In this game, "Warcraft" Howard contributed 21 points and 14 rebounds, Rashad Lewis 19 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, Ralph Alston 20 points, Heaton Turkgrew 20 points, 7 assists and 6 rebounds, and Michael Petrus who came off the bench 18 points.

On the Lakers' side, Kobe Bryant scored 17 points in the first quarter, and the state in the next three quarters can be described as "lost", but he still scored 31 points and 8 assists in the whole game. Pau Gasol scored 23 points, and Huang Yu didn't shoot much, but he shot 18 points and 7 rebounds from the field, and Odom, who had an excellent performance in the first two games, generally only scored 14 points and 5 rebounds in this game.

Game 4 of the finals will be held on June 12 at the Amway Center, home of the Magic.

Just before the start of this game, Arteste, who had become a free agent and had been with the Lakers for a long time, predicted the game before the game even started, and he believed, "Kobe Bryant will score 43 points, and Odom will grab 15 or 16 rebounds and 8 assists." ”

A lot of good things in the media dug up some so-called evidence out of nowhere, saying that Artest wanted Kobe Bryant to express his desire to join the Lakers in the 2008 Finals, and there were also noses and eyes in the Lakers locker room after Game 6 of the Finals.

After the start of the game, Artest's words became a reality, Kobe Bryant scored 13 points in the first quarter, although it was less than the first quarter score of the previous game, but anyone with a discerning eye can see that Kobe Bryant is in very good shape today.

As a special guest broadcaster, Atai also immediately said, "Damn Kobe, he took over the game." ”

However, the game went in the opposite direction, with the Monster dominating the basket, grabbing rebounds and fouling Gasol and Bynum. Alston also continued to put on an eye-catching performance, halfway through the quarter, he scored twice in a row, including a difficult throw, the Magic led 16-11, and the starting lineup was all supported by Kobe, even after the first quarter was in excellent form, the Lakers still trailed the Magic 20-24 at the end of the first quarter.

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"Ron, what do you think of the Lakers' Rain, there's a good chance he'll be the first rookie in the '08 class to win the championship!"

Barkley secretly hooked up during the intermission, everyone knows why Artest wants to join the Lakers in every possible way, and soon he wants to get a championship ring belt in order to hitchhike, Artest wants to join the Lakers, and the position is only No. 3, but now the No. 3 position of the Lakers is firmly controlled by Huang Yu and Odom, and Wharton really feels that he is about to grow hair.

A comparison between Odom and Huang Yu, naturally the rookie Huang Yu is at a disadvantage, once the Lakers want Artest to join, then there will inevitably be a competition for the No. 3 position, either change Huang Yu's position, make a substitute for Kobe Bryant or trade it directly, big forward Huang Yu's height and weight are not enough to think about it, as for the center, there is no need to think about it, Hayes can't find a few in the history of the NBA, and they are basically 60 years ago!

"How to say it, in terms of offensive power, he is indeed much better than many rookies in the class of '08, but his defense is very poor, very bad, if it weren't for a few wonderful explosive blocks and beautiful gambling steals to help him pull back a lot of points, his defense among rookies can be said to be the weakest, strong offense and weak defense, such players are very common in the NBA, such as Crawford of the Warriors, Nate Robinson of the Knicks, and Nick Young of the Wizards, and of course my former teammate Tracy, they are all representatives of the offensive strength and weak defense."

Although Barkley wanted to get some negative comments about Yellow Rain from Artest to stimulate the ratings, after all, the two are likely to compete next year, but he didn't expect Artest to really dare to say that he tore his former teammate Maddie as soon as he left the Rockets.

The strength of the offensive end masks the shortcomings of Maddie on the defensive end. And Maddie once said, "If I could defend like Kobe, I would be the best defensive athlete in the league." This sentence can reflect Maddie's ability, but it also exposes Maddie's attitude, but he himself said that he said it himself, and Artest's words just now will not be considered a slip of the tongue by anyone with a long head.

Artest and Maddie had frictions, but with the mediation of Houston Rockets management and coaching staff, the conflict between the two did not expand. Now that Artest has left the Rockets, he doesn't need to be polite to Maddie.

