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Chapter 335
The final team in the East has been determined, but the West has fallen into a state of chaos, especially the people of Los Angeles, who are determined to fight for the championship, have encountered unprecedented troubles. Out of control, even those media reporters and commentators dare not make any predictions about the game now, because the Rockets, which lacks two main players, look extremely weird.

Maybe the score of 2:2 did not sound a warning bell to the people of Los Angeles. Everyone thought it was just an accident. It was just that Kobe and the others dozed off. Only when they lost the game, they relaxed their vigilance when their opponents lost their absolute main force. As long as these guys are serious, they will quickly win two consecutive cities and advance to the Western Conference Finals.

But in the next two games, the mouths of these guys opened infinitely, because the group of Houstonians who couldn't even make a decent center were hitting the Lakers' nerves in a hysterical state. His shots and attacks seemed so deadly.

Maybe the fifth game is normal. The Lakers won the Houstonians with a big score of 118:78 at their home court. The rhythm of the whole game has been controlled by the Lakers. Already leading the Rockets by a full [-] points, but the group of Houstonians never let up their pace of catching up. Even in the fourth quarter, which has become garbage time, they still kept attacking the Lakers' defense. , It’s just that their hands felt terribly cold this night, and many times the balls that should have been scored flew out of the basket. Maybe their feel affected the Lakers’ judgment.

At least in the eyes of Los Angeles people, the Rockets are just struggling. These bench players just want to make their statistics look better. Those breakthroughs and points can't win the game for them. Even Zen Master didn't pay too much attention to the consequences of those interspersed and cross-cut breakthroughs. After all, winning the opponent by [-] points can paralyze everyone's nerves.

However, few people noticed Adelman's expression on the sidelines. Although he was a little helpless looking at the bright red score, he did not reprimand his players during the timeout. He just walked back and forth with the tactical board carefully. Explaining some offensive routes and the choice of shot timing.

Perhaps in the eyes of others, this is just a struggle of Zen Master’s old opponent who does not want to bow his head and admit defeat. No one has ever cared what tricks Adelman will play. After all, he only has a few cards in his hand, and anyone can already I can clearly see what kind of goods the Rockets have now. Even the Houstonians did not expect these people to create any miracles. Maybe even they themselves are waiting for the Rockets to leave with a total score of 2:4 This stage, it’s still a decent way to leave. If Yao is still on the field, if McGrady can return to his peak state, maybe they can still look forward to the beautiful dream of the finals, but now all this is just a It's just a dream.

Maybe only hopelessness can make people let go of all distracting thoughts. When you have no thoughts in your mind, you may become extremely powerful, with no distracting thoughts and no scruples. Maybe this is the state, especially when Opponents have also begun to underestimate you.

The Houstonians who returned to the Toyota Center had no way out, and Adelman also changed his usual gentle style, reminding his team members with a penetrating voice for the first time in the locker room that this will It's a game they fought for their own dignity. If you don't want to be beaten to the floor by those guys from Los Angeles, you have to fight like a man and don't lower your head , now you have to straighten your chest to face those guys, fight bravely, no matter what the result will be.

Barefoot people will never be afraid of wearing shoes, because they have lost too much, and now they have nothing to lose. They don't even know whether they will win the game, so what is there to be afraid of?Now they just want to play happily and make their opponents feel uncomfortable, that's enough.

attack!These guys on the Rockets have no time to think about the difference in height or skill. All they can do is to throw the basketball in their hands in the most comfortable way, and then don’t care whether the basketball is Will fall into the basket, they will rush to the inside from the moment they take the shot, to compete for the rebound that may fall.

This kind of offensive method has no rules at all, but this kind of unreasonable style of play can make the team pursuing tactical coordination fall into a panic, especially when the opponent's shooting rate is surprisingly high, even more so. It will be stunned by the opponent all of a sudden. This is the trouble the Lakers are facing now.

