In the first game of the Western Conference Finals between the Rockets and the Spurs, the Rockets encountered great difficulties after the game began, and the Spurs sacrificed the man-to-man zone defense they had practiced for a long time, although the Rockets had practiced cracking this defense before.

However, due to the degree of coordination between the Spurs players and the addition of personnel and the importance of helping to defend the sense, the Rockets have encountered unprecedented pressure on the offense, as long as the Rockets players are at least two people with the ball in the attack.

After the start of the second quarter of the game, although Lao Tang made adjustments during the break, the Rockets still could not solve the problem of weak offense.

Looking at such a game, Lao Tang was a little hesitant, what to do now, whether to attack with all his strength or strengthen the defense, such a question made Lao Tang entangled.

After thinking for a moment, Lao Tang waved his hand on the sidelines, called Horry and Big Ben over, and whispered: "Robert, Ben, the two of you will play in one go, replace Austin and Hakim." Then, say to everybody, give me defense, we can't score and we can't let the opponent score, the only thing you two have to do on the court is defense, Ben is on the inside, Robert is on the outside, give me a real defensive battle. ”

After Horry and Big Ben came on the court, the players on the Rockets court began to implement the tactical intent of Old Tang, although the Rockets are still eight points behind. However, the shield of the rocket's defense has been erected, and Lao Tang, who was off the field, gritted his teeth and said in a voice that he could only hear: "Play defense with the rocket, and see which of us dies first." ”

It's a real defensive battle, and the Spurs hide what they do best, which is for the Rockets.

From the second quarter, what the Rockets' home fans saw was a real collision, the "bang, bang" collision between the muscles of the players on both sides, because of the heavy breathing after the card position, and the sound of basketball hitting iron on the basket, these sounds converged into the main theme of the second quarter of the game.

The Spurs players suddenly found that the Rockets' defense had gone up a notch, and when they were still able to score just now, they were now unable to score any more, and the two sides did not score a point for a full 4 minutes in the second quarter.

Only the sound of the players on both sides could be heard crashing and heavy gasps, but the scramble between the two sides had reached a white-hot level.

Big Ben used his power and bounce to control his own rebound, David? Robinson was pushed outside by Big Ben, and there was nothing he could do.

Duncan faced Garnett, the pair who were already destined to be opponents, and they were also fighting to the death in this game, arms wrapped around arms and thighs against thighs, desperately biting for the victory of their own team.

Horry gritted his teeth against Barkley, but the impact from the fat man's body came wave after wave, so that Horry could only grit his teeth and resist it desperately.

The only thing that could have been easier was Ray? Aaron and Bodi Loga, this two facing Steve? Cole and 'Little General' Johnson are still relatively easy to deal with, after all, both of them are inferior in physical fitness and age.

The only good news on the court is that after the Rockets strengthened their defense, Bodi Loga can often use his height on the offensive end to create some opportunities and shoot basketballs, although there are not many opportunities, but the 4-minute scoring drought between the two sides at the end of the day is broken by Bodi Loga.

** After the Rockets strengthened their defense, Vicky couldn't sit still in his position, and frequently walked to the sidelines to direct the Spurs players to attack.

But the way of the Rockets is too hard, whether it is inside or outside, the ironclad defense makes all the Spurs players feel helpless.

** Vicky knows that now the Spurs need a person who can break the deadlock, a person who can kill the Rockets' interior line, a strong breakthrough player, once the Spurs meet a defensive team like the Rockets, such a person is enough to save everything at a critical time, but now the Spurs have no such person on the bench, there is none, and the only one who can have some hope now is the 'little general' Johnson.

Can you expect a pure playmaker who isn't very physical to break through? This is somewhat unrealistic.

So, now the Spurs can only endure it, until the Rockets can't bear it, but Vicky still underestimated the tenacity of the Rockets, and at the end of the second quarter of the game, the Rockets still insisted on their own tactics of not getting out of the hole, aren't your Spurs good at defense? Well, buddy and you are more defensive.

By halftime, the Rockets had narrowed the gap between the two sides by eight points to three points, a score that made Tiger excited on the sidelines.

42:39 The Spurs ended the half-time game with a three-point advantage, and the ** Vic who returned to the locker room had a headache, according to his vision, a strong team like the Rockets, in the face of the Spurs, will definitely increase their attacking efforts, trying to solve their opponents with offense, as long as the Rockets' offense is blocked, they will be impatient, and the Spurs' opportunity will come.

However, what people didn't expect was that the Rockets also put out a turtle shell, and when they were on defense first, they used their own defense to ensure that they didn't lose points first, and waited for an opportunity to launch a counterattack.

This kind of tactic is really different from what Vicky envisioned at the beginning.

