Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals on June 1 returned to the Toyota Center. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoThe two sides returned to the same starting line, and this one is also known as the Battle of Tennoyama. The Lakers welcomed back the suspended Kobe Bryant and House, while the Rockets welcomed back Maddy.

Kobe Bryant, who first appeared on the court, looked high-spirited, and after being banned for one game, he held back his strength, and he looked like he was about to be ashamed. The Rockets, on the other hand, put out a strange lineup that they had never used in the regular season, with Spann starting point guard off the bench for Maddy.

Jump ball Gasol wins. Bryant looked annoyed but was actually calm, he came up to hold the ball and attracted it and hung it to the inside, Mutombo made the team's first shot, which was missed. Bosh grabbed the rebound and looked at it, and immediately made a long pass to Reed, who was running in front, and hit a layup.

Van Gundy's head lit up, and he scolded on the sidelines again. This retreat was too slow, and the opponent played a counterattack at the beginning, which was really a low-level mistake.

Battier was about to shoot a three-point shot from Bryant's pass, but Jefferson pounced on it to block. Unexpectedly, Battier was just a feint, he dribbled low-handed through Jefferson and made a jumper, but unfortunately missed. The rocket handed Yao Ming a single hit, 0:4.

After a few rounds, the score widened to 6:17. Kobe Bryant gradually became impatient, he did not pursue individual singles, but actively created opportunities for his teammates, but he didn't expect his teammates to feel cold today and failed to send an assist. And Maddie almost gave up the offense and focused on defending around the front, which made Kobe Bryant need a lot of energy every time he caught the ball. Maddy's selfless dedication to being a hero behind the scenes further boosted the morale of the other Rockets players, who also played passionately and efficiently.

Kobe Bryant finally took the initiative to ask for the ball, and he pulled out a three-point shot with a shake when he got the ball. Maddie couldn't block it, but the ball bounced out of the frame. Gasol jumped up to pick up the rebound and hit a rebound.

Jefferson, who took the throw-in, was careless, and Delon suddenly sprang out to cut the ball off. He scored on an easy layup, 10:17!

Unfortunately, this performance was short-lived, and as the Lakers replaced Kobe Bryant into the rotation, the gap in depth became apparent. The Lakers are missing Odom as a bench leader, and they are back in the same cycle of relying on Gasol to play alone. At the end of the first quarter, they trailed 17-30.

Van Gundy was scolding again on the sidelines, and the Lakers players were silent but already holding back their strength. As a professional footballer, who doesn't want to win? What's more, there is a chance to pull the two-time champion rocket off the horse!

After the kickoff, the Rockets played extremely patiently, and Span's long pass went directly to Roy in the bottom corner, but Roy did not rush to shoot in the face of a three-point opportunity, but stabilized and dribbled a few steps sideways to return to Span, who cut inside. This time, Spann was not polite, and an accelerated breakthrough made a layup for DeLong, and the margin widened to 15 points.

It had to be the calm Battier, who received a three-point shot from Coby and pulled one back for the Lakers.

Spann received the serve and suddenly got up to speed, and went straight to the basket like a lightning speed, but unfortunately missed the layup. Bryant held the ball on the outside to attract two people and then distributed it to the wing Delon Delung, who forced a basket and hit a wonderful pass to Mime, only 10 points short.

Bosh hit Gasol under the basket and missed, and Kobe grabbed the rebound and launched a counterattack directly. He dribbled to the three-point line before he was about to break through the middle, and after deceiving Jefferson, a 360-degree turn had been wiped in, Roy stepped forward to help defend, but saw that Kobe Bryant did not drag the mud and water at all, turned around and took a step back to jump up and hit a small throw. The whole action was done in one go, and there was no time for the defenders to reflect.

"It's worthy of Kobe!" Even the tricky Barkley couldn't help but praise.

Spann reproduced the magic, broke through to the basket and met Meme for a layup.

"Is this a battle between the American Kobe and the European Kobe?" Kenny. Smith laughed.

(Spanoulis was known as the "European Kobe," but his Rockets career was not reused due to his conflict with Van Gundy.) So much so that Spann still scolded Van Gundy many times after returning to Europe. In an interview, he said that both Dawson and Morey's general managers recognized Spann as the Rockets' No. 3 man after Yao Mai, but Van Gundy insisted on not letting him play, and slandered him for his poor performance in training. The team's top brass promised to let Spann play more than 20 minutes per game, but Van Gundy didn't keep his promise.)

Bryant cleverly dropped the ball to Mime after drawing the defense in the high post. Mime was also not greedy, and after receiving the ball in the back basket, he observed Gasol who cut in, and the front hand was in place. Gasol received the ball and jumped directly to hang the basket and dunked violently, but it was still an 8-point difference!

Spann stepped up again, Bosh and Jefferson opened up space for him, and Roy cleverly drew Bryant's defense and stepped forward to cover Delon. Bryant's switch of defense was a step slower, and this one-for-two swap directly led to Span being emptied, and he drove into the basket and hit it easily.

"Wow, amazing Greek boy!" Barkley exclaimed. Although Spann had a good regular season, he stepped up with Billups suspended and scored points to help the team maintain the lead, which was really outstanding.

The Lakers still have to rely on Kobe, who changed hands left and right and dribbled and pulled up a three-point shot!

The Rockets made substitutions, Yao Ming and Vallejo came to the court, and Bosh and Dapu were replaced.

But Yao Ming came back, but he didn't take the initiative to ask for the ball. Vallejo stepped forward to cover for the fiery Span and wanted him to hit another one. Spann did make a good layup, but it popped off the frame under Gasol's interference. Yao Ming grabbed the rebound and then split the outside line Span. Due to the chaos of the Lakers' defensive formation just now, the closest to Span was Mime, who hesitated for a moment whether to step forward to defend, and Kobe Bryant hurriedly shouted for him to go up. But it was this hesitation, combined with Kobe's shout, that caused Mime's nervousness, and he pounced on him. Spann misses a three-point shot, but causes a foul on Meme, and he makes 3 free throws!

Spann calmly hit all three free throws, and the difference is back to 10 points! Billups, who watched the game in a suit and leather shoes off the field, was so happy to see his little brother play so wonderfully.

But this seems to have aroused Kobe's anger. He hit a three-pointer, came back to defend Span, covered his layup head-on, and hit another layup on the counter. Next, he made a series of fouls and went to the free throw line, and kept hitting free throws to further narrow the difference.

The Lakers won by 6 points in this quarter, and Kobe Bryant exploded wildly in the second half, scoring 18 points in a single quarter. Span, who is in excellent form, also scored 11 points, which is not much worse. At the end of the first half, the Lakers trailed by only 7 points at 48:55, and the suspense was still there. (To be continued.) )