Chapter 315: The brutal semi-finals

Tiger witnessed the life-and-death battle between the Rockets and the Trail Blazers at home, and the tense atmosphere almost stopped his heart, but the result was still good, relying on a backcourt rebound in the last minute of Big Ben, the Rockets were lucky to beat the Trail Blazers on their home court.

And Big Ben's classic quote: "Rebundingisntbuttesizefyurbdy, itsbuttesizefyurert." "Rebounding doesn't depend on your body, it depends on your heart.

It also let Tiger know what a delicate heart this big man with a somewhat vicious face has, which Tiger did not expect.

After having breakfast at his home, Tiger drove to the office of the Rockets, watching the happy atmosphere in the Rocket Club, Tiger was also very happy, and the victory of the Rockets also encouraged the members of his office and made them more confident in their club.

After entering his office and asking his secretary to bring him a cup of tea, he turned on his computer and browsed through today's news about nBA.

After browsing for a while, he was replaced by esPn columnist Mark ? Stan's chapter is intrigued, and the title of this chapter is "The Mighty Western Army".

Tiger read the whole chapter with great interest, and it was written: The semifinals of the East and West of the 99-oo season have ended, and I have to say that the current form of the league is absolutely strong in the West and weak in the East, let's take a look at the West, Rockets, Lakers, Trail Blazers, Jazz, Suns, Spurs, these can be said to be the strongest teams in the league, and they will know how strong they are in the light of their records.

I don't want to read their players and analyze their strength, I just want to tell you the fact that the league has reached the east wind.

Since Michael? After Jordan's retirement, the Western Conference team has hoarded enough star players for themselves to ensure their combat effectiveness.

Look at the Rockets, the Trail Blazers, the Lakers, their workhorses facelift, what do you have to question and they will dominate the league for the next 5 years.

I really don't know if there is a team in the East that can compete with them, and if you count it, the Pacers, the Hawks and the Heat can play against them.

Mark? Star's whole chapter is a reading of the strength of the West and the weakness of the East. However, Tiger knows that the East is not very weak now, especially the Hawks, as long as they run in well, Tiger believes that they will become the strong man in the league.

Still, Mark? Starr is also right, according to the current configuration, it will be very difficult for any Eastern team to get the final victory.

It was in the previous life that the East laughed and said that in the end it was when the civilian F4 defeated the Lakers' superstar F4, but now the Pistons' F4 doesn't know where it is.

Big Ben Rocket's won't let go, Rashid? Wallace has a strong teammate, and he won't be thinking about leaving, Hamilton, that kid is still in the Wizards, Prince is still in college, and 'Flounder' is still swimming.

Thinking of this, Tiger closed the chapter and continued to flip through it, when a front-page review of the sports section of the Los Angeles Times drew him back in.

Ja Adander, this guy he also knew a little bit about in later life, started in the Los Angeles Times, and then jumped to esPn, and the chapter is still good.

Looking at the title, Tiger whispered: ""There is no defeat in youth, victory depends on your heart", hehe, it's a little interesting. "Looking at this kid's description of the details of the game between the Rockets and the Trail Blazers, Tiger feels very intimate, this chapter is always narrating the fierce game as a spectator, he is just telling, without adding any subjective judgments, it is really very rare, but you want to make a Los Angeles fan like the Rockets and the Trail Blazers a little sleepy, this is not bad without hitting the two teams.

The whole chapter is written in one go, which makes Tiger very enjoyable to read, and the details are also very well described, which is a good chapter. After reading it, Tiger watched it again with some unfinished thoughts.

Well, it's very well written, and it makes an extremely profound description of the Rockets and the Trail Blazers, which is really worthy of being the best basketball commentator in the future.

After reading one chapter, Tiger looked for reports of several other semifinals.

First of all, the game between the Lakers and the Suns, many people were very optimistic about Tianyang before the game, and with the injury of Penny, there was no news of the confrontation between Penny and the Shark.

And the Lakers still have a certain advantage in overall strength. However, after the game began, the combat power of the sun let everyone know that the sun is not so easy to deal with.

The game between the two sides started in the heart of Stamps, the home court of the Lakers, and after the game began, the Suns became a team that could really threaten the Lakers under the leadership of Kidd, Crawford? Robinson and Gugliotta's two big interior lines began to threaten, although the two were almost no threat to O'Neal defensively, but on offense, O'Neal and Ac Green were a little helpless, neither of them was very fast, and Crawford? Robinson and Gugliotta both had decent shots, and with the two of them pulling and pulling in a row, Kidd's missile-like pass, Harper Sr. simply couldn't deal with a guy like Kidd.

The Lakers are a little helpless, but their new power forward O? Johnson played well after coming on as a substitute for Ac Green, and his good mobility complemented O'Neal, which, combined with good offensive ability, largely suppressed the Suns' offense.

