The main way of playing at the beginning of the game on the Rockets' side was the same as always, first taking advantage of Da Yao's first time on the court and being in the most physical period, to maximize his offensive ability.

Wang Chao frequently hoisted the ball to Da Yao on the inside, who scored the ball with ease against Cousins.

Less than 2 minutes into the opening game, the Warriors took advantage of a dead-ball opportunity to replace Cousins with Bogut.

Bogut's rim protection ability is much stronger than Cousins's, and even if he can't prevent it, he can make Da Yao's offense very uncomfortable through some small moves.

Sure enough, less than 1 minute after Bogut appeared on the court, Da Yao was pushed by the latter on the waist when he turned around for a layup in the low post, lost his balance in the air and fell to the ground.

"Squeak——!

The referee's whistle sounded immediately, and he did not hesitate to make a physical foul.

Bogut immediately came to the referee's side dissatisfied, spread his hands and looked innocent.

The referee ignored Bogut and turned to the side.

This is the home of the Rockets, didn't you hear the scolding and boos of the fans outside the court? The game has just begun, do you want to play the game?

The league officials want a team in the NBA to break the Rockets' monopoly, but they don't want it to come in this form.

With the popularization and development of the Internet, any small action on the court will be infinitely amplified, constantly spread and brewed on the Internet, this is not the 90s, many people's perception of the NBA is limited to radio and newspapers.

Now many people criticize the new era of basketball as too "weak", and the players are submissive on the court and dare not make any big fouls, which is not as good as the NBA in the 90s.

The vast majority of people who say this have never seen what NBA play was like in the 90s, and they are just using false rumors.

Basketball is a sport that continues to develop so far, and the excitement and beauty on the court have long exceeded that of the 90s, you can criticize the current NBA for always being dominated by the referee's whistle, but if someone really thinks that all kinds of defensive actions that can't prevent opponents from committing large-scale malicious fouls are "wonderful", why not just go straight to the boxing game? That's a lot better than the NBA.

"It's okay."

Seeing Da Yao fall to the ground, Wang Chao immediately stepped forward and asked with concern.

The current Da Yao, for the Rockets' tactics, has long been no longer important, even if Da Yao is not on the court, the Rockets still have someone who can score, Da Yao is just the icing on the cake for the Rockets on the offensive end, and when he is there, there will be some loopholes on the defensive end of the Rockets, after all, the aging Da Yao's speed is no longer allowed to defend the outside or even the middle distance.

But even so, as long as Da Yao is still on the court, he is still the main offensive core of the team, Wang Chao hopes to give Da Yao a perfect retirement tour, with the honor of a three-time champion dynasty, with enough sense of participation, instead of sitting on the sidelines as a mascot and only applauding and cheering for his teammates.

"It's okay, it's okay."

Da Yao got up from the ground, jumped on the spot, felt the state of his ankle, and then smiled at Wang Chao.

Wang Chao immediately breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this, and when he looked at Bogut, he already had an unkind look on his face.

The Warriors are indeed NB, it is not enough to pull the hatred of Ra Green, they still have Bogut, and in the next few seasons, there will be another Pachuria.

It's kind of disgusting.

Da Yao walked to the free throw line, hit two free throws, and then the Rockets served from the sideline.

Wang Chao received the ball from his teammates and came to the top of the three-point line, but his eyes always stayed on Bogut.

If you don't give this disgusting bastard a whole down, Wang Chao only feels uneasy, who knows if this forced person will continue to do dangerous actions against Da Yao?

Green, who was standing in front of Wang Chao, was still staring at Wang Chao with all his attention, and when he saw Wang Chao's movements paused slightly and made a shooting move, he immediately stepped forward to try to block.

As soon as his footsteps moved forward, the next moment Wang Chao withdrew his hand to shoot and moved sideways with the ball.

Green immediately adjusted his pace to keep up, but he slammed into Leonard, who ran over to cover Wang Chao.

Barnes, who was in charge of marking Leonard, hurriedly stepped forward to make up for it, for fear of giving Wang Chao a chance to shoot.

In the Warriors, Barnes knows Curry and Thompson's most common trick of blocking and dismantling the three-point shot after covering, and he knows very well that Curry and Thompson learned this trick from Wang Chao.

It's just that Barnes misjudged.

