The Nets' offense, this time it was House, broke through Spanoulis directly and rushed to the basket to score with a quick shot.

Thibodeau shook his head uncontrollably this time.

Novak and Spanolys, these two are basically defensive black holes on the court!

He looked at Tang Tian, but found that Tang Tian's attention was still on the Nets' half, and he still didn't look at the team's defense.

The Rockets' offense, Spanoulis directly blocked and dismantled Novak this time, and then separated after breaking in, Novak took another three-point shot after receiving the ball.

"Huh!"

Robinson, who switched the Nets' defense, was only one step slower and watched Novak put the ball into the basket steadily.

The final offensive effort from both sides was unsuccessful, and the first quarter ended with the Rockets leading the Nets by 12 points, 36-24.

Despite the sparse defense, this time the bench went up, and the Rockets even opened the score!

Dawson in the audience let out a long breath at this time, and he then smiled a little self-deprecatingly.

Perhaps due to the influence of the two commentators at home, his old fritter is a little not calm enough.

Sure enough, you can't just look at the beginning.

When the whistle blew at the end of the quarter, Thibodeau looked up and saw the score on the field, with a very strange expression.

He has been in the NBA for more than ten years, and it is the first time he has seen a game like this.

Tang Tian's expression didn't change much.

Novak and Spanoolis defended poorly, Van Gundy and Thibodeau knew it, and he, as a traverser, knew better.

But poor defense doesn't mean it can't be used, basketball games, to put it bluntly, still depends on who scores more, as long as they can score more points on the offensive end than they concede on the defensive end, then he dares to use them.

Just like these two minutes, 8-4, the Rockets have a four-point lead.

Of course, it's not absolute, which is why he's been staring at the Nets' halfcourt.

If Novak and Spanoulis can't play on the offensive end, or if the Rockets don't play well on the court, he'll still replace them.

He is willing to give a chance, but whether he can stay on the field or not depends on whether they can seize the opportunity.

It was clear that Novak and Spanouris had seized the opportunity tonight.

The Rockets' main team played normally, Millsap got a lot of opportunities to shoot with Yao Mai holding down the defense, and on the bench, Novak and Spanoulis also emerged and performed eye-catchingly.

In the end, the Rockets suppressed the Nets all over the court and defeated the opponent 115-98, achieving the most hearty victory of the season.

Yao Ming had a quasi-triple-double of 19 points, 11 rebounds and 8 assists, and Maddy scored 38 points, in addition to Millsap becoming the second-highest scoring player for the Rockets, he contributed 20 points and 6 rebounds on 10-of-14 shooting.

Novak off the bench scored 15 points, and Spanoulis contributed six points and six assists, and their performances were also eye-catching.

At the press conference after the game, reporters surrounded the venue.

This was the first game in which Tang Tian became the interim head coach, defeating the Nets with a trident, and the reporters had a bunch of questions in their minds.

In addition to Tang Tian and Thibodeau, Maddie and Millsap also attended the press conference.

"Paul, you scored a career-high 20 points in this game, can you talk about how you're feeling right now?" As soon as the reporter came up, the first thing to ask was Millsap, whose performance in this game was the most amazing.

"I'm excited and I'm excited to be playing next to Hall of Fame superstars like Yao Ming and Maddie, and you know, I wouldn't have had so many scoring opportunities without them." Millsap first praised his teammates.

Maddie smiled and nodded beside her, and the new little brother seemed to be very good at talking.

"Also, I think the biggest reason to win this game is the great arrangement of the coach, he knows the team very well, he knows each of us, he knows how to play in the most comfortable position, he is really unbelievable." Millsap then blew Tang Tian again without surprise.

Tang Tian couldn't help but smile at this time, this Millsap seemed to be not only a horse with a high ball quotient, but also a high EQ.

"Tom, what do you think of this game? Although the Rockets won the game, the team also conceded 98 points in this game, which is not a low score. The second reporter to stand up threw the question at Thibodeau, who has always been the style of this Rockets team as a veteran of Van Gundy, despite Van Gundy's not coming.

Like his old boss Van Gundy, Thibodeau gave the impression of being more old-fashioned, but perhaps he had been with Tang Tian for a while, and his first reaction was to smile after the reporter asked this question.

This move surprised the reporters below.

"Honestly, the defense of this game ...... It was true that it wasn't good, as everyone could see, especially when we came off the bench, but it turned out that Don was right, the defense could win the game, but the winner of the game was the team with the most points. ”

After Thibodeau finished speaking, the reporters below were completely in a commotion.

Thibodeau, who has always been in the same pants with Van Gundy and has always regarded defense as the basis for winning, now said that it takes more points to win?

It's really the sun coming out in the west.

The reporters then naturally looked at Tang Tian, they all knew that the person who made all this change happen was the person sitting next to him.

"Don, what was it like to be a head coach for the first time?" The reporter finally turned the object of the question to Tang Tian.

"It's cool, but actually, it's not the first time I've won the Summer League." Tang Tian said with a smile.

There was a burst of laughter from the reporters below, and it was obvious that this kind of self-ridicule made the atmosphere of the press conference a lot more relaxed.

"Well, you're very bold with your personnel, there were 14 people in this game, except for the five substitutes in the last minute, the rotation lineup reached nine, two of them, Novak got a six-second chance to play in the previous game, and Spanoulis didn't play a second, can you tell us what made you make that decision?" The reporter continued to ask questions.

"That's a great question." Tang Tian first praised the reporter.

"Let's put it this way, in my opinion, a coach is like a chef, a good cook, he has to know each ingredient very well, know how to make it taste the best in the dish, no matter what the original color of the ingredient is, there is a reason why it is an ingredient, only in this way can we use the ingredients we have to cook the most delicious dishes."

Tang Tian's words were all metaphors, but everyone could understand them.

Novak and Spanouris are the two ingredients that are not very good, but after being paired with the big dish of Team Rocket, Tang Tian let them play their best.