After a two-game losing streak on the road in the Texas Civil War, the Rockets returned home against the Detroit Pistons.

Compared to the previous life, this Pistons are missing Chauncy Billups, missing Tyshawn Prince, Chaki Atkins is now the Pistons' starting point guard, and compared to Billups, Atkins is definitely a lot worse.

However, the absence of Tyshawn Prince has little impact, because they still have Corris Williams to make up for it.

But the Pistons poached Larry Brown early and helped them build a super team defense, with Ben Wallace on the inside and Richard Hamilton on the outside, a top-three Pistons in the now very weak East.

Against this defensive team, the Rockets are more than lucky.

But seeing that three consecutive defeats were imminent, Qiao Hai also gritted his teeth and chose to fight his opponent.

"In this game, only win, not lose!"

As soon as the military order was issued, the rocket played very tenaciously, and in the first quarter of the game, Yao Ming fired continuously in the middle distance and scored continuously.

Yao Ming's point is a loophole in the Pistons' defense, Ben Wallace's real height is only 2 meters, which is 26cm shorter than Yao Ming, who is 2.26 meters tall, such a height gap is enough for Yao Ming to rely on shooting to break Ben Wallace's defense.

What's more, Yao Ming's range of activities has always been on the outside, and Big Ben needs to guard the basket.

Therefore, Yao Ming was powerful and scored 12 points in the first quarter to help the Rockets take an 11-point lead at 30:19.

But in the second quarter, Yao Ming left the court to rest, and the Pistons took the initiative and recovered 7 points in a single quarter.

At halftime, the Rockets led the Pistons by four points at 51-47.

In the third quarter, Larry Brown focused on defending Yao Ming, who was re-played, Yao Ming was locked up, and the Pistons opened with a wave of 9:2, successfully overtaking the score and leading the Rockets by 3 points.

Then, the Pistons erected an impregnable defense to further widen the difference, and after three quarters, the Pistons led the Rockets by eight points at 74-66.

With an 8-point difference, in the fourth quarter, Qiao Hai made an adjustment very decisively, and he directly moved Yao Ming to a higher position and started to attack Princeton.

The adjustment quickly paid off, as Yao Ming appeared in the high post, scoring seven straight points to break the Pistons' defense.

Then, the Pistons were forced to expand defensively, but at this point, Princeton's offensive advantage was on display, with Steve Francis and Ron Artest on the perimeter cutting inside frantically, and Yao Ming's high post response penetrated the Pistons' defense almost with a pass.

In this way, relying on Yao Ming's high-level explosion, the rocket gradually recovered the score.

In the end, 7 minutes and 21 seconds before the end, the Rockets relied on the outbursts of Yao Ming, Ron Artest, and Steve Francis to equalize the score.

The next game turned into a tug-of-war, with the Rockets scoring, the Pistons scoring, the Rockets hitting the iron, the Pistons playing the iron, and the score gradually rising.

In the end, the Rockets' key ball handling was better, and Yao Ming and Ron Artest scored in succession.

In the end, the Rockets defeated the Pistons 104-98 to end the losing streak, Yao Ming was the biggest contributor to the Rockets' victory, and he cut down 29 points and 8 rebounds in the whole game, leading the team to win.

Despite the win, the difficulty of this game still made Qiao Hai feel a little tricky.

Obviously, after the Rockets' ten-game winning streak, most of the teams in the league have taken notice of the Rockets.

Especially wise old coaches like Larry Brown, Greg Popovich, and Don Nelson, who have always been able to study this 10-game winning streak Rockets and get to the heart of the Rockets' problems before those younger coaches.

The Rockets have also held coaching meetings within the team before and analyzed their own problems.

The problem of the Rocket is obvious, the offense is outward, the defense relies on single defense, Qiao Hai also wants to change, but obviously it can't be changed, and the Rocket's lineup itself has problems.

The problem of attacking outside can only be solved after Yao Ming has grown to a certain point, increased his strength and confrontation, and cultivated his ability to play individually.

The same goes for the defensive end, which also requires Yao Ming's growth.

In general, what this rocket needs to wait for is a superstar-level Yao Ming, and once Yao Ming grows to that level, this rocket will really have the ability to compete for the championship.

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After a hard-fought win over the Pistons, the Rockets finally avoided a continued losing streak.

On January 26, the Rockets played the Bulls away, Ron Artest and Jamal Crawford played their old owners, and Catino Mobley played their old owners.

Ahead of this match, Hoop Sports analyzed the deal once again.

"Before the season, Ron Artest and Jamal Crawford traded to get Catino Mobley was considered by many to be a loss for the Rockets and a big profit for the Bulls, at the end of January, the regular season has been going on for almost three months, and this deal can also be taken out and analyzed again."

"This season, Catino Mobley's performance has declined slightly, averaging 17.5 points, 4.2 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.3 steals per game.

"On the other hand, Ron Artest, this season, during the coaching of Rudy Tomjanovich, Ron Artest's performance was not particularly good, but after Qiao Hai took over the Rockets, Ron Artest became the third core of the Rockets, averaging 19.2 points, 4.9 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 2.8 steals per game during the ten-game winning streak."

"In terms of data, Ron Artest is already at least a scorer at the same level as Catino Mobley, but in addition to being a scorer, Artai is also a top single defender in the league."

"All in all, Ron Artest has surpassed Catino Mobley in value, and the Rockets have also gotten an additional bench player, Jamal Crawford, who is averaging 7.7 points per game this season."

"So, the Rockets obviously made something out of that deal, and the Bulls are still far from the playoffs after getting Catino Mobley......

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In terms of big profits in trading, Qiao Hai was also asked relevant questions at the press conference before the game.

To this, Qiao Hai's answer was: "The transaction is not a loss, but a loss or not, but whether you need this player, Ron and Jamal are the players we need, as long as this is met, this deal is not a loss." ”

In this game, facing the weak Bulls, the Rockets finally won 108:100 and achieved a relatively easy victory.

Against his old master, Ron Artest got enough possession and finally scored a game-high 29 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals, and Steve Francis also chipped in a 26 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists.

On the contrary, Yao Ming didn't get many opportunities in this game, scoring 14 points, 9 rebounds and 2 blocks on 6-of-9 shooting, and suppressed the Bulls' two young centers Eddie Curry and Tyson Chandler on both offensive and defensive ends.