According to statistics after the game, Yao Ming of the Rockets scored a game-high 33 points, plus 13 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 blocks. Carter scored 17 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, and Billups scored 15 points, 3 rebounds and 7 blocks.
assists.
For the Suns, Lin Ying scored a near-triple-double with 31 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists, including 6 points in overtime. Stoudemire had 21 points and 11 rebounds, Nash had 15 points and 10 assists, and Frye had 11 points.
6 rebounds, Oden only got 4 and 5 rebounds due to foul trouble.
Winning the first victory is worthy of congratulations, but from the course of the game, it can be seen that the strength of the two teams is evenly matched.
In this kind of matchup, no matter who wins in the end, it will not be surprising.
Moreover, it is destined to be a very exhausting series.
Two days later, G2 between the two sides continued to play in Houston.
After losing the opening game and losing their home court advantage, the Rockets' entire attitude in the second game was completely different from that in G1.
From the beginning of the game, Artest, Carter and others showed a 100% attitude, showing great enthusiasm on both offense and defense.
To put it bluntly, like Yao Ming, they are also striving for the first championship trophy in their career.
Even making an analogy, their mentality and desire are not fundamentally different from the Suns last season.
At the end of the game, the Rockets defeated the Suns 101-96 and tied the total score at 1-1.
According to statistics, 6 members of the Rockets team scored in double figures, fully bringing out the characteristics of Princeton.
After the first two games, the two sides will move to Phoenix to continue the contest for the next two games.
It was during this gap that an incident that had a great impact on the NBA next season came to a conclusion.
The results of the 2011 NBA draft lottery are out.
As a background, the NBA's old collective bargaining agreement will not officially expire until July 1.
In other words, the NBA lockout will only affect the free market and subsequent events, but the draft will not be affected.
Lin Ying also paid attention to this.
Because in the previous trade, the first-round pick from the Clippers to the Heat ended up going to the Nuggets.
If the Nuggets really get the No. 1 pick, his mentor Barnes can still make a difference.
The final lottery results came out, and the winner of the No. 1 pick was...well, the Cavaliers.
Is this moral turpitude or Stern's...
Yes, it has nothing to do with me anyway.
And really speaking from the overall situation, this kind of thing is like macro-control of the market economy, and it is a necessary means to maintain development.
Otherwise, if the previous decision makes such a big fuss and Cavaliers fans see no hope, the ball market that Cleveland has finally cultivated will quickly collapse, which will also be a big loss to the NBA.
But in this case, Irving will still go to Cleveland, James' hometown basketball...
But now that the Knicks are on the rise, theoretically it is impossible for James to play basketball in his hometown.
Some people say what if the Knicks never win a championship?
That’s even more impossible!
Playing basketball in your hometown is a kind of spiritual salvation. If you fail to succeed elsewhere, how can you have the face to go back and save your hometown?
Curiosity killed the cat.
However, the wheel of history has been influenced by him in many ways. The eyes of the sky can no longer play any role in this kind of question. Only time can give the answer.
Two days later, the Suns and Rockets moved to Phoenix to continue their G3 contest.
The first two rounds were 1-1. This game is very important for both sides. The winning side will immediately take the initiative in the series.
Therefore, the two sides played a more intense match in this game than the previous two games.
Confrontation, hand-to-hand combat, falling, grappling, fierce battle...
Both sides played with finals-level intensity in the first round.
And this game made many fans feel what Barkley said again, this should not be a first-round matchup.
But the showdown is just around the corner, and it's still going on!
I saw that some fans in the back were nervous and couldn't bear it, but they couldn't get angry.
Because both sides are competing within a certain scale, if I have to say it, it is exciting!
The ticket price for this game is definitely worth it!
The game once again reached the decisive moment.
The two sides fought too hard in the front, which led to constant fighting at the last moment, and it was defense that determined the outcome of the game.
Lin Ying helped defend Billups at the last moment, blowing his former teammate's buzzer-beating ball away from the court and blowing away the Rockets' last hope.
87 to 86, the Suns narrowly won by 1 point and took the lead with a big score of 2 to 1!
One detail is that when Lin Ying was interviewed by Changzhi after the game, the camera showed that his hands were bruised and bruised.
"I like this kind of confrontation. Regardless of victory or defeat, I leave the court standing in the end."
Lin Ying's words in the interview also highlight his character.
