The Rockets relied on Bodiloga's last-minute three-pointer to beat the Pistons on their home court, and when the game ended, Hill stood on the court, unwilling to leave for a long time.

Because, he still doesn't believe it, he originally mastered the final winner, but he was easily killed like this, Hill really couldn't believe it.

Stackhouse walked over to Hill and whispered, "Okay, Grant, we lost, don't think too much, the league is like that." ”

Ciel nodded heavily, turned around and walked away with his confusion.

The Rockets, on the other hand, were celebrating their hard-earned victory, and the Pistons' two muskets played really well today. forced the Rockets to take out most of their strength to solve them, and although they won the game in the end, the experience of the game was definitely not easy.

And Tiger on the sidelines thought of the replacement candidate for his guard line after Bodi Loga left, and his mood was also refreshed, and Amy next to him, driving Tiger who was still frowning just now, was already full of spring breeze at this time, and asked very strangely: "Tiger, I just saw that you still had a sad face, why did it change after such a while." ”

Tiger looked at his wife a little proudly, and said with a smile: "Your husband has figured out some problems, which are very important for the future development of the rocket, so now I am refreshed, and the problem is solved." ”

Thinking of this, Tiger burst into laughter again.

Afterwards, Tiger approached Dawson to discuss his choice, and at this time, the Rockets were about to challenge San Antonio to the Spurs.

This year's Spurs can be described as old, several uncle-level figures in the team are about to lose their ability, and the whole team is counting on Duncan to stand alone, and now the only one in the team who Duncan must support is Barkley, and the combat effectiveness of this old monster is really not much less.

However, this time against the Rockets on his home court, this old man vowed to give the Rockets a good look. Because, after they finish their home game, the two teams will go to the home court of the Rockets to compete, if they don't beat the Rockets on their home court, then they will basically have no hope of going to the home court of the Rockets.

Once the game started, both sides gave their all, because both sides knew their opponents very well, and there was no need to hide anything.

It can be said that the old men of the Spurs have a very good grasp of the rhythm changes on the court, and it can be said that if these old men were 3 years younger, they could basically sweep the league, but time is the most powerful killer, and no one can escape their pursuit.

But today's Spurs just showed their tenacious fighting ability, very tenacious, the old men of the Spurs can be said to have taken out all their strength to deal with the Rockets, they really want to defeat the Rockets, because they have not defeated the Rockets many times.

When the first quarter of the game ended, the old men of the Spurs pressed the Rockets under him, ** Vicky looked at the old men under his hands, and he was very emotional, he knew that these people really wanted to defeat the opponent in front of him.

** Vicky said in a deep voice: "Guys, I know you want to beat the Rockets too much, but I now ask you to let go of the concept of victory and defeat in your hearts, just relax yourself as if this game is an exhibition game, and if you fight like this, you will not be able to stand it." ”

David? Robinson shook his head and said very gloomily: "Coach, this may be our last chance, the Rockets are already the prototype of a dynasty, and we are already in the final period of our professional life, maybe we will not have a championship, but we still have a chance to beat the strongest team in this era, it can be regarded as a little comfort, isn't it, brothers." ”

The old men of the Spurs all nodded with deep faces, and Duncan, a man with facial paralysis, finally showed a heavy expression, the rocket in front of him has become a big mountain, pressing on the head of the Spurs, and Garnett is also like a mountain, pressing on him, although when he faces Garnett, the data of the two are basically drawn, but the strong overall strength of the rocket is no longer something that he can shake alone.

After the start of the second quarter of the game, the Rockets accelerated the pace of the game, and played a wave of high-speed offense under the leadership of Bodi Loga, but in this game, the old men of the Spurs showed strong rhythm control ability, when the Spurs stabilized and competed, the average team is really not their opponent, even the Rockets may not be their opponents, think about one of the two 50 superstars in their team, with Duncan, Mario? Elie and Steve? An old fritter like Kerr is enough for any team to drink a pot.

The game is also developing in this direction, when the second quarter of the game is over, the Spurs still firmly grasp the rhythm of the court, the old men of the Spurs seem to be collectively rejuvenated, one by one as if they are in their prime, running actively, attacking fiercely, such a change, so that the Rockets are very uncomfortable.

When he returned to the locker room, the atmosphere of the rocket seemed rather depressing, but Lao Tang didn't feel anything, and said loudly: "What's the matter, stinky boys, it's very uncomfortable to be defeated by a group of old men." ”

The Rockets all bowed their heads and stopped talking, so they listened to Lao Tang continue: "You know, you guys will be like this, okay, don't hang your head, the Spurs are also quite powerful, look at Barkley, David?" Players like Robinson know their background, you have to know that as long as such an old man breaks out, no one can stop him, I don't believe you can ask Hakim, an old guy like them, but very cunning. ”

The Rocket crowd chuckled, and the oppressive atmosphere was relaxed.

