Roy's fourth regular-season game opponent was the Houston Rockets, an old rival he faced in the preseason.

When it comes to the Houston Rockets, we must first talk about Rockets general manager Morey and his "magic ball theory".

The so-called "magic ball theory" first came from Michael Lewis's book "Moneyball" published in 2003, which took the small team Oakland Athletes in MLB (Major League Baseball) as an example, trying to prove that the traditional baseball operation theory based on inspection, trial and transaction is unscientific, and then trying to summarize how small teams rely on data collation and analysis to find out the "cost-effective players" in the league, so as to compete with those wealthy "giants" in the professional league confronted each other (later made into the movie "Moneyball").

As a loyal fan of the "Magic Ball Theory", Morey also applied the "Magic Ball Theory" to the team's management and games, and several major changes he brought to the Rockets are obvious: first, introduce potential players at a low price, and never spend a lot of money to trade star players; the second is to select players through objective data; The third is to choose the players who can bring the most help to the team as much as possible. According to this standard, Capela, Harrell, Decker and other cost-effective players were brought to the Rockets in this way.

In terms of the team's playing style, Morey also put forward requirements, that is, try to play the most efficient and cost-effective basketball, what is the most efficient and cost-effective basketball? Run-and-shoot, three-pointer, break through the basket, reduce mid-range shots. That's why Morey has chosen Mike D'Antoni to take the helm of the team, and he's simply the best executor of his theory.

Under the implementation of Morey's "magic ball theory", the Rockets have indeed become a long-standing powerhouse in the league, and their overall win percentage has even ranked in the top three in the league in the past decade.

And for the Rockets, a formidable opponent, Roy doesn't have much of a good impression, the cunning Harden, the difficult Beverley, as well as a group of shooters and many desperate blue-collar workers, and it is the Houston Rockets that let Roy experience the power of the NBA team for the first time.

Sometimes, though, Roy fantasizes about how wonderful it would be if he was on the Rockets. Run-and-bomb tactics and outside offense are what Roy is good at, while the Knicks are playing an extremely protracted positional offense, which is really depressing.

In Morey's eyes, Roy is undoubtedly a potential player who fits his "magic ball theory" quite well.

Although Roy lost all the first three games he participated in, his performance was very eye-catching, becoming the youngest "Mr. 50" in history. He averaged 28.0 points, 6.0 rebounds, 2.7 assists, 1.67 steals and 0.67 blocks in 27 minutes per game, shooting 49.15% from the field, 47.37% from three-point range and 89.47% from the free throw line.

Judging from the data alone, he is not only far ahead of the rookies in the same class, but also has reached the statistical level of an All-Star player. You must know that Ingram was also a substitute in the first four games, averaging only 16 minutes per game, with a pitiful 6.5 points, 2.8 rebounds, 0.8 assists, and 0.25 steals, shooting 40.91% from the field, 12.50% from three-point range, and 75.00% from the free throw line.

Seeing Roy's astonishing stats, those undisciplined media began to tout him again, and Roy didn't give much of a good face to such media. He only accepts interviews with Abby now, and only accepts Abby's bets.

Abby hasn't bet with fans in her private photos since the last time she spoke to Roy, and now she bets directly with Roy, just an hour before the game starts, they made a bet: "If Roy wins his first NBA game today, Abby will promise to invite him to dinner."

Millionaire Roy doesn't need Abby to dinner right now, but he's happy to accept the bet, he needs whatever motivation he can spur him forward.

Good news after good news, Roy received another piece of good news before the game, "Blackback" Beverley was injured unexpectedly before the game and will miss today's game.

It's amazing, Roy still remembers how embarrassed he was in his first game with Beverley, who really has a keen sense of smell and a fierce persistence, just like his nickname, "Blackback".

Everything seemed to be going in a good direction and after a hasty pre-match warm-up, Roy sat quietly on the bench and was in a very good frame of mind today and he was ready to lead the team to victory today.

It was probably Hornacek who heard Roy's heart, and he played a lot earlier today, just after 5 minutes of the first quarter, he got the opportunity to play, and the score was 15:20 at this time, and the Knicks were behind.

Why is this happening? Because the tenacious Courtney Lee was stunned by James Harden's "porcelain touching method" early, and he had to leave the game early after two unexplained fouls.

In Beverley's absence, Roy naturally faced the bearded Harden, an All-Star.

Before going on the field, Hornacek's instructions to Roy were also very clear, to guard against the bearded man and wait for the opportunity to score.

Roy was particularly obedient today, and with the lessons of yesterday's game, he didn't question Honacek's instructions anymore, maybe it was because his relationship with Abby was getting closer, maybe he slowly understood how to contribute to the team, and he began to try to change for the third time, he wanted to try to be a good team player, that is, Morey's favorite "magic ball theory" type of player.

