Yuan Fei didn't expect that the person who suppressed the scene was Wang Zhizhi. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

It is also said that Wang Zhizhi is the oldest in the list of 12 people except for Da Meng and Billups. Although he is not very good at communicating, he has seen a lot of wind and waves. Especially after being expelled from the national team, his career has experienced ups and downs, and his mental maturity is not comparable to several other lads at all.

In this way, the rocket stabilized its position under the leadership of Dazhi. Then Maddie and Turkoglu came on the court, and the Rockets played more and more calmly, although Kobe Bryant still played against the sky, Maddie would not show weakness to him.

In the third quarter, Bryant scored 16 points on 6-of-7 shooting, and he also assisted Fisher to make two three-pointers, Fisher scored eight points, and O'Neal had a half-quarter break to score six points. For the Rockets, Maddy scored nine points on 4-of-8 shooting. 89:88 The Rockets trailed by one point heading into the fourth quarter.

"Bryant played almost the full third quarter, he's very tired, and the fourth quarter win will be ours!" Coach Smith encouraged the players as always: "In the fourth quarter, they will definitely play Ao Fat, Yao Ming will be handed over to you!" ”

Yuanfei nodded in agreement. As the playoffs go on, it's not just the players who grow.

***

The Rockets kicked off, and Maddie missed a three-point shot, but it also scared Kobe Bryant into a cold sweat. "My main job in the fourth quarter is to restrain Maddie!" Kobe Bryant thought.

O'Neal got the ball, Yao Ming pushed hard against the front, and Wallace stared at Hawley while preparing to go over to help defend. O'Neal hit the top, turned around flexibly, and shot first before Wallace moved, and the ball went in! 91:88。

"What a flexible big fat man!" Wallace couldn't help but marvel.

Maddie broke through Bryant's defense and caused a foul on Hawley, who came up from the defense. But Maddie actually missed 2 free throws. O'Neal singled Yao Ming again, 93-88.

Wallace broke through and assisted Yao Ming to score, 93:90.

Hawley misses the iron with Wallace's interference.

Maddie assists Wallace for an air cut.

O'Neal hit another 2-point single. 95:92。

At Yuanfei's behest, Smith called a timeout.

"We played a 3-2 joint defense in the Twin Towers lineup, ready to wrap O'Neal." Smith Road.

(Quick Knowledge: Joint defense refers to the defense of a certain area with fixed personnel.) The NBA has allowed joint defense since 2001, but because the league has restrictions such as defending 3 seconds, there is no formation such as 2-1-2 joint defense allowed by FIBA. ）

Maddie hit a three-pointer to tie the game at 95. The Lakers sent the ball, and the Rockets were already in formation. Yao Ming was on the left side of the three-second zone and resisted O'Neal who reached for the ball. Oku was on the right side of the three-second zone, faintly forming a trap on O'Neal, ready to step forward to help defend at any time.

Kobe Bryant broke through Maddy's defense, and O'Neal took advantage of Yao Ming's slight shift in attention to run in time to receive Kobe's wonderful pass, dunk and cause Oku to foul. The free throw was also hit, and at 98:95, the Lakers had another three-point lead.

"Don't worry, although I didn't prevent it this time, O'Neill didn't dare to play alone, which is a good phenomenon." Yao Ming comforted Oku.

"Good!" Listening to Yao Ming's words, Oku was also in good spirits. He received a pass from Turkoglu and made a shot, 98-97.

Bryant forced another foul on Turkoglou, and he made 1 of 2 free throws.

Then the two sides went back and forth, and the score kept rising.

The joint defense tactics effectively controlled O'Neal, and Kobe's physical fitness was a little unable to keep up. But the Lakers' skinny camels are bigger than horses, and their strength is still very strong. Kobe Bryant made a wonderful pass to Holly for a layup, 112-105, and the Lakers' lead was extended to seven points for the first time. There are only 4 minutes left in the game!

Yao Ming missed the jump shot, and Kobe Bryant also hit the iron. Turkoglu finally hit a 2-point shot, 112-107.

George shot iron, Maddy failed to score a key three-pointer, the game was only 2 minutes and 50 seconds, Yao Ming grabbed the key frontcourt rebound, and made a rebound, 112:109!

The Lakers called a timeout, and Jackson finally couldn't sit still. He also saw that OK's physical fitness was a little lacking, and he used the timeout to let the two of them rest.

And the Rockets took advantage of this substitution and replaced Wang Zhizhi and Jefferson.

The Lakers' tactics this time gave the ball to Fisher, who had performed very well and had scored a game-high 24 points in the series, but Xiaoyu missed the shot this time.

Billups received a pass from Maddy and hit a three-point shot, but the referee immediately determined that Chauncey had stepped on the line, and at 112:111, the Rockets still trailed by one point, with 2 minutes and 19 seconds left in the game.

O'Neill finally couldn't help but ask for the ball to play alone, he knew that Wang Zhizhi was inferior to Oku in terms of defensive ability, and now without Oku's help defense, it would be much easier to play alone against Yao Ming. The Sharks, who had the ball, began to play hard, and Jefferson tried to step forward to help defend but missed George, who received a pass from Fat and scored 2 points, 114-111.

Billups was stealed by Kobe, O'Neal got the ball again, and this time Wang Zhizhi pounced in time and fouled!

O'Neal misses a free throw. The Zen master was replaced, with Shaw and Madson replacing George and Hawley.

There was no second free throw, and Dazhi grabbed the backcourt rebound. Billups then opted to hand it to Dazhi, but his jumper missed.

There was only one minute and a few seconds left in the clock, and the score never opened up, but the Rockets couldn't catch up. The Rockets players were red-eyed. We must not concede any more points in this goal!

