In Game 5, the Mavericks finally lost to the Nuggets, and Nowitzki's 32 points and 11 rebounds double-double once again became the best footnote to a tragic story, and the Nuggets entered the division finals for the first time since selecting Anthony, the core of the team. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

But the Lakers were hit by the Rockets full of wounded soldiers at a critical time!

Although Yao Ming watched the game from the sidelines in a straight suit, the Rockets played tenaciously and led all the way. Aron. Brooks was powerful, scoring 26 points and 4 assists on 8-of-13 shooting from the field. Scola had 24 points and 12 rebounds. Landry 15 points and 8 rebounds, Ron Brown. Artest 14 points.

The rocket has nothing to lose. After the opening period, the situation was surprisingly one-sided, with Scola hitting frequent shots and the Rockets starting the game with a 17-1 spurt. The Lakers missed consecutive shots and failed to hit a shot in the first 5:39 until 6:21 left in the quarter when Kobe Bryant scored on a basket.

At one point, the Rockets led by 18 points at 21-3, and in the first eight minutes, the Lakers only made one shot. In the last minute of the quarter, the Lakers hit two three-pointers to narrow the gap slightly, trailing 15-27 in the first quarter. Scola scored 14 points in the first quarter to Bryant's four.

Kobe Bryant hit a shot at the beginning of the second quarter, and the Lakers scored four points in a row, but Battier and Artest immediately hit consecutive three-pointers, and the Rockets opened up the gap again. With 5:50 left in the quarter, Weaver also hit a three-pointer to give the Rockets a 42-25 lead.

With 2:03 left in the second quarter, Artest was hit in the face while defending Kobe, Artest suppressed his anger and did not reason with Kobe, but ran to the audience on the sidelines, and the referee gave Kobe a technical foul. Before the end of the quarter, Brooks hit a three-pointer to give the Rockets a 52-36 lead. Scola had 18 points and nine rebounds in the first half. Bryant scored 14 points on just 6-of-16 shooting and had just one assist.

The Lakers started the third quarter with a 9-0 run, chasing the score to 45:52 in one fell swoop. With 8:56 left in the quarter, the Rockets scored two points from Scola's layup. The Lakers' poor hand in the first half seemed to shift to the Rockets, who only hit one shot in the first 6:44 of the quarter, and the Lakers went on a 16-2 run to tie the score at 52-54. Landry scored three points with 5:16 left in the quarter, and the Rockets regained their sense and went on an 8-2 run to take a 62-54 lead. The Rockets regained their footing, and Scola hit a mid-range shot before the end of the quarter to give the Rockets a 74-65 lead heading into the final quarter.

With 7:35 left in the game, Artest hit a three-pointer to give the Rockets a 10-point lead at 79:69. After Gasol returned a shot, Landry immediately returned the favor with a dunk, and then he hit another free throw to give the Rockets an 11-point lead.

The Rockets got braver and braver, Brooks hit a shot with 3:44 left in the game, and then Battier blocked Kobe Bryant's "three-no-stick" shot, and Brooks hit again when he lost his balance, and the Rockets opened the gap at 88:75.

Kobe Bryant was forced to be in a hurry, and finally lost the patience to execute the tactics, and kept playing hard, but the effect was not good. The Lakers have since failed to close the gap to within 12 points and have to go to the home court to "tie seven" with the Rockets.

For the Lakers, it was a very disappointing game for the fans who supported them, but the Rockets were still not favored. This game only increased the odds of the Lakers to win the championship slightly, and the odds of entering the Western Conference finals did not even change in any way.

In terms of the lineups of both sides, even this rocket in its heyday has no advantage, let alone now.

The final ending was no more surprising.

The Rockets can come to this point is already a victory, and there is no psychological baggage, on the other hand, the Lakers, who have stood on the edge of the cliff in shame, finally regarded the Rockets as a close opponent in this game.

The Lakers turned the pressure into motivation, launched a tight defense at the beginning, and did not let the Rockets shoot a single shot in the first 7 minutes, opening the game 13-2. The Rockets didn't get a layup from Hayes until 4:44 left in the quarter. After the first quarter, the Rockets trailed 12-22.

In fact, this is the level that the Lakers should have, although they were a little late in earnest, but fortunately, they did not allow themselves to repeat the miserable experience of the "F4" period.

After taking the lead, the Lakers continued to attack, and Kobe Bryant also gave up a lot of offensive rights, frequently passing the basketball to the interior of the team with the greatest advantage, allowing Gasol and Bynum to score 39 points and 24 rebounds, and finally won the "tie-break" battle 89:70 and advanced to the Western Conference finals.

Shortly after the game, NBA headquarters also quickly announced the schedule of the semifinals, as well as the selection of the "Best Sixth Man Award".

Not surprisingly, in this selection, the sixth person who beat the Mavericks Jason. Terry, for the second year in a row, has allowed himself to reap this honor.

This also allowed him to get 3,000 experience points again, but at this time, Shi Lei had not yet made up his mind about who to match.

Some things are easy to say, but often when things come to an end, there are always one thing or another that affects people's choices and judgments. Now Shi Lei is very entangled, there is no doubt that for him, matching Roy is the best choice at this time, and it is also the most beneficial choice for his future growth, but Shi Lei just can't make up his mind, without Garnett, the Celtics' inside line is a hidden danger after all.

Shi Lei's desire for honor is beyond everyone's imagination! It is said that at his age, he should be satisfied with two championship rings, even if he retires like this, no one will think that his career is not successful enough, but Shi Lei is not satisfied, yes, he is still not satisfied!

He still wants to win, and more importantly, he wants to replace Pierce in the team at the end of the season. He didn't want to wait long when he thought he had the best preparation and wouldn't have too much impact on the team's competitiveness. What could be more convincing than to bring the team a championship trophy to the top of the list?

