Basketball: Dayao Reopened

The Rockets then went to Sacramento. Before getting on the plane, they got a good news. The best general manager award for this season ultimately belonged to the Rockets. Dawson became the best NBA general manager this season—just a deal. This guy did a good job. Yao Ming was selected with the No. 1 pick, Mutombo was traded with Morris Taylor and the second round pick, and Sean Battier was traded with James Posey and a first round pick. ...These three deals can be said to have laid the foundation for the Rockets' take-off this season.

It is reasonable to be elected to this general manager award.

As soon as everyone on the Rockets learned of the news, they also congratulated Dawson, including Tom, who had a conflict with Dawson because he was going to trade James Posey, and also sent a congratulatory text message.

However, the Houston local media were not very enthusiastic about his election as the "General Manager of the Season", and they just made some announcement reports. The main energy of these media was used to analyze the Kings.

They tried to help Tom and Thibodeau find out the problems and flaws of the Kings, so that the Rockets can better win the Kings, well, the classic "outer guides the insider".

It’s no wonder that they are so impatient. After the Rockets lost the second game, now the outside world is more optimistic about their matchup with the Kings. They have become the Kings... They think the more resilient Kings will win the final. Series victory.

These public opinions will definitely affect the players' status. Can the local media in Houston not be anxious?

But in fact, they don't need to be so anxious.

The state of the Rockets is indeed affected by these public opinions, but it should be a positive influence, because these guys are full of enthusiasm, and all members of the Rockets took the initiative to stay and practice the day before the game!

Just by looking at them, in the third game, they have to gnaw it off!

I don’t know if God deliberately wanted them to be more competitive. On the morning of the game, the league announced the "Best Coach Award" for this season. The final winner was Rick Carlisle of the Pistons!

Tom and the original winner Vicki both lost this award, and they lost the same reason, not enough coaching games...

This reason sounds reasonable, but everyone on the Rockets' side has stopped!

Yao Ming said: "If a guy who can turn the last season's last season into the second team in the Western Conference this season can't become the best coach of the season, then is this award still necessary?"

Francis followed: "Soon, everyone will know what an excellent team Rudy has coached!"

There are also many Rockets players who have also stood up and complained.

As for Tom himself, it is not so regrettable for this result. He didn't care about this award at first. Just kidding, does the ability of the "champion coach" need to be proved by a "head coach of the season award"?

However, this gave him the opportunity to "use the topic to play". In the face of the media interview, he said: "If we win tonight, I will be very grateful that the official did not give me this award!"

As soon as these words came out, the Rockets were naturally more motivated!

The game time is coming soon.

Like the home courts of other playoff teams, Golden One Arena is also full of enthusiastic fans tonight. From the time the Rockets came on stage, all kinds of clamors and verbal abuse never stopped.

Just judging from the look of the Rockets guys, these noises can't affect them at all. Their faces are only fierce battle ** and the belief that they must win the game!

"Listen, guys, we did a good job in Houston. Now, we are back to our own home court and we have the advantage. Next, what we have to do is to widen the gap, enough time, enough time! "

However, if you want to compare fighting spirit, the Kings are also not lacking.

It even seems to be a little more excited-after experiencing two away boos, now I hear the cheers for them again, can I not be excited?

"Damn these guys, Chris!"

"Peja, use your three-pointer to shoot these guys to death!"

"Mike, keep calm in the last game and become the **** of death in the eyes of these guys!"

Listen, what a beautiful sound this is!

so……

"Let's win the game tonight!" Chris Webber shouted, and all the Kings followed onto the court.

The cheers on the scene were even louder!

The Rockets were surrounded by the cheers of the Kings fans. In terms of the degree of fanaticism, the Kings fans must be above the Timberwolves fans.

The Rockets and others have therefore experienced crazy away shouts that have not been experienced this season.

"Snapped!"

But these boos didn't seem to have much impact. Yao Ming, the Rockets grabbed the first strike, and Francis immediately called the pick-and-roll after halftime.

Tom secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this: This guy finally stopped messing up!

In the last game, Tom continued the way the Rockets won the first game, using constant "star singles" to influence the state of the Kings defensive players.

It was also Francis's strategy in the first half and Yao Ming's strategy in the second half.

At the time, his idea was to immediately switch back to the original pick and roll play if he didn't succeed.

