has the strength to start, and in the three games of the Rocket's three consecutive defeats, Yao Ming's shooting has obviously entered the state, but Tang Shuai still only gives Yao Ming about 10 minutes of playing time per game, this suppression is too obvious.

This has to remind Qiao Hai of his previous life, the reason why Charles Barkley's big-mouthed Yao Ming couldn't score 19 points was that Tang Shuai deliberately suppressed Yao Ming, and Yao Ming played as a substitute in the first 11 games of his NBA career.

And the reason why he turned into a starter was because of an outburst of 9 shots against the Lakers who scored 20 points and let Barkley kiss the ass of the donkey, and then in the next game, Tang Shuai continued to suppress Yao Ming.

Until Yao Ming slashed 30 points, 16 rebounds and 2 blocks in the next game, and shot 10 of 12 from the field, an extremely high shooting percentage.

Tang Shuai realized that Yao Ming couldn't be suppressed at all.

Then, Yao Ming officially turned to the starter.

Even after becoming a starter, Yao Ming's playing time was like a pseudo-starter, often only playing ten minutes and twenty minutes in a game.

Qiao Hai didn't understand Tang Shuai's suppressive cultivation method, and for this reason, he also complained about it to Darryl Morey and Stan Lefour.

However, Morey reminded Qiao Hai that Tang Shuai was the head coach, and Qiao Hai could not interfere with Tang Shuai's employment.

From the perspective of veteran coaches, Stan Lefour explained Tang Shuai's training method to Qiao Hai: "Many veteran coaches will have a kind of thinking, they feel that for the cultivation of rookies, they can't let them mess with themselves, but need to suppress, and through this suppression, let these players become better team players......"

"the team players! Yao's future is a superstar, a superstar! ”

Qiao Hai felt a little annoyed, and it suddenly occurred to him that if he was the head coach of this team, then he wouldn't have so many troubles.

Perhaps, next time you choose a team, the general manager and the head coach are the best choices.

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Tang Shuai has been very busy recently, but it is not the team's business, he has been to the hospital twice in the past two days, and finally retrieved a report card.

When he got the report, he smacked his lips and didn't know what to say.

Mrs. Tomjanovich also looked at the report card, then pointed to the report card, and said very seriously: "Rudy, it (the report card) is telling you that you should leave the rocket and retire!" ”

Tang Shuai shook his head: "No, it's just early bladder cancer, and it can't affect my work, the doctor has formulated a series of treatment plans for me, and I just need to follow these treatment plans." ”

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After the physical examination, Tang Shuai still had no intention of resigning.

And this time, Qiao Hai was a little anxious.

Some media photographed Tang Shuai appearing at the Houston Anderson Cancer Center again, and was continuously photographed appearing in places like the Anderson Cancer Center, and many bad speculations began to appear.

The Houston Documentary published a speculative report: "Rudy reappears at Anderson Cancer Center, and he has a physical problem? ”

ESPN's report is more relevant: "It is known that the Rockets prepared a full-body physical examination for all of its employees at the beginning of the season, and Jason Collier was found to have a heart condition during this physical examination and was forced to retire. ”

"And after this physical examination, Rudy Tomjanovic appeared at Anderson Cancer Center in a row, which has to remind people of something, perhaps, the Rockets are not far from changing coaches."

"It's time to talk about who the next head coach of the Rockets will be!"

"Then we still need to discuss? The Rockets have a two-time best coach! ”

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Qiao Hai, who was anxious, chose to put pressure on Tang Shuai, as the general manager, he still had the right to put a little pressure, but this would cause Tang Shuai's dissatisfaction, but at this time, Qiao Hai couldn't care so much.

For this reason, he directly found Tang Shuai and chatted one-on-one.

"Rudy, you've been photographed by the media lately showing up at MD Anderson Cancer Center, what's going on? You're fine. ”

As soon as he came up, Qiao Hai first cared about Tang Shuai's body.

Tang Shuai smiled and said, "It's not a big problem, some small problems, Qiao, let's say, what's the matter with me?" ”

Qiao Hai shook his head secretly, Tang Shuai refused to say, it looked like he still wanted to struggle.

He quickly pulled the topic to the other side: "About Yao, I want to talk to you." ”

Tang Shuai nodded and motioned for Qiao Hai to continue.

Qiao Hai frowned, he realized that Tang Shuai's attitude was a little wrong, but he continued to say: "Yao's recent performance has been very good, I think he can start." ”

Tang Shuai immediately frowned: "No, I think Yao still needs to be pressed, young man, he shouldn't be on top too quickly, and it will be good for their future." ”

"But I think giving them enough opportunities and cultivating their self-confidence is what we have to do now!"

Tang Shuai quickly shook his head, and then got up: "No, Qiao, you have your opinion, I have my opinion, I don't want to quarrel with you, in the next game, Yao will still be a substitute, I will continue to suppress his performance, until I know that I can't suppress him!" ”

Tang Shuai left Qiao Hai's office, the door was not closed, Qiao Hai sat in his chair and thought for a while.

Looking at the empty hallway outside the door, he picked up the microphone of the telephone and hesitated for a while, but finally did not make the call......