But what people didn't expect was that Chapman, who was old and couldn't run, exploded in the last quarter, and after hitting 4 three-pointers in a row, the Suns snatched a victory in the Lakers' appearance at the last moment.

o7:o

The Lakers lost very aggrievedly, and O'Neal, who was on fire, burst out of his anger in the second game between the two teams.

In the second game, the Suns players saw a rampaging O'Neal, a rampaging shark, who could handle him? Hehe, it doesn't seem to be.

When the game was over, the Suns were beaten by one man, and 'Big Shark' O'Neal scored 44 points alone, who could stop it.

The Suns gritted their teeth and returned to their home court, where Suns players had already won a win on their opponent's home court and regained home-court advantage.

But are the Lakers so easy to deal with? Obviously not, when the third game Kobe? Bryant and Glenn? After Rice teamed up for five points, the Suns' home-court advantage became a decoration.

o:9, the Lakers win again.

In the fourth game, the collapsed Suns began to counterattack, and when Kidd carried the basketball again and again to the unguarded position, the Lakers players knew that they were out of play in this game.

Kidd, who had 9 points, assists and rebounds, became the hero of the Suns in this game, and that magical swing let everyone know that the Suns are still strong.

At 95:9o, the Suns pulled one back.

In the fifth battle of Tianwang Mountain, O'Neill was full of spirit, and his powerful lethality on the inside line was clear in this game. O'Neal once again destroyed the Suns with his own strength, scoring 47 points in a single game, making everyone exclaim, who can stop this huge guy.

At 99:9, the Lakers won the battle of Tianwang Mountain.

The Lakers, who returned to their home court, did not give the Suns another chance, although Kidd still played 7 points, rebounds and assists, but the Lakers still won the final victory, because Kobe? Bryant, the kid, scored six points and led the Lakers to the final victory.

At 96:88, the Lakers won the final victory, and the big score was 4: defeated the Suns.

In this way, the Rockets and Lakers will meet in the Western Conference Finals. Seeing this, Tiger smiled, and smiled very brightly, because someone broke the news again.

Bryant told reporters after the game: "The Rockets are not scary, they are not invincible, the Trail Blazers are doing very well right now, and I very much hope that the opponent I see in the Western Conference Finals is the Trail Blazers." ”

When the reporter asked: "If the Rockets end up being an opponent, how should the Lakers deal if they win." ”

Kobe Bryant just shrugged his shoulders and said, "That's what the Rockets are all about, the Lakers can completely beat them." ”

Tiger looked at Kobe's remarks in the newspaper, but just smiled and didn't say anything, because O'Neal's words later were even more arrogant.

O'Neal said at a press conference after the elimination of the Suns: "I'm ready to eliminate the Rockets, the Rockets are very strong. However, the Lakers are now stronger than the Rockets, and now the Lakers are arguably the best Lakers team in recent years, and my teammates and I are fully confident that we can kick the Rockets back home. ”

Tiger knows that the shark has a grudge in his heart now, this is also human nature, the rocket has rejected him, the shark is not an open-minded person, he will remember such things for a lifetime.

Tiger shook his head with a smile and closed the news about the Lakers and focused on the game coverage of the Hawks and Heat. Soon, a commentary on the Eagles in the sports section of the Atlanta Daily News caught Tiger's eye.

The report said: Although this year's Eagles have a new inner core, and Mutombo is gone, the addition of the national boy has not reduced the Eagles' combat effectiveness in the slightest, especially after entering the semifinals against the league's best striker Alonzo? When Mo Ning, this kid from the country showed his strong combat effectiveness, his not huge body contains huge strength, even against the shark in Los Angeles, our country boy can not flinch, and in the face of Mo Ning, who is obviously one size smaller than the shark, this country kid has an advantage, although his pace is still a little slow, but you ask for a forward with the pace of a defender, it is obviously impossible, do you think everyone is Olajuwon? It's impossible.

When the two met for the first time, the eagle showed extremely strong combat effectiveness, and Mo Ning did not take any advantage in front of the national boy, and after being slightly inferior in strength, Mo Ning wanted to use his skills to teach the national boy a lesson. But Mourning obviously forgot one thing, that is, the national boy's sparring partner in the Rockets is Olajuwon.

Mo Ning, who was suppressed throughout the game, looked helpless after the game, and it was clear from his face how much pressure our national boy put on him.

Victory in the first game.

In the next game, the swing of the national boy directly affected the swing of the Hawks, and in the second game, the swing of the national boy was still excellent, and he showed his power on the inside of the Heat, and coupled with the murderous reputation of the national boy, the Heat's defense against him was obviously much cleaner, and the Heat's players didn't want to spend the rest of their lives in wheelchairs.

85:77, Hawks big score: o leads the opponent.

The third game was not so easy to play, and the Heat, who returned to their home court, were more tenacious on defense and had more small actions. Even the country boy was secretly plotted a few times.

Although, the Hawks put up a stubborn resistance, but at home 10,000 Heat fans cheered, the Heat 9:86, in their own crash to pull back one.

