Even if Francis played at a super level in the third game, shooting 4 of 5 from beyond the three-point line, it just didn't let the game go into garbage time in the third quarter.

Yao Ming shot 9-of-13, scored 18 points, 10 rebounds and 2 assists, and had the highest offensive efficiency, but he didn't take as many shots per game as the two outside guards.

This time, Guo Xu was powerful, cutting a big double-double of 44 points and 10 assists, the score was 111-96, and the Suns led 3-0.

Chinese fans who wanted to see the Rockets and Suns play a classic game were disappointed, and the Rockets simply couldn't pose any threat to the Suns, and they couldn't even score more than 100 points.

Although the Suns pay more attention to defense than in the regular season, the key reason is Van Gundy's employment, he rotates 8 people every game, two offensive routines, and the opponent is too easy to understand.

In the rotation of these 8 people, Morris Taylor and Mark Jackson are still defensive black holes, and they are played by Guo Xu on the court. Swingman Nakhba is not as strong as Suns rookie Josh Howard, and his physical fitness is at a disadvantage across the board.

In the first game, Van Gundy was a nine-man rotation, and he also gave "Big Spoon" Witherspoon 11 minutes of playing time. This big brother, who is 198CM tall and weighs nearly 125 kg, looks like he went on a walk to lose weight.

Some fans left a message after the game saying that the piece of meat on the back of his neck looked delicious...... What level is this?

In the fourth game, Van Gundy continued the two-tower tactic, and the defense and demolition were as bad as.

The Rockets' style of play is the same every game, they don't make any adjustments at all, and even the substitution time is about the same, in fact, there is no Van Gundy, and the players just need to rotate up and down by themselves according to the time.

That's why the Rockets will lead 2-0 in the first round of the playoffs twice and then come back to the reverse during Van Gundy's tenure, and the opponent will be too easy to make targeted adjustments.

In the first half, the Suns led by 28 points. Guo Xu, Xiao Si, and Marion did not play again in the entire second half, sitting on the sidelines and watching the young teammates exercise.

Facing the lineup composed of Diop, Haslem, Howard, Joe Johnson, and Blake, the Rockets starters fought for a quarter and did not take advantage of half a point, and Yao Ming, who had been on track for two games, also became iron.

On the verge of elimination, players are prone to problems in their mentality, carrying the psychology of wanting to win and being afraid of losing, and then playing abnormally. In Guo Xu's previous life, this kind of thing happened to the rocket many times.

In 2004, they lost to the Lakers 78-97, in 2005 the Rockets lost to the Mavericks 76-116 in the tie-break, and in 2009 they lost to the Lakers 70-89, and they couldn't even score 80 points in the key game.

The Suns bench has no pressure, has stars to back them up, and is bold on both offensive and defensive ends, so they don't have to worry about losing. They didn't do a good job defensively, they could both mark and switch, and in the joint defense system, Francis was caught near the box on either side of the line, and scored 21 points on less than 40 percent shooting.

In the end, 102-78, the Suns easily swept the Rockets 4-0.

Francis played the playoffs for the first time in his career and was abused by Guo Xu, shooting 39.6% from the field and 40% from three-point range in four games, but he could only hit 1 shot, scoring 18 points, 8 rebounds, 7.5 assists, and 4 turnovers.

Guo Xu had 30.5 points, 3 rebounds, 11 assists and 2 steals in four games, shooting 60% from the field and 47% from three-point range.

At the post-game press conference, Van Gundy did not find a reason for the loss, and was very honest that he could not beat the Suns.

"The Suns have great players at all positions, far better than the Rockets, they are likely to win the championship this year, Jason Guo is very good individually, we can't limit him one-on-one, that's why the Suns are strong."

Yao Ming attended the press conference and mentioned that Guo Xu had palpitations. "He's so fast, people say he has a disadvantage in playing basketball, but he turns his height into an advantage, it's impossible for a big player to keep up with him, and the nickname of The Flash suits him too well."

