Chapter 318: Nine Days of Thunder

In the battle of Tianwang Mountain, the Rockets defeated the Lakers on the road and took the lead in the entire series.

Back in Houston, Lao Tang and the Rockets players saw Tiger Tiger, the boss who came to visit them on the training ground, and looked at Tiger who appeared on the sidelines, Garnett smiled and said loudly: "Hey, boss, why don't you stay at home with your wife, we all know that you are a good man, how can you have time to come to see us today." ”

"Nonsense, it's not a nightclub or a nightclub, and you're not a beauty, I'm here to see your training, and I'm not looking for you to go there, why can't I come to see you." Garnett's words drew a burst of laughter from Tiger.

"Hey, Kai, you see you're saying the wrong thing again, beware of the boss giving you little shoes to wear." Mark? Jackson was provocative.

Tiger glanced sideways at Mark? Jackson said, "You kid stay cool, believe it or not, I'll let you go to O'Neal." ”

Mark? Jackson shrunk his neck and muttered in a low voice, "That's going to kill someone, the current Shaq is in a violent state, and I haven't lived enough." ”

Didn't everyone hear Mark? Jackson's muttering, but see Mark? Jackson's appearance of being defeated was also funny, and after Tiger and the Rockets players said hello, they walked directly to Lao Tang and said with a smile: "Rudy, you guys played well, I guess the Lakers are already crying now, they still can't win the championship with such a staffing this year, I don't think they have much hope in the future." ”

Lao Tang nodded knowingly and said: "With the rise of other teams, it will be very difficult for the Lakers to win the championship, the Trail Blazers, the Kings, the Spurs, the Suns, the Mavericks, these teams will bring great pressure to the Lakers, and the Rockets are their nemesis, I really want to see Phil now?" Jackson's very disappointed old face. After saying that, he burst into laughter.

Tiger smiled and pointed at the old soup and said, "Rudy, you can accumulate some virtue, if Big Phil hears it, I don't know what the anger will be." ”

Lao Tang smiled and waved his hand: "Okay, boss, let's not talk about that old guy anymore, he is not a beauty who is not worth talking about." ”

Tiger also nodded, and continued: "I'm just here to see how you guys are doing today, for the Lakers' next game, I estimate that there will be a lot of pressure, and the Lakers will fight back to the death." Tiger voiced his concerns.

"There shouldn't be any problem, and now the Rockets have psychologically gained the advantage of the Lakers, although O'Neal, Kobe and Rice are very difficult to deal with. But these players of the Rockets are not so easy to deal with, you must know that we have an All-Star on our team. Old Tang looked confident.

Looking at the confident old Tang, Tiger was also very happy, he knew that Lao Tang had always been a coach who did not fight unprepared battles, and he could say that Lao Tang was already fully sure.

Tiger nodded with satisfaction: "Very good, I believe you, Rudy, the current Rockets are not something that the Lakers can beat." ”

In this way, the whole Rockets team ushered in the sixth battle of their Western Conference finals with great confidence and determination.

The game officially began at the referee's whistle, and the jump ball between Garnett and O'Neal was slightly stronger than Garnett, and the basketball was taken by the Rockets.

Bodiloga firmly controlled the basketball, looking at Harper in front of him, Bodiloga chose to ignore it, although Harper's defense is very good, but against Bodiloga such a weightless opponent, he also has no good way.

Harper could only watch Bodi Loga, a change in the rhythm of the dribble, opening up a little space between the two, and the basketball went directly to Horry, who had already cut to the basket.

After receiving the ball, Horry made a backhand layup, and under Rice's defense, he put the basketball directly into the basket and scored two points for the Rockets.

And Rice, who was behind Horry, was blocked by Garnett, and could only helplessly watch Horry score easily, the Rocket's simple and very practical tactics made the Lakers a little irresistible, and this kind of cooperation has been staged countless times in the first few games of the Rockets.

Watching the Rockets take the lead in scoring, O'Neal couldn't help but be a little anxious, when he went down to the Rockets penalty area, O'Neal began to play singles, today's Big Ben defense is still tenacious, watching O'Neal single himself again, Big Ben stepped forward and directly met him.

Looking back at Big Ben behind him, O'Neill said coldly: "Ben, I will blow you up today, and we will win the final victory." ”

"Okay, Shaq, we're playing games, not just speeches, you're just O'Neill, you're never going to be Washington." Big Ben's counterattack is also quite sharp.

Hearing this, O'Neal's face was flushed at that time, and he didn't say anything, and the one whose body was forced backwards directly began to be difficult for Big Ben.

I have to say that O'Neal's strength is really unstoppable, even if it's Big Ben, O'Neal exerts a force, and then a light turn, O'Neal took advantage of Big Ben's heart to move, turned around and wiped the cable, and gently put the basketball in the basket.

