Legendary basketball manager

A day later, the Rockets will fly to Oklahoma on a special plane.

It is worth mentioning that on the plane, Mark Jackson announced the news that all five starters will rest.

For such an arrangement, Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady, the two veterans, have become accustomed to it and did not show much surprise.

And the three young people-Curry, Griffin and Paul George looked helpless.

Although their strength is good, they are still in the state of "people speak lightly" in the team.

Mark Jackson pretended not to see the expressions of the three of them, and continued:

"Then let me announce the starting lineup for the game against the Thunder."

"Lowry, Roy, Danny Green, pj Tucker, Greg Oden."

"You five must prepare well. Tomorrow's game will definitely be a tough battle."

"Moreover, this game will be broadcast live across the United States. Your performance will be seen by fans all over the world."

"Don't make a fool of yourself haha."

Mark Jackson said with a smile, the corners of his mouth raised, revealing a hint of slyness.

"Don't worry, Coach! We'll be ready."

Lowry responded confidently, with a warm and innocent smile.

In this lineup, he and Roy are the absolute core, and Lowry is more familiar with his teammates than Huang Mamba.

In other words, in order to defeat the Thunder, Xiaogangpao's performance in this game is crucial!

And in the game, he will face up against the explosive Westbrook.

Westbrook averaged 28.2 points, 5.9 rebounds and 7.3 assists in recent games.

Although this data is not as gorgeous as his average triple-double in the mvp season, it is still considered the top level in the league!

When Lowry thought of facing up against such a monster, his head got a little big.

"How about, let's study the tactics now! Anyway, there is still a long time before we arrive in Oklahoma."

Little Steel Pao suggested.

Everyone agreed.

The team's assistant coach immediately took out his laptop and started playing the video.

Then, the Rockets watched the game between the Thunder and the Warriors two days ago.

What's interesting is that the look and feel of this game is very similar to the previous game between the Rockets and the Warriors——

The Thunder didn't gain an advantage quickly at the beginning, but in the mid-term, they relied on their absolute talent to overwhelm them and gained an advantage of more than [-] points.

Seeing later, the expressions of the rocket generals gradually became serious.

"The Thunder seem to have improved a lot compared to the last time they played against us."

The big brother of the team -- Sean Battier said.

This season, he spent most of his time observing the game from the perspective of a bystander.

Now halfway through the season, there are not many teams that can impress Battier, and the Thunder is one of them.

"Durant, Westrucker, James Harden, Serge Ibaka, Jeff Green, these five guys are very talented."

"I even think...the Thunder are the only team with enough talent to challenge us!"

Battier said seriously.

This statement is very bold.

After all, today's league has the presence of the Heat's Big Three.

Many Rockets players present were shocked by Battier's statement.

Led by Lowry, the five people who will start the battle tomorrow all have serious expressions.

Just when everyone was silent because of surprise, McGrady suddenly raised his right hand and said, "I agree with Sean. If these children of Thunder can develop steadily, maybe we can establish a dynasty belonging to Thunder in the future."

T-mac is the first talent in NBA history, he knows how terrifying the Thunder's potential is.

"Kevin, Russell (Westbrook), James (Harden), all have the talent to become superstars."

"They may not be able to compete with us this year, but in another year or two, as long as the Thunder management can maintain the core lineup, they will definitely be our biggest opponents on the road to the championship."

Maddie continued.

Hearing that the team leader gave such a high evaluation to the opponent, Lowry and the other five became even more nervous.

At this time, Yao Ming, who had been silent all this time, found that the atmosphere was a bit dignified, so he said:

"Don't be so stressful."

"In our Huaxia, there is an old saying - when soldiers come to block, water comes to cover up."

"The opponent is very strong, but as long as we are ourselves and go all out on the field, that's enough."

While talking, Yao Ming turned his attention to Lowry, Roy and others.

"Besides... the opponent has high talent, so isn't our talent high?"

"The star of the Thunder is undoubtedly Kevin Durant. But that year, he was only the second pick in the draft."

"Who was the No. [-] pick that year? It was Oden of our team!"

Listening to Yao Ming's words, everyone looked at Auden in unison.

"Don't worry everyone, I will work hard!"

The emperor was not as shy as before this time, he summoned up his courage and said confidently.

"Whether this game can be won or not, Greg's performance is indeed crucial."

Head coach Mark Jackson also spoke at this time.

"The Thunder have been able to win consecutive victories recently. There is a very important reason that Ibaka was mentioned in the starting lineup."

"His sudden emergence has brought the Thunder's inside defense to a new level in an instant."

"So, if Greg can suppress Baka, the game will be much easier."

Mark Jackson continued to analyze.

Everyone nodded.

In the video of the game just now, Ibaka overwhelmed the inside and almost created a no-fly zone by himself!

His birth out of nowhere really helped the team a lot.

Coupled with Jeff Green, who is both internal and external, although the Thunder's inside line is definitely not high enough, it is superior in mobility and dynamic talent.

This also means that Oden and Tucker will face huge challenges!

"Okay, you don't have to be too stressed."

"We are number one in the league, and the Thunder should be nervous."

"The plane will land in a while, everyone, let's take a rest."

Mark Jackson said with a smile.

............

The next day, the game between the Thunder and the Rockets came as scheduled.

