(Two hundred and nine) Crazy March
The win over the Suns not only ended a six-game winning streak, but also pushed the Rockets' record to 11-2 in February, surpassing the 8-2 Suns. The www.biquge.info of February's finale ultimately helped Yao Ming beat Nash and Marion to be voted the best player in the West in February.
With only two months left in the regular season, the Rockets have a 50-7 record, becoming the first team in the league to break 50 wins. During the same period, the Lakers also had an impressive 47-10 record and kept the pressure on the Rockets. This result is enough to make the Los Angeles media crazy, you must know that the Lakers team in 00 years that started the Lakers dynasty only achieved 46 wins and 11 losses at this time, which is the best record of the Lakers dynasty in three years.
But then, fans around the world witnessed an even more crazy and terrifying Rockets. When Iverson slashed a quasi-triple-double of 40+7+10 and still lost to the city by 5 points, when Anthony scored 34 points but watched the point difference gradually widen to double digits by the Rockets, ESPN took the lead in posting, and they summarized many championship teams in the history of the league that made efforts in the second half and finally reached the top and commented: "Many championship teams have achieved a qualitative leap in the second half through the run-in in the first half. There must be many fans who want to say that the Rockets have won 24 consecutive games in the first half, how can they leap? But they would never dare to say that rockets will not become more terrifying. Let's not forget how quickly their rookies have grown this season, and the MVP-level Maddie is still in the dark when he will return. The most important point is that the Rockets have not tasted defeat since the All-Star break, and have won six in a row. ”
On March 5, the Rockets beat the underdog Trail Blazers by 19 points, which was completely expected by fans. But then they won back-to-back games against the Timberwolves and Pacers, and more and more media couldn't sit still.
Fox Sports simply used the gimmick title of "The No. 1 Team in History" to describe the Rockets, and their views were too clear to refute: "The Bulls proved that they couldn't win a championship without Jordan; The OK combination of the Lakers has been unable to lead the regular season many times, and it is precisely because of O'Neal's health attendance problems; The Spurs in 00 lacked Duncan and could only be beaten in the first round. History has proven countless times that the loss of a champion team is instantly ruined. But this invincible law seems to have failed in the face of rockets. Prior to May 26 of last year, McGrady was considered one of the top three superstars in the league and the Rockets' leader. But then the Rockets, who lost him, won the championship, won 24 straight games, and are leading the league. Isn't this the first powerful heritage in history? ”
Next, the Rockets ushered in another wave of devilish schedules. They will play two back-to-backs over the next 10 days, against two games against the Spurs and two games against the Mavericks, as well as the Nets and Clippers in the playoffs.
The Spurs have declined in strength due to Bowen's suspension. But they were replaced by the **** Finley who picked up the Mavericks in the summer, but Finley is good at holding the ball, and if he really wants to run only without the ball, three points in the bottom corner, he may not be able to catch up with Bowen, and the defense is far away. In this game, he was a big failure, and he repeatedly shot three points from the outside and only made 2 of 8 shots. Bosh is no longer the rookie who was casually ravaged by Duncan back then, but Yao Ming's ravaging of the Spurs center is still the norm. The Spurs switched to Mohammed, Nesterovic and Oberto to defend Yao Ming, but the wheel battle also had little effect. Yao Ming cut 25+10+3 and also gave away 3 big hats. Duncan, on the other hand, also contributed 20+10+4, but also had five turnovers, including a fatal error in the final 24 seconds of the game.
The two teams were tied at 88 in the final moments, and Duncan was stealed by Jefferson and lost the crucial possession. Bosh hit a three-point shot, but Billups desperately rushed to grab the frontcourt rebound, and Reed still missed a three-point shot from the outside. This time, Bosh who returned to the interior grabbed the rebound again and handed it to Jefferson to shoot! The ball goes into the basket and the bell rings at the end of the game.
The Rockets relied on the advantage of the interior to narrow out the opponent 91-88. The power of Yao Bo's twin towers is no longer even able to suppress the stone Buddha.
Back-to-back games against the Nets on March 13 were another confrontation between the league's top guards. Kidd got a simple triple-double of 11+10+10, while Billups contributed 17+6+9. The two star point guards are inseparable. But the gap between the inner line is huge. The combination of Collins and Kostic simply couldn't cope with Yao Bo, who easily scored 36 points to help his team win by 12 points.
After a day of rest, Yao Ming cut another 36+12 to lead the team to a 16-point victory over the Mavericks. The next day, ESPN wrote an article analyzing the Rockets' net score, and the article pointed out: "The Rockets have averaged 9.6 points per game so far, which is not far from the 12.4 points of the all-time No. 1 Bulls. If converted to a more accurate 100-posing net score, the Rockets can win by 10.2 points per 100 possessions, which is historic, as only six teams in NBA history have had a 10-game net score per 100 possessions, and five of them won that year's championship. The only exception was the Bucks in '71-72, who won by 10.0 points per 100 possessions. It was the Lakers who eliminated them by 10.5 points per 100 rounds in the same year. In other words, a team of historical level can only be defeated by an opponent of historical level. The current rocket may have reached this level. ”
Probably because of the excessive defeat of character this boast, the Rockets immediately collapsed at home. On March 18, they lost by five points to the Spurs, ending a 12-game winning streak. Yao Ming still maintained a hot state, cutting 30+10.
Yao Ming's continuous outbursts have naturally received a lot of praise from the media. Although Kobe Bryant was listed as the first candidate for MVP in the regular season, many media pointed out that Yao Ming also has MVP qualifications. And Kobe Bryant was in a hot state at the beginning of the month, scoring 40+ in a row to help the team defeat strong opponents such as the Pistons and Spurs, but gradually slumped in the middle of the month, causing the Lakers to lose to the weak team SuperSonics. On the day when the media spoke out in support of Yao Ming, Kobe Bryant once again played wildly, causing the team to lose to the Cavaliers by 1 point.
The next opponents were no longer able to stop the Rockets, sinking the Clippers, slaughtering the Mavericks, slapping the Hornets, and knocking over the Cavaliers to harvest their opponents. The two opponents at the end of the month, the SuperSonics and the Wizards, only brought the Rockets a 35-point and 14-point victory, respectively. They ended a crazy March with a six-game winning streak and a 14-1 record for the month. Yao Ming won the best player of the month without any suspense. In the eyes of many people, this season's MVP battle has been a two-man turn between Yao Ke. (To be continued.) )