As a result, Francis was targeted and played very mediocre. He could only hit a ball with a few shots. But what he didn't expect was that when he signaled to switch back to the pick-and-roll tactics, Francis suddenly became "ill" and insisted not to pick-and-roll and did it alone. As a result, In the "fishing net" that the Kings arranged for him, he got deeper and deeper, and eventually he was completely locked up by the Kings' defensive formation!

Originally, Tom was worried that Francis would continue to "sick" in this game and prove his singles ability. Now it seems that he should be sober!

Sober enough now!

If it was before, I might have to struggle with a few games...

While Tom was complaining about Francis, Yao Ming had already stepped forward and made a high-quality pick-and-roll for Francis. Mike Bibby was also experienced. Knowing that he couldn't go around the front, the Huaxia champion card was dead, so he chose Go around and block directly from behind.

But this time Francis was also very smart. After bypassing, he didn't rush to make a breakthrough. Instead, he circled back and rushed toward the inside line from the other side with enough horsepower.

Mike Bibby blocked his loneliness. He suddenly felt like he was playing hide-and-seek with his girlfriend. He also knew that he had been fooled, so he hurriedly went around again, but just happened to bump into Francis.

"beep!"

The whistle sounded.

Mike Bibby defensively fouls.

Francis was hit and fell back, and the next second, he threw the ball towards the basket.

"Bah!"

The ball hit the backboard hard.

"Huh!"

"Huh!"

Actually got in!

Francis "2 plus 1" chance!

"Huh!"

He steadily scored and added free throws under the watchful eyes of everyone on the Kings team.

The Rockets started with a 3-0 lead.

It's just that Francis didn't show much celebration when he returned to the defense this time, and even his expression did not change, as if he had just scored a goal that was not worth mentioning.

The Kings began to counterattack amidst the cheers of the audience.

However, this burst of cheers disappeared immediately after Mike Bibby dribbled the ball through halftime. They didn't want to affect the offensive communication of the Kings because of their cheers.

Bibby dribbled the ball over the half and gave it to Chris Weber. Chris Weber used his excellent overall view to find the moving teammate Christie. While Christie received the ball, the Rockets who had always been passively defending suddenly Turned into a "2-2-1" zone defense lineup, Christie, who was slipping from the bottom line, was stupefied by the Rockets' zone defense. He re-grabbed the ball he was about to pass. Looking at the past, it was all Rockets people. He couldn't find his teammates and passing routes at all, so he could only continue to attack the basket.

"Dang!"

Under Yao Ming's interference, he missed the shot.

Then Mobley, who followed Christie, took the ball and quickly launched a fast attack towards the Kings defense.

It's a pity that he sprinted from the bottom line. So many people on the Kings have seen it. When he was about to get to the center line, three or four players had already returned to the defense.

Fast break failed!

Mobley waited for Francis and waited for the ball to be handed over to the latter. Francis did not attack immediately. Instead, he waited for Yao Ming to pass the half-time before leaning slowly towards Mike Bibby. The "White Devil" was defeated by Francis. Just now I was scared of the "hide-and-seek" breakthrough method, and he posted Francis in the first place.

He would rather take a little effort on defense, rather than face Yao Ming's pick-and-roll.

But this is precisely Francis' favorite defensive method.

An emergency stop, and then a quick step to the right, another emergency stop, and then stop, this time a large frontal change of direction, and at the same time the body moved quickly to the other side.

Francis just broke through in front of Mike Bibby.

This breakthrough is a manifestation of the gap in physical fitness!

In this case, Chris Webber will naturally take a substitute. Francis immediately gave the ball to Yao Ming from under the arm of this guy. Yao Ming took the ball and rushed inside. Divac came out to get into the position and reached him. Yao Ming made a 360-degree turn against his body, and then scored a cricket!

Divac, who was still thinking of defending himself in this way, and competing with Yao Ming's men in strength, didn't dare to move in the process.

Become a living specimen.

Oh my God!

This big man's footsteps!

It's too gorgeous!

Some Kings fans at the scene involuntarily had similar surprises in their minds at this time.

No way, this action is too coherent and unrestrained, it is not a coherent movement that a big man can make.

5-0!

The next goal must be scored...

Chris Webber performed the operation himself and faced Yao Ming with a fake fax.

"Dang!"

It's a pity that the whole action is difficult enough, and Chris Webber is also very anxious, and the ball bounces out of the box.

Fortunately, Divac grabbed a rebound.