Olajuwon smiled and said: "You must know, think of an old guy like us, if you go against someone with a heart, the person who is called the opponent will not feel good, the current spurs are like this, we have been stepping on the corpse of the spurs for a few years, it is normal for people to have a bottom fire on us, and after so many years of suffering, you still don't let the family be a winner." ”

Lao Tang continued: "What Hakim said is very right, but you also let the Spurs know that the Rockets are not easy to deal with, and if they want to win us, they have to show some real skills." ”

After halftime adjustments, the third quarter of the game between the Rockets and the Spurs became more pressing, and the Rockets also gave up their fast play and began to compete with the Spurs.

The whole third quarter of the game was extremely depressing, and both sides began to compete in rhythm and control, and this rhythm in today's game, it is obviously the Spurs' superior skills, and the old men played very well today.

By the time the third quarter ended, the Rockets were already 10 points ahead.

Such a result is something that the Rockets players did not expect, they have always been in control of the tempo, but what they didn't expect is that today they were suppressed by the Spurs in the control of the tempo.

These are things that no one expected.

After the start of the fourth quarter, the Rockets began to fight back, they were unwilling to be defeated by a bunch of old men, Garnett faced Duncan's defense, and whispered: "Tim, you guys played well today, leading us for three quarters, but in the last quarter we will definitely come back and win." ”

Duncan still looked at his opponent with such a blank face, looked at Garnett without saying a word, and looked at Garnett's straight hair, Garnett continued: "Dude, don't look at me like that, okay?" You look like this, look at me, how do I think I'm a dead man? ”

Duncan still didn't speak, looking at Duncan's appearance, Garnett knew that he couldn't move Duncan, so he could only turn around and jump and throw the ball to the basket.

Unfortunately, Garnett's luck in the fourth quarter was very bad today, and this was Garnett's fourth iron in the fourth quarter.

The entire fourth quarter of the game was spent in the sound of the Rockets' iron, maybe the iron is contagious, in the fourth quarter of the game, the Rockets only scored a pitiful 16 points, while the Spurs scored 22 points.

When the game ended, the Rockets looked at the 16-point gap, and one by one they could only walk out of the Spurs' ATT arena with their heads down, they really had no face, they didn't lose to their opponents, they lost to themselves, and the Rockets, who shot no more than 30% of the entire fourth quarter of the game, really lost to themselves.

96:80。

Spurs picked up a rare victory.

After the game, ** Vicky was very happy and highly praised his players, while Lao Tang smiled and said: See you at the Sky Arena.

On the way to the hotel, the players of the Rockets looked a little depressed, after all, who is uncomfortable after losing a game, looking at all this, Lao Tang didn't say anything, because sometimes, failure is also a good medicine, and they can also treat many diseases.

The somewhat dull Rockets are back on their home court, where they have to face the Spurs who just beat them, and the Rockets who are back at home are holding their breath and ready to give their opponents a good look.

On February 21, 2000, two days after the Spurs defeated the Rockets, the Spurs faced their opponents again on the Rockets' home court.

When the game started, the Rockets showed their kingly spirit again, but they consumed too much physical strength in the last game. The Spurs in this game looked very weak, and even the youngest Duncan was very weak in this game.

Seeing such a Spurs, the Rockets will not let go, and they have just defeated their opponents, and the Rockets set the tone of the whole game from the end of the first quarter of the game, that is, a big victory.

Yes, a big victory, the Rockets who are holding back their strength no matter how their opponents feel, the Rockets in this game can definitely dunk on the offensive end and never go to the basket.

In this case, Da Yao has become more conspicuous after he came on the court, and the cooperation between Da Yao and Garnett has become more and more tacit, and now the two can basically know what the other party wants to do with a gesture.

At the last moment of the first quarter, Da Yao and Garnett played a classic combination, and Da Yao squeezed David behind him with his back? Robinson, Garnett ran to the basket around Da Yao, Da Yao was very clever and blocked Duncan, and at the moment of blocking Duncan, Da Yao hit the ball on the ground, and the basketball from David? Robinson's crotch passed, and it had been wrapped around the hands of Garnett under the basket, and Garnett, who was easily basketball, had a beautiful backhand dunk, and the basketball was smashed directly into the basket.

Da Yao and Garnett, who performed a wonderful match, were very happy, and the two bumped fists to celebrate, and David, who became the background? Robinson could only look at his opponent and leave with a smile.

And this kind of cooperation has become a common performance in this game, and fans at the Rockets' home court no longer know whether the game they are watching is the regular season or the All-Star weekend.

