"That 'if necessary (last three games)' is completely unnecessary."

In the TNT studio, Barkley used a laser pointer to cross out the last three games of the Trail Blazers-Rockets schedule on the big screen as he spoke, and put a few x's on the Rockets logo, completely obliterating the Rockets logo.

Kenny Smith sighed and concluded: "The Rockets' defense is really bad. This defense is disrespectful to the playoffs...

O'Neal's grandma might be better at guarding against them than they are!"

O'Neal said a little angry:

"Please don't insult my grandma!"

…

After the game, Harden, who was disappointed, only left one sentence when facing reporters:

"We obviously didn't do enough to win."

As for the leadership gap between him and Zhou Si, being locked up by a rookie, and whether the Rockets should establish an offensive and defensive system with Howard as the leader, Harden did not answer any questions.

Isn't this just rubbing salt into the wound?

Regarding the Rockets' leadership issues and the conflict with Harden, Howard responded frankly:

"We didn't complain about each other or say anything crazy to each other!

We all hope to win and play well!

Now, we don’t want to be eliminated yet, and there is nothing negative between us.”

Then Howard also expressed his determination to win the next game.

"We must defend our home court. They played very well in the first two games. They played to the level they deserve, but then we must retaliate. I believe we will be better in the next game."

Except for Howard, many players on the Rockets seemed a little disappointed, with one exception.

"We can't let ourselves get frustrated,"

Tough guy Tucker said,

"After all, this is a playoff game and all kinds of things can happen.

At the Trail Blazers' home court, we failed to steal a victory on the road!

But we will still be back in a few days!

Defending the home court is what every team should do in the playoffs!

They did it, we can do it too!”

On the Internet, netizens also discussed this ups and downs game.

"Let me express my thoughts about the Rockets:

Breakthroughs basically depend on blows, shooting basically depends on blindness, three-pointers basically depend on the sky, and victory basically depends on fate!”

"Harden: You can sweep me, but you can't let me miss a free throw..."

"Harden: I wasn't guarded by others, it's just that I didn't feel good today."

"I feel sorry for my big monster. If I had known earlier, I would have stayed with the Lakers and not left!"

…

After winning the game, the Blazers rested for a night before taking the team's luxury charter flight to Houston the next afternoon.

There is a three-day break between G2 and G3, so the Blazers don't need to rush.

When Zhou Si and the others arrived in Houston to continue preparing for the game, the Rockets did not stop, and even bigger news broke!

In the eyes of the Rockets themselves and their fans, falling behind the Trail Blazers 0-2 in the series is not the end.

The hope of defending the home court and keeping the flame of promotion still exists.

However, "Houston Chronicle" senior reporter Jerome Solomon wrote an article, pessimistically believing that the Rockets' season journey has actually come to an end!

In the report, Solomon pointed out that there is a huge gap between the current Rockets and Trail Blazers in terms of overall strength and combat morale.

In the past two years, the Trail Blazers have carefully polished their offensive and defensive systems to perfection, and the tacit cooperation and response among the players have reached new heights!

The Rockets, on the other hand, are just the opposite. They have changed coaches one after another, have unclear leaders, unclear tactics, and unsystematic defense and offense. They have wasted the team's talent!

This article caused an uproar!

Because this is not a report from those trouble-making media, but from the local media in Houston.

This backstab is a big blow to the Rockets!

But Zhou Si did not feel too happy about this incident or even let down his guard, because he knew that such a piece of news might damage the morale of the Rockets, completely dismantle the Rockets, or even put the Rockets to death. Take off again!

While Zhou Si and the others were preparing for the game in Houston, the results of the second game of the semifinals were also announced.

In the Western Conference, the Warriors finally defended a home court and tied the score at 1:1.

If they really lose two home games in a row, the Warriors' series will really be in doubt!

In Zhou Si's opinion, he was not surprised at all that the Warriors played like this.

Unlike the Trail Blazers who rested while playing during the regular season, the Warriors' main players never rested in order to hit 73 wins!

They say they don't care about breaking records, but their bodies are very honest.

After struggling so hard in these two rounds of the series, Zhou Si would be the first one not to believe that his physical strength did not affect him.

I remember that Curry seemed to have an ankle injury in his previous life, so it's not surprising that the Warriors have someone injured now, not to mention that they are playing so hard.

Back to business.

The second young master came back fiercely, but when the Warriors slowed down, their stronger advantage was also reflected. In the second round of this Thunder-Yong battle, Curry hit 7 three-pointers and scored 25 points. Seven Warriors players scored in double figures.

For the Thunder, Du Shao had 26 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists, Westbrook had 21 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists, Ben McLemore had 13 points, Adams had 10 points and 12 rebounds, and no one else scored in double figures.

The most conspicuous among them is Waiters, who can be called the Warriors' best sixth man. He took 19 shots, the second most in the Thunder, but only made 4 goals and scored 8 points!

As fans say, Waiters is the barometer of the Thunder!

No matter how well the two young men play, as long as Waiters drives, the Thunder can play. If Waiters doesn't drive, the Thunder will take jujube pills.

On the Eastern team's side, the Cavaliers followed in the footsteps of the Warriors and pulled one back, rewriting the score to a 1:1 tie.

In this game, James gave it his all, scoring 37 points, 14 rebounds and 11 assists!

But even if he played like this, the Cavaliers could barely beat the Bulls by 4 points!

The strength of these two teams is so close that Zhou Si feels that they will have to go through at least six battles to determine the winner!

In another matchup in the Eastern Conference, the Pacers once again defeated the Heat, with a big score of 2:0!

Among them, Paojiao from the Pacers continued to score 28 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists on his own!

The Heat's Sauvage finally showed his fatigue, scoring only 16 points on 7-for-16 shooting.

Zhou Si feels that it is safe for the Pacers to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals. It just depends on how many games they play.

On the 7th, the game between the Trail Blazers and Rockets continued at the Toyota Center in Houston.

On game night, the Toyota Center was packed.

Rockets fans clearly haven't given up on their home team!

The Rockets are currently trailing 0-2. Will they successfully come back at home or will the Trail Blazers win the match point in the away game?

Rockets fans wait and see!
Chapter completed!