The Houston Rockets, who were 2-0 down, had bad news before the game, that is, Jimilin had chest pain in practice and a painful expression on his face, but he insisted on playing..... In fact, now the Rockets are slowly correcting Beverley.

Although the latter has occupied the starting position most of the time in the regular season, it was Jimilin who recovered from injury, so the Rockets could not directly correct it, and could only reduce the playing time of Jeremy Lin's starter little by little, so after the start of the playoffs, Jimilin went from a starter to a pseudo-starter!

However, compared to the Rockets, the Thunder is obviously worse, Westbrook was hit by Beverley twice in the last game, and finally injured the meniscus in his right knee, he has successfully undergone surgery, but he will not be able to play for the rest of the season, this is the first time in his career that he has missed the game due to injury, the reputation of the Rockets as a backup point guard in exchange for the absence of the opposing starting point guard, it is obviously very appropriate, and no one can say that Beverley is deliberate, after all, the defense is active!

This is also one of the conventional methods of this league, such as the previous Spurs, didn't Bowen do this, a positive defense, did Bowen pay punishment for his own footsteps? In the distance, Malone's elbow may be on someone's chest when grabbing the rebound, and you will be a technical foul at most, but Big Dream's ribs, Horry's little Horry, O'Neal's loose front teeth, Barkley's meat-like shoulders, the smiling assassin's head densely packed with 40 stitches, and the admiral's almost stop-beating pulse...... The remnants of the "revolutionary victories" on these superstars are all telling of Ma Long's heroic martial arts.

It turns out that those superstars can do things, but as time goes by, these superstars don't dare to do it anymore, and can only use some cheap substitutes or inconsequential little people to do it.

Although Harden is saddened by the injury of his friend Westbrook, and he believes that Westbrook's absence has a great impact on the Thunder, everyone can see that Harden is not particularly sad, but it just doesn't match the expression on his face at all.

The Thunder's family was abolished, so the smell of gunpowder on the scene was particularly strong, the Thunder's first offense had the meaning of seeking revenge, Perkins went to the midfield to cover, and deliberately hit Beverley, Beverley was the "culprit" of Westbrook's injury, and the Thunder will show their attitude as soon as they played, Beverley kept scolding this MMP in his heart, although he may have targeted the knee, but that is a normal phenomenon Well, no one is specifically going to the waste.

I am a small substitute, and I finally climbed to the current position, how can I do those things that are harmful to others and not beneficial to myself, is it wrong to be active in defense? Although Westbrook is only a superstar now, and has not yet reached the level of a superstar, he also has a lot of friends in the league, and his boss is his younger brother, can he still live to wear small shoes?

But no one cares what he thinks, although Westbrook's knee injury has long been injured, but after all, it was operated on when you targeted the defense and hit it twice, and the season was reimbursed, so this pot Beverley is on his back.

The Rockets got off to a good start, with a successful defense and steady offense that allowed them to go on a 7-1 run quickly, and with 9:44 left in the quarter, substitute Jimilin hit a long-range shot from the right corner to give the Rockets a 9-3 lead, but it was the only score in the first half.

As for Beverley, who was just hit by Perkins and went down to take refuge, after all, people are on fire, and Beverley will pretend to stay off the court for a while as long as he is not stupid.

Jackson, who then started in place of Westbrook, also hit a three-pointer, and Durant hit a jumper after that, and with 3:30 left in the quarter, he broke through and dunked, and the Thunder completed a 22-3 attack wave to take a 25-12 lead in one fell swoop, and the Rockets only shot one shot in six minutes. Durant hit another three-pointer at the end of the quarter to score 17 points alone and give the Thunder a 20-point lead at 39-19.

Durant hit another three-pointer at the beginning of the second quarter to make it 9-3 for the Thunder to lead by 26 points at 48-22, Jimilin's injury was worse than expected, and he covered his chest with his hands from time to time, and with 9 minutes and 19 seconds left in the quarter, he couldn't hold on and had to go down for treatment.

Little Black Bean Brooks appeared, reminiscent of the 22-game winning streak of the Rockets, although the original hero is now a substitute in the bench, but he hit two consecutive shots on the court, and also assisted Garcia to shoot three points, and the Rockets' state has rebounded. With 2:19 left in the quarter, Harden hit three free throws to tie the score at 44-60. At halftime, the Rockets were at a 49-66 advantage.

