It s been 10 years, is it still not possible?

The Rockets were eliminated by the Warriors and failed to complete the "Black II" mission.

On May 10, 2019, the Toyota Center lost to the Warriors.

Return to the playoffs after five years. On May 5, 2025, the Rockets ended their 24-25 season.

is in the Toyota Center again, and the opponent is the Warriors again.

Facing the same group of core players of the old opponent, the Rockets have replaced a whole batch of players. Before the

series VanVleet was asked if there would be fear of playing the Warriors.

He said lightly, "Maybe for fans, the Warriors are indeed terrible, but there is no longer the hatred of Fire Lord, because this Rocket is different from that one."

Different Rockets, different endings, and the same fate of elimination. The Rockets continued their experience of dragging into tiebreak to G7, and they put Adams and Dillon earlier in the first quarter to continue to oppress Curry's defense and attack him in advance on the offensive end.

If you only talk about whether Curry is successful in defending, today's strategic success is still successful. It was not until 33.3 seconds in the second quarter that Curry scored the first score in this game.

But the results failed, and the Rockets failed to withstand the impact of other Warriors players.

The Warriors started with the lead, and Hilder made all the first 8 shots, and the situation was in chaos.

We can't blame the Rockets for tactical issues. In the first few games, the Rockets still attacked Curry, making Podjemsky and Hilder shoot. G5 and G6 Hilder scored 0 points and 3 points in one game, and the Rockets won both.

But in fact, they won the game where Hilde scored in double digits earlier, and the Rockets did not find a way to win from beginning to end.

Uduka just wanted to play Russian roulette with Hield, and I bet that he had no bullets in his pistol in three consecutive games. I was shot in the last game and I could only accept the loss.

, unlike the Rockets who insist on chasing Curry and limiting Curry. The Warriors' defensive focus is different in each game. In the early stage of the

series, the Warriors focused on guarding Jaylen Green and shorted VanVleet.

Then in the later stage of the series, we focused on guarding against Fleet and let Jaylen Green go.

The only unchanging point in the whole, the match between Green and Shin Kyung has never changed.

And the Warriors' prerequisite for changing their defensive logic is that they know that the Rockets have no real offensive strengths, and they will be defensive to whoever is hot.

The Warriors attacked Van Vleet at the beginning without any difference from the three-point line. This kind of attack was far beyond the intensity of the first six games of the series, whether it was the top of the three-point arc or the 45 degrees on the wing.

In addition to VanVleet, Cole also used Looney to suppress Adams when he was on the court as before. In fact, Looney didn't play much and only had 11 minutes, but this small change in the first half had an effect. Adams had a plus-minus value of -7 and 0 front board in the first half (Adams had never had a negative plus-minus value in the series before)

Looney played very diligently, but I still want to say that the Rockets lost, but the two towers did not lose.

The Warriors were just not crushed by the Rockets in the first half, and the Rockets still scored more than 10 points in the second half. The Rockets' more problem lies in their own scattered offenses. Except for VanVleet, other players have been playing simple for a long time, with only 14 assists in the whole game, 10 fewer than the Warriors. There were only 3 assists in the first half.

After Van Vleet was double-teamed, only Shen Jing dared to show off his courage to 1v1 with his opponent, although his efficiency is not high today.

Abnormal point: The final version of the Rockets' double towers should be a player of Cousins, Davis and Jokic. The current Shin Kyung is not enough. Compared with the Rockets, the Warriors have players coming out to win in the first and fourth quarters. In the first quarter, Hilder was stunned by the Rockets, and in the fourth quarter, Butler killed the Rockets.

In the last 4 minutes and 24 seconds of the fourth quarter, the Warriors did not score for a long time, and the Rockets made a shock wave intermittently. Dillon scored with an unconventional move.

But then Shin Kyung crushed Hilde and failed. Butler scored a double-digit score difference after a strong rebound. Then Butler intercepted Van Vleet to create 2-1 and forced Lao Fan to block the offensive path and make both free throws. In the next round, Butler scored with Jaylen in a single shot.

3 minutes and 41 seconds, no one scored the Warriors, and in one minute Butler scored 6 points and ended the game.

Compared with the Warriors, the Rockets lack a Butler-like player. When Thompson, who has the best feel in the game, ended up due to injury, it is difficult for the team to have an assassin player who suddenly helps the team to extend their lives.

At the end of the day, I still want to reiterate a topic: Have the Rockets been rebuilt successfully?

The Rockets were all successful this season, with 9 improvements in the season rankings, and the team reached the top in many playoff statistics.

But how Rockets fans define success is the strength of the team to enter the playoffs every year in the future or have the strength to win the championship in the next 10 years.

If it is the former, I think it has succeeded. If it were the latter, I would be even more desperate after this round of the series.

Maybe this Rocket does not have its own Curry.

To become a phenomenal team, we must have that star. Curry played average today, with 3 points in the first half but relied on his restraint to get 5 rebounds and 3 assists.

After the fourth quarter, he seized the opportunity to end Thompson, and he scored 8 points in just one moment. Today's tiebreak, compared with the entire series, he usually only scored 22 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists in his form, but his influence is everywhere.

This is a super giant's performance. I don't want to praise the enemy too much, but the Rockets didn't see such a star in this series. VanVleet tried his best and was only half as powerful as Curry in terms of influence..

We hope Jaylen Green and Shin Kyung can become the Rockets' dream leader. Judging from this series, the former is completely out of the blue, while the latter may be a good secondary attacker due to his technical type, but it will not be the answer.

At present, Amen is more like a future leader, but he still has a lot to do, such as his dribbling, shooting timing, etc., and there are still too many unknowns.

Regarding the future of the Rockets, I will use a long article to analyze the future. Let's just do it today, I'm tired. The Rockets fans' summer is over. Let's take a long sigh and see how other teams perform.