** Vicky thought to himself: It's a little difficult, now the Rockets are playing defense, their defensive strength is better than ours, it is the Spurs who suffer like this, the Rockets play a lot of people, if the players who play their own games at the end of the day because of physical problems, resulting in defense is even worse, then the Spurs' crisis is coming, and we must find a way to solve this problem.

On the Rocket's side, Lao Tang is also thinking about the specific tactics of the second half, the Rocket is a team with a balanced offense and defense, although the defense wins the championship, but now the Rocket's score is behind, we must solve the problem of weak offense, Lao Tang, who secretly made up his mind, strode to the locker room.

This time Tiger didn't go to the locker room because Amy had come with her.

Among Rocket fans, Tiger's prestige is still very high, many fans like this billion-dollar, but approachable boss, many young fans chat with Tiger, they feel that they are surrounded by a buddy of their own, not the boss of the Rockets.

Watching Amy's appearance attracted a lot of attention, everyone knew that Tiger had a beautiful girlfriend, but I didn't expect such a beauty, different from the kind of wild surnames and surnames that American men like, Amy is the kind of beauty full of classical atmosphere, and such a beauty attracts the attention of men even more.

Who knows, anyway, there are many fans with male surnames around them, who are very envious of Tiger, and they make jokes about Tiger one by one, which makes Tiger laugh constantly.

At halftime, Tiger led Amy and bought some snacks to continue enjoying at work.

Amy looked at the man beside her, hurriedly holding a big bag of snacks for herself, the tip of her nose was a little sweaty, Amy's heart was a burst of warmth, she could find such a man, she was probably really a princess in her last life.

Go back to the sidelines and pick a fan in his fifties next to him, named Jim? Haas, a veteran Rocket fan, watched Tiger take back a big bag of food, and smiled: "I said, Tiger, you get so much food, don't be afraid to eat your fiancée fat, if you really get fat, I see how you get married when you get married to hold people in the wedding car." ”

Tiger said indifferently: "It doesn't matter, Jim, you don't know, buddy's strength is not given in vain, as long as it doesn't exceed 200 pounds, I can bear it." ”

Jim asked, "What about more than 200 pounds?" ”

Tiger is also a smart person, and when he heard this, he smiled and said, "More than 200 pounds are also hugged, do you say it's Amy." ”

Amy glanced at Tiger on the side and said, "Count you as acquaintances." ”

The surrounding fans burst into laughter again.

Amid a burst of laughter, the intermission finally ended.

The second half of the game between the two sides also began, and the rhythm of the game between the two sides seemed to change somewhat after the start of the second half.

The two sides began to test each other and began to attack, and both sides realized that once this entanglement continued, by the end of the game, who knew what would happen.

Such a change is really surprising.

The managers of both sides have also noticed this, but neither side is making any changes, because both sides know that a crucial moment has come, a decisive moment has come.

Throughout the third quarter of the game, both sides were cautiously trying to attack the surname, and in such a trial, the Rockets had the upper hand, because the individual combat ability of several players of the Rockets was quite strong.

Whether it's Bodi Loga, Ray? Allen and Garnett, the combat effectiveness shown by these three people is undoubtedly strong, and the three of them rely on their own abilities to score points in the Spurs' iron bucket formation, pushing the rockets forward with difficulty.

On the other hand, the Spurs are really stuck in the Rockets' defensive system and have no way to extricate themselves.

Big Ben and Horry are like the defensive gates of the Rockets' inside and outside, blocking the Spurs' offense wave after wave.

David? Robinson rolled over and made a jumper, and was slapped by Big Ben, who was chasing closely, David? Robinson could only look at Big Ben with his eyes open and stupidly, that's why you kid can jump so high.

When Duncan shook Garnett and was about to go to the basket, a big hand suddenly appeared in front of him, and Duncan's hand shook in fright, the basketball deflected out of the basket, and the rebound was controlled by Garnett.

After Barkley forced a breakthrough through Horry, when he was smiling and preparing to go to the basket, an explosive head appeared in front of him again, and the bodies of the two collided in the air, with a "bang", which made everyone's hearts tremble.

Big Ben completely embodied the biggest characteristics of a defensive interior in this game, and everything a super blue-collar can have can be found in Big Ben.

Horry has been equally good on the outside, and if it weren't for Horry suppressing Barkley, the score between the two sides would have been uncertain.

And Horry's supplementary defense also made the Spurs' outside line an airtight, Mario? Eli, Steve? Both Kerr and 'Little General' Johnson felt enveloped in the giant No. 25 figure in the third quarter.

By the end of the third quarter, the Rockets had taken the lead by four points.

This score makes the hearts of ** Vicky and Lao Tang can be described as two heavens of ice and fire.

(To be continued)