Dako Milicic!

He is the most famous "golden boy" before Rubio.

He was also one of the most regrettable players in this league.

Many experts say that if Milicic didn't start his career with the Pistons, then he would be a template for Jokic! It can be seen that his talent is strong!

It's a pity that he started his career with the Pistons and happened to run into the league's most stubborn coach Larry Brown. His self-confidence was completely destroyed in the coach's language pua.

Unexpectedly, Bill Duffy actually signed one of the league's most regretful geniuses.

Do you want to save him?

Yao Ming had such an idea in his heart.

However, he did not take the initiative to call Bill Duffy. The result of his final consideration was that if Bill Duffy called him, he would suggest it. If he didn't ask, then forget it.

It is regrettable, but if I really want to say, this Milicic is not a Huaxia player, he does not need to catch up like this, he can't save China Basketball, what kind of "golden boy" is taking the initiative to save!

...

The Spurs and the Lakers' progress in this round of the series is faster than Yao Ming expected. The two teams tied 2-2. After the Spurs won the battle of Tianwangshan, they did not give the Lakers a chance again. In one pass, the Lakers were eliminated by a big score of 4-2.

In the last two games, Tim Duncan scored 37 points in one game and 35 points in the other. The performance can be said to be extremely good. And in these two games, Tim Duncan spent most of his time on Shaq O'Neal, and he can still show such a performance. It really deserves to be the guy who will be judged by Yang in the "5th position" in the future.

Also, based on his performance in these two games, who dares to say that he is not a center?

O'Neal was overwhelmed by Tim Duncan in these two games. He scored 25 points in one game and 28 points in the other, and his performance was inferior to Tim Duncan.

However, O'Neal's performance is not as good as Tim Duncan, but because of his old toe injury that he refused to operate last summer. As the playoffs became more intense, he had to do with his toes. Fight, while fighting Tim Duncan.

Under such circumstances, he scored 25 and 28 points respectively, which shows how fierce this "shark" was at its peak.

However, if you lose, you lose. Injuries cannot be used as a reason for him. After the game, there is no media to speak for him. They gave the big wave of praise to Tim Duncan, saying that "the era that belongs to Tim Duncan has come. NS!"

Flowers, applause, and spotlight belong to the winners. Just hear the newcomers laugh and don't ask the old ones cry. This is the normal state of the NBA.

Shaq O'Neal didn't make any excuses either. Since he didn't choose to have an operation at the beginning, he had to bear the consequences. There was no way.

With a look of unwillingness, he walked towards Tim Duncan after the game, and punched him in the chest first: "Boy, this time you can mock me for a while!"

Tim Duncan smiled faintly. When there is a camera, he generally has no obvious emotional fluctuations. But although there was only a faint smile on his face, he already yelled in his heart: cool!

For the past three years, he has watched O'Neal enter the Western Conference Finals, and now it is this guy's turn to watch him enter the Western Conference Finals!

"However, boy, since you have won me, you have to win that Chinese rookie too. I can't accept that guy defeated the guy who defeated me in the playoffs!" In that case, he will win next year. The All-Star debut is definitely out of play again!

Hasn't it happened already! Do you mind so much?

Tim Duncan murmured silently in his heart, but he still replied with no expression on his face: "Don't worry, Shaq, that kid will leave it to me!"

Yao Ming: Ah Xi! Who misses me!

The reporters next to him watched Tim Duncan and O’Neill hugged "Kiss Me and Me", and immediately took it. Although the picture is a bit greasy, they will all be precious old photos from now on!

However, if they know what Shaq O’Neal and Tim Duncan are talking about, I’m afraid they will be speechless. These two guys who have won 4 championships in the past 5 years together actually counted a rookie there, but it’s not enough. Face!

Uh, but think about it, the rookie is dazzling to the level of Yao Ming, and it seems that there is no problem with the calculation...

While these two old guys were "friending", Kobe had already been interviewed in the player channel. He was very upset. Although this was ended after winning three consecutive championships, it is said that the dynasty has been completed, there should be no too much. Many regrets, but he just can't accept it.

He hates losing, only likes the feeling of winning!

It was also in a bad mood. Kobe was a bit more angry in the interview after the game: "For some reason, we lost the series that we instinctively won, and the guy didn't know it at all. This is something I can't accept. Things, I think the team needs some changes instead of just accommodating!"

