Super Basketball Manager

Chapter 346 The dark horse shines!

In the sixth game of the first round, Houston turned into a snooker player, sent the huge black ball into the net pocket with a steady low shot, and ruled the roost overnight. They sent last year's defending champion back home ahead of schedule, and under the witness of the world, they completed the real "Beat-LA"...

"The whole city is boiling, this is a great achievement!" On this mixed night, Yahoo Sports used a very catchy title: Shaq-UP (Shaq Up).

Perhaps in a real sense, Yao Ming's comeback liberated this 38-year-old fat man, but his ferocious fangs are still extremely sharp in the familiar Staples...

"Can-you-feel-it?" When O'Neal gestured with his left hand to listen, he was greeted with more than boos...

And the applause of defection.

Distinctive features and on-the-spot status are essential factors for "dark horses to shine", but as the team that hopes to go the furthest, Houston almost dilutes the chance to the minimum.

You see that sharp-eyed old man who occasionally shows up in the tunnel at the Toyota Center?
Jerry Sloan created the tough temperament of Houston's defensive gangsters, but the eternal defensive counterattack happened to coincide with Adelman's "liberal" chaotic style. This style is obviously more in line with the main theme of "defense wins the championship".

This is enough to show that the Rockets’ black 6 this time is not a miracle. Don’t forget the astonishing 34-game winning streak in the regular season, and Ron’s desperate show of weakness before and after the game-they are just under the cover of injuries and Los Angeles’ domineering media.

It's like Kobe's complaint - like all the opponents in the past ten years have reported to the regiment and challenged him together...

But this time, the towering tree that once sheltered him from wind and rain ten years ago has become a member of the enemy...

In the process of a dark horse shining (black eight, black seven, black six, black five), one thing is essential: the weak team knocks out the home team.The effect of this is similar to that in football where the visiting team scored a 1-0 goal in the opening counterattack, the seeded tennis player was broken when the foreign card player came up, the defending boxing champion was knocked down once in the second round, and he only did one of the first five questions on the test paper.Then there is a chain reaction: the weaker team gains confidence and home court advantage; the stronger team loses ground; self-doubt begins;

Therefore, any miracle in the world that has no objective factors to talk about will always be summarized as "having that heart" in the end.Mutombo and Ewing, the two brothers who have been black and eight, plus Iverson, who was weak against the strong at the Lakers' home court in the 2001 Finals, and Mourning, all came from Georgetown (by the way, Floyd, who scored 1987 points in a single quarter against the Lakers in 29, was also from Georgetown). They were all yelled at by coach John Thompson every day in college, "Let's go out and fight with the fucking world."

After all, for a dark horse to shine, it must have a heart full of thorns and a heart to fight the world.

One will succeed, ten thousand bones will wither...

When Houston's veteran enjoys the joy of the first round of victory in advance, there are some insignificant things left -a few barrels of ice water every day; each rookie is called by the old spicy coach on the training ground. ; Each goal is late, but in the end, I found that there are always a team of VCR and tactical analysis of tactics.

It seems that the promotion also has the trouble of promotion...

That means you'll have a long time to go to the West Coast with your beloved fishing rod on your back; you'll have a long time to go to nightclubs, but always worry about whether you will be flogged the next day; you can't eat those delicious barbecues, or you have to deal with hundreds of pairs of reporters every day.

Era, withering, years, getting old, immortality, low-key, back then, goodbye, calmness, contentment, forever...

Sometimes life isn't as heavy as you think it is, especially when it comes to professional sports.At this very moment, Ron and Yao Ming were probably lazing on the beach in Houston in the afternoon, enjoying the pleasant summer sun and talking nonsense about fishing.

Of course the game will continue...

Especially when you're in the limelight...

An interesting phenomenon: the second round of the Western Conference playoffs will be contested between the three dark horses and the only remaining traditional strong team...

The Grizzlies vs. the Rockets, the former is also the same as the Rockets, surpassing itself and killing the Spurs...

Mavericks vs. Thunder. Some people say that Ron will send Ariza to the Thunder. Together with Durant and Westbrook, they will make the Thunder's basket play rhythmically and beautiful music-but they ignore Ariza's defense and Ibaka's growth. Since then, the Thunder has used defense to kill the Hornets, and Paul, the last year's bee king, once again hated the first round...

Perhaps this is the situation Mr. Stern would like to see. The strong and weak Chuhe Han boundary is becoming more and more blurred, and the playoffs have become suspenseful duels instead of KOs with disparity in strength.A popular plot on social networks: If the Rockets and the Hawks who killed the Celtics in the first round (both killed the teams in last year's finals) go to the finals together, the Houstonians will get home court advantage.

The probability of the two teams meeting may not be much higher than the super jackpot of Zhongfu Lottery. However, such a cold joke puts the fans' sympathy for the weak. The meaning of the dark horse is by no means a simple victory and advancement, but the common people's resistance to the strong and the courage to fight against fate.

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Different from the dominance of the Miami golden giants in the east, the chaotic west has been transformed...

According to the "traditional" theory of experts, the only traditional giants that can rival the Heat are the Dallas Cowboys...

Of course, that's clearly something Cuban and Nowitzki would love to see...

Over the past 10 years, the Lakers and Spurs have been the two major obstacles to the Mavericks leading to the Western Conference Finals, and now these two teams are out.Although the Blazers lost Roy in a direct 4:0 sweep, they have a week of rest, and Nowitzki will not be idle. He will continue to train with the company of Silver Fox Harris.

Before the game against the Thunder, the master and apprentice completed pre-match training in the gymnasium of Westchester High School.

Their ultimate goal, the championship...

And their biggest opponent in the west is about to usher in their best years...

Houston Rockets - Get-red!

Under the obsession of all the veterans, the whole team has an indelible desire for the championship...

Just as Yao Ming asked all the Los Angeles media when he came back: "What do you want to see? A memorial service for me after the game? No problem, everyone is welcome to come to Houston during the championship parade in July!"

　What do you want to see?One of my memorial services after the game?No problem, everyone is welcome to come to Houston during the Parade of Champions in July!

　　
　
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