Houston, Toyota Center.

Sun Zhuo's consecutive three-pointers broke the stalemate, which suddenly put the Rockets in a predicament, coupled with the fact that the score was already 1:3 behind at this moment, the whole Rockets team and the Rockets fans on the scene almost fell into despair.

"No, that's not true, isn't that how the season ended for the Rockets? In this game, we obviously maintained the score from beginning to end, we defended Shaq and Kobe Bryant very well, even Karl Malone couldn't completely defeat us, but why did Sun suddenly rise? Has he always been the best three-pointer on the Lakers? One fan felt that the elimination was approaching, and he hugged his head in emotion, not wanting to believe this fact, he didn't understand how Sun Zhuo's three points were so powerful, and no one realized it in the first few games.

"Yao ......" Francis was also out of breath, he fought the whole game, he was exhausted, but he didn't expect to be defeated by Sun Zhuo's three-point shot in the end.

Throughout the game, both sides were fighting defense, the scores were very close, and the difference in points reached five points, which was enough to make them feel strained, Sun Zhuo made several consecutive three-pointers, directly widening the difference to double digits, this kind of blow is huge.

Yao Ming knew what Francis wanted to ask, but he shook his head helplessly and replied, "I don't know either, I guess it's a coincidence." ”

Francis wanted to ask Yao Ming if Sun Zhuo's three-point shot had always been so strong, but according to Yao Ming's understanding of Sun Zhuo, it was naturally not.

Sun Zhuo hides his dunk talent, and even Yao Ming doesn't know, but the three-point shot is not based on talent, but on the practice accumulated over time, in Yao Ming's impression, Sun Zhuo has never been obsessed with training three-pointers.

Phil Jackson was also overjoyed, this wave of rhythm was brought out by Sun Zhuo, but it was Phil who prompted Sun Zhuo to have the opportunity to bring the rhythm, Phil thought to himself: "I really hope that in the next series, Sun can still have this state, if he can become a qualified outside pitcher, then this season to win the championship, no one is really afraid." ”

After Sun Zhuo brought out a wave of advantages, the Rockets had no choice but to quickly catch up with the point difference, but the Rockets did not have a super star like Maddy who could shoot three points at this time, Francis's three-point shooting rate this season was less than 30%, and Mobley and Jackson's three-point shooting rate was okay, but they were not stars, which doomed them to not be able to do the miracle of Maddy chasing 13 points in 35 seconds.

In the end, the Lakers had no suspense and defeated the Rockets with a total score of 4:1 and advanced to the second round of the playoffs!

"yes, win!" The Lakers players were jubilant, and Sun Zhuo was also happy, he could laugh today, because he didn't win today, he contributed.

As soon as the game ended, O'Neill walked to Sun Zhuo first and praised: "Good job, you have a lot of credit for today's victory, you can now slap Ron Artest in the face." ”

Sun Zhuo stretched out his hand to shake it, calculated the data of the five playoff games a little, and said with a smile: "I'm afraid I have to wait a little longer, now my average score per game is 9.6 points, less than 10 points, but one more game, it's fine." ”

"I'm sure you can do it, brother." O'Neill patted Sun Zhuo's head.

Subsequently, Sun Zhuo also went to say goodbye to Yao Ming opposite for the first time.

This is Yao Ming's first time participating in the playoffs, but it ended in such a rout, and anyone is uncomfortable, but Yao Ming still generously congratulated Sun Zhuo: "Congratulations, you played very well today, and you are becoming more and more suitable for the role in the team, I hope you can shoot as accurate three-point shots as today when you are in the Olympics." ”

Sun Zhuo didn't know if today's hit rate could be replicated in the Olympic arena, and said with a smile: "I try my best and wish you the rest of your vacation, waiting for me to fight with you in Athens!" ”

"Okay, I'll wait for you! I wish you the best of luck! At the mention of the Olympics, Yao Ming also became more combative.

After the series between the Lakers and the Rockets, the Pacers star Artest, who had already swept the opponent 4-0, still showed disdain in the face of Sun Zhuo's excellent performance in the last game, he said that Sun Zhuo could shoot so many three-pointers in a row, it must be a fluke, and said that the Lakers' next round opponent Spurs had already swept the opponent 4-0, even if Sun Zhuo did not play, the Lakers would win in the end, and Sun Zhuo's role in the entire series was equal to zero.

In fact, in the previous life, when the Lakers did not have Sun Zhuo, they did defeat the Rockets 4:1, so Artest's words were also recognized by many people, because the combination of O'Neal and Kobe Bryant would take it for granted even if they swept the Rockets.

After the game, the Lakers returned to the locker room, O'Neal put his arm on Sun Zhuo's shoulder, and kept boasting about his ace brother, "Listen, Sun has become an outside sharpshooter, with me suppressing on the inside, and he shooting three points on the outside, we won't have a little trouble winning the championship this year, haha." ”

"I think Son is already the most accurate three-point shot on our team, so I hope Gary Payton, Derrick Fisher and Kobe Bryant can try to minimize the number of three-point shots and give the opportunity to Sun, he's more sure than you, isn't he?" O'Neill didn't have a chance to brag about Sun Zhuo in the previous games, but this time he said it tirelessly.

Gary Payton and Fisher naturally don't dare to have any opinions, but Kobe doesn't like to hear such words, although the Lakers won the series, but the internal contradictions are still not resolved, and it is impossible to solve, even if they win the championship this season, Kobe and O'Neal will definitely be separated.

"What do you say? Is Son the best three-point player on the team? Just winning the first series, are you so excited that you are confused? Kobe Bryant sneered.

O'Neal explained: "Oh, I'm not talking about it, the numbers speak for themselves, Kobe, your three-point shooting percentage this season is down a lot from last season, only 31 percent or 32, but do you know what Sun's three-point shooting percentage is today? Eighty percent or ninety percent? ”

Sun Zhuo almost didn't miss his three-point shot today, which is particularly efficient, and Kobe's three-point shooting rate has indeed dropped a lot this season, last season was 38.5 percent, and this season is only 32 percent so far.

Kobe Bryant has been greatly affected this season due to his mentality, and under the irritability, he is more ferocious than last season in grabbing rebounds and breaking through to the basket, but the long-range shooting rate has decreased, but after all, Kobe is not a person who is easy to admit defeat, so he gave Sun Zhuo a letter of war on the spot: "Sun, why don't we try to shoot three-pointers?" Right now. ”

"Three-pointer?" Sun Zhuo felt that he was lying on the gun inexplicably.

Kobe Bryant knew that Sun Zhuo didn't dare to compete with him easily, so he said: "This season is coming to an end, and we haven't had a serious competition yet, this time we only shoot three-pointers, and there is no defense, completely empty shots, how about it?" ”

Without waiting for Sun Zhuo to agree, O'Neill first took over the appointment for Sun Zhuo: "Okay, Sun, you can compare three points with him." ”

In O'Neal's view, Sun Zhuo's three-point shot felt hot today, and Kobe Bryant's two three-pointers were all iron, so Sun Zhuo should have a better chance of winning.

As a result, Sun Zhuo was also driven to the shelf, and once again came to the basketball arena with Kobe, and Phil Jackson also followed, he also wanted to see Sun Zhuo defeat Kobe.