On April 28, the battle for the fourth and fifth places in the first round of the playoffs entered a battle of life and death, and the Rockets rushed to the Portland Rose Garden, hoping to beat the Trail Blazers away and advance to the Western Conference semifinals in advance, completing their 12-year long-cherished dream.

Adelman has a lot of ghost ideas, Yao Ming was not the offensive center of the Rockets in the first quarter today, and he didn't have a single shot in a single quarter, and he had very few touches. Argentine, Luis. Scola re-emerged as the Rockets' main attacker, which greatly exceeded the Trail Blazers' expectations, and the pre-game set-up was in vain, as the Argentine scored 15 points in the first quarter to help the Rockets lead the Trail Blazers 28-25.

In the second quarter, the Trail Blazers had to cancel the bag on Yao Ming in order to curb Scola's play, which made the little giant resurrect in the second quarter, Yao Ming seized the opportunity to shoot three goals in a row, including a two-and-one, and then assisted Marbury to hit a three-point shot, and the Rockets widened the difference to 14 points with a wave of 11:0.

In the last quarter, the Rockets who should have been - excellent - excellent - small - said - more - new - the fastest - www.uuxs.cc - the victory in the hands of the old mistake again, the 15-point difference seems to be a lot, but the Rockets only took half a quarter of game time to hand it over, the last 3 minutes 05 seconds, the Trail Blazers in the bird flu Roy after a successful three-point shot, overtook the Rockets by one point.

Domestic Rocket fans are watching this called an egg pain, what kind of stuff are you playing! However, watching a rocket race is just that. Twenty points ahead. Rockets won't give you peace of mind. They can all be overtaken. Look at the Clippers again, as long as they lead by double digits in the last quarter, they have never been overturned, this is the gap, and watching the Clippers game is called a comfort.

This is the reason why domestic Rockets fans are gradually overtaken by the number of Clippers fans, Yao Ming and the animal brothers are Chinese, and everyone certainly likes to watch the Clippers game, with 68 wins in the season. How can this word "cool" be expressed xiàn.

Yao Ming was finally angry, but the decline of the little giant's body was not one of the reasons for the loopholes in the Rockets' defense, Adelman immediately replaced Scola, who was also a little weak, and replaced David Lee and Yao Ming, but it was not the Rockets saved by these two people, and at the critical moment, the Rockets still relied on Battier's two three-pointers to finally get through the danger.

"The Ba team is really a giant!" Domestic Rocket fans burst into tears again, it's not easy. Battier's three-point shooting percentage is not too high, not exceeding 40% in the regular season. But at critical moments, Battier's three-point shot was more reliable. This is the embodiment of leadership temperament, big heart.

The same is true for Billups of the Clippers, players with big hearts are what everyone often calls big players, they will not be crushed by pressure, but will use pressure to make themselves shine. But there are some players who do the opposite, including many stars who played well in the regular season, but when it comes to the playoffs, they become sluggish, these players just don't have a big heart, they don't have a leadership temperament, they are not good leaders.

In the end, the Rockets defeated the Trail Blazers 95-92, and Roy's final three-point shot did not score, and the Rockets finally re-entered the second round of the playoffs after 12 years. But the bad news came out yesterday, they have to face the test of the defending champion Clippers, whether they can sink the big ship of the Clippers, anyway, except for the Rockets fans, other fans are not optimistic about them.

The Rockets were reversed from a 15-point lead in the final quarter and almost staged a big comeback, Roy scored a game-high 34 points with illness, and Aldridge, who was fighting with an elbow injury, also scored 25 points and seven rebounds. It's a pity that the Trail Blazers only have these two people scoring double-doubles, and the rest of the players play mediocre, and the young Trail Blazers have fulfilled Yao Ming's first-round dream.

Yao Ming scored a double-double in the game, scoring 20 points and 12 rebounds on 9-of-12 shooting, Marbury had 20 points and 12 assists, and Scola scored a Rocket-high 21 points on 10-of-13 shooting, but only scored four points in the second half.

The three Rockets players scored more than 20 points, and Yao Ming's shooting percentage was very eye-catching, and the little giants in this round of the series made 69 shots and hit 49 times, with a shooting rate of 71%. But what has been criticized by many people is that the little giant only scored two points in the last quarter of this game, and most of the balls he conceded were concentrated in the fourth quarter. So he's still the same old problem, height is his advantage, but also a shackle that limits him, everyone knows that the little giant can only play three good quarters.

Now the Rockets fans themselves suspect that against the Trailblazers' forward and pinching attacks, the little giant has no strength to play until the last quarter, so if it is against the famous Panda Hero who is good at going around, Yao Ming will not be tired in half a game? Not to mention that the Clippers will definitely use twin brothers to pinch Yao Ming, the two brothers' footsteps are not as fast as the inside line, once Yao Ming can't catch the basketball, the Rockets seem to have to take a break.

After the 28th, two more teams in the West have qualified, and the Lakers also beat the Hornets who were knocked out of confidence at home, won their own match point, and eliminated the Hornets. Of course, they kept silent about the Clippers' 61-minute night, and it could be seen that the love on the faces of the entire Lakers players was not good, although they also ravaged the Hornets and beat them up, but the sworn enemies on the other side did a better job than them, especially breaking the record they had held for more than 50 years, which made all Lakers players and fans very unhappy.