Such an important game, CCTV will naturally not miss it.

And before the game, Shen Fei revealed to CCTV that Jeremy Lin's playing time will be greatly increased in this game.

This made the leaders of CCTV very excited.

You know, if nothing else happens, Jeremy Lin will be the main point guard of the Huaxia Men's Basketball Team in the future.

The domestic media all want to find an opportunity to help Shuhao build momentum.

But after the press conference announcing his naturalization, Brother Hao didn't get many opportunities to play in the Rockets. After a game, it only took about ten minutes.

With such a short playing time, Shu Hao naturally couldn't get good data.

Therefore, the media has been waiting for Brother Hao to play a representative game.

And today's match is an excellent opportunity!

In order to better report the game, CCTV specially sent a broadcast team headed by Zhang Weiping to the scene for a live broadcast.

"Hello, audience friends! Welcome to the live broadcast of NBA games brought to you by cctv-5!"

"I'm Yu Jia!"

"Today we will bring you the focus game - the Houston Rockets' away game against the Thunder."

"Right now, Director Zhang Weiping and Zhang are already at the game site! Let's connect together and chat with him about the situation on site."

"Director Zhang, can you hear me?"

In Huaxia's broadcast room, Yu Jia asked.

"OK!"

"Hello, audience friends, I'm Zhang Weiping."

Weiping Bryant replied with a smile.

"Director Zhang, can you share with us the situation at the scene?"

Yu Jia continued.

"No problem. Let's see..."

As he spoke, Zhang Weiping turned sideways so that the camera could capture the stadium.

"Right now, the athletes on both sides are doing their final warm-up."

"Then, everyone turned their attention to the Rockets' bench...See? Yao Ming, Tracy McGrady, Curry and others are all in suits and ties."

Zhang Weiping introduced.

"My God, what's going on here?"

Yu Jia asked in surprise.

"Today, without exception, they all chose to take a rotation break"

"I just got the starting list of both sides."

"The Rockets have sent a jaw-dropping lineup. I think this starting lineup can be called the second team of the Rockets!"

After all, Zhang Weiping read the Rockets' starting lineup.

Five people, all of them were substitutes from before, it was really jaw-dropping.

"In contrast to the Thunder, they obviously take this game very seriously."

"All the core players are all on the roster, and no one is injured or chooses to take turns."

Zhang Weiping continued to introduce.

"Both teams are on a winning streak right now."

"But right now, it seems more likely that the Thunder will continue their winning streak."

Yu Jia sighed.

"indeed so."

"However, the Rockets' lineup is still very competitive, and everyone can look forward to Jeremy Lin's performance today."

"Curry takes a rest, I believe that Brother Hao will get more playing time in this game!"

Zhang Weiping said with a smile.

"Okay, then let us look forward to the performance of the Rockets and Jeremy today."

Yu Jia nodded yes.

After finishing the connection, Yu Jia briefly introduced the Rockets' starting lineup.

Soon, the game will begin.

With a big wave of Yu Jia's hand, the screen cut to the Thunder's home stadium - Chesapeake Energy Arena!

............

With the referee throwing the ball high, the game officially began.

Oden and Ibaka jumped high at the same time.

Both of them have excellent physical fitness, but one has better static talent and the other has better dynamic talent.

In the end, the tall and long-armed Oden played high and won the scrimmage.

The rocket strikes first!

Lowry advanced the ball across half court and came to the top of the arc to organize.

Roy passed the screen, pocketed from a 45-degree angle, and received the ball smoothly.

But soon, the Thunder's defensive champion, the Swiss Army Knife, Sefolosha rushed over and stood in front of him.

Roy didn't panic at all.

I saw him put on a three-threat pose, and then stick out his right foot, making a breakthrough.

But Sefolosha remained unmoved and kept his defensive position.

Unexpectedly, Roy was unreasonable. When he saw the opponent standing behind him, he directly pulled up on the spot and shot...

"Shu~"

Basketball hollow into the net.

Since Roy's toes stepped on the three-point line when shooting, the ball was just a two-pointer.

2:0, the Rockets took the lead!

The offense and defense switched, and the Thunder quickly served the bottom line.

Westbrook advanced with the ball at high speed.

While walking, he left Lowry behind without slowing down or changing direction.

Seeing this, Tucker quickly moved sideways to make up for it.

Seeing that he was about to defend in place, Westbrook suddenly turned his head to look to the right, but shook his right hand to the left, and passed the ball to Ibaka who followed up with a freehand no-look-pass with one hand.

"woo~"

The scene was full of exclamations, and the fans couldn't help applauding this most exciting pass.

After Ibaka got the ball, he put his feet on the ground and took off fully...

Seeing that the basket abuse performance was about to be staged, a figure suddenly appeared in midair, covering 28 cards.

"Snapped!"

With a crisp sound, Ibaka's dunk was shot directly on the backboard!

It was the No. 07 pick in [-] - Greg Oden!

"woo..."

The scene was amazed again.

It's just that the tone of voice was rising last time, but this time it was low.

After completing the nail plate cap, Oden did not celebrate, but immediately controlled the rebound and passed the ball to Lowry beside him.

At the same time, the main Thunder general not far away—Kevin Durant, looked at Oden with complicated eyes.

He knew that the man who used to compete with him for the top spot had really returned with full blood!