At 6 minutes and 12 seconds in the third quarter, the Rockets and Nets were tied at 53:53, and the difference was finally completely erased.

Dwyane Wade played an outstanding individual performance, and as long as he got the ball at the top of the arc, he immediately attracted the Nets' defensive center.

And after cooperating with Yao Ming's outside blocking, the Nets' defense will inevitably have holes.

At this time, Wade can either play alone and have a high probability of scoring, or attract a pinch shot, and always get assists.

But after playing a high-intensity half-quarter game in the third quarter, Qiao Hai also had to make substitutions.

The young Wade continued to stay on the court, while Yao Ming, who was already in poor physical condition, was replaced by Qiao Hai.

Qiao Hai directly changed the tactics on the field, and Boris Dio, who came on as a substitute, controlled the ball and played Boris Dio's high-post strategy.

At the end of the remaining half of the third quarter, the Rockets won the Nets by 12 points in a single quarter, and after three quarters, they led the Nets by 5 points, 67-62.

The score was overtaken, and one of Byron Scott's faces darkened.

He gritted his teeth and decided to treat the entire fourth quarter as a decisive battle, and at the beginning, the Nets were the main force to the fullest.

The Rockets could only rest Wade, who played a full third quarter, and began to play the two-man rotation of Gary Payton and Yao Ming on the court.

But in the opening stanza, the Nets were in a very bad state, first Richard Jefferson hit a three-point iron, and then Aaron Williams missed a layup inside.

Jason Kidd also quickly contributed a turnover.

On the Rockets' side, Jamal Crawford and Boris Dior each scored 2 points off the bench, and Ron Artest hit a three-pointer.

At the beginning, the Rockets beat the Nets 7:0, and the difference suddenly stretched to 12 points, forcing Byron Scott to call the first timeout in the fourth quarter.

And after this timeout, Wade, who had a three-minute break, returned to the game.

But from the beginning of Wade's re-entry until the eighth minute of the fourth quarter, the two teams scored each other for five minutes, and the score was not able to open or shrink.

The Nets are starting to get anxious, trailing by 12 points, with the last 4 minutes left in the game, and if they don't close the gap as soon as possible, the game can be declared far away.

But it was at this time that Gary Payton, who had pit a game, broke out.

On the offensive end, in the air cut, he first received Boris Dio's pass, stepped out, and scored 2 points under the basket, stretching the score back to 12 points.

Then, the successful defense of Jason Kidd hit the iron from mid-range.

On the offensive end, he held the ball and forced the inside line, which caused Jason Collins' hitter to foul.

He made two free throws from the free throw line to stretch the margin to 14 points.

On the offensive and defensive ends of the Nets, Gary Payton was close to Jason Kidd, and Kidd made a lateral move to get past Gary Payton.

But the elder Peyton was behind Kidd, quickly reached out and pulled the ball, and successfully completed the steal!

The Nets were in an exclamation at home, and Gary Payton, who had completed the steal, rushed to the front court, made another light dunk, and scored 2 points!

Turning to defend, Jason Kidd's three-pointer hit the iron again.

In three offensive and defensive rounds, Gary Payton scored six points in a row, and three consecutive defenses against Jason Kidd's offense, and in one back and forth, the difference was extended to 16 points.

Then, Yao Ming made a mid-range jumper, and the difference quickly expanded to 18 points!

With just over 2 minutes left in the game, and with an 18-point lead, the suspense was lost......

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The two teams successively withdrew the main force that had fought for the whole game and announced the end of the game.

In the end, the Rockets turned the tables 96-75 in the second half and completed a 21-point victory.

Dwayne Wade was the setback, and the first three games, despite a good but still inconsistent performance, played his best performance of the new season.

He finished with 25 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists on 10-of-17 shooting, the best of the game.

Yao Ming's performance in the first half was a little pitfall, and in the second half, he gradually found his form in the two-man turn with Wade, shooting 6 of 12 in the whole game, scoring 15 points, 11 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 block.

Although the data is not obvious, Yao Ming is still the biggest threat and reliance on the offensive end of the Rockets, but in this game, there are obviously not many ways to face the opponent's crazy defense around the front.

Gary Payton's final stats were 17 points and four assists on 6-of-17 shooting, but he was extremely good on the defensive end.

It can be reflected in Jason Kidd's data - in this game, Jason Kidd shot 6 of 18, got 16 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists, and performed poorly.

If it weren't for Kidd's poor performance, the Rockets would not have been able to complete a comeback in this game.

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At the end of the game, after the game, Byron Scott lost the chatter at halftime, the two shook hands, Qiao Hai teased twice, and Byron Scott had to admit a sentence: "A teacher is a teacher after all!" ”

Although Qiao Hai, the teacher, is a few years younger than Byron Scott, it is clear that Byron Scott still has a long way to go in terms of coaching.

After shaking hands with Byron Scott, Joe began to drag his players back to the locker room, and when he turned his head to look at the court, he found that Gary Payton and Jason Kidd were talking and laughing, and even began to hook shoulders.

However, the direction in which the two walked was also the player's tunnel, so Qiao Hai did not interfere, just followed behind him, and also walked towards the locker room.

Peyton and Kidd kept talking.

"Jason, even if I'm old, you're no match for me, and this fight is proof of that."

Jason Kidd rolled his eyes: "You win, you have the final say." ”

Then, Gary Payton laughed a few times.

Then, Qiao Hai heard Kidd's complaint: "But Gary, I warn you once, next time you will face me again, stop your trash talk performance, that is too boring, I have listened too much, I am tired of listening to it." ”

Gary Payton: "That's right, you've been listening to it for 20 years, but I'm sorry, at least this season, you have to keep listening!" ”

……

Qiao Hai frowned, and asked Jeff Hornacek beside him in a low voice: "The two of them have known each other since childhood?" ”

Jeff Hornacek shook his head in disbelief.

Qiao Hai was a little helpless, but soon, when he participated in the post-game press conference, ESPN's Mark Stein gave Qiao Hai an answer by asking questions.

"Gary Payton and Jason Kidd both grew up in Oakland, California, they have known each other since they were very young, and since childhood, Jason Kidd has been 'tortured' by Gary Payton, who is four years older than him.

At this moment, Qiao Hai knew:

Gary Payton and Jason Kidd both grew up in Oakland, California, and they knew each other from a young age.

Kidd is more than 4 years younger than Payton, and when Kidd started playing basketball, Payton was already the local "kid king". As a child, Peyton often took Kidd to play on the streets of Oakland, and after the game, he would drag Kidd to play one-on-one, and constantly challenged Kidd's psychological bottom line with his body and "trash talk".

Kidd thinks the heads-up with Payton is "torture," but he learns a lot from him.