After beating the Spurs by 20 points at home, the Rockets have a 32-3 record this season.

Such a result is infinitely close to the results of the Rockets last season.

On the second day after the game, the Rockets got another day off, and after the holiday, the Rockets would go to Salt Lake City to challenge the Jazz again, and this time, the Rockets came with a vengeance.

On the day of the break, Lao Tang made a phone call to Olajuwon, in which Lao Tang said: "Hakim, I want to talk to you about something. ”

Olajuwon smiled on the other side of the phone and said: "Coach, I know what you want to say to me, whether it is about the main team. ”

Lao Tang was stunned for a moment, then reacted and praised: "It's worthy of being a player, these things can be known as soon as you guess." ”

Olajuwon took the phone, poured himself a glass of water and said, "Coach, is the bus shaking out of the team?" ”

The old soup on the other side of the phone was silent for a while and said: "I want you to keep it secret, Hakim, although many people can see this matter, as long as it is not confirmed for a day, it will only be a will, do you understand?" ”

Olajuwon's serious man said: "Don't worry, coach, I know what to do. However, I have a question, if the bus leaves, who will make up for the defect of his departure. ”

Lao Tang said with a smile: "The candidate is already there, you can rest assured, after this person comes, I still hope that you can be his full-time trainer." ”

When Olajuwon heard this, he was slightly surprised, and immediately understood how much hope the Rockets senior management had for this new player, and Olajuwon was also an old man, so he immediately reacted and said: "Yes, that will be my honor, I am very much looking forward to the arrival of this kid." ”

The two chatted for a few words, then hung up the phone, and after Olajuwon put down the phone, he let out a deep sigh and said in his heart: I don't know what kind of person this new guy will be, and what kind of talent will make the coach invest so much money to train him.

Just when Olajuwon was still guessing, Lao Tang called Horry again, and Horry's deep baritone voice came from the phone, and he heard Horry say: "Hello coach, is there anything to find me?" ”

Lao Tang listened to this good man's voice and said, "Robert, I want to talk to you about the recent fact that Austin has always replaced you in the position of your main force. ”

Horry was stunned when he heard this, and said: "Coach, this is your arrangement, I just obey, you don't have to explain anything, I am a professional player, I know how to do it." ”

Lao Tang shook his head on the other side of the phone and said, "Robert, you are the most important link in the team, I have to explain to you, it is my dereliction of duty to tell you for so long." ”

Huo Li knew what Lao Tang was, and hurriedly said on the phone: "You said coach." ”

Lao Tang said unhurriedly: "Robert, I can only tell you one thing, your position in the Rockets is very stable, and the opinion of the boss and me is that as long as you still like Houston to play, then you can play here until you retire." ”

Although Horry was very prepared, Lao Tang made such a promise to him that made Horry's heart warm, and said: "Don't worry, coach, as long as I can still move, as long as the Rockets still need me, I will definitely fight in the Rockets, I swear in the name of my daughter." ”

When Lao Tang heard Horry say this, he hurriedly stopped: "Okay, okay, Robert, I know your thoughts, hehe, are you accompanying Ai Xue again today, my old man hasn't seen this little girl for a long time, take me to say hello to him, and say that there is an old man who misses her very much." ”

Huo Li stabilized his emotions and said: "Thank you, coach, I think Ai Xue also misses you very much, I will take her to see you when I have the opportunity." ”

The two chatted for a while and then hung up.

Old Tang pondered for a while, picked up the phone again, and dialed Garnett.

Garnett, who was practicing shooting in the court at home, picked up the phone and looked at it, quickly answered the phone, and said, "Hello, coach, I'm Kevin, do you have anything to do." ”

Old Tang smiled and said, "I didn't bother to beat you, Kevin." ”

Garnett also smiled and said, "No, coach, I'm practicing on the court at home." ”

Lao Tang quipped: "I thought you kid, you are sleeping in bed now." ”

Garnett scratched his head and said, "That coach, am I so lazy in your mind." ”

Old Tang laughed and said, "Okay, Kevin, I'm not kidding you." I am calling you today to tell you something, and as far as you and Hakim know, I hope you don't spread it. ”

Garnett was stunned at the time, hesitated for a moment and couldn't help but ask curiously: "What the hell is going on, such a mystery." ”

Lao Tang shook his head and said: "You kid, remember for me that no outside passes are allowed, or you can see, a few substitutes who have played more time recently will leave the team next season, I hope you don't have any bad thoughts about Malik, you know." ”

Garnett understood what he meant as soon as he heard it, and immediately assured: "Don't worry, coach, I will clear the severity of the matter, and I will not talk nonsense about such things." ”

Lao Tang nodded with satisfaction and continued: "Finally, in peace, the boss once told me that as long as Kevin maintains his current state, the leader of the rocket in the next 10 years will be him, you should understand what the boss means." ”

Garnett was also stunned by Lao Tang's words, opened his mouth wide, and didn't react for a while.