Although he did not say his name, he almost reported his ID card. All the reporters standing in front of him can feel the dissatisfaction between the "OK" combination, especially the "k" dissatisfaction. With this round of series The loss of the game has become even greater!

Yeah, you won again, are you going to the Western Conference?

When Tim is so tough, can't he miss two?

And Manu and Tony, they usually have to scold me to play well. How did they perform so well in this round of the series?

There is another guy who is dissatisfied because the Spurs won the game. It was Vicki, who was lying in the hospital bed. He watched the Spurs eliminate the Lakers and advance to the Western Conference finals. He turned off the TV in one fell swoop, and then Angrily lay down wrapped in the quilt, he felt that the whole world was targeting him!

Now that the Spurs can stop the Spurs from entering the Finals, the Rockets are left... Is that China newcomer? Humph, it's not a good thing! Let him go to the finals, it is better to let the Spurs go to the finals!

But if the Spurs make it to the Western Conference Finals, will my head coach still be stable?

At the beginning, he was able to hold the position of general manager and head coach, mainly because no one was available at the time, so he had the opportunity to grasp all the power in his hands. If Mike Budenholzer can lead the team to win the championship , I'm afraid that the boss can no longer let him serve as the head coach anyway.

The most taboo thing in shopping malls is "Yiyantang", which anyone who is a boss knows!

The management of the NBA is actually similar to the management of the mall.

**Vicci knows, his boss must also know...

Hey~ Who do you support?

On one side is power, and on the other side is the opponent who looks upset. Vicki didn't know who to support for a while!

Sure enough, I still play the spurs, hey~

After Yao Ming heard the news of the Spurs' victory, he suddenly showed a look of helplessness. When the reporter asked him which team he wanted to run into, although he did not answer, he had the answer in his heart. Compared with the Spurs, he was sure. Want to meet the Lakers even more!

Although the Lakers are also very difficult, this team has a lot of problems. Other than that, O'Neal’s injury problem is a time bomb. In addition, there are really no people available in this year’s Lakers lineup, except for "OK." ", there is only "OK". The other old ones, the small ones, and the small ones, there is still a Horry that can be used. Whether it is offensive or defensive limitations, the x factor is much smaller than that of the Spurs, so naturally Easier to deal with.

As a result, still did not avoid, the original champion of this season finally entered the Western Conference Finals!

They are going to play a series with the Spurs...

However, now that it didn't want to happen, it has already happened. Yao Ming didn't struggle with this matter anymore, but actively began to prepare for this round of the series.

The Rockets set off for San Antonio on the night when the Spurs officially eliminated the Lakers. After a good rest for one night and one morning, Tom organized a more intense intra-team training.

The Rockets eliminated the Kings 4-2 ahead of schedule. Coupled with their 4-0 sweep of the Timberwolves in the first round, the two rounds combined, the promotion speed was much faster than the Spurs, which gave them a good break. , If 10 years later, the Spurs will definitely lose in this situation. At that time, the Spurs were already a "classic car". With plenty of energy, the Rockets could beat the Spurs just by their athleticism.

But at this time, except for the "Admiral", the entire Spurs team is basically in their golden age, and there is no physical problem.

This caused the Rockets to advance first to have the problem of "not playing high-intensity games for too long, which may lead to inability to adapt." This is also the reason. These days, Tom will organize a strong team from time to time. Internal training.

Even the day before the official start of the Western Conference, he still maintained this arrangement!

But what the final effect is, Tom himself can’t guarantee...

China has paid much attention to the Western Conference Finals and created a "Rocket Western Conference Preview" column. Under Zhang Mingji's communication, the two hosts Xu Jicheng and Zhang Weiping both have the Rockets in and out of the Rockets anytime, anywhere. Qualifications for the temporary arena in order to obtain more pre-match information and bring it back to China.

Not to mention, this should be regarded as the first time in China to officially follow the private life of an NBA star. Through these shots, domestic fans have a better understanding of how difficult Yao Ming is...

Meals are quantitative!

The facial expressions have been twisted together every time you train, but you still have to stick to your daily goals!

