For many, the Dec. 18 game was a preview of the Western Conference Finals. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The Rockets, who have won 10 in a row, are at the top of the league with a 19-3 record; The Lakers, who have won seven in a row, also achieved an 18-5 run, second only to the Rockets and Pistons, and tied with the Spurs for second place in the West. By the time Maddy and Gasol return, the two teams will have an unprecedented squad. Their encounter is naturally the focus of attention.

The Rockets got good news before the game, Gasol has not recovered from his injury, and he is expected to return for the Lakers' game against the Magic in five days. This gave the rocket a slight sigh of relief.

The Lakers' starting lineup is: Mutombo, Odom, Battier, Kobe Bryant and Williams; The Rockets are Yao Ming, Bosh, Jefferson, Reed and Billups.

Most of the Rockets players have a headache when they look at Mutombo. This Uncle Mu has a tough style of play and loves black elbows. In a match in March 03, Yao Ming was elbowed in the throat by Uncle Mu, and Mutombo was convicted of a vicious offense. Even worse than Lups, in a match in December 00, he was elbowed by Uncle Mu and broke his front teeth and required 4 stitches.

(According to U.S. media statistics, Mutombo has injured a total of 25 NBA players in the elbow.) In addition to Yao Ming and Billups, there are also Jordan and Kenyon. Martin, Carter, Ray. Allen, Ewing, Oakley, Hawley, Webb, Parrish and other famous players. One of the most wronged was Maddie, who accidentally injured teammate Maddie in a December 2006 game between the Rockets and the Cavaliers in a black elbow game, causing him to suffer a first-degree concussion. ）

Both sides jump the ball, and Mutombo wins! Bryant gets the ball to Delon, who advances with the ball.

"It looks like Kobe Bryant trusts this rookie." Curry couldn't help but frown.

"Yao Ming didn't win the jump ball, although this Mutombo is old and old, he can still fight." Adelman said with a frown.

As a junior center forward, Purzbila has also played against Mutombo. He added: "Mutombo has a pair of big arms that are unusually long, and he is also very thin and bounces, and his rebounding ability is by no means weaker than those of us Mesozoic centers." ”

"If it weren't for that, he wouldn't have become a two-time rebounding champion and the second-highest all-time NBA block all-time superstar." Far Flying.

"Who is the number one in history?" Tekoglu asked.

"As a Rockets player, you shouldn't know this!" Yuan Fei was surprised: "It's Hakim. Olajuwon. ”

Lao Teh looked embarrassed and didn't dare to speak.

"But then again, in fact, he may not be the number one in history."

"Oh, what do you mean by that?" Old Kurich said.

"Blocks were only included in the 1973-74 season. If the previous player surpassed Hakim, it was not counted. Yuan Fei explained: "Jabbar has 3,189 caps, which is more than 600 less than Hakim 3,830. But Abdul-Jabbar didn't count the first four seasons of his career. According to his strength, it is easy to block 200 times a year. ”

"I see." It dawned on Tekoglu.

"So the real block king in history could be Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar or Russell, but in the current statistics, it's Hakim."

During the conversation, both sides had already scored a goal each. At this time, Billups controlled the ball, and Delon's newborn calf was not afraid of the tiger and immediately pressed forward.

Billups knows the rookie is physically strong and unbeatable. He had already seen the position of his teammates and passed the ball to Bosh on the weak side. Bosh dribbled two steps and threw it back, seemingly casually, and Reed cut right into that position and scored on a breakaway layup.

Kobe Bryant paid attention to Reed's three-pointer, saw Reed cut in, and didn't follow up in time. He was annoyed when he lost the ball, and was about to come to the ball and decided to hit one back.

Defending him is Jefferson, who is not a defensive player like Battier, but he has gradually improved his defensive ability over the years of playoff training. The defense is also solid and stable, and there are no obvious loopholes.

Kobe Bryant saw that the opponent's defense was solid, and slowly fell to the middle position to play back. He shook Jefferson out of center of gravity with a turn and cross-step, and broke into the inside. But Bosh arrived and covered the ball with a slap. The astute Billups grabbed the ball first, and the strong Delon stopped his fast break with a slam shot. Chauncey was not flustered, slowly controlling the ball and looking for opportunities.

Finally the ball was in Yao Ming's hands, and he singled Mutombo in the low post. Odom was afraid that Uncle Mu would be old and weak and unable to withstand Yao Ming's strong beating, so he stepped forward to help. Yao Ming immediately passed back, and Bosh threw a shot in the vacancy, hitting 6:2!

At this time, Kobe Bryant will not be convinced, he forced himself into the interior line and moved left and right, and finally found a chance to shoot, causing Yao Ming's foul. Bryant made 2 free throws.

The Rockets chose a pick-and-roll, Bosh covered Deron and then pulled to the outside of the three-point line to catch the ball and shoot, shooting 9:4 from three-point range.

Deron had just been screened and caused the Lakers to lose the ball, and his psychological change and hesitation at this moment were captured by Chauncey. It was when he took advantage of his distraction that Chauncey completed a beautiful interception, and Delong was in a hurry and pounced on it as soon as he wanted to break the ball back. Chauncey's layup also caused DeLong to foul, and it was 2+1.

"Damn!" DeLong was very upset and could only vent his emotions with his mouth.

Compared with the Lakers Five Tigers who have just run in, the Rocket Five Tigers are all old men, cooperate with each other seamlessly, and know better what kind of ball their teammates want. Of the Lakers' five Tigers, only Kobe Bryant and Odom were there last season, and they face far more problems. For example, how much residual oil is left in Uncle Mu's fuel tank? How well has rookie Delon adapted to the NBA? But the last thing to worry about is the small forward position. Sean, who has a very high ball quotient. Battier quickly adapted to his new team's style of play, and he played like a fish in water when he arrived with the Lakers, finally bringing out all of his abilities. Jefferson was so guarded by him that it was difficult to even get a shot.

Buzz frowned as he watched from the sidelines. The Lakers are doing well on the defensive end, and everyone is doing their part. But the offensive end was very messy, and some relied too much on Kobe's singles. Coach Van Gundy is very diligent and has a lot of tactics in every game. However, due to the fact that there were too many tactics to make the players unable to remember, the players began to play more singles. If it continues to play like this, once Kobe Bryant doesn't feel good, the team will not be able to open the situation.

But the Lakers also have a strong point, which is the deep bench seat. Van Gundy soon saw that the situation was not good and replaced Meme, Blecher, George and House, leaving only Kobe Bryant as a starter.

But the strength of the rocket is also bench depth. Adelman waved his hand, and Turkoglou, Roy, and Spanoulis came on, leaving only Yao Ming and Bosh.

The Lakers' side finally assisted House by Kobe Bryant to shoot a three-pointer for the whole team, and Span dribbled over to shoot in the face of House and returned the shot directly. House is only 185cm tall, which is quite a bit shorter than Span. If you are not careful, you will be caught by your opponent Yan.

At the end of the first quarter, the Rockets maintained a 10-point lead at 29:19. (To be continued.) )