Game 2 of the LakeFire Series is still being played at the Toyota Center Arena. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoMaddie walked out of the tunnel and enjoyed the enthusiastic cheers of the fans, and he suddenly felt confident.

Last year at Compaq, almost no one believed that we could beat the mighty Treble, but we did. Now we're the regular season champions, I'm the MVP, we're stronger than we were last year, we can definitely win.

The Lakers players came out, and Maddy looked at his old rival Kobe. The latter was expressionless, but there was a faint flame burning in his eyes. At this moment, Kobe kept thinking about what the Zen master said in the locker room just now - "The Rockets seem to be using Jordan's rule against Kobe, hehe, this tactical setup is really a big fuss, there is no need to worry." Jackson's sneering voice still lingered in Kobe's head.

"Am I not worthy of the defensive strategy of Jordan's Law? Am I really that much worse than Jordan? Bryant asked himself, but there was no answer. If Kobe Bryant was only the second leader at the beginning of the Lakers' three consecutive championships in 00, in 04 Kobe Bryant can almost be compared to O'Neal and can be called a first-line star in the league. But when it comes to comparing with Michael Jordan, the NBA's all-time superstar, it's obvious who wins and who loses.

The players from both sides were in position, and Yao Ming and O'Neill were ready to jump the ball to start the game.

"Only basketball will give me the answer, basketball is my friend!" Kobe Bryant put aside the problem for the time being, and was determined to have a big fight.

Yao Ming jumped the ball to win. He went inside to catch the ball with his back and then turned around for a jumper, and O'Neal defended it in place and made a block. Yao Ming alertly grabbed the rebound in the front court, and then went up! "Smack" ate O'Neill's big hat again.

Payton got the ball and quickly advanced to the frontcourt, assisting Malone to make a mid-range shot.

The Rockets' side is still the strategy of consuming O'Neal on the inside in the first quarter, Yao Ming has no good chance to catch the ball, and Billups simply handed it over to Bosh, but unfortunately the single missed. Here, the Lakers Kobe Bryant didn't hit a three-point shot. This time, Yao Ming was the team's No. 1 inside killer, and he received a pass from Tekoglu and scored a shot, drawing 2-2.

Kobe Bryant exploded with murderous intent and broke through Maddy to miss a layup but caused Bosh to foul, and he made two free throws.

Maddy assisted Billups to return a shot, Kobe Bryant immediately ran diligently, shook off Maddy's empty cut inside, received a wonderful pass from Malone and made a layup, and caused Turkoglou's foul to score 2+1, 7:4 Lakers lead.

Yao Ming and Bosh each hit another iron, and Bryant broke through again to cause Bosh to foul, but still made two free throws.

Billups assisted Turkoglou for a layup, but Bryant immediately made a quick stop and scored back-to-back points. The Rockets didn't take advantage of the main inside, but O'Neal made Bosh foul again, and this time he missed both free throws.

Only 5 minutes into the game, Bosh actually committed 3 fouls. Tang Shuai could only send Wang Zhizhi to replace him, and Bosh looked annoyed. Many young players in the NBA are inexperienced, and sometimes they are overly active on the defensive end, and they will foul a series of fouls if they make a big move.

At the end of the first quarter, the Lakers led by 2 points at 24:22. The Rockets' strategy of consuming O'Neal can't be said to be ineffective, O'Neal failed to score on 0-of-1 shooting, contributing only 2 rebounds and 2 blocks. Yao Ming scored 10 points on 3-of-7 shooting, plus 5 free throws, and Kobe Bryant, who scored 9 points, temporarily ranked the highest in the game. But Tang Shuai knew that Yao Ming's advantage was temporary, and he consumed a lot of money by playing like this in the first quarter, and he would definitely have to rest in the second quarter, but the Lakers' O'Neal probably also had to rest. In view of the Lakers' usual second quarter Kobe Bryant to lead the bench lineup, Lao Tang immediately arranged Kobe's defense, and made some arrangements for Wang Zhizhi and Oku.

At the beginning of the second quarter, O'Neal Payton rested off the court, led by Kobe Bryant and Ma Long. Oku and Dazhi glanced at each other and nodded. According to the play that Lao Tang just arranged, Ao Fat was not there, and he mainly consumed Ma Long by actively running without the ball.

