Chapter 185: The Playoffs Are Approaching
Crazy for two days in a row, Totoro only felt that he was dim when he went out on the third day, his feet were floating and his whole body was weak, and fortunately he didn't have to play in the Rockets game tomorrow, otherwise it would be a problem whether he could play the strength of the CBA, and he would be beaten up no matter how he faced it, and the advantages he had accumulated in the NBA were probably ruined in a game.
"I can't be so overindulged in the future, Grandpa Mao is right, hedonism is the enemy of all proletariats, this must be the beauty assigned by capitalism to tempt me again, I must resist the pressure in the future, just do only one a day."
Thinking back to yesterday's events, Totoro is very crazy when he thinks about it, even if Bujai is concerned, she still knows a little bit about her character, otherwise at least she won't have been avoiding her, but Taylor Swift's performance yesterday made her a little staggered, he originally thought that the little singer would be crazy when he woke up, at least he would not cooperate, but who knew that Bujay would make Taylor Swift become obedient with a few skillful skills, and Totoro found out, Bujay is the best S, Taylor Swift is the best M, The two of them together just happened to be a couple.
After a short period of madness, My Neighbor Totoro drove back to his luxurious villa with 14 bedrooms, 6 bathrooms, 3 bathrooms, 3 living rooms, 2 kitchens, 2 parking lots and a swimming pool. The first floor is built into a zoo according to the meaning of Totoro, when Totoro did not have the strength in the past, he always likes to raise some stray cats and dogs to play, and now with financial resources, he has built this place into a safari park.
In the United States, there is nothing that cannot be bought with US dollars or things that cannot be done, although this principle is also common in Greater China, but no one in China will do something that violates the law, but many things in the United States are legally allowed, such as domesticating lions, tigers, crocodiles, etc., as long as you have the money to buy and raise them, let the relevant security departments come and check whether the facilities for domesticating animals are safe, and then go to the city government to report, you can raise those strange things.
My neighbor totoro now has three Alaskan dogs, three cats, two lions, and an Indonesian tiger in the villa, but these guys are still a month or two when they are just weaned, and Totoro puts these little ones together and watches them play happily.
Have you ever seen a dog and a cat bullying a lion and a tiger together? I believe you definitely don't believe that this kind of thing happens, but Totoro's home is such a strange situation, because dogs and cats grow faster than lions and tigers, so now the feline boss still belongs to the stage of being bullied, and when they grow up, of course, they can retaliate back, but it is estimated that at that time Totoro will have to throw them into the breeding cage specially prepared for them, even if they want to revenge, they probably have no chance.
There are only 13 people in such a large villa, in addition to the three Totoro himself, there are 10 newly hired maids, but such a few people are not enough to take care of the whole villa, counting 3 full-time cooks, 3 who specialize in raising animals, only 4 people are engaged in hygiene, how is this enough? And there's more to the villa than just a few things to do every day.
Ivy and Lufa dreamed of building this place into a medieval castle, which needed more maids, flower repairers, weeders, housekeepers, maintenance of antiques, because My Neighbor Totoro's villa was close to the sea and maintained yachts, these miscellaneous things had to hire special people to be competent, but these technical talents were not easy to hire, Ivy and Lufa were against beautiful maids, and Totoro was against male maids other than housekeepers appearing in his house, and the two sides were still arguing about this matter, I guess they won't be able to hire servants until there are results.
The two games of the ban passed in the blink of an eye, and seeing that the playoffs were coming to an end, all teams began to sprint with all their might.
The teams that make the playoffs are desperately clinging to their home advantage, the lower echelons are desperately trying to grab their home advantage, the teams on the fringes of the playoffs are desperately squeezing into the playoff queue, and the teams that are sure to miss the playoffs are desperately dropping to the bottom of the table in an effort to draw a good signing to rebuild the team next year.
The most embarrassing thing in it is the New York Knicks, the 76ers and the Grizzlies, each of them has a first-round pick in the hands of the Rockets, which is also due to the calculations of the Rockets' shrewd manager Morey, originally he and Alexander were ready to give up this year's playoffs, and wanted to sell all the main players of the team except Yao Ming, so as to plan for the next few years, but who knew that the original main players went away, and the new problem players shone brightly, so by mistake, The Rockets are equivalent to strengthening themselves and investing in the future, now the Knicks and Grizzlies have two first-round picks in the hands of the Rockets, the 76ers have a second-round pick in the hands of the Rockets, but these three teams are still poor, the Rockets replaced the players in the past and failed to play a role to directly put their team into a rebuilding period, and their predicament has also fulfilled the Rockets, not to mention how depressed they are.
The Knicks are second to last in the league, the 76ers are fourth from the bottom, and the Grizzlies are fifth from the bottom, which is equivalent to the Rockets having at least one top-three draft pick next year, a top-10 draft pick and a second-round top-five pick.
In fact, the Rockets still want a draft pick from the Clippers, because the Clippers are the first-to-last, and the draft pick in their hands is likely to be a first-round pick, and the Clippers are also easy to trade, because they are eager to get rid of the burden of the depraved bearded Davis and the old and useless Carman, the two big contracts, and the Rockets are also willing to take over, as long as the Clippers are willing to take the top bridge, everyone else in the Rockets can be used as bargaining chips except for Totoro and Yao Ming.
It's just that the Rockets have not reached a consensus with the Clippers, because the only difference between the two sides is the issue of Totoro, the Clippers insisted on Totoro, they said that as long as Totoro is added, they can pay any chips if the salary is matched, but the only thing that the Rockets refuse to trade out is Totoro, and the two teams are stuck on it.