But when he got up and was about to dunk directly, Kevin Cato hugged him, forced the thought of "thunder hug and fall" in his heart, and slowly let him down.

This is a foul that prevents the opponent from scoring, and protection measures have been taken.

The referee gave an ordinary foul.

But the fans at the scene, including Divac, were not very satisfied. Booing was not to mention, Divac even output directly on the face, once the bb, Kevin Cato was not afraid of it, you have to stick your face and ask me to stick your face. If you want bb, then I will also bb.

You can clearly see that the saliva stars of the two of them flew into each other's mouth.

However, even though the two people are so close to the face, they didn't do anything. Obviously they were sensible. Knowing that they did it at this time, they would definitely be sent off and might be suspended from the game. That was not worth it.

When they both ate each other’s saliva, the referee and the teammates of both sides also ran over and quickly pulled the two away. The referee who didn’t know how to punish the penalties didn’t need to be entangled at this moment. They gave each of them. A t.

Then let Divac go for a free throw.

Divac is obviously very dissatisfied, but he also knows that if he talks with the referee bb, he will have to eat another t, then he will be thrown out directly.

Let's bear it!

He went to the free throw line.

The Kings fans continued to boo at the referee.

"Dang!"

Although they stopped when Divac made the first free throw, Divac was still affected and missed the first free throw.

yes!

Kevin Cato whispered secretly in his heart, this foul is worth it!

Originally, the Kings could score 2 points, but now they can only score 1 point.

With the Rockets playing a fierce offensive at the beginning, this moment can make the Kings score one point less, for the Kings, it is a blow!

Fortunately, Divac was adjusted and successfully made the second free throw.

"it's okay no problem!"

"Let's guard them from the next ball!"

Adelman cheered for everyone, a bit of anxiety appeared on his face. It can be seen from the behavior of Kevin Cato who would rather foul Divac and not let Divac complete the slam dunk. Tonight's Rockets are holding back. It's strong! Although the game has just begun, this period may be the only opportunity for the Kings!

If they can't stop the Rockets, I'm afraid this game will almost end after the first half of the first quarter...

This made Adelman yell in anxiety.

These guys on the Kings court have also become more focused.

They are not as far away as Adelman thought, but the face-to-face scolding with Divac and Kevin Cato just made the smell of gunpowder on the court more intense!

This is the time for brothers!

Of course we have to be tougher.

Mike Bibby put in more confrontations on the defensive end. Francis was unable to shake him away in seven or eight seconds in his continuous physical confrontation.

"Good job!"

This rare scene caused Chris Weber to applaud loudly.

His applause made Mike Bibby more motivated. He actually predicted the success and shot the ball directly from Francis's hands.

The ball slipped from Francis's hand and rolled towards the Rockets' defense. Mobley and Christie both chased the ball at the same time.

Christie needs to be faster.

Seeing that this guy was about to succeed, Mobley jumped forward and took a step faster to grab the ball, and then he fell to the ground and threw the ball towards the place where Francis rushed.

"Snapped!"

Francis took control of the ball at once and faced Mike Bibby who was reattached. He no longer dribbled the ball too much. He simply crossed the hips and accelerated suddenly, quickly swaying Mike Bibby to the side.

Chris Webber didn't dare to pounce this time.

Francis saw no one to make up, stopped before the three-point line and shot directly.

"Huh!"

Goal in!

The point difference is 8-1!

The goal caused a lot of low voices in the audience.

The Kings on the court looked at each other, and they were quite helpless, especially Christie and Mike Bibby, they all spread their hands towards each other.

They are fighting enough, but obviously the Rockets guys are fighting harder than them tonight!

Seeing this, Adelman could only call a timeout first!

"Nice!"

"Steve, it's a beautiful shot!"

"Man, it looks like it's another night of your outbreak tonight!"

When the Rockets went off the court, they all gave Francis a high-five to celebrate. The timeout called by the Kings was stopped by him.

But Francis still didn't have much excitement on his face.

This guy is a bit abnormal tonight!

Yao Ming noticed Francis's expression and whispered in his heart, but he didn't say much, as long as Francis is in a good state on the court at the moment, and his mood is different from usual.

It's not too late to ask after the game is over!

The timeout ended soon. Adelman didn't plan any tactics. He just emphasized the importance of this game tonight: "We finally took away a victory from Houston. Are we going to send it back so easily now? "

The Kings were naturally unwilling to return the victory so easily, so they returned to the court and became more active.

