Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 786

Just one day later, the opponent of the Warriors in the Western Conference Finals was born. After fierce competition, the Rockets succeeded in having the last laugh and also eliminated the Spurs with a big score of 4:2.

Compared with the Warriors' 4:2 surprise and no danger, the Rockets' road to promotion can be said to be full of dangers.

The first-round game against the Jazz is hard to believe. This is a team with two superstars, and it is very difficult to play.

After finally defeating the Jazz and entering the second round, it was also very difficult to play against the Spurs.

Before Olajuwon won the MVP, it was generally believed that Robinson was by no means inferior to Olajuwon, and even in offense, Robinson was better than Olajuwon.

Moreover, in terms of leading the team, Robinson is also better than Olajuwon. After all, after leaving Sampson, Olajuwon has never proved himself in leading the team.

However, after 94, this kind of debate has been rarely raised. After all, the MVP trophy in Olajuwon's hands has crushed Robinson to death. It can be said that, except for Spurs fans, most people are I think Olajuwon is the better one.

In the semifinals, the duel between Olajuwon and Robinson made the remaining Spurs fans have to admit that Olajuwon is the better one.

There is no other reason. In this head-to-head confrontation with the league's No. [-] center, Robinson was completely defeated.

In all six games of the series, in the direct confrontation between the two, Olajuwon surrounded Robinson in almost every game, from statistics to court performance.

It can be said that even in the two games that the Spurs won, Robinson had 20 points, 16 rebounds and 5 blocks, and Olajuwon had 20 points, 14 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 blocks.

In the other game, Robinson scored 29 points and 9 rebounds, but Olajuwon scored 43 points and 11 rebounds, which was a complete blow to Robinson.

These are only the two games that the Spurs won. In the four games that the Rockets won, Olajuwon beat Robinson to pieces.

In addition, as the two series in the Eastern Conference ended with the Rockets' series, a question that fans have been arguing about, who is the boss of the four major centers, finally has an answer.

The two series in the Eastern Conference were equally competitive. Among them, the Knicks led by Ewing actually lost to the Pacers in the tiebreaker, which was indeed beyond everyone's expectations.

As early as last year, the two teams met in the Eastern Conference finals. At that time, despite a Reggie Miller contributed 25 points in the fourth quarter, the Knicks eliminated the Pacers 4:3. , advanced to the finals.

And this year, the two teams met again in the semifinals, but this time, in the first game, the Pacers gave the Knicks a blow.

With 18.7 seconds left in the game, the Knicks were still leading by 6 points, but no one expected that in the last 8.9 seconds, Miller first hit a three-pointer and then stole the opponent from his own half. Shipped to the frontcourt and tied the score with another three-pointer.

Later, he forced the Knicks players to foul, made two free throws, created a magical "8 seconds and 8 points", and led the Pacers to beat the Knicks 107:105 and won the first game.

Perhaps this game gave the Pacers confidence and allowed them to take a 3-1 lead in the subsequent series.

However, the Knicks are not vegetarians either. Under such circumstances, they pulled two games in a row and tied the big score 3-3.

In Game 15, at the home court of the Knicks, the Pacers took a [-]-point lead early on. Unfortunately, they failed to grasp such a good advantage. With half of the time left in the fourth quarter, Ewing scored to help The team overtook the Pacers.

Afterwards, the two sides fell into a tug-of-war, and the atmosphere in the Madison Garden Arena was described as "about to burn." However, the Pacers were superior, and they took a 1-point lead with 18:5 before the end.

Although John Starks scored a three-pointer afterwards, the Knicks still retained hope, but it was a pity that Ewing found an open space at the free throw line in the last 5 seconds, turned over and made a jump shot, but the ball went wide and missed the tie. .

In this way, the Pacers defeated the Knicks 97:95, successfully avenged 4:3 in the total game, and advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals.

As for the other Eastern Conference semifinals, it received more attention than this one.

In the original time and space, the Magic team eliminated the Bulls 4:2 and successfully advanced to the next round, but in today's game, the Magic team is playing very difficult. The most critical point is Grant at the fourth position. .

In the original time and space, because of dissatisfaction with Pippen, Grant left the Bulls before the previous game and went to Orlando. In the playoffs, he became the last straw that broke the camel's back.

It was also in that round of the series that Krause saw clearly the weakness of the Bulls' fourth position, so he took a huge risk in the summer and introduced Rodman.

However, in today's time and space, because of Price as a mediator, Grant has not left. In addition, the strength of this Bulls team is far better than the Bulls of the same period in the original time and space, which also makes the Magic not like the original time and space. That way, the bulls can be easily beaten.

Of course, although there is no Grant, the strength of the Magic team should not be underestimated, especially O'Neal, who caused huge troubles for the Bulls inside. Neither Longley nor Perdo is O'Neal's opponent.

During the game, Phil Jackson was once forced to adopt the shark-cutting tactic created by Nelson.

There is still one more thing to say here. After Nelson used the shark-cutting tactic for the first time this season, other teams in the league have also begun to study this tactic. Even in the final stage of the regular season, there are really a few teams using it. Cut the shark.

However, in the playoffs, this is the first time.

Of course, not every time the shark slashing tactic is used can achieve good results. For example, although the Bulls also used the shark slashing tactic this time, they couldn’t hold back O’Neal’s good free throws. Forced to abandon this tactic.

Fortunately, the overall strength of the Bulls is still stronger than the Magic. Therefore, after being chased by the Magic to a 2-2 tie, the Bulls relied on the outstanding performance of all the soldiers to win two consecutive games and successfully eliminated the Magic 4:2. The dark horse situation was not allowed to happen.

Of course, being the No. [-] player in the Eastern Conference, but still being called a dark horse, O'Neill felt bitter, but he couldn't say it out loud.

In short, as the dust settled in a few games, the situation of the Eastern and Western finals has been released. Needless to say, the Western Conference, the Warriors are ready to fight the Rockets.

In the East, the Bulls returned to the Eastern Conference Finals to face the Pacers who entered the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time.

More intense competition is imminent.

(End of this chapter)