The Rockets' pre-season training camp is in full swing, and Qiao Hai also seized the time to teach and train three coaches from China.

Qiao Hai's explanation for the Rockets' offensive play is: "Offensive tactics are not good or bad, blocking and dismantling offense, running and bombing offense, triangle offense, Princeton offense, and offensive tactics like the Hawks offense, as long as you can score, it's a good tactic." ”

"In the past, a lot of NBA coaches would stick to one tactic, like Phil Jackson and the triangle offense, Don Nelson and the run-and-gun offense, Rick Adelman and Princeton offense, and Lenny Wellkens and the Hawks offense, but now, more and more coaches are starting to get it together."

"Our offensive style of play is a bit of Princeton's offense, and Yao Ming's high-position single play to attract defense and organize strategies is actually the main style of Princeton's offense."

"There are also blocking and dismantling offenses, Yao Ming and the small ones on the outside, which will also be one of our main offensive plays, as well as running and bombing offenses, triangle offenses, and we will also arrange and practice one after another."

Qiao Hai's team, except for the Lakers period, the Grizzlies and the Rockets all have two sets of three sets of tactics as backups, and the same is true for the Rockets in the new season.

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Half a month passed in a flash, and in early October, before the start of the preseason, the Rockets announced the preseason schedule through the Hoop Sports column.

"The first preseason game will be on October 10, with the first game at home against the San Antonio Spurs and the away game against the Spurs on October 12."

"On October 14 and October 16, we played the Mavericks home and away."

"On October 18 and October 20, we played home and away against the Jazz."

"On October 22 and October 24, we played the Hornets home and away."

A total of 8 games, two favourites, a playoff powerhouse and a lotto team that may not make the playoffs in the new season.

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The Rockets' training camp also changed their focus at this time.

The morning physical reserve training was cancelled and replaced by the shooting training that was originally scheduled for the afternoon.

There has also been a change in the way passing and shooting drills are practiced, with passing training speeding up the run, and shooting training has changed from the initial fixed-point catch-and-shoot to the shooting training on the run.

In the afternoon, all tactical training was arranged.

In addition to Yao Ming's regular style of play, which is standing in a high position, cutting and breaking through on the outside, Qiao Hai has also added several new sets of unconventional tactical play to the team.

"Yao, you go to the low post to stand in the position, and the outside player feeds the ball in and gives Yao a low single."

The first set of unconventional tactics is Yao Ming's low-post singles, the center is going to the penalty area after all, if Yao Ming goes to the low post, the threat may not be much different from the high position, but suddenly the low-post single, but can always hit the opponent by surprise.

And in order to match this set of tactics, Qiao Hai also designed several sets of running positions.

"The upper line is blocked, the baseline is rung, the defense will be attracted to the outside, Yao's side will be empty, give the ball to Yao, let him play in the low post."

"Or Yao goes to the free throw line and takes a step to stand, and the little man without the ball on the outside walks around Yao after passing the block, and then goes back to the flank, and the player in the middle also pulls to the wing in this gap, and after pulling the air up, give the ball to Yao."

Yao Ming's low-post singles practiced for a day, and because it was a simple tactical run, he quickly became proficient.

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Then, the first game of the preseason began.

In the first game against the Spurs at home, the Rockets played their main force, and the starting five were Gary Payton, Gardwine, Wade, Garroan, Artest, Chris Anderson, and Yao Ming.

In this game, the Rockets' ball control was veteran Gary Payton, and with plenty of possession, Glove Payton performed very well, and he completed his mutual explosion with Tony Parker.

In terms of other positions in the Rockets, Yao Ming, who has grown to the top of the total rating of 95, this game is completely explosive, and with David Robinson retiring, no one in the Spurs can limit Yao Ming, even if it is useless to change Duncan.

Yao Ming's style of play is also very simple, it is the conventional style of play that the Rockets have been practicing, supplemented by low-post singles, relying on these two moves, Yao Ming directly broke the Rassonestrovic who defended him.

In the end, the Rockets defeated the Spurs 107-88 in this preseason game, making a good start.

Yao Ming played 26 minutes and had 22 points and 7 rebounds, and veteran Gary Payton chipped in 22 points and 9 assists, proving that he is still a giant-level star.

For the Spurs, Tony Parker had 21 points and 5 assists, Manuginobili had 23 points, and Tim Duncan had 14 points and 11 rebounds.

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After the first game of the preseason, the Rockets added several sets of tactical play.

The first practice is a change after Yao Ming scored a single goal in the low post continuously, after the outside tactical run, Yao Ming entered the low post, but did not take the ball, only attracted the defense.

After attracting the defense, the small man on the outside can get more space to break through from the flank and score.

This style of play only lasted half a day, and it was mastered.

Then, Qiao Hai began to change moves on the Rockets' bench, Boris Dior was first promoted to the starting group, Yao Ming's position was fixed in the low post, and the Rockets practiced three sets of Princeton offensive play in the high and low posts.

Then he put Boris Dio on the bench and played a few sets of Boris Dio's high-post tactics.

and Boris Dio's blocking and dismantling offense as the axis, this style of play has been practiced for a few days, basically Boris Dio's point was thoroughly used by Qiao Hai, making full use of Boris Dio's passing ability.

Boris Dior is followed by dual control, and the dual control of Ralph Alston and Carlos Arroyo can also be used as a change of formation, one as a one-on-one breakthrough point, and the other as an organizational point.

In addition to these tactical combinations, the Rockets also have several sets of single-point burst play, Yao Ming's mid-range single, pulling away the strong side to Dwayne Wade's single, and the substitute Jamal Crawford's single, etc., are all very threatening plays.

During the half month of practicing tactics, the Rockets played 6 preseason games in a row.

In the away game against the Spurs, the Rockets practiced tactics aggressively and lost 88-98.

Then played the Mavericks home and away, losing 95-107 at home and 102-105 away, a wave of three consecutive defeats, and it seems that the recent situation of the Rockets is extremely bleak.

Qiao Hai is very satisfied with the Rockets during this time, it is normal to lose, but it is abnormal not to lose, because the Rockets have been practicing tactics during this time.

After playing the Mavericks, the Rockets played the Jazz home and away.

In the first game, the Rockets played away, and the veteran Carlos Boozer directly played All-Star level statistics, scoring 27 points and 8 rebounds in the game.

In Jerry Slon's pick-and-roll system, Carlos Boozer performed well, and in the previous preseason games, Carlos Boozer averaged 18+9 per game, which is almost an All-Star level statistic.

Relying on the 27+8 Carlos Boozer, the Jazz defeated the Rockets at home, giving the Rockets four consecutive defeats in the preseason.

But after returning to the Rockets' home court, the Rockets played a 122-98 victory in turn, and finally ended their losing streak.

In the penultimate game of the preseason, the Rockets faced the Hornets, and won 118-102, a 16-point victory, two consecutive big wins, and the Rockets' tactical run-in has almost taken shape......