In the second game, the Rockets won again, winning completely.

It was only after this game that people discovered the horror of this rocket!

"Yao Ming is a bug, he is invincible in the middle distance and high position! No one can prevent him! After the game, ESPN's Mark Stein lamented on his newly opened Facebook account.

His colleague Henry Abbott replied to refute him: "No, many people can prevent Yao Ming, such as Tim Duncan, but the problem is that if the Spurs choose to use Tim Duncan to prevent Yao Ming, then the Spurs' defensive system will collapse, and if the Spurs use Rasius Nesterovic to prevent Yao Ming, the Spurs will lack a center to guard the restricted area inside!" ”

Bill Simmons concluded: "So, Yao Ming is very strong, his teammates are not bad, the two complement each other, the point is, Qiao Hai is too strong, his team can almost be said to have no weaknesses!" He's built another invincible battleship-like team! ”

Almost everyone is saying that Yao Ming is too strong, he doesn't have any weaknesses, he is a bug and so on.

But in the third game between the Rockets and the Spurs, Yao Ming immediately showed one of his weaknesses - instability!

In this game, the unstable Yao Ming continued to play iron at the beginning, and his hand felt bad, even if the Spurs used Tyshawn Prince to defend Yao Ming, Yao Ming's offense did not warm up at all.

So, in this game, in San Antonio, when the Rockets failed to open the offense at all, the Spurs finally dominated the game, pulled back one game at home, and the total score of the series became 2:1.

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The other three groups of duels are in aspect.

The Nets-Pacers matchup, which started at the same time as the Rockets, played two more games.

In the second game, Jason Kidd finally found his touch, and in this game, he made consecutive shots, scoring 31 points, 8 rebounds, 7 assists, 4 steals and 1 block on 11-of-26 shooting.

Jason Kidd proved himself completely and led his team to a 120-109 victory to tie the overall score.

In the third game, the Pacers were at home, where they once again defended the Nets' offense and then won 97-74.

The series was 1-2 and the Nets were behind.

It seems that this series between the Nets and Pacers is similar to the series of the Rockets and Spurs, with one opening up offense and the other opening defense.

But the difference is that the Nets are uncomfortable being defended by the Pacers, and the Rockets' offense is already somewhat unstoppable.

The Lakers-Grizzlies matchup also continued to play two games.

In the Lakers' second home, they were defeated by the outburst Maddy and Wang Zhizhi, Maddy scored 37 points, 10 assists, roughly 35 points and 12 rebounds, and the two combined for 72 points.

The Big Three had a mediocre performance and were eventually defeated by the Grizzlies 119-91 to tie the series by an aggregate score.

In the third game, the Grizzlies are at home, Maddie continues to break out in this game, Wang Zhizhi is dumb, and on the Lakers' side, the Big Three continue to make stable contributions.

In the end, the Lakers defeated the Grizzlies 100-89 on the road, leading the Grizzlies 2-1 in the series.

In the last group of matchups, although the Raptors have a duo of Vince Carter and Carmelo Anthony, they were also a little dismal in the face of the Pistons, who defended history-making games, losing consecutive games in the second and third games.

It was already a match point by the Pistons.

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San Antonio, SBC Center Arena.

Johi met with league president David Stern again, and this time Stern arrived to present the award for the best defensive player.

Not Ron Artest, of course, but Spurs' Tim Duncan.

This season, the Spurs rank among the top three in the league in defensive statistics, and Tim Duncan is averaging 22.3 points, 12.4 rebounds, 3.1 assists, 0.9 steals and 2.7 blocks per game.

In the end, he was voted the best defensive player of the season.

In fact, when it comes to team defensive stats and individual defensive stats, Ben Wallace should be the better this season, and the Pistons are the league's best in all defensive stats.

And Big Ben averaged 9.5 points, 12.4 rebounds, 1.8 steals and 3.0 blocks per game this season, and the rebounds were on par with Duncan, and the steals and blocks were higher than Duncan.

But Big Ben is already the best defensive player in two consecutive years, and the league obviously can't give Big Ben three consecutive villages.

So, because of various factors, Duncan lifted this Dpoy trophy!

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After Duncan lifted the trophy at home, the game began.

Yao Ming adjusted his form for a few days, and at the beginning of this game, he finally fired, facing the defense of Tyshawn Prince, Yao Ming scored consecutive points and quickly broke the Spurs' mid-range defense.

In the first quarter, the Rockets led the Spurs by 7 points at 24:17.

In the second quarter, the two teams rotated their lineups again.

In this game, Popovich did a lot of work in terms of rotating the lineup, and the Spurs kept two of the GDP in the rotation lineup, and then, maintained the pressure on the Rockets on the offensive end.

In the first half of the second quarter, the Rockets failed to further widen the difference.

But in the second half, after Yao Ming returned to the court, the Rockets' offense broke out again, and then at halftime, the Rockets led the Spurs by 9 points at 51:42.

In the second half, Popovich made adjustments, and he continued to find a way on the defensive end.

Duncan re-faced Yao Ming, and Popovich realized that Yao Ming was the most critical point for the Rockets, and if Yao Ming was in good shape, then the only way for the Spurs to win was to lock Yao Ming.

As for the mid-range help defense and supplemental defense, Popovich handed it over to Tyshawn Prince, and he could only pray that Prince could do a good job of supplementing and assisting the defense.

But Popovich clearly underestimated the individual attack power of the Rockets' outside trio.

In the third quarter, with Yao Ming being restricted by Duncan, Wade exploded, hitting consecutive mid-range strong shots and one-on-one against Tyshawn Prince and Bruce Bowen.

Wade made 6 of 9 shots and scored 15 points in a single quarter!

After three quarters, the Rockets led the Spurs by 14 points, 80:66!

In the fourth quarter, the Spurs played the main game, no matter how the next game was played, and after frantically increasing the intensity, they only played a 24-24 with the Rockets.

In the end, the Rockets won 104:90 and went to the next city!

Four games later, the Rockets won the Western Conference semifinals with a total score of 3:1.

This game is completely a two-man show of Wade and Yao Ming, who are in hot form, Wade scored 35 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal and 1 block, and Yao Ming scored 28 points, 13 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks.

The Rockets started from the middle range and completely broke the Spurs' defense!

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In terms of the other three groups of matchups, the Pistons won the fourth game, and they have already swept their opponents in four games, Vince Carter and Carmelo Anthony are out, and the two are scheduled to come back next year!

The Nets played their offense again on their second road trip and then won 99-85 to tie the series 2-2 together.

The Lakers and Grizzlies also played to the last minute, and then at the critical moment, Maddy hit three three-pointers in a row, and the Grizzlies narrowly won by 102-97, 5 points, and the series was also tied in the overall score. 8)