Rebirth of My Rocket Dynasty

Chapter 129 The Walker's Challenge
In the Western Conference Finals, the Rockets defeated the Spurs 4:1.

It seems simple, but in fact the fierce battle between the two teams was extremely fierce, and the Rockets gritted their teeth to the end.

But the Rockets are better, and in the Eastern Conference finals, the Bulls' biggest opponent appeared.

The Indiana Pacers, who reached the Eastern Conference finals for two consecutive years in the 94 and 95 seasons, failed to achieve good results in the 96 and 97 seasons. In addition, the coach Larry Brown, who brought the team up, resigned, and Miller even retired. But the arrival of another Larry, Larry Bird, brought the team back to competitiveness.They achieved 58 wins in one breath, look at their lineup: 7-foot-5 Giants center Smits, 6-foot-10 blue-collar power forward Dell Davis; 6-foot-6 member of the Dream Team Mullin; The 6-foot-7 killer Miller and the alien Cassell from the Rockets.Another Davis on the bench - 6-foot-11 Antonio Davis, good shooting Garen Rose, McGee and Best are waiting to play. This lineup is good enough for the playoffs in terms of height and depth. After winning four games, they evened the Cavaliers in four games, then eliminated their old rival Knicks in 4 and 1, and finally made it to the conference finals again after a lapse of two years.

After the start of the first round of the Eastern Conference finals, Pippen lost his form under the tight defense of the opponent, and made 9 of 1 shots in the game. Fortunately, Pippen is still remarkable in terms of defense, and he does not often start. Kukoc's condition was not very good. He only made 11 of 2 shots in the whole game, which made the Bulls unable to widen the score gap with their opponents at home. The Pacers' tenacious defense achieved results, but Jordan's overall performance 31 points, still let the Pacers lose the game.

85:79
The Bulls only won the first game by 6 points.

东部决赛的第二场继续在公牛的主场进行，第二场比赛皮蓬和库科奇有所恢复分别拿到21和16分，乔丹神勇得到41分。但罗德曼只抢到6个篮板，篮板上公牛输给步行者8个。奇怪的是公牛在抢断（15比2）和失误（6比19）的绝对优势下居然还是无法提前将局势稳定，依旧以104比98的6分优势赢球。

It was incredible, but in the end we won.

The Bulls took the lead with a big score of 2:0.

However, the third game was moved to the Pacers' home court. After Bird's continuous encouragement and adjustments, the Pacers defeated the Bulls at their home court. The Pacers, who scored in double figures with six players from the team, pulled back a game 6-107. Miller Scored 105 points; Antonio Davis grabbed 28 rebounds, and Miller's last-minute score made Jordan's 12 points, Pippen's 30 points and Rodman's 23 rebounds useless.

The big score becomes 2:1
The fourth game of the Eastern Conference game became the most classic game in this series. The five starting players of the team all scored in double figures. Jordan had 5 points, Pippen had 28 assists, Rodman had 10 rebounds, and Kukoc had 16 assists. point.The team's shooting percentage is close to 18%.But the Pacers clung to it like a ghost, led by center Smits with 26 points, and all 9 players on the field scored more than 8 points except Mullin.At the last moment of the game, the Bulls led 94 to 93, and the Pacers planned a fabulous attack.Miller burst out from the basket, squeezed away several defenders all the way, knocked Jordan out of the front three-point line, and turned around after receiving the foul ball and shot directly outside the 45-degree three-point line on the right, 96 to 94!Crazy Miller did a top dance.The results of the Bulls' first two games were wiped out, allowing the two sides to return to the starting line again, and the big score between the two sides became 2:2.

An angry Jordan exploded in Game 29, leading with 20 of his own, 19 from Pippen and 45 from Kukoc.The team lowered the Pacers' shooting percentage to 106% and doubled the number of assists.Even if the Indiana tried their best to make as many as 87 free throws, they could not pose a substantial threat to the Bulls, 4:2. It seems that the Bulls can end the series with a big score of [-]:[-] in the sixth game.

But in the sixth game, the Pacers showed the spirit of stalking New York that year. In the sixth game, in Indiana, although the leading shooter Miller had a poor performance of only 13 points on 8 shots, center Smits played Monster-level data --- 12 of 11 shots scored 25 points, coolie power forward Dale Davis 9 points on 7 of 19 shots.Plus 4 substitutes have a contribution of 25 points.Except for Jordan's 35 points, Pippen's 14 points, Langley's 13 points and Kukoc's 10 points, the Bulls only scored 12 points in total. The Pacers are no less functional than their own, and the Bulls actually lost the sixth game by 3 points at the last moment.On the way to the championship since 91, the Bulls only played a life-and-death battle with New York and the Rockets in the 92 season and last season. With the current competitive state and physical strength not as good as the previous two years, the seventh game faced morale. High on the Pacers, the outlook for the Bulls is somewhat bleak.What's more important is that except Jordan and Pippen on the current team, the others lack the first three consecutive championships of Cartwright, Grant, Armstrong and Paxson.Most of the members of the opposite Pacers experienced 94 fierce battles with New York in the 95 and 7 seasons and 7 battles against the Magic.Insufficient combat capabilities in fierce battles and adversity may become the fatal weakness of the Bulls in the seventh battle.

While watching the six fierce battles between the two sides, the Rockets, who were resting far away in Houston, also paid close attention to the situation of the Eastern Conference finals.

Olajuwon even called Miller himself and said: "Reggie, if you can kick Michael out of the game, I invite you to play at the Gold Club in Atlanta."

