Chapter 662: The Lonely Supergiant
The controversy over the schedule of the finals is not a day or two. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
After playing two home games, you have to play three away games in a row, and then come back to play two home games.
On the surface, the team with the superior record still has home advantage, but a closer analysis shows that it is really uncertain who will prevail.
After all, the variables of three consecutive home games are too great, and if the side with a poor record gathers momentum, it is very likely that the opponent will be pushed back in a wave, which will be unfair to the side with a better record.
It's just that David Stern is used to monopolizing power, and some things, under his rule, will never change.
Fortunately, the Hawks have two wins in hand, and they are not afraid to play three games in a row in Houston.
What's more, the Hawks are confident in themselves and don't think the Rockets can complete the comeback.
On June 9, 2009, the Eagles arrived at the Toyota Center Arena in Houston.
During the pre-game warm-up, Ruan Erniu also saw Houston's former ace in the audience, two-time scoring champion Tracy McGrady.
Why is he said to be a former trump card?
On the one hand, T-mac did leave too many beautiful moments in Houston, the dry pull of ecstasy, the classic Yao Mai combination, and the 35.13 minutes Maddie moment......
Maddie once said, "My heart is in Houston, and there's no place like home." ”
The Yao Mai combination was once called by the fans of the Celestial Empire to be comparable to the existence of the OK combination, but the problem is that there are too few seasons in which the two are healthy at the same time.
The 08-09 season, which is gradually coming to an end, is a major turning point for both Maddy and the Rockets.
At the beginning of the season, the Rockets brought in Artest, and Houston also had their Big Three, but the good times didn't last long, and cracks appeared within the team not long after the season began.
Maddy has publicly complained about his lack of possession and said it has seriously affected his form.
In five of the first 15 games of the season, Maddy scored in less than double figures.
Artest blasted Maddy's defensive performance in an interview with reporters: "If you watch the footage, you can see that some players are not 100 percent working on defense, Tracy [Maddie] needs to step up defensively. He has been inconsistent on the defensive end...... He needs to get better. ”
Plagued by injuries and not working the defensive end, the Rockets have gradually lost faith in Maddy, and management has already thought of a trade.
On February 10, 2009, less than 10 days before the trade deadline, rumors of Maddie's trade had become more and more violent.
Those rumors were not groundless, Morey was indeed negotiating a trade with the Nets for Maddy in exchange for Vince Carter and Ryan Anderson, and the two sides were almost negotiated, waiting for the deal to be finalized on the trade deadline.
On February 18, 2009, the day before the trade deadline, Maddy suddenly posted a statement on her personal website announcing that she needed surgery to treat her left knee, and that she would be reimbursed for the entire season.
Maddie's statement undoubtedly angered the Rockets' management and coaching staff, because Maddy didn't greet them before releasing this statement.
It is still unclear whether Maddie got the news in advance and deliberately used surgery to avoid being traded, eager to prove himself again in the coming year.
But the result is certain, and the rocket clenched the cards in his hand and lost the possibility of going further.
Adelman didn't like to criticize the players directly, but this time, he angrily said: "Like everyone, I also found out about it on his personal website.
I think he should know etiquette, that there is an order in everything, that we should sit down and have a good talk, and then we should let the outside world know through a press conference.
I don't know why it happened, I don't know why he chose to do it, it should never have been handled that way. ”
Adelman was right, and it stands to reason that it should be like this.
Note, however, that this is a conclusion drawn from the point of view of the team's interests.
What about Maddie's personal interests?
Perhaps this is a very helpless choice.
Maddie probably knew that it would be difficult for him to return to the top, but he was also unwilling to be sent away in disgrace.
Superstars have their own pride, but since then, the relationship between the Rockets and Maddy has never healed, and it is conceivable that even if Maddy returns next season, the Rockets management will never give him a good look.
To put it more seriously, even if Maddie still wants to come back and brush up on good data and good value, the Rockets may not give him this opportunity, make a time limit order to lock him up, and then sell him cheaply, maybe that's what Morey thinks at the moment.
Many Rockets fans don't want to see Maddy, because his behavior made the Rockets miss the last chance to make up for it, especially when they saw the Rockets reach the Finals and are expected to touch the O'Brien Cup.
Maddie's surgery greatly weakened the Rockets' immediate combat power and took up the team's highest salary space.
Fans are emotional, and fans are often forgetful.
At this time, it no longer makes sense to talk to them about the so-called "Maddie moment", because the current T-mac has become a cancer that prevents the rocket from moving forward.
It is often too difficult to evaluate a thing without taking sides, because people always like to replace the rational side with the emotional side.
Simply labeling it, and then finding a result can liberate the brain capacity very well, and let those yellow-colored things occupy the high ground of IQ, perhaps this is the shackles that genes themselves bring to human beings.
There are very few people who can really use the sword of wisdom to cut Mith, and then again, who can be 100% sure that what they think is the truth?
Some Rockets fans are accusing Maddy of hindering the Rockets' progress, so how can they decide that the new players won't disrupt the Rockets' existing chemistry?
Some basketball pundits joked that McGrady, who had never broken through before this, made it to the Finals lying down.
So the question is: If Maddie is not injured, will the Rockets make it to the Finals this season?
Maddie sat quietly on the sidelines, neither greeting the coaching staff and teammates off the court, nor actively engaging with the fans, busy signing autographs for the audience.
If it weren't for the sharp-eyed Erniu, it might be natural to miss out on one of the league's signature players.
Ruan Erniu will not be mean to Maddie, from the perspective of a bystander, Maddie's career has indeed entered a period of decline, maybe he can return to the king, maybe he will be depressed.
But as a player, Erniu can understand Maddie's choice.
It's disgusting to talk about camaraderie and loyalty when the team no longer trusts you and just treats you as a tool that can be traded at any time.
The game of interests has always been two-sided.
Ruan Erniu took the short thought back to the depths of his mind, he still had more important things to do.
Back in Houston, the Rockets must not be willing to admit defeat and surrender.
The Texas Kid is making it all the way to the Finals with a tenacious spirit and relentless hard work, and they will use every last ounce of strength to cause problems for the Hawks.
Erniu and Da Yao once again stood in the middle circle, and the two continued to maintain a hostile state of 0 communication before the game.
There are no big brothers and new leaders of the national team, only professional players who play for their respective teams.
The basketball was tossed high by the referee, and G3 began!