Even after the rest, you can’t rest immediately, you have to relax your muscles and joints according to the trainer’s requirements!

It's not easy...

The domestic fans' admiration for Yao Ming suddenly deepened under the two-day follow-up shots!

...

Due to the fact that the Rockets and the Spurs have made a lot of noise this season, the "anti-Bowen movement" and the injuries to Vicki were all caused by the Spurs after they clashed with the Rockets.

Spurs: Uh, why is it always me who is injured?

This has also led to this round of the series even if it is not fanned by the media, it is already full of gunpowder.

Not to mention, the media have also carried out a wave of provocative provocations.

ESPN took the fans to review the contradiction between the two teams during the regular season!

"Open Air Sports" interviewed the players of the two teams separately, but it is the kind of interview that must be done by the interviewer after the trash talk!

In addition, "Sports Illustrated" and other media are also very versatile. Anyway, they can be used to exaggerate the atmosphere. Before the Rockets and Spurs officially started the Western Conference finals, these media used them all!

And under the efforts of this group of media, the effect is also very outstanding. Two passersby walking on the road, if one is a Rockets fan and the other is a Spurs fan, then it must be a fight, and it is the kind of invisible. The **** non-stop style of play, it can be said that the fans on both sides are extremely hostile to each other!

In this atmosphere, the first game of the Western Conference Finals officially started at the Spurs' home court...

The famous Spurs fan Brad Pitt on the sidelines saw Yao Ming entering the field and said to him: "China boy, your first playoff journey is over, don't cry!"

"Don't worry, I won't cry before you cry!" Yao Ming replied.

This caused a frantic boo on the sidelines.

Yao Ming ignored these voices, but immediately threw himself into the warm-up. Talking to these fans will not make him win. Only in good condition can he win better!

Soon everyone from the Spurs also entered the home court, but one of them was missing a familiar figure... Yao Ming had to admit that it was a bit weird to have no **vicki, but he was indeed in a good mood!

Looking at Bruce Bowen in a suit and leather shoes, he is even happier! Now I don’t have to worry about what sordid things will happen.

In Yao Ming's impression, Mike Budenholzer didn't learn the dirty tricks from **Vicci's hands!

Bruce Bowen also noticed Yao Ming's flashing gaze. He had been looking at Yao Ming, and immediately snorted secretly: Damn it, wait and see!

It’s just that there are no dislikes, but when this game came up, Tom’s most worrying thing happened. The Rockets, who hadn’t played a high-intensity game for several days, were completely attacked and defensive by the Spurs, who had just finished fighting with the Lakers. I'm dumbfounded.

The Spurs started with a 10-4 score**.

After the Rockets finally stabilized the situation, Budenholzer began to address the weaknesses of the Rockets' replacement lineup and played a fast-paced multiplayer rotation.

In this fast pace, the Rockets once again had problems on both ends of the offense and defense. This time the Spurs did not give them a chance to stabilize the situation. There was another wave of scoring, which smoothly expanded the point difference to more than 10 points.

Later, although Yao Ming and Francis made efforts one after another, but the Spurs were so experienced and successfully stabilized the points difference, winning the final victory with a score difference of 91 to 83, 8 points!

The first game of the Western Conference finals ended with the Spurs winning...

Tim Duncan is the first contributor to the Spurs' win. He continued the strength of the first two games against O'Neal, scoring 36 points alone!

In addition, there are 12 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 blocks and 2 steals!

However, after winning this game, he was not too excited. There were 7 games in the series, and now he has just won the next one. It's too early!

However, he was not excited because he was not excited. The local media in San Antonio could not restrain their excitement. In the report on the next day, they said bluntly: "According to historical statistics, the team that won the first game of the Western Conference Finals, There is a 78% probability of entering the Finals, and the team with the first regular season record that won the first Western Conference Finals has a higher probability of being promoted, above 90%!"

In a nutshell: stop playing, we are going to the finals!

But this is not the time when these guys were the most boring, they were the most boring at 2 o'clock in the afternoon that day, the league officially announced the regular season MVP of the 02~03 season, no one else, it is Tim Duncan!

He won 90 first votes and 30 second votes among 120 voters, and became the final regular season MVP with a score far ahead of others!

He also officially became another guy who won the regular season MVP after Michael Jordan...