But the Rockets had good momentum tonight, and now they are 8-1 ahead, and they are full of energy. The Kings suspended the first round of offense for more than ten seconds, and they didn’t make a good shot. Timing, Chris Webber, who took the ball for the third time in this round, looked at the situation and chose to do it hard. He went straight to the basket.

"Dang!"

The ball is not scored!

"beep!"

But he got a foul.

Yao Ming's "beater foul".

Hiss~

Feeling the scorching pain from the palm of his hand, Chris Webber thought to himself: It's not easy to get some points!

"Dang!"

The pain probably affected Chris Weber's hand, and his first penalty was eventually missed.

He took a few deep breaths, rubbed the ball vigorously, and then started the second free throw.

"Dang!"

Still not in!

"Oh no!"

"Fxxk!"

"OMG!"

Seeing Chris Webber missed two free throws, there were many frustrated Kings fans in the audience.

Just now Divac made one of two free throws, they already felt a pity, and now Chris Weber also missed two free throws, they are even more disintegrated!

As for Adelman on the sidelines, watching Chris Webber walking past him with an embarrassed look, thinking in his heart is to let this guy practice more tonight.

At such a critical moment, he actually lost both free throws. What did he eat?

Chris Webber was also really embarrassed. Although he didn't turn his head to look directly at Adelman, he still glanced at it. The anger on his face was really visible to a blind man!

But there is no way!

That newcomer to China, fouled too hard, my hand still hurts! What a penalty goal!

Chris Weber felt that not being fined was not the only reason for him.

If he doesn't believe it, he can speak with facts.

In the Rockets' offensive round, facing Yao Ming's layup, Chris Webber also slapped Yao Ming's hand.

"Dang!"

"beep!"

The ball missed, Yao Ming made two free throws, the same situation as Chris Weber just now.

Optimistic, this kid will definitely not be punished!

Chris Webber is confident of his strength in the foul.

"Huh!"

"Huh!"

But the result stunned Chris Weber. Yao Ming simply made two free throws. It seemed that he was not affected at all.

"..." Chris Webber looked at Yao Ming's back with an incredulous look. Is this guy really a 2.26 meter rough guy? This feels too soft, right?

Chris Webber didn't want to believe this was true, and Kings fans didn't want to believe it was true.

Because after Yao Ming scored both free throws, the score has reached 10-1!

The game time has just passed less than 4 minutes!

No, I have to score a goal quickly...

At such a critical juncture, "The White Devil" Mike Bibby was once again incarnate as Mr. Key. A sudden stop jumper in response to Francis hits and helped the Kings chase the point difference to 3 to 10!

There was also a huge cheer on the scene.

Mike Bibby's goal is the smoothest goal scored by the Kings so far. They were all stumbling before. Of course, they have to send the biggest cheer.

But this burst of cheers hasn't reached the highest level yet!

The Rockets quickly launched an offense. It was Francis’s pick-and-roll with Yao Ming. Because Francis rushed straight to the basket this time, Chris Webber couldn’t make a supplement. Yao Ming and Mike Bied his supplement. Bi then formed a huge dislocation. There was no way Stojakovic could only help Chris Webb to make up the defense, but Yao Ming took advantage of the situation and gave the ball to Battier.

Battier, who didn't follow Stojakovic and ran in the direction of Yao Ming, was already in a huge gap at the moment.

Hand up and down!

Three points!

"Huh!"

The sound of the ball brushing the net is not loud, but like a small spoonful of cold water poured into the boiling water, it is enough to cool the boiling water instantly, and the cheers on the scene also follow the three-pointer. Small.

13 to 3!

no solution anymore!

"beep!"

After a lapse of less than 2 minutes, Adelman called a timeout again.

During this timeout, the complaints in the audience have obviously increased.

The Rockets walked toward the bench again, and this time their high-fives between them became more frequent.

Rockets team reporter Feigen looked at the Rockets players and wrote this paragraph in his notebook: 13-3, this is the dominance of the Rockets players who want to win! If there are still people who want to doubt this team, please continue to doubt. I believe that this can make this team stronger!

...

In the third game of the Rockets vs. Kings series, less than 5 minutes from the start, everyone on the Rockets gave Rockets reporter Fagan the feeling that "These guys are here to win today!"

And he is not the only one who feels this way!

Everyone watching this game, including some Kings fans, feels this way.