Rather than playing scheming and fighting with the Spurs, he still prefers the most realistic confrontation on the court.
Because this kind of game can really hone your skills and take your strength to the next level.
So, two days later, the two teams had another fierce battle.
It was almost the same process, except that this time the Rockets had the last laugh.
Tied 2 to 2, both sides are about to face the battle of Tianwang Mountain!
Such a tragic and even cruel scene made the outside world lament that the match between the two teams should not be the first round, but the Western West!
Because not only the Suns and Rockets were miserable, but the Lakers and Thunder next door were also playing with sparks everywhere.
After four games, the Thunder once again led the Lakers 3-1!
Durant: I don’t believe they can give me a 1-3 reversal!
Of course, this time he just thought about it in his mind and no longer dared to plant a flag casually.
And the Thunder's lead this time is different from last time. The addition of Perkins has indeed changed a lot of things.
With him in the paint, the Thunder look like a youth version of the Celtics.
Of course, the most important thing is that Durant is unstoppable!
He averaged 32 points in four games! More than Kobe!
At this time, Kobe must have regretted agreeing to Durant's invitation last summer.
Because he found that that experience allowed Durant to strengthen his feet and the right side was no longer a weakness.
It used to be difficult to defend against Tracy McGrady, but now we encounter a big-sized Tracy McGrady, who is simply acting like a hooligan.
Two days later, the battle between the Suns and Rockets began in Houston.
After four fierce battles, Tianwang Mountain should theoretically be very fierce.
But what people didn't expect was that the Suns won, and they won easily.
For no other reason than because this game presented the first X factor of the series, Tracy McGrady!
Judging from the previous games, McGrady could not adapt to the intensity of this kind of competition, so he did not perform much.
But maybe he finally accumulated a skill after saving up his energy bar for a long time, or maybe he recalled his past at Toyota Center.
All in all, McGrady broke out in this game. He made 8 of 11 shots in the game and scored 20 points with super high efficiency.
These 20 points are enough to determine the final outcome of the game in a close match.
3 to 2, the next game is at home.
For the Suns, G6 is their best chance.
However, the process of this game was also very similar to G5, except that the X factor that stood out this time was Ron Artest from the Rockets.
He scored 22 points and intercepted Nash's pass at the last moment, helping the Rockets win the game in a thrilling manner.
Both sides were stunned to turn the game into a turn-based game, and when they finished using their skills, they saw that both sides were in a state of residual health, but they were both still alive.
As a result, an unprecedented cruel tie-break will be staged between the two teams!
It’s tiebreaker again!
In the first two years of Lin Ying's career, there were tiebreakers every year. Last year, the situation stopped with the Suns. Unexpectedly, it would happen again this year!
And this time it was an away game, so the Suns were in an extremely dangerous situation.
It’s even worth mentioning that this is the only tiebreaker in the first round this year!
Yes, that's right, the game between the Lakers and Thunder next door has ended.
Although the Lakers regained a victory at home in G5, in Oklahoma City in G6, Westbrook performed well and the Thunder were able to defeat the Lakers and send the Lakers home with a score of 4-2.
The Lakers fell in the first round!
Although there is no such thing as a 5-4 comeback in history, it is obviously difficult for Lakers fans to accept this result.
However, the very real problem facing the Lakers management is that this set of core and rotation has not been touched for too long, and has reached the point where it cannot be established without breaking it.
This summer will be a very turbulent summer for the Lakers.
And it wasn't just the Lakers who were upset.
Just before the Lakers, the Spurs also lost to the Grizzlies 2-4!
They were hacked!
In addition to the Mavericks' 4-1 victory over the Trail Blazers, the Western Conference now has two teams in the top half!
The world is really in chaos!
"See you in Xijue!"
Lin Ying received another text message from Durant.
The Spurs were also upset, which means that the Thunder's opponent in the Western Conference semifinals will be the Grizzlies.
The Thunder really have a great chance of making it to the Western Conference Finals this year!
One day later.
Game 7 between Suns and Rockets.
Because all the other first rounds in the Eastern and Western Conferences ended on this day, and the second round had not yet started, this became the only game of the day.
In other words, this game was more ups and downs than expected.
At the beginning of the game, Yao Ming started with full firepower and a hot touch, and even hit a three-pointer from the outside.
With his own 7 points, the Rockets took a 12-2 lead at the start.
