9 points behind.

In the Rockets' frontcourt, Cousins fought his way through a double-team to get the ball into the basket.

Although the Pelicans' defense was better than in the first half, Cousins seemed to be in better form than in the first half as well.

On offense, the Pelicans still gave the ball to Tang Tian after crossing half-court.

They were executing Stevens' halftime tactical arrangement, handing the ball to Tang Tian.

The Rockets immediately double-teamed this time. In addition to Tucker, Harden also came to help defend at the first opportunity.

Tang Tian didn't force a breakthrough. He signaled Jokic to come up to the three-point line.

Tucker thought Tang Tian was going to pick and roll, and loudly reminded Cousins.

However, he misjudged. Tang Tian directly passed the ball to Jokic, and then accelerated through the double-team without the ball.

Jokic understood. With a flick of his Serbian golden right hand, the ball went directly back to Tang Tian.

The double-team was broken with ease.

By the time Tucker and Harden reacted, Tang Tian had already rushed into the free throw line.

Cousins couldn't catch up in time, Tang Tian went to the basket, scoring two more points with a light layup, and drawing a foul on Cousins.

He made the extra free throw steadily, scoring 5 consecutive points in the second half.

44 to 34!

The point difference came to double digits!

D'Antoni frowned.

With such high-intensity confrontation, the Pelicans could still pull off this kind of cooperation.

And the key was that Tang Tian's passing and cutting were too fast, and the Rockets' second line of defense couldn't be established at all.

This was a historic superstar.

Fortunately, in the next round, Harden hit a signature step-back mid-range jumper over Tang Tian's defense, narrowing the point difference back to single digits.

Not only Cousins, but Harden was also in better form than in the first half.

Back on offense, Tang Tian held the ball in the frontcourt again, and Jokic went straight to the three-point line. The Rockets didn't dare to double-team easily.

Tang Tian, in a triple threat stance facing Tucker, accelerated to the free throw line for a sudden stop.

Tucker thought Tang Tian was going to lean back and tried hard to push forward, but Tang Tian suddenly stopped and turned sharply, then took a big step towards the basket, scoring with a light layup.

46 to 36!

Still a 10-point difference!

The cheers from the audience couldn't be stopped. Tang Tian's momentum in the second half was even stronger than at the beginning of the game. He was taking on five players by himself, scoring 7 consecutive points!

"Defense! Defense!"

Such a scoring performance made the fans' emotions extremely excited, and spontaneous cheers filled the arena.

The Rockets' frontcourt tactical cooperation didn't work out, and the ball ended up with Cousins. Cousins' strong attack under the basket failed, and Jokic grabbed the defensive rebound.

The Pelicans took advantage of the situation to launch a fast break, and Jokic threw the ball directly to Tang Tian.

Tang Tian quickly advanced to the frontcourt. Paul defended without easily making a move, and Tucker chased from behind.

Tang Tian shot over Paul's defense, and Tucker jumped up to block.

However, Tang Tian fully demonstrated his hang time and ability to contest, switching hands in the air to avoid the block and flicking the ball into the basket with his left hand.

The ball went in!

Tang Tian scored 9 consecutive points right away, just like at the start of the game!

48 to 36!

The point difference had been widened to 12 points!

D'Antoni shook his head helplessly.

Buzdelik coughed beside him, choking.

The Rockets' defense couldn't be better, but Tang Tian was still able to get the ball in. It just didn't make sense!

In the Rockets' frontcourt, Paul and Cousins picked and rolled for a sudden stop. This time, he glanced back at Tang Tian's defensive position before shooting.

Davis pounced in time, and Paul shot with a backward lean.

The arc of the ball was very high.

"Swish!"

The ball fell steadily into the net.

Paul's shot went in too!

Less than three minutes into the second half, Cousins, Harden, and Paul, the Rockets' Big Three, took turns firing, and they were all in better form than in the first half.

D'Antoni breathed a sigh of relief after seeing this.

With the Big Three in this kind of form, even if Tang Tian was in good form, the game could still be played.

But before he could finish exhaling.

"Swish!"

Tang Tian went to the frontcourt and made another contested three-pointer over Tucker!

Crazy!

Tang Tian had scored 12 consecutive points in the second half!

The point difference had been widened to 13 points!

In the first quarter, Tang Tian scored 9 consecutive points three minutes into the game, scoring 14 points in the quarter, and in the second quarter his touch dropped to 6 points.

But in the third quarter, he started playing unreasonably!

He was cheating!

D'Antoni angrily slapped Buzdelik's thigh beside him.

He wanted to report!

Someone was cheating!

Buzdelik grimaced in pain. D'Antoni was almost 70 years old, but he still had so much strength!

And the key was, why did you slap my thigh!

However, after being scored on continuously by Tang Tian, he, as the team's first assistant coach in charge of defense, also felt a little guilty, frowning and enduring the pain... moving his leg to the other side.

Harden wanted to step up at a critical moment, but Tang Tian gave him a lot of defensive pressure, and his step-back three-pointer missed the rim.

The Rockets' Big Three were in good form in the second half, but it was still difficult to score continuously like Tang Tian.

Under the basket, Jokic and Cousins engaged in a physical battle, and Davis jumped up to grab the defensive rebound.

The Pelicans moved to the frontcourt. Tang Tian held the ball and broke through again.

At this time, the Rockets weren't just using a Box-1, but the whole team swarmed towards Tang Tian.

Flies don't bite seamless eggs. Tang Tian had scored 12 consecutive points, and now he was a big piece of fat in their eyes.

But Tang Tian wasn't Kobe. He had a hot hand, but his mind wasn't hot. With a high lob pass, the ball went over the heads of the Rockets players directly to the basket.

Davis caught the ball and jumped up directly, slamming the ball into the basket with both hands!

53 to 38!

The point difference came to 15 points!

Double-teaming Tang Tian came at a price!

D'Antoni reached out and called a timeout.

Tang Tian was in such a good state that he was cheating. If they continued to play like this, let alone the Big Three, even if you put LeBron James and Kevin Durant together, they might not be able to beat him.

"Godfather! Godfather!"

The long-lost cheers started, it was unclear who started it.

Tang Tian wasn't just Tang Fengxian anymore, he had transformed into the Godfather, teaching the Big Three how to play basketball!

The decibel level of the noise at the scene was so high that D'Antoni had to shout to arrange tactics.

By the time he finished arranging the tactics, he was covered in sweat and soaked.

After this game, he had the feeling that he would rather play against Michael Jordan than be an opponent of Tang Tian, this cheater.

After the timeout, Harden drew a shooting foul on Holiday on the outside, and made all three free throws to stabilize the situation for the Rockets.

But back on the other end, Tang Tian made a fake pass and then shot, deceiving the defense, and scoring 2 more points with a low-hand layup!

Cousins received a pass from Paul in the frontcourt, but his layup was interfered with by Davis.

Back on the other end, it was still Tang Tian. He received a pass from Jokic and made a pull-up jumper!

57 to 41!

Tang Tian had scored 16 points in less than half a quarter!

D'Antoni propped his chin with his hand, staring blankly at the court, no longer making any physical movements.

That state seemed to be saying, I'll just quietly watch you cheat and show off.

What a cheater!