TNT's commentator Mike Brin expressed his views on the situation so far in the game during the second timeout: "The two teams are in good shape. I can see that the Kings are very excited, and there are Fighting spirit, but there is no doubt that the Rockets are the one that wants to win more!"

Would rather foul than let you dunk easily!

Fly to save the ball!

And their look...

All of these indicate the same thing: they want to win!

Although the fighting spirit and enthusiasm of the Kings are also very good, if you compare it with the Rockets, it is not as good!

In the next game, the Rockets also let all fans who have this feeling know what kind of power they can burst out when they want to win!

13-3 allowed the Kings to call out two timeouts in the first quarter!

Then they returned from a timeout, and they quickly played a wave of 10 to 8 scoring! By the time they hit more than 8 minutes in the first quarter, they were already leading by 23 to 8 by 15 points!

Moreover, this point difference continues to grow as the game progresses. The point difference at the end of the second quarter came to 20 points, and the point difference at the end of the third quarter came to 30 points.

Seeing that the point difference is getting bigger and bigger, Adelman finally made a "five up and five down" substitution before the start of the fourth quarter, putting the Kings and the main players off the field.

Stop fighting, stop fighting!

If this continues, there is no need to play the rest of the series! In order not to be nailed to the pillar of shame in history, and to have some fighting spirit in the next game, he chose to abandon this game.

Tom is also a particular person, since you have surrendered, then don't fight! He also put down the Rockets' main players for the first time.

The fourth quarter of this game became "garbage time"!

Francis, who was sitting down the court waiting for the end of the game, finally showed a relieved smile when the whistle sounded.

Finally got home advantage again!

He lost the last game. He thought it was all his fault. If it weren’t because he was caught up in a solo fight and didn’t join Yao Ming earlier, the Rockets would have won the second game. It was his. The Kings dragged the Kings to the end, letting Mike Bibby have a chance to kill!

As a result, Yao Ming's efforts in the last game were in vain!

He can be said to be very guilty of this, and made him secretly swear in his heart that this game must be won!

He was also guilty all the time, and there was no smile on his face until the moment he really won.

Of course, at this moment he can laugh to his heart's content, he has done what he wants to do!

108 to 37, 31 points victory!

The Rockets used this "massacre" to report the aggrieved defeat by the Kings in the last game!

However, this "slaughter" was really fierce. The Kings who were beaten raised their hands and surrendered. The Kings fans who came to watch the ball were also beaten away. In the last two minutes of the fourth quarter, the Golden One Stadium There are not many fans left in the audience!

This situation can be said to be in sharp contrast with the excitement before the game!

Francis and Yao Ming were the main contributors to winning this game. Francis scored 24 points and 7 assists in this game. Although the scoring did not break out, the overall data returned to normal levels. In fact, the Rockets' requirements for him are also In this way, as long as he plays the core performance, there is no need to come to a superstar performance in every game.

Yao Ming's stats are slightly better than before. Francis's pick-and-roll can help him attract defenses and give him more opportunities to play. Therefore, he scored 34 points, 15 rebounds and 4 assists in this game!

But if I really want to say that this game can be won so heartily, the main reason, in addition to the two of them, is the performance of the entire Rockets team. Kevin Cato showed his toughness, Battier this time. The game scored 15 points, shooting more than 50% from the field, and seized the opportunity well. In addition, Mobley also scored 15 points. His aggressive fighting is also the perfect embodiment of the Rockets' desire to win the game.

After the game, the major media also used "full force" to summarize the reasons why the Rockets can win this game, and "Breakfast" even bluntly said "This game shows how terrifying the Rockets are going all-out." !"

Chris Webber was questioned after this game. In this game, his performance was actually good. He scored 21 points and 8 rebounds, and shot more than 45%, which is not much different from his usual.

But he missed two free throws when the Kings were in desperate need of scoring and was completely invisible. This is really not what a core should do! Especially after comparing with the opposite Yao Ming, it seems that his core role is not at all.

You know, Yao Ming is still a rookie!

And you, one of the long-famous "Four Forwards" in the league, was won by 31 points in a single game!

I really don’t have my face anymore!

The local media in Sacramento also criticized Chris Weber. Of course, they were restrained and did not say too much. They were still willing to believe in Chris Weber.

"The Sacramento Bee" bluntly said: "Chris is the key to our rise, and also the reason we can break into the Western Conference last year. We believe him, he can bring greater honor to Sacramento!"

It's just that Chris Webber is obviously a little sorry for this trust.

