The Rockets have a tradition of one worm in the playoffs, one snake in the regular season, and one dragon in the preseason.

In Ellis' absence, West had to focus on the starting role, leaving a vacuum of firepower on their bench and leaving Azubuke to play the role of sixth man. Azubuuk's role has not been very successful, and the elder Nelson will need to rotate his roster frequently to find the five players with the best chemistry, and this roster is going to start in the next month or two.

Ellis will not be able to play for two months because the team will not only fine him, but also have an internal ban.

The Warriors are in average condition, the Rockets are extremely brave, after a short entanglement at the beginning of the game, the relationship between the two sides has become a lot closer because of Artest and Jackson, Yao Ming even laughed and called the Rockets and the Warriors brother teams - Yao Ming and Chamberlain are brothers, Artest and Jackson are brothers.

Then Maddie's god-killing nature began to be revealed, and he proved that killing a god is killing a god, even if this god-killing is fat. The Warriors didn't attack, Yao Ming rebounded, Maddy attacked with the ball, he made a big stride to break through directly after he arrived in the front court, Jackson couldn't defend and could only foul, as a result, Maddie showed a rare toughness, threw a layup when the body was unstable, and played a 2+1.

Next, the Warriors' offense was not very smooth, because the team was in practice, Chamberlain didn't want to take up too many opportunities, so he let the outside line to attack, West didn't feel good today, two consecutive shots missed, and the whole team missed the next four shots.

But then the Rockets' defense suddenly became porous, and Billups made consecutive clever passes to assist his teammates to score to close the score to 9-10. Before the halfway point of the first quarter, the Warriors equalized the score, and Yao Ming also received his second foul in the game.

But after all, he was the core of the Rockets, and Yao Ming still played resolutely after two fouls on his back, hitting a dummy layup under the basket and then making a jumper on the right sideline. The Warriors kept putting pressure on the offensive end, and Chamberlain was no longer always in the restricted area, and he made frequent jump shots in the high post, hitting two consecutive shots, making it difficult for the Rockets to open the score.

Later in the first quarter, Maddy began to storm the restricted area and used free throws to help the Rockets extend their lead, and the Rockets led the Warriors 28-23 at the end of the quarter.

Artest didn't perform very well today, after a series of assists and a block in the opening game, he couldn't find the north, and the reason was that he didn't integrate into the Rockets' tactical system, no matter whether he was involved in offense and defense, he would look stiff, and the ball flow was not smooth at all, forcing Adelman to press him to the bench in the second half of the first quarter.

Jackson scored five points in the first quarter so he could laugh at Artest, who scored only two points in the first quarter.

In the second quarter, Artest came on the court, he was a bull temper and refused to admit defeat, and chose to shoot as soon as he got on the court, wanting to earn back face for himself. However, he still hasn't found his touch, and the jump shot is directly missed, and Chamberlain grabs the rebound and throws it to Curry, who dribbles the ball to the frontcourt and shoots accurately from beyond the three-point line.

On the Rockets' side, except for Artest, everyone else performed well, especially Landry, who came off the bench, and he scored six points in a row to help the Rockets maintain a slight lead. With 8:31 left in the quarter, the old man Barry made a three-pointer from the left wing, and the Rockets' lead extended to 41-34.

After a timeout, the Warriors replaced Chamberlain, Evans and Ibaka teamed up to guard the team's interior, but the Warriors' restricted area was greatly reduced, Artest seized the opportunity to immediately hit the restricted area and hit Ibaka for a layup with pure strength, but he still did not integrate into the Rockets' system, as Artest became more and more active, the Rockets' defensive coordination soon became chaotic again, and the Warriors seized the opportunity to quickly narrow the difference.

There are 2 minutes and 45 seconds left in the second quarter, Maddie breaks through to make a layup and hit a 3-pointer, Ibaka blocks the result that when Maddie dodges in the air, the two collide together and entangle and fall to the ground, seeing this scene Adelman jumped up directly, Maddie is easily injured like this, fortunately, Ibaka is not too heavy, and it is relatively light when he first enters the league, so he did not hurt Maddie, but just a false alarm.

Even so, Adelman didn't dare to let Maddie play on the court anymore, so he replaced him, and Yao Mai went out to rest, so that at the last moment of the first half, the Warriors frequently planned fast offensive counterattacks, and overtook the score in one fell swoop, until the last 1. With a three-second second, Scola scored on the board to help the Rockets reclaim a 52-51 lead.

At the beginning of the third quarter, Landry, who played well in the first half, played a strong play in the penalty area, and Chamberlain took advantage of his shot to give him a sturdy hat and sent the ball directly through the half.

Following the returning Maddie to score a jumper on the right wing, Yao Ming and Artest combined to turn and hook shots, and the combination of Chamberlain and Billups was also successful, and the two teams alternated leads. But judging from the process of the game, the rockets are very uncomfortable with the high-speed impact of the Warriors, and their offense is also not smooth, but the Warriors frequently change lineups, purely in training, and don't care about the success rate of the offense, which allows them to take the lead.

With eight minutes left in the quarter, Alston hit a three-pointer at the top of the arc and the Rockets opened up the deficit 63-57. After the Warriors chased four points in a row, Artest hit a three-point shot from the left wing, and the elder Nelson called a timeout again, and then changed the lineup, and Morrow came on.

