In 1985, Barkley in his rookie season followed his big brother Irving and Moses Malone all the way to the Eastern Conference finals, at that time, the little bus fat would not have thought that this was the only time in his 8-year Philadelphia career that he touched the floor of the Eastern Conference finals, and he would never have thought that this was his only year of uneventful playoff journey, with clear wins and losses, no drama, and not so many plots.
In the 1985-86 season, Barkley became the absolute main force, forming an interior duo with Moses, and Philadelphia entered the playoffs as third in the East, but Moses was injured in the closing stages and was reimbursed for the playoffs.
Without Moses, Philadelphia's strength was greatly reduced, and in the face of bullets in the first round, the 76ers actually lost by one point at home in the first game, burying Barkley's 26+22+9 big quasi-triple-double.
The two sides went back and forth, and when they reached the tiebreaker, Buck used a true triple-double of 19+15+12 to help the team win and advance by a big score, avoiding the embarrassment of being hacked.
In the semifinals against the second Bucks in the East, Philadelphia dominated the game, and Buck used 31 points, 22 rebounds, 6 assists and 6 steals to get off to a good start and regain home-court advantage.
But in the end, the series entered a tie-break, and the Bucks narrowly won by one point!
In the 1986-87 season, Barkley was plagued by injuries, Irving's state in his twilight years plummeted, and Philadelphia finally ranked fifth in the East, facing the old rival Bucks in the first round, and the two sides played five games, with a difference of 3 points/3 points/1 point/6 points/3 points in 5 games, and finally Philadelphia was out.
Then, Irving retired, and Barkley officially entered the era of single-core in the true sense of the word.
In 1988, Barkley played the best performance of his career and was named to the best team, but Philadelphia fell out of the playoffs.
In 1989, Philadelphia was sixth in the East, and in the first round of the playoffs, he challenged the Knicks led by Gorilla Ewing, and was swept directly! But the difference in the score of the three games was 6 points/1 point/1 point!
In 1990, Barkley finally brought Philadelphia back into the top half of the East, finishing third in the East behind the Pistons and Bulls. Facing the Cavaliers in the first round of the playoffs, I didn't expect it to be still not easy, and was dragged into Game 5, but fortunately, there was no danger to pass the test.
In the semifinals, Barkley and Jordan met for the first time in the playoffs.
The Bulls won 4-1, but Barkley was very good individually, averaging 23.8 points, 17 rebounds and 5 assists per game while shooting 53% from the field, and what about Jordan?
43 points, 6.6 rebounds, 7.4 assists, 4 steals, 1.2 blocks!5% shooting, 40% three-point shooting!
In addition, there is a Pippen with 21 points, 6.8 rebounds, 6.3 assists, 1.5 steals and 1.8 blocks, and a shooting rate of 53%!
In 1991, Philadelphia was fifth, facing the old rival Bucks in the first round, Barkley swept and met the Bulls again in the semifinals, and it was 1-4!
In '92, Philadelphia fell out of the playoffs again, and Barkley traveled west.
In 1993, although Barkley reached the finals, the road to the playoffs was not smooth, and he was almost blackened in the first round!
That year, the eighth in the West was the declining aristocratic Lakers, the Magic had retired, the state of Cobra Worthy had decreased sharply, and the Suns had already been very polite if they did not sweep them, but I didn't expect the result to be a big surprise! The Lakers went down two cities on the road, leading 2-0, and directly forced the Suns to the edge of the cliff! Fortunately, the Suns adjusted their state, chased it to 2-2, and played overtime in the fifth game, and the Lakers mainly controlled Slater to leave the court with 6 fouls, and the Suns were in danger!
The elimination of Spurs in the semifinals relied on Barkley's last-minute stunner in the sixth game, otherwise it would be another round of tie-breaks!
Facing the SuperSonics in the West Finals, he hit the tie-break again, and this time Barkley was really annoyed, endlessly? Directly hit a big double-double of 44 points and 24 rebounds! Every round is regarded as the last battle! 22 free throws directly beat Rain Man Kemp to graduation!
In the finals G2, Barkley and Jordan fought against each other, scoring 42 points each, and the Bulls narrowly won by 3 points.
G3, three-overtime battle, Suns win. G6, the Bulls narrowly won by one point.
This round of the finals is also the round with the strongest temperament of "supergiant showdown" among Jordan's 6 finals!
In '94, the Suns swept the Warriors in the first round, and Barkley scored 56 points in the third game to educate the top rookie Chris Webb!
Semifinals, Rockets and Olajuwon.
The first two games of the Suns were 2-0, and they were away from home, but I didn't expect the Rockets to win three games in a row, and the Suns tried their best to drag the game into a tie-break, but Olajuwon used 37+17 to tell Barkley what a real inside giant and offensive and defensive integration.
In fact, Barkley is very afraid of the team with a super center, and the only time he won against Admiral Luo was by relying on a stunner.
In 95, the defending champion Rockets changed their personnel badly, falling to sixth, the Spurs/Jazz/Suns were the top three in the West, in the first round of the playoffs, the Suns swept the Trail Blazers, and in the semifinals, it was the Rockets again! The Rockets just killed the Jazz with 60 wins!
Like last year, the Suns led 2-0, but this time it was all at home, Barkley was faintly uneasy, afraid of history repeating itself, and did not dare to slack off, G3 Rockets pulled back a game, and G4 Suns stabilized their minds and desperately got match points in Houston!
3-1, it shouldn't be a turnaround this time!
I didn't expect to be afraid of anything!
G5, the Rockets narrowly won in overtime.
G6, the Rocket's classic one-star shot, Big Dream 10 assists, Rockets shot 12 three-pointers!
G7, Rockets Scoring Guard Mario Elie's "Kiss of Death"!
In '96, the Suns dropped to 7th and were killed by the Spurs in the first round.
Then, Barkley ran to Houston, and the three old men combined.
I don't know if Olajuwon said to "Enemy Ba", we were champions before you came!
In the 97 playoffs, the Rockets swept the rookie Timberwolves in the playoffs in the first round; in the semifinals, the defending champion of the West, the SuperSonics, after the Rockets led 3-1, they were dragged to the tie-break by the young SuperSonics, and they were about to be overturned, and the three old G7 fought hard, each played for more than 40 minutes, and finally escaped.
West Final, Rocket Three Elders vs Utah Three Seniors!
Utah won two home games first, the Rockets won two home courts, G5, Jazz won Tianwang Mountain at home, G6, Stockton ruined the script, and didn't want to return to Salt Lake City to face Barkley with a stunner!
After many years, Jordan said that there was a problem with the defense of Barkley's goal, and Charles would not defend at all.
In 1998, the three elders were injured, and the Rockets fell to 8th, but I didn't expect that Barkley had the opportunity to be black eight in the twilight of his life!
The Rockets got the match point 2-1 in the first three games, and in the fourth game, the Rockets were 21-10 in the first quarter, and they were about to press the Jazz to death!
Ross Barkley was injured and left the game.
Jazz comeback.
G5, there is no suspense.
Then, the glider was decommissioned, and the slightly younger Pippen came.
In the first round of the '99 playoffs, the Rockets met the Lakers, Barkley looked at the Sharks, and Pippen looked at Kobe.
They are all young and young, and they are afraid that he will do something.
In the first game, the Rockets led by one point at the last moment and had the ball, but they didn't expect Pippen's fatal mistake to ruin the crucial first victory!
This has also become a microcosm of the whole series, and only Barkley of the three elders plays normally, like a lonely brave man who is both heroic and sad.