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Chapter 30 McGrady's S-Class Star Skills

Rudy Tomjanovich, many Chinese fans are familiar with him, because he was the head coach of the team when Yao Ming first arrived in Houston.

As a historical coach, he has led the Rockets to the summit twice.

Especially in the 1994-1995 season, the Rockets' record in the regular season was not good, only ranking sixth in the Western Conference with 47 wins and 35 losses.

At that time, everyone was not optimistic about the defending champion team, thinking that they were likely to be defeated by the Utah Jazz in the first round of the playoffs.

Tomjanovich told everyone: "Never underestimate the heart of a champion!"

In the first round of the playoffs, they faced the Utah Jazz with Karl Malone and John Stockton, and finally won with a difficult 3:2, stumbling into the second round.

In the second round, their opponents were the Phoenix Suns with Charles Barkley, Kevin Johnson, Danny Manning, Dan Marley, and AC Green. Compared with their strength on paper, the Rockets, apart from Olajuwon and Drexler, still had a lot of cards, and the other stars were not as good.

Like their starting point guard Kenny Smith... How can he compare with Kevin Johnson, a three-time All-Star super point guard?
It should be said that in that year, except for the center and shooting guard, the Rockets were at a disadvantage in other positions, including the bench lineup.

In this round of the series, the two sides played very fiercely, and they even reached the tiebreaker. As a result, the Rockets won with difficulty 4:3.

The Rockets defeated the Spurs 4:2.

But in this series, Olajuwon averaged 35.3 points per game and shot 56% from the field.Robinson averaged only 23.8 points per game and shot 44.9 percent from the field.

When "Big Dream" and "Glider" are old and frail, Pippen, who already has 6 championship rings, just wants to earn a big contract at the end of his career, and has no intention of working hard at all. How can Barkley fight alone?
After failing to hit the championship in a row, Barkley was disheartened. In the 1999-2000 season, Barkley took a four-month recuperation due to a quadriceps Achilles tendon strain. He did not return until April 2000, 4 against the Vancouver Grizzlies. This was also the last game of his career.

After this season, Barkley officially announced his retirement.

After 12 games so far, the Heat rank seventh in the East with 6 wins and 6 losses, but the Indiana Pacers, who are ranked eighth, and the Orlando Magic, who are ninth, are both 5 wins and 6 losses, only one win away from them.

If Wang Dalin's "X factor" is not considered, the Heat have already dispatched the strongest lineup in the team.

If it weren't for Francis and Mobley's young and unlimited "two guns in the backcourt", it is estimated that sensible Houston fans would almost give up on them.

这场比赛王大林全场13投8中，其中三分球3投1中，外加罚球3罚3中，砍下了20分、8个篮板和5次助攻。

The opponent in the finals is the Orlando Magic, with the young "Shark" O'Neal and "Penny" Hardaway, who is known as "Jordan's successor".

Barkley's debut with the Rockets was delayed due to injuries, but he grabbed a career-high 33 rebounds in his first game.

奥拉朱旺这一节表现并不好，他8次投篮仅命中2球，拿到5分、3个篮板、1次助攻和1次盖帽。

Throughout the playoffs, Olajuwon averaged 33 points and shot 53.1 percent from the field. In addition, he also contributed 10.3 rebounds and 2.81 blocks per game.

But time has passed, and time flies.

This season is a shrinking season. Barkley participated in 42 games, averaging 16.1 points and 12.3 rebounds per game, and shooting 47.8% from the field.

The Rockets currently have center Hakeem Olajuwon, power forward Maurice Taylor (who taught Yao Ming how to shoot the hook), small forward Shandon Anderson, shooting guard Kadeem Mobley and point guard Steve Francis.

In the Western Conference Finals, the Rockets met the San Antonio Spurs. This team had the regular season MVP of the season-"Admiral" David Robinson. When facing other opponents, the Rockets' advantage in the center position seemed to disappear in an instant.

这个赛季奥尼尔场均29.3分11.4篮板2.7助攻，哈达威场均20.9分4.4篮板7.2助攻，魔术这对内外线组合的表现堪称炸裂。

In the 1996-1997 season, the Rockets signed "Flying Pig" Charles Barkley, plus "Big Dream" Olajuwon and "Glider" Drexler. The combination of the "Big Three" made the entire league tremble.

