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Chapter 190 The Twists and Turns of the Western Conference Semifinals

The Nuggets successfully defended their home court relying on their tough defense, and the pillar of their defensive system, "African Mountain" Mutombo still did not disappoint his teammates.

Although he only scored 7 points, Mutombo also had 13 rebounds and 6 blocked shots.

It can be said that it was Mutombo's stable performance in the interior that made the Nuggets have the last laugh in this defensive battle.

After watching the game, the members of the Magic team boarded the bus as quickly as possible, because there are still two games to come.

The Rockets are away against the Suns, and the Bulls are away against the Pacers.

On the way back, DeWeese received news about Ewing's injury.

He suffered a severe ankle sprain and is expected to miss 1-2 months.

Hearing this news, the Magic players breathed a sigh of relief.

If Ewing can continue to show the same performance as in the last game, no one in the Magic can guarantee that he can win the Knicks led by him.

When I got back to the hotel, I went back to rest when I was tired. Everyone else came to the conference room of the hotel, ready to watch the next two games.

Davis simply set up two big screens, one to broadcast the game between the Bulls and the Pacers, and the other to broadcast the game between the Suns and the Rockets.

The Rockets are now 1-2 behind with a total score, and the Bulls have already got the match point.

Davis first paid attention to the Bulls' game. He wanted to see what effective ways the Pacers had come up with to deal with the Bulls' bullying tactics.

But he was disappointed after only one section.

The Pacers have given up completely, and Larry Brown hasn't made any changes at all.

He didn't even arrange for Jordan to double-team.

So in this game, Jordan returned to the core of the offense for the first time, and the burden of defending Reggie Miller was placed on Pippen's shoulders.

Jordan's perfect individual performance ended their series with the Pacers.

他全场比赛23投16中，三分球3中1，罚球7中6，砍下了39分9篮板4助攻3抢断的表现。

The Bulls also eliminated their semifinal opponent, the Indiana Pacers, 4-0 for the second time.

After halftime, DeWeese turned his attention to another game.

The game between the Rockets and the Suns is obviously much more intense. The Suns want to win the match point, while the Rockets want to bring the two teams to the same starting line.

But Barkley's performance today was obviously out of shape, and his shooting percentage at the end of the half game was not even [-]%.

And Olajuwon continued to show his dominance inside. He is a super enhanced version of Mutombo, scoring, rebounding, blocks and assists.

At the end of the half, the Rockets led the Suns by 6 points.

Just when the Magic were expecting the Suns to come back like they did in Game [-], Olajuwon announced something with two blocks.

The inside line of the Rockets is a no-fly zone!
Kevin Johnson is still full of firepower in this game, but the support given to him by his teammates is extremely limited.

In the third and fourth quarters, the Rockets never gave the Suns another chance. The Suns didn't take a lead in the whole game and lost 11 points at home to the Rockets.

凯文约翰逊全场比赛31投15中，用接近五成的命中率高效的砍下38分4篮板12助攻。

But Barkley really pulled his hips.

He took 21 shots and only scored 7 goals. As an inside player, although you only have 198, you are still an insider. This shooting percentage is obviously not up to standard.

The Rockets obviously played more like a team than the Suns. Six of them scored in double figures in normal games, but the Suns only scored more than [-] points, Kevin Johnson and Barkley.

Another very important reason is that the gap between the two sides' ability to seize opportunities is very large in this game.

The Rockets finished the game with 10 steals and 9 blocks, while making only 11 turnovers.

The Suns team only scored 2 blocks and 4 steals. . .There were 16 turnovers.

The two teams will have a battle in Tianwangshan two days later.

Two days later, three games with different results.

The Magic easily defeated the Knicks without Ewing and successfully joined the Bulls in the Eastern Conference Finals.

The plot in the west is far more tortuous than in the east.

The Rockets and Nuggets both won.

The Rockets won the battle of Tianwangshan and took the match point of the series.

The Nuggets, on the other hand, made the score 3-0 from a 3-2 deficit.
The soap opera of the Western Conference semifinals is not over yet.

The Bulls and Magic waited leisurely for the end of the Western Conference semifinals, however. . .

In Game [-] of the Western Conference, the trailing side won all of them.

The Nuggets abruptly pulled the score from 3-0 to a 3-3 tie.

The entire league is discussing whether there will be the first team in history to come back from a 3-0 deficit.

At the same time, the Rockets lost to the Suns with a match point in hand.

In the semifinals of the Western Conference, both entered the brutal tiebreaker.

But the two tiebreakers disappointed everyone. Unlike the previous six thrilling games, the seventh game lost its suspense early.

It took little effort for the two home teams to win Game [-] with their own fans watching.

Even the point difference is exactly the same, the Rockets beat the Suns by 10 points, and the Jazz also beat the Nuggets by 10 points.

Olajuwon scored 37 points, 17 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 blocks, and once again smashed the inside of the Suns, including Barkley.

而穆托姆博也失去了他的魔力，仅仅拿下了12分17篮板和区区两次盖帽，在马龙的31分14篮板6助攻的完美发挥下败下阵来。

After waiting for a week, the Magic and Bulls can finally start their Eastern Conference Finals.

But DeWeese has been in a bad mood these days, even though the team got a full week of rest.

He was a little scared.

"Michael, you have been training too hard for the past few days. The Eastern Conference Finals against the Bulls is about to begin. You should keep your strength on the court."

D'Antoni said to Davis.

Obviously he didn't know that Davis was an out-and-out stamina monster.

Davis didn't want to argue with D'Antoni. He silently put away the basketball in his hand, threw it into the frame next to him, and turned back to the locker room.

Anna, who was watching from the side, walked up and said to D'Antoni who was a little at a loss: "I think Michael is too nervous."

D'Antoni looked anxiously at Davis going away, feeling a shadow over the entire team.

On May 1994, 5, the Magic ushered in their first matchup in the Eastern Conference Finals at their home court.

The opponent is the god of basketball, the Chicago Bulls led by Michael Jordan.

(End of this chapter)