naaapseattle Chapter 708 Curry MVP, the Rockets swept into the second round!
Chapter 708 Curry MVP, the Rockets swept into the second round!
The Utah Jazz can also be regarded as the old opponent of the Rockets.
Once upon a time, the "Yao-Mai combination" that Huaxia fans were thinking about fell at the feet of the Jazz.
When Yao Ming was dragged to the outside by Okur and Boozer, playing so hard that he couldn't take care of himself... Shen Fei, who was just an ordinary fan at that time, was very upset.
This feeling of unhappiness, even after time travel, even if the Rockets have already won the championship once, has not dissipated.
Therefore, in a video analysis meeting before the start of the playoffs, Shen Fei suddenly appeared and said to the Rockets generals:
"Playing against the Jazz, don't show mercy, this team hurt me deeply."
Yao Ming was the first to respond: "Don't worry, boss, they can't win a game."
Seeing that both the boss and the big brother of the team spoke, the other players responded immediately, expressing that they would go all out.
Ever since, on April 4th, Beijing time...
The Rockets, who are gearing up to fight, are facing the challenge of the Jazz in the Huaxia Times Arena!
The team ushered in a rebuilding period after losing Deron Williams.
But it took just over a year for them to return to the playoffs!
There are currently three core players for the Jazz, one is center Al Jefferson, the other is second-year rookie Gordon Hayward, and the other is Mavericks veteran Josh Howard.
Although this team has entered the playoffs, it is no longer as brave as it used to be.
Of the three cores in the team, only Jefferson is in his prime.
Hayward is only in his second year, and Howard is on the verge of retirement with one foot.
Objectively speaking, they have already exceeded the task by reaching the playoffs this year!
And their opponent, the Rockets, is the number one existence in the regular season.
When the two teams meet, the ending can be imagined...
In the first game, the Rockets established a lead in the first quarter.
Yao Ming resolutely attacked the basket after the opening.
After hitting Jefferson with two goals in a row, the Jazz could only take pincers.
But Yao Ming's passing ability has made great progress this season.
He passed the ball to Curry and Jeremy before the pinch, helping the two guards hit three-pointers respectively!
On the defensive end, dpoy is hot this season-Kawhi Leonard has started a serious defensive mode!
He first completed a life grab against Hayward in one-on-one.
Later, Kaka used his long arms to interfere with Josh Howard's shooting and assisted Jeremy in defending successfully.
With people standing up on both ends of the offense and defense, the Rockets made a dream start of 10:0 as soon as the game opened!
Jazz coach - Tyrone Corbin can only resort to the first timeout of the game.
But after the suspension ended, the situation did not change much.
The Jazz have nothing to do with the Rockets on both ends of the floor.
Curry hit consecutive three-pointers, bringing the atmosphere of the home court to the apex!
Yao Ming was decisive and seized every opportunity to attack the inside.
The first-year Leonard, like a robot, "ruthlessly" dominates Hayward on both offense and defense, allowing this rising wing star to feel the absolute gap in talent!
After the first quarter, the Rockets led the Jazz by as many as 35 points with 20:15!
In the second quarter of the game, Mark Jackson began to drastically rotate the lineup.
George, Thompson, Griffin and others all appeared on the stage.
These young people with good strength but being pushed on the bench are like tigers that have been hungry for three days. Once they come out of the cage, they will "see blood"!
They released their anger on the Jazz's bench.
After 5 minutes in the second quarter, the Rockets' lead expanded to 25 points!
The Jazz coach sensed signs of a collapse and quickly replaced the starters back on the court.
But...doesn't help.
The Rockets will continue to triumph.
After halftime, the score was fixed at 80:50.
The Rockets have led by as many as 30 points!
In the vip box on the stands, Shen Fei silently shook his head.
In his view, the game has lost its suspense.
The Jazz at the Rockets' home court had no resistance at all and could not organize a counterattack at all.
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The progress of the game was just as Shen Fei thought.
In the third quarter, Mark Jackson changed the starter back to the field.
After playing for 6 minutes, the Rockets extended their advantage to 40 points, and the game completely entered garbage time.
In the end, the Rockets sat at home and beat the Jazz 140:99, making a good start to the playoffs!
Meanwhile, in Los Angeles, the Lakers took on the Dallas Mavericks.
Last year, under the leadership of Nowitzki, the Mavericks went all the way through, until the Western Conference Finals before losing to the Rockets.
