The Pelicans also had tactical adjustments on the defensive end, allowing Brogdon to defend Harden, and Tang Tian replaced Paul.

Harden beat Brogdon, broke into the inside and caused the latter's defensive foul, and made both free throws for the Rockets to continue to increase their points.

14 to 4, the Rockets still maintained a double-digit lead.

D'Antoni sat down again.

The Rockets' strategy after the opening game was to shrink and attack Tang Tian. The Pelicans played like this and were no different from drilling into a cage.

And if the offensive firepower continues, the Rockets are not afraid of playing like this.

Thinking of this, all the shadows that were hit in the preseason disappeared.

"Swish!"

However, as soon as his idea came out, Tang Tian took advantage of Davis' pick-and-roll and rushed to pull out and hit the ball before Capela rushed out.

The Pelicans' lineup on the court has very good support effect.

Looking back, Harden broke Brogdon again. Brogdon learned to be smart this time and never reached out when Harden took action.

Harden's layup missed a little, and Davis protected the rebound.

The Pelicans directly play defensively counterattack.

Tang Tian received Davis' long pass, dribbled the ball from behind and then accelerated to the frontcourt, jumped up and hit a big windmill.

"Bang!"

With continuous dunks, the atmosphere in the New Orleans Arena was completely motivated.

The Pelicans' bench was in full swing.

Since last season's slam dunk contest, Tang Tian has become a top dunk player as if he opened the door to a new world.

However, unlike last season, the Pelicans' bench has a super dunker this season.

Carter also stood up and celebrated Tang Tian at this time.

His eyes at Tang Tian were filled with his young figure.

The advantage of Tang Tian becoming a deducted player is that this scoring method improves morale quickly, and these two detonations bring the team's entire morale to full range.

The Rockets' offense was defended for the next wave.

Although the Pelicans did not directly play in a fast break this time, their momentum has completely increased.

The frontcourt positional battle is still a double pick-and-roll.

However, Tang Tian scored consecutively, and the Rockets' defense became targeted.

When Tang Tian broke through, there were already early attacks waiting for him.

However, such defense did not play much role. Tang Tian turned to the bottom line and attracted the three of them to double-team, and then he threw them a long time while walking.

The ball went through layers of defense and came directly to Davis at the basket.

Davis easily dunked the ball.

8 to 14, the score difference was forced to reach 6 points.

Harden still failed to make a three-pointer with a step back, and Brogdon was more difficult to deal with than he thought.

Tang Tian grabbed the long rebound by himself, turned around and took the ball around Harden, rushed to the frontcourt with another one-handed windmill.

The New Orleans Arena is already in full swing.

From five minutes to more than seven minutes now, Tang Tian has scored 6 points and 1 assist, and his scoring explosive power is extremely terrifying.

D'Antoni was forced to call for a pause.

After the timeout, he replaced Gordon.

He has figured out one thing about this period of offense and defense, whether it is the Pelicans last season or the Pelicans this season.

If the Rockets want to win, they can't do it with their urgent defense now, they can only play against the attack.

Gordon came up and received Paul's assist and scored a three-pointer.

He looks in a very good shape.

But when he turned around, Tang Tian used Davis' cover to break into the inside line, turned around and scored in the double-team, causing Capela's foul!

After a steady increase in free throws, he scored 2+1, narrowing the gap to 4 points again!

In the next half period, both sides entered a battle of attacks.

The Rockets wiped out the sluggish state of the preseason and opened fire. The Pelicans became Tang Tian's scoring show alone.

Breakthrough, dunk, pull out, turn back, make a layup...

He showed his personal skills in one round and fully demonstrated his strength as the first player in the league.

He didn't start output from the first quarter until five minutes, but after this quarter, he had scored 20 points!

Score 20 points in 7 minutes. This terrifying scoring explosive power is the only one in the league!

Driven by his crazy scoring, after the first quarter, the Pelicans also ended the quarter with a 30-27 lead over the Rockets.

Tang Tian and Davis both left the court for a break, and both sides also entered the substitute connection.

The Pelicans' touch was really bad tonight. Kuzma, who performed well in the preseason, was entrusted with important tasks, but he failed to make several consecutive shots from the outside.

Dedmont also has various ironshots on the outside.

The Rockets, led by Gordon and Paul, quickly overtook the score again.

As a last resort, Stevens had to replace Tang Tian in advance.

This move also came true immediately.

Tang Tian came up and scored consecutive points with double teams, quickly helping the Pelicans overtake the score, and rekindled the emotions of the fans on the scene.

D'Antoni crossed the steps back and forth on the sidelines.

During the offseason, there was a remark that was mentioned by many people.

Two years ago, Tang Tian averaged a triple-double in the regular season, and at that time he was the strongest Tang Tian.

But at this moment, fans realized one thing: Tang Tian is only 25 years old now!

For a player, this is even an age that has not even reached its peak!

As long as there are no injuries, Tang Tian will only get stronger and stronger!

The strongest Tang Tian was just an illusion caused by the brothers who worked hard last season to play together and sacrifice their own ball rights!

Tang Tian wanted to score, but no one could stop him!

Tang Tian looked at another 17 points in this quarter. After halftime, he had scored 37 points!

In the season's opening game, his score was 50+!

Under his leadership, despite the Rockets' outstanding form tonight, the Pelicans still ended the half with a 58-52 lead!

"I don't think Walker and Butler's departure is necessarily a bad thing."

In the commentary seat, O'Neal, who had watched the half game, sighed.

His feelings also attracted a curious look from Barkley and Smith.

"At least we can see Tang scored 50+ or ​​even 60+ points again. Who doesn't like the scoring performance?"

O'Neal's words caused Barkley and Smith to nod.

Everything has its pros and cons, and from the perspective of fans, this is really a good thing.

After halftime, players from both sides returned to the locker room to rest.

However, after returning to the locker room, the team members noticed that Davis immediately applied an ice pack to his knees, and the team doctor was also communicating with him.

It turned out that it was when he was fighting Capela in the first quarter and he hit his knee.

Although Davis has grown a lot taller, his weight is still difficult to support him in playing No. 5 position.

In other words, if he plays No. 5, the risk of injury will be much greater.

Although Davis wanted to continue playing, the team doctor advised Stevens not to play in the second half for safety reasons.

Stevens adopted it too.

A regular season game is not worth his adventure with Davis.

But in this case, the Pelicans' opening game this season will be even more unwinding.
Chapter completed!