(232) The Lakers' last battle
On June 3, 2006, the battle at Staples Arena resumed. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
"The visiting Houston Rockets had already taken a series lead 3-2 after they had won two games in a row at the arena just a few days ago. If they win this game again, they will reach the finals for the third year in a row. Sun Zhengping explained: "What do you think of this game? ”
"This ball, the Lakers are going to play with their lives." Director Zhang Weiping smiled and said: "If you don't play with your life, you have to take a summer vacation, hehe." ”
"What do you think about the outcome of this game?"
"I think the Lakers have a better chance of winning. First of all, this home game has lost twice in a row, why can't you lose three times in a row? This probability is too low. Zhang Weiping said: "Secondly, Odom came back from the ban and gave strong support to the Lakers bench. In the fifth game, we saw that the Lakers mainly lost to the rotation lineup. While the Rockets' Billups is also suspended, his bench, Spanolis has played very well. It's also an interesting question to see if Adelman will try to start directly at Spanoolis today. ”
"I guess it's more likely that Billups will start." Sun Zhengping said with a smile.
"Again, the Lakers still lead the Rockets 2-1 in the regular season, known as the Rocket killer. You see, the Rockets lost 9 of their 82 games in a season, and 2 of them were to the Lakers. So I guess they're going to be in a tough fight. Director Zhang's commentary style is more close to the people, and he laughed at himself: "I'm just guessing, hehe." ”
Sun Zhengping said solemnly: "So will Director Zhang's prediction come true?" Ask the director to give the signal to the scene, and the game is about to start. ”
"The Lakers have changed formations!" The first to spot this was Barkley with the big mouth: "It looks like they removed Mutombo off the bench and Odom started. ”
"This change seems to be a little impatient for the Lakers, probably trying to establish a relatively large lead as soon as they come up." Barkley's new partner commentator Reggie Brown. Miller Road. Miller announced his retirement after losing in the playoffs last season, and after retiring, he simply signed with T, N, and T to work as a commentator. On 3/30/06, the Pacers officially held a jersey retirement ceremony for him.
Such a change undoubtedly strengthens the starting lineup, and the strength of the combination of Gasol + Odom is no less than that of the Yao Bo combination, and if you talk about the technology alone, it is even better in terms of comprehensiveness. Coupled with the top 3D Battier, the super newcomer Delon, and finally the unstoppable peak superstar Kobe, the Lakers' starting lineup is stronger than the Rockets.
Sure enough, as soon as the Lakers started the game, the Lakers attacked the big picture, and Gasol jumped the ball to win. Bryant got the ball and advanced directly to the three-point line, and after he made a few feints to attract the defense, Odom made a clever pass to make a jumper. The attack took only 10 seconds!
The Rockets were much more solid by comparison, with Billups slowly controlling the ball and looking for opportunities. But the Lakers players are highly motivated and work hard defensively. Billups eventually opted to hit a pull-up jump shot after his own breakaway.
Maddie suddenly stepped forward and formed a double bag with Chauncey, causing Delong. Williams' conceded goal. But Kobe Bryant and Battier quickly returned to the defense and did not give the Rockets a chance to break quickly. After several passes, the Rockets still couldn't find a good opportunity, and Jefferson missed a three-point shot.
Delon was a little embarrassed by the mistake and was determined to save face by playing alone. Chubby had an absolute advantage in power and speed, and he forced a layup to cause Billups to foul and hit both free throws to give the Lakers a 2-4 lead.
Kobe Bryant stole Jefferson's reckless pass, and quickly attacked the front court and dunked directly with one arm! Maddie couldn't catch up and couldn't do anything about it.
Yao Ming still missed the single, and Gasol and Odom cooperated in the high and low positions, and Gasol caught the ball under the basket, 2:8.
Maddie scored two points on a layup to finally stop the bleeding for the Rockets. But the Lakers then played a beautiful match, and Battier, who passed the bottom corner several times, was empty, and Bosh desperately made up for it. But Battier played smartly, and he didn't make a strong shot but hit the ground to the free Odom, who hit an easy layup.
Bosh forced a foul on the basket, but unfortunately only made 1 of 2 free throws. Battier ran to find the open space again, and this time he didn't hesitate to shoot and hit a three-point shot!
"It seems that just like what Director Zhang just said, the Lakers are going to play with their lives." Sun Zhengping said: "The rocket seems to be a little overwhelmed." ”
"The problem with the rockets is that the offense is not good. Now they haven't taken advantage of Yao Ming's strong point. Alas, look at this ball, you have to give it to Yao Ming! Director Zhang shouted anxiously.
Billups misses a jumper and the Lakers rebound. Odom added two more points after receiving a pass from Bryant.
"The rocket has to be given to Yao Ming." Director Zhang emphasized again.
Yao Ming got the ball and turned and shot the basket, and he held it high, and even Gasol couldn't interfere with him. It's a pity that the ball bounced off the frame.
"Look, although the ball didn't go in, the ball was played reasonably!" Zhang instructed the dead duck to be hard-mouthed.
Odom entered the starting XI today and was on the hot spot and kept hitting the back of the net. Bryant was willing to retreat into the background and continue to provide assists to his teammates. Driven by the two, the score difference is getting wider and wider, even if A Shuai adjusts the lineup, it does not change the situation, and the score has become 7:24.
Reed misses a three-pointer and Gasol protects the rebound. It was Kobe Bryant who hit the wing, attracted Bosh and passed to Odom, who cut inside. Odom slams the basket with both hands!
"Kobe Bryant's fourth assist!" Miller sighed: "When Kobe Bryant focuses on organizing teammates instead of cutting points, such a Laker is simply invincible!" ”
Maddy assisted on Reed's three-pointer to finally push the team into double digits. At this time, there were less than 2 minutes left in the first quarter of the game.
Kobe Bryant finally didn't choose to pass this time, he shook Maddie and hit the inside, causing Yao Ming's foul. Kobe Bryant took a deep breath, calmly made free throws, and hit both free throws!
The Rockets made another mistake and were stealed. Kobe Bryant forced the ball to break through and went to the bottom left corner, House received the ball and shot, hit a three-point shot, and the difference between 10:31 widened to more than 20 points!
Spann hit a two-point layup to narrow the gap to 19 points. But Gasol immediately caused a foul and hit two free throws, bringing the margin back to more than 20 points.
Maddie hit a two-point layup. The Lakers handed the final attack to Bryant, who didn't hesitate to move left and right to dodge the gap and hit a step-back jumper, and the ball ran out of time in the air.
At the end of the first quarter, the score was a desperate 14:35. The Rockets dug a big hole for themselves in the first quarter, and their whole team score was only 1 point more than Odom's 13 points, such a huge point difference made the home fans think happily that it was stable! (To be continued.) )