After the opening ceremony, David Stern took his seat in the private room in the stands, accompanied by Leslie Alexander and Darryl Morey.

And on the sidelines, the game is about to start, and Qiao Hai is arranging the tactics of this game.

"Give the ball to Yao, this is your first priority!"

Then Qiao Hai turned to Yao Ming: "As for Yao, your task is even simpler, take the ball and play alone, no matter who the opponent sends to defend you, what you have to do is very simple, break through the opponent's defense!" ”

Yao Ming had just lifted the Best Rookie trophy, and he was in a state of excitement at this time, so he nodded vigorously.

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"Starting on both sides, the Rockets are still a regular starting lineup, point guard Steve Francis, scoring guard James Posey, small forward Ron Artest, power forward Chris Anderson and center Yao Ming."

"On the Grizzlies' side, Wang Zhizhi is still the starter, and the other four positions are point guard Chancey Billups, scoring guard Maddy, small forward Sean Marion, and center Pau Gasol."

In CCTV's live broadcast room, Zhang Weiping and Xu Jicheng were still very excited, they were naturally excited about Yao Ming.

But the game has begun, and now they must return to a neutral and fair state to explain the game, because the Grizzlies also have a Celestial Empire player on their side, and Zhang Weiping and Xu Jicheng cannot be biased to one side.

At the beginning of the game, Yao Ming and Pau Gasol stood in the middle circle and began to jump the ball.

"Yao Ming's jump ball success rate is very high, which is due to his height advantage, look at the result of this jump ball......

Beep!

Referee Dick Bavita threw the ball over the stadium, and Yao Ming jumped up, of course, he was a floor streamer, and the jump height was not high.

But on the other hand, Pau Gasol is not a bounce master, so the two sides of the bounce are evenly matched, and Yao Ming, who is more tall, successfully jumps the ball again!

"The basketball was dialed to the Rockets half, and the Rockets got the opening offense, and Steve Francis took the ball, and he advanced directly to the frontcourt to see how the Rockets played this ball......"

Steve Francis controlled the ball from the outside, Yao Ming quickly withdrew from the inside, and the three-point line took a step inward to stand, and he basically had to defend it, leaving only Pau Gasol on the inside.

But the spearhead of the Rockets' offense is not the Grizzlies' interior line, so, for the time being, the Grizzlies are not worried about the rim protection problem.

Just like a copy of the previous games, after Yao Ming settled in a high position, with a hand-to-hand cooperation, Yao Ming received a pass from Steve Francis.

"The singles in the high position roughly withstood Yao Ming, this is a duel between two inside lines from the Celestial Empire."

The opening scene was roughly a duel with Da Yao, and Zhang Weiping and Xu Jicheng were even more excited.

In this ball, Da Yao chose to face the side roughly, which is considered a three-threat action, and the general defense can only swing back and forth between anti-breakthrough and anti-shooting.

This swing was quickly seized by Da Yao.

Yao Ming turned around, seemed to be about to break through, and roughly took a step back, and then, Yao Ming directly made a sharp stop and took a retreat step.

"Yao Ming shot, a long-distance two-point shot."

Bang!

The basketball entered the net, and a white net bloomed.

"The ball went in, Yao Ming's hand was still excellent, and this ball hit accurately again!"

In the same plot, Yao Ming scored the first goal in the opening game, and the rocket scored first.

Grizzlies' offense, the ball to Maddie.

Maddie singled out and drew the defense to the right side.

Billups cut quickly on the left, and Maddie passed a ground-and-hitting pass that went through the defender and went straight to Billups in the cut.

Billups faced Steve Francis, who was counter-attacking and defending, and missed a mid-range shot.

This ball is actually a typical outside guard combination, one single to attract the defense, the other to seek opportunities.

It's just that in this game, the Rockets have spread out their defense, Billups didn't get an absolute open opportunity, and even after receiving the ball, he still played a one-on-one single.

In the face of defense, his mid-range shot did not go in.

The Rocket's offense, a block and dismantling in the high post, Yao Ming received the ball in a misplaced position, and shot directly outside the three-point line.

The Compaq Center was amazed, and McBrin in the commentary box exclaimed: "Yao Ming is a lot taller than Chauncy Billups, and the shot point of this ball is too high!" ”

Bang!

"The ball went in, and it was still a three-pointer!"

"At the beginning, Yao Ming's hand was so hot that it exploded, scoring two goals in a row and scoring 5 points in a row!"

On the sidelines, Qiao Hai waved his fists to celebrate, of course he also knew that for Yao Ming, who was in explosive form, scoring 5 points in a row at the beginning was just the beginning.

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The Grizzlies' offense is still a two-man cooperation on the outside, Maddie gave Billups with the ball a small cover, and Maddie blocked it and dismantled it to the wing to receive the ball.

Mid-range pull-out jump shot, bang, still not in.

The Rockets protected the backcourt rebound again, and then, Yao Ming received the ball again in the middle distance, shook it sideways, and shot in the middle.

Bang, go in again!

"Score 7 points in a row, who can stop Yao Ming like this!?"

Yao Ming's state is indeed off the charts, and in the opening 3 consecutive games, it seems that if the Grizzlies don't increase their defensive intensity, Yao Ming will soon go berserk.

In the opening wave of 7:0, the Rockets achieved a huge advantage.

On the sidelines, Hubby Brown smelled something ominous, and he began to shout incessantly on the sidelines: "Hit in!" Hit it inside! ”

For the Grizzlies, the first problem they need to solve is the offense, and the opening zero points is the biggest problem.

Therefore, the Grizzlies' offense, in the shouts of Hubbie Brown, Maddie forced a break through the inside, and after being hit by a pinch, he shared the ball under the basket, roughly received a layup, and scored 2 points.

The approximate score broke the Grizzlies' scoring drought, and on the next defensive end, the Grizzlies began to focus on Yao Ming.

Yao Ming is still on the ball, and he has created a very exaggerated threat in the high post.

Therefore, after Yao Ming got the ball, Steve Francis cut and ran away from the defender, and after receiving Qiao Hai's pass, he hit the basket and scored two points on the layup!

9:2, the Rockets' lead is still huge.

And in the next defensive round, the Rockets defended Maddy's single, and the pass that dragged on for 22 seconds turned into a pot throw, and Pau Gasol on the inside received the ball and was directly covered!

It was Yao Ming who contributed the block, and this block directly inspired the crazy fire of the Compaq Center, and almost everyone was cheering, shouting and screaming.

After the fast counterattack, Yao Ming scored another goal, scoring 9 points in a row in the opening game, and the Compaq Center was even more crazy!

At 11:2, Hubbie Brown called out the first timeout of the game!

"The Grizzlies took a timeout, opening 2:11, and the Grizzlies trailed by as many as 7 points! Qiao Hai made four shots and four hits in the opening game, and directly scored 9 points in a row! With such Yao Ming, who can restrain him? ”