Bryant held the ball and organized a little chance under Maddy's pressure and distributed it to Fisher. Fisher took a few seconds and found no room to pass the ball and was forced to choose to drive to the basket himself. Yao Ming stuck Ao Fat behind him and tried his best to reach for the layup. Billups also clings tightly.

Under the interference, Fisher threw up a layup and threw a three-dip. Jefferson grabbed the ball, and Maddie was already running forward for the ball. Jefferson made a long pass, Maddie received the ball, and the fast-break dunk was made! 114:113。

The Lakers called a timeout again.

'We're one point ahead and don't rush to get on the ball.' The Zen master is still as steady as Mount Tai. "Listen, there's 41 seconds left in the game, and it's not worth 24 seconds to drag on (note: NBA rules stipulate that each offense can't exceed 24 seconds) and the opponent still has plenty of time to play. We're going to play a quick attack in under 10 seconds, so we have at least 5 seconds to play again. ”

'So we're one point ahead and we can play two attacks. The Rockets can only play once when they are behind, and we will win. O'Neill said triumphantly.

"yes, we'll win." Kobe Bryant looked murderous.

***

The crucial shot was handed to Kobe Bryant, who broke through and stretched out his foot to jam the position, leaned in and then turned sharply and threw a backward jumper.

The Zen master couldn't help frowning. This is Kobe's pros and cons. He can make the hardest shots, but he's also not good at simplifying the complex. A good head coach would have preferred Kobe Bryant to shoot a more confident shot at a critical moment.

The ball hits the front of the basket and misses. Yao Ming protects the rebound. Billups pushed through half court and then handed the ball to Maddie. "Tracy, the final key ball, leave it to you, the core, yourself." He thought so.

"This time, I'll take care of you." Maddie said secretly, he couldn't help but think of the scene against the Lakers last season, and remembered Yuanfei's advice.

"Tracy, let's take a look at a video first."

"The core role is for you to 'handle' the last ball."

"When you're as accurate as Bird or Miller, you're already dominating the league."

Maddie calmly observed the position around him, his teammates had no good chances, and O'Neal also eyed him, just waiting for him to break through the fat man and come forward to help the defense.

"I'll take care of this ball!" Maddie made a feint to shake, then held the ball, jumped up, and shot.

"I didn't make it that time, I didn't make the best choice. And this time, I believe that shooting yourself is the most sure choice. ”

"Lakers, what you owe me, it's time to pay it back!"

Ball in, 114:116! The Compaq Center arena was boiling, and with only 6.3 seconds left in the game, Maddie gave the Lakers a near-fatal blow!

"It's not over yet, stop them!" Yao Ming yelled, "Defend the last ball." ”

Maddie looked up. yes, and the last ball, come on.

The Lakers didn't have a timeout, Madson served, and he wanted to give it to Bryan. Shaw, the astute fast hand Jefferson grabbed the old Shaw and stretched out his hand. Jefferson poked the ball out, and he flew to the ball. In the air, he saw that Maddie had run to position. Pass!

Maddie catches the ball and turns around and dunks! With only 1.1 seconds left in the game, 114:118, the Rockets sealed the win!

With Shaw's three-pointer missed, the game officially ended.

The Rockets narrowly defeated the Lakers in the last 1 minute of the home game, and won the battle of Tianwang Mountain with a big score of 3:2!

O'Neal played 33+13+4, Kobe Bryant also contributed 31+7+7, and Fisher, who played at a high level, scored 24+4+4, but did not score a point in the fourth quarter. Maddy of the Rockets scored 14 points alone in the fourth quarter and played 36+10+7 in the whole game, Wallace played an excellent contribution of 18+10+4, Billups 22+4+8, and Jefferson also had 15+6+3.

All the spectators at the scene witnessed the moment when the Lakers' dynasty throne cracked.

All eyes of the league are focused on the next game, the Lakers hosting the Rockets on May 1, 2003. The home team wins, dragged into the seventh game of life and death; Losing would declare the collapse of the Lakers dynasty.

On April 30, the NBA officially announced that Bobby. Jackson was voted Sixth Man of the Season, and Jackson received 52 first-place votes and 362 points. Reed, the Rockets, came in second with 33 first-place votes and 257 points.

On May 1, the two teams reunited at Staples Arena.

Before the game, the Lakers' locker room was dull, and even the sharks, who have always been hip-hop, became serious. All the players listened quietly to Phil. Jackson spoke.

"Boys, I've won three times in a row. I took the dynasty bull and completed it twice. In the last three years, I have completed another triple crown with most of you. I would say that the championship will always end, everyone will lose, and so will we. The Zen master was uncharacteristically low-key, but then he changed the conversation and said: "We all know that the Lakers dynasty will end, but it shouldn't end today." We can lose to the Spurs because they have Duncan, the same monster as Shaq; We could lose to the Kings, and I still remember the huge resistance they gave us last year. We can lose to the Dallas Mavericks, who are a strong new team; But we shouldn't lose to the Rockets. We were champions last season, how can we lose to a weak team that couldn't even make the playoffs last season? ”

"That's right!" "That's right!" The emotions of the Lakers players were aroused, and they also had a lively discussion.

"I almost forgot that the Rockets were a bad team last season. It seems like a long time ago. O'Neill looked suddenly realised: "They added Yao Ming and Billups last summer, it seems to have been reborn." ”

"I don't care about that, and I don't care how powerful the rocket will be in the future. I just want to bring down McGrady. Kobe Bryant said coldly: "Shaq, you should defeat Yao and Olajuwon." ”

"I will!" The shark said through gritted teeth.