The Rockets' offense, Gary Payton tried a three-pointer from the outside and didn't score.

Then, Jazz's offense, the ball was once again singled by Carlos Boozer, Boozer opened with 2 shots and 2 hits, and the Jazz's style of play is like this, whoever is in good shape will let him play in a row.

Jerry Sloan can't help it, the Jazz don't have any players who can beat him, he can only play like this to ensure firepower for a certain period of time.

But this time, Boozer's two turns were completely blocked by Chris Anderson, and the step-back jumper that followed was also blocked by Chris Anderson.

Bang, didn't go in.

Yao Ming picked up the rebound under the basket, and the Rockets tried to break fast, but the Jazz's retreat was also fast, especially Andrei Kirilenko, who shrank to the basket, and Wade, who was holding the ball, hesitated and did not go in.

Kirilenko is the third on the block list this season, the first two are Theolatliff and Ben Wallace, so Kirilenko is still a big threat under the basket.

……

The rocket pressed down the rhythm, and in the positional battle, the ball was given to Yao Ming again.

The Jazz continued to use Boozer to defend Yao Ming, Yao Ming kept turning and probing in the middle distance, and Wade galloped in, hand-to-hand to catch the ball, and rushed into the restricted area.

Then, the Jazz shrank inside.

Wade jumped up and passed the ball to the bottom corner.

Ron Artest shot from the bottom corner and hit a three-pointer!

5:6, the difference is only 1 point.

The reason why Qiao Hai is not in a hurry is also because of this, the rocket's offense has already been formed, as long as there is a chance, whether he can score is a matter of feeling.

Even if Qiao Hai paused, it would be useless.

He will change his strategy when he really can't score, but obviously, the Rockets don't feel bad at this time, and the goals are coming one after another.

Jazz's offense, Andrei Kirilenko hit the iron.

On the Rockets' side, Ron Artest went around the bottom corner again, received the ball outside the three-point line on the right side, and scored another three-pointer with a bang.

At 8:6, the Rockets overtook the score.

……

Jazz's offense, Xiao Mo accelerated after blocking and dismantling, entered the restricted area, scored two points on a layup, and the two teams were tied.

The rocket's offense, the ball was given to Yao Ming, Yao Ming hit a single in the middle distance, turned around and throw, smack, after the score, the referee blew the whistle and added a penalty.

But Yao Ming's free throw didn't go in, and the Rockets only led by 2 points at 10:8.

The Jazz continued to hit the iron, and on the Rockets' side, Ron Artest singled, went straight into the restricted area through the cover, and dunked successfully, 12:8, leading by 4 points.

The Jazz's offense, they desperately need to score.

Jerry Sloan was already a little anxious, and he was already standing outside the sideline, waving his hands.

On the court, the Jazz's ball went to Carlos Boozer again, Boozer singled, he gritted his teeth and went inside, but then the turnaround jumper hit the iron again.

The Rockets' defense gradually found its state, the one-on-one defense did not lose its position, and the help defense did not suffer at all.

The Jazz missed their opening 3-of-3 shooting, and the Rockets once again went through a quick half-court positional battle with a three-pointer from Gary Payton.

Then, the Jazz did not take a timeout, because the official timeout was approaching, and they played another wave of offense, Mo Williams and Carlos Boozer played a wave of cooperation, Boozer cut to the basket, received the ball and made a layup, and finally scored a 2 points.

At 15:10, the Rockets led by five points, and the game entered the first official timeout.

After the timeout, both teams made some substitutions, and the Rockets brought on Jamal Crawford to replace Wade off the court.

Because Boozer was still on the field, Qiao Hai postponed Boris Dior's appearance and let Chris Anderson continue to be on the field to defend Boozer.

On the Jazz side, Matt Harprin came on and replaced Ragabel.

But after the substitution, the Jazz once again entered a period of iron, first the new Matt Harprin hit a hot shot, and then Mo's long-range shot missed.

The Rockets took advantage of the Jazz's wave of iron and scored one after another.

First, Yao Ming scored 2 points in a low single, and then Ron Artest received the ball and shot to score another 2 points.

The Rockets led the Jazz by nine points, 19-10.

Although the Jazz have made several adjustments, their disadvantage is already quite large, their offense is completely unopen, and their defense is quite weak.

At the end of the first quarter, the Rockets led the Jazz by 11 points, 30-19.

In the first quarter of the game, Yao Ming and Artest were in excellent shape, scoring 8 points and 4 rebounds on 4-of-4 shooting, and scoring 10 points on 4-of-5 shooting.

On the Jazz side, Mo Williams played all kinds of iron, and the Jazz could only rely on Carlos Boozer to score, but the Rockets Boozer's defense was very tight, Chris Anderson kept following the defense, and Boozer's scoring was also very limited......

"In the face of the Rockets, the Jazz are still too weak, they are not opponents at all, on the offensive end, they can only rely on Carlos Boozer's singles, but it is this Boozer, they also have to thank the Rockets, if it wasn't for the Rockets who sent Boozer at the beginning of the season, they wouldn't even have this one strong point."

"The defensive end is even worse, the Rockets' strong points are too many, a stable Yao Ming they have no choice, this game Ron Artest broke out again, the young Dwayne Wade hasn't played much, and the Jazz are already powerless to resist......"

In the second quarter, Qiao Hai replaced Wade, who had rested for half a quarter, with Wade as the core, plus Boris Dior organized the offense, and continued to impact the Jazz's defense.

In this quarter, Wade exploded, scoring 9 points on 4-of-5 shooting in a single quarter, and the Rockets once again extended their 11-point lead.

At halftime, the Rockets led the Jazz by 22 points at halftime, 62-40.

The gap was so huge that Jerry Sloan didn't expect it, and the Jazz acted like a lottery team in front of the Rockets, completely unable to fight back.

With 22 points trailing at halftime, the Jazz had no chance to win this game.

In the second half, the Rockets continued to control the tempo on the court, and the Jazz gritted their teeth to chase the points, and also achieved some results.

But in the end, the Rockets still defeated the Jazz by 113:93, a difference of 20 points, and won the first game of the playoffs!

"Judging from the process of the game, the Jazz didn't get too good chances throughout the game except for the opening lead, and they were completely caught in the Rockets' neat positional defense, and the defense was helpless against the Rockets' multi-point attack."

"If Jerry Sloan doesn't make a surprise move, perhaps, this series will be like this, and the Jazz will most likely be swept 4-0 by the Rockets."

……

In this game, the Rockets can indeed be called multi-point flowering.

Dwayne Wade, who broke out in the second quarter, scored a game-high 24 points, plus four rebounds and four assists, Ron Artest hit three three-pointers and scored 21 points and four rebounds, and Yao Ming shot 7 of 11 for 20 points, nine rebounds, two steals and four blocks.

Gary Payton didn't play much, only four shots, 10 points, eight assists and two steals, but Jamal Crawford also scored 13 points, two rebounds and three assists off the bench......