The Utah Jazz that broke Yao Mai's heart twice, from left to right: Kirilenko, Halprin, Okur, Boozer, Deron. In the 2007 playoffs, the Rockets led by Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady ranked fifth in the Western Conference and encountered the Utah Jazz in the first round. However, the r

The Utah Jazz team that broke Yao Mai's heart twice, from left to right are: Kirilenko, Halprin, Okur, Boozer, Deron.

In the 2007 playoffs , the Rockets led by Yao Ming and McGrady ranked fifth in the Western Conference. They encountered the Utah Jazz in the first round, but the regular season record was actually dominated by the Rockets, so they had home court advantage. In the first game of the

series, Yao Maihe scored 51 points, and the Rockets got off to a good start. Although Boozer scored 41 points in the second game, Yao Mai still led the Rockets to victory, and the series was 2-0 ahead.

But the situation was completely reversed at the Jazz's home court. Apart from Yao Mai, only Shane Battier and Alston scored in the G3 Rockets. The Jazz regained a victory. Deron broke out in G4 and the Jazz equalized the score. After the two games, both sides continued to defend their home court. The series came to a tiebreaker.

The tiebreaker was held at the Rockets' home court. The suspense of this game remained until the end. The new version of Deron and Boozer combined to score 55+16+19, but it was center Okur who decided the winner. The Rockets lost consecutively at the last moment. The game rebound was killed by Okur's three-pointer, and he was unfortunately out.

The following year, the Rockets met the Jazz again in the first round. This time Yao Ming was injured, and the Rockets became a single-core team leader. The Jazz took a 3-1 lead in the first four games. Although they won G5, the Rockets' fuel tank also bottomed out. Even if McGrady scored 40+10+5 in G6, it would be difficult to change the fate of being eliminated in the first round.

(Andrew)