On November 1, 1997, the Rockets welcomed their first opponent in the regular season, the Cleveland Cavaliers.

The Cavaliers' lineup this year is still very good.

This is Big Z's second year in the NBA.

This year he was standing next to 'Rainman' Kemp, Wesley Person.

There are also this year's rookies, Knight, Derek Anderson and Styrick Henderson, plus Bob Sula and Portapanko.

The Knights' lineup is also quite complete.

This year they have an ambitious hope of making it to the playoffs.

But their first game was on the road, against the Rockets, who had seven games against the Bulls last season.

And this year's rocket is even stronger.

In the ranking of the most powerful contenders for the championship in the new edition, they are second only to the Chicago Bulls.

Such a strong team made the young knights feel cold in their hearts.

The competition has officially begun.

Now the Rockets' jumpers are generally Garnett, and Garnett, who has long arms, is very dominant when jumping the ball.

The ball was played by Garney towards Mark Jackson.

Mark Jackson took control of the ball with a straight shot.

Looking at Brian Knight, who is only 1.78 meters, Mark Jackson advanced with ease.

Using the width of his body, he steadily pushed it out of the actual forbidden area.

Faced with a gap of 13cm, Mark Jackson played with ease.

The two years with the Rockets are arguably the best and most laid-back two years for Mark Jackson.

In the team, he is the main force that starts steadily.

In terms of salary, his boss is a master who doesn't care about money at all.

In the team, although he is not a leader, he is also a heavyweight in the locker room.

On the court, he played his best game, averaging 11.3 points and 9.4 assists per game.

That's a great achievement for a point guard.

The playmaker, who always puts the passing first, is entering a peak of his career.

Looking at the rookie in front of him, Mark Jackson didn't just want to flirt.

"Hey, I said man, your family was very poor when you were a kid." Mark Jackson asked.

"No, my father was a basketball coach." Knight was a little weird.

"Hehe, if you're not poor, why are you so short?" Mark Jackson said with a wicked grin.

Before the laughter fell, he put the ball high into the interior with both hands, obviously bullying Nate for not being tall enough.

Looking at this depressed Knight, Mark Jackson's heart was secretly happy.

The big dream of catching the ball began to single the big Z.

Although, when Da Z was not injured, he was also an excellent center, but in the face of Da Meng, he was still not enough.

Big Dream just shook the center of gravity of Big Z with just two consecutive shakes, and then an easy basket was filled, and the ball went in.

2：0

The Rockets scored first.

Looking at the quiet big man behind him, Da Meng didn't say anything, just shook his head slightly and left.

Looking at the big dream that shook his head and left, Da Z was stunned.

Seeing the big Z who was singled, Kemp stepped forward and patted the Lithuanian's ass and said, "Man, look at the point, there is no center in the whole league who has not been beaten by big dreams." “

"Hehe, I understand." Big Z nodded quietly and went to serve.

The serve went straight to Knight.

Knight, who had just been stimulated by Mark Jackson's words, sped around the court like an elf.

Mark Jackson couldn't keep up with the little man's speed.

No way, who made Mark Jackson inherently slow.

This kid with unusual speed rushed to the half of the rocket.

A high-speed disguise, after getting rid of Mark Jackson's entanglement.

Knight took control of the ball himself and began a high-speed assault that went straight to the Rockets' basket.

In the face of the high-speed assault of the small players, several big players of the Rockets obviously have nothing to do.

I could only watch this kid, like a loach, burrow into the paint area.

Then, after attracting Garnett's defence, a cross from his hand went to Kemp's hand.

Kemp, who had not yet fully degenerated, stepped forward and jumped up, which was a violent buckle and ended the attack.

And this ball represents a microcosm of the first quarter of the game.

On the offensive end, Mark Jackson beat Knight.

But on the defensive end, Knight's speed was a headache for the Rockets.

At the end of the first quarter, the Rockets actually led by only 3 points.

27：24

To everyone's surprise.

However, at the beginning of the second quarter, the Rockets changed their strategy in time.

Mark Jackson came off and brought on Bodi Roga to play playmaking forward, Ray Allen and Jacques Vaughn.

Jacques Vaughn, who didn't expect to be on the pitch in his first game, was happy and understood that his job was to defend.

Garnett continued to stay on the court.

Ben Wallace also replaced Big Dream.

Such a lineup is almost always made up of newcomers.

The knight's side is also mostly made up of newcomers, and the new forces of the two sides begin to collide.

However, it is clear that it is the newcomers of the Rockets who have the advantage.

The head coach of the Cavaliers, Flatrow, is also a man who understands.

When I saw the way the rocket played, I was stunned.

It's not a triangular offense.

A coolie center and point guard.

Organize forwards, be able to shoot suddenly, attack, defend and pass.

The Bulls are the superquantile and the super power forward of the Rockets.

The Bulls are rebounding-type power forwards, and the Rockets make shooter-type shooting guards.

Although the configuration is different, the effect is still amazing.

Three-point accuracy, after the high post screen rotation, the shooter can always find a suitable open position to shoot.

Playing the forward position inside, Garnett is much better at scoring than Rodman.

Although, Bodi Roga is not as good as Pippen in terms of physical fitness, but the super basketball intelligence makes up for it.

In Bodi Roga's hands, the ball always gets to the best fit for the player.

As long as it feels good, you can basically score it.

Even Ben Wallace got a couple of dunks.

Knight, who was very active in the first quarter, was also defended by Jacques Vaughn, who was also a newcomer, and also lost the scenery of the first quarter.

Jacques Vaughn is no slower than Knight, and has an advantage in height and weight.

A defender like Knight, whose shortcomings are as obvious as his strengths, magnify his shortcomings as long as they suppress his strengths.

In the second quarter of the game, the Rockets played smoothly and led all the way.

At the end of the second quarter, the Rockets had an 11-point lead at 50:39.

After the adjustment of the midfield, the Rockets in the second half were even more ferocious.

Saullius, Marik Rose, Shanton Anderson and Big Ben came off the bench in the second half.

Under Bodi Roga's scheduling, the Rockets played evenly with the Cavaliers' main players off the bench.

Let the head coach of the Cavaliers look straight at the teeth.

I thought to myself: What's going on with this TMD, the substitutes in the Rockets' gang of sub-benches have beaten us like this.

This year, other teams still want to play.

But it can't be helped.

In the last quarter of the game, when the main players of the Rockets only played 5 minutes, the Cavaliers completely surrendered their guns.

104：82

The Rockets got off to a flying start with an easy 22-point win over the Cavaliers.

At the post-game press conference, Lao Tang praised all the Rockets players in a high-profile manner, saying that they were the best.

After the game, ESPN and TBS and many other media supported the Rockets, saying that the Rockets are the strongest contenders for the championship this year.

And almost at the same time began the first game of the Bulls.

The Bulls' 85-92 loss to the Celtics on the road bodes well for their journey to defending their title this year.

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