Rebirth of My Rocket Dynasty

Chapter 280 The Cruel Semifinal
Tiger witnessed the life-and-death battle between the Rockets and the Trail Blazers at home. The tense atmosphere almost made his heart stop, but the result was good. Relying on a backcourt rebound at the last moment, the Rockets were lucky. Defeated the Trail Blazers at home.

And Big Ben's classic saying: "Rebounding isn't about the size of your body, its about the size of your heart." Rebounding doesn't depend on your body, but on your heart.

It also let Tiger know how delicate a heart this big man with a somewhat ferocious face has, which Tiger didn't expect.

After having breakfast at his home, Tiger drove to the office of the Rockets by himself. Looking at the happy atmosphere in the Rockets club, Tiger was also very happy. The victory of the Rockets also inspired the members of his office, so that Their confidence in their club is even higher.

After entering his office and asking his secretary to bring him a cup of tea, he turned on the computer and browsed today's news about the NBA.

After browsing for a while, he was attracted by the article of ESPN columnist Mark Stein. The title of this article is "The Powerful Western Legion".

Tiger read the entire article with great interest, and saw the article wrote: The Eastern and Western Conference semifinals of the 99-00 season have ended. I have to say that the current form of the league is definitely strong in the west and weak in the east. Let's take a look at the West, Rockets, Lakers, Trail Blazers, Jazz, Suns, Spurs, these can be said to be the strongest teams in the league. After looking at their records, everyone will know what they are How strong it is.

I don't want to read about their players and analyze their strength. I just want to tell you the fact that the league has overwhelmed the west wind to the east wind.

Since Michael Jordan retired, Western Conference teams have hoarded enough star players for themselves to keep them going.

Look at the Rockets, Trail Blazers, Lakers, their main force plastic surgery, what can you doubt, they will dominate the entire league in the next 5 years.

I really don't know which team in the Eastern Conference can compete with them. After the calculation, the Pacers, Eagles and Heat can compete with them.

Mark Starr's entire article reads about the strength of the West and the weakness of the East.However, Tiger knows that the current East is not very weak, especially the Eagles. As long as they work together well, Tiger believes that they will definitely become the strongest in the league.

However, what Mark Star said is also very correct. According to the current configuration, it is still very difficult for any Eastern team to win the final victory.

It was in the previous life, Dongfang laughed and said that this was the time when the commoner F4 defeated the Lakers superstar F4, but now the Pistons F4 does not know where it is.

The Rockets will not let go, Rasheed? Wallace has a strong teammate, he will not think about leaving, Hamilton, that kid is still playing with the Wizards, Prince is still on the team University, 'Flounder' is still swimming.

Thinking of this, Tiger closed the article, and continued to look through it, and a front-page commentary on the sports section of the Los Angeles Times attracted him again.

JA? Adande, he also knows a little about this person in later generations. He first published it in the Los Angeles Times, and later jumped to ESPN. The article is still good.

Looking at the title, Tiger read softly: "Young people don't fail, victory depends on your heart", hehe, it's a bit interesting." Watching this kid describe a lot of details about the game between the Rockets and the Trail Blazers, Tiger felt very satisfied. Dear, this article is always narrating the fierce game as a bystander. He is just talking about it without adding any subjective judgments. It is really rare, but you have to make a Los Angeles fan like it The Rockets and the Trail Blazers are a bit stuck, and it's not bad that they didn't hit the two teams.

The whole article was completed in one go, which made Tiger very enjoyable to read, and the details are also described very well. It is a good article.After watching it, Tiger watched it again with some unfinished business.

Well, it was well written, and it gave an extremely deep description of the Rockets and Trail Blazers. It really deserves to be the best basketball commentator on ESPN later.

After reading an article, Tiger looked for reports on several other semifinals.

The first was the game between the Lakers and the Suns. Many people were not optimistic about Tianyang before the game. Adding to Penny's injury, there was no news of the rivalry between Penny and the Sharks.

The Lakers still have certain advantages in terms of overall strength.However, after the start of the game, the Sun's explosive combat power let everyone know that the Sun is not so easy to deal with.

The first game between the two sides was played at the Staples Center, the home of the Lakers. After the game started, the Suns became a team that could really threaten the Lakers under the leadership of Kidd. Crawford Robinson and Gugliotta's two big insiders began to show off their power. Although they hardly threatened O'Neill on defense, O'Neill and AC? Crawford? Robinson and Gugliotta both have decent mid-range shots. The continuous pull of the two and Kidd's pass like a missile, the old Harper has no way to deal with Kidd. guy.

The Lakers were a little helpless, but their newly acquired power forward Owen Johnson performed very well after replacing AC Green on the field. His good moving speed and O'Neal complemented each other. Coupled with his good offensive ability, it was to a large extent On the suppression of the sun's attack.

But what people didn't expect was that the old Chapman, who was already unable to run, broke out in the last quarter. After hitting 4 consecutive three-pointers, the sun abruptly played against the Lakers at the last moment. Steal a win.