After hearing that, Miller said with a wry smile, "Hakeem, even if you get an angel, I'm not interested now. I'm preparing for the last game against the Bulls."

Olajuwon said with a smile: "Man, I am very optimistic about you. The current Bulls are not at their peak. If you know that their final finishing ability is not much better than yours."

Reggie Miller was on the phone and said, "I'll do my best, buddy. If we don't knock them down, this mission is yours, and you have to be careful."

Olajuwon laughed and said: "No matter who it is, this year's championship is destined to be the Rockets."

Miller curled his lips on the other side of the phone and said: "Be careful of bragging and flashing your tongue, well, if you really bring Michael out of the game, you boy will definitely keep your promise."

Olajuwon laughed and said: "It's absolutely fine, you can play however you want."

The two hung up the phone after a few words of giggling. Olajuwon sat on the special sofa at home, looked up at the ceiling and muttered to himself: "It's really contradictory, on the one hand is the desire to fight Michael, on the other hand It's the team's desire|desire to win, hehe, it's really hard to handle."

While Olajuwon was scratching his head, Tiger was also studying his opponent with Lao Tang and Dawson.

Lao Tang looked at the technical statistics of the two sides in the first 6 games and said: "That bastard 'Big Bird' is doing pretty well, it's not easy to push the Bulls to this point."

Tiger also nodded and said, "Yes, the Pacers did a great job, but I still vote for the Bulls for the final victory."

Dawson interjected from the side: "Anything can happen in the last game, boss, don't be too confident."

Tiger smiled and didn't speak, but said to himself in his heart: Confidence, I came from time travel, this matter can still be wrong.

At the end, Lao Tang took up the topic and said, "Dawson, I am also bullish on the Bulls. Do you know why?"

Dawson shook his head and said, "Rudy, tell me your opinion."

Lao Tang leaned on the sofa and said, "I don't have any other ideas, I just want to avenge last year's death." After speaking, his eyes were full of brilliance, recalling last year's finals.

Tiger and Dawson glanced at each other, they were dumbfounded for a while, they didn't expect this old boy to really hold grudges so much.

The seventh game started. Sure enough, in the seventh game, the Bulls had a very low sight. They relied on all the players to fight for rebounds to get more shots than the opponent. The Bulls dealt with the Pacers all the way. The two tall players on the inside were marked. Smits, who was outstanding in the last game, made 7 of 3 shots in this field, and Dale Davis only made 6 shots.But relying on Miller's 4 three-pointers and the supplement of 21 points from the bench, the Pacers once exceeded the score in the fourth quarter.On the Bulls side, Jordan is still attacking with all his strength. His large number of shots got the Bulls much-needed points and also caused damage to the Pacers inside. In order to prevent Jordan's layup, Antonio Davis graduated with 22 fouls in 6 minutes, and Smits After 5 fouls, he is tied up.Pippen's 12 rebounds and Kukoc's 21 points gave the team important support in rebounding and scoring respectively.In this game, the Bulls grabbed 50 rebounds and 22 offensive rebounds.In the final stage of the game, the Bulls still could not widen the score to more than 1 goal. At the critical moment of 85 to 83, Pippen's difficult layup finally widened the score gap to 4 points, and then the Pacers missed. The most important offensive opportunity, Hubble's free throw locked the score at 88-83.After a tough 48 minutes, the exhausted Bulls could finally face the home fans and celebrate their third consecutive trip to the Finals.

And their opponent is the Houston Rockets, the opponent of last year's finals.

All the players and fans are what all people who like the NBA want to see, the contest between the two strongest teams.

Insert a paragraph about the coach here.It is well known that the Zen master with eleven championships is the coach with the most championship titles in history.But I think he's just a good coach, a good coach who makes things happen with people.He had Jordan and Pippen for the Bulls' six championships, O'Neal and Kobe for the Lakers' first three championships, and Kobe, Gasol and Odom for the fourth championship.These are the biggest superstars in the league. Two Larrys have been really great coaches since the 90s.Larry Brown and Larry Bird.The former built the mediocre Pacers into a regular in the Eastern Conference finals and then ran to the more mediocre 76ers. He brought the team to the finals in front of the most difficult Iverson. Then he came to the Pistons. The year before The Pistons, who only entered the Eastern Conference semifinals and were considered a breakthrough, won the championship that year. In the second year, they only lost to the Spurs in the seventh game of the finals.The latter took over the dispirited Pacers and immediately turned a lowly team that had no playoff tickets the previous year into a super strong team that fought the Bulls in seven games. In the second year, they lost to Larry Johnson in the conference finals They played under four points, but in the third year they succeeded in revenge and came to the finals stage.Yes, it is indeed a science to make a superstar play its due value, but turning a bunch of mediocre people into a lion on the battlefield is called turning a stone into gold.Who does Brown have in succession?Miller is a character, but he can only run, catch and shoot.Iverson is a genius, but his effect on the team is often negative, if you don't use him well.Billups?He was characterized by nothing but stability; Hamilton?He's a block behind Miller in running, catching, shooting; two Wallaces?One is a time bomb, and the other is a stronger version of Rodman (whose shooting is not as good as the real bug).Relying on these people, Brown has brought at least four teams to the conference finals, which is the first time in NBA history.And Bird, who left in the season after the finals, just as he walked away quietly after a life-threatening lore when he was young.

Well, let's not say anything else, now the Rockets are ready for the upcoming finals.

The most peak showdown is about to begin.

　Ask for everything you can ask, thank you from the heavens.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)