But in the end, the Rockets were forced to die by the Lakers in a positional battle, Ariza tried to hold the ball on the wing and singled Haugist, but he couldn't even step into the three-point line, and finally Capela got a vacancy at the free throw line by using the way of covering others without the ball, and took a step under the basket after receiving a pass from Harden, but he couldn't throw and couldn't shoot, and he had to divide the ball to the weak bottom corner in the face of defense.

Beverley took the ball in the bottom corner and shot another three-pointer, but this time he was not so lucky, the ball bounced out of the basket, and Turner collected the rebound. Hougist received the ball and dribbled to the middle line, and found that Kobe Bryant was cutting from the basket to the wing air, while opening his hand to ask for the ball, Hoggist hurriedly threw the ball to the wing, and the ball arrived at the same time as Kobe, and Kobe, who was prepared, received the ball and directly reflexively killed the basket.

The Rockets' retreat formation is very chaotic, and they have not yet completely aligned their goals, Harden and Beverley are sandwiched by Kobe Bryant to retreat, Kobe Bryant suddenly went to the paint area and had a bad chance to shoot by himself, so he jumped up and turned around to find his teammates, Capela stood in the bottom corner and guarded the reeds in order to make up for Beverley's defensive holes, while Yi Jianlian on the wing was empty.

Kobe Bryant passed the ball directly back to the wing, and Yi Jianlian received the ball and returned a three-pointer, which accurately passed through the center of the basket. The Rockets changed their tactics in the frontcourt, still playing the high post double cover of the Monsters and Capela, but Beverley and Ariza were both on the wing and in the bottom corner.

Sure enough, Harden dribbled to the weak side and singled Turner by covering the misplacement, which was supposed to be a very good single opportunity, but after Harden shook off Turner and entered the paint area, he gave the ball to Ariza in the bottom corner.

However, Haugist's speed far exceeded Ariza's expectations, and his shot after shaking off Haugist was still blocked by Haugist.

After the ball was blocked by Hoogist, the flight distance became significantly shorter, and it did not touch the basket, and fell directly into Turner's arms.

Turner distributed the ball to the Reeds, who dribbled to the front court to Hogist on the wing. The rest of his teammates pulled away to the weak side, but Horgist didn't play on his own and stuffed the ball straight to the basket. Turner had already snatched half of the position when Howard made a fatal mistake.

Howard didn't have a deep impression of the threat of Hougist's passes, he didn't know that Hougist's passes were almost all about where the ball was hit, and he rarely missed the target, so he was foolish enough to try to compete with Turner for the pass. For the big man on the inside, it is easy to bend down, but it is difficult to straighten up again.

The ball flew across Howard's palm and into Turner's arms, and Turner took advantage of the situation to get up and easily put the basket to score 2 points, and Howard was just straightening up at this time.

Harden dribbled past half court, misplaced Turner again after a simple one-block screen, and with Harden's ability, it couldn't have been easier to get past Turner and break through to the layup. Harden thought the same way himself, but he fell headlong into Turner's arms in the face of Turner's change of direction.

Turner smiled at the gift package given by Harden, took a step forward, and saw that Harden wanted to fight back, and immediately distributed the ball to Hoggist. Hougist dodged around under Ariza's defense and easily countered to the basket. Ariza had no choice but to pay for a foul to prevent Hogist from scoring a layup.

Hoggist was on the fence at the free-throw line, making his 97th and 98th free throws in a row to overtake former Timberwolves player Michael Murphy. Williams set a record of 97 consecutive free throws between the 92-93 and 93-94 seasons. Another historical record was in the bag.

Harden dribbled to the front court and gave Howard at the top of the arc, Howard threw the ball to nearby Beverley, and then made a cover for him, Beverley took a step to the middle through the cover, feeling that there were too many insiders and no good chance, so he threw the ball to Ariza in the bottom corner, Ariza broke through to the basket along the baseline, but was forced behind the rebound by Horgist, Ariza did not shoot the angle, so he leaned out of the baseline, making a move Haidilao Moon wanted to bypass Hogist's defense and distribute the ball to Howard on the other side of the basket, But Howard had a buttery hand attack under Turner's interference, and the ball flew off the line.

Reed dribbled to the frontcourt, Hoggist reached out for the ball under the basket, and made a gesture to hit Ariza with his back, but Reed knew that Howard and Capela were still around Howard and Capela to help defend, he should not act so recklessly, guessing that Hoggist must have a backhand, and sure enough, Hoggist borrowed the low post from the basket to cover the bottom corner, and Ariza's defensive movement was blocked by Howard.

