On March 2, 1998, the Rockets welcomed their first opponent in March, the Utah Jazz, on their home court.

There are only a few teams that can be mortal enemies by the Rockets, but the Jazz must be one of them, and the most difficult one to deal with.

In recent years, the Rockets have a slight advantage in the two sides.

Before the game began, Shanton Anderson came up and hugged a few of his best players.

Marrick Rose, who is better with Shanton Anderson, and his brother bumped his chest and said, "How is my brother in Utah, is he doing well?" ”

Shanton Anderson smiled and said, "It's not bad, you know, it's a colony of **gangsters, and ** it's a polygamous system, it's a man's paradise." ”

"Wow, yes, man, you also converted to **, hehe, did you find more than one mm, that one is reluctant." Marik Ross joked.

"Hey, hey, man, you're so right, I'm so happy in Utah, why don't you come too." Shanton Anderson dug into the corner of the wall in front of him.

"Hey, Shanton, you stinky boy when I don't exist, dig into the corner of our rocket in front of you." Olajuwon walked over from the side, laughing and scolding, and punched Shanton.

"Hehe, I said Hakim, you can rest assured, I promise that Malik will not leave, you don't know, his heart has been attracted by a Houston nurse mm, and he can't go." Shanton Anderson continues to tease Marrick Rose.

Olajuwon was happy when he heard this, and said to Malik with a smile: "Haha, Marik, what I said about how you have been training lately has disappeared since you ended, and I can't see you when I want to have a drink, it turns out that there is a situation." How about it, bring it to you that day. After speaking, he squeezed his eyes.

The conversation drew the rest of the Rockets players in, and when they heard that Marik Rose had a girlfriend, they all stretched out their ears to listen.

Marik Ross agreed very happily and said, "Okay, I'll let you see when I have time." ”

Seeing that the Rockets and the players who went out of the Rockets could be so friendly, Tiger who was behind the bench was also secretly happy, and secretly thought in his heart: The atmosphere in the Rockets team is still good, at least there will be no 'friend wife' or 'friend mother' These bad things, if these bad things really happen, Lao Tzu will definitely not let him have a good time.

After making fun of Marik Rose, everyone started preparing for the game.

As the referee's whistle blew, the game between the Rockets and Jazz officially began.

Garnett jumped to win over Ostertag, and Mark Jackson easily controlled the ball. Push to the Jazz's half.

The Jazz are also mostly old men, very adaptable to this rhythm, and everyone is slowly retreating to their own half-court defense.

However, suddenly, Mark Jackson dribbled the ball, collected the ball with both hands, and then sent it forward, and the ball flew through the whole court and flew straight to the basket.

Just when everyone was stunned, a black shadow suddenly jumped under Jazz's basket, caught the ball with both hands, paused in the air, and slammed the basketball into the basket with a powerful dunk with both hands.

All eyes were on the man who dunked under the basket.

It was Horry, who sneaked under the basket when everyone was not paying attention, and Hornacek, who was opposite him, was thrown away by him at least three meters away, and could only watch as Horry and Mark Jackson had a wonderful aerial cooperation.

Seeing this beautiful goal, Tiger jumped up suddenly behind the bench and shouted: "Robert, you are amazing, I love you to death, tonight is resplendent (it seems that there is no such place in the United States, hehe, let's take it, it is estimated that Comrade Guo Nu will appear there today, please pay attention, quack. I'll get you 10 chicks. ”

As soon as he finished saying this, all the players of the Rockets immediately moved to the side, and Horry on the court also stumbled and hung down.

Lao Tang held back the murderous thought and said, "Boss, can you be quiet, the face of the rocket is about to lose you." In the latter sentence, Lao Tang really couldn't help but use the roaring skill.

Tiger sneered, touched his nose, did it back, and then scratched his head a little embarrassedly, and said: "I'm sorry, I'm a person, everything is good, but when I watch the game on the spot, it's easy to forget my feelings, understand." ”

Everyone in the rocket couldn't help but shake their heads, all thinking about a question. That is, is this kid really a billionaire? Could it be that billionaires are like this? Hi, God is really on vacation.

And Jazz head coach Sloan's heart is chuckling, the Rockets' speed transformation is really good, and now the Rockets still have Garnett and Horry, two players who can run and jump, but why haven't they had such an offense before, is it accidental? Or is it deliberately arranged, or is this a regular tactic of the Rockets, if it is a conventional tactic, why hasn't the Rockets used it in previous games, all of this has a question mark in Sloan's heart.

However, now he can't afford to think about it, and the Jazz and Rockets have entered a-for-tat state since the game.

In the face of this goal, the Jazz did not mess up at all, and Stockton continued to control the course of the game.

As soon as Stockton reached the three-point line, Malone immediately stepped forward to block Stockton.

After Stockton blocked, he wanted to turn around and pass the ball to Malone.

Shocked at first glance, Malone has now been entangled by Horry, and Mark Jackson has directly approached Hornacek.

The speed of the Rockets' rotation defense has exceeded his expectations.

Seeing this situation, Stockton was also a little anxious, and could only make a stride inside under Garnett's defense to prepare for a breakthrough.

