Zhiba NBA

Chapter 190 (180) The Devil's Schedule
Looking at the schedule in front of him, Wang Yuanfei couldn't help feeling worried.The Rockets will go through a terrifying schedule next, playing 15 games in just 10 days, 4 of which are back-to-back.Losing the Heat before the beginning of this difficult schedule is really a bad start.And what about his main imaginary enemy, the Lakers?Currently tied for No.5 in the West with 1 wins and 1 loss.

"Tracey's operation is really stressful in the upcoming schedule." He said to himself, "I wonder if Michael can shoulder this burden."

On November 11, the Rockets played against the Nets.At this time, the Nets have a league-renowned superstar backcourt combination, Jason Kidd and Vince Carter.For Reid, playing against Carter is a huge challenge.

结果出人意料，里德三分球6投5中得到了25+10，而卡特手感不佳19投仅6中只得到16分。火箭早早建立了巨大领先优势，姚明杰弗森等主力球员也得以早早被换下休息，备战次日的背靠背之战。最终火箭12分胜出。

The next day, the players came to Boston's North Shore Garden Arena.The Celtics did not do enough signings in the summer, and according to their strength on paper, they do not have the capital to compete with the Rockets.But LaFrentz broke out unexpectedly. The inside player actually made 7 of 7 three-pointers in the first half and scored 27 points in the half.Under his super-level performance, the Celtics ended the second quarter with a double-digit lead.

The third quarter became the turning point of the game.Bosh concentrated on defense and completely blocked the fiery LaFrentz. Green Army guard Ricky Davis committed the old problem of playing too alone.On the offensive end, Billups stood up. He scored 9 points and 4 assists in a single quarter with sudden shots, leading the team to tie the score.

(Ricky Davis has had a career full of scandals, most notably his 10-rebound attempt to shoot at his own hoop for his first career triple-double. He also asked a rookie on the team to lift his shoes, thinking the rookie was the helper the team had found for him. The young player was named LeBron James.)
In the last quarter, the Rockets played a suffocating defense. Neither Pierce nor Al Jefferson could easily score from the Rockets' impenetrable formation. Even LaFrentz, whose hands were hot before, began to strike again and again.Turkoglu's fatal three-pointer before the end of the game cut off the idea of ​​the Green Army's counterattack. 102:98 The Rockets won the away game with difficulty.

On November 11, the Rockets came to Minnesota to challenge the Timberwolves.The Wolves at this time can be described as internal and external troubles, and it is completely impossible to see that they were still the team that joined the Rockets in the Western Conference Finals more than a year ago.This summer, the Wolves offered a three-year contract extension of 15 million for the team veteran Sprewell, but the madman went crazy and threatened that "the annual salary is not enough to support the family" and rejected the contract.After the Wolves repeatedly tried to keep him, he blatantly said: "Without a good contract, I would rather lie at home." However, there is really no team in the league that is willing to offer a 3-year-old him a ten-million-level contract. The madman announced his retirement in a rage, just in response to the Chinese proverb "If you don't die, you won't die."

And another old star of the Wolves, 36-year-old Cassel was traded to the Clippers.In this team now, apart from Garnett, the biggest player is Szczerbiak.Leading such a team to challenge the defending champion, Garnett is also alone.The Rockets didn't make too much effort, and beat their opponents 105:89 without bloodshed.

The next opponent is the old enemy Spurs.The two teams have had a lot of grievances in recent years. In addition to eliminating their opponents once in the playoffs, there is also the origin of Bowen hurting McGrady and gang fights.Bowen was still suspended for this battle, but the smell of gunpowder has not diminished.Physical conflicts continued between the two sides. In the end, the Rockets relied on backup point guard Spanoulis' magical 4-pointers in the last quarter to make 3 of 92 shots and reversed the opponent 86:[-] to win four consecutive victories.

The Rockets management was very pleasantly surprised by the 5-game winning streak of 4-1.But the team just returned to the home court but stumbled. In the back-to-back game against the Pistons on November 11, the fatigue accumulated in the intensive schedule in recent days finally broke out.The Pistons scored only 18 points against the Rockets in the second quarter, and the home team scored only 14 points in the third quarter.The last quarter has just begun, and the Rockets have already played with a full bench.The Detroit people still didn't give up, crazily abused the Rockets' basket, and seemed to be avenging the loss of the Finals for two consecutive years.With Milicic's alley-oop dunk, the score was fixed at 12:92, and the Rockets ushered in their worst loss so far this season.

The opponents in this schedule are very strong, comparable to the playoffs.After a day off, the team embarked on the journey to Indiana.After veteran Reggie Miller retired, the Pacers seemed to lose a bit of ambition to compete for the championship, and the overall look was depressed.Although Artest, O'Neal Jr., Stephen. Jackson, Crohill and Tinsley's 5-member team is luxurious, they signed Lithuanian King Jascovicius in the summer, and the paper lineup is comparable to the Pistons and Heat.But the experienced veteran Jascovicius seemed unaccustomed and failed to adapt to the NBA's style of play.In the confrontation at the point of backup point guard, Spanoulis, who is also a European rookie and is 6 years younger, suppressed the old predecessors.It was he who used his control of the rhythm and good overall situation to help the team beat the opponent in the second team.In the end, Spann contributed 14 points and 6 assists, while Jia Tianwang made 7 of 2 shots and only got 7+2+2.The Rockets won the away game by 7 points.

The away win didn't seem to bring any joy to the players, and Bosh kept complaining: "Who made this year's schedule, I want to kill him!"

Although Amir Johnson didn't have many chances to play, he quickly adapted to the team culture and became one with other players.He also followed Bosh to complain: "I just don't want to watch the next game."

"This schedule is really cruel." Yao Ming said while wiping his sweat, "Tomorrow we can only rest for one day, and we will have back-to-back games against the Mavericks and the Suns."

"I figured it out. In this short period of half a month, we beat Niu Mayang, the top three in the West, and the Heat Pistons Pacers, the top three in the East." Even the resolute Billups had a bitter expression on his face.

But torture is torture, the ball always has to be hit.The Mavericks' lineup has not changed much compared to last season. This year's first-round pick Diop joined the rotation as a backup center.Nowitzki's brave state once again beat Bosh, and he and Terry scored 60 points together.It was Yao Ming and Reed who stood up to save the team for the Rockets, and they also scored 59 points together.At the last moment, rookie Roy embodies the characteristics of a big heart. He hit a quasi lore to help the team win 103:101.

　This cheating schedule is real in history.Both Yao and Mai were injured in the Rockets that season, which has something to do with the cheating schedule

　　
　
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