On the court, as the referee blew his whistle, the game officially started.

As the league's well-known "Cake King", Capela relied on his excellent athletic ability to help the Rockets get the first offensive ball.

Jiang Hao faced Chris Paul on the defensive end.

In fact, although this is Jiang Hao's first season in the league, he has also had conflicts with some players on the court.

Among them, Chris Paul is the first to bear the brunt.

Jiang Hao may never agree with Paul being called "Saint Paul". Instead, he feels that it is more like a kind of irony, and the title of "Dirty Paul" is more suitable for him.

Why does Jiang Hao have such a big opinion against Paul?

That's because the first injury in his career was caused by Paul.

If he accidentally hurt himself during the game, that would be okay, but Paul deliberately hurt him with small moves.

Therefore, in that game, Jiang Hao, who was already injured at the time, even rushed towards Paul angrily.

At that time, many people were shocked by Jiang Hao. After all, in everyone's impression, Chinese players are all gentle and gentle. I have never seen someone as hot-tempered as Jiang Hao.

Of course, after that game, everyone knew that Jiang Hao and Chris Paul were officially at odds.

Before the game started, many fans mentioned the feud between Jiang Hao and Paul.

Therefore, when Paul, who was advancing with the ball, faced Jiang Hao, it was no surprise that he attracted the attention of the audience.

Jiang Hao's character is very gloomy. When facing Paul, he is really unwilling to give the opponent a good look. Of course, he is not Paul. Even so, his defensive actions are normal and he will not deliberately make any small moves.

Paul's role as a ball-handler is not much better. From his point of view, he himself is not happy to be pointed at and scolded by a rookie.

Therefore, he felt that he needed to give this hateful believer a slap in the face.

After holding the ball to the top of the arc, he faced Jiang Hao's defense and chose to take action.

Paul's sudden move surprised many people. After all, Paul was not such a player in their impression.

However, Jiang Hao was prepared.

Therefore, the final picture of this action is that superstar Chris Paul is humiliated.

As a well-known super point guard in the league, his first shot in the first game of the playoffs was blocked by a rookie.

"Despicable villain, there is a saying in China, if you steal the chicken, you will lose the rice."

For Paul, what was even more heartbreaking was that the rookie used words to humiliate him after blocking his shot.

Including feeling like I'm going to explode.

But he must exercise restraint, because from an outsider's perspective, it was Chris Paul who caused the mistake just now.

Jiang Hao felt very happy. He had to do this to deal with players like Paul, because throughout his career, people like him have been accustomed to using small actions to execute tactics. How can he be persuaded to give up this method?

Jiang Hao felt that he was not God and really couldn't do it.

James Harden felt good tonight. After fully devoting himself to the role of shooting guard, his scoring ability was further released, and in turn he hit a three-pointer.

As for the Spurs, maybe Aldridge is really the Rockets' nemesis. Capela has nothing to do, and Aldridge succeeds in consecutive layups.

Therefore, it was not the Spurs who first requested a timeout in the first quarter, but the Rockets playing at home.

Rockets fans are a little disappointed. They didn't see a game that entered massacre mode from the beginning. Instead, the home team is now in trouble.

Across the ocean in China, those fans with a "Rockets complex" may have the most complicated emotions in this series.

Because they neither want to see them lose to the Spurs, nor do they want to see Jiang Hao stop in the first round of the playoffs.

They are happy whenever the Rockets score, and they are also happy when Jiang Hao scores.

All in all, it’s just two words: complicated.

However, for Xu Xiaoyi, who was in a certain area in the Toyota Center stands, she was in a good mood.

She is not a Rockets fan, nor does she have a Rockets complex. She traveled thousands of miles to come here just to see Jiang Hao score.

Because Jiang Hao is now not only her favorite basketball player, but also her boyfriend.

That's right, since the last time she saw Jiang Hao at the scene, she has been fascinated by Jiang Hao's sunny smile.

Therefore, through WeChat, she and Jiang Hao got closer step by step. Finally, on the day when the Spurs regular season ended, she received a call from Jiang Hao to express his love.

The two of them chatted a lot on the phone. Like normal men and women in love, the topics they talked about were all about flirting.

Of course, the two of them thought it was very sweet.

Finally, when Jiang Hao invited her to come and watch his game, she readily agreed.

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Halfway through the first quarter, Jiang Hao's condition seemed to be good. Facing the high-intensity defense in the playoffs, he was indeed a little uncomfortable, but he still scored 4 points.

Therefore, after returning from the timeout, Popovich did not remove him, but allowed him to continue playing.

After the timeout adjustment, D'Antoni made adjustments to Aldridge's point, which is to speed up and not engage in positional battles with the Spurs. In this way, Aldridge's mid-range performance will be limited.

In turn, all the Rockets' technical and tactical characteristics were brought into play.

As the Rockets' player with the highest three-point shooting percentage, Eric Gordon is the best representative of the Rockets' fast break frenzy.

He hit three three-pointers in just 2 minutes, which not only helped the Rockets reverse the score, but also gained a good lead.

It was Popovich's turn to request a timeout.

Like D'Antoni, Popovich called timeouts decisively.

Maybe the playoffs are like this, and players will be very cautious whether it's chatting or not.

After the timeout, the Spurs changed their lineup. The aging Pau Gasol was replaced and Rudy Gay came on. The Spurs' lineup transformed into one senior and four juniors.

"Haha, does Gregg Popovich want to compete offensively with him? His decision-making is incomprehensible."

The Rockets' offensive firepower this season is the best in the entire league. Compared to the Golden State Warriors' offensive firepower, they are not even weaker at all.

The Spurs' offensive firepower can only be said to be average, and their dominant defense is.

In this case, Popovich did not base himself on defense, but did the opposite. Why is this?

Many people find it strange. Popovich is always very cautious in their memory. Why did he make such an adjustment?
Chapter completed!