Harden and Parsons scored 13 points each in the first half, and Garcia scored 10 points off the bench. Durant shot 9-of-16, including 3-of-4 from three-point range, for 27 points in the half, grabbed six rebounds and Martin also scored 12 points.

Jimilin returned to the court, which was also helpless, who let Beverley get on the court and was hit and crawled, and the referee couldn't say anything, after all, the Thunder players didn't have any physical violations.

The Rockets launched a frantic counterattack in the second half. With 9:33 left in the quarter, Serge Ibaka dunked and the Thunder gave the Thunder a 19-point lead at 73-54, but they hit just one shot for the next nine minutes. Durant lost his touch in the first half, missing all six shots in the first half of the quarter, and after the Rockets went on a 19-5 run, Garcia hit a three-pointer with 39 seconds left in the quarter, and the Rockets only trailed 73-78. Durant finally broke through the dunk and scored only two points in the quarter, but Harden immediately returned with three points, and the Rockets only trailed 76-80 in the first three quarters.

Jimilin didn't play again in the fourth quarter, his entire chest was bandaged, and he sat on the sidelines to watch the Rockets fight back. With 5:46 left in the quarter, Harden broke through and suddenly passed the ball, and Parsons calmly hit a three-pointer in the left corner to make it 91-91. Harden then forced a foul, but unfortunately missed two free throws and missed a good opportunity to overtake. Durant hit two free throws and Delfino hit a three-pointer with 3:45 left in the game to give the Rockets a 94-93 lead for the first time since midway through the first quarter.

Ibaka hit two shots at critical moments, and the Rockets missed back-to-back shots to fall behind 94-97. Harden hit two free throws to close the gap to one point with one minute left in the game.

With 45.2 seconds left before the end, Garcia hit a three-pointer from the middle, and the Rockets took a 99-97 lead. Durant made a decisive attack, he didn't cooperate with his teammates, went to the front court and pulled it directly, the ball smashed on the basket, bounced three times before entering, and the Thunder were lucky to go ahead 100-99.

Fisher's experience came into play as he made two free throws from Harden with 29.9 seconds left before the end of the game and drew a foul to give the Thunder a three-point lead. Eight seconds before the end, the Rockets were still trailing by 3 points, they chose to shoot a three-pointer, Delfino got a chance, the ball smashed on the basket and bounced, the Rockets were unlucky, the ball popped straight away, and the success fell short.

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Although Harden won 30+ data at home, the overall score fell behind 0-3, which made the Rockets suddenly to the edge of the cliff, but they are also okay, a little chance to struggle, if they can create a miracle to win four games in a row, maybe they can enter the next round.

In comparison, the Lakers, who were once the old powerhouses in the West, are much worse than them.

Although before the start of the first round of the playoffs, starting point guard Nash announced that he was back from injury, and he looked very good, but the entire Lakers were not on offense, and the highest in the first quarter once gave the Spurs a lead of 9 points, and the second quarter was even worse. Although Pau Gasol's face was expressionless, his heart was spurting!

However, fortunately, Meeks returned to the sidelines with 1 minute left in the second quarter, and it seems that the injury is not very serious, and it is unknown whether he will be able to continue the game.

Popovich's person who hates him the most in his life must be O'Neal, the shark cutting tactic is what this old man made in the face of the Lakers, although O'Neal retired, but the Lakers successfully found a successor, Howard, who is as bad as O'Neal's serving skills.

When many reporters interviewed before the game, they also asked the Spurs' starting point guard Parker whether he would use the chopping tactic (Howard) in this game! But how can Parker say, after all, the team's tactics themselves want to talk nonsense, and what awaits him will be the inhumane repair of the old man's property, and he may even be driven away!

However, the reporter's pre-game problem was quickly revealed, and before even waiting for the fourth quarter, with the last 35 seconds left in the second quarter, the Spurs finally fouled Howard early, but he made two free throws, which was his only free throw in the first half, and the Lakers trailed 37-45.

In the second half, the two teams are chasing and running! It was the Spurs who ran and led the Lakers by a big score, and the Lakers, who had made up the 4 kings, could only continue to work hard to narrow the difference, but how could the old and spicy Popovich give them a chance, once they narrowed the gap by about 10 points, a timeout immediately solved the problems on the court, and arranged for the Lakers' weaknesses.

