Chapter 674: Piercing One
The Warriors won the Kings Mountain, and coincidentally, the Rockets also won the crucial Game 5.
In the game with the Jazz, the Rockets played extremely anxiously, just like the Warriors played the Spurs, the strength of the two teams is between the two, and the key is to look at the state and luck.
The Jazz can't prevent Yao Ming, but in the same way, Yao Ming has also suffered from the Jazz interior line such as Boozer and Oku.
Fortunately, at this time, Yao Ming lost weight, his body was more flexible, and he was occasionally able to defend himself, and in the case of handing over some rebounds to his teammates for protection, Yao Ming played his high-IQ basketball performance.
May 3 is the sixth match between the two teams.
On the Jazz's home court, the Rockets struggled, Yao Ming scored 29 points and 7 rebounds on 11-of-20 shooting, but could not lead the team to the final victory, the Rockets lost the game 88-94, Maddy also scored 26 points and 10 rebounds, but at the same time he also had 4 turnovers and 4 fouls, Kirilenko cut 21 points on Maddy's head, and the Jazz blossomed inside and outside the game.
"The rocket missed the opportunity, and the two sides entered the battle for the seventh"
After the game, the media used such reports to describe the game, the Rockets who took the lead in getting the match point failed to end the series, which is equivalent to giving the Jazz a chance to breathe, and the two sides will have a life-and-death battle in the Toyota Center in Houston three days later.
At the same time, the Warriors are back in San Antonio.
San Antonio didn't have any of the legendary off-the-beaten-the-box tricks, the players slept and waited until dawn, and then they worked intensely in the stadium to put an end to all interviews.
On the same day, there is also the sixth game between the Raptors and the Nets, before the Raptors have won Tianwang Mountain, for the Nets, it is a game on the edge of a cliff, if you lose, go straight home to fish.
The Eastern Conference started first, with the Warriors watching the Raptors and Nets play in the locker room.
Montgomery watched very carefully, taking out a pen and paper from time to time to record something, and after the players watched the game for a while, it was their turn to play.
"The Raptors rose without warning, they won 47 games in the regular season, they were third in the East, and last year, they didn't even make the playoffs." Ron Adams was amazed, it was as if the team had suddenly increased in strength, and he didn't see how many strong reinforcements they had.
"Chris Bosh completed the first 20+10 of his career this season, and now it seems that such a face-frame power forward is popular in the league, Chris Bosh, Amare Stoudemire, etc."
Montgomery analyzed: "It stands to reason that the Nets' new trident has an excellent run-in, the outside lineup is almost perfect, and the two superstars, Vince Carter and Jason Kidd, are also in good shape, but the problem is that the Nets' interior line is not good, Mickey Moore and Jason Collins are two blue-collar workers, or blue-collar who can only play on the bench, the Nets lack offensive power inside, and the team's overall shooting percentage is definitely lower than that of the Raptors." ”
"If the Nets want to win, they can only rely on defense and rebounding, protect the interior, and they can win the game." Ron Adams sealed the coffin and gave the Nets a chance to win.
"Vince and Jason have worked together for two seasons without making a name for themselves, and the initial blockbuster transfer is just a good idea that is thought of every day." Both of them are friends of Ray Allen, watching the two of them struggling, Ray Allen is also embarrassed, although he has not passed the first round, but Ray Allen feels that it is a matter of time before he and Yang Di continue to fight together and win the championship.
"It's like Allen Iverson going to Denver, and now it seems that the two of them didn't show a 1+1 greater than 2 reaction at all, and they still played their own way, and there was no way to improve each other's offensive efficiency." Yang Di remembered the Nuggets who had gone home to fish, and felt that it was too naïve to think that the Nuggets were strong at the beginning, and the Nuggets themselves didn't figure out which scoring champion they were going to hand over the ball to in the end.
"The Raptors' defense is also very average, and they can actually play in the top three in the East, and if we are in the East, we may break the Mavericks' record." Tyson is very disdainful, now the teams in the East are generally weak, and there is no competitive pressure in the West at all, after Jordan left the Bulls in 98, there is only one team in the East to win the championship, and just once.
In the locker room, the players watched the half-court showdown between the Raptors and the Nets, and then walked out of the locker room door together and went to the main arena for warm-up practice.
Avid Spurs fans gathered more and more, and the arena was filled with a cacophony of noise.
Among the white home team fans, there are occasionally a few people wearing black jerseys, these are Warriors fans, and there is a little black in the white bushes, which is particularly eye-catching.
"In addition to the first and second games, in the next few games, the two sides have their own states, and each other has wins and losses." The commentator who came to the scene explained the previous games, "What impressed me the most was the second game, the Spurs and the Warriors played overtime, and finally relied on the super play of Yang Di in overtime, and the Warriors won with difficulty. ”
"In today's game, the key to the Spurs' victory is to see if they can suppress Yang Di, if Yang Di continues his hot performance in the previous few games, it will hurt the Spurs too much."
After the words fell, the prepared two sides had completed the jump ball.
Chandler jumped to Duncan, and Jandy flicked the ball back and gave it to Fisher to advance.
Neither side made any changes to the starting lineup, and after Fisher passed halftime, Tony Parker came up and took the initiative to stick to Fisher, interfering with his dribbling, and was very aggressive.
Fisher frowned, turned around and dribbled, his strong body easily pushed Tony Parker, Jandy came up to block the pick-and-roll, and Fisher dribbled to the right side to break through.
Fisher bypassed Yang Di and immediately encountered Duncan's delay, and when he bypassed Duncan to regain his sight, Parker had already appeared in front of him again, he saw Yang Di who was down, passed the ball over, Yang Di received the ball, and Duncan came over to defend unhurriedly.
After receiving the ball, Yang Di raised his hand to shoot and made a false feint.
failed to deceive Duncan, Yang Di was not annoyed, landed on the crotch and dribbled, probed his shoulders to the right, and strode in.
Duncan adjusted his steps, one hand raised in the air.
Yang Di walked near the bottom line, pulled up the jump shot directly, held the basketball with both hands, and his body was half-spinned.
Duncan was like a big enemy, and he also jumped up with him, and his long arms in the air covered Yang Di's eyes, hoping to interfere with Yang Di's shooting touch.
But near this bottom line, Yang Di can almost not look at the frame when shooting, and directly rely on the feeling of thousands of trainings to shoot.
The basketball flew high above Duncan, sliced a parabola, and landed into the hoop with precision.