After blocking and dismantling, Wang Chao did not shoot directly with three points, but accelerated with the ball and went straight to the basket.

Barnes, who was too far forward defensively, didn't have time to adjust, and watched Wang Chao rush to the basket at an astonishing speed.

Seeing this, Bogut, who was standing under the basket, immediately took the initiative to meet him, raised his hands in front of Wang Chao, the fierce light in his eyes flashed, and he was ready in his heart, and when Wang Chao jumped up and was ready to dunk or go to the basket, he would elbow this kid hard!

Bogut, who just received a physical foul, is not worried about his foul problem at all, and his current position in the Warriors is to substitute a blue-collar center, playing time is limited, and even if he is blown down, the Warriors still have Cousins.

Being able to abolish either Da Yao or Wang Chao and realize one for one is a sure deal for Bogut.

But Bogut didn't know that Wang Chao's eyes at this time were also flickering with fierce light.

His goal is also Bogut, if he doesn't give this goods to the whole, he can't sleep, and the goal of this ball Wang Chao is to go straight to Bogut.

Wang Chao broke through with the ball very quickly, and he had already rushed into the penalty area and jumped directly without hesitation.

On the Rockets bench, McHale saw this scene, and his eyebrows twitched twice.

Wang Chao really dares, isn't he afraid of getting hurt?

It is no secret that Bogut's defensive actions are fierce in the league, and just now he maliciously fouled Da Yao, so he had to hit the muzzle of the gun?

This scene also made the hearts of the Rockets' home fans hang.

At the same time, the expression on Bogut's face began to become a little stunned, because when Wang Chao approached, he realized that the height of the other party's jump was much higher than he imagined!

"This guy!"

In an instant, Bogut was given by Wang Chao, he didn't have time to think about it, and subconsciously wanted to stop Wang Chao, but due to the lack of jumping height, he couldn't even push Wang Chao's waist.

"No, I can't stop it!"

As soon as this thought flashed through his mind, Bogut felt a huge force rushing towards him, Wang Chao almost rode on Bogut's face, and a one-armed tomahawk slammed the basketball into the basket.

"Boom ——!"

The fans in the stadium were boiling instantly.

Hard! It's so TM hard!

Wang Chao dunked Bogut and dunked the basketball into the basket, and this scene was repeatedly played on the big screen above the court.

When Wang Chao reached the highest point after jumping, his head had completely exceeded the basket, and Bogut could only reach Wang Chao's chest even if his hands were raised, and the moment the two collided, Bogut flew out directly backwards as if he was knocked down by a heavy truck.

This goal completely illustrates what is the aesthetics of basketball violence.

In terms of the brutality of this ball alone, it is a Griffin classic dunk of the century.

"Squeak——!

It wasn't until Wang Chao landed that the referee's whistle was late, and even the referee was frightened by Wang Chao's dunk.

When the whistle blew, Bogut fouled the defense, and Wang Chao continued to add a free throw.

Bogut, who was knocked to the ground by Wang Chao's continuous acceleration and was hit by the impactful collision, instantly lost his mind when he heard the referee's decision, and immediately got up and yelled at the referee in protest.

"Are you mistaken! That was definitely an offensive foul just now! Are you blind? ”

"Squeak——!

The referee did not hesitate to blow the whistle again and signal for a technical foul by the technical desk Bogut.

Now the Rockets home fans cheered even louder.

Bogut had a physical foul on Da Yao before, and with this technical foul, 1+1 was directly expelled from the game!

From Bogut's appearance to his expulsion, it took less than 1 minute in total.

Warriors head coach Kerr opened his mouth and looked confused, and hurriedly went over to negotiate with the referee, but he knew in his heart that the referee's decision that had been blown out was absolutely impossible to retract, and Bogut's behavior just now was blown out of the field was definitely not a black whistle, including when he was defending Wang Chao just now, the action was also very dangerous, but Wang Chao was fast enough, and the jump height was high enough to not let Bogut succeed.

Therefore, Kerr's real purpose in negotiating with the referee is actually to put pressure on the referee and make the opponent bias towards the Warriors in the subsequent blowing standards.

Bogut's blow off the court is not a particularly serious loss for the Warriors, after all, the team's current mainstay on the interior is Cousins, and the former is nothing more than a blue-collar player off the bench.

But for the Rockets, especially Da Yao, Bogut's ejection from the court gave him more opportunities to show on the offensive end without worrying about being injured by the foul.

