Tiger, Lao Tang and Dawson looked at the record table of this year's league playoffs, especially the record table in the East, and shook their heads vigorously.

Lao Tang was the first to speak: "This year's Knicks team is really weird, even if you beat the Heat in the first round, after all, the Heat have been planted in the hands of the Knicks in the past few years." However, what I didn't expect was that the Hawks were beaten 4:0 by the Knicks, and I really don't know what these crazy boys of the Knicks did. ”

Dawson also shook his head and said, "Is it crazy to play in the East this year, Sprewell, Alain?" Houston and Larry? Johnson, these three boys are really crazy in the playoffs this year, but it's also good that the strongest team in the East has been beaten by them, and now the Pacers are not easy to deal with, but at least they are easier to deal with than the Heat. ”

Tiger listened to the words of the two, paused for a while and said, "That's not easy to say, what do you think will be like if the Knicks continue to be dark." ”

Lao Tang and Dawson were stunned at the same time, glanced at each other, and Lao Tang said: "This seems unlikely, the Knicks defeated the Heat by relying on the final kill, and the victory over the Hawks was because the Hawks were beaten, and the Knicks seemed to be very sleepy if they wanted to defeat the Pacers." ”

Tiger glanced at the two of them and said with a wicked smile, "Hehe, let's make a bet, okay?" ”

Lao Tang and Dawson shook their heads at the same time, and the two said in unison, "It's not good." ”

Looking at the appearance of Lao Tang and Dawson, Tiger said with a sullen face: "Why, I'm so terrible." ”

Dawson touched his nose and said, "Boss, your luck is too good, who is unlucky with the bettor, we are not Paul?" A billionaire like Allen, Rudy's and I have money for retirement, so you might as well save it. ”

Tiger sighed with a lonely face: "It's really lonely, why is no one gambling with me." ”

Dawson and Lao Tang, both of them expressed their contempt for Tiger at the same time, no way, their boss is like this, no one recruits.

Lao Tang waved his hand and said: "Okay, let's stop talking about others, now we have a look at our opponents, although the Spurs are old opponents, but their strength has been greatly improved this year, I don't want us to capsize in the gutter, you must know that the Jazz old ball ruffians, but the Spurs have no temper, if we are not careful, let the Spurs give us a slap, our people will be lost." ”

Tiger picked up a cigar again, lit it and said: "Hehe, yes, these Spurs kids are really not easy to deal with, look at their player configuration, decent point guard 'Little General' Johnson, two big outside pitchers Mario?" Eli, Steve? Kerr, small forward with Barkley, Shaun? Elliott, the inside line is Duncan and David? Robinson, who did the off-court substitute was Perdue. This configuration is definitely a championship-level configuration, and if it weren't for us this year, it is estimated that this year's champion would be the Spurs. ”

After listening to Tiger's analysis, Lao Tang and Dawson both nodded silently, they both knew that Tiger's words were absolutely correct, if it weren't for the existence of the Rockets, then the staffing of the Spurs this year would definitely be at the championship level.

Just listen to Tiger continued: "Actually, our thank you for the suspension of the league this year, if it weren't for the suspension, I'm sure that Jordan will not retire, he will definitely play for a year, and the Rockets will have a good competition, and a paranoid person like Michael will definitely do it, I can be sure of this." If he doesn't retire, we will face more strong opponents this year, and look at the Bulls players who have maintained their better form after the star is gone. Hehe, I have some thoughts now, that is, whether this year's shutdown is to make Jordan go home, these players are only made, and how many people are pressed by Michael can't get out. ”

Lao Tang and Dawson both laughed, and his boss had too many eyes.

Dawson thought for a while and said, "Boss, now the Spurs don't have any major shortcomings, do we have any way to deal with them?" ”

Tiger looked at Dawson with a smile and said, "You shouldn't ask me about this, you should ask Rudy." ”

Dawson was stunned for a moment, then smiled, he didn't expect that he had relied on this young man.

Lao Tang looked bitter and said: "What kind of opponent are you, leave it to me to deal with, we still have some advantages over the Spurs, the Spurs are a bunch of old men playing, look at their people, David?" Robinson, Barkley, Mario? Eli, Steve? Cole and Perdue are both over 30 years old, and their experience and experience are enough, but the physical fitness and impact are far behind, and as long as we grasp this, the Spurs will not be afraid. ”

Lao Tang's analysis is in place, but Tiger always feels that there are shortcomings when he listens, and after thinking for a long time, Tiger said: "Rudy, I always feel that we have undercalculated something, Spurs are not so easy to deal with, I don't know what hole cards they are hiding, but I always feel that they have something not taken out, I am a little worried." ”

Lao Tang shook his head and said: "The current Spurs have released all the hole cards, their players are those, they can only change tactically, as long as they don't have much change in personnel, tactical changes, we are all predictable, the only thing we can't foresee is the change on the field, the personal state of their players, if the Spurs break out in turn, then we are in danger." ”

Tiger thought for a while and said: "yes, then I don't want to, okay, let's go back, Lao Tang, when you go back, tell the players to play well, and after this year's game, I'll take them to have a good time." ”

Lao Tang nodded, didn't say anything, and left hand in hand with Dawson.

