10 years! The Rockets' big reversal against the Clippers was 10 years ago! Have you read it?

This article is from the background contribution of Brother Dige's fans

Author: Tommmmmmy

Every year when it comes to the playoffs, I always see discussions on the forums about "your most impressive series".

When I see such a question, I will also ask myself silently:What kind of series can be remembered for a long time?

After all, if you talk about very different styles of skills and tactics, and similar strengths, these are almost daily occurrences in the world's highest level of basketball league, and even more so in the playoffs.

Even after watching and playing for many years, I knew that I had never been a fan, I knew very little about the tactics on the pitch, and Xia was unable to capture the subtle changes in the situation, and many games that seemed to be in turmoil at the time were slowly forgotten with the passage of time.

Basketball is more like a friend of mine who I don't keep in touch with very often, and when I find him, I always hope that he can be an emotional outlet for him to hear his own story.

To this day, I still remember the series vividly, and many of the details are vivid.

Maybe it's because I was in my third year of high school ten years ago, and like many high school boys, basketball became a rare pastime and after-school conversation at that time.

I don't know if Yao Ming's influence hasn't completely passed, the Rockets are still my home team watching the NBA.

The operation of the Rockets in those years was commendable, unlike the Yao Mai period, which was waiting for reinforcements, the addition of Jeremy Lin, Harden, and Howard even made the Rockets appear star-studded for a time.

But even so, in the Morden era, they did not end up being a competitive enough team.

In every season that seems to be strong, they always find some strange way to disappoint those who support them.

In Howard's first year on the team, even though the series trailed the Trail Blazers, you could clearly see that they were already on the ground in that game, but they missed the only star who could execute the final shot in the final 0.4 seconds.

In the season after the comeback, just when you thought they could finally regroup after all odds, you found that they were still powerless against the truly powerful Warriors.

I often talk to people about whether it's a lucky thing to like a team like the Rockets and a player like Harden.

They always surprise people in close games.

I can still remember the home game in 2017 known as "Houston Day", which was blown out by the Spurs from the opening after so much rhetoric.

However, the Rockets in those years were the same as Harden's career, no matter how many Rockets personnel changed, Harden was on multiple teams, they were not plagued by serious injuries, did not let their stats and results fall to rock bottom at any time, and even brought new hope and reverie almost every offseason.

And more importantly, it is their stories that often comfort us, perhaps the real life of most of us is never smooth sailing and invincible.

That year (2015), as the college entrance examination approached, I gave myself a clear plan: if the rocket was eliminated, then I would not bring my mobile phone to school, review, and prepare for the college entrance examination.

In fact, things have always gone according to plan, and the gap between the fireships that year was blind, but the scene made it even more obvious that the Clippers were more comfortable and free, and no one wanted to believe that they were the ultimate losers.

I was having lunch in the cafeteria, watching what I thought was the last game of the season on my phone, and I didn't forget to make a detailed plan for myself to brush up on the questions from today onwards.

At some point in the third quarter, I saw the Rockets trailing by a large score, so I put away my phone and went back to the classroom to complete the math afternoon test.

The strange thing is that the question of that day was written exceptionally smoothly, and there were no distractions.

However, a group of old guys wearing headbands stepped forward. (Terry + Brewer + Ariza + Josh Smith + Terrence Jones, the Rockets blasted a 40-15 surge in the final quarter to complete the comeback.) ）

"James, we're a bunch of outcasts, you've brought us here, and if you don't feel good today, we're going to win the game for you."

I still haven't verified whether Terry really had the courage to say this in such a desperate situation.

But in the final twelve minutes without Harden, they hit a damn three-pointer and showed incredible defensive intensity (the Rockets shot 12-of-19 from the field and 7-of-11 from three-point range throughout the fourth quarter)

Who didn't yearn for such a righteous story when I was a teenager, and it was also at that moment that the charm of competitive sports was completely embodied in front of my eyes.

Later, the story became even more familiar, and the rocket fought for the first time until the end of May and the beginning of June.

Immediately afterwards, when James was about to go downhill at the age of 31, there was a passionate slogan of "the college entrance examination is every year, and there is only one brave battle".

When I was in school, I was a rebellious child, and in order to avoid schoolwork, I took all the things that happened in the NBA world and had nothing to do with the excitement of my studies, and naturally I didn't fulfill my promise to review well.

Now that I think about it, how I wish someone had told me back then that the rocket that surprised wasn't the pinnacle of what they had been in recent years.

Two years later, Paul joined forces with Harden to push the dynastic Warriors, who had four All-Stars, into a desperate situation, and James did not decline as expected, and played for four full years.

And the real only one is the college entrance examination that year when I played very poorly, and the time when I worked hard with everyone to achieve the same goal.

Ten years have passed, and the Rockets still haven't made it to the Finals amid the ups and downs.

The brothers of the "Hairband Gang" have all retired, and the Morden combination has long since dispersed.

And today I am back at the podium in the classroom, which is what I aspired to as a child.

After becoming a teacher, I finally understood that no matter how well I hid it, I could easily find the students who were watching the football in class.

But when I dreamed back at midnight, I often wished I could go back to that cloudy lunch break in my senior year, and I turned on my phone again after making sure that my table mates were asleep, carefully placed it in the middle of the math correction book, and saw that you had completed a 19-point comeback in the final quarter and finally won the entire series.

This is the basketball story of my college entrance examination.

If you are taking the college entrance examination, don't give up.