The changes for the Rockets this season are mainly the rise of rookies, in addition to second-year Beverley replacing Jeremy Lin as the starter, the same second-year power forward Terrence Jones has also become the starter.

Of course, Howard's addition is big news.

Now the Rockets' lineup is both inside and outside, which is relatively perfect, and the offensive end is also very sharp, but there are some problems on the defensive end, which is also the gap between them and several top teams.

Even so, this season's Rockets are considered one of the teams capable of competing for a championship, albeit one of them at the bottom.

With Howard here, the Heat's rebounds can be imagined to be an avalanche again.

However, Howard's offensive ability has not improved for so many years, which is a typical waste of talent, and he has not played very well since he came to the Rockets for tactical reasons, and his physical fitness has declined before he is 30 years old.

However, he is still an All-Star, and he controlled the rebounds firmly at the beginning, so that the Rockets can attack with confidence.

The starting lineup of the Rockets' young players is also full of energy, especially Beverley, who not only defends extremely hard, but also has an excellent ability to take opportunities on the offensive end.

This kind of No. 1 position that doesn't want the ball to have defense, the Heat also wants to think about it.

Jeremy Lin's competition for the starting position is also understandable, Jeremy Lin's core style of play does not have the strength of the core, and Zhang Xiaotian has long known that there will be problems.

The core of the team definitely wants the ball, and if you can't reach this ceiling, you have to adapt.

Jeremy Lin tried hard, but without the ball, he was an ordinary player, not worthy of Lin's crazy value.

This is also the reason why Zhang Xiaotian is forbearance now, if his own strength has not gone up, even if a team is willing to try to make him the core, it will become an embarrassing scene like Jeremy Lin's now.

The Rockets have been active on the offensive end since the beginning, and Harden can score and assist, which is somewhat similar to James.

However, the Rockets' defense is far behind, and James and Wade can basically play casually.

But during the rotation period, the style of the rocket changed.

The substitutes Asik and Motaiyunas were big men, and their speed dropped all at once.

Although there is an idea of targeting the Heat's interior line, in fact, there is no one on their bench, so Jeremy Lin can play, and other players have obvious advantages and disadvantages than Jeremy Lin.

The bottom line is that their rotation players and starters are a bit of a mismatch.

Unlike the Heat, although the rotation players are a group of old men, they are basically configured for the starters.

So the Rockets' fluid offense was gone after the bench players came on the court, and the tempo became slower.

The Heat also don't like slow pace, but the individual ability of the players is still slightly better.

Originally, in the first quarter, they were forced a little tight by the Rockets' offense, and the Rockets took the initiative to slow down, which made them slow down, but they were still a little tired from back-to-back.

At halftime, the Heat also summed up the first half, one is rebounding, and the other is the problem of marking Harden.

Rebounds can be said to be relatively incomprehensible, but the inner defense, they definitely need to pinch shots.

The Rockets are a team with an outside line, and you need to pay attention to other points when you are in the middle.

Harden definitely still let Wade defend, although Wade's defense has dropped slightly due to physical reasons, but it is still a first-class level, and it is no problem to deal with Harden.

Then there is the No. 1 position, Spoelstra is extremely unhappy with the defense of the No. 1 position, and Chanmos has also become the starter with the least playing time.

But Norris Cole didn't do a good job either, and Spoelstra couldn't figure out how these two guys couldn't even get a Beverley.

Bosh can't help it, and he can't force himself against the big center.

The problems have been found, but it is not so easy to solve.

Wade actually did a good job of defending Harden, but after Harden became the core, he really improved a lot, and several points directly created scoring opportunities.

On the Heat's side, there was a small crisis due to the collective striking of the Big Three.

Spoelstra didn't expect problems in attack, and at half-time he focused solely on defence.

In this case, Zhang Xiaotian began to strengthen the offensive in advance.

He's still different from before, even if he doesn't have the skill open, he can still fight, but the efficiency is lower.

Parsons was also a little uncomfortable with Zhang Xiaotian's defense, he is also a bully and afraid of hard now, he doesn't play well when he encounters a strong defense, and he desperately brushes up points when he encounters a weaker one, but he makes the data better than Zhang Xiaotian.

Now that Zhang Xiaotian has been restricted in turn, he can't help but get shy.

"Well, you can't win this game."

"Idiot, brother, I haven't made a force yet."

"Hehe, it's my brother who doesn't exert my strength, believe it or not, I'll keep you clean up next, why don't we make a bet, I know a good store, and I'll lose a treat."

The two are relatively familiar now, and the trash talk is not so bitter and bitter.

However, on the court, the loser will definitely be deflated.

In the last few minutes of the quarter, Wade and Zhang Xiaotian were all out of the court, and when James led the team alone, the Heat did not play a three-point rain, but were continuously grabbed by the Rockets to rebound in the frontcourt, and the score advantage was expanded to 10 points.

The number of rebounds in a single quarter is not even half of the opponent's, which is really something that cannot be helped.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, it was time for James to rest.

The Rockets are still playing inside, and they have two big men in the rotation.

However, Asik and Motai Yunas were both slow, Jeremy Lin handed the ball to Asik, and Asik subconsciously wanted to make a move, but he didn't notice that Zhang Xiaotian had come over to attack like lightning.

None of the Heat's pinching shots were so fast before, and Asik was stealed before he could react.

Zhang Xiaotian picked up the ball and advanced quickly, and when he arrived at the opponent's half, he looked at Parsons, who was quickly defending, and grinned, and ran over the opponent with an acceleration change of direction, and the tomahawk dunked violently.

Parsons's face was a little green, and the two sides had dealings with each other before, but Zhang Xiaotian was too faceless now.

He's a face-saving man, or this guy still has a fluke mentality.

When it was the Rockets' turn to attack, Parsons tried to play singles.

When he was forced by Zhang Xiaotian to miss the shot in a hurry on the outside, Parsons was sure that Zhang Xiaotian, who gave him an incomparably headache, appeared again.

Seeing Zhang Xiaotian score in a row and chase the score to the worst 3 points in less than three minutes, Rockets head coach Kevin McHale realized the problem.

McHale was also single, and immediately replaced all the main forces with a timeout.

The Heat are the public enemies of the league, and some strong teams are reluctant to fight with them because they can't beat them anyway, and some teams really want to win their morale, and the Rockets are one of them.

It's been a long time since they've beaten the Heat, and now that they have the opportunity, the Rockets won't let it go.