And the national boy was suppressed by Mourning and PJ Brown, and some of the national boys who were not very suitable only scored 4 points and 6 rebounds in the whole game, and they were completely dumbfounded.

In the fourth game, the Heat's tactics were still to suppress the national boy, and the national boy was still a little uncomfortable, but the national boy actually sent 7 assists in today's game.

This surprised all the players of the Eagles, although they knew that the national boy could pass the ball, but the assist of the national boy every game or so was often waved today, although the Eagles did not achieve the final victory, but this game was much more intense than the previous game, and the Eagles endured the bombardment of the Eagles outside the line when they were pinching the national boy.

In the fifth game, the battle of Tianwang Mountain, the national boy exploded again, although he did not score a lot in this game, only scored 8 points, but the results of 6 rebounds and assists let everyone know the comprehensiveness of this kid.

A triple-double of the national kid put the Eagles on the road to victory, Steve? Smith is the biggest beneficiary of the assists of the national boys, and most of the assists he scored in the whole game came from the national boys.

In the end, the Hawks defeated the Heat 9:84 and won the battle of Tianwang Mountain.

The performance of the national boy can be called omnipotent, and the Hawks who returned to Phillips Arena did not give the Heat any more chance, and with the score of 7 players on the team, the Hawks defeated the Heat at 9:96 on their home court.

Big Score 4: Defeat the opponent and advance to the Eastern Conference Finals. In this way, the Hawks relied on their overall cooperation and finally reached the Eastern Conference Finals, which made many Hawks fans very excited, and many of them thought that it was the arrival of the national boy that brought the Hawks to the Eastern Conference Finals.

Tiger was very happy to see such a report, and in his own opinion, the eagle of the bus was really going to spread its wings and fly high. Immediately, he began to look for news of the confrontation between the Knicks and the Pacers.

Soon, he found a very interesting comment in the sports section of the New York Times.

The report said: The battle between the Knicks and the Pacers can be described as a battle of fate, and when the Knicks eliminated the Pacers last year, it means that the Pacers will definitely get back.

Let's see how the Pacers got it back, the first game started at the Pacers' home stadium at Conseco Arena, the Knicks were hit hard in the opening game, the Knicks only scored 4 points in the whole quarter, and the Pacers scored 8 points, double the Knicks, do you know why? Because the Pacers' Dutch giant Schmitz is starting to explode.

He scored points in a single quarter, whether it was Ewing, Cott? Thomas or Marcus? Camby, they couldn't stop the big man's hand, and he shot 6 out of 7 in the first quarter, which was really unreasonable. Moreover, the Pacers' defense is extremely tough, and the opponent can only score 4 points in a single quarter, allowing everyone to see the Pacers' toughness again.

When the first game was over, the Pacers had only the Knicks scoring 76 points in the game, while the Pacers had 94 points.

To everyone's attention, the Pacers let the Knicks know what retribution is.

The second game is also at the Conseco Arena, and the Pacers players want to say okay, this game is starting to explode with 'aliens', this guy should go to Mars, you must know that this guy is a point guard, what do you do with so many points, Miller is a scoring guard, aren't you stealing someone's job? Miller, however, doesn't seem to care about that.

I don't know what the 'aliens' ate on the day of the game, his hands were hot, and he shot 5 times in a row, I don't know what he thought.

The 'aliens', who scored 9 points, 8 assists and 5 rebounds in a single game, led the Rockets to an 89-89 victory over the Knicks.

At this point, the Knicks must be excited, or they will really be swept. Sure enough, the Knicks, who returned to their home court, began their own counterattack, Allan? Houston in the third game and Reggie? Miller soared to the ground, and in the end it seemed like the two were evenly matched. But, Kurt? Thomas and Marcus? After the two combined for seven rebounds, the Knicks beat the Pacers 98-9o on their home court to turn the score into .

Just when all the Knicks players thought their team could win again, the Pacers began to fight back.

The fourth game was extremely tragic, and the players on both sides had many quarrels, but they were all suppressed by the referee. The classic moment of the game comes at the last moment when the game is left. Second, the Knicks led the Pacers by two points.

The Pacers were tightly guarded by the Knicks when they were on the ball, and when Cassel received the ball, the rest of the Pacers' players were stared at to death.

And Miller, who finally executed the kill, was also entangled by Sprewell, and there was no room at all, just when the Knicks fans were cheering for their team's victory, the 'alien' accidentally shot away from the three-point line.

After the red light went off, the basketball got into the basket and the Knicks were killed.

It's the so-called coming out to mix is to pay it back, but this time it's a bit fast, relying on Larry last year? Johnson's 'four-pointer', the Knicks eliminated the Pacers, and this game was also a last-minute kill, but the role was changed.

In the last game, the Pacers were even more imposing, and they didn't give the Knicks a chance at all, and at 9:85, the Pacers defeated the Knicks and advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals.

After reading the report, Tiger muttered with a smile: "Rockets vs. Lakers, Hawks vs. Pacers, it seems that the finals of the East and West are another battle between the dragons and tigers." ”