After the opening, the situation was surprisingly one-sided, Scola frequently hit shots, the Rockets started with a 17:1 attack wave.However, the Lakers began to miss consecutive shots, and even came out of the basket for layups. In the first 5 minutes, they even failed to make a goal. It was not until 6 minutes into this quarter that Kobe made a strong hit. Score at the basket.

27:15, this is the score that the two teams handed over in the first quarter, you are not mistaken, this is the real score, and the Rockets once led by a score of 21:3, if not in the first quarter At the end of the quarter, there was a little loophole in their defensive rotation, which allowed the Lakers to seize a few opportunities. Maybe the Lakers will take a single digit very shamelessly.

The game in the second quarter was still the same, which made Zen Master, who has always been steady, couldn't sit still, because the Lakers were now 36:52 behind by a large margin, and those players under him obviously began to fall into a state of urgency. In the middle of the game, even Kobe began to lose his calm rhythm.

On the contrary, this group of guys from the Rockets began to calm down. They carefully implemented Adelman's arrangement and played every ball with incomparable patience. The defensive focus of the Lakers, and the backward situation also made the Lakers' defense start to look unstable.

When even Kobe started to get anxious, almost everyone in the Lakers team has lost their sense of normalcy. Just look at the expression on Artest's face when Kobe swung his arm, The referee who thought there would be a conflict did not see Artest, a beast, provoking a dispute, but Kobe's dissatisfied expression has already sent a signal to many people through the TV screen, and the Lakers are in a hurry.

When Kobe was cornered, he would choose to play singles by himself, especially because his teammates had a surprisingly poor shooting percentage today, so he distrusted others even more. He would rather choose to execute the offense by himself than give up the right to shoot. Others waste it, which makes the Lakers' triangle offense completely useless.

16 of 6 shots, this is all Kobe can contribute in the first three quarters of the game, and look at his assists, there is only such a pitiful one, and that is the situation where he was stared to death in the opening stage, helpless A pass selection created by him, a passive assist created, Kobe was trying to use his own power to change the situation of the Lakers throughout the game, but he did not exchange his impact for a good result.

The effect of Kobe's strong play is not good. The Rockets, which have lost their inside pillars, are not afraid of anyone taking the trouble of fouling. Every one of their defending guys put their hands on Kobe's face. Opponents shoot comfortably, and they don't care whether the referee's whistle will sound or not.

This unreasonable defensive method made Kobe lose many opportunities to score points, and this is the home court of the Rockets. Even if the referee wants to blow the whistle continuously, he still needs to consider the emotional problems of the opponent. After all This league can't afford another chaos in the arena now, so sometimes, he will relax certain standards where he can whistle, which makes Kobe's strong play even more blind.

With 7 minutes left in the game, Artest hit a three-pointer and the Rockets led by 79 points with 69:10.Gasol returned a goal with his mid-range shot, and Landry immediately responded with a dunk, and then he made another free throw. The Rockets had already led the Lakers by 11 points at this time.

In the final stage of the game, the Rockets were fighting more and more courageously. Brooks made a shot with 3 minutes left in the game. Then Battier defended against Kobe and made an embarrassing "three non-stick". Under the circumstances, it hit again, and the Rockets widened the gap by 88:75.

When the Lakers faced such a weird shooting percentage, they did everything they could, but since then the score has never been pulled closer than 12 points, 95:80. A gift from the center to the Lakers, a gift that made the people of Los Angeles feel embarrassed.

Even if there is no Game [-], it doesn't matter. At least the Houstonians can now hold their heads up and explain to everyone that they are not cowards. They overturned the most promising team in the league with their hands. And it is a way of suppressing the audience.

Maybe only when people have no distracting thoughts can they let themselves play to the fullest. When the Rockets are concerned, they are beaten back to their original shape again. Every time these guys see hope, they will always show It's a bit off the chain, and this time is no exception.

In the decisive battle of Game 13, only three of the Rockets scored in double figures, and the highest score was only a pitiful [-] points. They had lost the courageous spirit of fighting their opponents in the last game, but changed Be cautious, the most unwise thing is to start a positional war with your opponent.

