Tang Tian sat steadily on the bench.

Triangle tactics, this tactic that has been eliminated in the previous life, the core is the star's single tactic, which uses the star's strong individual offensive ability to contain the defense and penetrate the opponent closely.

This tactic is still useful in a time when the offensive tempo is slow and the two-point shot is the main offensive method.

Just like in front of him, Petrus, who successfully blocked Kobe Bryant in the last game, was a bit of a blow up this time.

After all, Kobe Bryant is a superstar in the league, and no one can stop him when he feels it.

That's mostly seen, but in reality, what the Lakers often overlook is its defense, with role players not getting involved much on offense, which gives them more energy to devote to the defensive end.

Jackson coached the Bulls for 10 years, and the Lakers currently have eight years, and in the years they won the championship, they were in the top three in the league defensively.

Defend you, and then scuttle you to death with your stars, that's what triangle tactics are all about.

But now it's clear that the Lakers can't stop the Rockets right now.

Tang Tian seized the point of Kobe's physical exertion on the offensive end, and let the tactics keep hitting this point.

Maddie's breakthrough, Yao Ming's misplaced singles, and Billups's strong burst all called directly in front of Kobe.

Kobe Bryant played hard for a section, already out of breath.

Phil Jackson is not Popovich, what he is good at is his ability to handle star relationships, as well as the adjustment of the team, and the ability to adapt on the spot can only be regarded as the middle level of the league.

As a result, when Kobe Bryant came back in the second quarter, the Lakers were in trouble.

Marc Gasol, Scola, Novak, Hyde, Billups, this is the Rockets' lineup on the court.

Famar, Vujacic, Rademanovic, Turiaf, Kwame Brown, this is the Lakers' lineup on the court.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the Rockets still played positional cooperation, but the focus of the offense shifted from the center to the point guard.

Billups and Gasol played blocking and pick-and-roll, and with Gasol's huge body, they directly used their speed to squeeze past Kwame Brown for a layup and score.

The Lakers played blocking and dismantling, and the Rockets directly expanded the 3-2 joint defense and let you burst into the basket.

Famar's breakout was deflected directly by Gasol Jr.'s long arm.

Billups got the rebound to the frontcourt, and then played with Scola to block and dismantle, saw the Lakers shrink under the basket, and directly hit the ground to return the ball to Scola, Scola received the ball comfortably in the middle distance position, and scored directly.

The Lakers went to the frontcourt to block and dismantle again, and Famar burst to the basket again and distributed the ball to the outside Vujasic, but under the change of defense from the outside of the Rockets, he was directly cut off by Hyde.

Billups didn't play a fast break after receiving the ball, pressed to the front, and then played a block and dismantle with Gasol, and after breaking through, a non-looking ball was given to Novak in the bottom corner, and Novak got up and down.

7-0, the Lakers were directly stopped.

This is the biggest difference after the Rockets introduced Billups, and it is also the hole card that Tang Tian showed in the regular season.

At this time last season, Maddie was leading the team to play, because he was an offensive player, and the participation of his teammates was very low.

But Billups is different, Billups is a well-known master of the league in handling the court, and the Rockets' bench scoring ability is not bad.

It's like a dead game of chess, suddenly a rook comes down, and the whole game comes alive.

The main force just caught you, and the substitute killed you.

The rhythm is suffocating.

After the timeout, the Lakers made personnel changes, and Odom was replaced.

Odom stepped in and scuttled Scola in the low post, and the Lakers finally broke the scoring drought.

But in retrospect, Billups of the Rockets immediately assisted Hyde for a three-pointer.

Odom chiseled again, causing Scola's beating hand foul and making one of two free throws to continue scoring points for the Lakers.

But when it came to the Rockets' round, Billups played an aerial relay directly with Marc Gasol, and Gasol's huge body pressed the ball directly into the basket through parallel goods champion Kwame Brown, which also caused the latter's blocking foul.

The cheers of the scene reached through the sky.

The Lakers are a little out of temper this time.

The point difference is getting wider and wider, and Jackson has no choice but to replace Bynum and Kobe Bryant on the court again.

Tang Tian saw that he also changed to the main force, but this time he didn't use Petrus, but went to Battier.

Playing the Jazz in the playoffs last season, Sloan beat Maddie with a wheel war, and made Maddie miserable enough, Tang Tian followed the example of the old coach and used the wheel war to deal with Kobe.

After a two-minute break, Kobe Bryant's hand was still hot, and he hit a long-range shot when he came up, with amazing perseverance, he gritted his teeth in this section and was stunned to carry the Lakers to stabilize the point difference.

At the end of the first half, the Rockets led the Lakers by six points at 56-50, and Kobe Bryant scored 36 points alone.

"Peter Pan" is a realistic version of the heroic performance in Hollywood movies.

However, when we came back from halftime and halfway through the third quarter, this kind of heroic performance shattered my dream.

No matter how strong Kobe Bryant is, he can't be an iron man, and in the face of the high-pressure defense of top defenders like Petrus and Battier, his efficiency inevitably dropped, and he didn't score a few shots in a row.

And as soon as he didn't feel it, the situation that the Lakers had been struggling to maintain collapsed in an instant.

Yao Ming assists Maddy with a three-pointer.

Billups assists Novak with a three-pointer.

Billups scored on a layup.

Gasol turned around and slammed the one-handed slam on the back.

After a wave of 10-0, the game directly announced the early end of the game.

Lakers head coach Phil Jackson kept shaking his head when he saw the last forehead.

Obviously, he didn't expect the Rockets to suddenly become so strong before, you must know that in the preseason, Tang Tian didn't show this kind of hole card.

Bryant scored 51 points on 14-of-39 shooting, 3-of-7 three-pointers, and 20-of-30 free throws, but he couldn't win for his team.

In the end, the Rockets won 110-95 over the Lakers to earn their first win of the new season.

Yao Ming contributed 19 points, 11 rebounds and 6 assists on 8-of-12 shooting, Maddie scored 32 points and 6 rebounds, and Billups had 16 points, 10 assists and 3 steals in his debut.

In addition to the Big Three, Gasol, Millsap, Petrus, and Novak all scored double-doubles.

"A team win."

This is the most said sentence in Tang Tian's post-match interview.

However, when the media reported it, the title was all Tang Tian.

"Tang Tian has created a team victory".

Looking at the media reports, Tang Tian had a feeling of crying and laughing.

Americans like individual heroism, and if this is a change of law, it is necessary to find out the individual.