Chapter 188, won the best rookie
[The net double grabs the seven battles! ]
Although the Clippers and Cavaliers both settled their tall opponents and successfully advanced to the game, there are still four teams struggling, especially the defending champion Boston Celtics, who are now down 3-1 due to Garnett's injury, which is really not much for everyone.
So the Lakers vs. Rockets game has become the focus of everyone's audience, although the Rockets are now powerless, but one game is not a game to blow up the Lakers, so in the fifth game of the two teams, the Toyota Center Arena is overcrowded.
On May 13, the Rockets suffered a heavy 7-7 loss to the Lakers on the road and trailed by 23 in the Western Conference semifinals.
Without McGrady, the road to the Rockets is getting harder and harder, and two wins are considered a success. Ron Artest scored 14 points, Luis Scola had 12 points and 13 rebounds and Van Weaver had 13.
The Lakers dare not be careless. Kobe Bryant only played in the first three quarters, scoring 26 points and three assists. Pau Gasol had 16 points and 13 rebounds, Yao Ming had 14 points and six rebounds, and Tvol Ariza had 13 points.
In one game, without McGrady, the Rockets led by 29 points at one point and finally passed the home game. The Lakers paid the price for their arrogance, and even the famous "Magic" Johnson began to criticize the Lakers.
When it came to Los Angeles, the Lakers didn't dare to take it lightly anymore, and opened the gap at halftime, making the outcome lose suspense early.
The Rockets were only able to compete with the Lakers in the first few minutes, and they started the game with a wave of 4s. Kobe Bryant began to exert his strength, constantly shooting and hitting, and the Lakers gradually exceeded the score. With 3:36 left in the quarter, the two sides battled to 2020, and Bryant then hit back-to-back shots, while Odom also scored a three-pointer, and the Lakers ended the quarter with a wave of 154, taking a double-digit advantage with 3524 in one fell swoop. Bryant scored 12 points in the quarter.
The Lakers started the second quarter with a wave of 0, taking a 19-point advantage with 4,324 in one fell swoop. The Rockets scored for the first time with 9:44 left in the quarter on a three-point shot from Weaver. The Rockets chased the score to 3347 at one point, but it was the smallest gap between the two teams since then, and in the final 7 minutes and 54 seconds of the quarter, the Rockets only hit one shot, and the Lakers extended their advantage to 20 points and ended the half with 6439. The Rockets made only 4 of 21 shots in this quarter, and most of their mid-to-long-range shots were missed, scoring only 15 points in a single quarter.
With the Rockets' lineup, it's almost impossible to turn the tables around. In the third quarter, the Lakers still did not dare to be careless and continued to expand their advantage, and the gap between the two sides went towards 40 points. The Rockets still couldn't find the offensive touch, missing six three-point shots in the quarter and scoring only 15 points in a single quarter, while the Lakers scored twice as many points. Before the end of the third quarter, Ariza scored four straight points to give the Lakers a full 40-point lead at 9,454.
There is no suspense about the outcome of the game, and the hope of the Rockets in the fourth quarter is to close the gap. Both sides withdrew most of their main forces. The Rockets started the quarter with 155, closing the gap to 30 points. The Rockets failed to close the gap to within 29 points in the quarter, and the defeat was inevitable.
The next game between the two teams will return to Houston at 9:30 on the 15th.
Although everyone said that they didn't pay much attention to the Celtics and Magic, who were also throwing games, they still sat in front of the TV and watched honestly when the game began.
However, they did not regret watching this game, especially in favor of the Celtics.
Also on May 13, the Celtics made a big comeback in the last five minutes, beating the Magic 92 at home, leading by 32. A stunner, this one reversal, so that the Celtics seem to have a Jedi counterattack, people see hope, who doesn't want to refresh history, the Celtics are no exception.
Celtic won a crucial game to earn match point. Glen Davis was confident and scored a team-high 22 points and grabbed seven rebounds, Paul Pierce had 19 points, nine rebounds and assists, Stephen Marbury had 12 points and Ray Allen had 13 points.
The Magic lost a good game. Heatonteck Grew had one point and seven assists, Rashad Lewis 19 points, Raph Alston 16 points and six assists, and Big Ben Wallace had 12 points and 17 rebounds.