Not long ago, a reporter asked Adelman and Morey, let them say that now there is anyone in the league who can impress them to change Totoro, Adelman is still more polite, because as a coach, it is possible to work in other teams in the future, the old man casually said Duncan, Howard, James, Wade, Kobe, Paul, the names of these league bigwigs, but Morey is not so subtle, his boss is still Chinese, the shrewd general manager said that no one in the league can impress him to change Totoro alone, But he said it in a humorous way.
"There's only one Chinese player in the league who can trade me for Long, but now that player happens to be on our team, so I don't think there's anyone in the league who can trade him alone."
Isn't that obvious enough? directly included those other superstars in the league, so that this sentence also caused many American fans to protest, but this did not have much impact, because Totoro has an equally large number of members, and they are not afraid of anyone when it comes to online tearing them.
The Rockets won one and lost one in the Totoro suspension game, and the Rockets played their first game against the Howard-led Magic team after their comeback.
In the first quarter, I don't know if Totoro did high-risk and physically demanding sports yesterday or if he had been absent from the battle formation for a long time, he was covered with three blood caps by Howard in the first quarter, and one of them was directly confiscated by the monster to Congkong, which made Totoro's black fans feel a climax, and at the same time made Howard feel excited, you must know that not any center in the league can cover Totoro now, compared to Totoro Yan has deducted so many inside lines in front, his own blocks can show that he is actually the first center in the league.
The Rockets trailed by 10 points at 16-26 in the first quarter, and the 16 points were also the Rockets' lowest first-quarter scoring since the start of the season.
But the good times didn't last long, just when Sparks and his magic team were complacent, in the second quarter, Totoro seemed to have opened up the second vein of Ren Du in his body, and directly dunked four balls in front of Howard, and the monster that did not foul once in the first quarter was forced to leave the court with three fouls, and the Rockets scored 36 points in a single quarter in the second quarter, of which Totoro himself scored 19 points, and the Magic's proud defense line was broken through by Totoro alone.
In the third quarter, the Magic team whimically adopted a three-man trap tactic against Totoro, and the Rockets couldn't react at once, and the Magic hit a 24-8 attack wave, and they entered the fourth quarter with a disadvantage of falling behind by 10.
At the end of the game, both sides came up with their true skills, and the team's score was also staggered alternately, in the last minute, Yao Ming was under the defense of Warcraft, forced a hook hit, and tied the score, and then Nelson broke through Calderon jumper for Magic to regain the lead, Yao Ming once again singled Magic to win, Turkoglu formed an aerial connection with Warcraft in the midline position, and at the critical moment, Totoro himself stood up, and he first forced a three-point shot in front of Bass, Then he wittily stealed the opponent's serve and played a two-and-one, and after hitting the free throw, the Magic team had no chance to fight back.
After the game, the MVP was awarded to the little giant, Yao Ming came to the strength every time he hit Howard, and this time was no exception, Da Yao cut down 32 points and 14 boards of luxury double-double data, although he did not have the kind of savior drama that Totoro was in line with the personal heroism of American fans, but the little giant has been continuous and stable output, which is something that all players, including Totoro, can't do.
After taking out the Magic, the Rockets started their last consecutive road trip of the season, going to Dallas to be single-handedly killed by the old driver who was blown up, revenge by the Suns in Phoenix, and Duncan shooting in San Antonio.
Except for the Mavericks' game where Nowitzki was too accurate, the other games, although they were lost in a pity, have traces to follow, and that is that these teams are teams with star power forwards and star point guards.
Don't look at the Rockets' lineup that seems to have both offense and defense, but every time they face a team with powerful power forwards and guards, Iguodala and Totoro and Battier can organize a strong defensive line that can restrain all scoring guards and small forwards in the league, but they don't have a good way to face players who are one position higher or one position lower than them, the defensive guards are not as flexible as them, and the defensive power forwards are not as good as their tonnage, and the weaknesses of these two positions Adelman and Morey are well aware, But these two don't have a good way, the trade door has been closed after the All-Star Game, and even if they don't close, they don't have too good chips to choose the right players, this league is like this, unless it is the player's own choice, no team can have four or five All-Stars, three is already the ceiling of a team, and the team's salary space can't be satisfied at all, and the ball of the game can't be distributed, even if someone voluntarily makes sacrifices, David Stern's league era will not allow for players to sign up for the league either.
In the fourth game to challenge the weak Timberwolves, Totoro who learned from the pain showed a good performance on the rookie, and the triple-double data of 20 points, 14 rebounds and 14 assists responded to the previous three consecutive defeats in response to the previous three consecutive defeats Others questioned him, the Rockets defeated the opponent 99:86, although the opposite Lefu also brushed a 16 points and 18 boards out, Totoro himself was very curious about how this guy who was silent on the court did it.
The fifth game won against the Raptors, the sixth game won the king, and the seventh game lost to the Bucks, it is worth mentioning that the United Arab Emirates broke out in the game and scored 26 points and 14 rebounds, and also staged several dunks in the Rockets' restricted area, but the players who were looking forward to this Chinese derby game were really happy, but in the second year, the Green Arrows, who averaged only 11.3 points per game, were too weird to break out this time, and many conspiracy theorists shouted that this was Totoro and Yao Ming.
In the eighth game, the Rockets beat the Trail Blazers four times on the road, and in the ninth game they killed the Kings again on their home court, and the Rockets have unwittingly surpassed the Spurs to rise to second place in the West.
At the same time, the playoff schedule is also very clear, and they still face the Trail Blazers in the playoffs, and there is a small probability of facing the Mavericks.
The Trailblazers are crying now, they didn't want to face the Rockets' recent deliberate losing streak, and finally let themselves lose from sixth in the West to seventh in the West, but the Rockets also rose to second in the West with a wave of consecutive wins, as if they bit their opponents, the damn Houston guys.