Well, the second round of the '99 season is over, and the West is better, but the semifinals in the East are quite weird.

Well, it can only be described as weird.

First, let's talk about the Pacers' vs. 76ers game, which was widely fancied to be the most intense series, but the outcome of the game was a big surprise.

This year's Pacers haven't changed much from last year, Miller, two Davis, Cassel, Mullin, Schmitz, Hoiberg, and a new Ell? Harrington.

These are the players who once again brought the Pacers to the semifinals of the West, and their opponents are the rising Philadelphia 76ers again, and this year's Philadelphia under the leadership of Iverson, with the addition of Matthew? Allen, Ratlleaf, Hughes, Snow, George? Lynch, McGee, Harvey? Grint, wait for a strongman to add Larry? With Brown's tuning, many people hope that Philadelphia can have a classic matchup with the Pacers.

Between the two Larries, it's best to spark a little bit.

But something surprising happened.

The first game was played on the Pacers' appearance, after the opening of the 76ers' offense was unusually violent, under the leadership of Iverson, the 76ers' players, as if they were playing chicken blood, frantically impacting the Pacers' defense, for a while the Pacers who were a little dizzy were caught off guard by the 76ers' attack, how Bird roared on the sidelines, and the Pacers could not make the Pacers have a trace of improvement.

It wasn't until after halftime that the Pacers' players changed their gods and started a real battle with the 76ers, but the 76ers, who had already led by 15 points, played very steadily, and there was no chance for the Pacers at all, and the Pacers needed heroes at this time.

But sometimes the heroes are precisely those very inconspicuous players, and at this time it is Hojberg who stands up, the second-round pick in '95, who has performed average in the past few years with the Pacers, but it is enough as a bench shooter.

But today's Hojberg is like a killer possession, in the second half of the third quarter began his own performance, he hit four three-pointers in a row within one minute and 17 seconds, such a state, let the Pacers regain confidence, but also let the 76ers' psychological defense waver is in such a trade-off, the Pacers relied on Miller's shooting at the last moment, the score was fixed at 94:90, and the Pacers won the first game with difficulty.

In the battle between the two Larries, it was the Pacers' Larry who won the first one.

Then the second game, the Pacers and the team in the last game had a clear difference, the defense was more ferocious, although Cassel could not keep up with Iverson in footsteps, but under the overall defense of the whole team, Iverson's power was suppressed a lot.

The two sides entered a scorching state in the second game, the two sides tied many times, the score has not been opened, the Pacers' two big outside shooters, frequent outside shots, but the low shooting rate is also the reason why the 76ers can entangle the score.

However, in the final moments of the fourth quarter, the dull game finally had a wonderful result, and with 7.4 seconds left on the clock, the Pacers organized a final offensive attack.

Miller made a three-pointer from the three-point line and killed the 76ers when the red light came on.

85:82 Philadelphia is lore.

Iverson looked at Miller, who was holding up a three-point gesture, and his heart was full of unwillingness.

But what can be done, after all, it was he who lost, and at this time, all the 76ers players were thinking about how to clean up the Pacers when they returned to their home court.

But this person is going to be unlucky, you drink cold water and stuff your teeth, go back to the home court of the 76ers to face the Pacers, and encounter the outburst of Cassel, such an outburst comes without warning, and the most injured is the 76ers.

Cassel dominated the third game of the series, with 38 points, seven rebounds and nine assists to give the Pacers a 97-86 win over the 76ers on the road.

And this game also laid the foundation for the Pacers to advance to the next round.

The fourth game between the two sides was the fiercest game of the 76ers' resistance, and the two sides fought until the last minute, with Iverson's three-point shot not scored, 89:86, the Pacers defeated the Philadelphia 76ers 4-0 and advanced to the next round. Bird beats Larry? Brown.

The other finale was also quite weird.

Both teams, both of which advanced to the second round 3-2, the Hawks and Knicks, battled it out.

Well, the Knicks' morale has reached its peak after taking out the Heat, and against the three musketeers, Allan? The trio of Houston, Sprewell, and 'Big Mom' Johnson has become the Knicks' most powerful offensive line.

In the first game against the Hawks, the crazy attack of three people made the Eagles' defense really unbearable. The 'African Mountains' can't deal with three bandits who are rushing inward with the ball, who can stop these three bandits.

No such candidate has yet been found in the Hawks, with the trio combining to score 64 points in Game 1, or three-fifths of the team's total.

Such a statistic is enough to make the Eagles hate on their home court, and Mutombo can only watch the three madmen leave the Eagles' home stadium with their heads held high.

Looking at such a game, no one knows how far these boys can go.

The second match between the two sides started two days later, and the home game became a defensive battle between the two sides, and 'Big Mom' Johnson used his pace and strength to fully limit the 'African Mountain', which made Mutombo very uncomfortable, because a kid who was 20 centimeters more sad than him made himself helpless throughout the game.

This is this strong 'Big Mom', the defensive battle between the two sides makes all the fans drowsy, but the players can't sleep.

