NBA Please Answer 2007

Chapter 102 No one knows...

The Rockets, which Chinese fans have been thinking about, fell again in the first round.

Tragedy, once again happened to the Rockets.

In the desperate situation of 2-3 total score behind, in the "hostile" Jazz home game, the Rockets fell behind by 19 points in the first half. Everyone thought that the Rockets would bid farewell to the playoffs by losing the seventh game to the Mavericks three years ago-a fiasco.

But under the leadership of Tracy McGrady, the Rockets played a small climax.

Bobby Jackson hit a three-pointer 29.4 seconds before the end of the first half and missed a penalty. The Rockets narrowed the gap to 54-55.

The Rockets were only 54 points behind 58-4 in the first half, but a piece of amazing news made the Rockets worry: Alstom was reimbursed in advance because of a severe right ankle sprain and will not return to the court.

Throughout the series, Alstom was the key to the Rockets' turnaround. Without Alstom's Rockets, they lost the first two games at home. When Alstom came back, he brought energy and impact to the team, and also shared the scoring pressure for McGrady.In the Rockets' two games in Salt Lake City, it was a pity that they won one and lost one.

When the Rockets need to continue to counterattack and reverse the unfavorable situation, Alston used a "tragic" form to announce the end of the Rockets' season in advance.The Houston Rockets, however, are always shrouded in a curse.

In the 2007-08 season, the Rockets went through too many ups and downs, McGrady was injured, Francis was reimbursed early due to injury, and the Rockets faced too many doubts and accusations when they fell from 6 wins and 1 loss in the Western Conference to 15 wins and 17 losses. However, they created 22 consecutive victories.

However, when people had great hopes for the Rockets, Yao Ming ended the season's journey early in an unbelievable way when he just wrote 12 consecutive victories. When the team was in the best situation, Yao Ming did not become the person who "picked the fruit".

God is jealous of rockets!

In the end what makes the Rockets are always shrouded in a curse?

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The home court of the Jazz is filled with the sound of "HOUSTON SUCKS". Here, the Rockets will not be respected.

But the Rockets deserve the respect of their own fans, for a team that fights so hard, never gives up, wins 22 straight, and suffers repeatedly.

Yao Ming sat on the bench, bowing his head in pain. How much he wanted to be able to rush off the court in a healthy way and lead the team to continue fighting, but he couldn't.

McGrady wore black shoulder pads, red elbow pads, and his legs were tired again. He repeatedly threw the ball into the basket, but he didn't get much help. Looking at the sky above the arena, McGrady closed his sleepy eyes again.

This summer, will the season of Yao Mai teaming up continue?This is the question of countless fans this summer.

There was not much suspense in the first round of the Western Conference. After a hard fight, the San Antonio Spurs finally won the Suns 92-87. The Spurs finally got their wish and won the Suns at home. They eliminated the Suns with a total score of 4-1 and successfully advanced to the second round of the playoffs.The victory was also the fourth time the Spurs have eliminated the Suns in the playoffs in the past six seasons.

Being swept out of the playoffs by the Spurs again made all the efforts of the Suns this season seem meaningless, and made their championship dream come to naught.

And with being eliminated by the rival Spurs in the first round of the playoffs, the relationship between D'Antoni and the Suns seems to have come to an end.

The Suns management has approved D'Antoni to contact the two eastern teams, the Chicago Bulls and the New York Knicks.

The momentum of the Spurs can be described as the same. In the last game of the Western Conference semifinals, the defending champion Spurs defeated the Hornets 91-82 in an away game, thereby eliminating their opponents with a total score of 4-3 and advancing to the Western Conference Finals.

After the game, major American media published articles to comment on the game.

The Associated Press published an article with the title "Spurs Destroy Hornets, Advance to Western Conference Finals" to report on the game.

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The young Hornets have had a fantastic season.

In more than 20 years of team history, no Hornets have reached the league finals, but this season, under the leadership of Paul and West, the Hornets have the best regular season record of 56 wins in team history.

The Hornets, who have home court advantage, had hoped to eliminate the Spurs in the seventh game and make history. However, in this tiebreaker, the Hornets unfortunately failed to continue the brilliant record of the home team in the series, thus ending the dream trip.

The Hornets' home fans were ready to celebrate, but in the end the Spurs' tough performance made the Hornets' home court fall into silence again.

So far, the top two in the Western Conference Finals are in place, the Los Angeles Lakers VS San Antonio Spurs.

The same protagonist, evenly matched in strength, but this performance is not perfect.

Popovich's silver-white hair has lost a strand of black strands, Duncan's expression is still as cold as a stone Buddha, the top of Ginobili's head is about to light up, Hawley and Finley are gasping for breath on the sidelines.

