The first game between the two sides immediately started at the Toyota Center, the home court of Houston, in the first half of the game, the Rockets were extremely inefficient on the offensive end, scoring a total of 32 points in the entire first half, while the Jazz scored 44 points, and in the third quarter, the situation suddenly changed, in the first half of the 6 shots 0 only relied on free throws to score a point Maddie in the third quarter, 7 of 8 shots in a single quarter to lead the team to play a wave of 26:11 super attack wave, which took away the victory, the score was fixed at 84:75.

Maddy had 23 points and seven assists on 7-of-17 shooting, Yao Ming had 28 points and 13 rebounds on 8-of-18 shooting, and Alston had nine points, eight assists and 11 rebounds. On the Jazz side, Delon had 15 points, 9 assists and 9 rebounds, Boozer had 11 points and 12 rebounds on 4-of-17 shooting, and Matt Halplin came off the bench with 14 points and 8 rebounds.

In the second game of the series, Boozer hit a super crit, scoring 41 points, 12 rebounds, 6 assists on 17-of-30 shooting, and only 1 turnover! Boozer is a thief, if he is against Yao Ming, then with the help of Yao Ming's weakness, he frequently shoots and kills the Rockets from the outside, if he is against Juwan Howard and Chuck Hayes, Boozer can attack the basket again, but the inside and outside of the ear play makes Van Gundy have no way at all, (in fact, he has nothing to do with Boozer in the whole series), Delon scored 15 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists, Matt Harprin scored 14 points again, and others did not score doubles, on the other hand, the Rockets, Maddie scored 31 points on 9-of-29 shooting, Yao Ming scored 27 points on 9-of-24 shooting, and the Rockets won the game 98-90, yes, yes, Yao Mai hit the iron in the game and almost hit the basket crookedly, but with a strong rebounding guarantee, the Rockets won the game "hard", Jazz had 11 frontcourt rebounds, 31 backcourt rebounds and 42 total rebounds, while the Rockets had 17 frontcourt rebounds, 33 backcourt rebounds, and 50 total rebounds, The person who contributed the most to this statistic was Chuck Hayes, who started the game, and out of 12 rebounds, 7 of them were frontcourt rebounds! However, although the Rockets won the game, they also exposed a fatal flaw, the benches who performed well in the regular season did not know how to play in the playoffs at all, take this game as an example, in the total of 98 points scored by the team, the bench only scored a mere 7 points, rookie Hyde did not know how to face an old fritter like Derrick Fisher in the game, Kirk Sneijder could not get the trust of Van Gundy, and he was unwilling to give Sneijder more than five minutes of playing time even if Maddy was tired on the court, Bunch Wells, on the other hand, completely tore his face with Van Gundy after the Rockets played 28 games because of the distribution of the ball and playing time, and now he is out of touch and no one can be found.

The Rockets' poor bench performance was maximized in the third game between the two sides, the Rockets only scored 67 points in the whole game, Yao Ming scored a game-high 26 points, Maddy scored 24 points, Battier 11 points, Alston 6 points, 26 + 24 + 11 + 6 = 67! Yes, only these four players on the Rockets team scored a score! The other players didn't score a point! This kind of bizarre game can be played by the Rockets in the era of the bald man, and the Jazz scored 33 points off the bench alone! Boozer scored 22 points and 12 rebounds to give the Jazz an 81-67 victory.

In the fourth game between the two sides, the game was decided in the third quarter, the Rockets only trailed by 5 points at 45:50 in the first half, but in the third quarter, the Rockets were hit by the Jazz in a single quarter with a wave of 17:33 attack wave, and the game lost suspense in an instant, in the third quarter, Williams, Boozer and Oku scored a total of 24 points, and finally Williams scored 25 points and 7 assists, Oku 16 points, Boozer 15 points and 10 rebounds Matt Harprin on the bench once again played 17 points and 6 rebounds, The Rockets' Yao Ming scored 20 points and 9 rebounds, Maddie scored 11 points in the second quarter, but only scored 18 points in the whole game, Alston sent 12 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists, Battier 10 points and 5 assists, and the Rockets lost another game 85:98.

Before the start of the fourth quarter, the Rockets fell behind 68:72, but in the fourth quarter, Luther Hyde, who had performed very poorly, suddenly went berserk, and he scored 8 points in the first half of the fourth quarter to lay the Rockets for the victory, which was also his only contribution to the score, but it was a crucial contribution. In the end, Maddy scored 26 points on 11-of-25 shooting and handed out as many as 16 assists, Yao Ming scored 21 points and 15 rebounds, Battier scored 15 points on 5-of-7 shooting, and Juwan Howard came off the bench to score 12 points on 6-of-6 shooting. On the Jazz side, in addition to Boozer's 26 points and Williams' 13 points, Fisher broke out and scored 17 points, but he still swallowed the bitter fruit of defeat.

At this time, the Rockets were already in a 3-2 lead in the big score, but the Jazz would not let the Rockets get any respite.

