The first official timeout of the game in the first quarter and the two teams were tied.

After the timeout, Johi replaced Steve Francis, James Posey and Chris Anderson with Ralph Alston, Jamal Crawford and Carlos Boozer.

The center of gravity of the offensive also began to shift inward.

After adjusting the substitution, Ron Artest also quickly became the core of the Rockets' outside offense, and at the end of the timeout, he immediately scored 2 points through a breakaway.

Then he turned his head to block Maddie's individual singles, and Maddie's mid-range pull-out was interrupted by Atay.

Carlos Boozer on the inside grabbed the rebound, the Rockets played a wave of counterattacks, and Ron Artest threw a chase three-pointer, hit again, and scored 5 points in a row!

In the blink of an eye, because of Atai's outburst, the Rockets led by 5 points.

The Grizzlies' offense, Pau Gasol, who came off the bench, caused Yao Ming's foul, and made one of two free throws from the free throw line, and the Grizzlies trailed by four points.

The Rockets' offense is still Ron Artest, and Michael Reed, who came off the bench in the left mid-range, scored 2 points with a pull-up jump shot!

"Ron Artest has exploded! He scored 7 points in a row, it's crazy! ”

"Maybe the Grizzlies need to make a change, they have to change someone to defend Ron Artest!"

With a beep, the referee blew the whistle, and Hubbie Brown called a timeout.

After a timeout to make adjustments, the Grizzlies began to defend Ron Artest's individual offense, and Yao Ming's mid-range to high-post singles response, without Steve Francis on the court, these two points were locked up, and the Rockets' offense quickly became dumb.

The Grizzlies also took this opportunity to close the point difference very quickly.

Qiao Hai didn't mean to pause and adjust, he just stood on the sidelines, signaling the lineman to pass the ball into the low post, attacking inside, looking for opportunities from the basketball.

Soon, Carlos Boozer in the low post received the ball, faced the general defense, forced a layup, made a foul, and hit both free throws from the free throw line, solving the Rockets' scoring drought.

On the Grizzlies' side, Pau Gasol, who came off the bench, exploded and scored consecutive points, and because of his scoring, the difference was narrowed to 1 point.

In the last 31 seconds, the Grizzlies' possession, Maddy held the ball to the frontcourt, and the outside control consumed time.

After consuming about 20 seconds, Maddie dribbled under the crotch in a row and pulled out one step outside the three-point line!

Bang!

Hit a three-pointer, and the Grizzlies overtook by two points!

The GM Arena was cheered!

In the last 7 seconds, the last attack of the Rockets in the first quarter of the game, Steve Francis rushed to the front court with the ball and threw a three-pointer directly, the red light lit up, and there was a bang! Didn't go in!

At the end of the first quarter, the Rockets trailed the Grizzlies by two points at 26-28.

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At the beginning of the second quarter, Qiao Hai continued to make rotations.

Yao Ming and Ron Artest left the game to rest, and the court began to focus on the duo of Steve Francis and Carlos Boozer.

At the same time, Yao Ming's departure also let Qiao Hai free his hands, and in the second quarter, he released a fast-moving lineup, Chris Anderson played center, and the outside line was Steve Francis, Ralph Alston and Jamal Crawford's three controls, plus Carlos Boozer.

The offensive rhythm flew up, and the game suddenly turned into a run-and-bomb battle.

But the Rockets did not open up the difference because of this wave of fast offensive and defensive rhythm, Steve Francis's performance was very average, Carlos Boozer did not play much, but Jamal Crawford exploded, and the second quarter single-quartered single-man exploded 12 points, helping the Rockets stabilize the situation.

In the second quarter, the Rockets played a 25-25 tie with the Grizzlies, which completely surprised most fans, commentators and commentators.

Before this game, no one thought the Rockets would be able to play so close to the Grizzlies!

After halftime, the Rockets trailed the Grizzlies by two points, 51-53.

