In the 2008-2009 season, the Los Angeles Lakers are extremely strong, the team boss Kobe Bryant is the league's number one star, the most feared attacker, they also have the feared "three highs" Paul Gasol, Andrew Bynum and Lamar Odom, their interior offense and strong rebounding are the basis for the team's victory, not only that, their role players also have defensive demon Trevor Ariza, Derrick Fisher who always plays at key moments, There are also Jordan Famar, Sasha Vujasic, Shannon Brown and other strong players, this is a real championship-level team, in fact, that year's championship was indeed won by this Lakers team, Kobe Bryant also got the first championship ring since O'Neal left Los Angeles.

At that time, almost everyone was not optimistic about the Rockets, if the Rockets had a healthy Maddie, maybe they could still win one or two games, but now, Maddie can't play, and it is even more foolish to be able to win the powerful Lakers, and even more think that the Rockets can win one game, and they have lived up to this season. Time seems to have returned to 2000, when Iverson led the 76ers to fight the Lakers "F4", at that time, everyone was not optimistic about Iverson, not optimistic about the 76ers, but the 76ers won the first game of the series, making the Lakers' playoffs win all the playoffs in vain, in fact, they also won that game, and how can this rocket perform?

At that time, the Rockets had become the home team of 1.3 billion Chinese fans because of Yao Ming, and everyone hoped that the Rockets could create miracles, rather than admitting defeat obediently, and the 2009 Rockets and Lakers this round of the series was the NBA's highest-rated NBA series so far, and it has not been broken until now.

In the first game, to the surprise of all American fans but to the excitement of all Rockets fans, the Rockets won the first game 100-92 on the road, at the Staples Center, the stadium of the Lakers, and when the whistle blew, the entire Staples Center reverberated with boos to express their dissatisfaction with the home team!

In this game, Yao Ming staged the return of the king, which greatly boosted morale, and at the same time, he also scored a key goal and led the team to win the game!

The game fought to 4 minutes and 54 seconds in the fourth quarter, Kobe Bryant shook the ball past Battier and entered the basket, Yao Ming moved sideways to prepare to make up for the defense, who knew that he only heard a scream, Yao Ming lay on the floor, covered his right knee with both hands, grinned, cold sweat flowed out of his painful face, his right knee was Yao Ming's old injury, looking at Yao Ming's painful appearance, it is estimated that the old injury was smashed open, and the Rocket players including Adelman were stunned, at this time the Rocket was only 6 points ahead of the Lakers, and Yao Ming's play in this game was also very eye-catching, If Yao Ming is injured, this round of the series is almost no suspense at all, not only the team doctor Jones ran over, but even the general manager Morey, who was sitting in the stands, ran to the field to watch Yao Ming's injury, this ball must not be played, Yao Ming was put up and limped to the locker room, Jones, Morey also followed.

But anyone who has played ball knows that bones touch bones, they are hard injuries, the pain was terrible, and the pain will be quickly reduced after a while, but Yao Ming is different, he has suffered a major injury in this position, and has undergone surgery, if it is bad, he will directly touch the old injury, and replace it with a player who is not strong-willed, and he will collapse on the spot, but Yao Ming is different, he walked towards the player's tunnel, and felt the injury on his leg, and then he called the team doctor Jones, leaned against the wall, stretched back and forth a few times, and felt okay, Regardless of the strong opposition of Jones Morey and the team doctor, he insisted on playing on the court!

With 4 minutes left in the fourth quarter, Yao Ming appeared on the bench on the court, Adelman immediately called a timeout, replaced Lowry, and replaced Yao Ming, although most of the more than 19,000 fans in the entire Staples Center were hardcore Lakers loyalists, but they still stood up and gave Yao Ming a long-lasting applause to show respect!

Yao Ming staged the return of the king, the morale of the Rockets team was greatly boosted, and soon after Yao Ming came on the court, he made a shot at the top of the circle against Gasol's defense, and at the last moment of the game, Yao Ming hit all six free throws to ensure the victory of the game!

Yao Ming fought for a full 40 minutes in the whole game, scoring 28 points, 10 rebounds and 2 blocks on 9-of-17 shooting, while Gasol, who was opposite Yao Ming for most of the time, only scored 14 points on 14-of-14 shots, Kobe Bryant scored 32 points, 4 assists and 8 rebounds on 14-of-31 shooting, Artest scored 21 points and handed out 7 assists on the Rockets' side, and Brooks scored 19 points on 7-of-14 shooting.

In the second game, the Lakers were in a desperate posture as soon as they came on the court, in the first quarter alone, the Lakers blossomed inside and out, and the Rockets were caught off guard, Kobe Bryant scored 15 points on 7 of 11 shots in a single quarter, and Gasol scored 13 points on 5 shots, and Yao Ming on the Rocket's side was troubled by fouls and went off the court early, Artai and Scola carried the team's offense, and the two contributed 18 points in a single quarter. The Rockets trailed 25-39 in the first quarter.