The running of the double high battery did cause a lot of problems for Malone and Medvedenko, and the elder Malone was out of breath after a few rounds. But Maddie struggled, and according to the plan, he should turn on the iron gate mode and do his best to prevent Kobe Bryant. As a result, Kobe Bryant stopped attacking and tried his best to prevent Maddie. Maddy's pass was slightly over-pressed under his ferocious pressing, and Jefferson failed to receive it, another mistake.

After attacking back, Bryant immediately made a foul on Jefferson and made two free throws. Kobe Bryant scored both points in the first half of the quarter.

With both superstars out of business, the role players are about to make a splash. Fisher hit a three-point shot with back-to-back assists from Medvidenko and Kobe Bryant to score six points in a row. The Lakers stretched the margin to seven points. Maddy responded immediately, assisting Billups for a three-pointer, and Chauncey responded with a layup for Maddy. The Rockets scored five straight points to close the gap. At the end of the first half, the score was 50:48, and the Rockets were still slightly behind.

At halftime, the Zen master criticized several players by name who were not playing well, and Kobe Bryant's eyes were red, his hands trembled slightly, and he didn't seem to be listening to anything.

"Dude, are you alright?" Fisher asked Kobe Bryant in a whisper.

"It's so good, I feel like I'm in such good shape that it's exploding." A smile tugged at the corner of Bryant's mouth.

The Zen master also noticed Kobe's abnormality, but did not say anything. The old coach was secretly proud in his heart, and it seemed that Kobe's agitation before the game had an effect. This kid went on a rampage, and there was no one in the league more like Jordan.

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"Give me the ball!" Bryant yelled at Peyton, as if to vent his infinite power.

Of course, Peyton's old demon will not be handed over to him easily, but first took two steps and a sharp stop, and made a fake action of lobbing the ball to O'Neal, and then subtly stuffed it to Kobe. Of course, Kobe Bryant will not waste this kind of good ball, and a big leap to get the ball is a flying dunk!

Yao Ming hit the iron, and Kobe Bryant immediately received a pass from Fox and made a jumper, 54:48.

Billups and Bosh made a pass and Maddie finished the game. Bryant received the serve and quickly pushed it across the three-point line, met Maddy's pull-up jumper, and shot 56:50.

Yao Ming asked for the ball to play alone, but Kobe Bryant suddenly appeared behind him and grabbed the ball to complete the steal. However, this time Kobe missed three points, but he scared the Rockets into a cold sweat.

What's going on? Kobe Bryant is crazy, huh?

But then Kobe missed 2 shots, hit 3 irons in a row, and the Rockets seemed to be relieved, after all, Kobe Bryant is also a person, and he can't face Maddy's super defense.

But O'Neal immediately made an internal and external cooperation with Kobe, Kobe Bryant burst out and completed a dunk across Maddy, and the ball also caused Maddy to foul, 2+1!

The few Lakers fans in the arena were ecstatic, but what about the MVP? It's not that we've been shutted up by our L.A. pride yet!

Maddie didn't show weakness and returned the ball, and Bryant immediately made another foul on Billups, making two free throws and two hits.

Kobe Bryant, who had completely entered the state of killing, roared angrily in the stands of the Rockets fans, and at this moment, the bloodthirsty black mamba snake turned on his crazy nature.

In this quarter, Bryant made 5 of 11 shots and 8 free throws, scoring 19 points. And the Rockets scored only 19 points as a team. At 82:67, the difference widened.

In the final quarter, the Rockets failed to pose enough threat, and the overall situation was decided, and the Lakers replaced F3 early, leaving only the bloodthirsty Kobe Bryant to fight the Rockets. The final score was 106-92, and the Lakers won on the road and regained home-court advantage (i.e., the Lakers had three home games in the remaining five games). Kobe Bryant made 11 of 22 shots and 16 of 17 free throws and slashed 40+4+4, while O'Neal was consumed by the Rockets' interior line and only got 7+7+4. The Rockets pressed the gourd and scooped up, and finally curbed the Lakers' interior line, but was beaten by Kobe Bryant alone. Although Maddie cut a triple-double of 18+10+11, he could not prevent the opposing Kobe Bryant and could only sigh in vain.

At this point, the so-called "Jordan's Law" looks so ridiculous.