Davis made a meritorious game and hit the winning shot to equalize the score for the Celtics. Back at home, Celtic tried to win the battle of "King Mountain", but unfortunately, in this round of matchups, the home field was no longer an advantage, and Celtic soon fell into trouble again.
The two teams were entangled several times, and the two sides were tied many times, and with 3 minutes and 11 seconds left in the first quarter, the two sides were tied at 1414. Lewis hit a shot, Alston and Redick hit back-to-back three-pointers, and the Magic took the lead after back-to-back points to take a 2,216 lead in the first quarter. The Celtics made just one shot in the final three minutes of the quarter.
Not even halfway through the second quarter, the Magic scored 7 and took a 10-point advantage with 3323. The Magic were unable to score for the next two minutes, and the Celtics scored five straight points to close the gap. Alston hit a three-pointer with some left in the quarter as the Magic ended the half with 4537.
Alston scored a three-pointer at the start of the third quarter, and the Magic took an 11-point advantage. Celtic closed the gap on several occasions, but were always counter-attacked. With 7:24 left in the quarter, Lewis Ma returned a three-pointer after Pierce closed the gap to six points. Before the end of the quarter, Pierce scored 3 points with free throws, and the Celtics only trailed at 5964, but Turkgru concocted the same method and also "hit a three-pointer" to score, and the Magic entered the final quarter with 6759.
After the start of the fourth quarter, the Magic took another double-digit advantage, and the Celtics were not willing to be tied up and continued to launch counterattacks. With 1:20 left in the game, Ray Allen hit a three-pointer and they hit a wave of 0s to go ahead by 5 in one fell swoop.
The Magic didn't score a point in five minutes, and their 10-point advantage came to naught, so they had to call a timeout, but they still missed the shot after the timeout. The Celtics also missed shots, but Kendrick Perkins grabbed a crucial offensive rebound.
Ray Allen missed a shot with the game remaining, but Pierce grabbed an offensive rebound and the Magic had to foul.
After Eddie House hit two free throws, the Celtics led by five. The Magic had .5 seconds left to attack, and the Celtics used an early foul tactic, and Lewis made two free throws to put the Magic one point behind.
After Ray Allen also made two free throws, the two sides were still three points apart. The two sides began to tie off at the free-throw line, with Big Ben Wallace hitting a free throw, Davis grabbing a rebound for the Celtics, and after hitting two free throws, the Celtics sealed the win.
If the Celtics are a slow team and came to a counterattack, then the next Rockets and Lakers stumbled to make all the fans who watched the playoffs come to the momentum, although the Clippers and Cavaliers swept the opponent and there were many highlights, but how could there be such ups and downs of the game to be interesting.
On May 15, the Rockets stubbornly defeated the Lakers by 950 to bring the score to 33. The do-or-die battle between the two teams will be played at 3:30 a.m. in Los Angeles.
Despite McGrady's suit watching from the sidelines, the Rockets played tenaciously and led the game. Aaron Brooks had 26 points and four assists on 13-of-13 shooting, Luis Scola had 24 points and 12 rebounds, Carl Landry had 15 points and rebounds, and Ron Artest had 14 points.
Kobe Bryant scored 32 points but made just 11 of 27 shots. Yao Ming's 14 points and 11 rebounds broke out twice in a row, and these two games were ordinary, or returned to normal, and Ramal Odom, who came off the bench, grabbed 14 rebounds.
The rocket has nothing to lose. After the opening, the situation was surprisingly one-sided, with Scola hitting frequent shots and the Rockets opening the game with a 171 attack wave. The Lakers missed consecutive shots and failed to hit a shot in the first 5:39 until 6:21 left in the quarter when Kobe Bryant scored on a basket.
At one point, the Rockets led by one point at 213, and in the previous minute, the Lakers only shot one. In the last minute of the quarter, the Lakers hit two three-pointers to narrow the gap slightly, trailing at 1527 in the first quarter. Scola scored 14 points in the first quarter to Bryant's four.
Bryant hit a shot at the beginning of the second quarter, and the Lakers scored four points in a row, but Battier and Artest hit consecutive three-pointers, and the Rockets opened up the gap. With 5:50 left in the quarter, Weaver also hit a three-pointer to give the Rockets a 4,225 lead.
