Chapter 531: Why not join me

When the Clippers and the Lone Ranger hit 3:0, the Rockets and Trail Blazers scored 1:2, the Rockets pulled back to the city after returning to home in the third game.
Seeing whether the Lone Ranger was going to go, Houston automatically assumed the responsibility of revenge for the flag of Texas, thinking about reversing the Trail Blazers and meeting with the Clippers in the semifinals.
Although the big score is behind, the Rockets are so confident.
This confidence was smashed in the fourth game.
I thought that with the power of the home field, the Rockets could pull back to another city. As a result, the Rockets were again reversed by the Blazers with the lead of the whole game.
This is the third reversal of four games.
As long as the Rockets lead into the fourth quarter, they never won.
Instead, it was the third game, falling behind in the first three quarters and overtaking in the fourth quarter to win one game.
Where did you go about it?
From the lineup alone, the Rockets and Trail Blazers should be comparable.
After all, there is only a difference in victory, and Harden is the best in this series in terms of strength, reputation, and experience.
How do you know that the seemingly low-key Trail Blazers thoroughly saw the Rockets and Harden through the lineup, tactical arrangements and personnel alignment.
Stotts used only one Matthews to control Harden, making Harden's efficiency in the playoffs decline sharply.
At the same time, the Rockets could not withstand the bombardment of Aldridge and Lillard at a critical moment.
The Rockets are a team with a long tradition of center, and in history they will often suffer a lot if they meet a point guard-power forward combination opponent.
The jazz and supersonic in the 90s, and the jazz in 07 and 08, all became rivals to eliminate the Rockets.
This year's Trail Blazers are no exception. The Rockets have been solving the problem of power forwards since the Yao Ming era.
Every time the offseason, the media and fans began to talk about "defensive power forward", "blue-collar coolie", almost read a book.
As a result, this position does not work every year, and every year the team that encounters a strong power forward in the playoffs must be beaten.
The league lacks defensive power forwards?
To put it bluntly or stifling, I always want to use a penny to do two cents of work, and then earn a dollar back.
Until last summer, Howard wasn't brought in, and Jefferson and Smith were fools.
As a result, Jefferson couldn't defend, Smith could not attack, and Smith played a power forward with a high arm span, which was numb against Aldridge's scalp.
McHale was naive in the first game and chose to use Terrence Jones to defend Ader one-on-one.
The big score fell behind 1:3, and the Rockets understood from top to bottom that they really came to the edge of the cliff.
Harden also knew that pressure was on his side.
The fifth game came to Portland, and the Rockets were dying.
Like the previous few games, the Rockets can always take the lead in the opening game.
The Blazers are always slow to catch up and slowly catch up in a backward situation.
This time the two sides played extremely fiercely, and the physical confrontation and tactical confrontation reached the peak of the series.
In the fourth quarter, the Rockets, who led by about 5 points in the first three quarters, were once again equalized by the Blazers.
This time it was Lillard who made a three-pointer from the outside and made a layup to bring the two sides back to the same starting line.
Jeremy Lin showed his unstable side in the playoffs. Several key mistakes led the Blazers to gain the upper hand again.
At this time, Harden finally stood up, first a counter-attack three-pointer, then blocked Matthews in the defense, and then counter-attacked the foul line.
Then, the Blazers missed the offense, Harden counterattack again fouled on the free throw line.
When this rain started, it made the Blazers feel cool.
After all, this is the first year of Adam Silva as NBA president, the first playoff game, how to be more intense?
In the other two series in the West, the Clippers have been 4:0 solo travellers, waiting in the semifinals.
There is also the Spurs, which is also a polite 4:0 sending the Grizzlies home, it is really a gentleman's revenge, not late every year.
This year's report is not enough, and it will come again next year.
Really vengeful.
Now, the West has the Rockets vs. Trail Blazers, Warriors vs. Thunder.
The Rockets trailed 1:3, but they were either good or bad. The Warriors and Thunder were on the other side. The first four games were tied by 2:2. The battle between the Heavenly King and the Trail Blazers took place after the game.