Harden certainly doesn't care about the rookie defending himself, having beaten the Knicks once in the preseason, when Roy barely had much presence. In his opinion, dealing with Roy today must also be handy.

Harden is indeed strong enough, his first offense choked Roy enough, no fancy skills, no absolute speed. He maintained his usual rhythm, seemingly nonchalant dribbling, a sudden start, and a sudden slowdown to a European step layup. Harden used a change of tempo to easily score two points at 15:22.

Amazing, really powerful, Roy really sees it, and admires it sincerely, this is the so-called "one trick is eaten all over the world". Before Roy sat on the sidelines and watched Courtney Lee being played by Harden, he still didn't believe that Harden was so difficult to defend, but now he has experienced the feeling of being difficult to start.

"Roy, pay attention to Harden's footsteps, he has a lot of scoring tools and a very weird offensive rhythm."

Before serving, Rose came over to take care of Roy, Harden, the 2009 scout is no longer the mustachioed man who can only shoot threes in the previous two years, and now he is slowly growing into the top scorer in the league. In Rose's mind, he may be Roy's hard-to-defend superstar.

Of course, although Harden's offense is good, his defense is mediocre, and without Beverley's assistance, his defensive weaknesses are greatly exposed, and it is precisely because of this that Rose handed over the offensive power to Roy, which is a good opportunity for Anser Ball.

Compared with Harden's changeability, Roy's offense is much more direct, and he sees Harden's defensive holes clearly, which is simply full of holes. With a simple set of crossovers and a change of direction acceleration, Roy easily got rid of Harden, and Roy ...... in the face of Ariza, who came over to make up for it I actually passed the ball.

That's right, he jumped in the air and gave a grounded pass to Anthony, who was in the open space.

Anthony was surprised when he received the ball, he never expected to receive a pass from Roy, just as he never thought he would pass the ball to Roy.

But happiness came so suddenly, and the open spot-up jumper was Anthony's specialty, and he scored 2 points effortlessly, 17:22.

"Oh, Roy and Anthony are connected, this is the first time I've seen Roy pass the ball to Anthony in nine games since the start of the preseason, does that mean the relationship between these two stars with similar styles and personalities is slowly improving?"

Brin exclaimed, and Fraser smiled.

The Knicks legend may have thought a long time ago that if Anthony and Roy could connect with each other, the team's offense would be much better.

There was no time for Roy and Anthony to encourage each other, the Rockets' counterattack had come, and the flying Harden received the ball all the way to the three-point line, and his left, center and right were all open.

However, Harden did not choose to pass the ball, habitually small jumps, stopped outside the three-point line, bent his elbows, shook slightly, and almost threw the ball out on tiptoe, a typical "Deng-style shot", slow and accurate.

At 17:25, Harden's three-pointer once again widened the difference, and the proud Harden was about to squeeze a wink at the VIP stands, when a figure suddenly whizzed past him.

"It's coming, Merlot."

It was Roy, he launched a fast attack at the first time, and when he heard his greeting, Anthony was stunned for a moment and still started.

Roy swept the half like the wind, and he rushed directly to the Rockets' three-second zone, and the retreating Capela and Ariza were already on standby, and the fast-tracking Gordon was also ready to block from behind.

Roy jumped, Capela, Ariza, Gordon also jumped, a three-British battle against Lu Bu, Roy who jumped in the air did not face the basket, he flipped his body 180 degrees in the air, leaned on the defender's big hand with his back and threw it out, or passed.

The ball was straight out of the three-point line, and it was Carmelo Anthony waiting there, absolutely empty, the three defenders were attracted to Roy, Anderson and Harden were on the other side of the three-point line, and Anthony still had time to shoot the ball even if he took a sip of Gatorade.

Anthony lived up to Roy's assist by adjusting his breath and hitting the ball with a picturesque three-point jumper, and at 20:25, Roy hit back Harden with an offbeat Anser ball.

"Well done, Merlot." Roy, who returned to defense, did not forget to encourage Anthony with two words, which made Anthony completely directionless.

Today, Roy frequently shows favor to Anthony, does he really not mind all the past?

No matter how much, anyway, the audience is refreshed, and the cheers one after another came, and Anthony was a little stunned when he heard it, what happened to Roy today? Why didn't he do a "cancer"?

There is a surprised Anthony here, Harden over there is obviously a little angry, Roy's fast break interrupted his celebration, today he specially brought his new girlfriend Anel Peralta Luciano to the scene to cheer him on, Harden will never allow anyone to ruin his good deeds, he is going to move seriously......