When Lao Tang heard that there was no movement on that side, he thought something was wrong, and shouted loudly: "Hey, Kevin, Kevin, what's wrong with you." ”

Garnett, who was awakened by Lao Tang's loud shouting, hurriedly said: "It's nothing, it's nothing, coach, thank you for telling me these things, thank you so much." ”

After hanging up the phone, the excited Garnett picked up the basketball on the ground, ran to the basket and ran to the basket to get a 360-degree slam dunk in the air.

After the slam dunk was successful, he roared loudly a few times, venting the excitement in his heart.

Lao Tang was also very satisfied with the realization of the three people, looking at the problems in the team, he was nipped in the bud by himself, and he himself was very happy.

After the team assembled, the Rockets traveled to Salt Lake City to challenge the Jazz again.

At the beginning of the game, the Rockets fielded all the main players except for the bus accident.

Today, the bus continues to compete with Ostertag on the inside, when Ostertag is dealing with the bus, although it is very difficult, but it can still persevere, but after the start of this game, Ostertag is completely at a disadvantage, whether it is offensive and defensive, the bus has obviously suppressed Ostertag, the bus to deal with the center with the technical surname, may be a little worse, the problem of slow pace, it is not a moment and a half can be corrected, but to deal with a center like Ostertag, the bus is still very sure.

Several consecutive impacts, continuous scores on the inside, forced the Jazz to start to assist the bus defense, and by this time, the passing skills of the bus began to show, and the Jazz continued to send accurate passes, allowing the Jazz to see the unusual side of this player.

Under the defense of Malone, Garnett continued to make wonderful inside cooperation with the bus, and it was Horry who also used his height advantage to go deep into the inside again and again, making strong attacks.

The Jazz's defensive center of gravity was forced to tilt inside, and Hornacek and Stockton had to often go inside to help defend.

In this way, the Rockets outside players have more room to attack, and the Rockets Thunder? The continuous firing of Allen and Bodi Roga put the Jazz in a dilemma.

Seeing such a situation, the elder Sloan immediately called a timeout, replaced Hornacek, and replaced Shandon? Anderson began to tighten up his perimeter defense and speed up the rotation.

Such measures played a very good role, and the rocket began to become difficult in the offensive.

On the defensive end, the Rockets are facing the Jazz team, whose blocking and dismantling tactics have been deeply rooted in their bones, and the Rockets' defense is often broken through.

The two sides formed a stalemate on the field, and neither team could help anyone for a while.

By the end of the first quarter, the score was 23:23, and the two sides were tied.

After a short break, Big Dream replaced the bus on the court, and Big Dream's play increased the pressure on the Jazz's interior defense, and Ostertag couldn't deal with Olajuwon at all, and could only be shaken by Big Dream's footsteps and feints again and again.

Malone can only fill in for his center again and again, and Da Meng's pass is also sent to Garnett's hands again and again by baseball, which gives Garnett the opportunity to shoot again and again, and the jazz can only increase the defense of the interior line in a row.

Although, the Jazz wheel changes positions quickly, but the ball is faster than people after all, and under the wide range of conduction, the Rockets can always seize the gap in the Jazz defense to score points.

In this way, the rocket occupied the advantage on the field little by little, and took the initiative into its own hands little by little.

At halftime, the Rockets had extended the score to eight points.

Looking at the somewhat depressed Jazz, Lao Tang knew that the balance of victory in this game was already tilting in favor of the Rockets.

After halftime, the Jazz tried to launch a counterattack in the third quarter, and Ostertag grabbed a rebound on the head of the bus with a near-foul move.

After Ostertag controlled the rebound, he handed the ball to Stockton as soon as possible, and Stockton handed a long pass to Malone, who was already about to fall.

Just as Malone stuck Garnett behind him and was ready to end the offense with a layup.

Horry, who had already returned from defense, made a vicious foul and hit Malone directly.

After landing on the ground, looking at the red arm, Malone said with a wry smile: "Robert, you kid is really ruthless, it's really black." ”

Horry smiled indifferently and said, "Okay, Karl, this is the game, I want to make a layup like this, and you will fan me down like this." ”

Marlon nodded, thought for a moment and shook his head.

Just walked over and took the free throw.

Malone hit one of two free throws, and this foul is still very appropriate.

The Jazz's counterattack failed under the Rockets' foul tactics, and the Rockets still controlled the situation on the court.

By the end of the third quarter, the Rockets continued to hold an eight-point lead.

After the start of the fourth quarter, the Rockets continued to keep the pressure on the Jazz, and many of Sloan's counterattacks were stifled by the Rockets.

At the end of the game, Sloan let out a long sigh, knowing that with the current Jazz team's ability, they couldn't stop the Rockets.

Rockets are making history and miracles of their own.

(To be continued)