In the first three minutes, the Lakers' offensive firepower was still fierce.

Karl Malone unexpectedly broke out and scored 6 points, O'Neal scored 2 points on the basket, Kobe Bryant scored 2 points on a single, and the Lakers played a wave of 10:4 for the Rockets in the opening game, and it seemed that the Rockets' defense had collapsed a little.

But Qiao Hai didn't make any further adjustments.

Karl Malone, who broke out at the beginning, has been pressed, and then, as long as the players on the field defend according to the established plan, there will be no problem.

On the offensive end, at first glance, the Rockets only scored 4 points, but this is completely a strange feeling, all the opportunities are out, the Rockets just can't score, this is also a helpless thing, even if Qiao Hai adjusts, it is useless.

The Rockets only need to play step by step, gradually looking for the feel, and slowly, on the offensive end, the Rockets will still score.

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Qiao Hai had no intention of taking a timeout, and the game continued.

The Rockets' offense, Dwayne Wade took the ball again, and he still faced Derrick Fisher's defense, although Wade broke through Fisher's defense continuously, but after all, the Rockets failed to score too much.

Therefore, Rick Carlisle has no intention of adjusting either.

Wade went on to confront Fisher.

Then, with a cover on the outside, Wade once again completely broke through Fisher's defense, and Karl Malone, who was making up for the defense, couldn't keep up with Wade's speed, and the Lakers could only sacrifice a pinch shot again.

After the pinch, Wade split the ball into the bottom corner.

Ron Artest received the ball and hit the basket, and Devon George behind him pulled him and fouled.

Atai stepped to the free-throw line and hit one of two free throws to make it 5-10 and the Rockets trailed by five points.

The Lakers' offense, Kobe Bryant started his singles, leaned on Ron Artest with his back, pushed forward, and then turned his back and threw a jumper straight away.

Bang, didn't go in!

The Rockets grabbed the rebound and tried to play a wave of counterattacks, but the Lakers retreated quickly and couldn't succeed.

In fact, this is also to blame Qiao Hai when he was in the Lakers and in the first year in the Grizzlies, he played the fast break counterattack too thoroughly, so that now all teams will pay special attention to Qiao Hai's team's counterattack.

The Lakers paid more attention to this, and after they contained the counterattack, they immediately took their positions.

The game reverted to positional warfare, with Dwyane Wade holding the ball and Derek Fisher defending.

Fisher has broken down a bit, and he needs to face Wade's constant onslaught so far in this game, and every time, as soon as Wade picks up speed, he can only turn around immediately.

The next thing you saw was just a big Rocket Three.

The same is true for this ball, Wade passed Derrick Fisher in one step, attracted the Lakers' sandwich, and then the ball was divided into Yao Ming, Yao Ming hit a mid-range jumper and hit two points!

At 10:7, the Rockets were only 3 points away.

Then, the two teams hit the iron one after another, the Lakers side was Kobe Bryant, and the Rockets side was Wade after one step past Fisher, and he shot the iron himself.

The next offensive round belonged to the Lakers again, O'Neal stuck in the mid-range position, opened his hand to ask for the ball, and Fisher, who was holding the basketball, gave it directly.

O'Neal singled, and the Rockets were directly pinched, and there was no room for negotiation at all.

O'Neill had no choice but to pass the ball, but this pass was also an opportunity.

Devin George received the ball and slipped to the baseline and scored two points on a layup.

On the Rockets' offense, Wade once again highlighted a chance, but the ball split the flanks and Ron Artest's shot hit the iron again.

The Lakers then counterattacked, Kobe Bryant hit an iron shot, but Karl Malone grabbed an offensive rebound and made a rebound.

At the beginning, the score was 14:7, the Rockets trailed by 7 points, and it seemed that the Lakers had an absolute advantage, and almost all the commentators were saying: "Qiao Hai should be timeout." ”

But Qiao Hai just didn't take a timeout, even when the official timeout, he just replaced Cato with Chris Anderson, and the offensive and defensive tactics on the court did not change.

He persevered, and the results were quickly obtained.

Wade continued to break through, highlighting another opportunity, again the ball split the wing, this time, Ron Artest took the basketball, rushed a step, stopped the baseline jumper, and finally hit!

The Lakers' offense, Kobe Bryant's singles, the ball passed to Karl Malone, and the old Malone shot iron.

The Rockets grabbed the rebound and didn't fight back.

In the positional battle, it was Wade's strong burst into the interior and caused another foul, this time it was Brian Cook who came off the bench.

Cook fouled, Wade hit both free throws from the free throw line, and the Rockets trailed by just three points.

Then, the Lakers' offense hit the iron again.

The Rockets played the same wave of positional battles again, this time it was Yao Ming and Wade who cooperated in the high position, Wade attracted the Lakers' sandwich defense, passed the ball back, and Yao Ming hit a jump shot in the high position, which also scored 2 points.

After two or three rounds, there is only one point left!

This is not over, the Lakers' offense, Kobe Bryant's singles, and backward jumpers hit the iron again.

The Rockets successfully played a wave of counterattacks, and Wade received a basketball near the halfway line, and rushed to the frontcourt to make a split!

Bang!

In the cheers of the whole court, the Rockets overtook the Lakers by 1 point at 15:14, and also forced Rick Carlisle to take the first timeout of the game!

Rick Carlisle took a timeout, and then made adjustments, which naturally focused on substitutions to defend Wade.

Wade in this section is really rebellious, as long as he gets the ball, he will inevitably break through, and as long as he breaks through, he will definitely succeed, that is, after breaking through the ball, the other players of the Rockets feel average.

Otherwise, just by playing like this, the Rockets would have already broken the Lakers' defense in the offensive battle in the first quarter!

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After the timeout, the Lakers replaced Kobe Bryant to defend Wade, and it seemed that it was finally having some effect.

But Wade made another good pass and assisted Ron Artest for a two-point shot.

Then, Qiao Hai took advantage of the dead ball to replace Wade, who had rushed for most of the quarter, and Gary Payton came on the bench, and the Rockets maintained strong offensive firepower on the outside.

But after Wade left, the Rockets' offense began to revolve around Yao Ming.

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At the end of the first quarter, the score of the two teams was 25-24, and the Rockets led by one point.

The advantage is not big, but Qiao Hai knows very well that the opening change of formation has been successful, Wade single-handedly burst the Lakers' defense, Yao Ming didn't sweat much, Gary Payton didn't play much, and the Rockets won a 1-point advantage.

McBlin made an analogy: "The Rockets have the Big Four, and the Lakers are the Big Three, but in the first quarter of this game, the Rockets used a Dwayne Wade to tie with the Lakers' Big Three, and they still had a slight lead. ”

This analogy is undoubtedly appropriate, but at the same time, McBrin also believes: "In the next game, Rick Carlisle will not give Wade such an easy chance to break through, he will definitely make adjustments, so the next three quarters of the game will be the real test for the Rockets." ”

But McBrin didn't know that the Rockets' strategy had changed dramatically since the second quarter.