Seeing this, Garnett also quickly retracted inward, deliberately guarding against Stockton's breakthrough.

Unexpectedly, this was a feint by Stockton, and a quick kick back was a beautiful jumper that equalized the score.

In this way, the two sides went back and forth to start a fierce competition, and the scores of the two sides rose alternately.

However, the tactics of the Rockets' starting veterans today are completely different from those of the past.

Today, their tactics are not as slow as usual, and the Rockets' tactics today can be said to be a very good combination of fast and slow.

Slow to fast, fast to slow.

However, soon the Jazz discovered that the sudden acceleration of the rockets was almost always looking for Garnett and Horry.

When Sloan found out about this, he quickly made adjustments and strengthened his defense against Garnett and Horry to prevent them from having a quick attack.

Unexpectedly, the Rocket's change of move was also very fast, after seeing the Jazz strengthen the defense of these two people, Lao Tang gestured, saw the gesture of the Rockets player, and changed the object of the pass again, Drexler suddenly accelerated the frequency of the attack, and hit a breakthrough in a row.

The Jazz were caught off guard, and after strengthening the defense against Drexler, the time for the first quarter of the game came.

In a situation that the Jazz did not expect, the Rockets ended the first quarter with a four-point lead at 27:23.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the Rockets replaced a bench player and began the prelude to a quick attack.

The Jazz also brought on Hornacek for Shanton Anderson.

There is no way for the Jazz to continue to let their main force stand on top, and the Jazz do not have a bench as deep as the Rockets.

Following the rocket's routine, the rocket began to attack with lightning speed.

Under Bodi Roga's deployment, the speed of the rocket is like an arrow from the string, fast, accurate, wave after wave, which can only be described as tough.

However, Jazz are Jazz after all, they are like the snowy mountains on their uniforms, not messed up at all, without a little mess, and bite the score according to their own routines.

Such a team is undoubtedly terrifying, they are like wolves, following you to the death, as long as you make the slightest mistake, they can pounce on you and tear you apart, terrible sir.

Lao Tang looked at this situation, and his brows were also tightened. There's no way to beat a team like the Jazz, you can't beat them to death all at once, but if you don't beat them to death, they'll be like Xiao Qiang, pat the dust on their bodies, continue to keep up, and when you're not paying attention, they will give you a hard blow, or even knock you to the ground.

This is not what Lao Tang wants to see.

However, in the second quarter of the game, this did not happen under the control of Bodi Roga, and the Rockets still controlled the rhythm of the game.

By the end of the second quarter, the Rockets had an eight-point lead.

Such a score is not safe, and the Jazz can completely catch up with or even overtake the score in a few rounds.

57：49

The Rockets went into halftime with an eight-point advantage.

At halftime, Jazz head coach Sloan said in the locker room: "Guys, you're good, as the best team of the season, the Rockets have won too much, and consecutive wins will gain confidence and courage, but also arrogance and pride, all you have to do is give them a hard blow in the second half when they were slacking off, knock them to the ground, that's what we should do in the second half, you know." ”

"Understood."

The jazz nodded silently.

On the other hand, in the locker room of the Rockets, there was a lot of noise, and the Rockets were joking with each other.

Lao Tang didn't stop seeing this situation, Lao Tang just smiled and looked at his players.

After everyone laughed for a while, Lao Tang slowly said: "Everyone, the realization in the first half was very good, the attack was powerful, and the defense was strong, but everyone noticed a problem. After finishing speaking, Lao Tang slowly looked at the Rocket's players.

Everyone shook their heads.

Lao Tang smiled indifferently and said, "Hehe, you are players, and it's normal that you haven't noticed." However, you must remember what I am talking about now, otherwise you will really lose, but you will suffer. ”

When the rocket people heard this, they nodded hurriedly.

'At the start of the second half, you have to make sure you have a success rate. Didn't you notice, under our two consecutive quarters of blows, the Jazz only trailed us by 8 points, you are all old players, you should know that this is not an insurance score at all, you must ensure your offensive success rate in the second half, otherwise as long as your offensive success rate comes, it is the beginning of the Jazz's powerful counterattack, once the Jazz's counterattack you can't suppress, then the score advantage you have worked so hard to build will immediately come to naught, and you will be trampled under the feet of the Jazz. After Lao Tang finished speaking, he slowly looked at the players of the rocket.

"I want you to understand that our record is an honor, but also a kind of pressure, an invisible pressure, you gain self-confidence and courage after victory, but you will also gain pride and arrogance, I hope you can abandon arrogance and pride, save your self-confidence and courage, then you are the strongest." Lao Tang continued.

The coaches on both sides saw the strengths and weaknesses of the rockets, and they all made corresponding arrangements.

Then the most important thing now is to see how both sides play on the field

Finally, Olajuwon also got up and said: "Guys, Karl and Stockton are among the top 50 superstars in the league, each of them has the ability to change the situation on the court, I don't want to be the background of their miracles, are you willing?" Olajuwon stared at the Rockets.

"Unwilling"

The answer of the rocket crowd was firm and calm.

"Alright, let's play."

Olajuwon was the first to walk out of the locker room, and the rest of the Rockets came out in droves.

The second half of the game between the Rockets and the Jazz is about to begin.

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