At 103:107, the Rockets only lost by 4 points in the end, which was not much, and it can be said that they were narrowly defeated.

If the Rockets could handle the details a little better, maybe they would have won this game, but Qiao Hai felt that they had done a good enough job.

"It's hard, it's still too hard!"

It's really too difficult, just looking at the course of this game, the Rockets have done well enough, they are only a few shots away from victory in the final moments.

If the rockets can score a few goals in the last 4 minutes of the fourth quarter, the suspense will at least remain until the end of the game, Qiao Hai does not dare to say that he will be able to win the game, he can only say that if those goals are scored, the hope of the rocket winning the game is very great.

But it was those key shots that failed to score that the Rockets would have been trailing by 6 to 8 points and eventually lost the game.

This is actually a reflection of the true strength of the Rockets, they have done a good enough, but in terms of strength, they are indeed one or even more than one gear behind this Grizzly Bear.

Of course, one thing must be for sure is that losing in this game is not unacceptable, on the contrary, it is normal to lose one game away from home, and in the next game, the Rockets have a chance to win.

If they steal a win on the road, the Rockets will instead gain the series advantage.

……

At the press conference after the game, Qiao Hai was not in the mood because of the loss, and after hastily answering two or three questions, he led the team to leave the GM Arena directly.

After losing the first game, the atmosphere of the team was not good, and even a little sluggish.

However, Qiao Hai didn't intervene in anything, he felt that the slump after the loss should also be there, and if the players didn't react to the loss at all, it would be really strange.

The bus arrived at the hotel without any obstacles along the way.

At this time, it was already late at night, and a large crowd gradually gathered near the hotel, noisy, Qiao Hai noticed this unkind crowd, and he knew that Billy Knight's off-the-board trick had finally come.

"Everyone goes to bed with earplugs and eye patches, get a good night's sleep, and tomorrow morning when I wake up early, I'm going to lay out the tactical play for the next game."

"Also, the coaching staff went to my room ......"

……

In Qiao Hai's room, Bixduff and his sons, Stan Loreford, Brad Stevens, and Tang Yi sat on two single beds.

Qiao Hai found a chair, placed the tactical board, and stood aside.

"We lost the first game, everyone summed up, what problems do we have."

Qiao Hai glanced at Stan Lefu, and Stan Lefu waved his hand: "I don't know, in my opinion, we have played well enough, the only problem is that a few key balls are not handled properly." ”

Tang Yi also nodded immediately: "That's right, that time happened to be the most intense and anxious time for the two teams to play, all kinds of giant stars on the Grizzly Bear's side, Da Yao on our side couldn't open his hand, and other players couldn't find a chance, a wave was expanded by 6 points, and then we couldn't catch up, it hurt too much." ”

"Except for the giant planets? No more questions? ”

At this point, Brad Stevens stood up, walked over to the board, and said: "The problem is obviously still there, in this game, we gave Maddie 42 points, and that's it, we also gave Pau Gasol 27 points, obviously, our defense is wrong." ”

Qiao Hai quickly nodded in agreement, indeed, Brad Stevens was right, the Rockets' defense was problematic in this game.

Even if you can't stop Maddy, even Pau Gasol can't limit it, which is obviously a problem with the Grizzlies' defense.

After analyzing the problem, Brad Stevens immediately put forward a suggestion: "In the next game, I have a suggestion, we can slightly increase the confrontation, the defensive action can be slightly larger, and test the scale of the referee." ”

Qiao Hai thought about it for a moment and nodded: "You can consider it." ”

If the confrontation is increased and the action on the defensive end increases, the impact on the Grizzlies is still not small, just look at the lineup of the Rockets, except for Yao Ming, the other players are all strong men.

And there are a lot of villains, like Ron Artest, like Chris Anderson.

Increasing confrontation is indeed a method, but the question is whether the scale of the referee will be relaxed, if the scale of the referee is looser, then the Rockets can use high-intensity confrontation to deal with the Grizzlies' offense.

If the referee is very strict, this path will not work.

Veteran coach Bernie Bixduff came up with another idea: "Although we lost this game, it still played a big role, at least it proved that our attacking style of play was correct, and the rotation method was also correct. ”

"Actually, we can build on this game and further strengthen our attack."

"For example?"

"We still don't use Yao much, his playing time has been controlled by us, he played the first and third quarters of this game, and he had a break at the beginning of the fourth quarter before he played, and after a game, he only played for more than 30 minutes."

'I think we can increase the use of him, increase his possession and let him play more singles.

"In addition, when Yao is not there, our small lineup fast attack play is a very good idea, but we are not thorough enough, I think our fast attack can be a little more crazy, completely on a small lineup, no need to stay, just play fast attack."

Qiao Hai frowned and began to think.

He felt that something was wrong, but when he thought about it, he felt that Bernie Bixduff's idea was more useful than Brad Stevens'.

Therefore, he immediately clapped his hands fiercely: "Then do it!" In the next game, we will increase the confrontation and increase the use of Yao, and we will not rotate the lineup with two inside lines, so we will use one inside line to play a fast attack thoroughly! ”

……

In the next game, the Rockets are still playing on the road, on the road, as long as they can grab a victory, they will take the initiative in this round of the series.

The coaching staff has discussed a new tactical strategy, and from a psychological point of view, Qiao Hai has more confidence in the next game, after all, they only lost by 4 points in the first game, narrowly lost.

After summing up, they will do better in the next game.

But Qiao Hai was still hesitating.

In the system warehouse, 5 status cards lie there quietly, and in addition, there is a little dynasty point that is not used.

Qiao Hai has more than enough means to ensure victory in the next game.

But at this moment, he is still hesitating, still hesitating......