Without the commanding heights, the Rockets looked so powerless in the face of the impact of the Spaniard Gasol. The Spaniard's 21 points and 18 rebounds completely dominated the initiative in the basket. The Rockets' goal was found in the rhythm, and they hit it with one hit.

There is no height inside and no air dominance at the basket. The Rockets exposed their weaknesses to their opponents in the final decisive game. Then there is only one failure waiting for them, especially in this kind of game that decides the outcome of the game. Among them, they no longer have a chance to come back.

89:70, the Rockets and YAO bid farewell to all the games of this season at the same time. Maybe they are not willing to lose so uselessly, but at least these guys have given a lot of people a revelation. No one in this league is invincible, including Those games that seem to have an absolute advantage will also become complicated because of a sudden burst of a ball. As long as you have a brave heart, miracles will always appear, and opportunities are up to you to grasp.

"If those guys were tougher, or rushed to the Lakers' penalty area as crazy as in the last game, maybe it would be another ending, but they thought too much, especially at this decisive moment, they I shouldn’t change my style of play, unfortunately, I wanted to watch a super unpopular one, but now it’s gone, and those Los Angeles people have the last laugh.”

Pat Riley stretched his arms and stood up. Now, for him, there is not much time to watch a game so quietly, but he did not wait for the ending he wanted. If the Rockets win , then he can give the group of boys sweating profusely on the training ground a little more hope, but forget it now, after all, those Houston guys still lost.

"Boss, Los Angeles is the place where you created show time. Why do you seem to want them to lose? That is where you became famous, and you are also a part of the history of the Purple and Gold Legion." Spoelstra said curiously. Pat Riley asked.

"Now I'm the general manager of the Miami Heat. I have a dime to do with the Lakers? I just hope that when we have a chance to win the Magic, we can meet a less difficult opponent. Los Angeles Jay is not an easy guy to deal with, especially their home court, so I hope it's normal for him to be eliminated, because now I'm from Miami, and I only think about it from the position of the Heat."

"Uh... Boss, do you think we have the confidence to win the Magic now? You can think so far, you have already thought about the layout of the finals, right?" Spoelstra Only then did I realize that this old man is not only thinking about the present, he has even started to find loopholes for any possible opponents.

"Why not? I don't want to take my team to meet failure. I don't have that habit. As long as it is a game, I hope that I will be the winner in the end. That's why I only need more than 1400 games to get it. The trick to 1000 wins is to always put yourself in the perspective of a winner and look at everything, boy, you have to learn to despise your opponent with such a height, even if you don't have the advantage right now."

Pat Riley's last piece of advice to Spoelstra is this, he's never been afraid to take on anyone, and even with a crippled roster like the one the Miami Heat have right now, he won't hold himself back , what is important on the basketball court is strength, but at the same time don't forget that there will always be some unexpected things on that court, don't underestimate your ability to create miracles.

"Uh... this crazy old man, he really wants to slander the Magic! NND, none of these old guys are fuel-efficient. It seems that I am not crazy enough compared to these guys. Maybe I am really crazy. You should learn this calmness from these old guys."

Spoelstra looked at the figure that had disappeared at the end of the corridor and was a little speechless. At this time, he realized the gap between himself and these old coaches. He might only calculate the difference in staffing between the two teams. The gap, thinking about how to make up for this gap, but those old coaches have already started to think about how to use the limited pieces in their hands to eat their opponents.

"It's really old-fashioned, old-fashioned, these guys who are about to grow up are really too cunning. Winning the Magic team is a crazy idea, but it seems to be a good idea." Although Spoelstra thought My boss was a bit surprised by this bold idea, but even he himself was fascinated by the idea, maybe they can really do it, at least he wants to try it now, maybe they will dislocate more people's jaws like the Rockets Maybe, will you win?Maybe, maybe it really can.

The thrilling promotion of the Lakers has sounded the alarm for Los Angeles people. They are not invincible. After the little emperor was punished and suspended, they are not the only team that can touch the highest honor. Look at them The performance of the seven fierce battles against the Rockets, no one dares to easily say that the Lakers will definitely win the final championship title, especially looking at their future opponents, they are starting to be vigilant, the West, and It's not the world of the Lakers team. There has never been a lack of challengers here. It was the same before, and it is the same now. There are already a group of guys from Denver who are ready to come to compete with this group of purple and gold.