With 2:03 left in the second quarter, Artest was hit in the face while defending Kobe, Artest suppressed his anger and did not reason with Kobe, but ran to the audience on the sideline, and the referee gave Kobe a technical foul. Before the end of the quarter, Brooks hit a three-pointer to give the Rockets a 5,236 lead. Scola had one point and nine rebounds in the first half. Bryant scored 14 points on just 6-of-16 shooting and had just one assist.
The Lakers started the third quarter with a wave of 90 and chased the score to 4552 in one fell swoop. With 56 minutes left in the quarter, the Rockets scored two points from Scola's layup. The Lakers' poor hand in the half seemed to have shifted to the Rockets, who only hit one shot in the first 6 minutes and 44 seconds of the quarter, and the Lakers hit a 2 to chase the score to 5254. Landry scored three points with 5:16 left in the quarter, and the Rockets regained their senses and hit a wave of twos to take a 6,254 lead. The Rockets regained their footing, and Scola hit a mid-range shot before the end of the quarter to give the Rockets a 7,465 lead heading into the final quarter.
With 7:35 left in the game, Artest hit a three-pointer to give the Rockets a 10-point lead at 7969. Gasol returned a shot and Landrima returned the favor with a dunk, and then he hit another free throw to give the Rockets an 11-point lead.
The Rockets got braver and braver, Brooks hit a shot with 3 minutes and 44 seconds left in the game, and then Battier prevented Kobe Bryant from shooting a "three-no-stick", and Brooks hit again when his body was out of balance, and the Rockets opened the gap at 75.
Kobe Bryant was forced to be anxious and kept playing hard, but the effect was not good. The Lakers were unable to close the gap to within 12 points after that and had to go to the home court to face the Rockets.
When the two teams finished the game, the first tie-break made everyone's mood surging, but before they felt high? Tide, waves once again hit their nerves.
On May 15, the Magic stubbornly defeated the Celtics at home with a 375 to tie the series at 33, and the battle between the two teams will be played in Boston.
Big Ben Wallace chipped in a double 20, contributing 23 points and 22 rebounds, and he also had three blocks. Rashad Lewis had 20 points and six rebounds, while Laph Alston and Michael Petrus each had 11 points.
Once again, the Celts are fighting a battle to the death. Rajon Rondo had 19 points, 16 rebounds, six assists and four steals, Paul Pierce had 17 points and nine rebounds, and Kendrick Perkins had 15 points and 10 rebounds.
A Magic crashed in the final moments, and the 10-point advantage was wiped out and turned over by the Celtics. Big Ben Wallace openly questioned coach Stan Van Gundy's tactics and thought he should have received the ball more. However, the two have since talked privately and the problem has been resolved.
Big Ben Wallace apparently convinced Van Gundy that he was taking more shots on the floor today, hitting five strong baskets and scoring three times in the first quarter, including two dunks. The two teams fought with all their might from the start, and the first quarter was tied several times. With two minutes left in the quarter, the two sides were tied at 1919, but the Magic only hit one shot after that, while the Celtics hit back-to-back shots, and House hit a three-pointer before the end of the quarter to give the Celtics a 2522 lead.
The Celtics scored six straight points at the start of the second quarter to open up the deficit at 3,122. Anthony Johnson also hit a three-pointer, and then Big Ben Wallace scored a dunk to close the gap after the Magic scored seven straight points. The two teams were still inseparable in this quarter, and the Celtics led 4645 into the second half.
At the start of the third quarter, the Celtics scored nine straight points to extend their advantage to 10 points. The Magic didn't score a point in the first 5 minutes and 11 seconds of the quarter, but fortunately Big Ben Wallace stepped up, and he scored three points with free throws with 6:49 left in the quarter, and then he made a layup, and the Magic still had a wave of 7 and only 2 after the quarter. In the final 6:25 of the quarter, the Celtics made just one shot.
With 6 minutes and 36 seconds left in the game, Lewis broke through the basket and scored, and the Magic scored six points in a row to take a 7267 lead. However, Pierce then hit three consecutive shots to put the Celtics ahead with 7,372 with 4:51 left in the game.
