Chapter 663: Defending the Home Arena II
The Warriors struggled to win Game 1, and the two teams played one of the most intense sets in the league's opening round.
At the same time, the remaining three sets of matchups were also released, with the Mavericks beating the Lakers 106-77, the Suns beating the Nuggets 99-87, and the Cavaliers beating the Wizards 97-82.
After the playoffs kick off, the first two days are four games per day, and then the schedule is a little easier.
In principle, the game is played every two days in the same city, but in practice, it may be played every three days.
For example, after the game between the Warriors and the Spurs, the NBA only scheduled two games the next day, namely the Pistons vs. the Magic and the Rockets vs. the Jazz.
Chinese fans are having fun, and they have the news of the stars they pay the most attention to every day.
On the same day, the Pistons and Magic played first, the Pistons defeated the young Magic 98-90, Howard only had 8 points and 11 rebounds, no blocks, no steals, while the Pistons were the starting five Tigers scored all double-doubles, and the team shot 8 of 19 three-pointers, with a shooting rate of up to 4 percent.
This was followed by the Rockets vs. Jazz, and the game was still playing out at the Toyota Center.
Surprisingly, the Rockets and Jazz were also tied at 98-90, with the Rockets winning by eight points and Carlos Boozer scoring 41 points and being the Jazz's best performer. But Yao Ming and Maddy combined for 58 points, and the Rockets got more free throws to win.
Of course, in a home game, the referee's whistle is biased.
Although the Jazz's offense mostly ended with shots after the pick-and-roll, the difference in the number of fouls between the two teams was really large, the Jazz only made 17 free throws in the whole game, while the Rockets had 38 of them, and the Rockets hit 34 of them, which became the key to deciding the outcome of the game.
It's no wonder that after the game, the Salt Lake City media poured bitterness over this, believing that the referees had adopted a double standard, and Yao Ming and Maddie were both treated as body hair-level fouls.
But no matter what, the Rockets have led the Jazz 2-0, and the Jazz have returned to play at home.
On April 24, the second game of the first round of the playoffs continued to be played.
The Heat continued to lose to the Bulls, with the Lakers unable to beat the Mavericks 98-112 and the Nets losing 83-89 to the Youth Army Raptors.
Many people lament that the NBA has really changed, and the O and K of the former dominant league have all competed to become frustrated. There are more veteran superstars like Carter and Kidd, who can't compete with rookie eggs like Chris Bosh and Bagyani, if the Nets can't break through the first round this season, they don't have to play next season, just disband.
On April 25, the Warriors played the second game against the Spurs.
On the way to the stadium, Yang Di saw some fans in groups, wearing Warriors jerseys, some black, most of them wearing white jerseys for the home court, Ray Allen's No. 20, his No. 8, and even Byron's No. 3 jersey.
Yang Di wore headphones, automatically blocked some fans who called him, and walked into the stadium accompanied by the staff to open the way.
I happened to meet Monta Ellis, who also walked in with headphones, Monta Ellis wore a bright red sweatshirt, ripped denim and white sneakers, and looked a little trendy.
The two said hello and entered the locker room first.
In the locker room, the two began to change clothes.
The NBA locker room is often allowed to be open, but it is after the game, the time before the game is more tight, and the pre-game interview is not very important, and the interview after the game results are more meaningful.
Before the game even began, Oracle Arena was already occupied by Golden State fanatical fans, and a lot of noise penetrated the walls and reached the locker room.
The players arrived one after another, and under the guidance of the staff, they went to the stadium for pre-match training.
Head coach Montgomery and assistant coach Ron Adams were standing there, the two of them seemingly talking about something, drawing tactics on the tactics board.
CCTV5 playoffs have been broadcast live every day since the start of the playoffs, and coincidentally, the games involving the Rockets and the Warriors happen to be all separated, and the NBA official thought of this and arranged it like this.
Focus battle, tens of thousands of people's attention.
At the beginning of the game, the screen cut to the scene, and the players on both sides had completed the warm-up training, leaving 5 starters, lined up, and prepared to fight.
Then the screen turned, and it was back in the studio.
"Welcome to the playoffs of the NBA2006-07 season, the Warriors vs. Spurs, I am the commentator of this game Yang Jian, sitting next to me is Zhang Weiping Zhang Guidance, today, the two of us will explain this game for everyone." Yang Jian's commentary style is the same as his name, very steady, not hurried or slow, and has a lot of popularity in the basketball commentary world.
Zhang Weiping smiled and nodded to say hello, and the two began a normal pre-game chatter, until the fans were just waiting a little impatiently, and the director cut the picture back to the scene.
"Let's take a look at the two starters today."
"The Warriors, for their part, continued their usual lineup, with point guard Fisher, shooting guard Ray Allen, small forward Danny Granger, power forward Yang Di, and center Tyson Chandler. The Spurs' side is still unchanged, with point guard Tony Parker, shooting guard Michael Finley, small forward Bruce Bowen, power forward Tim Duncan, and center Francesco Elson. ”
'There are no changes to the line-ups of both sides from the last game.
'Yes, but there will probably be some different adjustments in the middle of the game, and after the last game, both sides know each other better.
The game starts, the jump ball, Duncan jumps to win Tyson.
The Spurs had the first wave of offensive possession, Parker controlled the ball with his right hand, raised his left hand to command, Duncan and Elson blocked for two players on the wing in the three-second zone, and after Finley received the ball, Parker ran to the bottom right corner to ambush, Duncan moved to the high post and blocked Finley.
The pick-and-roll change made Montgomery on the sidelines frown.
Finley used to be the league's strongest guard swingman, and at his peak he formed a trident with Nowitzki and Nash in Dallas, but now he is 34 years old, although his condition is okay, but if he is used as the main attacker, is it a bit overbearing? Or is there something else going on in the Spurs' offense?
Just thinking about this, Finley, who had completed the block, passed the ball back to Duncan, and Duncan fell to the low post to single Yang Di, turned around, and shot with a small hook.
After the basketball hit the board, it fell into the basket steadily, and Yang Di stretched out his arm to interfere, but it failed to have an effect.
Duncan retreated expressionlessly, Yang Di bent down to pick up the basketball, quickly sent the baseline ball, and prepared to advance quickly!