In the second half, that is, in the third quarter, Qiao Hai replaced Yao Ming, who had rested for a full quarter in the second quarter, and relying on the outburst of Yao Ming and Steve Francis in the third quarter, the Rockets won by 2 points in the third quarter of the game.

After three quarters, the Rockets and Grizzlies were tied again!

The score was 72:72, a complete draw, the game seemed very anxious, and before the fourth quarter, Qiao Hai also seemed very nervous, constantly emphasizing the fast movement in the offense, the quick transfer of the ball and the success rate in the offense.

In the fourth quarter, the Rockets still had to move quickly and move the ball, and Qiao Hai still wanted to win the game by attacking.

……

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Qiao Hai first let Yao Ming rest for a while, without Yao Ming, there was another small lineup on the Rocket field.

But in the opening stanza, Ralph Alston and Jamal Crawford hit two irons in a row.

On the Grizzlies' side, Michael Reid hit a three-pointer to take the lead.

Then, Ralph Alston made another mistake, and on the Grizzlies' side, Maddy made a steal, held the ball and fast-break, and assisted Sean Marion to score.

The Grizzlies widened the difference.

On the sidelines, Qiao Hai became impatient and kept yelling.

Jamal Crawford received the ball, and after two feints on the outside, he shook off Maddie, entered the penalty area, and raised his hand to make a layup!

Ball in!

Cause a foul on the opponent, and add a penalty!

……

Crawford walked to the free throw line, and off the court, Qiao Hai called Yao Ming from the bench and made a substitution!

"The rocket is going to change Yao Ming back, and the decisive moment is coming!"

Jamal Crawford hit a free throw to leave two points remaining.

Then, the Grizzlies' offense, Jamal Crawford, who was in hot form in this game, faced Billups, he moved sideways, suddenly reached out, and completed Billups' steal.

Then he scored a fast-break layup, scored two points, and the difference was erased again!

……

In this way, the two teams scored back and forth, and the point difference was constantly widened, and then tied again, neither the Rockets nor the Grizzlies had an absolute advantage in such a scorching game.

With 4:21 left in the fourth quarter, the Rockets and Grizzlies were tied again at 89-89.

Then, Ron Artest broke through the basket and was directly pulled out of the basketball by Pau Gasol from the side, another fatal mistake!

The Grizzlies seized the opportunity, with Billups scoring on a fast break and the Grizzlies taking a two-point lead.

Then, Steve Francis broke through the inside and missed a layup, but caused a foul on the opponent and went to the free throw line to make one of two free throws, and the Rockets still trailed by one point.

The Grizzlies' offense, they continued to score, and Sean Marion scored two points on a layup that widened the margin to three points.

On the Rockets' side, Steve Francis made a three-pointer from the outside and didn't score.

Pau Gasol grabbed the rebound, the Grizzlies counterattacked with a fast break, and Maddie hit a three-pointer in the counterattack, and then hit! The margin widened to 6 points.

After 96:90, the offense of the two teams became more and more intense, and the action on the defensive end became more and more intense.

But for the Rockets, a six-point deficit suddenly became a trench, and no matter how hard the Rockets tried, they couldn't close the gap.

With 39.1 seconds left in the game, the score was 92-100, and the Rockets trailed by eight points, and they had to start executing foul play.

But at this time, the Grizzlies handled it very well, receiving the ball with players who were excellent at free throws, and after constantly fouling tactics, the point difference could not be forced to close.

In the last 1.9 seconds of the game, Steve Francis scored a three-pointer, and the difference was suddenly reduced to 2 points.

The Grizzlies served directly in the backcourt, and as soon as the ball was released, the Rockets immediately fouled.

Billups, who received the ball, hit both free throws from the free throw line, a 4-point difference, and 1.5 seconds, the Rockets had no chance......

At the end, the red light came on.

The Rockets lost their first playoff game 103-107......