In the fourth game of the series, they lost again!

This time they didn’t lose from the beginning of the first quarter. They formed a stalemate with the Rockets. Unfortunately, at the critical moment of the fourth quarter, their gang of guys who were weak at the critical moment committed again. Chris Webber and Pei Jia missed the connection, Mike Bibby hit two goals, but he couldn't withstand the repeated bombings of Francis and Yao Ming. In the end, the Rockets won the game again at the Kings' home court and took the series 100-92. Victory in the third game of the match.

The biggest reason for the loss of the Kings... or Chris Webber.

If he had the same statistics as usual in the previous games as a fig leaf, then he really has no excuses for this game.

Not to mention 6 of 17 shots, 0 of 5 shots at the critical moment, and 6 turnovers!

It can be seen from this game that Chris Webber was obviously influenced by outside public opinion. He thought of proving his ability to fight hard and was too impatient on the court. The Rockets caught his impatience and fought back again and again. .

"This guy is still a good power forward, even in the history of the NBA, he can still be ranked, but he is destined not to be great!"

It was also the end of this game, and Bill Walton gave him a qualitative historical ranking!

But compared to the mouth, Bill Walton is still somewhat different from the two interviewed later!

Barkley: "If I had such a team of teammates, I would have won the championship early, instead of struggling in the West!"

Karl Malone: ​​"Have you seen it, this soft guy will always be like this, you can only rely on others at critical moments!"

Barkley was very happy after watching this round of the series. He can be sure that as long as Chris Webber fails to win the championship, his historical ranking must be ahead of this guy, because this guy is too lax in the playoffs. NS! And this is not the first time!

Seeing Chris Webber being beaten so hard, Karl Malone was also very happy, and the depression of being knocked out by this guy suddenly became a lot less.

He also sent a message to Yao Ming.

——Man, you are really awesome, this guy is probably going to cast a shadow on you! Keep beating him like this, and you'd better beat him again in the next game!

Although Yao Ming did not eliminate Chris Webber 4-0, the result of 4-1 is also very good!

The crisis is over, Yao Ming also returned the news this time.

——Don't worry, my buddy must give you a good breath!

...

The big score came to 3-1, the core of the Kings is still so useless. In many people's eyes, the Rockets should be stable in entering the Western Conference Finals, and the Houston media have already celebrated in advance.

There is a reason why they are anxious, but they break into the Western Conference again nearly 10 years later! This is really not easy!

However, if you really want to say, the Rockets' ability to make the Western Conference Finals this season must be their unexpected surprise. After all, before the start of this season, who would have thought they could rank second in the Western Conference in the regular season? Can sweep the Timberwolves in the first round of the playoffs? Can you make the Western Conference finals?

These results, to be honest, before they really happen, the Houston media can't even think about it!

Thanks to Yao Ming!

But it is precisely because these have become reality that the Houston media once again frantically boasted Yao's name!

Amidst their compliments, the fifth game of the series between the Rockets and the Kings came immediately.

I thought it was already 3-1, and the Kings’ key battles were easy to pull the hips. The Rockets could easily win this game, but no one thought that the Kings actually won!

Of course, it is not Chris Weber and the others. The key point for the Kings to win is their bench. Adelman seems to have only remembered at this time. He has an excellent rotation lineup in his hand and boldly employs people. People, so that the entire lineup is always full of physical fitness, the Kings relied on this momentum to force another victory in the Rockets' home court, rewriting the big score to 3-2!

This year’s "Best Sixth Man" winner Bobby Jackson played 28 minutes~www.novelmt.com~ It took about 8 minutes more than the previous playoff games, and scored 20 points, which is also a serious matter. With a sigh of relief, it proved that the sixth man on the team can also change the game.

The Kings fans therefore rekindled hope.

"The Sacramento Bee" also issued another article: "It's not over yet, we are still on the way!"

It's just that the rotation change can only be regarded as a strange move. The impact of the main lineup at critical moments on the game is really not offset by the rotation. In the sixth game of the series, Yao Ming and Francis scored 64 points and led the Rockets. The team won the fourth game of the series at the home court of the Kings.

The big score came to 4-2!

The Rockets officially eliminated the Kings and entered the next round.

Karl Malone sent a text message to Yao Ming at the end of the game: Good job, buddy, thank you, buddy!

The "Houston Chronicle" also published an article at the end of the game: "Western Finals, here we are!"