"Toot!"

As the referee's whistle blew, Yao Ming pulled the ball back to the Rockets' halfcourt, and the Rockets took the lead in attacking.

In the frontcourt, Blake still handed the ball to Yao Ming in the low post.

Despite Maddy's absence, the Rockets don't seem to have any intention of changing their offensive tactics.

Warriors Ellis contracted the bag, and Yao Ming gave the ball to Hyde as soon as possible.

Hyde received the ball and shot a three-pointer.

"Huh!"

Basketball goes into the net crisply.

The Rockets took the lead.

The Toyota Center was filled with cheers.

The Warriors' offense, seeing that the Rockets were still defending a 3-2 defense, Davis directly signaled the team to make an off-ball block for Ellis.

Ellis received the ball, accelerated past Hyde and burst inside, and scored a layup.

It can be seen from the opening two rounds that the tactical arrangement of Warriors head coach Nelson Sr. is also very targeted, that is, hitting you Maddie is not at this point.

Tang Tian quickly realized, but he didn't mean to make adjustments.

The Rockets' offense, the same tactic, is still Hyde receiving the ball, almost empty three-point shots, and going in!

The scene burst into cheers.

Aside from other abilities, in terms of three-point shooting percentage, Hyde is actually higher than Maddie.

This is also the reason why Tang Tian used him as a starter.

The Warriors' offense, Ellis scored again, but the speed of two points was a bit less than the speed of three points.

When the Rockets turned, facing Hyde, who had already hit two three-pointers in a row, Ellis didn't dare to shrink casually.

Yao Ming saw that the Warriors were not helping to defend, so he turned around and hit Biedrins with his foot.

Biedrins was beaten by Yao Ming before, and he didn't dare to reach out anymore at this time.

8-4, despite Maddy's absence, the Rockets' offense doesn't seem to be affected too much.

"I found out that the Rockets are playing in a system, and it is Yao who maintains the operation of this system, and the absence of T-mac may not have such a big impact." Jackson said in surprise.

"Yes, under Tang Tian's rule, this is a system team." Miller on the side said with a smile.

Jackson and Miller's remarks are true, the core of this hard-chiseled style of play is Yao Ming and Millsap's two inside lines, and the lack of two outside lines does not have much impact in the opening game.

And what can be felt is that the mental outlook of the whole team of the Rockets has changed qualitatively compared to the last game.

The suspension of Maddie and Alston has damaged the strength of the Rockets, but the fair and impartial handling of the situation has made the players more willing to do their best for the team.

Ellis still hit Hyde at this point, but the Warriors still didn't have much to do with the Rockets on the defensive end, and after playing most of the first quarter, they still fell behind like the first three games.

18 to 28, the only difference is that they have scored a lot more points than before.

With more than three minutes left before the end of the first quarter, both sides began to replace the bench one after another.

"Now is the time to really test the Rockets, in the past, the team relied on T-mac to lead the team, and now not only is T-mac missing, but Alston is not there, which is also the Warriors' best chance to chase points." Miller quickly analyzed.

Miller's analysis was in place, but he looked at it and found that something was wrong on the court, the Rockets changed back and forth, until the end of the first quarter, Millsap and Blake in the starters were still on the court, and these two played the first quarter directly!

Millsap was on the floor, the Rockets still had a strong point on the inside, and Blake was on the outside, and at the end of the first quarter, the Rockets still led the Warriors by 10 points at 34-24!

This is the adjustment made by Tang Tian.

It's simple, but it works.

When Yao Ming was there, Millsap and Blake were both sappers, and their physical exertion was not large, so it was no problem to play for these three minutes more.

And at the beginning of the second quarter, Tang Tian directly moved Yao Ming up.

This one up, the faces of the Warriors' interior line are extremely ugly.

This is like fighting the landlord with a pair of kings in his hand, in order to play more single cards is to take turns, and the pressure is a little desperate.

When Yao Ming was on the court, the other four positions of the Rockets were all substitutes, but around Yao Ming, as long as the other four people did a good job of passing and shooting, the team's system was still there.

The Warriors took advantage of this period of time when the Rockets' defense weakened and scored a lot of points, but Yao Ming's score on the inside did not decrease, and the difference between the two sides has been maintained.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the absence of Maddie and Alston has had a great impact on the Rockets' rotation, but Tang Tian minimizes this impact with his excellent adjustment ability.

"It's a smart way of playing, but it's a big test of the physical strength of the Rockets, and if the Warriors drag the game into the fourth quarter, the Rockets will definitely get into trouble." Before half-time, Miller analyzed.

Miller's worries were indeed the biggest drawback of this style of play, but as soon as he returned in the second half, the Rockets starters played another wave and stretched the margin from 10 points to about 20 points.

And this is not the end, as soon as the fourth quarter began, Tang Tian threw all the main forces on the court, and after making persistent efforts to stretch the score difference to 25 points, the game was announced in advance.

In fact, because of the existence of more than half a quarter of garbage time, the playing time of the main team of the Rockets is actually not much.

Looking at the performance of the bench players on both sides in the final quarter of the court, Miller only smiled wryly and shook his head.

This Tang Tian is really refreshed his understanding of the basketball game again and again.

In the end, despite the absence of Maddy and Alstom, the Rockets defeated the Warriors 116-96 to win the fifth game of the series between the two sides.

After winning this game, they also successfully eliminated the Warriors 4-1 and advanced to the Western Conference finals.

This is also the first time in a decade that the Rockets have been.

When the final whistle blew, streamers were ejected from the scene, and Houston fans were in a state of revelry.

"You're an incredible opponent." When the two teams finally shook hands, Old Nelson looked at Tang Tian and said from the bottom of his heart.

Nelson Sr. is the coach with the most wins in the NBA right now, and it is an honor for any coach to be recognized by him.

"You're also a great opponent." Tang Tian also said with a smile.

Old Nelson smiled, wished Tang Tian good luck, and then turned around and left.

It was also at this moment that Tang Tian noticed that there was a gaze looking at him.

He turned his head to look and saw that it was Petrus of the Warriors.

Petrus smiled when he saw Tang Tian find out, then turned around and left with his teammates.

Tang Tian didn't know what this meant, but before he could think about it, the team members had already gathered around him and started celebrating.