At 9:00 a.m. on May 15, the first game of the 2017-18 Western Conference finals will be officially contested in the Toyota Center of Houston, where the Houston Rockets will host the Golden State Warriors. The two teams met again in the Western Conference two years later, but compared with the overall strength gap of the two sides two years ago, the current Rockets have enough momentum to compete with the defending champions.
Live time: 09:00, May 15
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Expected first
Warriors: curry, Thompson, Durant, green, McGee
Rockets: Paul, harden, Ariza, Tucker, Capella
This season, the warriors' dominance was finally broken. After the Rockets introduced Paul, their strength was further improved. The team won 65 wins and 17 losses in the best regular season record in the history of the team, and pushed the warriors to win the first double regular season record of the Western Conference and the league. The first two rounds of the playoffs were also very easy. The two same 4-1 defeats forest wolf and jazz successively to reach the western finals. The warriors have been in trouble this season, and the team has suffered major injuries. In the second half of the season, the four giants were absent at the same time. Because of this, the first record of the West was surpassed by the Rockets. In the playoffs, the warriors got back to the championship pace, beating the Spurs and pelicans 4-1 in the same way, and Curie also made his comeback in a long cry. At present, the warriors' lineup is also unprecedented.
In terms of specific performance, the Rockets have become more and more mature this season, the team has played extremely terrorist attack efficiency in the first half of the season, and the record has always been the same as that of warriors. Although the team has experienced the injuries of harden and Paul successively, the two wave super long winning streak has always put the team in the first competitive position in the West. But after the winter break, the Rockets obviously adjusted their playing characteristics, paid more attention to Paul and harden's personal ability. On the premise of slightly weakening the outside shot, the attack was more stable. On the defensive side, the team's defense efficiency in the second half of the League ranked the top three. It's hard to imagine that this is the team that d'antony taught. In the playoffs, the rocket's state fluctuated a little, especially the offensive end's habitual slow heat, but also once played a single 50 point historical level data. Due to the lack of integrity of the Timberwolves and the uneven jazz, the Rockets' playoffs are not really tested. This series against the warriors will be the best chance to test the team.
Warriors side, the team regular season play quite easily, in the first half of the line-up is neat, once occupied the League first, but because of Curie and Durant and other injuries, the team began to decline significantly in the middle. At the end of the regular season, the team once suffered the embarrassment of four giants being absent at the same time. At this time, the Rockets won the second longest 17 consecutive games in the history of the team, and further expanded the leading advantage. The warriors gave up the first competition in the West. The team's performance in the last two weeks of the regular season made people drop their glasses and doubted the fighting capacity of the defending champion. But in the playoffs, the warriors responded quickly. Facing the Spurs, they almost didn't let the opponents get any chance. Against the pelicans who swept the Trail Blazers 4-0, the Warriors used their sharp attack to fight the opponents who were the most efficient in the first round of the playoffs. In addition, Curie made a successful comeback in the second round of the series, and the team began to sacrifice five small starting lineups in the fourth game. At present, the warriors have basically reached the peak level of this season.
The two sides met three times in the regular season. In the opening game, the warriors were defeated by the rockets when they were ahead. In the absence of Durant and harden in the second game, the warriors beat the Rockets away. In the third game, the teams of the two sides were basically complete. The Rockets made efforts to reverse and defeat the warriors in the final moment at home. The Rockets had a slight advantage in 2-1 regular season results. As a whole, although both teams have strong offensive firepower, their playing styles are quite different. The Rockets rely more on dual core to drive the attack. When the team basically gives up the middle distance projection, the team will give full play to the under basket strong attack coordination and the outside three points. The warriors play more abundant, the team's offensive means are more abundant, the offensive fluency is better than the Rockets.
The two sides meet in the playoffs again two years later, but the Rockets have successfully won the home advantage of the playoffs this season. The official opening of the game to the Rockets' main let-2.5 points, in the face of the defending champion can let the point pass, which shows the improvement of the Rockets' strength at present. However, the real-time disc mouth dropped to - 1.5 points, still on the defending champion strength obvious fear. The key to the success of the Rockets is still the combination of light bulbs. Compared with the previous two players, they can win the game with only one effort. This round of series is more hopeful that the two rockets will be able to win at the same time. The overall advantage of warriors is relatively obvious, but the team has a slow heat problem, and the Rockets currently have the upper hand at home.