Hell, 50 years ago, the parents of the Lakers players were still wearing open crotch pants, Kobe Bryant and others were depressed about this, although this had nothing to do with them, and finally the Lakers media couldn't help but complain about the Thunder, thinking that these guys were too useless, and the Thunder couldn't break the record even if they scored two more goals in the end.

On April 29, in the West, the Lakers 4:1 Hornets, the Rockets 4:1 Trail Blazers, the Clippers 4:0 Thunder, and the Spurs 4:1 Mavericks. In the East, the Cleveland Cavaliers 3:2 Chicago Bulls, Boston Celtics 3:2 New York Knicks, Orlando Magic 3:2 Philadelphia 76ers, Atlanta Hawks 3:2 Miami Heat.

In an interesting incident, the league fined the head coaches of three teams that were making the playoffs for publicly blaming the referees after the game. Among them is Rockets head coach Rick Brown, who just advanced in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs. Adelman and Trail Blazers head coach Nate Adelman. Macmillan. The other person who was penalized was Boston Celtics head coach Doug Murphy. Rivers.

The news was announced today by NBA Executive Vice President Stu. Jackson announced. All three teams were penalised for publicly criticizing refereeing issues after the team's game.

Rockets head coach Adelman and Trail Blazers head coach McMillan both complained about the referee's fines after the Rockets' victory, while Celtics head coach Doc Rivers paid the price for his comments after Game 4 with the Knicks. The orange-green battle went into two overtimes, and the Green Shirts lost 118-119 to the Knicks, and the New Yorkers were still nine points behind with 1:11 left. But the Knicks have a guy named Maddie. Lady Tracey staged an astonishing move of 7 points in one minute, coupled with Iverson's three-point shot in the last five seconds, the two former superstars combined to score 10 points in one minute, catching up with the gap that was nine points a minute ago, and the Knicks took away the Celtics Big Three the moment the red light on the timer turned on.

This game made many players feel incredible afterwards, and the little fox was one of them, and he really couldn't figure it out. The Celtics would be forced to do this by the Knicks. The Big Three are so ineffective that they can't even clean up the two old guys. Gotta had to text and taunt him.

On the other hand, although the Rockets won the first round of opponents, head coach Adelman is still not very satisfied with the referee's decision, he has publicly stated more than once during the first round of the playoffs that the current referee is very inconsistent with Yao Ming and other players' decisions, and the Trail Blazers' defenders treat Yao Ming roughly, and this behavior has been tacitly approved by the referees on the court.

Then Adelman went public before the fifth game that the referees made decisions based on timing, not on the actual situation, and that in the first few minutes of the game, they would blow five or six foul calls. However, after that, they will start to get used to this kind of thing, and defenders can start to put their palms on Yao Ming's body without worrying about the referee's whistle, which makes Yao Ming need more strength to play well.

The reason for McMillan's punishment was some remarks after the fourth game between the Rockets and the Trail Blazers, plus Rivers of the Celtics, so today the NBA uniformly made a penalty provision, and all three head coaches lost $25,000.

The four rounds of games in the West have been completely ended on the 29th, one swept the opponent, and all three are 4:1, which shows the strength of the Western giants, the Clippers, Spurs, Lakers, Rockets, these are all teams capable of winning the championship, and they will have to fight each other in the Western Conference semifinals.

Los Angeles Clippers vs Houston Rockets, San Antonio Spurs vs Los Angeles Lakers, four teams are about to have a brutal showdown in the second round!

The Rockets can be said to be the team with the least championship appearance among the four teams, the combination of Marbury + Yao Ming + Scola is far from the Big Three, their advantage is strong on the bench, and the head coach may be stronger than the old Dunleavy, but Popovich and Zen Master, who are far stronger than the old Dunleavy, always lose to the Clippers? Therefore, in the NBA game, the strong teams still depend on the performance of the players, and the Rockets are undoubtedly at a disadvantage in this regard.

Before the start of the playoffs, many experts brought up topics related to the Clippers when commenting on the matchup between the Rockets and the Trail Blazers, and it seemed that they had already guessed that the Clippers and Rockets would meet in the semifinals. The same is true for the Clippers, who were a little bit uneasy against the Thunder, who had already flown to the second round to consider how they could safely make it to the Western Conference Finals and continue their championship path.

When it comes to the Clippers vs. the Rockets, the Clippers are absolutely in an advantageous position in terms of strength, but the game between the two sides is indeed quite suspenseful. Although the Clippers have an absolute advantage over the Rockets in the regular season, and a 3-1 advantage will give them a psychological advantage in the series, it does not mean that the Rockets are at a disadvantage. The reason is simple, the regular season was plagued by injuries, and the Rockets, who were in an eventful season, broke through their first-round curse this year, and their morale will be greatly boosted, especially in the face of the Clippers, and the Rockets, who have no psychological pressure, will prove that they can give the Clippers enough trouble.

The Los Angeles Times was very confident in the Clippers at this time, and publicly reported the second-round battle between the two teams with the headline "The Rockets are not the opponent of the Clippers, and they will definitely be out within six games". (To be continued......) R1071