So Shi Lei chose to wait, for him, the "basketball tattoo" is just a tool, a tool to help him win, he works hard to play every game, not just to open the next template, what he wants is success, this has not changed from beginning to end!

"And, I think I'm ready!"

Looking at the materials that he threw in the trash can that accompanied him throughout the offseason, Shi Lei said to himself.

Soon, the division finals began, and the Celtics ushered in the semifinals for the first time since the O'Neal and Hardaway eras.

An old friend from last year's Celtics playoffs, Beal. Wharton and his partner Tolbert are finally here again.

"It's still so hot here! Beal, the Celtics are finally on the pitch of the Eastern Conference Finals again, but their interior core is unavailable, do you think they can advance as easily as they did in the first two rounds in this series? ”

Tolbert was dressed very energetically today, wearing a coquettish red suit.

"Of course! As long as they restrain Howard! ”

"Do you think so too? Looks like we're thinking the same thing this time! ”

"These fools know!"

"You mean to say you have a problem with your IQ?"

The commentary started with the standard American duo, and in the locker room, both sides were also making their final mobilization.

The heart is full of ambition, which makes the magic players very serious at this time, and even a monster with a hippie smile face is rare to be serious, like a real team boss, and started his pre-game speech.

It was an "expensive" speech, written with real money, but it also worked well, and the words that filled the excitement brought all the nerves of the Magic players.

In the home team's locker room, Pierce is doing the same job as Howard.

They're going to face an unprecedented challenge, and everyone knows that the scene where the Magic played them in the regular season is still fresh in their minds, but they don't plan to back down, and now that they've come here, and only the last two opponents remain, why not hold on to the end?

In this game, Rivers unreservedly ranked the strongest lineup of the team, this season's Howard is definitely not something Perkins can defend, and the task of supplementing the players is also very heavy, so Shi Lei became the Celtics' starting power forward.

"Okay, the players from both sides are standing on the field, and they're getting ready to jump the ball!"

"There's no doubt about it!"

There really wasn't much doubt that the basketball was in Alston's hands.

The physical fitness of the "street ball king" is actually average, but Rondo, the point guard who defends the second team, has no choice but to retreat with his advance.

But that's it, in comparison, the Frenchman Tekoglou is clearly more suited to the Magic and is more valued by the big Van Gundy, and Als passed the ball to Tekoglu immediately after half-time.

This made the fans at the scene feel familiar, because their future and hope Shi Lei usually plays such a task in the team, and he is much better than the other party.

Turkoglu is two meters and eight meters tall, which is already a qualified interior height, and when he receives the basketball, along with Lewis's run, he suddenly makes a passing motion, allowing the defender of his rays. Allen subconsciously moved towards the position between him and Lewis, and then he quickly put the basketball back and threw it to the basket.

In fact, in this game, Shi Lei's opponent should be Lewis, who plays power forward, but obviously, Howard is more destructive to the Celtics' defense, and he has no other choice. That's why Ray. The reason why Aaron will be easily disposed of by Tekoglu's pass feints!

"Hit the outside first, open the defense!"

Shi Lei understood the Magic's offensive strategy at a glance, but ...... What's the use?

Shi Lei wrapped Howard tightly, putting the responsibility for the opponent's possible missed shot and the need for someone to protect the rebound on Perkins, who was his partner.

However, the Magic didn't give them that opportunity, and Turkoglu hit the basket on his first outside shot.

Entering the inside line, Shi Lei will no longer be the organizer of the team. Aaron also has underestimated organizational skills. Under the interference of the Magic inside, Rondo and Shi Lei did not form a connection, and Rondo sent the basketball to the second choice, Ray. Aaron's hands.

Turkoglou is a great point forward, but he can only be relied upon by a coach like Van Gundy because his defense is so ..... Well, slightly more than nothing.

Thunder. Aaron changed direction in front of his body and completed his entire cutting action.

The Magic's starting point guard, Petrus, is really known for his defense, especially his individual defensive ability, and the only reassuring one of the Magic's outside defenses.

Thunder. Aaron shook off the defender, and Petrus quickly swapped defenders with his teammates. At this time, Shi Lei suddenly ran out from under the basket and blocked Petrus's forward route in advance.

Seize this opportunity, Ray. Aaron made a stumble and sent the basketball away.

"Brush!"

The shot then landed comfortably in the basket.

"Shi's cover this time is good!"

Seeing that Shi Lei created offensive opportunities for his teammates, Bill. Wharton nodded in approval.

Tolbert also nodded in agreement on the side, and the "role" he played in this commentary has changed again, from an ignorant person to a "master of the ball"!

"Yes, just right, so some people call him the Celtic 'magician!'"

But Bill. Wharton disagrees: "Erwin doesn't do these rough jobs, Stone is very versatile, but leaving the small forward position is undoubtedly a serious waste of his ability!" ”

"But there's no way, isn't it?"

"Yes, there is no way!"

Not only in the offense, Shi Lei is wasting his physical ability because of the change of position, and in defense, he is also wasting his ability.

In order to better defend Howard, Shi Lei, who had a large defensive range that could cover the entire three-point line, now had to shrink under the basket and watch, after receiving a pass from his teammates, Lewis's height easily caused Pierce's defense to be misaligned and hit the first three-pointer of the game.

Shi Lei's worst fear happened, the Magic team's defense on the outside looked smooth in this game.

"The most important thing to do at this time is to completely defend Turkoglu and put the Magic's offensive organization in trouble!"

Shi Lei said this to himself, but it's a pity that he is now a big forward!

"Ball!"

In the main position of the inner line card, Shi Lei suddenly faced thunder. Aaron reaches for the ball!