The whole San Antonio was so loud, and firecrackers rang!

"San Antonio Chronicle" said: "Tim Duncan gave San Antonio another reason to win the next game!"

Yao Ming was not surprised by this result. Originally, this was his regular season MVP. His dominance lies there. The league also has a fine tradition of "adult beauty"!

It's just that Tim Duncan won the award, I'm afraid the second game with them will become difficult...

Yao Ming began to worry about the second game.

Tom is as worried as he is.

In the first game, the Rockets lost to the depth of the bench. He was not surprised. In fact, in the second round of the game against the Kings, the Rockets had already exposed the problem of insufficient depth of the bench rotation. It was just that the Kings were at the end of the lineup. Coupled with the timely adjustment of the Rockets, no one has done too much analysis on this issue.

But now it seems that the Spurs have clearly noticed this problem and have been targeting it since the first game of the Western Conference Finals.

Fortunately, for Tom, this is not a problem. He has already made some adjustments to the lineup rotation in response to this problem. He believes that in the second game, the Rockets will no longer have problems due to the lack of depth of the bench rotation. NS.

But now, the regular season MVP awards are suddenly announced. This must be a morale boost for the Spurs. As a result, Tom is a little bit confused!

He can only raise the requirements in the Rockets' team training as much as possible, so that everyone on the Rockets can face the second game of the Western Conference Finals in a more full state.

...

One day's preparations. In the afternoon of the next day, the Rockets once again appeared at the Spurs' home court to warm up for the upcoming second game of the Western Conference Finals.

It can be seen that the San Antonio Spurs fans are even more excited tonight!

They are like tireless machines, spraying **** words after each other at the Rockets.

When Tim Duncan came to the scene and lifted the regular season MVP from the hands of the league representatives, the atmosphere on the scene rose again, and the entire arena could no longer tolerate the noise made by these Spurs fans.

"Tim defeated you in the regular season MVP vote, and will defeat you in this round of the Western Conference Finals!" Pete, who was bickering with Yao Ming before the last game, provoked Yao Ming again this time. Because the Spurs won a game, this guy's tone is obviously more confident this time!

In fact, Yao Ming was also selected for the final evaluation list, but his score was not high. He only ranked fourth and fifth, which was far behind Tim Duncan.

Yao Ming glanced around. At this moment, all the machines were tapping Tim Duncan. No one shot him, so he approached Pete and then pointed his **** at him.

After that, he quickly walked to the court holding the ball, and Pete looked at his back and scolded his mother. He really didn't expect Yao Ming to approach him and show him such a "big baby"!

Yao Ming heard his verbal abuse, but ignored the guy again.

He has time to tease that guy in this game, so don’t worry~

"I hope you will show your attitude from the beginning of this game!" Tom, who had a foreboding that this game would be difficult, once again emphasized the issue of fighting spirit before the game started.

From last night to now, this is the fourth time he has emphasized fighting spirit. There is no way. They must have full fighting spirit if they want to chew the next victory tonight!

Because the opponent is destined to be full of fighting spirit tonight!

Everyone on the Rockets obviously took Tom's emphasis in mind and showed a very strong fighting spirit from the beginning, which is reflected in their opening defense.

The Spurs grabbed the first strike, but none of them leaned toward the Rockets! Instead, everyone on the Rockets leaned toward everyone on the Spurs.

First comes the man-to-man compelling defense.

Tony Parker managed to dribble the ball through halftime, and for a long time there was no suitable opportunity to pass the ball. In desperation, he could only choose to attack by himself.

Tim Duncan did him a pick-and-roll.

Yao Ming made up for it and followed without hesitation. Parker played a layup due to the time difference, but he was too afraid of Yao Ming behind him. He only paid attention to the back but didn’t pay much attention to the shot. The ball hit the basket and bounced out. Yao Ming, behind him, easily accepted the rebound.

The Rockets guarded the first goal!

Francis came to catch the ball.

The Spurs did not change their defensive strategy because of the Rockets' opening press. They still defended the defense. Francis saw this, gave up the pick and roll, dribbled the ball and began to provoke Tony Parker.

Parker hesitated for a moment, but he rushed forward. Francis changed his direction and killed him from his side. The regular season MVP habitually made up. Francis gave the ball to Kevin Cato, and Cato dunked with one hand... it popped.