In the second quarter, just when everyone thought that the trend of the game would not change, the divine bird Landry suddenly broke out, before the game, Landry was the most underrated Rockets player, because the height was not enough, he theoretically did not have the ability to score under the Lakers' three-high defense, but he did it, his score is very simple, it is a dunk, that is a violent dunk! His leg is like a bomb tied to it, as long as he grabs the rebound under the basket, it is a violent dunk that splits his head and covers his face, Gasol who defends him gives him a big hat, Landry fights the rebound in the front court again, and he dunks Gasol! The roaring bird completely played a momentum in front of the Lakers Twin Towers and won back its own respect! Landry scored 16 points in a single quarter, while the Lakers scored 18 points as a team, and at halftime, the two teams were tied at 57!

In the second half, Kobe Bryant scored another 20 points, while Yao Ming and Brooks only scored a total of 21 points, and the final score was 98:111 The Rockets did not hold on in the second half and unfortunately lost the game, Yao Ming only played 26 minutes because of foul problems, scoring 12 points and 10 rebounds on 3-of-4 shooting, Artest scored 25 points on 8-of-14 shooting, 5 assists, Brooks scored 13 points, and Kobe Bryant scored 40 points on 16-of-27 shooting, and Gasol scored 22 points and 14 rebounds on 9-of-13 shooting.

The third game is almost a copy of the second game, in the first half, the Rockets relied on Yao Ming's 14 points to lead the Lakers by 2 points at 50:48, but in the second half, the Rockets collapsed again, and the Rockets only scored 14 points in the third quarter, and finally the Rockets lost another city with 94:109, Kobe Bryant scored 33 points on 11-of-28 shooting, replacing Bynum, who had been languishing, and was the top starter Odom's performance was very eye-catching, scoring 16 points and 13 rebounds on 7-of-11 shooting, and Gasol only scored 13 points on 4-of-11 shooting, And the Rocket Artest scored 25 points, Scola got 10 points and 12 rebounds, Landry scored 10 points and 6 rebounds on 5-of-7 shooting, Yao Ming scored 19 points and 14 rebounds on 6-of-14 shooting, and the Rockets fell behind the Lakers by a score of 1:2. The Rockets don't believe in evil, but after this game, an even bigger bad news awaits them.

In this game, Yao Ming sprained his ankle and almost limped to finish the race, but after the game, it was found that Yao Ming's left ankle scaphoid bone was broken again, and Yao Ming was reimbursed for the season......

The "MM" combination that the Rockets are proud of can't stand on the field now, and the Rockets are suddenly leaderless and chaotic, but there is one person who stands up and takes over the leadership of the team, and that person is Artest.

I have to say that the arrival of Artest injected a tough temperament into the rocket, Artest is short-tempered but also upright, he is not afraid of things, in the game he hit Kobe's tricks, and Kobe Bryant face to face, face to face scolding, Kobe just helplessly spread his arms, waiting for his teammates to pull Artest away, he asked the other players of the Rockets to be united, forget the result of the game, open play, and because Yao Ming and Maddie were not present, Adelman did not have strong support in tactics, There are only a lot of open-ended offenses, the most of which is undoubtedly Aaron Brooks.

Brooks is nicknamed "Little Black Bean", thin and small, poor strength confrontation, poor defense, but extremely fast, fast dribbling, fast breaking, and also has a good three-point shot, when Yao Ming is on the court, the team mainly plays a slow half-court offense, which makes Xiaobu's strengths not play, but the weaknesses are infinitely magnified, after Yao Ming was injured, Xiaobu got the opportunity to perform, and the player opposite him is still too old to run Derrick Fisher.

In the fourth game, the Rockets without Yao Ming unexpectedly defeated the Lakers 99:87, and Xiao Bu who ran away exploded Derek Fisher, Xiao Bu just broke through Fisher in disguise, like a gust of wind, and when Fisher came back to his senses, Xiao Bu had made a successful layup, and ran back to defend briskly, Xiao Bu scored 34 points on 12-of-20 shots in this game, while Fisher only had 2 points and 2 assists, except for Xiao Bu, everyone else also stood up, and everyone played 120% more than usual Combat power! Battier scored 23 points on 6-of-12 shooting, Scola scored 11 points and 14 rebounds, Artest had 8 points, 6 assists and 10 rebounds, Chuck Hayes, who started in place of Yao Ming, scored 2 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists, 4 steals and 1 block, Kevin Lowry on the bench scored 12 points on 5-of-8 shooting, while Laker Gasol Gasol scored 30 points and 9 rebounds on 11-of-17 shooting, Kobe Bryant played poorly under Artest's key care, scoring only 15 points on 7-of-17 shooting, Brown off the bench scored 14 points, and no one else scored in double figures.

The Rockets pulled back a big score to tie 2:2.