The Suns were beaten a little confused.
Yao Ming's block on Stoudemire made the Toyota Center resound with the long-lost Yao song.
"Yao Ming~Yao Ming is life-threatening~Yao Ming~is life-threatening~"
The sound that sounded like a war hymn gave the Rockets fans at the scene goosebumps, and also made the Rockets players rush one after another.
After halftime, the Rockets led the Suns by 14 points, 60-46!
Yao Ming scored 18 points and 8 rebounds in the first half, showing an MVP-level performance.
Victory is almost within sight.
At halftime, Gentry tried to use words to boost the team's morale in the locker room, but it didn't have a very good effect.
The momentum played by the Rockets tonight is familiar, yes, just like them last year.
After Gentry left, Lin Ying stood up and said something.
He didn't try to boost morale or anything, but talked about some opportunities that the Suns might have.
And this opportunity belongs to Yao Ming.
Yao Ming was uncharacteristically crazy in the first half, and his strategy should be to lead the Rockets to defeat the Suns in three quarters.
As long as the lead can reach 20 points, the Suns basically have no chance of winning in the last quarter.
But Yao Ming is also taking a gamble by doing this, because his physical fitness cannot bear to play like this for the entire game.
Lin Ying didn't say much, but he could feel that the Suns team's morale was obviously improving.
As the defending champions, there is actually no problem with their mental quality, they just need to know what to do.
And what Lin Ying said was what they wanted to hear.
Returning to the second half, the two sides fell into a stalemate at the beginning.
A detail issue in the stalemate quickly verified what Lin Ying said: the Rockets' offensive focus shifted from Yao Ming to others!
The discovery stunned the Suns.
Although Artest's outstanding performance in G6 is eye-catching, in essence, the Rockets are relying on Yao Ming to carry the burden forward in this series.
You must know that so far in the series, Yao Ming has averaged 25.2 points, 12.4 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 2.3 blocks per game. He is basically a combination of offense and defense.
If others had performed well, the Rockets would have beaten the Suns long ago.
So after gradually increasing the defensive quality and offensive rhythm, the situation of the game began to tilt towards the Suns.
15-point difference, 10-point difference, 5-point difference...
The Suns were closing in on the point difference bit by bit at a speed visible to the naked eye.
By the end of the third quarter, they finally narrowed the point difference to less than 5 points!
Resilience, the label that was put on the Suns last season, is still there!
In the last quarter, Yao Ming stepped forward again after taking a rest.
However, the Suns' overall condition has been improved, and the Rockets have been unable to open up the score.
At the final decisive moment, Lin Ying stepped forward and took over the game.
Grover's special training not only helped build perfect muscle groups, allowing him to jump higher and run faster, but also allowed him to break through new bottlenecks in physical fitness.
At this time, he experienced a "pseudo white-hot space", or a "pseudo zone".
The reason for adding a pseudo word is because after a whole night or even an entire series of games for others, my physical energy has been exhausted.
But he still has some energy left, so the effect is that everyone else's movements seem to be a beat slower than his.
Lin Ying's changes of direction can easily throw off the defense, and his sudden layups always make people feel like others can't keep up with his rhythm.
"A true MVP will step up and take over the game at the last moment!"
Commentator Barkley has started to output like crazy.
Yao Ming on the Rockets didn't give up, he fought hard until he got leg cramps.
A 2.26-meter tall man came off the field in an emergency. After being treated by the team doctor for only one round, he gritted his teeth and came back on the field.
For Houston, Yao Ming gave everything he could.
This spirit moved the fans at the scene again, and Yao Zhi's song resounded through the Toyota Center again.
The Rockets counterattacked wildly, and Carter hit a three-pointer from outside 6 seconds before the end, sending the Toyota Center into a boil.
After returning from the final timeout, Lin Ying did not go to the sideline to serve the ball this time, but instead received the ball from the three-point line and directly met Yao Ming's shot!
Lin Ying's eyes were as firm as iron before taking action.
After taking action, he looked at Yao Ming and something strange flashed in his eyes.
If the prerequisite for Yao Ming to leave Houston and leave Alexander, the blood-sucking boss, is that the Rockets lose, then he will do it himself!
"Whoa!"
The voice of despair rang in the ears of Rockets fans.
There is no regretful duel, there is only one winner.
Chapter completed!