"After the timeout, the Suns obviously increased the number of times they attacked inside, Amare Stadalmeier finally got the ball, and the continuous inside strong shots scored, Yao and Chris Anderson's defense was a little weak."

"But in terms of score, the lead is still the Rockets, because the Rockets' offensive firepower is maintained, and they continue to shoot from the outside and score consecutive points."

"After the opening loss, Amare gradually beat back his disadvantage to Yao, of course, Yao is not bad at all, and now, he is still in the leading position on the scoring end."

After the timeout, the Suns got their offensive state back, and the Rockets' defense was outward, which could be clearly seen from the opening few rounds, and the Suns' few offenses that hit the interior always overwhelmed the Rockets' defense.

So, after the timeout, Frank Johnson made an adjustment to attack inside.

The Suns' offense has been revitalized, but the defense is still the same.

The Rockets' outside offense continued to explode, and Ron Artest, who was in excellent form, hit back-to-back long-range jumpers, including two three-pointers, to score nine points in a row.

Yao Ming also hit 4 shots in a row in the second half of the quarter, and his state was hot.

At the end of the first quarter, the Rockets led the Suns by 6 points at 32:26.

This game seems to be undefended, the Suns can't defend the Rockets' offense, and in turn, the Rockets don't seem to be able to deal with the Suns' strong attack to the inside for the time being, because the Rockets' main lineup is really worrying.

But even so, the Rockets still took the lead.

And in the second quarter, Qiao Hai adjusted the lineup, Yao Ming left the court to rest, Kevin Cato came on the court, he and Carlos Boozer partnered inside, Cato guarded the basket steadily, and the team's frame guard came back all of a sudden.

The Suns' only offensive opportunity is gone, and their bench roster is terrible, with no real players available other than Stephen Marbury, who continues to play.

Players like Jack Worth Curl and Dan Lange are all players that other teams don't even want a water cooler, and the Suns are still part of the regular rotation.

Such a bench rotation lineup faces a bench lineup led by Steve Francis on the Rockets' side and above the league level of the Rockets.

As soon as the second quarter began, the Rockets beat the Suns into a sieve and directly launched a wave of 10:2 offensive chao, and the lead was directly extended to 14 points.

Then, Frank Johnson called a timeout and switched back to the main force.

After the Suns' main lineup came out, the continuous impact on the interior was still not very efficient, because the Rockets had filled the defensive holes under the basket.

On the other hand, on the offense of the Rockets, Steve Francis, who had rested for half a quarter, was like a god and scored continuously, and then, Qiao Hai replaced Ron Artest, who was in excellent form in this game.

The offensive fire of the rockets continued to be ferocious.

Yao Ming came off the bench and also scored two points through mid-range shooting.

At halftime, the Rockets led the Suns by a large score of 62:38, with a 24-point difference, which means that by the end of the half, the suspense of this game has almost disappeared.

"With a 24-point difference at halftime, this game seems to highlight the gap between the two teams, the Rockets' offense has completely exploded, Yao Ming has scored 14 points through singles and regular pick-and-roll offense, Ron Artest has exploded, scoring 18 points in the half, and Steve Francis has also scored 10 points."

"And here in the Phoenix, in the first half, their best performance was Amare Stadameyer, who had 13 points, 8 rebounds and 1 steal on 5-of-11 shooting in the half......"

……

At halftime, in the home team locker room of Compaq Center, Qiao Hai looked at the technical statistics of the half for a while and quickly made arrangements.

"Amare Stadameyer, nicknamed the Little Bully, it's true that he has great physicality and is always able to squeeze our defenders, but I've been wondering, why can't our defenders squeeze him out? Is it our defenders who haven't eaten? ”

Qiao Hai's question was sharp, and he looked at Chris Anderson: "Chris, have you eaten?" ”

The teammates were laughing, but Chris Anderson was serious, shaking his head and making a promise: "Head, I promise, I won't be squeezed out of the way by Amare Stadamel again in the second half!" ”

Qiao Hai nodded with satisfaction and turned the topic to the other side.

……

For the Rockets, this first half was already perfect, the only downside was that they failed to defend Amare Stadamayer, allowing Smalls to have 13 points, 8 rebounds and 1 steal in the half.

This brought Xiao Si's personal data performance on par with Yao Ming, who scored 14 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 block on 7-of-11 shooting in the first half.

This made Qiao Hai, who has obsessive-compulsive disorder, very unbearable, since it was a perfect game, he wanted to make this game completely perfect.

The only imperfect factor, Qiao Hai also has to press him down.

So, in the third quarter, the Rockets began to focus on defending Amare Stadamayer, and in this quarter, under the defense of Chris Anderson with all his might, Xiao Si shot 0 of 4 in a single quarter and collapsed directly.

Yao Ming was still in a steady output, scoring another 5 points on 2-of-3 shooting in the third quarter.

The Rockets beat the Suns 28-25 in the third quarter, and after three quarters, the score was 90-63, with a margin of 27 points.

The fourth quarter completely turned into garbage time, but because the Suns did not replace the main team, and the Rockets did not come to the bench, the two teams directly played a quarter of offensive battle in the fourth quarter.

The score in the single quarter was 33:32, and the Suns also won by 1 point.

……

The game ended, the timer beeped, and the Compaq Center cheered wildly.

"At the end of the game, the final score was 123-96, and the Rockets won a wild victory! It was a hearty victory, and for the Rockets, they won a game that was huge! ”

"After this game, they managed to open up the gap to the Phoenix Suns, and now, they are two wins ahead of Phoenix! That means they're already sitting in eighth place in the West! ”

"This victory is the Rockets' tenth winning streak, for the Rockets, ten consecutive wins may not prove anything, but for Qiao Hai, this ten consecutive victories have allowed him to achieve an achievement."

"From coaching the Lakers in 1999, to two full seasons in charge of the Grizzlies, and half a season last season, and then to this season, Qiao Hai has achieved the achievement of winning ten or more consecutive games in five consecutive seasons!"

McBrin, who was commentating the game, found out about Qiao Hai's achievement, and Mav Albert was a little surprised.

The only head coach in NBA history who has been able to run a 10-game winning streak for five consecutive seasons is Tom Heinsohne of the Celtics, who led the Celtics to a 10-game winning streak in the five seasons from 1970 to 1975.

and George Carr, who led the SuperSonics to a ten-game winning streak between 1992-1997.

But obviously, unlike Tom Heinsohn and George Carr, Joe Hay has won ten consecutive games in five consecutive seasons with three different teams, and only two full seasons, and the other three seasons are incomplete.

That's pretty strong.