"He's caused us a huge problem, his defense isn't as weak as people say, it's hard to get rid of him, he's not afraid of confrontation, he's going to keep getting tangled up, unless the Suns are leading too much and he doesn't take it seriously," Francis said. ”

After the game, the media reported the game, and some fans on the Internet said that Francis said a lot of point guards, although the media never said that Guo Xu was a defensive expert, but none of the point guards in the league said that he was poor in defense.

Some fans said that it is not easy to cite a few point guards who are better defensive than Guo Xu.

"Jason's offense is so strong that it's easy to overlook his defense, and in the 2001 Finals, he shot less than 40 percent from the field."

"Explosiveness and bounce power can win the dunk king, how can the strength be poor, he is the enhanced version of Iverson."

"Even though Jason has blown everyone up, I don't believe he can make the All-Defensive Team, and that's the selection criteria, the Suns have dropped too many points."

"I think the Lakers will be swept against the Suns in the next round, of course, provided that the Lakers pass the Grizzlies first."

The Lakers and Grizzlies fought to a 2-2 draw, and the Suns waited for work and sat on the mountain to watch the tiger fight.

The Lakers are nowhere near as strong as the player's fame, and the Grizzlies are not as weak as the player's fame.

The Grizzlies not only have twin towers on the inside, Lorenzen White, but also swingman Mike Miller, James Posey, and Mike Dunleavy who can shoot three-pointers, and Posey is still the kind of defender that Kobe hates very much.

In the fourth game, if Malone hadn't stepped up and made two mid-range shots at a critical moment, the Lakers would probably have fallen behind 1-3.

"Glove" Payton entered the playoffs and suddenly became unable to play, and had no advantage against "White Chocolate" Williams.

After the game, Phil Jackson, O'Neal, and Malone publicly said that someone on the team was too lonely, and the Lakers were about to infighting again, or they had been in infighting......

The Grizzlies simply couldn't defend O'Neal alone, but he had less than 15 shots in three games and was killed.

The fifth game was played on the home court of the Grizzlies, and Kobe Bryant finally stopped going heads-up again and again, and was very fast, good at single defense, and Posey, who was tall and had an arm span, began to cooperate with his teammates.

Kobe Bryant shot more than 20 balls a game with a 40% shooting rate, and he was still a two-point shot, so that the two interior lines watched the excitement on the sidelines. The Lakers were lucky to win two games, relying on the efficient performance of the two interior players who shot nearly 60% from the field to lead the team to climb out of the pit little by little.

The "Zen master" communicated with Kobe Bryant, saying that he no longer had the brains to fight alone, so he let him know what it means to "I don't go to hell, you go to hell".

If the fight continues like this, without waiting for the "Zen master" to come forward, Malone wants to stage a feud with Kobe.

Malone is the person the Lakers regret the most, he gave up his life in the Jazz team, gave up the beautiful talk of "one person, one city", joined the Lakers just to flirt with Kobe's wife and watch Kobe Bryant play iron?

This Lakers returned to O'Neal's old way of attacking the low post and attacking from the inside out, which immediately made Gasol and Randolph exhausted on the defensive end. The little fat single defense can't bear the big fat, and the coach let Chaccaridis play to be able to top it, but the offensive end has no effect.

O'Neal drew the ball out of the box in the low post, and his teammates improved their catch-and-shoot percentage and blossomed more.

McBrin analyzed during the commentary: "It's not that Kobe Bryant is incapable, but the Grizzlies are very good at defending the outside, and they are afraid of attacking in the low post, and the Lakers let O'Neal attack be the right choice." ”

98-90, the Lakers won the battle of Tianwang Mountain away and achieved match point.

In the sixth game, the Grizzlies had many young players, and the shortcomings of the unstable core play were revealed, Gasol and Randolph played iron again and again, although the swing people performed well, the Grizzlies still lost 78-88.

The Lakers advanced 4-2 in the first round and met the Suns in the second round.

No one was optimistic about the Lakers, and they were swept by the Suns in the regular season......