On January 27, the Rockets took revenge on the Mavericks at home, winning 104-81 to snap a three-game winning streak.

Steve Francis got 34 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists, Yao Ming cut 29 points, 9 rebounds and 2 blocks, and Artai was in average shape in this game, only 12 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and 1 block.

Then, on January 29, the Rockets defeated the Timberwolves 121-101 at home, winning four in a row.

In this game, the three cores broke out again, Steve Francis had 27 points and 8 assists, Yao Ming had 24 points, 13 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal and 3 blocks, and Ron Artest had 22 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists.

Carlos Boozer off the bench also had 18 points and five rebounds.

The Rockets, who burst out at full strength, won the Timberwolves again.

But on Jan. 31, the Rockets lost 89-105 at home to the Kings, ending their losing streak.

In this way, the Rockets' January schedule is all over, and in the whole of January, the Rockets only lost three games, and the final record is 12-3, and the overall record has become 26-19.

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At the beginning of February, Qiao Hai, who wore two hats, began to be busy again.

On this day, Qiao Hai got up at 6 o'clock, went out to get the newspaper first, then returned to the restaurant, made some breakfast for himself, poured a glass of milk, and read the newspaper while drinking.

"The all-star voting is over, and Yao Ming is elected the vote king!"

The headline caption attracted Qiao Hai, who poured a mouthful of milk, the milky liquid on the side of his mouth, and under the headline was a report written by the Houston Documentary.

He glanced at it a few times, and there was basically no criticism, and the reporter just lamented the number of fans in the Celestial Empire.

After breakfast, Joe took the newspaper and drove his Maybach to the training gym at the Compaq Center.

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In the training hall, a new day began, Qiao Hai took the newspaper and went directly into his office.

It didn't take long for the coaching staff to arrive.

Stanreford knocked on Qiao Hai's door: "Joe, what do you say about today's training?" ”

"Just go with your regular training schedule and don't need to change too much."

Stan Lefu nodded, raised his hand and glanced at the time, the training had not started yet, he could still chat with Qiao Hai for a while.

So, he sat opposite Qiao Hai.

"Joe, have you seen the February schedule?"

"Look, the first game against the Timberwolves, we've beaten them twice, and they're definitely going to get revenge."

"And then?"

Stan Lorefour seemed to mean something, Qiao Hai smiled, he understood what Stan Lorefour meant.

"Then the Cavaliers and the Jazz of the two wars, and then the Grizzlies."

"Playing the Grizzlies or playing away, we're going back to Vancouver." Stamrefour looked scrappy.

Qiao Hai is similar: "Yes, back to Vancouver, Huby's team has a good result, and now the Grizzlies are second in the West, and we have to play second in the West, and the pressure is still very high." ”

"What are you afraid of, you have the old master buff!"

"Old Master Buff?"

"That's right, you haven't lost against the Lakers, and I'm sure it's the same if you play the Grizzlies, we won't lose!"

Qiao Hai smiled: "I hope you are right, fight the grizzly bear, we must not lose!" ”

After chatting for a while about the February schedule, there was a knock on the door again.

Darryl Morey pushed the door in and handed Qiao Hai an announcement from the league: "Joe, the NBA's official announcement, the official announcement at two o'clock in the afternoon, this is what they sent in advance, you are the best coach in January." ”

Qiao Hai got a list, and the list showed that the best coach in the West in January was Qiao Hai, the best coach of the month in the East was Byron Scott of the Nets, the best player in the West was Kobe, the best rookie in the East was Jermaine O'Neal, the best rookie in the West was Yao Ming, and the East was Caron Butler.

Stanreford, who was sitting on the side, immediately smiled: "Congratulations, Joe, another trophy has been purchased." ”

Qiao Hai smiled, it's no wonder, he has already gotten a lot of this trophy for the best coach.

"I can't put it at home, so I'll give you one another day."

Darryl Morey didn't leave, he had other things to report, but Stan Lefu left first, on the one hand, the training was about to start, Qiao Hai was very busy and couldn't take care of the training, so this aspect of the matter could only be taken care of by Stan Lefford.

On the other hand, it is obvious that Qiao Hai is going to start busy, and it is not good for Stan Lorefour to continue to bother Qiao Hai.

When Stamreford left, Darryl Morey quickly handed Qiao Hai another document: "This is the latest summary of the Scouting Department and the prediction of the draft, LeBron James is the top pick in the prediction, the list is Carmelo Anthony of Syracuse University, and the Tanhua is T.J. Ford ...... from the University of Texas."

The Scouting Department's prediction draft, basically, predicts the same order as the current mainstream media projections.

LeBron James is still No.1, although he is only a high school student, but the name of the little emperor is already thunderous, and he has not participated in the draft, and there are already a lot of advertisers coming to the door.

It is said that Nike is also preparing to offer LeBron James an unprecedented sky-high price to sign the little emperor who is destined to succeed in the NBA.

Carmelo Anthony's position is still unstable, and TJ Ford's position in the Tanhua position is still a little unexpected.

Qiao Hai knew that when the rookies on the European side also entered the American scouts, a Daco Milicic would be added to the lotto.

"At the moment, the industry generally believes that this is going to be a big year for the draft, so my opinion is whether to make a trade and trade for the first-round pick of this draft."

Qiao Hai thought for a while and shook his head: "No, Darryl, if you think so, there must be other teams who will think so, the price of the first-round pick will increase, and it is not cost-effective for us to make such a deal again." ”

Morey nodded, changed the subject again, and gave Qiao Hai a new piece of information.

"This is the feedback from the media department, yesterday, the NBA officially announced the final results of the All-Star vote, Yao is the final vote king, the media department found that many media reports today have mocked Yao's identity as the vote king, ESPN's headline is even: A center far inferior to Shaq, why did he become the vote king?"

Darryl Morey said as Qiao Hai took out the Houston Documentary he had brought with him.

"I was about to talk about this, you can take a look, even the documentary newspaper thinks it is strange that Yao Ming was elected as the king of votes, and they think that the huge fan base of the Celestial Empire has played a role."

Qiao Hai handed the newspaper to Morey: "Actually, I think the best way for us to deal with this matter is to treat it coldly and not respond." ”

As for whether Yao Ming is worthy of this vote king, Qiao Hai feels that he can afford it.

All-Star, as the name suggests, this is a show for star players, and there are more fans than anyone, Yao Ming has obviously more fans than other players, why can't he become the king of votes?

Therefore, Qiao Hai in his previous life also expressed his anger because the NBA canceled the counting of the All-Star vote in the Celestial Empire District, and he believed that the NBA's practice was actually a kind of discrimination.

After dealing with a few trivial things, Qiao Hai carried his luggage and set off directly.

The Rockets didn't play for the first two days of February, and Johi decided to fly to Marquette University to scout a very important NCAA player.