107:103
The Lakers were very aggrieved by the loss, and O'Neal, who was full of anger, burst out his anger in the second game between the two teams.

In the second game, what the Suns players saw was a runaway O'Neal, a raging shark. Who can deal with him?Ha ha, it seems not.

When the game ended, the Suns were defeated by one man, 'Shark' O'Neal scored 44 points alone, who can stop it.

The Suns gritted their teeth and returned to their home court. The Suns players had already won a victory at the opponent's home court, regaining the home court advantage.

But are the Lakers so easy to deal with?Obviously not, when Kobe Bryant and Glenn Rice teamed up for 51 points in the third game, the Suns' home court advantage became a display.

102:93, the Lakers won again.

In the fourth game, the sun, who was relieved, started to counterattack. When Kidd passed the basketball in his hand to an unguarded position again and again, the Lakers players knew that they had no chance in this game.

Kidd, who scored 29 points, 13 assists and 11 rebounds, became the hero of the Suns in this game. His amazing performance let everyone know that the Suns are still strong now.

At 95:90, the Suns pulled back a game.

In the fifth game of the Tianwangshan battle, O'Neill mustered up his energy, and his strong lethality inside was clearly seen in this game.Once again, O'Neal destroyed the Suns with his own power. With 47 points in a single game, everyone exclaimed, who can stop this huge guy.

99:91, the Lakers won the battle of Tianwangshan.

The Lakers returned home and did not give the Suns another chance. Although Kidd still scored 17 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists, the Lakers still won the final victory because Kobe Bryant scored 36 points , Leading the Lakers to the final victory.

At 96:88, the Lakers won the final victory, defeating the Suns with a big score of 4:2.

In this way, the Rockets and the Lakers joined forces in the Western Conference Finals.Seeing this, Tiger smiled very brightly, because someone broke the news again.

Kobe told reporters after the game: "The Rockets are not terrible, and they are not invincible. The Blazers are doing very well now. I very much hope that the opponent I can see in the Western Conference Finals is the Blazers."

When the reporter asked: "If the Rockets become the opponent in the end, what should the Lakers do if they win?"

Kobe just shrugged and said, "That's the way the Rockets are. The Lakers can beat them."

Tiger looked at Kobe's remarks in the newspaper, but just smiled and said nothing, because what O'Neal said later was even more arrogant.

O'Neal said at the press conference after eliminating the Suns: "I am ready to eliminate the Rockets. The Rockets are very strong. However, the Lakers are now stronger than the Rockets. Now the Lakers can be said to be the best in recent years. With the Lakers, my teammates and I have full confidence in kicking the Rockets back home."

Tiger knew that Shark had resentment in his heart, which was also human nature. The Rockets had rejected him. Shark was not an open-minded person, and he would remember such things for a lifetime.

Tiger shook his head with a smile, turned off the news about the Lakers, and concentrated on looking for reports on the game between the Eagles and the Heat.Soon, a commentary report on the Eagles in the sports section of the "Atlanta Daily News" caught Tiger's attention.

The report said: Although the Eagles have a new inside core this year, and Mutombo has left, the joining of the Chinese kid has not reduced the Eagles' combat effectiveness at all, especially after entering the semifinals against the best in the league. When the center Alonzo Mourning was in the center, this kid from China showed his super fighting power. His not-so-huge body contained huge power. Even against the shark in Los Angeles, our Chinese The kid can't back down, and facing Mourning who is obviously one size smaller than the shark, this Chinese kid has the advantage. Although his footsteps are still a bit slow, you require a center forward to have the footsteps of a defender , Obviously impossible, do you think everyone is Olajuwon?it's out of the question.

When the two confronted each other for the first time, the eagle showed a strong fighting power. Mourning did not take any advantage in front of the Chinese kid. After his strength was a little weak, Mourning wanted to use his own skills to give the Chinese kid a fight. class.But Mourning obviously forgot one thing, that is, Olajuwon is the training partner of the Chinese kid in the Rockets.

Mourning, who was suppressed throughout the game, looked very helpless after the game. From his face, we could see how much pressure our Chinese kid put on him.

89:82, the Eagles won Game [-].

In the next game, the performance of the Chinese boy directly affected the performance of the Eagles. In the second game, the performance of the Chinese boy was still excellent with 22 points and 11 rebounds, which allowed him to show his power in the Heat's inside line. And coupled with the vicious reputation of the Chinese kid, the Heat's defense against him is obviously much cleaner. Heat players don't want to spend the rest of their lives in wheelchairs.

At 85:77, the Eagles led their opponents 2:0.

The third game was not so easy to play. The Heat who returned to the home court were more tenacious in defense and made more small moves.Even the Chinese kid was tricked a few times.

Although the Eagles put up a tenacious resistance, amidst the cheers of 2 Heat fans at home, the Heat pulled back a game in their own collision at 92:86.

And the Chinese boys were even suppressed by Mourning and PJ Brown. Some Chinese boys who were not very adaptable only scored 14 points and 6 rebounds in the game, completely misfired.