And at that time, it was the Lakers led by Kobe that they eliminated in the semifinals!
Now, time has passed and the two teams meet again, but the situation is completely opposite...
The Mavericks' old boys are a year older, and Nowitzki is no better than he was last year.
And Kobe's knee injury has healed, and there are super giants like Paul joining in the team.
Coupled with the titan Millsap obtained from the Jazz, this Lakers team has a strong lineup and is armed to the teeth!
The process of this game is somewhat similar to the Rockets playing the Jazz.
Under the leadership of Kobe, the Zijin team gritted their teeth and held back their energy, wanting to avenge the elimination of last season!
The strength is dominant, and the fighting spirit is in full swing.
Combining the two, the Lakers have established a lead from the very beginning!
In the end, they beat the Mavericks by 125 points 100:25 and won their first victory in the series.
The next day, the Thunder, ranked third in the Western Conference, ushered in the challenge of the biggest dark horse of the year-the Sacramento Kings!
Ajiali rushed to the scene to supervise the battle.
The game was extremely intense.
Throughout the game, the two teams took the lead alternately, but the point difference never exceeded 5 points!
Westbrook and Lowry come and go, Durant and Roy refuse to give in to each other.
And Cousins also stepped forward, basically offsetting Harden's firepower.
The suspense lasted until the last 30 seconds.
At this time, the two teams were tied at 105, and the Thunder had the ball.
Durant played singles with the ball in a high position, facing Butler's defense, and hit a three-pointer!
Looking back, Roy forced Harden, hit the basket, and scored a difficult pull-up layup!
108:107, the Thunder still lead by 1 point.
The Kings fouled Westbrook and sent him to the free throw line.
Westbrook withstood the pressure and made two free throws!
110:107.
At this time, with only 7 seconds left before the end of the game, the Kings used up the last timeout.
After the timeout, Isaiah Thomas came off the bench.
Butler serves from the sideline.
Both Roy and Lowry were watched dead and had no chance to catch the ball.
Butler could only pass the ball to Thomas Jr.
After the little assassin received the ball, he was about to make a shot, but was blocked by Westbrook.
Seeing that his teammates were unable to make a shot, Cousins quickly came out from the inside to respond.
Thomas Jr. jumped hard and passed the ball to Kaoshen.
Cousins made a three-pointer against Ibaka's defense!
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"duang!"
The ball hit the front of the basket and bounced out.
Westbrook rushed to the basket and received the rebound.
The Kings could only make another tactical foul, but it didn't help.
In the end, the Thunder defended their home court and won the series for the first time.
In the East, the Heat beat the Philadelphia 30ers by 76 points.
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At night, Shen Fei briefly watched the highlights and statistics of several games.
He paid special attention to the Bulls game.
In the original time and space, the Bulls were No. 76 in the Eastern Conference this season, but Rose was seriously injured in the first game against the [-]ers, and has been plagued by injuries since then...
But today, the Bulls' game was very smooth, they easily defeated the Magic without Howard, and Rose was not injured.
"pretty good..."
Shen Fei showed a gratified smile and muttered something to himself.
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A day later, the Rockets sat at home again and ushered in the second game of the series.
In the second game, the Jazz significantly increased their intensity.
Relying on the concerted efforts, they grabbed the score in the first quarter.
But in the transition period, the advantages of the Rockets' bench depth are fully revealed.
Xu Yong got the chance to play very early today.
Together with George, he formed a powerful perimeter blockade.
In just 5 minutes, the two completed a total of 4 steals, which completely disrupted the Jazz's offensive rhythm.
On the offensive end, Griffin and Shuhao cooperated and played wonderful pick-and-roll tactics in a row.
Griffin made two consecutive dunks, and Jeremy also staged a highly ornamental jelly layup.
Everyone worked together to help the Rockets take a 10-point lead.
Subsequently, the two teams replaced the starters one after another.
At this time, Curry began to explode strongly!
He successively passed the catch&shoot after running without the ball, the chasing three-pointer in the fast break, and a super-long three-pointer in the logo area, scoring 9 points in a row!
The atmosphere at the scene was ignited by Curry, and the cheers of the fans became louder and louder, which invisibly put a lot of pressure on the Jazz players.
They were too hasty in the next few offensive rounds, making consecutive turnovers, hitting iron...
