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Since Yao Ming's retirement, the Rockets have embarked on a long period of tanking and are now completely mired in a rebuilding crisis.

When they learned that today's opponent was the powerful Clippers, everyone, from the coaching staff to the players, knew that the outcome of this game was a foregone conclusion.

After several hours of flight, the Clippers' private plane finally landed at an airport in Houston.

The players were exhausted from their journey, but they still needed to get to the hotel as soon as possible to rest and be better prepared for tomorrow night's game. The Clippers players appeared relaxed and unfazed by the upcoming challenge.

However, time for rest is always short.

Before we knew it, the match day arrived, with only half an hour left before the start of the game.

At this moment, the stadium is packed, with enthusiastic fans taking their seats early, eagerly anticipating the exciting match.

For the Rockets, this was the first game of the season to be sold out.

Many fans who were unable to purchase tickets could only gather in the plaza outside the stadium, hoping to watch the live broadcast on the giant screen and experience the enthusiastic atmosphere.

The Houston Rockets' Toyota Center hosted a highly anticipated game.

The two teams facing off are the Los Angeles Clippers and the Houston Rockets.

Surprisingly, the crowd almost unanimously supported the Clippers, rather than the Rockets.

It turned out that these spectators weren't enthusiastic about the Rockets, but rather came for the Clippers, or more precisely, for Su Hao. When Su Hao and his teammates entered the arena, the entire audience erupted in deafening cheers, chanting Su Hao's and the Clippers' names.

In an instant, the atmosphere that should have belonged to the Rockets' home court was completely reversed, as if it had become the Clippers' home court.

Faced with this scene, Rockets general manager Murray was furious and turned ashen-faced.

Since Yao Ming's retirement, the team's popularity has dropped sharply, which has directly affected the team's commercial value.

As the team's manager, Murray is undoubtedly to blame.

Many fans are demanding that Murray be fired, believing that only in this way can the Rockets get back on track.

As the whistle blew, the competition officially began.

The Clippers' starting lineup included Stephen Curry, Eric Gordon, Rasul Butler, David Lee, and Su Hao.

The Rockets started with Kyle Lowry, Aaron Brooks, Luis Scola, Shane Battier, and Chuck Hayes.

Before the match began, both teams quickly took their positions, ready to begin the duel.

The audience's eyes were focused on the field, anticipating a thrilling match.

In the jump ball segment, Su Hao and Hayes competed in a jump ball contest.

Hayes knew he couldn't possibly outmaneuver Su Hao.

So when the referee tossed the ball high between the two of them, Hayes surprisingly did not jump.

Seeing this, Su Hao simply reached out and passed the ball to Curry, who was standing nearby.

"Why aren't you jumping for the ball? What are you doing? Your attitude of tanking is too obvious!" Lowry roared at Hayes.

"I... I can't even jump up and take it from him! Why bother!" Hayes looked very aggrieved.

“But this is a sign of surrender! Are you giving up before we’ve even started?” Lowry continued to shout at Hayes.

"Then what do you suggest we do?" Hayes replied helplessly.

“You have to at least try! That’s the only way you’ll have a chance to win the jump ball!” Lowry said.

“Okay, I understand,” Hayes replied.

However, Curry missed a three-pointer in the next possession.

In the battle for rebounds, Hayes still did not jump to fight for the ball.

Su Hao easily grabbed the offensive rebound and put the ball into the basket.

Lowry once again expressed her dissatisfaction with Hayes: "See, you still haven't tried!"

“I tried my best, but I just couldn’t jump over him!” Hayes explained.

“We still have to try! We can’t give up so easily!” Lowry said.

“But… I’m really not as tall as him,” Hayes tried to argue further.

"Then find a way to distract him!" Lowry yelled. "Stop making excuses!"

At this moment, the Rockets players all gathered around, and everyone was urging Hayes to be more proactive.

Actually, it's not fair to blame him for not being proactive enough; he simply had no chance to shine in front of Su Hao.

Moreover, the head coach didn't say before the game that we had to play seriously.

He went there with the intention of losing, and now his performance on the field is being criticized by his teammates.

It's such a misunderstanding.

Although the Rockets are now practically a bottom-tier team.

But these veteran players still didn't want to admit defeat so easily.

They also want to challenge the defending champions and see just how far their team can go.

After all, there are no weak teams in the NBA.

Anything can happen.

Lowry received a pass from Hayes on the byline and dribbled the ball into the attacking third.

Facing Gordon's lead defense, he dribbled the ball around the baseline once.

Just as the ball was sliding along the baseline, Su Hao almost managed to steal it.

As a result, he now hesitates to go to the basket easily.

Su Hao's defensive area is simply too large.

After observing the situation, Lowry chose to pass the ball to Scola at the right corner.

Because Scola is now facing Curry's defense, this is a mismatch opportunity.

Scola still has some advantages over Curry, who is shorter than him.

After receiving the pass, Scola jumped and shot a corner three-pointer over Curry.

Unexpectedly, the ball went in.

Su Hao immediately picked up the basketball from the ground and passed it to Curry.

The Clippers quickly launched an attack.

Su Hao took three steps at a time and quickly arrived at the opponent's basket.

This time, Curry did not choose to force a three-pointer.

Instead, following their usual tactics, they lobbed the ball to Su Hao in the paint.

Upon receiving the ball, Su Hao launched himself up and dunked the ball over Hayes into the basket.

"You're really bullying me! I wasn't even going to fight you for the rebound, and you still tried to dunk on me!" Hayes said to Su Hao, feeling wronged.

"I'm really sorry, but next time you see me with the ball, you'd better stay a little further away from the basket!" Su Hao said with a slightly apologetic smile.

Actually, when Su Hao dunked, Hayes was so scared that he didn't dare to move at all.

There was absolutely no intention of reaching out to interfere with Su Hao's attack.

Even so, the Rockets' head coach still did not choose to substitute him off the court.

It seems they've gotten used to this kind of behavior.

After all, their goal is very clear: to win less and lose more, or to lose nothing and only lose!

Lowry, who had originally intended to say something to Hayes, no longer felt like saying anything more.