NBA: Being criticized for half a year at the beginning

At the Suns' home court, fans wearing Rockets jerseys can be seen. Some Chinese people wearing Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian jerseys are waving their banners wildly.

One of the signs reads: Houston Rockets head north, the Northern Expedition is successful! The 33-game winning streak record was broken in the blink of an eye!

During the intermission, Tang Yu said to Curry: "Guys, you have to be serious. I know you are all very excited now, but don't forget that we have nothing now. Even if we broke the 33-game winning streak, we haven't won the championship yet!"

Tang Yu poured cold water on all the players, asking them not to get carried away.

Stevens immediately added: "Tang Yu is right. If we break the record but fail to win the championship, we will become a joke in the league!"

"All guys, be serious. The defensive intensity in the regular season is not high, but in the playoffs you will feel the suffocating intensity!" Tang Yu clapped his hands to cheer the players up.

Curry was then replaced and rested, while Harden, Battier and Ibaka returned to the court.

After Harden came on the court, the Rockets were obviously more reasonable than when Curry led the team. Harden, who had a beard, looked like a big boss on the court, strategizing and directing the country.

Harden used a double retreat again in an attack to hit a three-pointer, and the Rockets bench was jubilant.

The Suns' bench made a move that Harden was traveling, and Gentry complained to the referee: "Referee, didn't you see such an obvious traveling?"

Referee No. 10 ignored Gentry's complaint. It's not that he didn't blow the whistle, but he really couldn't see Harden's move clearly.

Last time Harden did this move in the game, but it didn't attract attention. I believe there will be a result this time.

This is also why Tang Yu asked Harden to use the double retreat occasionally. The league will definitely study Harden's new move and give a formal explanation at that time.

Then the Suns launched a fierce counterattack. Gentry suddenly asked the players to double-team Harden. Harden immediately struggled on the offensive end and made two consecutive passing errors.

The Suns took the opportunity to play a 7-0 climax.

The score came to 37-30. Although the Rockets were still leading, Tang Yu immediately stopped the game.

After Harden left the court, Tang Yu angrily said to him: "Fuck James! You have to be more confident and believe in your own ability. You can choose to pass the ball or even shoot directly, just don't pass the damn basketball to the opponent, understand?"

"Okay, boss, I will adjust myself."

"Patrice, you replace Allen and help James bear the defensive pressure!" Tang Yu pointed to Beverley and asked him to replace Iverson.

After the Rockets returned to the court, they still used the five-small lineup. Alian continued to serve as the center, while the Suns replaced Stoudemire and Nash to form the strongest combination.

Heibei passed the ball across half court and handed it to Harden, and ran to the bottom corner to wait for the opportunity.

Harden faced Richardson and kept adjusting his pace to test Richardson. The dunk king couldn't figure out Harden's pulse. He was afraid that he would break through and step back, so he could only keep a distance.

Barbosa suddenly gave up his defender McGrady and ran to Harden from the right to double-team him. Harden just happened to have the ball in his left hand and immediately lowered his center of gravity to break through on the left.

This breakthrough immediately caused the Suns' defense to shrink to the paint area in an instant. Harden attracted enough defense and then made a ground pass to McGrady who was cutting in the air.

McGrady was very comfortable receiving the ball and took off directly with both hands to explode the rim!

Stoudemire turned around and wanted to block the shot. T-Mac looked at Stoudemire with disdain with his sleepy eyes.

Bang!

McGrady roared with a swaying sound as the basket shook, "Wow!"

T-Mac dunked on 'Little Overlord' Stoudemire!

The old sword was flashed in front of the battle again, and the cold light was as sharp as before!

McGrady's dunk reminded everyone of Bradley's dunk!

And this time, Stoudemire became the one who suffered the humiliation of being kicked in the crotch.

How can you not love such basketball!

McGrady released the haze after the operation. Although his ability has greatly decreased and he can no longer fly like before, he can only face the reality. Maybe as he said, if I can win the championship, I am willing to retire on the spot!

The Rockets bench was jubilant about McGrady's explosion. Curry tore off the towel covering his head and waved it for McGrady. He jumped excitedly!

"Come on Man! We all know you can do it!"

Curry and Jordan are both Rockets mascots. They laughed so hard that they couldn't close their mouths. Jordan laughed so happily that he made an emoticon!

After landing, McGrady ran to his own half and suddenly looked back at the Rockets bench. That scene seemed to have happened before.Meeting, it was like a look back at his peak period.

Tang Yu crossed his arms and hugged his chest, showing calmness, but in fact, his heart was already in turmoil, and a million grass mud horses were flying through his heart.

Tang Yu was full of emotion at this moment: McGrady's dunk was really explosive, and he wanted to recite a poem to the world. But he was uneducated, so he just said "Fuck" to the world.

Suns coach Gentry did not choose to call a timeout. Stoudemire wanted to get back on the field, but he failed to single out A-Lin and was disturbed by the latter.

The two sides kept creating climaxes at the beginning of the second quarter, and the Suns did not mess up the rhythm because of this, and continued to attack step by step.

The scores of the two teams continued to rise, the Rockets could not pull away, and the Suns could not catch up.

McGrady's wonderful performance also won him more playing time, and Tang Yu did not replace him until there were 3 minutes left in the second quarter.

After leaving the court, McGrady was warmly welcomed by the Rockets bench players, and Dayao gave his old friend a hug.

"Good job, man, this is the real you!"

At the end of the second quarter, the score between the two teams was fixed at 64-58, and the Rockets ended the first half with a 6-point lead on the road.

At the end of the half, Tang Yu was pulled by reporters for a halftime interview.

"Coach Tang, did you expect McGrady's performance today?"

Tang Yu smiled and said, "T-Mac's strength is unquestionable. His back injury prevents him from playing the way he used to, but he still wants to bring a wonderful performance to his fans! He did it tonight, that's it!"

"What about James Harden, what do you think of his double step back?"

"This is a brand-new technology, which requires a very high core ability of the player. It is not easy to do it so coherently. James and Stephen are both epoch-making players!"

"Thank you Coach Tang for the interview."

After Tang Yu finished the interview, he returned to the locker room. The players were very excited and congratulated McGrady for his performance tonight.

Curry even rode on McGrady and acted out McGrady's explosive slam dunk on Stoudemire, making everyone laugh.