主题：【原创】祝贺休斯敦火箭队5年来首次杀入季后赛 -- Highway
休斯敦火箭队在两周前看起来一切都在掌握之中。西部第七名的位置似乎已经坐稳。但是没想到来了一个5连败，而西部8，9，10名却紧追不舍。火箭队季后赛的希望再次岌岌可危。更可怕的是最近火箭队一号得分手和篮板手，吾友姚明状态低迷，而混蛋裁判又一个劲的欺负他，进攻防守反复受挫。Highway心都提到嗓子眼了。。。
今天火箭主场迎战掘金队。掘金队西部排名第八，紧跟休斯敦。所以此战对于休斯敦来说一定要拿下。没想到今天开局不利，被掘金队一度领先15分。中场过后，休斯敦火箭队全力以赴，拚了命了。第三节就拿下36分，为赛季的新纪录。第四节大家众志成城，一直拚到最后一秒，结果以106:103艰难的拿下比赛。全场观众重头到尾一直为火箭队打气助威，场面火爆异常。更高兴的是马刺队战胜了开拓者队(第九名)，这样休斯敦火箭队已经确保了今年季后赛的席位。火箭队的解说员已经额首相庆了。有趣的是新浪网还没有确定这一消息，说“姚明距季后赛只有咫尺之遥”。该相信哪一个报道呢？我还是相信火箭队对的官方报道。
今天弗朗西斯神勇，有几个上篮难度之大只有当年吾友乔丹可比，NB!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Go Rockets!!!
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HOUSTON (AP) -- The Houston Rockets clinched a playoff berth for the first time in five years Friday night, but they don't want this to be the high point of their season.
The Rockets defeated the Denver Nuggets 106-103 behind a season-high 33 points from Steve Francis, who is headed to the playoffs for the first time in his five-year career.
Although confetti dropped from the rafters at the end of the game, the Rockets weren't in much of a festive mood in the locker room afterward.
``Since my rookie year, all I've wanted to do was be in the playoffs,'' Francis said. ``But it's like coach (Jeff Van Gundy) said, we don't want to be complacent. We want to move up. We have games to play and we don't want to just show up.
``We want to go in the playoffs on a good note. We know we can play with anybody. Tonight was a good game for us and we want to try and keep the same mentality. We don't want to settle for just being in the playoffs. We want to make some noise in them.''
Cuttino Mobley, who had 22 points, hopes for better things in the playoffs.
``Now the monkey is off our backs,'' Mobley said. ``But the monkey will probably come back when we get in the playoffs. A lot of the good teams beat us in close games, but now we have to go out and play hard and see what happens.''
Yao Ming, who had 12 points and six rebounds, knows making the playoffs is important to the veterans.
``You can tell more from the other players because they've been here longer,'' Yao said. ``They have more of a feeling for it. It's like New Year's to me.''
Marcus Camby scored 23 points and Carmelo Anthony had 20 as the Nuggets lost for the sixth straight time in Houston. Denver dropped into a three-way tie with Utah and Portland for eighth place in the Western Conference.
``The third quarter was the difference,'' Andre Miller said. ``They started hitting open shots. The shots they missed in the first half, they made.''
Camby pointed to Saturday's game against Portland as being huge for the Nuggets.
``It's frustrating (losing Friday) but it's not the end of the world,'' Camby said. ``The good thing about the NBA is you get to play again tomorrow. We play Portland tomorrow at home. That's a big game because we're still tied for eighth with them.
``We have two more games at home. We just have to take care of business. It's not going to be easy. We're playing tough opponents.''
Francis hit four free throws and Mobley made a 3-pointer in a span of 1:35 to give Houston its biggest lead, 99-92 with 2:29 to play.
Nene hit a follow shot with 18 seconds left to pull the Nuggets to 104-103, and Jim Jackson's two free throws with 17 seconds to go made it 106-103.
Rodney White missed a desperation 3-point shot with five seconds to play and Miller missed a 25-footer at the buzzer.
Mobley scored 22 and Jackson 17 for Houston.
Mobley and Francis each had seven points in a 16-5 run in the third quarter that gave Houston its first lead since the opening basket, 73-70.
Francis had 15 third-quarter points as the Rockets led 78-73 going into the final quarter.
Nene scored eight points in the first quarter as the Nuggets led by as many as eight. They hit 63 percent (12-of-19) of their shots in the quarter and were on top 26-21 entering the second quarter.
Denver expanded the lead to 48-33 with Camby contributing six points in a 16-6 run in the second quarter. Camby had 12 and the Nuggets were shooting 59percent (23-of-39) as they led 52-42 at the half.
看新浪的报道意思是，如果火箭后三战全败，爵士和掘金后三战全胜，大家就需要比较相互的比赛记录。而这方面火箭对那两个队都是吃亏的，所以会被挤掉。火箭对开拓者交战记录是3－1，所以开拓者现在肯定没戏了。
http://sports.sina.com.cn/k/2004-04-10/1112842031.shtml
姚明的得分，篮板，命中率都是全队第一。这没话好说。虽然姚明平均上场时间只有30分钟左右！
相比较来说，国王虽然常规赛横扫火箭，而湖人火箭2：2，但我还是觉得国王好对付一些。湖人季后赛会比较兄一些。
好像lakers也喜欢掉到后面去抓小牛, 嘿嘿