(58) Superstars and luck
Compared with the 01 Lakers, who swept the league and had a 15-1 playoff record, the strength of the OK combination is not advancing but retreating. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 Although Kobe Bryant is still slightly inferior to the current level of 04 from the perspective of the whole season of '01, he played like a god in the playoffs in '01 and is close to his future peak superstar level. As O'Neill gets older, his injuries are getting worse year by year, and he obviously doesn't have the dominance he had at his peak. This Lakers team is stronger than other players, and Malone and Payton are much stronger than Hawley and Fisher. Because of their presence, Ao Fat and Kobe Bryant also conserved more physical strength, and there is no longer the hidden danger of the bench being destroyed by the Rockets.
Tomjanovic felt powerless for the second time in his long coaching career, and the last time was against Michael. Jordan's dynasty team, the Chicago Bulls. This time, he missed his future eye friend so much that he began to try to empathize with what kind of advice this little friend would make.
In fact, Yuanfei in front of the TV is also in a state of confusion at the moment. The NBA league is like this, every year there will be 2-5 strong teams with championship strength, team management, coaches, players have done their job to perfection, but the team has joined the ranks of the championship, but the final champion is only one. The F4 Lakers in history are undoubtedly a championship-level team, but they still lost in the finals. It is impossible for the rocket to have an absolute good strategy to deal with a strong enemy of this level through tactical adjustments.
When the game is played like this, strategy can no longer solve the problem. It's often about the ability to fight for a superstar, plus a little bit of luck. Compared with talent, our rockets are not worthy!
The first to come forward was Billups with a big heart. When Maddie was stared to death and Wang Zhizhi was also entangled in death, he calmly scored consecutive points, including hitting a three-pointer in the third quarter. 71:75 The Rockets narrowed the margin to manageable range.
In the fourth quarter, Bryant handed the ball to George and ran to the bottom corner, where George hoisted to the inside. Bosh reacted quickly to help the defense in place, and O'Neal, who received the ball, immediately distributed it to Kobe Bryant in the bottom corner, but Kobe Bryant's hand slipped slightly when he received the ball, and Jefferson's quick hand was a steal.
How could Kobe Bryant endure this kind of thing, and immediately pounced on it was a counter-robbery. The two fell to the floor and fought, and Bryant grabbed the ball. But O'Neal misses Oku's hook.
Maddie singled George, broke through with a feint change of direction, stretched his long arm and scored a layup, 73-75. Even O'Neal couldn't stop his layup.
Old Malone beat Bosh strongly, and ate it to a deep position, and Oku hurriedly stepped forward to help defend. The battle-hardened Malone was originally at the first-line level, and a subtle through plug was given to Fisher, Billups hurriedly pounced, Fisher was not greedy, and then passed to Fox, who hit 73:78 from three-point shots.
Jefferson hit a jumper, and the Lakers had O'Neal foul Oku. The Rockets called a timeout, and Yao Ming came on. The Lakers rested Malone and Fisher for Medvedenko and Payton.
The opponent was replaced by the Ukrainians, and Bosh was much easier. The Lakers sent a sideline ball, and Medvedenko received the ball and made a jumper, which was directly covered by Bosh. Billups got the ball and launched a fast break, and inside the three-point line, he faked a real pass and passed to Jefferson, who ran from behind, and the latter made an easy layup to add two more points, 75-78.
O'Neal forced Yao Ming's shot was slightly interfered with, the ball turned 3 times on the basket and fell, O'Neal jumped early and didn't make up for the ball, and the rebound was protected by Bosh. The Rockets attacked the frontcourt and had no chance, and in the end they could only give Maddy, who made a three-point shot against George's defense! 78 flat!
"That's how it goes!" The Rockets bench yelled from the sidelines. Tang Shuai shook his head gently, but he was approving in his heart. Fighting with a luxury superstar team like the Lakers can only rely on superstars to fight. It was definitely a bad shot choice, but Maddie was the superstar who could hit such a difficult shot. The Lakers have F4 and we have CTM.
