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Following the big win over the Lakers on March 3, the Rockets narrowly defeated the visiting Spurs 97-95 at home in the game on the fourth, ending the decline after a heavy home defeat to the Seattle SuperSonics, who temporarily ranked first in the regular season, and won two in a row.

With a winning streak, the strong and imposing Rockets came to Cleveland.

The Rockets have completed fifty-nine of the eighty-two regular-season games in total, and today's game is their sixtieth.

Previously, the Rockets were in second place in the West with a 49-10 record, three wins less than the Seattle SuperSonics, who were 52-7 and first in the West, and seven wins more than the Phoenix Suns, who were third in the West at 42-17.

With twenty-three games left in the regular season, the Rockets are firmly in the first place in the West.

After talking about the Rockets, let's talk about the Rockets' opponent today -- the visiting Cleveland Cavaliers.

Last season, the slow-burning Cavaliers had a strong February season, with just one loss setting a monthly record in franchise history. Head coach Lenny Wilkens surpassed Bill Fitch with 846 games won and moved up to fourth place in the team's all-time record for coaches.

Accurate shooting has made the Cavaliers one of the highest-shooting teams in NBA history, ranking first in the league last season with 49.7 percent shooting, 80.2 percent from the free-throw line and 38.1 percent from three-point range. In the first round of the playoffs, the Cavaliers eliminated the New Jersey Nets again and faced the Chicago Bulls for the fourth time, this time the Cavaliers were swept out by the Bulls. After that, Wilkens resigned, ending a seven-year coaching career with the Cavaliers.

This season, Mike Fratro was hired as the Cavaliers' eleventh head coach. However, the back injury of the main center Brad Doherty and the knee injury of the main power forward Larry Nance have become the main culprits of the team's poor record. The Cavaliers are now in sixth place in the East, which is undoubtedly much weaker than the Cavaliers' previous record.

With the loss of the main center Brad Doherty and the main power forward Larry Nance, the Cavaliers can still come up with a main lineup that does not lose to the Rockets.

Manager: Mike Flatrow;

Starting center John Williams, starting power forward Tyrone Hill, starting small forward Rod Higgins, starting point guard Bobby Phils, starting point guard Mark Price.

The starting five, point guard Mark Price is undoubtedly the core of the Cavaliers, which is the opposite of the Rockets' core is interior player Olajuwon.

On the other side, the visiting Rockets have a full lineup, and there is not a single injury, continuing the previous main lineup.

Manager: Rudy Tomjanovic;

Starting center: Hakeem Olajuwon, starting power forward: Otis Thorpe, starting small forward: Robert Horry, starting point guard: Mario Elie, starting point guard: Kenny Smith.

Off-court subs: center Carl Herrera, center Richard Petusca, all-shooter power forward Matt Bullard, point guard Scott Brooks......

"Hakim, Ryu-jeong's Jackson concert is now underway, right?"

In the pre-game warm-up, Otis Thorpe, Robert Horry, Mario Elie, and Kenny Smith gathered around Hakim Olajuwon to talk about the Jackson concert at the Los Angeles Amphitheater.

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In contrast to white players, black players in the NBA are almost always loyal fans of Michael Jackson, because it is Michael Jackson's great achievements in the field of music that greatly elevate the status of black people in American society.

Before the 60s of the last century, the mainstream music in the United States was mostly white, and the music of the colored ethnic group was limited to the black community and a small number of white music lovers.

But Jackson appeared, and his unique MJ style, which perfectly blended black rhythm and blues and white rock, made the white American society give unprecedented recognition to the talent of this black singer, and brought black pop music into the mainstream American pop music world.

Before the black politician stepped into the political arena in Washington, Jackson had already gained acceptance in the mainstream of American society through music, and he was also praised by the music industry as "the ****** of the music industry".

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"It's already started, and the Jackson concert will start half an hour before our game." Hakim Olajuwon said with a smile.

Looking at everyone, Olajuwon was a little curious: "Long Zheng gave us four concert tickets for one person, are your tickets enough?" ”

"Of course it's not enough," Kenny Smith said, "You know I have a lot of family, Jackson's first concert in '94, and we've been looking forward to it for a long time." ”

"Mine is not enough, in order to allow my family to watch together, I also begged Long Zheng to help me buy five more tickets. As you know, tickets for Jackson's concerts have always been in short supply. Otis Thorpe said.

"Are you sure you want Long Zheng to help you buy five tickets, rather than directly asking Long Zheng to give you five more tickets." Looking at Otis Thorpe, Hakim Olajuwon and the four of them were full of disbelief.

"Haha!" Directly debunked by his companions, Otis Thorpe laughed dryly, and quickly diverted the topic, leading the topic to the game in front of him: "By the way, Hakim, Long Zheng is not here, today's game can only be handed over to you." ”

"No problem, Brad Doherty and Larry Nance aren't there, and the Cavaliers don't have any challenge on the inside."

Looking at the Cavaliers' starting center John Williams and starting power forward Tyrone Hill today, Hakeem Olajuwon is full of confidence.

"But don't try too hard."

Looking at Hakeem Olajuwon, Kenny Smith said worriedly: "This period of time is too intensive, and many teams have started to have a lot of injuries. Hakim, as the heart of the team, you have to protect yourself on the field. If you get injured, you won't be able to play. ”

I have to admit that what Kenny Smith said is indeed something that the Rockets should pay attention to.

"yes, let's talk about the Cavaliers against today. If it weren't for Brad Doherty and Larry Nance who were injured and reimbursed for the entire season, the Cavaliers would still be above the Seattle SuperSonics. ”

In front of Olajuwon, Otis Thorpe nodded approvingly, staring at him and said. (To be continued.) )