The Rockets also want to breathe again. In the fourth quarter, with more than 30 seconds left before the end of the game, the Rockets 101:99, leading the Blazers by 2 points.
The two sides entered the most fierce competition, at this time the Rockets defense has made achievements.
Throughout the series, the Rockets' defense is to lose the chain at a critical moment. The Blazers only need to play a cover tactic and run two or three back and forth.
Lillard hit a two-point jumper at the top of the arc to equalize the score.
The Rockets called a timeout, the timeout came back, and the ball gave Harden McHale the only key tactic this season, to Harden.
Harden's first idea of ​​getting the ball was to foul.
If the foul is not fouled, the opponent must have avoided it. As soon as you hide, Harden can take a shot.
Of course, there are times when you can’t hide if you want to hide.
This time, Matthews defending Harden really hid, but Harden missed a jumper.
But Perkins under the basket stole an offensive rebound and then hit the layup!
This offensive rebound is really valuable, the Rockets not only took the lead, but only gave 0.9 seconds.
Less than 1 second, the Rockets are almost going to bring the game back to Houston.
The sixth game was held in Houston, and the Rockets won, and the series could be dragged into the tie-break.
In that case, the final result is hard to tell.
But the excitement of Perkins and the Rockets players lasted only a pause.
After the timeout, the Blazers ran a simple screen tactic in 0.9 seconds.
Lillard received the ball a step away from the three-point line. No one was in front of him. As a result, Lillard directly pulled up a three-pointer and hit the buzzer!
Lore!
Lillard killed the Rockets in the final 0.9 seconds at home, helping the Trail Blazers to eliminate the Rockets 4:1 and enter the Western Conference semifinals!
It was a thrilling ball, reminiscent of Roy who was also at home, near the midfield, and took 0.8 seconds to catch the ball and shoot out the rocket.
The Rocket died twice in front of a similar miracle, so he had to think about what was wrong with him.
This sudden death made the Rockets unacceptable, and Harden, Parsons and others were completely blinded on the bench.
While the Trail Blazers fans were in a madness, Lillard was indifferent, and he looked very pretending.
But he is indeed very powerful. Like Li Liang, he is also a second-year rookie. He has been able to play a star performance in the playoffs.
The No. 1 pick in the 13-year draft was that he didn't even make the playoffs. The two unremarkable guys in the draft have already shined in the playoffs and will meet in the semifinals.
As for the Rockets, their great offseason has begun again.
After all, during the offseason, no team can beat the Rockets.
You can make money, the Rockets will never lose anyway, and they will have nothing to lose.
After the Rockets and Trail Blazers game ended, the next day, the Thunder and the Warriors battled Kings Mountain.
The battle between the two sides was also very fierce. As a result, in the third quarter of the game, Westbrook's knee hit the Draymond Green who was marking him and was injured.
Westbrook's sudden injury was fatal to the Thunder.
Although under the leadership of Durant, the Thunder at home and the Warriors fight for two overtime, the Warriors still rely on Thompson's key three-pointer to defeat the Thunder!
The Warriors lead 3:2!
The Thunder, who was originally one of the winning teams, suddenly stood on the verge of being eliminated in the first round.
After the game, Westbrook's knee injury test results are not good ~ EbookFREE.me ~ announced the season reimbursement.
This result means that the Thunder's door to the championship this season has been closed in advance, and the efforts of one season have been lost.
Sure enough, the sixth move to Oakland Arena in Oakland, the Thunder resisted the half, and in the second half it broke a thousand miles.
The Warriors flowered more than three points, shooting through the low morale.
In the end, 118:103, the 15-point advantage over the Thunder who had lost their souls, the score was 4:2, and the Thunder eliminated the Thunder and entered the Western Semifinals.
After the game, Durant's face was filled with disappointment.
After losing to the Heat in 2012, he thought that the West belongs to himself and the Thunder.
Unexpectedly, two consecutive seasons collapsed, this season is eliminated in the first round.
I don’t know why, Durant thought what Li Liang once said to him, "...You might as well join me, I will take you to the championship..."