The Rockets players looked at O'Neal's light movements, which made the Rockets players on the sidelines stunned for a while, can the shark also waltz?

Lao Tang saw the Lakers' offense like this, and shouted loudly on the sidelines: "Cheer me up, I don't want the Lakers to celebrate the victory in the Rockets." ”

Tiger also yelled: "Guys, cheer up, get the Lakers, I'll invite you to drink." ”

The roar of the owner and coach, coupled with O'Neal's offense, made the Rockets players completely cheer up, and they didn't want the Lakers to celebrate the victory on their home court.

And the Lakers also began their own stubborn resistance, today the Lakers' cooperation is very tacit, O'Neal, Kobe and Rice showed an amazing tacit understanding between the three, especially O'Neal and Kobe Bryant's prejudices, but when they were perfectly matched, let the Rockets know how powerful the combination of the two is, plus a Rice who is already an old fritter, today's Rocket's game is not good.

Bodiloga, who was on the court, looked at the extremely close score between the two sides, he knew he was going to do something, from the last three minutes of the first quarter of the game, all the balls of the Rockets were shot by Bodiloga, and at the end of the first quarter within three minutes, Bodiloga scored a terrible 6 points again,

Looking at this result, Phil? Jackson was shocked for a while, he really didn't know what other tricks this Yugoslav hadn't used.

At the end of the first quarter of the game, Lao Tang ruthlessly changed Bodi Loga, and Bodi Loga just had a faint smile on his face, so that people couldn't see his hypocrisy.

After the start of the second quarter of the game, the Rockets played more aggressively, Garnett and Da Yao took turns bombing the Lakers' interior line, and Big Ben became the best bodyguard for the two.

However, after the start of the second quarter of the game, Kobe Bryant began to explode, looking at the thunder in front of him? Allen, Kobe Bryant with a somewhat hideous look? Aaron said, "Ray, you can't stop me. ”

Thunder? Aaron smiled indifferently and said, "Rocket, let's still play, right?" Why do many people like to talk with their mouths in the game, know that basketball is played with hands. ”

Kobe Bryant listening to Ray? Allen's sarcasm was already a little angry, but the overall defense of the rocket really didn't allow him to find much room to break through.

But if you give up easily, then Ray? Aaron is not Kobe Bryant in front of him? Bryant, looking at the Rockets' defense, Kobe Bryant snorted, his legs suddenly forced, and the basketball was swept sideways, relying on his own degree and directly flashed the thunder? Allen began to directly threaten the Rockets' basket.

Kobe's breakthrough was very rapid, and Ray? Allen's reaction was also quite fast, and he followed up closely, and chased after Kobe Bryant directly.

At this time, the Rockets' interior players Da Yao and Da Ben are ready to quickly pinch Kobe, but Kobe Bryant, who has already been mentioned, is not so easy to block, and the movement of the two has created a lot of opportunities for other players in the Lakers, such as now O'Neal has taken advantage of it

The Rockets' interior defense was torn open and had slipped to the basket.

At the moment when O'Neal arrived at the basket, Kobe's pass had already arrived, and O'Neal, who was holding the basketball and had no one to defend him, grabbed the basketball with both hands, jumped up quickly under the basket, and smashed directly into the basket with both hands.

The explosion of "boom" let Rocket fans know that the Lakers still have such a Tyrannosaurus.

However, Lao Tang still looked very relaxed off the court, and he knew that no matter how he played today, the Rockets were about to win this game.

Little by little, the Rockets are opening up the score gap between the two sides, Phil? Jackson doesn't know what to do now, and the Rockets are really too strong now.

By the end of the second quarter, the Rockets had stretched the score to eight points, which was nothing for the other teams.

But for the Rockets, victory in this game is not far from them.

At the break, Lao Tang said to the Rockets players: "Okay, let's play like this today, the victory must be ours, everyone already knows that yesterday's game between the Hawks and the Pacers has been entangled in the seventh game, if the Hawks really enter the finals, we don't enter the finals, how disappointed the bus will be." ”

The Rockets laughed lowly for a while, and only Big Ben said in a mournful voice: "Why is it always unlucky, the Western Conference Finals and O'Neal are dead, the Finals and the bus are dead, oh my God, who will comfort and comfort me." ”

"Okay, Ben, don't complain, if you don't want to be the main force, just say it, I won't force you." Lao Tang said with some dissatisfaction on the side.

When Big Ben heard this, he immediately stopped squeaking, because this threat from the head coach was too powerful.

In the locker room on the Lakers' side, Phil? Jackson is using his own psychotherapy to bump into Lakers Origins to see if he can come back with a Jedi in the second half.

However, when the third quarter of the game began, it was Bodi Loga who began to explode again, scoring 4 points again in a single quarter, and everyone was sighing, is this guy still a defender? It's a pure scoring machine.

