October 30 is the opening day of the NBA regular season.

The Rockets will also face the Nuggets at home on this day, officially opening the curtain of the new arena Toyota Center.

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"The arena has actually been open to the public, and earlier this month, on October 6th, the Frivo Mack Band held a concert here, but the venue for the concert was completely different from the venue for a basketball game."

With more than four hours to go before the start of the game, Qiao Hai, as the owner, was introducing the new arena to Stu Jackson, the league's vice president who came to attend the opening of the Toyota Center on behalf of the league.

"As a basketball arena, the arena can accommodate 18,300 spectators, and in addition, near the middle level of the stadium stands, there are 2,900 club seats and 103 luxury suites."

At this point, Stu Jackson couldn't help but ask: "Is there a problem with parking?" ”

Parking has always been a problem for NBA arenas, with less than 20,000 fans coming to a game, plus players, broadcast teams and reporters, and NBA staff, then more than 20,000 people come to a game, and more than 5,000 cars are parked near the arena for an average of four people per car.

Regarding the problem of parking, Qiao Hai said with a smile: "We have a dedicated parking lot for the gymnasium, which can accommodate 2,500 cars, and in addition, there are more than 10,000 parking spaces within several streets near the gymnasium, so parking is definitely not a problem." ”

Stu Jackson nodded, compared to the Compaq Center, the Toyota Center is a new arena after all, all the facilities are brand new, and they are all excellent.

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The new arena was unveiled, and the Rockets held an event that was very simple, and they brought back Hakim Olajuwon to unveil the new arena.

Then, the team's owner, Leslie Alexander, spoke.

It took about half an hour for the unveiling ceremony to end, and then the main stage of the arena was handed over to Qiao Hai and his team.

In this game, the Rockets' opponent is the Nuggets, who were at the bottom of the league last year.

In the new season, in addition to the draft selection of Dakomilisic, the Nuggets also made several signings, including a six-year, 55 million contract to get Andre Miller, and a base salary to sign back to Woshan Leonard.

Coupled with Marcus Cambe and Nene Hilario, who were traded for Antonio McDice last season, the Nuggets' roster this season is also quite competitive.

But the problem is that Daco Milicic has a current overall rating of only 71 points, and while his potential is high, Milicic doesn't have the immediate power of Anthony right now, so the Nuggets are missing a backbone.

Without the backbone, this Nugget only has the strength of the lotto.

Therefore, in the first game of the season, Qiao Hai was not under much pressure, and before the start of the game, he made adjustments and arrangements step by step.

He first announced the starting lineup for this game: "For this game, the starting lineup is as follows: point guard Gary Payton, shooting guard Dwyane Wade, small forward Ron Artest, power forward Chris Anderson and center Yao Ming. ”

Then, for the tactical play of this game, Qiao Hai said very simply: "At the beginning, we first played our regular tactics, Garido held the ball, Yao Duo received the ball, and we first chiseled through the opponent's defense from the high position." ”

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After the warm-up, both teams made their starts.

On the Rockets' side, it's a regular starter, and on the Nuggets side, Andre Miller, who was signed at a high price in the summer, is the starting point guard, the scoring guard is Joan Barry, the small forward Woshan Leonard, the big forward Nene Hilario, and the center Marcus Camby.

Milicic still failed to start because his individual performances in the eight games of pre-season were so poor that it looked like Dako Milicic would not be able to start without a period of training.

Qiao Hai also sighed secretly, whether Milicic can become a talent in this life depends on whether Nuggets coach Jeff Bouzderrick has patience.

However, Jeff Bouzedrick is a defensive coach, and his ability to adjust offensive players is something Qiao Hai can't believe.

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The referee tossed the ball over the arena and the new Toyota Center welcomed the all-new rockets.

Beep! The race is on!

Yao's height advantage played a role again, as he was a full head taller than Camby and easily flipped the basketball over, and the Rockets began their first offense of the game.

"The Rockets got the ball in the opening offense, and they're going to start attacking, and in this game, they're against the Nuggets, who were at the bottom of the league last season, so they should be able to win easily."

In the commentary seat, McBrin is also very optimistic that the Rockets can win, in fact, in the opening game, no one thinks that the Rockets will lose, including Qiao Hai himself.

In the first ball of the opening game, Gary Payton controlled the ball past half court, and after a small run on the outside, he directly gave the ball to Yao Ming.

Nuggets coach Jeff Buzderrick laid out the defense against Yao Ming early, and Nene pulled up to the high post to defend Yao Ming closely.

But the young Nene was inexperienced, and he stuck too close, so that Yao Ming turned around and shot at Nenei.

Beep!

The referee blew the whistle and signaled for a foul on the Nene thug.

There was cheers and applause in the Toyota Center, and in the first ball of the opening game, Yao Ming made a foul very smartly and went directly to the free throw line.

"Yao Ming shot 81.1 percent from the free-throw line last season, and those two free throws are equivalent to giving away points."

McBrin rightly thought that both penalties would go in, and it did.

Two smacks, and both free throws were hollowed into the net.

The Rockets scored 2 points first!

The Nuggets' offense, the ball was given to Andre Miller, who is still Miller, and Andre Miller, who is still Miller, chose to break through directly, and stepped into the three-point line against Gary Payton's defense, and then threw a small shot.

But the ball was interfered with by Gary Payton, and naturally it didn't go in.

Inside Chris Anderson grabbed the rebound, but the Rockets did not take this opportunity to play fast break, which is also because Qiao Hai had an arrangement before the game: not to play fast break, only to press the position!

In the new season, the Rocket's tactics have not been completely run-in, and the opportunity to seize the fast break will only be seven or eight more points in a game, Qiao Hai would rather give up these seven or eight points, but also give the team enough opportunities to run in the tactics in actual combat.

As a result, Gary Payton pressed down the tempo and began to attack the position.

Yao Ming made a single block on the outside, and after hand-to-hand cooperation, he took the basketball again, and this time, Nene Hilario took a big step away.

Yao Ming took a light step and shot directly!

In the frightened eyes of Nene, there was a thud!

This shot is a direct hit!

The cheers in the Toyota Center suddenly exploded, and at the beginning, Yao Ming scored 4 points in a row! The state is extremely hot!

No one in this Nuggets seems to be able to stop Yao Ming, and the 2.26-meter Yao Ming appears in a high position, which seems to be a BUG!