In the fight with David Robinson, Yao Ming grabbed an offensive rebound. After landing, he suddenly speeded up his turn and completed a one-handed dunk from the other side.

David Robinson just watched as he was cut off by Yao Ming again.

Fortunately, he had already experienced such a thing once, and this time he was obviously not as depressed as the last time.

All the people on the Rockets bench got up after being blown up, one by one excited.

Thibodeau looked at Yao Ming's tough buckle, and said to Tom: "This guy seems to be breaking out tonight!" As long as Yao Ming plays harder than usual, he will definitely break out in this game. It was Thibodeau's subconscious intention, no way, this kind of situation has happened too many times!

Tom also nodded slightly, approving Thibodeau's words.

At the same time, there is a little less worry in his eyes.

As long as Yao Ming breaks out, then the Rockets will have a better chance of winning tonight!

Unconsciously, Yao Ming became the guy who could give him a sense of security.

And the last person who could give him this sense of security was the man named Olajuwon!

In Yao Ming's body, Tom could feel the same aura as that man.

In the defense, Yao Ming did not forget to spread his hands towards Pete, showing a helpless look, which made Pete gritted his teeth.

But what can he say?

It was the Rockets who scored the first goal!

It was David Robinson who was deducted!

They didn't take advantage of it, what can he say?

He could only hold it back, but couldn't hold it anymore, and he could only put his **** towards Yao Ming's back and talk about it.

The Spurs proceeded to the next round of offense.

It can be seen that in the first round, they just didn't expect the Rockets to have a full-court press from the beginning, but once they are ready, the press will have less impact on them.

In the press, Tony Parker patiently waited for the entire team to form a formation before handing the ball to Tim Duncan. Tim Duncan didn’t play it himself, but instead looked for a chance to give the ball to Stephen Jackson on the other side. , Jackson raised his hand and shot, facing Mobley's defense, he steadily scored a three-pointer!

yes, the new contract can add another 200,000!

After scoring the goal, Stephen Jackson suddenly had such an idea.

Bruce Bowen’s injury has greatly increased his role. Since entering the playoffs, with a desire for a big contract, this guy is also getting better and better. In the last game with the Rockets, he shot the whole game. He scored 3 three-pointers and scored 15 points. In this game, he obviously continued the hot state of the previous game, and completed the three-pointer as soon as he came up!

After seeing him scoring a goal, Thibodeau shook his head slightly, and muttered softly: "Cartino's defense is very problematic!"

"Yeah..." Tom groaned and didn't say a word. In fact, Mobley is limited by his height and figure. He has not been very defensive when facing opponents in the second and third positions, but Battier has helped him. To assist in defense, his defensive problems have never been a fatal injury to the Rockets.

But the problem is that Stephen Jackson is a guy who can catch the ball and shoot the ball. If you want to guard against such a guy, it is useless to help defend, you still have to think of the defender!

This is already the second problem exposed, right?

Tom is thinking about it. After the first two rounds of the series, his original idea was that the Rockets might be able to make the Finals this year. After all, whether it is the Lakers or the Spurs, judging from the regular season record, the Rockets will There was a great battle, but when the series started, he discovered that the Rockets still have some serious injuries with the real strong team~lightnovelpub.net~ for the first game that has been played so far, and In the second game that just started, the Rockets already had two points that he needed to deal with!

One is that the depth of the bench lineup is not as good as the opponent's!

Another is that Mobley has become an obvious loophole on the defensive end!

For the first question, he has come up with some decisions, and now he is waiting for the game to test, but the latest issue that has been exposed... Apart from changing defenses or replacing players, he really has no good solutions.

If you can change the defense, the Spurs are on the third position with Steve Smith, who is also a guy who can catch the ball and shoot the ball. Mobley changes to defend him, and it is not much different from defending Stephen Jackson. Instead, it will restrict him to the wing. The movement of the rocket, as well as the replenishment force required to affect the flanks of the rocket.

Then there will only be substitutions...

Of course, Tom didn't make a direct substitution. The game has just begun. If he makes substitutions so quickly, it is easy to put pressure on these guys on the court.

This is the time to fight for will, let's stop making troubles, and watch for a while!