The first game of the Western Conference Finals between the Rockets and the Spurs was played on the home court of the Rockets, and before the game began, Lao Tang whispered to the Rockets players in the locker room: "Guys, today's game will be the most difficult game for you this year, you know your opponent, their strength is undoubted, what you have to do now is to defeat the opponent, do you understand?" ”

The rocket generals shouted loudly: "Understood"

Lao Tang waved his hand and said loudly: "Come on, let's go to the fight." ”

The Rocket Autumn Goose roared and rushed into the court, watching the Spurs on the court as they were already practicing silently.

Now the Spurs have put an invisible pressure on the Rockets, and the immobile temperament is more obvious and more substantial.

Looking at the Rockets players on the side with some surprise, Olajuwon looked at the situation and pouted and said, "Pretending to be a ghost, hey, Ray go and say hello to them." ”

After speaking, he threw the basketball in his hand to the hoop, Ray? Aaron pounced like an arrow from a string, jumped under the basket, grabbed the basketball in the air, and then made a one-armed windmill and smashed the basketball into the basket.

Looking at Ray? Allen dunked vigorously, and Garnett, who was next to Olajuwon, said with a smile: "Hey, Ray, I don't know when you became so violent, I really didn't expect it." ”

Thunder? Allen also smiled and said, "Okay, Kevin, I know that you kid can't see other people's beautiful dunks, or you can show one too." ”

When Garnett heard this, he rubbed his hands and said, "Okay, Ray, you kid pass me the ball, see me bring you one." ”

Thunder? Allen nodded, Garnett turned around and ran to the basket, Ray? Allen threw the basketball to the basket as usual, Garnett is taller than Ray? Allen is very high, and the dunk is specified without Ray? Allen is so elegant, but Garnett's dunk is absolutely domineering.

I saw Garnett jump up suddenly under the basket, grabbed the basketball with one hand, and made a hand-changing dunk in the air very wildly, looking at the guy whose eyes were already level with the basket, we have to say that the kid's bounce is really curable.

The Rocket's two consecutive dunks completely dispelled, the pressure on the young people on the Rocket court, although they fought with the Bulls last year, but after all, they are only young people in their 20s, coupled with the expectations of the outside media for them, so that the young players of the Rockets are full of pressure, if this pressure is not released, then it is likely to become the last force that crushes the Rockets after the game starts.

And with Ray? Aaron and Kevin? Garnett's two dunks completely released the pressure in the hearts of the Rockets players.

Let them be able to play at the normal level in the game.

At the referee's whistle, the first game between the Rockets and the Spurs began, and after the start of the first game, the Spurs' defense gave the Rockets a great difficulty.

Tiger on the sidelines immediately remembered that when he won the finals in 99, it was the Spurs' defense that caused great trouble to his opponents, and after the 99 season, the Spurs' man-to-man area defense was already very proficient.

And Tiger didn't see the Spurs use such tactics in the first few games.

And today, the Spurs have used their strongest defensive methods in the future, and the Spurs are all old guys, who have a lot of awareness and defensive ability.

For a while, the Rockets' offense was greatly reduced, and at the end of the first quarter of the game, the Rockets actually fell behind by 6 points, although the gap was not very large, and this was not the fourth quarter of the game.

However, the Spurs really caused a lot of trouble for the Rockets this time.

How should the rocket respond? This is a question that is in front of all of them, can the rocket solve it? I don't know the answer.

During the break between the two quarters, Lao Tang took a deep breath and said: "Everyone, now you can see the defense of the Spurs, their defense is very bullet, when we go inward, they also toward, we go out, they also go out." The Spurs' defense has been fantastic, and I'll admit we missed that, but it's not something that can't be broken. ”

After speaking, he picked up the tactical board in his hand and began to explain how to break such defensive tactics.

Looking at it, Lao Tang looked a little nervous, and Tiger knew that the rocket was in trouble.

Because although the Rockets have practiced cracking tactics for this kind of defense, it is the first time that the Rockets have faced such a mature and complete defensive system.

The biggest crisis of the rocket has come.

(To be continued)