The Rockets took advantage of the victory to pursue, and as Kaka hit Hayward with a low back, turned around and leaned back...
The Rockets extended their lead to 20 points!
The original balance of power was completely broken at this moment!
After the game, it returned to the rhythm of the first game...
The Rockets beat the Jazz by 22 points without bloodshed, and the total score became 2:0!
It is worth mentioning that after the game between the Rockets and the Jazz, the NBA officially announced some of the season awards.
Among them, the Rockets once again became the biggest winner.
The first-year Leonard was not only selected to the defensive first team and the second team of the best player, but also won Roy (Rookie of the Year) and dpoy (Best Defensive Player)!
After only one year in the NBA, Leonard is already among the first-tier stars!
Today, many fans call it the "card frame version of Jordan".
Some fans even think that if Leonard can stay healthy, he will have a chance to challenge James in the future!
In addition, Curry was selected to the best player team.
Jeremy won the mip (Most Improved Player).
Yao Ming was selected to the second team of the best player.
Thompson was selected to the rookie first team.
Of course, the big head of personal honor is mvp (Most Valuable Player).
This award will be announced after the first round.
In every previous MVP rankings, Curry ranked first.
Shen Fei very much hopes that Curry can win the mvp in the third year of his career!
In addition to the awards for these players, the nba also announced the best team manager of the year.
Interestingly, there are two managers who tied for first place in the voting this year, that is, Shen Fei of the Rockets and Ajiali of the Kings.
Shen Fei is more Buddhist this season, and only made one innocuous transaction.
But he was extremely successful in the draft: Leonard, Thompson, and Xu Yong, the undrafted pick who turned out at the end of the season, have now become the core rotation of the Rockets.
Parsons and Bojan also showed good talent.
To sum it up in one sentence...Shen Fei used one draft to lay a solid foundation for the Rockets' glory in the next ten years!
And Ajiali got two giants, Roy and Lowry, through a deal with the Rockets.
Coupled with last year's rookie Cousins, this year's rookie Butler, Thomas Jr...
The Kings completely got rid of the ranks of the belly and became the biggest dark horse in the West!
Both Shen Fei and A Jiali deserved the best manager award!
After the award was announced, Ajiali called Shen Fei and expressed her gratitude to the latter.
Shen Fei didn't take it seriously.
This award is not important to him.
But he was still very happy that Ajiali could receive this honor.
This ambitious rich daughter finally got her wish and was officially recognized!
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Time flies, and a week has passed in a blink of an eye.
This week, several first-round matchups have come to an end.
In the west, the Rockets swept the Jazz, and the Lakers swept the Mavericks.
In the East, the Heat also shaved their heads for the 76ers.
In addition, the Thunder and the Kings scored 2:2, and the Spurs led the Grizzlies 3:1.
Two days later, the Spurs eliminated the Grizzlies.
The Thunder won the battle of Tianwangshan, rewriting the score to 3:2!
However, in the last half of the game, the referee made some controversial decisions, which caused heated discussions after the game.
Many players from other teams were puzzled by the whistleblowing of the Kings.
Fortunately, the king and generals were not discouraged by this.
Two days later, they won the sixth game at home, rewriting the big score to 3:3!
But in the tiebreaker, Cousins was sent off in the second quarter because he lost control of his emotions.
Whiteside, who came off the bench, performed poorly and became a breakthrough point for the Thunder.
In the end, the Thunder made a thrilling pass at home and defeated the Kings with a score of 4:3!
They will meet the Rockets in the second round!
Two days later, Ajiali took a special plane and arrived in Houston.
And Shen Fei also vowed after meeting Ajiali that he would avenge the Kings!
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As the dust settles on the series between the Thunder and the Kings, it's all over for the first round.
The nba official announced the ownership of the most valuable player of the season on the next day.
Unsurprisingly, Curry was elected mvp as he wished, and he was unanimously elected mvp!
On that day, the market value of Under Armor soared by 3.2%, and the third generation of Curry sold 3 pairs!
For this, Curry thanked the fans on Twitter.
At the same time, he also expressed his heartfelt thanks to Shen Fei, all coaches and teammates of the Rockets.
At the end of the tweet, Curry stated that he would go all out to win this year's championship for the Rockets!
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Time flies by.
Beijing time on May 5th, Huaxia Times Arena.
The second round of the playoffs, the first game between the Rockets and the Thunder, is coming as scheduled!