With the Lakers' victory over Houston on March 7, the Lakers and Houston's overall season win-loss relationship has reached 3:1. The Lakers won both games when O'Neal was on the floor and 1-1 in O'Neal's absence, a record that the Lakers are very satisfied with.

For a group of veterans in Houston who are aiming for a championship, it is difficult to accept. In this game, the two sides alternated leads many times, and Houston once pulled the score away with Olajuwon's god-like performance, but even so, it was finally caught up by the Lakers.

If it is said that it is a crushing of strength, the problem is that although his side has injured a Drexler, the Lakers have also injured an O'Neal!

Compared with O'Neal in the prime of life and the aging Drexler, it is not too much to say who has a greater role. If Houston loses to the Lakers without O'Neal. Then the team must be skeptical about whether they can beat the Lakers in the playoffs.

At the same time, the confidence of the Lakers players, or the management and coaching staff, who have won such a summit matchup, is indescribable. If the Lakers can beat Houston 100%, then the Lakers will qualify for the West, win the Western Conference championship, and enter the Finals is almost a sure thing. And this season, Buss and West are even aiming for a first-round playoff appearance, and fans are expecting only star players and talented rookies on the team.

There's no doubt that the Lakers have achieved far more than anyone expected this season. Whether it's your own people or your opponents.

Michael Jordan has recently averaged 30.9 points per game, and as long as he wants to score, there really aren't too many people in the league who can stop him. The difference between the Lakers and the Bulls originally tended to be the same, Michael thought that as long as the Lakers lost this game, it was a matter of course for the Bulls to be overtaken by the Bulls, and when the Lakers really defeated Houston again, this result made Michael Jordan, who wanted to overtake the Lakers and return to the first place in the league, very unhappy!

"Hakim, Charles, what are you guys up to?" This was Jordan's first reaction after knowing the result of this game, in fact, Jordan was not the only one who had such thoughts. Anyone who knows a little bit about the team's recent performances and has watched recent games from the Lakers and Houston will come up with this idea.

How could it be possible to lose? If Houston's interior ability value is 96, then the Lakers' interior ability value is only 78. Houston has a combination of offense and defense, as well as top-level playmaking and key ball singles. And the Lakers' offense is a mess, just Ben Wallace brings the team a negative offensive benefit, and Campbell is not an interior with excellent scoring ability. The defense is still excellent, but the interior defense at this level in the league can be said to be standard, and the Lakers' rebounding protection is not very good, Campbell is soft, and Ben Wallace is short.

It can be said that the interior ability of the two teams has opened up countless levels, with two superstars on one side and two ordinary role players on the other. Such a crushing-level confrontation did not take the Lakers away easily, which made many people feel incredible.

Is this still the American professional basketball that has to be insiders to win the world?

Especially in the final quarter, Kobe Bryant switched to Olajuwon in front of him in a row to challenge him, although there were successes and failures, but he did break the undefeated myth of Olajuwon's defense. This is a player that even Jordan doesn't dare to challenge, Kobe Bryant is not afraid, and even adds a Barkley. This kind of domineering and arrogant performance doesn't look like a rookie at all.

Bryant patiently waited for Olajuwon to run out, and finally landed a fatal blow that sank Houston in one fell swoop. Such a calm and composed, it can even be said that the performance of scheming is enough to be written into the textbook of defenders!

Kobe Bryant's full-court performance and statistics seem to be far from Olajuwon, but Kobe Bryant can win!

When the Lakers won this crucial battle, the difference between them and the Bulls widened to 1 game, and they left Houston far behind, with a full 8 wins-loss difference.

53 wins and 7 losses! 60 games have passed this season and there are 22 left! With O'Neal back from injury in 20 days, what kind of heights will the Lakers' final record of the season reach? No one knows if the young stars will continue to improve their performances for the rest of the game, or if they will be in poor form and ultimately lead to back-to-back losses. But so far, they are the hottest team in the league, and Kobe Bryant is the brightest new star in the league!

After the Lakers' home win over Houston, they have four consecutive home games to follow, followed by five consecutive home games. The home team will play against the Nets, Warriors, Fast Pass, and Raptors. None of these teams are playoff-caliber teams, which means that the Lakers will have a relatively easy schedule for the next 10 days, with not strong opponents, and can stay in Los Angeles all the time, without having to run around and spend their energy on the journey.

The Lakers won all five home games!

March 7 Houston Rockets 104:108 Los Angeles Lakers.

March 9 Nets 105:115 Lakers. Bryant finished with 27 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals. The Nets are really not good at the moment, the only player who is more famous internally is Sean Bradley, and the bamboo-like Bradley, although it is the No. 2 pick in 93, but he has only performed well in the basket, and the remaining rebounds, card positions, and low-post offensive skills have not been developed as expected, and the data of 12 points, 8 rebounds and 4 blocks per game per game this season has not fulfilled his talent, and he has been put on the shelf at the trade deadline, but in the end there is no suitable offer, and the Lakers' offer was rejected by the New Jersey Nets.

March 12 Warriors 101:109 Lakers. Bryant hit 8 of 11 shots and finished with 21 points, 6 rebounds and 12 assists. Latrill Sprewell made a crazy shot, scoring 27 points, 4 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 steals and 5 turnovers on 12-of-32 shooting. It seems that the data is bluffing, but it does not help the team's victory at all, Kobe Bryant played a pass and easily controlled the court to win the game.

March 14 Clippers 87:97 Lakers. Bryant had 31 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists. Facing the sworn enemy in the same city, the Clippers, who are currently 26-35, the Lakers started very well, and in this game, Kobe Bryant made 5 of 9 three-pointers and dominated the game with long-range shots.

March 16 Raptors 90:98. Bryant had 25 points, 11 rebounds and 8 assists, and almost had another triple-double, and if Bowen and Campbell hit in the last minute, then Bryant would have had another triple-double night.

With five consecutive home wins, the Lakers' record came to 57-7, and at the same time, the Bulls were upset! Lost to the Nets 99:98 and swallowed the eighth loss of the season! The overall record is 55-8!

In this game, except for Michael Jordan's normal performance, he scored 36 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists in 16 of 34, and carried the team forward.

The rest of the Bulls players were literally undercover, with Pippen 6-of-19, Ron Harper 1-of-5, Rodman 1-of-8 and Kerr 3-of-10. The basket was almost crooked!