"Da Yao, what's going on with your last game, how could you lose so badly?"

On May 2, 2004, the Rockets and the Timberwolves ended the tiebreaker, and as a result, the Timberwolves relied on home court advantage to play a magnificent game in the game, while their opponent the Rockets suffered an inexplicable slump, and the Rockets lost to the Timberwolves by a full 36 points in the away tiebreaker, which was their worst loss in the playoffs in recent years, and the total score was less than 80 points. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Brother Liu, I really don't know, but it's not calm in the team right now, Steve and Mr. Van Gundy are arguing fiercely, that's all I can say."

Liu Han called to ask about Yao Min's situation, but he could hear the fatigue in Yao Min's heart from the phone, he suffered foul trouble again in the last game, and only played less than 30 minutes, and the high-intensity game of the playoffs and the troubles in the team made Yao Min extremely tired from body to heart.

"Well, okay, I won't say more, now rest for a few days, don't rush back to China, when my playoffs are over, let's go back to China together, if the basketball association urges you, you can tell them what is going on to come to me, you need to rest for a while now, seriously, according to your weight and height, you are actually more likely to get injured than ordinary players, I will ask my TCM physician here to contact you in Houston, you can take care of it."

Liu Han did not forget to care about Yao Min's body, after all, he still has to go to the Olympic Games with Yao Min this year, there are always some people in the basketball association who look for Liu Han and Yao Min to go back, which makes Liu Han very disgusted, there are so many young players in China who don't know how to exercise, and even the Asian Championships have to recruit Yao Min back, and then Liu Han knew that he directly found the leadership of the General Administration of Sports, and bluntly said that it is a waste of resources to forcibly recruit foreign players to participate in the Asian Championships. This made the Basketball Association rein in a little, but there is an Olympic Games this year, and the people of the Basketball Association sent a notice to Liu Han early, and now Liu Han is actually thinking more about whether to contact Li Rui and knock on some "ignorant" people in the Basketball Association, according to Liu Han's current status and prestige, he can do this.

The Timberwolves reached the second round, and the Heat also defeated the Hornets in the tiebreaker to advance to the second round.

On May 3, the first matchup of the second round of the East has begun, although the Nets ranked the Pistons and became the second place in the East when the regular season record standings, but this is only because they are the first in the Atlantic Division, and the Pistons are the second in the Central Division, but in the playoffs, the distribution of home and away games between the two teams still depends on the real results, so the Pistons have one more home, and the first game of the two teams will be played in the Palace of Auburn Hills and May 3.

Offense vs. defense, the new Nets coach Lawrence, who is only 34 years old? Frank gave Nets fans a failing answer.

56 points, yes, that's 56 points, this is the score the Nets got for the whole game, they were completely defeated by the Pistons' iron-blooded defense, Kobe Bryant was killed by Prince, Kidd met Billups and lost his former calmness, Kenyon? Martin completely disappeared between the two Wallaces, and the Nets' rout came from the very beginning of the game.

On the same day, the first round of the Western Conference also ended with the Spurs, with more playoff experience defeating the Kings 102-91 at home to advance to the second round.

As a result, the second round of the Western Conference playoffs will also officially start on May 4, and the Mavericks have a full ten days of rest, while their opponent Timberwolves only has one day of rest, which is undoubtedly the best news for the Mavericks, and they also have home-court advantage.

For the Timberwolves, the Mavericks have played against opponents many times this season, this season's Timberwolves are undoubtedly strong, Garnett has completely matured after years of training, and Kassel also has the experience of winning the championship, although Sprewell sometimes has "abnormal" nerves, but I have to say that when he goes crazy, he is comparable to the league's top scorer.

In the face of such an opponent, the Mavericks did not dare to have the slightest carelessness, at least Nelson and Liu Han were not too careless, Nelson wanted to fulfill his dream of coaching to win the championship, after all, he has been coaching for decades, and the playoff win rate is more than fifty percent, but he has never won a championship, he does not want to retire with regrets, and Liu Han wants to use a championship ring to create a new wedding ring for Anna.

Against the Timberwolves, Nelson feels that it is always important to limit Garnett's play, he is the most critical point for the Timberwolves in the interior and the combination of inside and outside, and he is the core of the Timberwolves in defense.

On May 4, at the American Airlines Center Arena, the Mavericks once again decorated the arena into a plain white, but this plain white did not disrupt the hot atmosphere in the stadium, this is Dallas, there is never a shortage of impulsive cowboys.

Cuban rubbed his hands a little nervously, and although he didn't play, he felt that it was more nervous than running the company.

The Mavericks have a slight change in their starting lineup today, and the brave Danny? Fortson got the start, his task is not to prevent Garnett, but to use his brave style of play to stimulate Garnett, so that Garnett also becomes impulsive, this is Nelson's plan, "Mad Scientist" doesn't care whether the tactics are reasonable or not, his coaching philosophy is to work.

As the referee tossed the ball in the center circle, the game officially began, and the Timberwolves unsurprisingly won possession of the ball, and they started the offense.

The Mavericks quickly returned to defensive positions as soon as they started the game, and they put on a defensive posture.

The Timberwolves are also well prepared for the game, Garnett received Kassel's return pass from the outside cover, and he did not hesitate to shoot a high shot, but under the close interference of Fortson's body hair, Garnett's mid-range shot missed, after all, not everyone can still hit steadily when their armpits are cold.

Nowitzki was not able to quickly hand the ball to Liu Han after grabbing the rebound, and the Timberwolves deliberately blocked Liu Han's line of receiving the ball after losing the rebound in the frontcourt, and they also knew that they could not let the Mavericks completely play the speed.

The game was very competitive from the start, and there was a lot of physical contact between the players.