Also one of the "Four Major Centers" in the 90s, Robinson's strength is definitely enough to rival Olajuwon.

Poor "Flying Pig", at the end of his career, he wanted to fight for a championship with his thigh, but he didn't expect... he was that thigh himself.

Olajuwon has outscored O'Neal in each of the four Finals games, and has scored more than 30 points in each game.

In the second half, Wang Dalin, who performed well, finally won Riley's trust again and got a total of 12 minutes of playing time.

More importantly, Olajuwon scored a total of 81 points in the last two games, while Robinson scored only 41 points.

He also lived up to Riley's trust and played a very good performance in the second half.

Not surprisingly, the Heat won the game, with a score of 99:87.

Last season, the Rockets finished the regular season with 34 wins and 48 losses, ranking only 11th in the Western Conference.

But everyone knows the ending, the Rockets directly swept the Magic 4:0 and successfully defended their title.

It was the first time in his career that he scored more than 20 points in a single game. Wang Dalin was very excited, not because of his performance comparable to an All-Star level, but because...he completed the task!
That's right, although Olajuwon played very hard in the second half of this game, he still "only got" 18 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists.

With the team's main players on the stage, Wang Dalin naturally had fewer chances to perform, but in this quarter he still got 3 shots and hit 1 of them.

After the timeout, the game continued. The Rockets replaced the starting five, and the Heat also replaced all the starting players, except Wang Dalin who stayed on the court.

3投1中确实效率不高，可加上之前的3投3中，他第二节上场8分钟就6投4中拿到8分，还有3个篮板和2次助攻。

It's no wonder that the young "Big Shark" said in an interview after the game that he was convinced that he lost. This year he was really convinced by "Big Dream".

In the 1998-1999 season, the Rockets signed Scottie Pippen with an average salary of tens of millions of dollars, forming the "Big Four".

Of course, due to the absence of Mourning and the large number of newcomers in the team, the Heat are still a lot worse than the second best team in the Eastern Conference last year... At least they can't regard themselves as a strong team until the team is fully adjusted.

In the 1997-1998 season, Barkley's data dropped sharply due to injuries. In this season, he averaged only 15.2 points per game, but he still averaged 11.7 rebounds per game.

If senior fans look at this data, most of them think it is the performance of "Little Emperor" James in a certain regular season during his rookie season.

Barkley continued to struggle with injuries in the ensuing games, only playing 53 games throughout the season.

After successfully defending his title, Olajuwon once again won the Finals MVP.

In the same year, Barkley joined the Turner Television Network (TNT) television broadcast team and became a full-time basketball commentator.

This season, Barkley averaged 19.2 points per game, which was indeed a decline compared to his career average of 22.1 points per game, but he grabbed the second highest season of his career with an average of 13.5 rebounds per game!
The Rockets entered the playoffs with a record of 57 wins and 25 losses in the regular season. The Rockets reached the Western Conference Finals in the playoffs, and then were eliminated by the Utah Jazz 2:4.

The Heat are center Brian Grant, power forward Wang Dalin, small forward Anthony Mason, shooting guard Eddie Jones and point guard Tim Hardaway.

Of course, "Dream" performed very well on the defensive end, sending out 3 blocks and 2 steals, but this temporary task of the system did not require Wang Dalin to surpass him in these statistics.

When he returned to the locker room to take a shower, Wang Dalin opened the system interface in his mind, and happily extracted his S-level star skill:
"McGrady (S-level): The unique skill of Tracy McGrady, the legendary star of the Houston Rockets. This skill can be activated freely. The jump height increases by 10% when shooting, reduces opponent interference by 10%, and improves shooting stability by 10%."

"Minimum requirements for equipping this skill: Bounce 70, Medium Shot 85, Strength 60."

When Wang Dalin saw this, he found that his ability value completely met the minimum requirements of "Mai Di Ganba", and he was so happy that he couldn't tell, he started singing happily.

(End of this chapter)