The game on the court continued, and gradually, Jackson and Brin discovered the problem.

Not only Maddy, but after the Hornets were packed, Petrus and Millsap also scored a little more.

At halftime, Paul scored 26 points to set a new record for scoring in the half, but the Hornets trailed the Rockets by as many as 16 points at 36-52.

"The Hornets' defense on this front line is really terrible!" After watching half the game, Brin, the old commentator, couldn't help but complain.

"Yes, I just found out, but the fact that the Rockets can play so targeted shows that they have arranged it before the game, and the Rockets ...... Well, their head coach is Tang Tian. Jackson could only shake his head helplessly at the end.

Brin didn't answer at this time, and after glancing at Jackson, he also smiled bitterly.

The Rockets' targeted tactics are not a matter of this season, and last season's Western Conference Finals played the Spurs, the favorites to win the championship, not to mention that they are now facing a playoff maiden Hornets.

The reporter interviewed before the game sat at the back of the commentary seat, listening to the exchange of the first two commentators, and then looking at the situation on the field, she finally understood what Tang Tian probably meant by the Chinese sentence.

He is strong, he is strong......

In the second half, the Hornets couldn't find a solution, and after three quarters of the game, they trailed by 25 points and closed early.

In the end, the Rockets defeated the Hornets 109-87 in the second game of the series and won the second game of the series, bringing the overall score to a 1-1 draw.

Paul played three quarters and scored a career-high 38 points, but he couldn't stand up to the Rockets' collective outburst of fronts.

Maddie played an atypical game, contributing 23 points, 8 rebounds and 9 assists in the game, transforming from a super scorer to a playmaker.

Millsap had 24 points and seven rebounds, and his scoring was also a playoff high.

Even Petrus and Battier scored 14 and 12 points, respectively.

A big win completely swept away the haze caused by the defeat in the first game.

And more exciting than the big win itself is the way, the Rockets have figured out how to play this Hornets team, which is more useful than winning by any number of points.

At the press conference after the game, Hornets coach Scott didn't know whether he didn't find out or was helpless, and bluntly said that the other members of the Hornets were just not in shape in this game, and they would adjust their state to fight back when they returned to their home court.

After a two-day break, the two sides moved to New Orleans to resume the game.

In 2005, New Orleans was devastated by Hurricane Katrina, a thriving city that was considered by many experts to be uninhabitable.

Two years later, however, the city has been rebuilt, although many traces of the disaster can still be seen.

The city was traumatized by the disaster, but it also brought people closer together than anywhere else.

That night, the New Orleans arena was packed.

Fans didn't think about it as much as the team reached the second round of the playoffs for the first time after the disaster, and they also played 1-1 with the defending champions, in their eyes, this is a team with championship quality.

Amid the cheers of the fans at the scene, the Hornets fans were much more excited and active than the previous two games.

Paul broke his personal record again, with 39 points and six assists, while Peja and West also scored 15 points each, but aggressiveness and hard work didn't solve the holes on the defensive end for them and didn't help them win the game.

In the end, the Rockets still won the game 117-106, rewriting the series to 2-1.

Because the Hornets did not trap Maddie in this game, Maddie ushered in a glorious moment of his career, shooting 23 of 37 from the field, and scoring a new personal playoff high of 58 points in a single game.

This is a textbook game that illustrates the case of how a super scorer can really kill a game by himself.

After 4 games, those doubters all chose to shut up.

Last season's game against the Spurs, this season's game against the Hornets, the Rockets' tactical switch and the results achieved made everyone realize that as long as this team has Tang Tian, no matter what opponent it encounters, it can be finally done.

"Mom, my team needs Tang Tian to be the head coach." On TNT's post-game show, Barkley laughed and shouted, and the show exploded.

With a touch of entertainment, Game 4 of the Rockets-Hornets series continues at New Orleans Arena.

The fans are still enthusiastic, the Hornets are still stubborn, and the final result is still the same.

The Rockets won again 106-99 to extend the overall score to 3-1.

However, there was an accident in this game, I don't know if it was because of the physical fatigue caused by continuous high shots, or because Hornets player Peterson did it intentionally, seven minutes before the end, Maddie's foot stepped on Peterson's foot and directly broke his foot.

Injuries are the most common thing in the NBA, and after Tang Tian joined the Rockets, he played for more than a year before the main player was injured, which is already considered lucky.

The good news is that Maddie was paddled a lot, and instinctively took the protective action of rolling on the ground, and the injury examination report after the game showed that as long as he rested for about 3~4 days, he could fully recover.

When Tang Tian played against the Nuggets before, he won 1 honor point, but this was not enough for the team's iron ankles, which meant that the system could not help this time, so he could only rely on himself.

Fortunately, the absence is not long, just two games at most, and the next round of the series should not be affected.

Maddie averaged 33 points, 5.2 rebounds and 4.2 assists per game in the first four games of the series, and his importance to the Rockets is self-evident.

"Hell injury, it's the worst I've ever seen!" Barkley scolded directly on the show, as a player, he knows best how injuries hurt players and a team.

"But it also means that the Hornets have a chance, they haven't been able to do anything with T-mac in the last few games, and now they have a good chance to take advantage of the opportunity to close the series." Smith on the side sighed, but also analyzed rationally.

Smith's analysis is not unreasonable, after the Rockets' tactical adjustments, the starting point of the offense is Maddy, and now that Maddie is injured, even if the Hornets' defensive problems are still there, it is unlikely to be as big as the previous games.

Fans were also worried after the game, and they would rather trade a win for Maddie not to be injured.

It's just a pity that there was no if.