Bodi Loga, who has scored 8 rebounds and 8 assists, has become the biggest contributor to the Rockets' game.

After the end of the third quarter, the Rockets had a 6-point lead over their opponents, such a huge score had made the Lakers give up a little.

When the game entered the final garbage time, the Lakers only had the yellow No. 8, continuing to play the game, while O'Neal sat on the bench with a confused face, looking at the huge score gap between the two sides.

O'Neal can't imagine why the Rockets will defeat themselves again so easily, he can be said to have done his best, and he doesn't know why the Rockets can still defeat themselves.

With such confusion, the Lakers still lost to the Rockets with a big score of 4:, and the Rockets advanced to the Finals.

Looking at the opponent who was defeated again like this, the Rockets players were excited again. The Rockets have been in the Finals for 4 consecutive years, and in addition to the first two championships, the Rockets have reached the Finals 6 times in 7 seasons and won the championship 4 times.

All the Rockets players and the Rockets fans on the scene were cheering and celebrating, celebrating the Rockets' entry into the final battle again.

As a loser, the Lakers could only leave the game scene gloomily, and after returning to their hotel, O'Neal found Phil? Jackson said in a deep voice: "Coach, how can we get the final victory." ”

Phil? Jackson looked at O'Neal, who looked a little confused, and said in a very firm tone: "Shaq, we will win the championship, I believe in you, and I believe in myself." ”

While the Lakers were licking that wound and preparing to make a comeback next year, all the Rockets remembered something.

Yes, Bodiloga once again got a triple-double with 9 points and assists, and Bodiloga has won a triple-double in 5 consecutive games.

Such a result was very surprising, and at the post-race press conference, Lao Tang gave Bodi Loga a very high evaluation.

And the day after the game, Houston's major newspaper published a chapter, and the name of the chapter was "Nine Days of Thunder"

Tiger was very happy after seeing this news commentary the next day, if it hadn't been reported in the newspaper, he really didn't know that Bodi Loga had won 5 consecutive doubles, and he was still facing a strong team like the Lakers. However, thinking that Bodiloga is about to leave the team after the end of this season, Tiger's heart is also reluctant.

Tiger picked up the phone and hesitated for a long time, but he still didn't dial the phone number, in fact, Tiger also knew that even if he dialed the phone, it was impossible for Bodi Loga to change his mind.

If a successful player doesn't have this belief, then he won't have much achievement.

And the day after the Rockets cleaned up the Lakers and advanced to the finals, the final results of the Eastern Conference finals also came out.

The Pacers relied on two last-minute shots from Kassel to defeat the Hawks in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals, and Bird led the Pacers to the Finals.

Soon after the eagle was defeated, Tiger called the bus, and the bus looked at the familiar number and quickly picked it up: "Hello boss, why do you have time to call me today." “

"Hehe, I said bus, although you are not my player anymore, but we are still friends, don't talk about those who don't, I'll come to comfort you, how was it sent back to my hometown by Sam and the two, isn't it very aggrieved." Lao Tang's words don't want to be comforting, but they seem to be coming to hit people.

The bus was honest, didn't say anything, and continued: "It's okay, but the taste of losing is very uncomfortable, there is no rocket at that time to taste the taste of victory continuously, here sometimes you can only taste the taste of defeat." ”

"Man, in fact, whether it is success or failure, people need to go through, if you don't have such an experience, your life may not be very complete, and even regrets. If you were still in the Rockets, you would have been fine, but at that time, you kid might have been competing with Big Ben and Big Yao for playing time, and if you went to the Hawks, you immediately became a main player, and I was even wondering if you would be an All-Star next year. At that time, there were two Chinese people on the All-Star Plug, and I think a lot of people would go crazy. "Tiger's words are very reasonable, when the Internet is rapidly popular, relying on national fans, there is really a possibility of a national derby in the All-Star Game.

Hearing this, Da Ba is also very excited, when he also knows the possibility of these things, if so, then he and Da Yao will really become the pride of the country, in addition to a Maverick fast to sit on the main force roughly, it seems that the spring of the national players in the nBA is coming.

Tiger, who put down the phone, was also very happy about the bus and roughly, and with the acquisition of the Maverick by the Kuban, it is estimated that he can probably achieve a higher status in the Maverick.

Tiger stood up and walked to the bookcase, took out a cigar in it, lit it slowly, and watched the green smoke fill as Tiger continued to think about the future of the rocket.

Tiger thought silently in his heart: The Rockets have gone to their own glory, but this is far from enough, the Rockets have not yet reached the top, such a great team that has bred countless excellent players cannot be ridiculed by others like later generations. Gotta put this team at the top of the league.

Tiger looked thoughtfully at the traffic outside the window, the cigar in his hand kept coming out of the smoke, Tiger was thinking about the future of the rocket and his own future, the sunset was over, the lights were on, and the night view of Houston was so beautiful.