The players all went to rest. Although the conditions on the plane were limited, it was good to be able to sleep for a while. The journey from Denver to Houston was not very long.

Adelman couldn't close his eyes. When he thought of the Rockets' schedule these days, he wanted to curse. Tell me, but at this critical moment, the Rockets encountered their only back-to-back-to-back this season.

Flying back to Houston overnight, don't think about training anymore. Adelman must rush to let the players go home to rest. Tomorrow night, they will welcome the team's main competitor, the Los Angeles Lakers, at home.

In one game, Adelman had to consider whether to give up now.

There is definitely no way to make a decision tonight, so I can only watch it tomorrow. If it is too stalemate and even falls into a passive position early, it would be better if I don’t play this game.

This is also good, so that the Lakers, especially the old fox, can see through their trump card. When they get old, they just think openly. Adelman quickly found the only benefit of doing this and used it to comfort himself first.

Artest's injury was actually not serious, but out of caution and in order to release the smoke, Adelman even deprived him of the right to watch the game on the spot. Finally, under Artest's struggle, he was stuffed into the private room, and it was the kind of sealed one that was mostly sealed.

It doesn’t matter to Artest, as long as he can feel that he is with the team. If he knows that the team is likely to choose to give up directly, I wonder if he will be depressed?

Unlike the Rockets, the Lakers, whose lineup has been stable, do not need to go through any running-in this season, and no important reductions have occurred in the middle. Moreover, because they have always had a tradition of not paying much attention to the regular season, the Lakers have been well versed in Zhang Chi this season. Recently, it is the time when they are in good shape.

There is no need to watch it anymore. He was beaten 15 to 5 at the beginning, and after the timeout, he was beaten 29 to 14. Adelman gritted his teeth and decisively released a signal.

Nearly half of the main players ended up, and a mixed-use lineup was sent, and there was no Xiao Han, nor Yao Ming, and Phil Jackson were stunned for a moment, and immediately understood Adelman's intention. His old friend was going to surrender voluntarily.

Jackson naturally paid great attention to the Rockets' every move, so he knew very well what problems had happened to the Rockets recently, and guessed what methods Adelman would use to solve them. In fact, in Jackson's view, appropriate sacrificing some regular season data is the wisest move. Sometimes he even felt that he was too young back then, and was too laissez-free to Jordan and others, and too hard on the regular season, which led to more difficulties in the playoffs. I don't know whether the 72 wins are included, because the Bulls basically did not encounter any decent resistance in the playoffs that year, but that should only be considered an exception. After coaching the Lakers, Jackson's changes were still very obvious.

The Rockets actually adopted a non-resistance policy in front of the Lakers, rather than the desperate struggle most people expect. This is really a bit of a shame. However, such a Rocket and a coach like Adelman, not only do they make any decisions, but others have no right to question them.

Xiao Han only played for 22 minutes, scored 14 points and 8 assists, and became a turtle obediently. The Lakers left happily, but there was no slight pride in the stern voice, which of course also triggered people's deep thoughts.

It's a deadly schedule. After playing the Lakers on the 11th, after two days of rest, the Rockets had to embark on the journey again. This time they were going to Charlotte, the opponent was the Bobcats, and this game was also another back-to-back start for them. After playing this away game on the 14th, they had to travel for a night because the San Antonio Spurs had arrived in Houston before them. The two teams will play the third game of the season on the 15th.

In the first two matches, the two teams won and lost. Although according to the current record of the Spurs and the usual style of **Vicci, they should not have the possibility of coming from behind and surpassing the Rockets, as the gap between the team and the Lakers is getting smaller and smaller, every game is very important at this time, especially when competing with opponents in the same zone, it is likely to affect the final regular season ranking and cannot be careless.

In the game with the Bobcats, Xiao Han's request for battle was very strong, but precisely because of this, after arriving in Charlotte, Adelman regretfully told him that it was because he was excited. In order to avoid any unpredictable situations in the game, the three-member panel composed of the team boss, general manager and head coach unanimously ruled that he would miss the focus battle because of the pain of the big thumb of his right foot.

Because the Bobcats' progress this season is also amazing, Luo Hao and Qi Feng's performance is also quite eye-catching. Now the Bobcats' game has become a hot commodity for domestic media to broadcast, which makes Boss Qiao make a big fuss while being happy about the team's development.

The Rockets' game has become the focus of domestic TV stations for a long time. The Bobcats can only be considered a newcomer than the Rockets. Now the two teams are going to fight, so the gimmicks of the national derby will naturally be hyped up again, especially the media, which lacks attention to the Bobcats and the Rockets' first game of the season and has lost a chance to win both fame and fortune, is flocking towards Charlotte like a cat smelling the fragrance.

These guys who don’t really like basketball are destined to be disappointed, so just treat it as a punishment for their impure motivation. Fortunately, there is no Xiao Han, the Rockets and Yao Ming. Although he and Qi Feng and Luo Hao’s relationship are not as close as Xiao Han, they are also teammates of the national team and their relationship is pretty good. Therefore, not only is the name of the Derby still not fake, but the attention received by the game has not decreased at all.

What's more, until the start of the game, there were still very few people who learned that Xiao Han would not play, and they didn't even have a chance to be disappointed, so their attention was attracted by the game. Even if they knew that Xiao Han would not play, they had bought all the tickets, or they were already sitting in front of the TV, who could turn around and not leave?

Xiao Han temporarily changed into a suit, which was Adelman's new requirement. Everyone must carry a suit with him before going to the away game. The purpose is just to make the arguments given by the team look more realistic. To make Xiao Han decide, it is enough to let the guy who is on the quit sit on the sidelines in training suits. As long as he is on the injury observation list, he will play or not, isn't Adelman alone having the final say?

The old man felt embarrassed because he lies and asked everyone to dress with him. Naturally, no one would object, and no one would laugh at him for stealing the bell.

Xiao Han would feel a pity if the coach didn't allow the fight, but he didn't have any idea of ​​resisting. He had the opportunity to fight against Qi Feng and Luo Hao this time. If he didn't allow the fight, he would stop fighting. It would be long.

Luo Hao's enthusiasm was greatly hit. He wanted to compete with Xiao Han very much. It was not that he had the idea of ​​competing with Xiao Han, but that he cared about this feeling very much.

Xiao Han's absence gave Adelman the opportunity to test the progress his team has made recently, and Xiao Han was able to see his existence's subtle changes to the team.

The Rockets are now a little closer to the Hawks in the first half of last year. Although Xiao Han is not here, Lowry is still organizing the team's offense strictly according to his routine. However, this routine is very different from the Hawks' routine last year.

What changed is Xiao Han, so perhaps only he himself would feel like the Rockets are like the Hawks. In the eyes of others, these two teams are completely different. The only thing that is the same is that they are both marked by Xiao Han.

The same is true for the rest of the team. Xiao Han is not there, and they still know how to play step by step. This made Xiao Han and Artest sit on the sidelines and look at each other. It seems that they are dispensable in this team?

This is the second game Artest missed in a row "no reason", so what about Xiao Han? This answer is really hard to give, especially after they narrowly defeated the Bobcats 98-96.
Chapter completed!