Kobe Bryant singled Jefferson in the high post, shook left and right and then turned over and hit a jumper, 78:80. Compared with difficult balls, the Lakers' scoring champion is not inferior.
Maddie hit another three-pointer, this time missed. But Billups, who was 191cm in the gap, jumped high to the ball before the Lakers players and hit a rebound. The two sides were again tied.
Payton hit a jumper after being blocked by Medvedenko. Yao Ming missed a single shot, and Peyton broke through and was fouled by Maddy, hitting two free throws for 80-84. The old Peyton sword is not old, and he scored consecutive points at critical moments to stabilize the morale of the army.
Maddie drove through the layup and slid out of the basket, and O'Neal protected the rebound. Bryant insisted on singleing Jefferson after receiving the ball, and Maddie suddenly caught it. Bryant struggled to get the ball, and his competitiveness rose again, forcing him to break through between the two and throw his hand high with his body slightly out of balance. Yao Ming hit a big hat in time to shoot it, but Kobe Bryant immediately bounced up and grabbed the ball, and then scored an 80-86 jumper.
"It's a pity!" The Rocket bench lamented. This ball is defended quite well, if Yao Ming's block is a little stronger, Kobe Bryant will definitely not be able to grab the ball.
Yao Ming shook off Ao Fat and shot at close range with the footwork skills taught by Da Meng, but the force was slightly greater, and he still failed to score by a fraction of a margin. Kobe Bryant tried to take over the game on his own again, but he couldn't make a turnover jumper this time, and O'Neal missed the rebound.
Yao Ming stepped forward to block and help Billups find a gap, and the latter hit a jumper to end the Rockets' two-minute goal drought at 82:86.
Then the two sides went back and forth, and in the last minute, after Billups assisted Turkoglou to shoot a life-saving shot, the 92-96 difference was still 4 points.
The Lakers handed over the key shot to Malone singles, and Billups suddenly cut the ball from behind Malone, but unfortunately his intention to break fast was blocked by Kobe Bryant in time. The Rockets didn't find a good opportunity when they landed, but they still gave Billups a jumper and missed it. Yao Ming squeezed away Ao Fat and stretched out his hand to probe hard, flicked his fingertips, and made up the basket.
Payton Malone blocked, Malone got the ball down to attract Yao Ming to make up for the defense and stuffed it to Ao Fat in the three-second zone, who dunked 94:98 There were only 10 seconds left in the game.
Tang Shuai reluctantly called a timeout. This kind of ball has lost 90% of the time, and can only rely on three points to fight. After a timeout, the Rockets ran successfully, and Wang Zhizhi and Maddy pulled left and right to create opportunities for Turkoglou, who hit a three-pointer with five seconds left.
The Lakers served, and the Rockets players closely guarded Kobe Bryant and Fisher, who were the most accurate in free throws. After Fox received the ball, Turkoglu hurriedly fouled him.
Fox made just 1 of 2 free throws, and Yao Ming protected the rebound. The Rockets were lucky to trail by only 2 points and get the ball back, and Tang called a timeout again 3.5 seconds into the game.
In the last attack of the Rockets, the Lakers closely guarded Maddy, Wang Zhizhi, and Billups, and Yao Ming was withstood by O'Neal and had no chance to catch it. Tekoglu couldn't serve the ball.
Seeing that the tee time is approaching, Turkoglu is about to make a service violation (rule: not giving the ball out for 5 seconds on serve is a violation), and the Rockets have no timeout. Yao Ming shook off O'Neal on the inside and ran to the outside.
The other Rockets players noticed it, with Maddie turning and running to the center circle and Billups running to Tekoglu, both trying to catch the ball. And Tekoglu knew that time was running out, so he had to send it to Yao Ming, who was unmarked in front of him.
Yao Ming received the ball, held it high, looked left and right, and his teammates had no chance. And O'Neill was restrained by Wang Zhizhi on the other side and did not follow. His face sank, and he glanced at the timer, which had less than two seconds remaining.
Da Yao took a deep breath, looked ahead, jumped up, and made a move.
The ball bounced high on the basket and fell into the Nets, 100:99!