In this short 1 minute, there was a physical violation, a defensive foul and a technical foul.

The Warriors inexplicably gave the Rockets 5 points for free with free throws alone, and what is even worse is that after the free throws, the ball is still owned by the Rockets.

Da Yao received the ball inside, turned around with his back to Cousins and easily scored the ball with a small hook.

Not long after the start of the first quarter, the Rockets built a double-digit advantage.

With Bogut's experience, Green didn't dare to make much of a move in the follow-up defense.

In the first quarter of the game, the score of the two sides was 36:25, and the Rockets led by 11 points.

What makes the Warriors feel the most helpless is that when Da Yao is off the court, the Warriors still can't catch up with the score, whether it is the Splash Brothers on the Warriors' side who shoot a three-pointer on the outside, or Cousins who plays an offense on the inside, the Rockets will always respond as soon as possible.

As in the regular season, the Warriors were completely unable to limit the Rockets' scoring.

In an effort to strengthen his perimeter defense, Barnes has been substituted and replaced by Andrea Iguodala, who defends better, but even that still doesn't work.

The Rockets' style of play is very simple and straightforward, which is a misplaced single after blocking and dismantling.

Whether it is Wang Chao, Leonard, Butler, or even Middleton, as long as the defensive player facing Curry is Curry, he will not hesitate to resolutely hold the ball alone.

This is the best tactic for the future Harden Paul's Rockets, who won the Best Resistance Award, against the Warriors.

The infinite blocking and dismantling cover is misplaced, and he stares at Curry's military training alone, consuming Curry's physical energy to the greatest extent.

Although Curry is often referred to as an underrated defender, his actual defensive ability is not bad among point guards.

But everyone who understands understands that the so-called defensive ability is underestimated, which just means that Curry's defense is at the upper middle level among guards, not that his defense is actually very good.

The point guard is already limited by his height and is recognized as one of the weakest defensive positions in the league, and it is difficult to defend effectively against opponents who are taller and stronger than him at other positions.

Coincidentally, the players on the court of the Rockets now are all swingmen who are far taller than him.

Wang Chao, Leonard, and Butler took turns training Curry, breaking through with the ball to create damage, tearing the Warriors' defensive system apart, and other Warriors players couldn't do anything if they wanted to help, because the players on the Rockets court were similar to the Warriors, all of them were players who could shoot outside the three-point line and had more accurate shooting ability.

In the second quarter of the game, Curry was physically exhausted by the Rockets' frequent blocking and dislocation, and had to be replaced for a break to avoid the front.

It's just that the Warriors in the 14-15 season are not the invincible Universe Warriors in the 17-18 season who has a Durant in addition to Curry, even if Curry is over-consumed on the defensive end, Durant can score and lead the Warriors to win.

At this stage of the Warriors, once Curry is contained, the team can rely on Thompson and Cousins.

Thompson himself was born with a no-ball style of play, and his ability to hold the ball is weak, and more importantly, it is Leonard who is responsible for defending Thompson in this game, and death winding is not a joke, Leonard is not difficult to lock a Thompson in a serious situation, unless Thompson turns on the Buddha Light Mode, but the Buddha Light is a passive skill in itself, and it is not something that Thompson can open if he wants to.

As for Cousins, although Da Yao is gone, it is Whiteside who will be replaced by him.

Although Whiteside was limited by playing time this season, he was not shortlisted for the best defensive team, but there is no doubt about the strength of his defensive ability, Cousins immediately felt that in terms of defense alone, Whiteside is much more difficult to deal with than Da Yao, after all, Da Yao can only protect the frame under the basket, and Whiteside can prevent it from outside the penalty area.

Originally, Cousins' playing style was relatively soft, and more than 40% of the scoring offense came from face frame shooting, which is why as an interior player, Cousins' career shooting rate was only 46.1%, and he didn't even reach the 50% passing line.

You must know that it is Nowitzki, who also shoots 47% from the field in his career.

This style of playing with a frame shot just hit the muzzle of Whiteside's gun.

Let Whiteside, who can run and jump, defend Da Yao, a heavy interior line like Randolph, who is limited by tonnage and strength, he can't prevent it.

But Whiteside, who shoots from the defensive frame and can be compared to Jordan Jr. in jumping, likes it the most.

(End of chapter)