On May 22, the Rockets, who had been resting for many days, welcomed the Los Angeles Lakers, their opponents in the Western Conference Finals, at home. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoIn the eyes of many people, the Lakers are the nemesis of the Rockets, and they also led their opponents 2:1 in the regular season, which is one of the few teams that makes the Rockets deflated.

Before the game Jason. Buzz's high-profile interview added a touch of gunpowder to the game. When asked by reporters about his outlook for the series, Buss said unceremoniously: "Hopefully a 4-0 sweep of the Rockets." ”

Everyone laughed, and most people took it as a joke, after all, the current rocket looks so invincible. But Bass knew he meant it.

Because he has Kobe Bryant in the best form!

When Kobe Bryant led his teammates into the arena with a murderous face, the temperature of the hot Toyota center seemed to drop by a few degrees.

Maddie still started the game, and Shuai arranged for him to play against Kobe. The two of Komai looked at each other, Maddie looked calm, and Kobe Bryant looked angry.

"I'm leading the team here, not to fight you like this!" He said viciously to Maddie.

"I am who I am, and McGrady was, is, and will be Me." Maddie's face did not change, and she responded indifferently.

"See you in the game!" Kobe Bryant dropped a sentence and turned to his teammates.

Gasol won the jump shot, and Bryant dribbled directly to the free throw line without stopping the ball, and shot while the opponent was not firmly on the ground. Maddie reached for it, couldn't block it, and the ball went in!

"You're too slow!" Kobe Bryant still looked unhappy, "You used to be much faster than this!" ”

Yao Ming singled Mutombo to hit a hook shot.

Today, Kobe Bryant has a strong desire to attack, and he wants to shoot when the ball turns around, and this time he misses the iron. Uncle Mu stuck Yao Ming, Gasol struggled to get the rebound and then split the outside line, and Battier's three-point shot was capped by Jefferson. The Rockets took advantage of the opportunity to play a fast break, and Billups missed a layup for Delon but caused a foul.

Chauncey hit both free throws to give the Rockets a 2-4 lead. The atmosphere of the home fans was stirred up again: "fo!fo!fo!" The cheers continued.

(Fofofo is the superstar Moses. Malone's famous quote, pronounced like four, means to end the series after only 4 games. In the end, the 76ers won the championship with a record of 12 wins and 1 loss, and missed out on fofofo by one game. The Rockets had two previous 4-0 runs, and Fofofo was the one who encouraged them to get a third sweep.)

Gasol misses a shot, but Kobe grabs the rebound and causes Maddy to foul. He also hit both free throws.

Bosh was a little careless, and the ball was lost to DeLong behind him. Williams steals. Bryant, who was highly focused, immediately strode forward and received a pass from Delong, and a big windmill dunk shocked everyone.

"Come on, respond to me!" He yelled at Maddie.

Maddie missed the ball and hit a jumper, Bosh rushed to grab the rebound and handed it to Maddy, he pulled out a three-point shot, but still missed.

Bryant hit another counterattack and scored a layup.

This attack and defense is like a microcosm of the whole first half of the game. Maddie keeps hitting iron, and Kobe Bryant keeps scoring. At half-time, Maddie had been pressed to the bench by Ah Shuai. He played 14 minutes and finished with just two points and four rebounds on 1-of-7 shooting. And Kobe Bryant, who was on the opposite side, shot 7 of 11 and scored 21 points efficiently. The Lakers were also able to take a 14-point lead.

When the bell sounded at halftime, Kobe Bryant walked straight to the Rockets' bench and yelled at Maddie: "Don't be kidding, your strength is more than that!" ”

Maddie didn't speak. The Lakers players discovered Kobe's abnormality and stepped forward to take him away.

"I'm playing this game seriously, you should be serious too!" Bryant was furious. The Lakers have been suppressed by the Rockets over the years, and he is known as the second scoring guard under Maddy. Now that the Lakers have finally put together a luxurious lineup, the opponent of the year has been a different person, and Kobe Bryant feels as if he has hit a heavy punch in the cotton pile, and he doesn't feel like he hit it at all.

Maddie finally spoke, and he spoke, "There are seven games in the series, you wait. ”

"Okay, I'll wait!" Kobe Bryant was finally pulled away by Gasol.

But in the next game, Maddie didn't get a chance to play.

In the third quarter, Reed continued to drain Kobe Bryant's physical strength by running off the ball, and he also blasted out three-pointers on 3-of-4 shooting. Led by Reed, the Rockets continued to narrow the gap.

But at this time, Yao Ming, another scoring arrow of the rocket, encountered a problem. Generally speaking, Da Yao is the Rockets' top scorer this season and is their first choice to solve the problem of chasing points. But as soon as he got the ball, Gasol firmly resisted him from behind and didn't give him a chance to turn over and exert his strength.

"Damn, is Gasol so much better than Mutombo?" Yao Ming said secretly: "I didn't think he was so strong in the previous fight." ”

It has to be said that Van Gundy is good at training tall centers. In his previous life, when he was successful, the Knicks had Gorilla Ewing, and the Rockets had the little giant Yao Ming. Gasol has always been criticized by fans for his soft style of play, and it is also because he is unwilling to fight, not because of his poor confrontation ability. On the contrary, he has a lot of strength in his lower limbs, and he is strong in dealing with the back of a tall center. This is especially true after Van Gundy's assistant coach Thibodeot, and now Gasol is far from the Wuxia Amon of the past.

Bosh also faced Odom, who was also capable of playing inside and out, flexible and stronger, and also did not take advantage of it. Mutombo was just a pseudo-starter for the Lakers, and at critical moments, Van Gundy still gave more playing time to Gasol and Odom.

In the final five minutes of the game, the Rockets narrowed the gap to five points. Roy bravely cut off the opposition's pass, but his layup was blocked by Kobe. Odom grabbed the rebound and pushed the fast break directly, dribbled to the free throw line and directly stopped the jumper, and missed the iron. But Gasol, who followed closely, grabbed the rebound and hit the rebound.

Or the big heart Roy, who slowly controlled the ball and suddenly accelerated, hit a layup and caused a foul on Kobila, and also hit the free throw.

The margin returned to 4 points, and Rockets fans seemed to see the hope of victory.

Kobe Bryant, who had revenge, naturally did not agree, and he forced a two-point shot against Roy. After the goal, he glared at Roy and seemed to say "My opponent is Maddie, you are not qualified enough".

Yao Ming hit a 2-point single shot in the low post, and his offensive efficiency was not high today, but he still did not relent at the critical moment.

The ruthless Kobe Bryant didn't stop scoring, and he broke through with the ball and hit a layup to score his 36th point. Time is ticking, and time is running out for the Rockets players.

"Hold on!" Billups yelled that he wanted to wake up his teammates and that in the final moments, only staying focused could he win.

But Jefferson still made a mistake after all, and his pass was spotted by Odom, who reached out and cut it off.

Odom assisted on Battier's three-pointer to make it nine points. This goal basically pronounced the death sentence of the rocket.

In the end, the Lakers overturned the Rockets 97-91 away, shattering the dreams of the home fans. (To be continued.) )