After a pause, Qiao Hai did not get angry.

The opening lag is not only related to the performance of the players on the court, but also sometimes related to the adjustment and arrangement of the head coach, for example, losing offensive rebounds in the opening game, in fact, there are some problems with Qiao Hai's adjustment and arrangement.

In terms of interior rim protection, Yao Ming's rebounding ability has always been a problem, and in the previous games, Yao Ming's partner on the inside line was Chris Anderson, who was flexible and active.

And in this game, Kevin Cato started instead of Chris Anderson, Cato was tasked with killing Garnett on the offensive end, from this point of view, Cato did a good job, but because of this, the Rockets' protection of rebounds was a little worse.

Qiao Hai thought for a while and decided to change people.

"Chris, you're on."

Joe Hai finally decided to switch back to Chris Anderson, and the protection of rebounds is still very important compared to the defense of the opponent's arrow players.

And Chris Anderson's defense against Garnett isn't necessarily worse than Cato's.

"We need to protect our rebounds, we've just started and we've already dropped too many offensive rebounds, and most of the points we've dropped are due to losing offensive rebounds!"

Qiao Hai took a tactical board, first focused on the problem of offensive rebounding, and then, he was about to make adjustments to the team's offense.

"Also, offensively, we can't continue to hit the mid-range point, the Timberwolves are doing a great job of defending this point, and we need to find another way."

Qiao Hai quickly drew two points on the tactical board: "Next, our main tactic is the hammer tactic, the two focuses are in the bottom corner, and the blocking and dismantling cooperation in the high position continues, but after the blocking and dismantling, create a threat in the mid-range position, and then play inside." ”

"After attracting the pinch shot, immediately divide the ball, in the bottom corner or on both sides of the top of the arc, where there is a three-point shooter!"

With a pause, Qiao Hai completely overturned the opening tactical strategy.

But after the pause, the effects were not long in coming.

After the timeout, the Rockets' first offense, Steve Francis broke through the inside, attracted a pinch shot, and split the ball to the bottom corner, and Ron Artest missed an open three-pointer.

Although I didn't make it, the opportunity appeared.

The Timberwolves' defensive holes are really outside the three-point line, especially the two bottom corners.

Then, a wave of Timberwolves offense, Garnett forced Chris Anderson, causing Anderson's foul, went to the free throw line, and on the free throw line, Garnett hit both free throws, and the Timberwolves further widened the difference.

In the next offensive and defensive rounds, the two teams played iron one after another.

But the next wave of offense, Ron Artest's straight break, after the rampage, forced the Timberwolves to implement a flanking attack.

Another split, another corner.

This time, James Posey seized the opportunity and hit a three-pointer with a raised hand!

Then, there was another wave of iron on both sides, and the Timberwolves replaced Kendall Gill, who had just come on the court, and immediately hit a mid-range shot and scored 2 points.

Yao Ming's subsequent mid-range shot missed again, but Ron Artest's breakaway caused Garnett to foul and go to the free throw line for another one-of-a-two free throws.

Then, Chris Anderson interfered with Garnett's shot in defense, and Garnett hit the iron.

The Rockets grabbed another defensive rebound, Yao Ming handed the ball to Steve Francis, who broke through to the front court and crossed the high post.

Yao Ming hit a high jumper, and the difference was immediately narrowed to 3 points.

On the offense of the Timberwolves, Gary Trent, who came off the bench, hit two points, and Ron Artest on the Rockets broke through to make a layup, and the difference was still 3 points.

Troy Hudson then drew a foul and hit one of two free throws to provide a four-point deficit.

On the Rockets' side, Steve Francis's breakaway, the ball was outside the line, and Ron Artest stepped on the three-point line to shoot a long-range two-pointer.

The difference was reduced to 2 points.

In the last two minutes of the first quarter, both teams struck each other.

Joe Smith scored the final goal of the first quarter.

Just like that, the first quarter ended with the score at 19:15 and the Rockets trailing by 4 points.

During the intermission, Qiao Hai thought about the style of play in the second quarter, overall, after the adjustment in the first quarter, the Rocket's offense was still average, and the opportunities for the bottom corner and high post came out, but the Rocket's feel was average and he failed to seize the opportunity.

Defensively, the Rockets did a good job, they limited Garnett to a certain extent, and the problem of rebounding protection was gone.

Also because of the Rockets' excellent performance on the defensive end, this game seems to be a bit of a defensive battle.

As for the upcoming second quarter of the game, if the Rockets still need to make some changes, it can only be changes on the offensive end.

In the substitution in the second quarter, Joe Hai replaced Jamal Crawford and Steve Francis to partner the guard line, the small forward was James Posey, and the interior line was Carlos Boozer plus Kevin Cato.

On the Timberwolves' side, Garnett continued to appear, Qiao Hai hesitated for a while, and finally chose to go to Garnett alone.

The game began in the second quarter, and the Timberwolves scored first.

Garnett's strength on the inside created a foul, hitting both free throws from the free throw line to stretch the margin to six points.

But then, James Posey received a pass from Francis in the corner and hit a three-pointer, leaving the margin to just three points.

Anthony Peeler hit the iron with two points, and on the Rockets' side, Boozer's mid-range shot also hit the iron.

Then, the Timberwolves attacked the inside, Anthony Peeler passed the ball to the basket and assisted Mark Jackson to hit a 2-pointer, and on the Rockets' side, Carlos Boozer suddenly fell in the low post and singled Garnett.

The hook shot that turned around also scored 2 points.

In the next offense, Garnett and Anthony Piller's shots hit iron one after another, and the Rockets seized the opportunity and played another low-post offense, still Boozer, and the low-post turnaround jumper hit again.

There is only 1 point left!

Qiao Hai waved his fist off the field, he knew that the rocket's counterattack had finally arrived!

In this game, Yao Ming couldn't play because his shooting heat map was concentrated in the mid-range position, and this position happened to be the key lock position in Garnett's help defense.

In the second half of the first quarter, the Rockets gave up this position and switched to the bottom corner and high post, but these two positions were too far away from the basket, and the Rockets did not feel good and the offense could not get up.

Finally, after Boozer came on the court, there was a strong point on the court that could play in the low post, and the Rockets opened up the offense from the low post!

Boozer continued to attack, and the Timberwolves continued to hit iron.

Then, the Timberwolves' defense changed, and they began to focus on Boozer's low-post offense.

However, the players on the Rockets court were also improvised, and Boozer hit a low-post single after an offensive failure with a double shot.

He immediately opted for passing.

The ball is passed to the basket, and Cato slams the dunk!

23:24！ The Rockets completed the overtake of the score!