Compared with the stumbling finals of the Lakers, the Denver Nuggets seemed silent. They only took five games to get the tickets to the Western Conference Finals. If they hadn't been careless in the away game, they might have used a 4: The score of 0 swept the Mavericks.

The only game they lost was to allow the opponent to sneak attack at the last moment. The score of 117:119 did not allow the Mavericks to regain the initiative, and the Nuggets always made a fuss about the opponent's life. Their quick counterattack and Positional attacks can easily tear apart the opponent's defense.

The wisdom shown by the old-fashioned Billups in this round of competition is amazing. This guy who looks like an alien did not give Kidd of the Mavericks any chance. In the competition between the two major point guards, the former The Finals MVP is more stable, and his scoring choices are more accurate.

Maybe now the Pistons will find that what they let go is not just a person who can bring them victory, but the absolute soul of a team. Looking at how miserable they were when they were swept out by the Cavaliers, maybe some people have begun to miss the original The glory days of the Pistons under Billups are over.

The strong momentum of the Nuggets and the somewhat embarrassed Lakers, this matchup may bring people a lot of associations and speculations, these two offensive teams have deadly scoring masters, they may make the Western Conference Finals
Becoming a soaring points battle, maybe this season's Western Conference Finals will not be so dull for the first time. Don't be afraid that these two teams will lack sparks when they meet. They will never let anyone down.

Billups and Kobe, the two guys who had faced off in the finals met again. The last time Billups led the blue-collar team of the Pistons to smash the F4 of the Lakers, so now Will he team up with Anthony to trap Peter Pan?Perhaps this is the most interesting aspect of this series.

Compared with the peak matchup in the west, the situation in the east may be clearer. Many people can already see the gap between the magic team and the heat team. After all, one team has just eliminated the defending champion team, while the other team However, the team is barely able to arrange even the minimum rotation lineup. Such a gap in strength may cause the game to be one-sided. Some media are even predicting that this round of the game is likely to be a 4-0 sweep. Tickets for the finals can now be issued to Orlando in advance.

The only point of interest in the game may be limited to the match between Lin Yi and Howard. The successors of these two center forwards may be the only thing worthy of people's attention in this round of the game. Who can suppress who? , maybe we can only find out when we are on the field, but the suspense of the game is not so big, almost everyone is guessing like this.

The Heat's players didn't care about any situation in the West. What they can do now is to adjust their state as soon as possible. They have no advantage against the Magic. The lack of personnel will make each of them play longer on the court. If there is more time, each of them must make more contributions to make up for such a personnel gap, so everyone begins to mobilize their greatest potential.

Even the guys who were punished were working hard there, not to mention those who could play. Seeing how hard Lin Yi put in training twice a day, no one would be willing to lag behind. The current pillars of the team are so desperate, can they retreat?Come on, fight it, lest you regret it.

It's just that they didn't know that Lin Yi was spending every day on the training ground. Apart from preparing for the next round of the game against the Magic, it was more because he had to face two girls at the same time when he got home. That is definitely more tragic than him smashing Warcraft on the field.

There are actually a lot of troubles when the house gets bigger. For example, now Lin Yi needs to find a place to sleep for himself, because his two bedrooms have been given to two people respectively, and now he can only sleep in the guest room to rest, alas.

It was arranged by Lin Yi that Lin Yuwei occupied a room at home, but now that even Taylor has moved over from his own home, that is the most troublesome thing for him, especially when this eccentric little girl is there with a jealous tone Talk about unfairness, and you will be even more helpless.

"I want to watch you order, so that you don't steal it." The reason for Taylor's occupation of the bedroom made Lin Yi speechless and could only stare blankly, steal it?Please, what I'm afraid of now is that you two will eat me. . .

Women sometimes. . .What a headache. . .

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