More than 1 minute after the end of the quarter, Yao Ming assisted Alston to shoot three points again, and the Warriors' most rearmost offense all failed, and the outside firepower suddenly became dumb, especially Morrow, who played for the first time, made two consecutive mistakes, and Chamberlain noticed that the old Nelson's face had changed.

The Rockets held a 75-69 lead heading into the fourth quarter, hitting the interior from the start, Yao Ming had plenty of rest before, and Chamberlain was not on the floor, and the burden of defending Yao Ming was handed to Ibaka - Evans was too short.

Against Ibaka, Yao Ming relaxed and happy, the Rocket's tactics and received a very good effect, just two minutes after the quarter Yao Ming scored three points, and the Rockets played a wave of 9-0 **** to extend the lead to 15 points. Chamberlain thought that the old Nelson would replace him, and the fans also made a call for 'let Z on', but the old Nelson was unmoved, he encouraged Ibaka and Moro to let go of the fight, and then hugged his arms and started watching the show.

With the encouragement of the head coach, the pressure on Ibaka was a little less, and he hit a jumper when he turned around, but Yao Ming grabbed an offensive rebound and made two fouls and one free throw, and then Landry made a jumper on the right baseline to further extend the lead, so that the Warriors' chances of turning defeat into victory are getting smaller and smaller.

After the big lead, the Rockets played more and more relaxed, and Landry and Yao Ming also played double-doubles in advance. With 44 seconds left in the game, Maddy hit one of two free throws to give the Rockets a 13-point lead, and the Warriors lost the game 98-113 without having a chance to struggle.

In this game, Landry played 38 minutes and scored a big double-double of 27 points and 17 rebounds, Yao Ming had 21 points and 12 rebounds, and Artest, who was regarded as the Rockets' wonder soldier, only had 15 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 blocks on 4-of-12 shooting.

On the Warriors' side, Chamberlain played 28 minutes and scored 18 points and 10 rebounds, which was so-so compared to the first game, but if you consider his shooting percentage of 8-of-10, then you can see how little he didn't try.

After playing these two playoff games, the Warriors can pack their bags and go back to San Francisco in advance, Yao Ming set up a table in Beijing Quanjude, invited the Warriors, Nets and Rockets to have a dinner, and the group had a happy dinner.

A small incident happened during the meal, when Chamberlain went to the bathroom, Carter suddenly followed, and the two walked side by side for a while, and when there was no one, Carter suddenly asked, "Hey, Z, is your team still lacking outside lines?" ”

Although Chamberlain occasionally made stupid mistakes, his IQ was still okay, and he knew very well what Carter's words meant, and it was because he knew the meaning that he was a little stupid: "Wen Si, what do you mean by this?" ”

Carter smiled bitterly and didn't answer directly, he looked directly at Chamberlain and said, "Z, you know, I'm 31 years old, and I want to get a ring." ”

Chamberlain couldn't react to Carter's sudden words, although there were three giants in front of him, but in his heart, Carter, Maddy, Iverson and Kobe, these top stars, have their own pride, they will not hug other people's thighs, they will only make their own sycamore trees to attract the Golden Phoenix.

In Chamberlain's heart, Carter is actually still his idol, although he has found that these people are not gods in several encounters, but he still worships them and respects them in his heart, he can't believe that these top stars will give up their status and dignity for rings, championships and the like!

As a young man who has just turned twenty, he doesn't understand the bitterness in the hearts of these veterans, although dignity and status are important, but the ideal is more important at this time, they have been waiting for the moment to get the ring since the day they entered the league, but they waited and waited, the flowers bloomed and fell, the clouds were rolling, and they were waiting for themselves to be old and couldn't run, but they still didn't win the championship.

At this time, the old guys were scared, they were anxious, because now they knew that they were no longer the young people who could play two games in a row back to back ten years ago and then find a beautiful girl to have seven in and seven out, they only need to play forty minutes in a game now, and they have to rest well when they turn back.

As the media interviewed Iverson not long ago, the latter said with some sadness: "I used to think I could outrun anyone, but today I realized that I will never outrun time." ”

Carter returned to the room after saying this, and Chamberlain stared at his back, feeling that this top outside lineman, who had contributed countless wonderful dunks, was no longer as unbeatable as he used to be.

After eating, Chamberlain did not meet Carter again, so there was no chance to ask him if he was serious about what he said before, he and Billups and others took a plane back to San Francisco, and after getting off the plane, Li Qun went back to his hometown in Cliff House accompanied by Winnie.

On this trip to Beijing, Li Qun did not go back with him, because she had to take care of Shirley, Doll and other four people, especially the doll, this little guy is very unique, Li Qun and Shirley bought her beautiful clothes She didn't look at, or the Middle Eastern white robe, Chamberlain thought that after the robe was dirty, she would change into other clothes when she changed it, but the doll was ready to wash the clothes, she took out another set of robes from the box, two sets of robes, almost identical.

When Chamberlain returned home, there was no one at home, so he opened the phone first and listened to the messages inside.

Most of the messages were either sales or promotions, but the middle message caught his attention: "Hello, is it a relative of the doll?" I am Maria, the teacher of the 7th grade Latin class, and I am also the tutor of the doll, please contact me when you hear the message, your child doll is in trouble at school......"