The Spurs, who are accustomed to victory, seem to have taken the last step of the glorious 10 years on this day, and the last step of the ten-year confrontation between the Spurs and the Lakers.

Vujacic's 3-pointer before the end of the game was like a blunt knife pierced into the heart of the Spurs without pain or itching. Will this be a farewell knife for the Spurs dynasty?
One minute before the end of the fifth game, Kobe stood on the free throw line enjoying the roar of "MVP" sent by the fans of Angel City. In the third game of the contest between the two sides, he saw Duncan standing on the free throw line in San Antonio. Then the San Antonio fans gave the shout of "MVP" to his hero. Kobe bowed his head and accepted it all off the court.

But that victory was only the Spurs' only victory in this Western Conference Finals, and perhaps the San Antonio people will still talk about the 2 seconds before the end of Game [-].

The protagonist this time is still Fisher, and it is still a shot that decides the life and death of both parties. Of course, the winner is Fisher.

In 2004, Fisher's 0.4-second lore made the Spurs heartbroken, because before that, Duncan's difficult shot was the lore in the hearts of the fans of the Holy City. Afterwards, the discussion about whether Fisher's lore was established or not continued until the Spurs regained the championship in 05. Everyone knows that victory is the best healing medicine.

This time, it was a debate about whether Fisher fouled Brent Barry at the last moment. Barkley said: "The referee felt that the Lakers should win, so they didn't blow the whistle."

The Lakers stole another victory from San Antonio with Fisher's performance, and the Spurs' final performance was so embarrassing and unbearable.

The 17-point lead was finally overwhelmed by the Lakers. Kobe scored 26 points in the second half alone, and this is not the first time. In the first game of the Western Conference Finals, the Spurs once had a 20-point lead, but Kobe scored 25 points in the second half alone. Who can blame this?

You must know that Kobe grew up under the ravages of the Spurs, and his memory of failing in the playoffs was exactly given by the Spurs.

Now, when fans see the warm embrace of Kobe and "Zen Master", they will never think of the expression of "Zen Master" shaking his head and sighing at Kobe Bryant, who still had curly hair at the time, in the Western Conference semifinals in 1999.

At that time, Kobe "squeezed away" Eddie Jones, and all the Lakers fans expressed dissatisfaction with Kobe's "AIR BALL". The shouts of "Eddie, Eddie" are obviously very different from the current "MVP".

The Lakers and Spurs, the two most successful teams in the league since 1999, have won 9 of the past 7 championships in mutual suppression.

Now the focus of the two sides is still Kobe and Duncan. Duncan's ankle has been sent to the hospital for overhaul twice, while Kobe is more mature on the court. He has transformed from Mr. "AIR BALL" at critical moments in the past.

Although Duncan entered the league a year later than Kobe, he was older than Kobe after insisting on completing four years of college psychology courses. This seems to tell people that after 10 years, Kobe's physical condition is obviously stronger than Duncan.

It's very simple, because so far no one has said that Kobe is old, only people have said that he is mature and that he is still at the peak.

Many people say that Duncan is old. Although he is still the first choice of the Spurs, Popovich will choose Manu Ginobili or Parker at critical moments. This is proof.

Likewise, the decade between the Spurs and the Lakers was a battle between Popovich and Phil Jackson, two of the most successful coaches in the league today.

Although during this period, Phil Jackson threw himself into the country for self-cultivation and recuperation because of his disagreement with Kobe, but he finally dragged his disabled hips and chose Los Angeles again.

"Zen Master" is used to consecutive championships. Since the time of the Bulls, this deep-eyed old man has affixed the registration label of "three consecutive championships" on his face. The nine championship rings in the coaching era came from three "three consecutive championships" can explain everything.

And Popovich suffered from defending syndrome after stepping on the Lakers to win the championship in 1999. He won four championships in 10 years but did not have a record of defending the championship.

From the start, the Lakers-Spurs feud was doomed to be a tangled battle.

In 1999, the Spurs swept the Lakers out of the Western Conference semifinals. The young Kobe was obviously a little less stable than Duncan, who had been in college for four years.

But the next year, the Lakers embarked on the road to revival. The Spurs' dream of defending the title was shattered for the first time, and in 2001, the Lakers directly ended the Spurs with a sweep in the Western Conference Finals.

However, the Spurs also gave the Lakers a blow in 2003. San Antonio was crowned and the Lakers stopped at the "three consecutive championships".

This time in 2008, it was Phil Jackson and Kobe who joined forces to kill Popovich and Duncan, the 10-year partner.

From now on, will the Lakers usher in a revival and the Spurs will decline?
Will it be so?
What about the next Lakers-Spurs matchup?

The question is will there be a next time?

Nobody knows……

(End of this chapter)