The powerful Rockets, in their own continued performance, after the start of the second quarter Rockets' dunks, ultra-long-distance passes, and incredible assists, dominated the rest of the game, and at halftime, the Rockets had extended the score of the two sides to 20 points.

At a time when people thought that in the second half of the game, the Rockets would become conservative and the beautiful offense would not appear, the Rockets started their performance again at the end of the day.

When the main players came off the court, the Rockets' benches began to show their firepower, Daniels's assists, Mobley's three-pointers and breakaways, and Halprin also waved his big elbows to intimidate the Spurs' old men, Mark Jr.? Jackson showed solid basket skills in front of Duncan, and Da Yao even faced the admiral, showing amazing basket skills.

When the whole game was over, the Rockets gave the opponent a huge score of 122:90, and the Rockets returned the Spurs with 32 points, twice as many as in the previous game.

Looking at the Spurs who left the court with their heads down, the Rockets players expressed their depression well, and after this game, the fact that the Rockets were cautious was even more confirmed.

After defeating the Spurs, the Rockets were going to the East to challenge the Hornets, and when the Rockets left for the East, Tiger was in his office and Dawson was studying the issue of Tiger's backup guard.

Dawson listened to Tiger's thoughts, and was silent for a long time before saying: "Boss, I also appreciate the person you are talking about, if he is at his peak, he can be said to be the top hungry existence in the league, he is a Shaq, Garnett, Duncan, Hill, Kidd like an existence, but his injury will be a huge threat." ”

Tiger nodded, agreeing with Dawson's opinion, but Tiger immediately said: "Dawson, what I want is not a complete state of him, you must know, a complete state of him, commanding and destroying the current personnel balance of the Rockets and the distribution of ball possession, I just want a player who can be a substitute, I don't want him in a complete state, he even needs to have 50% of his strength at his peak." You know, with Ray? Allen's gradual maturation, as the core of the team's backcourt, Ray? Allen will have a lot of time with the ball, and the basketball will remain a big threat in his hands, so we don't need a strong man at point guard. Actually, I have a better option, he can be said to be the poor version of Stockton, although he is very depressed now, but he is definitely a player with a bright future, but after this person grows up, it is possible to destroy the internal balance of the Rockets now, so I can only give up. ”

Dawson knew that his boss had never been bad at seeing people, and he was very confident in this, Dawson nodded and said, "Boss, I understand your thoughts, but the problem of injuries, how to solve it." ”

Tiger smiled, didn't say anything, and directly handed Dawson a piece of information, Dawson took it and looked at it carefully, when he looked at the information, Dawson's face became more and more relaxed, and at the end, Dawson closed the folder with a 'snap', and said with a smile: "Boss, it seems that you are very well prepared." ”

Tiger smiled and said a little proudly: "Hehe, if you don't prepare enough, I won't be able to pass this plan with you." ”

Dawson was also happy when he heard this, and said: "You are the boss, I have to listen to you for everything, and I can't help it if you want it." ”

Tiger listened to Dawson's words, stood up with a smile, walked to the front of the bookcase, reached out to open the bookcase, took out a cigar and lit it, and said: "I'm a good boss, I don't want the fans and club staff to say that I'm a talent, that will be short-lived." I now have a wife and children, and I can enjoy a few more years of happiness if I live a few more years. ”

Dawson listened to Tiger's words, laughed and said, "Boss, how old are you, if you say that you want to be happy, then I have to go out and go home." ”

The two also laughed, and after laughing, Tiger said: "Now we will look at his worth, this kid's annual salary is nine million." It's a little bit more. ”

Dawson nodded and said, "Yes, but money is not a problem for us, because I know that you are poor and only have money left." ”

When Tiger heard this, he fainted, is this his general manager? Hey, it's not nice to meet someone.

Dawson watched Tiger's hand tremble at him, shrugged his shoulders indifferently, and continued, "That's what you said, I just listened to you." ”

Tiger couldn't say anything anymore, waved his hand and said, "Okay, you can deal with this problem, I know that after this season he can choose to jump out of the contract year, money is not an issue." How did I meet such a general manager, failure is really failure. ”

Seeing Tiger's depressed look, Dawson left with a satisfied face, there are not many opportunities to tease his boss like this.

However, when Dawson left, Tiger smiled happily, stood in front of the window, and muttered, "I don't know if the worst guy in history who has been tortured by injuries can be reborn in the Rockets, our 'penny' Hardaway." ”

Thinking of this, Tiger smiled very proudly, and after picking up the newspaper on the table and watching the news of the Rockets' big win over the Spurs, Tiger chuckled and said, "This is really, youth is everything, isn't it." ”

(To be continued)