On the back of the court, the Lakers were pulled away by a big score, and the tug-of-war back and forth continued to tear the nerves of the Lakers players, and the Spurs led 84-68 with 4:05 left in the game. The Lakers were unable to close the gap to single digits again, and lost the first game of the playoffs without any suspense, as for Kobe Bryant, who has not been mentioned, I forgot to mention that he torn his Achilles tendon when the Lakers were frantically competing for a playoff spot in the last period, and he has ended the whole season early!

But Huang Yu knew that the era of the black mamba was over, Kobe Bryant also talked to Huang Yu after the injury, Huang Yu persuaded him to persuade him directly, if the recovery is not ideal, retire, veterans are not ashamed to retire from injury, if they are forced to occupy the team position and salary space for those commercial contracts at the end of their careers, they will be regarded as a cancer! But Kobe Bryant smiled wryly! Retirement is something he can say, even if it is a cancer, what kind of cancer, how to be a cancer is not something he can choose!

This is the sadness of a superstar, because he is burdened with the interests of many people, and wants to retreat in a brilliant time, unless you can predict that, and not get involved with those capitalists, maybe you will have a chance.

A generation of basketball gods can't escape this strange circle, otherwise Jordan, who has already won 6 consecutive coherent achievements, why would he make a comeback in the Wizards?

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Kobe Bryant was absent due to injury and could only watch TV at home, he was anxious for the team on Weibo, but was misunderstood by D'Antoni, and the two had a conflict, so the day before the second game, in an interview with reporters, Kobe Bryant said that he decided not to post Weibo anymore and not to distract the Lakers.

In the second game, even without the pressure exerted by Kobe, the Lakers could only be said to be average, and the start was good 10-8 to maintain the lead, but after the Spurs strengthened their defense, they successfully defended the Lakers offense, and scored three blue shots, 14-10 directly overtake, and then the Lakers began to miss, did not score a goal in 2 minutes, and finally fell behind by 5 points in the first quarter.

In the second quarter, the Lakers came off the bench and had a good momentum of chasing points, but the Spurs didn't give a chance at all, and Bonner and Ginobili's three-pointers were also confused! Especially Ginobili hit two three-pointers in a row in the last 1 minute!

In the second half, Parker made a strong effort and scored consecutive breakthroughs to help the Spurs gain a double-digit lead, although Nash's shot from outside the three-point line was violated and he hit all three free throws, but Parker then burst into a series of shots to win all the Spurs' points during this period 2 minutes before the end of the game!

At this point, the Lakers' shooting percentage fell off a cliff, and by the end of the third quarter, the Spurs entered the fourth quarter with a 10-point deficit.

The Spurs were going to take the Lakers away in a wave, so they started the fourth quarter with a 6-0 run! Directly stopped the Lakers, although the Lakers came back by Ci Shiping (Artest) and Nash hit a shot respectively, but Duncan hit two consecutive shots, Howard was a little impatient at this time, and the elbow movement was too big when attacking, and he was directly whistled for an offensive foul, his fifth foul, and then Bonner hit a three-point shot, expanding the difference to 17 points.

In order to strengthen the protection of rebounding, the Lakers replaced Jordan Hill, who had been injured for more than 100 days, and the effect was not bad, while ensuring rebounding, it also helped Howard attract some offensive firepower, you must know that Howard is now 5 fouls, and he will be off the court again!

Jordan Hill lived up to expectations, grabbed a key offensive rebound on the court, and then hit a rebound in the Lakers' offense, Howard relaxed a lot and became more active on the offensive end! After Blake missed, he grabbed the rebound and turned around and threw the shot.

Then the Spurs failed to score for two minutes, and the Lakers failed to continue to narrow the gap, Popovich called a timeout, and Parker came back to force a foul! It's good that it's Jordan Hill, otherwise the Lakers would have no hope at all.

Parker hit two free throws, and the Lakers' offense was stealed by Ginobili again, and a dragon layup! The narrowed margin widened again, and the Spurs won the game and traded Duncan for him.

In this way, the Spurs played more freely on the outside, Parker then hit two shots, although the Lakers were not willing to fail, but then Parker hit another 3-point, stretching the difference to 18 points, at this time the Lakers were powerless, so they could only replace the number of substitutes, and finally lost to the Spurs again 84-100.

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