Artest is known to be a well-known Titter in the NBA, and he has been interacting with fans through Titter since the Rockets were eliminated. Just a few days ago, Artest publicly bombarded the rocket on the Titter, accusing the rocket of using shady tricks to harm him, and made a remark

"The Rockets have overshadowed me, they have ruined my Bird rights, as long as I am still in this league, I will take revenge," "I can't wait to go to Houston in the new season to get revenge on them, when the time comes, I won't shoot, I'll defend with all my might, and some people are just waiting to be frozen!" ”

Who exactly is Artest referring to by "certain people"? Some people don't have to think about it to know they're talking about Maddie? Who else can the Rockets defend Artest with all his strength besides Maddie? Could it be a giant that has been scrapped?

And he himself quickly gave his answer under the fans' questions.

"Actually, the Rockets don't have anyone worth my best defense, Maddie is a cripple now, and the giants are finished," Artest said. ”

It can be seen from Artest's statement that he is very disdainful of Maddie and can be said to look down on him.

And it is reported that Artest pointed the finger of criticism at Maddie in the middle of the season, accusing Maddie of not working hard as the leader of the team and not taking the lead on the defensive end. Maddie criticized Artest for sabotaging the Rockets' offense, and Artest played too much alone, resulting in the Rockets' offense not being able to form a whole.

As a result, Maddy only played 35 games for the Rockets in the 08-09 season due to injury, and then there were rumors that Artest thought Maddie was cheating on the injury!

"So what do you think Rain can reach in his NBA career?"

Kenny Smith next to him interjected.

"At the end of the day, if he can have the giants to be diligent and humble, maybe he can be a good role player, and if it goes on like this, it would be nice to have his place next to the water cooler."

He stepped on Maddy again, and among the several people he said, Maddy had the highest achievement, Nick Young was the lowest, and Crawford and Robinson were already in the sixth place, and the team was an important rotation player.

In addition to their hearts, Nick Young, who is the lowest in Artest's mouth, although he has more opportunities to play because of the general's injury, only averages 10 points per game, and usually stays next to the water cooler.

And the role player in his mouth is obviously referring to Maddie, plus his responsibilities Maddie is not worthy of being the leader of the team, he didn't even bother to point fingers at Sang and scold Huai, and directly demoted Huang Yu and Maddie together!

The director's compliments came over the headphones and told them to interrupt the conversation as the second quarter was two minutes into the game.

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The Magic continued to tighten their rebounding control in the second quarter, and although Huang Yu and other benches worked hard to chase the points, the gap was quickly widened, and with 7:40 left in the quarter, Lewis hit a three-pointer to give them a double-digit advantage of 37-27.

Huang Yu's two three-pointers helped the Lakers recover a little disadvantage, but the counterattack was quickly suppressed by the Magic's three-point rain, and with 5 minutes and 25 seconds left in the quarter, the Monster caused Bynum's defensive foul again, and the Lakers replaced Huang Yu and Bynum together, Kobe Bryant also scored a three-pointer after coming on the court, but it was only a drop in the bucket, and the Lakers only scored 2 points in the last 4 minutes of the quarter, and fell behind 39-51 in the first half.

In the first half, the Lakers' shooting percentage was pitifully low 42 shots, only 12 shots, shooting only 33%, including 3 of 13 three-point shots, although Kobe Bryant scored 16 points alone, but the Lakers could not get rid of the disadvantage. Howard was unstoppable, grabbing 14 rebounds and five blocks in the first half.

Bynum still couldn't avoid foul trouble, and Atay also complained about Bynum. "Bynum fouls, Bynum fouls, maybe one day when I'm sleeping at home, Bynum will foul me too. Bynum will foul the waitress, and Bynum will foul the gamepad in 2K games, a level 4 malicious foul. ”

He muttered that although some fans didn't like it, not everyone didn't like it, and many people were leaving messages saying that it was a pity that Artest didn't release a new rap album in the offseason.

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In the second half, the Lakers didn't know what they were going through in the locker room, and it was like two teams in the first half, Fisher shot at the beginning of the quarter, and then Huang Yu shot in the high post, Kobe Bryant also reopened the firepower and hit a three-point shot, the Lakers started the quarter with a wave of 18-5, and halfway through the quarter, after Bynum hit two free throws, they went up 55-54.

In addition to the recovery of Cole's state, the rest of the Lakers are also back on track, but at this time Artest in the studio is unhappy, Atai and Odom are good friends, when the Lakers relied on Huang Yu and Kobe Bryant and others to play an offensive shock wave in the third quarter, and gradually narrowed the score gap and even overtook it, Atai instead said, "What about my good friend Lamar? ”

As a result, Huang Yu was quickly substituted, and the Magic just recovered from the Lakers' attack wave, but Odom received the ball and hit a three-point shot after coming on.