At 77:70 at the end of the game, the Knicks left Atlanta with a smile because they knew they had one foot in the Eastern Conference Finals.

The evil New York Knicks who returned to their home court were even wilder, in the third game, in the cheers of the fans, the New York three group, once again broke out a suffocating attack, the three of them teamed up to send 56 points, looking at the unstoppable New York trio, the Hawks' players were sad for a while, why do we have to meet the Knicks in such a state, it's really unlucky.

90:78 The Eagles have completely lost the chance to advance to the next round, and the only thing they want to do now is to see if they can win a game and not embarrass themselves too much.

But will the already crazy Knicks give the Hawks such a chance? Apparently impossible.

After the start of the fourth game, the Knicks, who were already unstoppable, completely abused the Hawks with their defense.

79：66.

The Knicks swept the Hawks 4-0 and continued their Black Eight Miracle.

And the Knicks' 'crazy trio' is also baring their fangs.

If the semifinals in the East are a bit weird, the other semifinals in the West are the real power-to-power conversations.

Spurs vs. Jazz.

Barkley, David? Robinson vs. Malone, Stockton.

It's definitely a conversation between two strong teams, with the Jazz falling under the Spurs last year and this year when neither side's main players have changed much.

It's a battle of wits between the players and coaches on both sides.

The teams in the West know that the current Rockets can be said to be the strongest team in the league, and only by overthrowing him can they get the highest honor, and the Spurs and Jazz are fighting for this qualification to challenge the highest honor.

The first game of the double service started at the home court of the Spurs, and both sides were also teams that knew the roots, and without wasting a little time, the battle between the Spurs and the Jazz began.

Last year's Spurs didn't have Mario? Elie and Steve? Kerr's two big pitchers, so much so that the Jazz were able to defend their own restricted area last year and firmly suppress the Spurs' powerful interior line.

But not this year, Mario? Elie and Steve? Kerr and the two are like two stingers, stuck in the Jazz's outside line, so that the Spurs never dare to help defend the inside line too much.

In addition to the fact that Barkley is also moving between the inside and outside lines, who can be sure that the next moment, this fat man will not explode once, it was this fat man's outburst last year that brought the Jazz home.

The first half of the game ended on the competition between the two sides for the inside, in the battle for the inside, the Spurs had a clear advantage, and Malone alone could not beat David? Robinson and Tim? Duncan's two people took turns to impact, Ostertag was simply an inside filler, and he couldn't help at all, and all the Jazz players could only watch David? Robinson, Tim? Duncan and Barkley have hit the Jazz's now weak interior line again and again.

With five minutes left in the second quarter, Malone had already committed three fouls, and Sr. Sloane could only replace Malone to accumulate this physical strength for the second half.

However, when people are happy, after Malone is gone, Stockton and Shanton? Anderson hit three three-pointers in a row, making the Spurs' attempt to pull the score apart when Malone was off the court.

However, at the beginning of the second half, the Spurs' interior group once again began the Jazz interior attack, no matter who is on the inside, as long as he is by Ma Long's side, he is not afraid of being capped, he is rushing to Ma Long.

Finally, shortly after the start of the fourth quarter, Malone was sent off by six fouls.

Seeing Malone return to the sideline and angrily slam the towel, the Spurs villains knew that today's game was won.

Sure enough, for the rest of the fourth quarter, the Spurs quickly pulled the score away.

91:81 Spurs won the first game.

With the bottom of the first victory, the Spurs played more relaxed, and in the second game, the Spurs still wanted to copy the tactics of the first game, but the old Sloan was not so easy to deal with, and the Jazz relied on Malone and Byron in the second game? Russell's brilliant play.

The two combined to contribute 55 points, and in the final 89-76, defeated the Spurs, and pulled back a game for their team, but unfortunately this game completely provoked the Spurs to fight**.

In the third game at the Jazz's home court, the Spurs let the Jazz know what three-point rain is.

Barkley, Steve? Cole, Mario? The three of Eli teamed up to send 13 three-pointers, and the Jazz could only look at the rain of three-pointers in despair, and the Jazz's hopes were completely extinguished.

103:91 Spurs played the next game, and the big score became 2:1.

The most thrilling fourth leg began, and the two sides have taken the match point extremely seriously.

Game 4 was truly the most thrilling and exciting game of the Western Conference semifinals.

In the full four quarters, the gap between the scores of the two sides has never been more than 2 points, and such a tragic game is very rare in previous games.

When the game reached the second overtime, Mario, the former veteran pitcher of the Rockets? Eli, once again showing the style of 'Super Mario', scored 11 points in a row in five minutes of overtime and provided two assists to help the team win over the Jazz's most tenacious opponent.

118:111 Spurs won the most crucial game in the most crucial fourth game.

By the time of the fifth game, the Jazz, who had no intention of fighting, were defeated by the Spurs.

103:91 The Spurs defeated the Jazz again with a score of 4:1 and advanced to the Western Conference Finals, and the Spurs finally faced the most powerful opponent again.

The Houston Rockets, the final battle between the two teams is about to begin.

(To be continued)