Chapter 68 Eight consecutive victories achieved! The Rockets welcome the challenge!
From the moment Ginobili scored the first goal, other Rockets substitute players began to exert their efforts.
Dazhi, Devin Brown, and Glenn Rice frequently scored three-pointers.
In less than five minutes, the score was evened.
The Warriors head coach on the sidelines was dumbfounded when he saw this scene.
This nm is the substitute lineup?!
This scoring efficiency has caught up with his starting lineup!
Usually when the Warriors train within the team, the Warriors' starting lineup and the bench lineup are at this level.
Your Rockets' bench is about as good as our Warriors' starting lineup?!
So what were you doing there in the first half?!
Are you kidding me?!
By the time both teams put their starting players on the field, the score had returned to a tie.
The Rockets players felt no more pressure and directly pushed the Warriors to the ground and beat them violently.
At the end of the game, the Rockets won the game with a score of 6 points, 89 to 83.
In the commentary box on the sidelines, Smith looked at the score on the big screen in disbelief, feeling a little doubtful about life.
What the hell is this?!
They played like shit in the first half, and then the whole team exploded in the second half?!
You Rockets are a little bit unreasonable!
Barkley looked at Smith's expression from the side and said with a bad smile: "How about Smith! I just said the Rockets can win?! Just wait to admit defeat and accept the punishment!"
After hearing what Barkley said, Smith glanced at him, his expression became a little scornful and said: "Barkley, don't be too proud. The Warriors are not strong in themselves. It is normal for the Rockets to win. Wait until the Rockets can win
When we win against the Spurs, you can try to get me to be punished again!"
Buckley snorted coldly after hearing this.
Indeed, the Spurs are quite strong.
It can be said to be the biggest obstacle for the Rockets to win fifteen consecutive victories.
If we can't beat the Spurs, then this fifteen-game winning streak will be a joke.
But do the Spurs say they can win if they win?!
Obviously not!
In the Huaxia live broadcast room, Su Dong looked at Zhang Weiping, whose face turned dark, and felt extremely comfortable.
"Director Zhang, the Rockets won this game. It seems that the Rockets have really undergone earth-shaking changes this year! This is a team that is competing for the top pick from the bottom of the league, and has become a playoff-level team.
I think we should be able to see the Rockets' performance in the playoffs this year."
Zhang Weiping heard Su Dong's words, let out a breath, and then said: "The Rockets' ability to win this game today is indeed beyond my expectation. But I think it's okay to say that the Rockets can make the playoffs.
It’s too early.”
"Of course, we can still look forward to it. Dayao is playing better and better now. Although his performance was not good in the first half, he recovered in the second half. This self-regulation ability is very good."
Zhang Weiping's remarks triggered a controversy among Chinese fans.
Many fans believe that Han Ning did something after the halftime break that made the Rockets change so much.
There are also many fans who believe that this change has nothing to do with Han Ning.
After all, Han Ning was suspended for this game and was not allowed to go to the Rockets locker room at all.
But no one will know the truth of the matter.
Neither Han Ning himself, nor the Rockets players, nor the staff member could tell the truth about the matter.
After winning against the Warriors, the Rockets' next opponent is the real challenge.
On November 30, 2002, the Rockets faced the challenge of the Seattle SuperSonics at home.
After returning to the Rockets' home court, the Rockets' state exploded.
Whether it is Dayao, Francis or Battier, they all played with super high efficiency.
The most popular tactics used by the Seattle SuperSonics rely on the combination of passing and cutting from the inside and outside, as well as the jump shooting offense of inside and outside players.
This tactic helped them achieve a good record of 45 wins and 37 losses last season.
However, this tactic is almost completely restrained by the Rockets.
With Dayao guarding the inside of jump shots and outside players' breakthrough layups, the Seattle SuperSonics' shooting percentage plummeted.
This season, the Seattle SuperSonics' only outside player, newly joined Ray Allen, has a relatively stable scoring ability from beyond the three-point line.
Therefore, the Rockets only need to send Battier to restrict Ray Allen, and then the Seattle SuperSonics' three-point offensive ability will be limited.
Therefore, the Seattle SuperSonics' tactics can be said to be completely restrained by the Rockets.
In Han Ning's first game as coach after being suspended, the Rockets won with a total score of 92 to 87.
The Rockets' winning streak has increased by one game.
Including this victory, the Rockets have now won a total of 8 games, and there are only 7 games left in the 15-game winning streak.
In the next game, the Rockets will go away to challenge the Sacramento Kings.
The Sacramento Kings, which mainly plays Princeton's tactics, have a very gorgeous style of play and a very strong offensive ability.
Coupled with his good record in the past few years, he has accumulated quite a lot of fans in the league.
Therefore, many people believe that if the Rockets' winning streak can be ended, it will either be ended by the Sacramento Kings or the San Antonio Spurs in the next game.
The Rockets have to face two powerful rival teams in consecutive games, which is naturally a lot of pressure.
Han Ning was sitting in the office, feeling a little melancholy.
Facing the Sacramento Kings, he really felt a little unsure.
This team's style of play is a bit uncomfortable for the Rockets.
Princeton's tactics require people to move, the ball to move, and coordination.
Human movement refers to moving without the ball, cutting and counter-running, while ball movement refers to constantly passing the ball and sharing the ball.
This style of play will greatly consume the stamina of Rockets players on defense.
The Rockets players are actually not in good physical condition.
Especially at the center position.
Dayao basically only played more than 20 minutes in each game.
The remaining 20 minutes or so were played by Kevin Cato.
The most important thing is that the Rockets currently only have these two center players.
If the two of them run out of energy, the Rockets will have to resort to small-ball tactics.
But unfortunately, the Sacramento Kings have point guard Mike Bibby, who is capable of using bombardment tactics against the Rockets.
And the Sacramento Kings also have Chris Webber and Vlade Divac in the paint.
After Dayao's physical strength is completely polished, he can hit the inside.
When that time comes, the Rockets will definitely be unable to resist.
And in other positions, Da Zhi's physical strength is also a problem.
Glenn Rice and Steve Kerr are both veterans who are about to retire and do not have enough physical support.
Chapter completed!