In the fourth game, the Heat's tactic was still to suppress the Chinese kid. The Chinese kid was still a little uncomfortable, but the Chinese kid actually sent 7 assists in today's game.

This surprised all the Eagles players. Although they knew that the Chinese boy could pass the ball, but the Chinese boy had about 3 assists per game. Today, the Chinese boy performed exceptionally. Although the Eagles did not win the final victory, this game is better The last game was much more intense. When the Eagles flanked the Chinese kid, they endured the frantic bombardment from the Eagles' perimeter.

In the fifth game, the battle of Tianwangshan, the Chinese boy broke out again. Although he didn't score a lot in this game, he only scored 18 points, but the results of 16 rebounds and 11 assists let everyone know this The boy's comprehensive.

A triple-double of the Chinese kid led the Eagles to victory. Steve Smith was the biggest beneficiary of the Chinese kid's assists. Among the 31 points he scored, most of the assists came from the Chinese kid.

In the end, the Eagles defeated the Heat 93:84 and won the battle of Tianwangshan.

The performance of the Chinese kid can be called omnipotent, and the Eagles who returned to the Phillips Arena did not give the Heat any more chances. With the team's 7 players scoring in double figures, the Eagles defeated the Heat 109:96 at home. .

With a big score of 4:2, they defeated their opponents and advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals.In this way, the Eagles relied on their overall cooperation and finally reached the Eastern Conference Finals. This made many Eagles fans very excited. Many of them believed that the arrival of the Chinese kid brought the Eagles to the Eastern Conference Finals.

Tiger was very happy to see such reports. In his own opinion, the eagle of the bus is really about to spread its wings and soar high.Immediately, he began to look for news about the confrontation between the Knicks and the Pacers, the old enemies again.

Before long, he found a very interesting commentary in the sports section of the New York Times.

The report said: The contest between the Knicks and the Pacers can be described as a fateful battle. When the Knicks eliminated the Pacers last year, it meant that the Pacers would definitely come back.

Let's see how the Pacers got it back. The first game started at the Pacers' home court, the Conseco Arena. The Knicks were hit hard in the opening game, and it took a whole quarter for the Knicks to win Scored 14 points, while the Pacers scored 28 points, twice as many as the Knicks. Do you know why?Because the Dutch giant Schmitz in the Pacers began to explode.

He scored 12 points in a single quarter. Whether it was Ewing, Kurt Thomas or Marcus Camby, none of them could stop the big man's touch. He made 7 of 6 shots in the first quarter. Really nothing God made sense.Moreover, the Pacers' defense is extremely strong, and only the opponent can score 14 points in a single quarter, allowing everyone to see the strength of the Pacers again.

When the first game ended, the Pacers could only score 76 points for the Knicks in this game, while the Pacers scored 94 points.

Amid everyone's dumbfounded, the Pacers let the Knicks know what retribution is.

The second game was also at the Conseco Arena. The Pacers players wanted to agree. The game started with the 'alien'. This guy should go to Mars. You know this guy But point guard, what are you doing with so many points? Miller is a shooting guard. Aren't you robbing others of their jobs?Miller doesn't seem to care about that at all, though.

I don't know what the 'alien' ate on the day of the game. His hands were so hot that he made 5 consecutive shots. I don't know what he was thinking.

单场砍下39分8次助攻5个篮板的‘外星人’引领着火箭100:89战胜了尼克斯。

The Knicks must cheer up at this time, or they will really be swept away.Sure enough, the Knicks returned home and started their own counterattack. In the third game, Alan Houston and Reggie Miller rushed to shoot. In the end, the two seemed to be tied.However, after Kurt Thomas and Marcus Camby scored 27 rebounds together, the Knicks defeated the Pacers at home 98:90, turning the score of the two sides into 2:1.
Just when all the Knicks players thought their team could defeat their opponents again, the Pacers started to fight back.

The fourth game was extremely tragic. Players from both sides had many quarrels, but they were all suppressed under the stop of the referee.The classic moment of the game came at the end, when the Knicks led the Pacers by two with 11.3 seconds left in the game.

When the Pacers were serving the ball, they were closely guarded by the Knicks. When Cassel received the ball, the other Pacers players were all stared down.

And Miller, who finally executed the lore, was also entangled by Sprewell, and there was no room at all. Just when the Knicks fans were cheering for their team to win, the 'alien' Accidentally 2 meters away from the three-point line, he shot directly.

After the red light sounded, the basketball got into the basket and the Knicks were lore.

As the saying goes, you have to pay back when you come out, but this time it's a bit fast. Last year, relying on Larry Johnson's "four points", the Knicks eliminated the Pacers, and this game was also a last-minute lore. It's just a role change.

In the last game, the Pacers were even more imposing and gave the Knicks no chance at all. The Pacers defeated the Knicks at 92:85 and advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals with their heads held high.

After reading the report, Tiger murmured with a smile on his face: "The Rockets vs. Lakers, Eagles vs. Pacers. It seems that the Eastern Conference finals will be another battle between dragons and tigers."

　Keep asking, thank you from the heavens.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)