The Godfather of Basketball

Two days later, the Rockets ushered in a fourth game with the Spurs.

What surprised Tang Tian was that Popovich didn’t seem to make any major adjustments.

But this is also reasonable.

At this time, Popovich was far from hot when he played the Warriors in the previous life, and even at that time, he didn’t really have much to do.

This game is also the same as the last one, the two teams have been anxious from the beginning.

In terms of strength alone, the Spurs are better than the Rockets. This was decided at the beginning of the series, but after offering unlimited air-cut tactics, the two sides changed from 46 to 55, which means that the two sides only need to There is no unexpected situation, they will play to the last moment, and then the star will determine the outcome of the game.

At this time, Yao Mai’s strength was not lost to “GDP”.

也 The same is true of this game. The two teams have been anxious from the beginning to stalemate, and have not yet scored the final decision.

At the critical moment, this time McGrady stood out. He made three difficult three-pointers in the perimeter. He dreamed of taking back the game in 35 seconds and 13 minutes against the Spurs in 2004.

The Rockets pulled the two cities in a row. Under the circumstances that they were absolutely not optimistic, they chased the big score to 2 to 2.

Originally tilted towards the Spurs’ balance, gradually began to become balanced.

With the changes in the balance, the trend of the two series has also become complicated.

In the fifth game of the series, the youngest “P” in “GDP” ushered in a career burst night. At the last moment, he broke the Rockets’ Blake, helping the team to win the Rockets 101-97, and regain the series. Leading edge.

In the sixth game of the series, the two teams still reached the final decisive moment. In the cheers of nearly 20,000 fans at Toyota Center, Yao Mai teamed up to play a 10-2 offensive at the last time, helping the team to 106- 96 once again pulled back a city.

Both sides will face the final tie-break after their respective home games and this is the first tie-break since the playoffs this year.

After the West finals and tie-break, no one expected the game to enter this stage after the Spurs had a 2-0 lead.

And when all this happened, this game was not just a game.

The official website of the league has announced this game more than once. The major media have also formed this tiebreaker as the “Battle of the Century” and “Battle of the Peak”. Fans are also on Twitter, Facebook, and other major players. The discussion in the forum must not be started.

Pre-match surveys show that the number of pre-watchers in the tiebreaker reached more than 50 million in the United States, which set a record in the past decade.

从 From this data alone, you can feel how much attention this game has received.

To paraphrase ESPN commentator Reggie Miller: No matter who plays in the East in the East, it is not a threat to the West team. The West’s tiebreaker is the final championship.

National wireless attention, and in China far away from the ocean, fans are in a frenzy, just in the weekend, CCTV has prepared in advance for ratings to burst.

On June 2, U.S.A., in anticipation, the Rockets and Spurs ’tiebreak game opened at the San Antonio AT & T Center Arena.

San Antonio is the second largest city in Texas. Although the scale is not comparable to Houston, the enthusiasm of the fans is not lost.

At the AT & T Center ’s arena that night, the fans were holding up the big KT board of “GDP” and shaking wildly in the arena.

The Spurs have won 2 championship trophies in 4 years since 2002. The fans did not mind turning this statistic into 5 years and 3 crowns. In fact, their distance from this achievement seems to be only the last game. At home, they won the first three home games.

At the same time, nearly two hundred television stations also started the global live broadcast of this game.

Everyone’s attention.

After going through the previous six battles, the two sides have a deep understanding of each other and have not changed in the starting.

“Kenny, who do you think is more likely to win this game?” The commentary on this focus game is from TNT’s Barkley and Kenny Smith. The game has not yet started, and Barkley started to warm up in advance.

“It’s really hard to say. When the Spurs led 2-0 before, I think it will be a one-sided game, but the Rockets’ tactics changed. Tang Tian, ​​the incredible guy, really didn’t know he was at the last moment. What incredible tactics will be offered. “Smith sighed.

“Haha, yes, Tang Tian is really incredible.” Barkley has seen these 6 wars and, like Smith, is completely convinced of Tang Tian.

但是 “But I think this game is played on the spot. The Rockets’ new tactics are very effective, they will not change temporarily.” Buckley continued.

Smith nodded, this is quite possible.

完成 After warming up before the game, the two sides started to debut.

Yao Ming and Duncan jumped the ball.

In the cheers of the fans on the scene, Duncan took the lead and jumped the ball back to the Spurs’ half. The home team got the opportunity to lead the attack.

Parker held the ball to the frontcourt, and the Spurs still created misalignment opportunities through continuous pick-and-rolls. .

For the entire Western Conference, Parker averaged 26.8 points and 8.6 assists per game, which is the most obvious point of “alignment advantage” in “GDP”.

The Rockets’ offense, Yao Ming held the ball at the free throw line, Blake and Tracy McGrady, Tracy Tracy Battier, Battier and Millsap, the Rockets still played infinite air-cut tactics.

From the third game to the past six wars, the high-intensity confrontation has made the Rockets’ new tactics progress rapidly. In fact, in the sixth game between the two sides, the team’s sense of position and skill on the court can be clearly felt There has been a very big improvement.

McGrady got a chance, Yao Ming passed the ball as soon as possible. After receiving the ball, McGrady was a light picker.

Even if the road battle, the Rockets’ performance is not inferior.

Spurs offense, the same tactics, Ginobili against Millsap.

The snake-shaped breakthrough of the “Monster Knife” is still extremely sharp, but it seemed a bit weak at the layup, and the basketball came out of the basket.

The Rockets won the rebound, Blake continued to advance to the front court, and continued to give the ball to Yao Ming.

After continuous air cuts, Shane Battier got a chance in the corner and Yao Ming passed the ball.

“boom!”

The ball was a little shorter, and the basketball came out of the basket.

肯 Duncan turned to grab, but at the moment he started, Yao Ming had already jumped up and took the ball into his arms.

Grabbed the rebound, followed by another shot.

With a bang, the basketball steadily entered the frame.

4 to 2.

There was a restlessness at the scene.

Although the scores are not much different, the momentum on the court has caused a lot of uneasiness among the fans.