With 2:47 left in the game, Big Ben Wallace hit one of two free throws to give the Magic a 7,675 lead. Ray Allen missed a shot after that, while Pierce missed two free throws, and Alston scored on a jumper with 1:52 left in the game to give the Magic a three-point lead at 775.
The Celtics couldn't hit the basket after that, and Turkoglou hit a three-pointer after that, while Lewis hit two free throws to give the Magic a 375-point lead with 49 seconds left in the game.
The Celtics continued to miss shots, and they didn't score a point in the final 3:46 before finally surrendering.
At this point, the two teams easily swept their opponents, while the other two teams fell into a tie-break battle that has to be said to be a strange tacit understanding.
However, the two teams quickly told everyone the answer, they are the top four teams, the teams that advance to the third round.
On May 1, the Rockets lost to the Lakers 709 on the road, thus being eliminated with a score of 34 and bidding farewell to the season.
The rocket mentality is out of balance. Aaron Brooks scored 13 points, Louis Scola 11, Van Weever 10 and Ron Artest scored seven points on just 3-of-10 shooting.
The Lakers fought hard to face the Clippers in the Western Conference Finals, which became a civil war in Los Angeles, especially for the Western Conference champions, for the first time in a century.
Kobe Bryant played just 33 minutes and had 14 points, seven rebounds and five assists. Yao Ming had a high 21 points and he also grabbed one rebound, while Tvol Ariza had 15 points and Pau Gasol had 14 points and six rebounds.
The Rockets can already be considered a victory if they can get to this point, and there should be no psychological baggage, but unexpectedly, after the opening, the Rockets were crushed by the pressure, frequently stolen by the Lakers, and missed shots, and the first 12 shots were missed, including the basket that was close at hand.
The Lakers, however, turned the pressure into motivation and launched a tight defense as soon as they started, failing to let the Rockets shoot a single shot in the first 7 minutes, opening the game with 132. The Rockets didn't get a basket from Hayes until 4:44 left in the quarter. After the first quarter, the Rockets trailed at 1222.
The Rockets closed the gap to nine points shortly after the start of the second quarter, but it was the smallest gap between the two teams since then, Bynum hit a high shot, Odom hit a three-pointer, and the Lakers hit a 2 to open the gap at 3517. With 1:31 left in the quarter, Gasol hit a hook shot to give the Lakers a 25-point lead at 5,126. The Rockets then scored five straight points to trail at 3,151 at halftime. The Rockets shot just 13-of-40 in the first two quarters, including 1-of-9 from three-point range.
In the second half, the Lakers continued to lead by a large score, and Yao Ming yawned from the sidelines. Shortly after the start of the third quarter, the Rockets closed the gap to one point, but Kobe Bryant still scored three points, and the Lakers scored seven straight points to open the gap at 533. Although the Lakers didn't shoot well in the quarter, they maintained a 20-point advantage for most of the game, and after three quarters, they led at 6,950.
In the fourth quarter, the Rockets picked up speed and launched a final counterattack, but after the speed came, the shooting percentage failed to improve, and instead gave the Lakers a chance to counterattack, and won easily many times, after hitting a wave of 92, they led by 256 points with 6:47 left in the game.
With 4:07 left in the game, Bryant returned to the court. The Lakers hit a 70 to take a 31-point lead with 95 with 3 minutes left in the game.
There is no suspense about the outcome for a long time, and the Lakers passed the 43 level and faced the Clippers in the Western Conference Finals.
Such an ending has to be embarrassing, the Los Angeles Civil War finally met in the Western Conference Finals in anticipation, and the feud between the Clippers and the Lakers is really unresolved and messy, and it has been triggered in recent years.
First of all, he wanted to exchange Ace for Yao Ming to relieve the pressure on the team's salary, and it was also an option to free up the team's funds, but who knew that Ace jumped out of the contract, which made the Lakers beautiful.
But the Lakers still traded Yao Ming in the end, but the price paid was relatively large.
And the two teams met again in the finals, and Ace was a combination of new and old hatreds, which directly cut off the Lakers' idea of winning the championship, and Ace's two titles in the past three years can be regarded as played.
Then set up the Clippers, digging into the corners of the Lakers, and now the main structure of the interior line, Kwame Brown and Turiaf are both outcasts of the Lakers, and Ace himself, which cannot but say a strange situation.
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