The Eastern and Western Division finals, the Spurs vs. Rockets, and Bobcats vs. Heat series began alternating on May 18.

On May 18, the day of the conference finals in the West, the Texas Civil War between the Spurs and Rockets.

Although everyone knows that Texas is strong, and the Southwest Division is also the strongest division in the league, the scene of two Texas teams meeting in the division finals is still rare.

Ten years later, the Western Conference finals ten years ago happened to be the Texas Civil War between the Spurs and the Rockets. At that time, their respective leaders were Big Dream Olajuwon and Admiral Robinson.

The Spurs were first in the West that year, and Robinson had a stellar season. He won the NBA's Most Valuable Player with 27.6 points, 10.8 rebounds, 2.9 assists, 3.23 blocks and 1.65 steals and led the Spurs to a league-best 62-20. At the same time, he made his sixth consecutive appearance in the All-Star Game. As the No. 1 seed, the Spurs swept the Denver Nuggets in the first round of the playoffs before eliminating the Lakers 4-2.

Robinson's season was perfect until he met the Rockets, and it could well be his peak season.

The defending champions had a bit of an embarrassing 1994-1995 season, as their competitive standards plummeted in the regular season in the new year, and they ended up winning a 47-35 record, thanks to their peers, they were able to enter the playoffs in sixth place in the West.

As a low seed, the Rockets had to play against strong seeded teams.

The opponent in the first round was the Utah Jazz, the peak Stockton and Karl Malone combination, the second in the league in the regular season with 60 wins. But God bless the Rockets, who won the entire series by 4 points.

But no one was optimistic about the Rockets until they won by one point in Game 7 of the second round of the playoffs by one point, 4-3 to defeat the Suns of 59, yes, the Immortal Birds team led by Barkley. Despite the fact that Kevin Johnson had 46 points and 10 assists in this game, while Barkley had 18 points and 23 rebounds, they still lost.

Now, the previous year's MVP Olajuwon faced this year's MVP Robinson. An unlikely duel was put in front of the people, and his outcome was even more bizarre, and it is still talked about until now.

As a result, Olajuwonche completely broke Robinson, who is also a big four center, Robinson has just received the season MVP trophy, but as the No. 1 seed team, they were defeated by the No. 6 seed team 4:2, and the team's main Robinson was completely suppressed.

Stumbled into the Finals, but no one was optimistic about the Rockets, after all, the Magic had just beaten Jordan's Bulls in the second round. Although it was Jordan who had just returned from baseball league and was not used to the game, it was Jordan, and no one would underestimate the value of this victory.

So staring at the glory of beating the Jordan Bulls, O'Neal triumphantly entered the finals and was shaved 4-0 by the old and spicy Olajuwon. 4:0, without any way to fight back, Olajuwon also achieved the miracle of the No. 6 seed to win the championship.

It's only been a few years since Robinson retired, and he didn't expect the Spurs and Rockets to meet again in the Western Conference Finals. And Duncan and Yao Ming are both rated as one of the four big inside lines today, O'Neal, Duncan, Garnett, Yao Ming.

Olajuwon and Robinson's respective successors, the next pair of Olajuwon and Robinson?

The smell of gunpowder has been copied again.

San Antonio is only 319 kilometers from Houston, and the drive is about three hours, making it a hot derby. For example, the first game of the series in San Antonio has been flooded with a huge number of fans in red jerseys, all loyal Rockets fans, some from Houston, some from a small town just a few kilometers away from San Antonio. This is Texas, and they probably like any of the Spurs, Rockets, Mavericks.

The current development of the league has far exceeded Hu Qingniu's imagination, and he cannot predict the direction of the league now, and it is even more impossible for him to predict the outcome of such a series that would not have happened, the Western Conference Finals between the Spurs and the Rockets.

Sure enough, the first game surprised Hu Qingniu.

The Rockets were unstoppable, and they won again.

140:126, an offensive battle between two defensive teams, the Rockets won. It can be seen that both teams are playing with surprise ideas, but Popovich didn't expect the Rockets' offensive firepower to be too fierce, and once it is opened, the Spurs will not be able to catch up with the score at all.

Ginobili has scored a high of 46 points, Duncan has 30 points, and Parker has 22 points, which is already the peak strength of the Spurs troika.

However, Yao also scored a career-high 46 points, and Hardaway had 33 points and 16 assists. Yao's name is Olajuwon, so Hardaway is a good helper Drexler, or a strengthened version of the field.

Old man Popovich walked off the court with a sad face, and it seemed that the Rockets duo had a lot to worry about.

The next day was a game between the Bobcats and the Heat, and unlike the West, the two teams seemed to have booked a spot in the division finals from the start of the season, and the rest of the East was a huge gap between them.

Hu Qingniu spent the night studying the Heat's path to qualification, and he found that the Heat team was far stronger than he thought.

The mature Princeton system, Webb, Maddie and Carter's powerful triumvirate, dazzling point guard White Chocolate. This combination complements the Heat team. In every game on the road to promotion, the Heat can overpower their opponents on the offensive end, and their cooperation and firepower make Hu Qingniu dare not take it lightly.

Hu Qingniu finally made a big plan that focused on defense. Although the Bobcats' offensive firepower is not lost, the impact of the offensive touch is very large, and Hu Qingniu must firmly hold the victory where he is sure.

Fighting defensively, this is the general direction, Wade and O'Neal and others have been ordered by the coach to slow down the pace of the game and not rush to attack.

In the end, Hu Qingniu's starter arrangement was also very good.

Wade, Tony Allen, Ariza, Dazhi, O'Neal.

Hu Qingniu even took down Josh, who has always played well, because according to high-level data, Josh's defensive effect on fast-paced forwards has always been average, and the Bobcats' forward line in this game has to face Maddy, Carter, and Webb's repeated impacts. Sending Ariza on is the best solution, and under Pippen's tutelage, Ariza's defense has long since changed. The stunned young man at the beginning of the season also learned a lot of sophisticated defensive skills.

The difference between Tony Allen and Ragabel is that Bale has three-point ability and can open up space, while Allen is more physically strong, more defensive and tough.

As a result, the Bobcats have almost five elite-level defenders standing on the court, and the only weakness is O'Neal, who is difficult to defend and pick-and-roll.