The competition in the West was fierce, and the Warriors were the unfortunate team.

However, compared with the west, the east is a little shabby, and even a little under-sighted.

The Celtics have a 66-16 record, second in the league behind the Rockets and first in the East.

In second place is the Detroit Pistons, and Sessions' excellent play combined with Hamilton's career peak still puts them on a 55-win record.

In third place was the Magic, which had some similar configuration to the Rockets, and Howard added a bunch of shooters to make them 52 wins.

52 wins in the west to shoot seventh, in the east ranked third, I thought that last year was the biggest gap between the east and the west, in fact, this year is even more exaggerated, and the exaggeration is so unexpected that the east army this year only three teams have 50 wins.

In fourth place is the Cavaliers, but they have only 45 wins, a number that has given the Warriors owner the idea of relocating the team to the East.

In fifth place is the Wizards, who have 43 wins.

The sixth-ranked Raptors have 41 wins, a win rate of just over 50 percent.

The seventh-ranked 76ers only got 40 wins, and "Little AI" Iguodala played quite well.

The eighth place is the Hawks, but they only have 37 wins, which is already comparable to the 03~04 season, and they never imagined that they would enter the playoffs of the New York Knicks.

Along with the East and West records, the first round of the playoffs will be matched.

As with last year, there are no bright spots in the east, while there are plenty of things to see in the west.

Wasp vs. Jazz, the battle between the upstart and the iron blood, the song of ice and fire;

Spurs vs. Suns, last season's grievances are not over, and this season continues to be broken;

The Lakers vs. the Mavericks, the new championship favorites meet the old favorites, the Big Three vs. the Big Three, and the absolute Mars hits the Earth;

At this time, the easiest is the Rockets, whose excellent record in the regular season allowed them to pick up the softest persimmon in the Western Conference quarterfinals, the Nuggets.

The Nuggets are still in charge of the two-gun team, but this configuration is no longer enough in the West, and the bigger problem than the configuration is that the tactics of playing *** stream singles have been almost eliminated by the league.

This looks like the least suspenseful matchup in the West, but the Nuggets won't throw in easily.

In addition to the main players Iverson and Anthony who said that they would do their best to win the game for the Denver fans, the team's power forward Kenyon Martin still performed very high-profile.

"I take some responsibility for not being able to make the playoffs last year, and if it wasn't for my absence, we would have had a chance to reach the Western Conference Finals, and I'm luckiest to be able to play this year."

Martin's words drew a lot of complaints from fans, but Nuggets coach George Karl expressed his support for his disciples, believing that the team needed that kind of momentum.

Speaking of the two teams of the Rockets and the Nuggets, because of Martin's affairs, there was a lot of trouble last season.

Although his temperament is still the same, Martin jumps away from the sensitive topic this time and shows his character in another way.

Tang Tian couldn't laugh or cry when he heard this kind of remarks, and in the face of the media's questioning, he said with a smile: "Did he really say that? If he really said that, then he would have won the game, if the game was a matter of words. ”

The pre-match war of words kept the series in the spotlight.

"Ding! Released a system mission to sweep the Nuggets 4-0 with a reward: 1 honor point. ”

When Tang Tian was making the final preparations for the series, the system's prompt sounded coldly in his mind.

Hearing this again after nearly a year, Tang Tian thought that he had auditory hallucinations, but when he entered the other dimensional space and confirmed it, he found out that it was true.

It seems that the system also has a character.

Winning against the Nuggets is not difficult for this Rockets team, but if you want to sweep, there are more issues to consider.

Although it is a singles team, Iverson and Anthony are superior after all, and if they both go wild, the Nuggets have a good chance of winning.

Holding the pen and looking at the tactical board in front of him, Tang Tian's mind spun rapidly, and then he had a new idea.

On April 20, U.S. time, after a period of rest, the NBA East and West playoffs officially kicked off.

On the first day, it was the second and third teams in the East and West.

Both teams in the East won easily, while the Suns in the West gave their old rival Spurs a downhorse as soon as they came up, taking a 118-117 lead; Even the Lakers, who won, relied on Kobe Bryant's consecutive points at the last moment to get through the danger.

On the first day of the playoffs, there was such a good show, and the fans watched it quite enjoyable, but there was no rest day in the playoffs, and the fierce battle here had just come to an end, and a new round of more exciting games had started the next day, and the fans were overwhelmed.

On April 21, one or four teams from the East and West played, with the Celtics and Rockets making their playoff debuts together.

Because of the time difference between East and West, the Celtics in the East took the lead, and the result was the same as fans predicted, and the Green Army beat the Hawks lightly to take a 1-0 lead in the series.

And just after the Celtics' game, the Rockets also made their playoff debut at their home center, Toyota.

The best record in history has made this year's Toyota Center even more popular than last year, and even though the home court has increased the number of seats for the game as much as possible, the demand for tickets is still in short supply, and fans are frantically crowding into the stadium to witness the Rockets' performance in the playoffs in the new season.

After completing the pre-match warm-up, the scene entered the introduction of the home team's starters.

"Point guard, No. 5, Jose ~ Barria!"

But by the time the first player was introduced, it was a fryer.

The starting point guard of the Rockets turned out to be not Billups, but Barria!

The Rockets' other four starting positions remain the same as they did in the regular season.

However, when the starters were introduced, the fans at the scene still talked about it.

Why did this Baria suddenly start?

Billups is injured?

There was no news before the game!

And even if Billups is injured, according to the previous rotation order, Sun Yue should be the starter.

This unexpected start not only made the fans on the spot, but also blinded the Nuggets.

Which one is this Tang Tian doing?

There wasn't much time to think, and shortly after the introduction of the players, both starters came on one after another.

Barria stood in the backcourt of the Rockets, and he was indeed the Rockets' starter in this game.

Yao Ming and Camby jump ball.

The Rockets got the chance to attack first.

Barria controlled the ball to the front court and handed the ball directly to Yao Ming at the free throw line.

The rest of the Rocket team followed suit and began the infinite air cut tactic.