Chapter 225: The Crazy Situation in the West

After beating the Los Angeles Clippers 10th in the West at home, the Seattle SuperSonics finally ended their 20-day home schedule.

Being able to stay at home and play all the time is the most coveted thing for every NBA team.

However, of course, this kind of dream thing can't last that long.

After a sweet home schedule, the Seattle SuperSonics also rose to 28-15.

A 28-15 record is also enough to move the Seattle SuperSonics up to sixth place in the West.

Compared with the supersonic paradise schedule during this time, the schedule of the Lakers and Nuggets can be called the devil.

The Lakers and Nuggets of the Devil's schedule were overtaken by the supersonic speed of the Paradise schedule without the slightest problem.

However, after this sweet schedule, the next schedule of the supersonic is not so friendly.

On January 30, 2007, Ye Si came to Texas again with supersonics.

The last trip to Texas for the Seattle SuperSonics faced the Rockets and Mavericks, suffering a two-game losing streak in Texas.

This time, the two opponents of the supersonic Texas tour are still the Rockets and the Mavericks.

The first of these was the Houston Rockets.

The Houston Rockets haven't been in great shape lately.

Although the team's record is good, it is extremely fortunate to play, and it looks like it could collapse at any moment.

In the past month, the Rockets have lost both games against the Phoenix Suns, who are third in the West!

This is a huge blow to the Rockets, who are aiming for the championship.

At the start of the season, the Houston Rockets almost overwhelmingly dominated the league, and the successive victories allowed the Texas team to keep raising its expectations for the season.

It wasn't until the end that the Houston Rockets set their goal for the championship this season for the team to be satisfied.

With the crazy performance of the Rockets at the beginning of the season, the Rockets do have such confidence.

Some of the league's strongest teams have had huge trouble at the start of the season.

The defending champion Miami Heat is constantly being slaughtered, and the appearance of the weakest defending champion in history makes it difficult for the Heat to be competitive in the new season.

Last season's runner-up, the Dallas Mavericks, is still in the shadow of a big reversal in the Finals, and the results at the beginning of the season are a mess.

As for the Phoenix Suns and San Antonio Spurs, they also have their own problems.

In such an environment, the sudden emergence of rockets can indeed be expected to be higher.

And the stable performance of the rocket can be regarded as responding to everyone's expectations.

It's just that the good times are neither short nor long.

After a period of struggle, several of last season's top teams caught the Houston Rockets off guard with a resurgence of powerhouses.

The Phoenix Suns have lost just two of their last 28 games, and the Dallas Mavericks have lost just three of their last 30 games!

As a direct result, although the Rockets are still the first in the West, their 37-7 record is not much different from the 37-8 of the Suns in the second place in the West and the 36-8 of the Mavericks in the West.

According to the current situation of the Rockets, the Rockets could be turned over by the Suns, who are second in the West, and the Mavericks, who are third in the West, at any time.

The Rockets' madness at the beginning of this season relied more on the emergence of Roy's variable.

Roy's all-around makes up for what the Rockets have been lacking in playmaking and a third point of offense.

It makes the Rockets look like a perfect team.

But after half a season of regular season baptism, the Rockets, who looked invincible at the beginning of the season, were in big trouble.

Yao Ming, who is the favorite to be the MVP of the regular season this season, has encountered more and more targeted tactics.

For example, go around the front to defend!

And fast offense!

Yao Ming is no stranger to defending forward, and since 05, this has been a big problem for the Rockets.

Even if Roy came, there was no way to solve Yao Ming's weight problem.

As long as Yao Ming's weight does not come down, the rocket will never be able to solve this problem.

So, the rest of the league is getting more and more crazy about Yao Ming's forward defense, but that's not the root cause of the Rockets' recent troubles.

The root cause of the Rockets' troubles is the opponent's rapid offense.

In the face of Yao Ming, who is becoming more and more bulky, many teams are learning the Suns' strategy against the Rockets.

Constantly speeding up, constantly consuming Yao Ming, dragging down the height and depth of the rocket through speed.

This strategy is very effective.

Even if you can't defeat the rocket, you can consume the rocket and Yao Ming to the greatest extent possible.

The last time he left Houston, Ye Si remembered that Yao Ming was in high spirits at that time.

As the biggest favorite for MVP in the regular season this season and the number one star in the West, Yao Ming replaced O'Neal as the league's No. 1 center for the first time this season.

It can be said that it is the time when the spring breeze is proud.

This time when he came to Houston again, Yao Ming greeted him with a smile on his face, but the expression on his face was full of melancholy.

"Leaf, the sun is too strong, incredibly powerful!"

Yao Ming's eyes looking at Ye Si were quite complicated.

Steve Nash, who gives Rockets players nightmares every day, claims to be the strongest Yes in the physical bankruptcy version.

Yao Ming, the No. 1 pick in '02, is in his fifth season in the NBA this year.

Yao Ming is naturally no stranger to Nash and the sun.

When the rocket meets the sun, it has always been more than win.

But it's never been this hard.

The real culprit who caused all this is the leaf.

"We've been under a lot of pressure lately, the sun and the calves are getting closer"

Roy is also melancholy.

Yes can also understand that according to the current trend, the Mavericks and the Suns can surpass the Rockets sooner or later.

In the West this season, except for the Jazz and Spurs, who have no desire to see the sea in advance, other teams are now in a state of madness.

In addition to the crazy possible record of the playoffs in the West this season, the top three teams in the West are likely to have a record of more than 60 wins, or even more than 65 wins!

"This season is destined to be a legendary one!"

Even the old Nelson, who has experienced storms and waves in the NBA, has such feelings after seeing the records of the Rockets, Mavericks and Suns.

However, for the supersonic, the legend belongs to the Mavericks, the rocket and the sun.

As for talking about hypersound.

If the SuperSonics want to make their mark in this perhaps legendary season, they may only be able to rely on Yes's popularity.

As for strength? The strength of hypersound is still not enough.

Milicic has gone on a four-game streak, with the fifth game against the Rockets.

Milicic was knocked to the ground from the clouds by Yao Ming.

Rounding the front and breaking fast, this is the magic weapon of all teams when they encounter the Rockets now.

Of course, supersonic was also used, and supersonic did create a lot of trouble for the Rockets, but in the end, supersonic still lost to the Rockets.

96 to 105!

This time the supersonic lost not so much.

Yes's 32 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists in this game are also good enough.

However, Milicic was locked up for this game.

Milicic, who has been in great form lately, has finally stopped.

That's enough, though.

Because, the All-Star bench lineup was announced, and Milicic was impressively listed!