"Well done, my friend, that's what a starter should do."

Artest suddenly got high!

Charles Barkley and Kobe Smith looked at each other and smiled, I really don't know if this thing is pretending or really so upright! It's like you're going to play Odom as a bench when you get to the Lakers, and of course you might put up with it for the ring!

But it has nothing to do with them, although Barkley does not have a ring, but that is his own choice, and it is worth saying that Barkley, who has been fighting in the NBA for 13 years, has earned a total of "amazing" $40.3 million.

The reason why Barkley's total salary was able to break through the $40 million mark is really "thankful" to the Rockets for giving him an annual salary of $9 million in his final season. Of course, Barkley's salary in his final season is quite controversial, but even if the Rockets do offer him a $12 million contract in the final year as previously stated, the total salary of Barkley's career is not so impressive, and Barkley has earned $40.3 million in basketball all his life.

Needless to say, the big contract of Huang Yu's era flew sideways, that is, in the 95-96 season, the Bulls offered Jordan $30.14 million in the NBA's highest salary, which is about to catch up with Barkley's entire career! Don't care whether there is water in this annual salary, but this is on the bright side, even if there is water, Boss Qiao will pinch his nose and admit it.

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After the Lakers came on the court, the Lakers stepped up defensively, and finally limited the Magic's scoring, and after three quarters, the Lakers led 66-63, and Bryant scored eight points in the quarter after coming on.

Heading into the fourth quarter with a three-point margin, the Lakers started with a six-point advantage. With 7:54 left in the quarter, Petrus hit a three-pointer as the Magic trailed the score to 70-73 by three points.

However, Kobe Bryant immediately stepped on the three-point line and returned the color, and the Lakers regained a five-point advantage. After 2 minutes, the Lakers lost a single point in the collective crosshairs, and the Magic quickly counterattacked, and with 5:38 left in the quarter, Petrus made a fast-break layup and caused Kobe Bryant to foul, and after scoring 3 points with free throws, the Magic went ahead 76-75.

After Kobe Bryant left the court, the two teams changed players and ended in a tie several times. Turkglou hit two straight shots and scored five straight points to give the Magic an 87-82 lead with 1:34 left in the quarter. After Gasol hit a 2-point shot, Howard missed two free throws, giving the Lakers a chance.

While the Magic pressed the Lakers to the ground and rubbed them, Artest in the studio also stopped, like a frosted eggplant, and he said that "my pre-game prediction was nonsense because of illness, Orlando scored back-to-back points, and they will win, and Turkoglu is like a white Jordan." ”

But soon the Lakers' slap in the face, paused back, Kobe Bryant used Huang Yu's block to the bottom corner, attracted a back pass after letting go, the ball drew an arc in the air and passed to Huang Yu who came to respond, Huang Yu did not hesitate to pull up a shot, successfully narrowing the gap to 3 points.

There are 29 seconds left in the game The ball is in the hands of the Magic, the Lakers players are defending with all their might, the Magic has not had a chance to shoot, there are still 5 seconds left in the straight offensive time, Lewis hit the ground and passed the ball to the Monster, a feint to fly Bynum's Monster, turned around and was about to pull up and dunk, but who knew that Bynum, who had been in a daze for the whole game, was not clicked away, and his big hand was firmly pressed on the basketball.

Although the strength is slightly worse, but it also successfully let the basketball in the hands of Warcraft get out of his hand, Kobe Bryant pressed the ball under him with a flying pounce, and directly yelled "pause", because there was no care above, so the referee whistled directly, otherwise it is likely to become a scrum.

Called a timeout Huang Yu and the old fish pulled Kobe Bryant up from the ground, and the Zen master drew on the tactics board in that old god, and the old fish Fisher came back from the timeout to attack the front court with the ball, because Nelson was far away from him, Fisher did not hesitate to shoot three points against Nelson's defense, and hit at the end of the game with 4.6 seconds left to tie the score at 87-87.

That's right, Fisher scored the equalizer with a direct three-point shot, which is also one of the purposes of the Zen master! The old fish's stats in this round series are extremely poor, but one thing is certain, and that is that the hit rate is very consistent! Even Huang Yu in the regular season did not play as well as the regular season in the finals, the veteran has a strong psychological quality, and he is easy to be ignored while being stable enough!

With a 4.6-second Magic Pitrus shot missed under Huang Yu's sealed eye, the two sides went into overtime.

(End of chapter)