In the sixth game, the two teams played sparks, the Rockets had to score two or three points less than the Jazz in each quarter, after three quarters, the Rockets fell behind 62:68, and with 5 minutes left in the fourth quarter, the Rockets chased the score to 76:77, and there was great hope for victory, but suddenly the Rockets couldn't shoot, Yao Ming's mistake allowed Kirilenko to hit two points, and then Yao Ming finally hit a shot under the basket, and then Delon made another mid-range shot, Battier fouled Boozer in defense, who made two free throws, and then, Maddie hit a three-point iron, Uncle Huo desperately grabbed the rebound in the front court and passed it to Yao Ming, Yao Ming didn't shoot, turned around, Oku hit a three-pointer at the top of the arc, 88:78, the game ended with two minutes left, and the Rockets lost again.

The crucial seventh game, whether to advance, or go home are all answered in these 48 minutes, both teams showed 120% fighting spirit and spirit, the last six minutes of the game, Maddie hit the basket to pull the score to 88:83, and caused a foul by Haplin, and then Maddie missed a free throw but Battier grabbed the rebound in the front court and passed to Ral-Alston, and then a dramatic scene occurred on the court, when Alston dribbled, without defensive pressure at all, The basketball turned out to be out of his hand, Alston was in a hurry and fell! Bounds!

First of all, we must popularize the science of Alstom, this person is a general point guard in the NBA, but in the street court outside the NBA, it is a god-like existence, especially in Rock Park, it is said that when Alston comes to play, all the catchers who are playing have to take off their jerseys and spread them on the ground in a row, so that Alston steps on the past to show respect, the authenticity of this rumor is no longer testable, but Alston does have the league's top dribbling skills, if he wants to play a person, It's so simple that it's just limited by the rules and regulations of the NBA, Marbury once admitted that he was beaten by Alston until he cried when he was a child, anyway, from the years I've watched the ball, I haven't seen anyone cut the ball from Alston's hands.

Alstonmo's mistake is not unforgivable, but this inexplicable mistake seems to have alerted Jazz all at once! After this mistake, the Jazz suddenly woke up and hit the Rockets by surprise! First of all, Boozer scored two points in the middle of the shot, Huo Ershu hit the iron, Kirilenko hit three points, Maddie hit the iron, Huo Ershu grabbed the rebound in the front court, Maddie hit the iron again, Boozer played 2+1 against Hayes, and in less than two minutes, the Rockets were hit by the Jazz with a wave of 0:8 small ** and instantly reversed the score!

Then Yao Ming replaced Uncle Huo, and as soon as he came up, he scored 2+1 on Oku, Oku responded with three points, Maddie helped Yao Ming hit a shot, Delong broke through and hit 2 points, and then Hayes hit two points under the basket.

With 1 minute and 46 seconds left before the end of the game, the Rockets trailed the Jazz by one point at 95:96! The contest is coming!

Oku hit a three-point iron, Boozer grabbed the rebound in the frontcourt, and Oku hit a three-pointer! Yao Ming's strong attack caused Harprin to foul and hit both free throws! Oku hit a three-point iron, Halprin grabbed the frontcourt rebound, Oku hit the iron again with three points, Boozer grabbed the frontcourt rebound, there were only 20 seconds left, and the Jazz led by 2 points! Alston could only foul, Boozer made both free throws, Maddy hit a jumper to rewrite the score to 101-99 with 9.8 seconds left in the game, and then Battier's Kirilenko fouled, who also hit both free throws, and with Yao Ming's desperate shot, the Rockets lost the game 103-99 and lost the series.

In the last game, he shot 12 of 25 from the field, scored 29 points, 13 assists and 3 blocks, and Yao Ming also scored 29 points.

"Maybe we're just a few rebounds away from the second round."

This is what Maddy said after the game, the last few missed rebounds of the Rockets directly confirmed the failure of Van Gundy's star tactics, at the last moment, Yao Ming almost had no physical strength to fight for rebounds with Boozer and Hap, throughout the series, the Rockets had seven players who played an average of more than 20 minutes per game, and Maddie averaged 40 minutes per game, Yao Ming 37.1 minutes, Alston 44.4 minutes, Battier 38.9 minutes, and the Jazz Boozer is 41.2 minutes, Oku 35.8 minutes, Kirilenko 35.2 minutes, Williams 36.6 minutes, the Rockets average nearly 3 minutes more than the Jazz in each position, don't underestimate these three minutes, do you know how much physical fitness can players recover in the intense NBA arena, especially in Salt Lake City, which advocates muscles and confrontation?

The Rockets failed again in the first round of the playoffs, exposing many problems, such as coaching theory problems, such as the lack of strength of the Rockets' bench, the entire series, the Rockets only had five players score more than 5 points, while the Jazz were as many as eight, in May 2007, Van Gundy resigned, (and did not have the face to stay) and then the Rockets hired the meritorious veteran coach Rick Adelman as the coach with a 4-year $16.25 million contract, and the history of the Rockets turned a new page.