In the fifth battle of Tianwang Mountain, the Lakers who came back to their senses once again crushed the Rockets with a strong interior line, and the Rockets who played the whole game had no power to fight back, the Rockets lost 78:118 by 40 points, Brooks only scored 14 points, Scola scored 12 points and 13 rebounds, Weaver scored 13 points, the Lakers scored 26 points in Kobe, and the three highs on the inside line played well, Gasol got 16 points and 13 rebounds on 5-of-9 shooting, Bynum played 20 minutes and scored 14 points and 6 rebounds on 5-of-6 shooting, Odom played 19 minutes and scored 10 points and 6 rebounds on 2-of-3 shooting, in addition to Ariza's 13 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 3 steals.

The Rockets are 2:3 behind the Lakers, they are already standing on the edge of the cliff, without Maddy, without Yao Ming, no one will believe that the Rockets can continue to win, but they still did it!

In the sixth game, the Rockets defeated the Lakers 95:80! They led the Lakers by 16 points in the first half and held it until the end of the game, Kobe Bryant took 27 shots and scored 32 points, Gasol had 14 points and 11 rebounds, Jordan Farmar scored 13 points on 5-of-10 shooting, Odom scored 8 points and 14 rebounds, and the biggest contributor to the Rockets' victory was still Brooks, who scored 26 points, 4 assists and 2 steals on 8-of-13 shooting, and beat Fisher again, Scola also had a good performance, scoring 24 points and 12 rebounds on 10-of-17 shooting, Artest scored 14 points, and Carl Landry, who came off the bench, scored 15 points on 6-of-6 shooting! In the game, it was he who ignited the enthusiasm of the home fans with wonderful dunks again and again!

The seventh game that decided life and death, in the end, the Rockets, who were far less powerful than the Lakers, failed to create a miracle, the Lakers relied on powerful rebounds to crush the Rockets, and the Lakers grabbed a total of 55 rebounds in the whole game, including 13 frontcourt rebounds, and 42 backcourt rebounds, while the Rockets only grabbed a pitiful 33 rebounds, including 5 frontcourt rebounds, and 28 backcourt rebounds, such a big gap, the Rockets are naturally difficult to win.

In the first quarter of the game, Ariza exploded, he scored 9 points on 3-of-6 shooting in a single quarter, and the Rockets' most scoring player was just Luis Scola who scored 4 points on 2-of-6 shooting, the Lakers did not play well on offense in the first quarter, scoring only 22 points, and the Rockets' offense was even more disorganized, with only 12 points in a single quarter!

In the second quarter of the game, Vaughan Weaver, who had no chance to perform in the entire series, began to score a performance, his forced breakthrough, and his pull-up jump shot were helping the team not to be stretched by the Lakers, but the entire Rockets team except for Weaver, everyone else was sleepwalking, and the Lakers in Kobe Bryant, Gasol Bynum on the basis of each contributing 6 points, a single quarter 29:19 again led the Rockets by 10 points, and the Rockets trailed the Lakers by a full 20 points at halftime!

There was almost no suspense in the second half, the Rockets only led the Lakers by one point at 19:18 in the third quarter, and the fourth quarter was completely reduced to garbage time, Vujacic scored 9 points, and Gasol completely dominated the interior throughout the game, scoring 21 points on 10-of-19 shooting, 3 blocks and as many as 18 rebounds, including 6 frontcourt rebounds, although Hayes forced 5 turnovers, but still flawed, Ariza performed well, scoring 15 points, 5 rebounds and 2 blocks on 5-of-9 shooting, Kobe Bryant scored 14 points, 5 assists, 7 rebounds, 3 steals and 2 blocks on 4-of-12 shooting, Bynum scored 14 points, 6 rebounds and 2 blocks on 6-of-7 shooting, and Brooks, the highly-anticipated scorer on the Rockets' side of the series, performed disappointingly, scoring 13 points on 4-of-13 shooting, Scola scoring 11 points on 4-of-12 shooting, Weaver scored 10 points, and other players who did not score double-doubles, 70:89, the Rockets ended the season in this unforgettable way.

Although the Rockets lost the series, they did not lose the spirit of the bright sword of the enemy, they forced the powerful Lakers until the last game to separate the winners, in fact, the Lakers won the championship that year, and the four opponents of the Lakers series, only the seemingly weakest Rockets forced the Lakers to the seven-game battle, compared to the Lakers Rockets How big is the book gap? Here's an interesting example, the annual salary of the Rockets' starting five Tigers that year was Ron Artest $7.4 million, Sean Battier $6.45 million, Louis Scola $3.1 million, Chuck Hayes $1.77 million, Aaron Brooks $1.05 million, the five players combined were $19.77 million, less than the Lakers' Kobe Bryant's salary alone, $21.26 million, and even Lamar Odom, who sat off the court and played as a substitute, can receive a salary of $14.15 million this year!

This season's Houston Rockets are unforgettable, their kind of bright sword against the enemy, the spirit of not retreating from the small strong inspired many fans to help them move forward, although the Rockets were eliminated, but this is a new beginning! This season's Houston Rockets will be remembered by all Rockets fans!