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On 5 February, they faced the underdog Knicks away and won by four points.

On Feb. 6, the Rockets beat the 76ers by 18 points on Philadelphia. So far, they have quietly won five consecutive victories again, and continue to lead the league with a record of 42 wins and 5 losses. At this point, the record of 72 wins does not look far off.

But the real test is yet to come, and they will face the full Lakers after a day of rest at home. After the halfway baptism of the regular season, the American media basically reached a consensus on the prediction of the playoffs, the Rockets are the number one favorite, and the Lakers Pistons are second. If there is a team that can beat the Rockets, the Lakers are obviously the most likely. Because the Lakers are a newly built heroic formation, they can continue to improve after running-in, and they have great potential. And the Pistons' five-tiger lineup has lost to the Rockets for two consecutive years.

After Gasol's return, the Lakers' lineup has gone through some run-in and sculpting, and it has achieved initial results. Van Gundy, who had always been stubborn, rarely obeyed Jason with ease. Bath's opinion, put Odom on the bench, using the twin towers of Gasol and Mutombo. In fact, it's not that Fan Bald is obedient, but that he has never been very satisfied with the loose attitude of Odom. Odom is also open-minded, considering Mutombo's age and lack of fitness, as long as he can ensure his playing time, it doesn't matter whether he starts or not.

After several trials, Blecher was completely beaten into the cold by Van Gundy. The de facto center substitute behind Mutombo is Gasol, and in the second lineup, Odom will be in the fourth position to partner Gasol, and Mime will be the second substitute on the inside.

"So, a lot of the time I'm going to play against Gasol, not the old man from Mutombo?" Yao Ming asked.

"Yes, that's right." Yuan Fei said: "Chris's responsibility is very heavy, except for the opposition to Gasol is Odom, neither of these two is good stubble; Not to mention Richard, Kobe Bryant still has to defend you; Reed defends Battier, just pay attention to his three-point shot; As for Chauncey, his mind is clearer than mine, so there is no need to talk nonsense. ”

Jefferson showed a wry smile, Kobe Bryant has been in a god's form recently, who wants to guard him at this time? He's the guy on the Rockets who is most looking forward to Maddy's comeback. But Jefferson never expected that he would be the most eye-catching person at the beginning of this game.

Gasol jumped the ball to win, and the Lakers took the lead in possession. Mutombo picked up the ball and Gasol played a high-low combination, and the latter opened the scoring with a jumper.

Bosh showed no weakness, received a pass from Jefferson and pulled it up, and hit! The big forwards on both sides have their own shots.

Kobe Bryant held the ball high and singled, Jefferson didn't know which tendon was pulled out and actually reached out to break the ball successfully, but unfortunately Bosh missed the basket in the fast break. Now Kobe Bryant feels that he has lost face, and he has to get it back. He hit Jefferson with his back, and he swung left and right to make a jump shot that missed.

The two sides were locked in a long iron war. Yao Ming, Battier, Billups, Williams, Reed, and Kobe missed each shot, and the game has been going on for 4 minutes, and the score is still a pitiful 2-2.

Finally, Jefferson received a pass from Billups and hit a jumper to give his team the advantage.

"Richard is on too hot today, isn't he?" Yuanfei couldn't help but admire.

"Isn't it, he hit three points at the beginning, gave an assist, and defended Kobe Bryant three times." Adelman was full of praise for the performance of the love general.

This time, Ah Shuai was too happy. Next, Kobe Bryant returned to his killer nature, hitting Jefferson three times in a row, and quickly overtook the score.

"Kobe's back-hitting skills have reached the point where they are perfect, and it is difficult for Richard to guard against him, only his own touch can prevent him." Yuanfei said helplessly.

Kobe Bryant once again turned around and walked the bottom line, Yao Ming stepped forward to fill the position, and worked with Jefferson to sandwich Kobe's bag in a very bad position. But Kobe Bryant was not in a hurry, and a ground-hitting pass had been handed to Gasol at the free throw line, who made a shot and hit.

"When Bryant starts to pass the ball calmly and doesn't force a single shot, it's simply impossible to beat." Yuanfei's expression became more and more difficult to look at.

Gasol held the ball high with his back to the basket, and he gave a backhead pass to Battier, who turned and cut into the basket. The two are old teammates of the Grizzlies, so naturally they have a tacit understanding, and Battier understands that he will pass back to Gasol, who catches the ball under the basket and dunks it!

"When did the Lakers have such a variety of combinations?" Bosh and Yao Ming, the inside pair, were confused, and they couldn't figure out their opponent's routine.

Then they were even more confused, and when it came time for the official timeout, Van Gundy still let Mutombo go off the field, and Odom came off the bench to fill the number four position. At this time, Gasol and Odom, a pair of interior partners who are good at passing, cooperate with Kobe and Delon, and the whole team has strong passing ability and shooting ability. The Lakers even dazzled the offense.

Gasol held the ball in the high post and passed to DeLong outside, Delong feigned a basket to attract Reed's help defense, and then divided the bottom corner Battier, and scored a three-point shot in the open position!

Yao Ming worked hard to return a ball in a singles. Here Gasol held the ball high, four teammates ran at the same time, Kobe and Odom cut into the basket twice, causing chaos in the Rockets' defensive formation, Gasol made a wonderful pass to Odom to turn and jump and shoot.

'For the first time, I felt that we were struggling to score goals. And the opponent scores easily. Jefferson said with a bitter face.

At the end of the first half, the score became 49:37, and the Lakers took a big lead.

"This opponent is very resilient, don't be careless! Keep hitting hard and don't give the Rockets a chance to turn the tables. "Bryant is still motivating his teammates.

"That's right, don't forget that they are the team that came back from 1-3 down in the finals!" Van Gundy was pleased with the performance of his players, especially with the fighting spirit shown by Kobe, but he still put on a foul face and yelled. That's his coaching style.

In the third quarter, a lot of the time was a second-team match. The Rockets' Spann and Roy, the rookie duo, have brought a lot of wins to the team this season, and just at this time Kobe Bryant was out of the court again, and the Rockets players were still full of confidence and felt that this was a good opportunity to chase points. But Roy's first layup was slapped out by Mutombo's big hat, and Delon scored the ball quickly.

Span confronted DeLong head-on, and only then did he understand why his opponent was a high-pick rookie. The strength of this little chubby dun is simply at the inside level, and as soon as his body touches it, he almost bounces Spann away. Spann forced a layup against the defense, and under Delon's pressure, he made a rather awkward three-dip shot. Attacking DeLong but unhurriedly controlling the ball, it seems that it will drag on for time. Suddenly, he accelerated with a cross-step, leaving Spann behind him and making an easy layup.

"Oh my God, is this humble guy so strong?" Spann was a little sluggish.

Delong. Williams is a flower show, and he is naturally very strong. It's just that Kobe Bryant and Gasol have too much ball to cover up his strength. At the end of the break, this little chubby dun bloomed.

By the time Bryant returned to the court, the margin had gone straight to 20 points. In the fourth quarter, the Rockets replaced the main players and gave up.

At 101:78, the Rockets ended the encounter with a heavy home defeat. Kobe Bryant didn't fire all the power, just scored 29 points in a small test, Gasol 27+11, and DeLong contributed 19+4+9, and the three of them taught the Rockets a good lesson. (To be continued.) )