Ariza hurriedly pushed Howard from behind, and Howard understood and immediately went to save on Hogist, but Haugist passed the ball inside again. Turner received the ball and ignored Ariza's preparation for a violent dunk, but he stepped on someone's sweat and slipped and fell out of the bottom line with the ball. This kind of ball didn't even have physical contact, and the referee couldn't give a foul, so he could only award the ball to the rocket, and then ordered the guy who wiped the floor to wipe the sweat off the floor quickly.

"Damn, Howard actually set up this kind of trap to sin me!" Turner grumbled unhappily.

"I just started sweating so much, and it all dripped to the ground, according to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, this is kidney deficiency!" Hoggist laughed.

The Rockets drove the ball, Harden went to the front court to Ariza on the wing, Ariza quickly got the ball to Beverley in the bottom corner, Beverley turned over the reed with a single with his back, the referee did not blow the foul, Haugist hurriedly went up to make up for the defense, but Beverley passed the ball back to Ariza on the wing after rushing to the low post, and Ariza hit a three-pointer again.

Ariza shook her head and sighed, "This Hoggist's defense is not as strong as the legend says!" ”

"Indeed, this defensive intensity is far from the level of the league's first-line level! And he is also relatively quiet on the offensive end, and there is nothing convincing to perform. However, according to the information he revealed before the game, this may be to let us relax our vigilance and deliberately show weakness! Harden analyzed.

Howard interjected: "Have you ever thought that what Hoggist said before the game is also a means of deceit, and the truth makes us think that he is deeply hidden, but in fact, his level is like this?" ”

"He is a player who averages 32+15+9 per game, he is the first player to do this in the 21st century, and he can wrestle with Chamberlain in the long river of history, you say that his level is so poor, I don't believe it!" Harden is more rational and trusts the facts.

Horgist dribbled to the front court, observed the situation, and saw that Kobe Bryant walked in the middle from the top of the arc to the basket and cut the ball to Kobe Bryant, but passed the ball to Yi Jianlian in the low post, Yi Jianlian also coquettishly caught the ball, directly scooped the ball behind him, and threw it directly into Kobe's arms, Kobe received the ball and went directly to the basket, but the legs and feet were not so strong in his age, and the layup was pressed on the rebound by Capela.

Harden received the rebound and advanced to the frontcourt and began to play with the back, Turner was stuck behind by Harden and couldn't get around it for a long time, while the monster got an open space under the basket and received a pass from Harden to complete a violent aerial relay dunk.

Hoggist stopped possessing the ball and ran to the frontcourt himself, ran past the reeds, made a fake cover, forced the Rockets to switch defenses, left Ariza behind, and took Beverley with him. Hoggist took Beverley to the elbow zone, leaned on Beverley with his back to ask for the ball, and Reed hoggist hoisted the ball to Hoggist.

Horgist tested Beverley's strength with his back, and found that his body was tense and he had put all his strength on the top man, so he turned back and let Beverley jump shot directly, and easily hit a mid-range shot.

Hoggist took advantage of this misalignment to score points, and the smart Harden also took advantage of this misalignment, after Howard drove the ball to him, Harden passed the ball directly to Ariza, who was about to go down to the frontcourt, and at this time Hoggist was on the other side of the basket, Ariza received the ball on the wing and broke directly into the inside, leaning on the reed to lightly stretch his arm to pick up the basket, but was interfered with by Yi Jianlian's defense under the basket and failed to score the ball.

Yi Jianlian took off the rebound and gave the ball to Haugist, at this time Ariza missed the layup because of inertia and rushed out of the bottom line, Haugist received the ball at the top of the arc in the backcourt and was far ahead, and the rest of the Rockets came up to make up for the defense, first changed hands and dribbled behind him to pass Beverley, who was trying to steal, rushed into the paint area and jumped to the basket, feeling the monster behind him Taishan pressed the top and blocked it, Hougist collected the ball and pulled the lever and dunked the ball into the basket from the other side of the basket.

"Pull-up rod changes hands for dunks? Is this guy serious? Howard picked up the ball and stepped back to the baseline, slapping it hard.

"So you can't underestimate his ability, at least his physical fitness is definitely top-notch!" Harden said with a frown.

Ariza found it a little incomprehensible, "He's so physical, why do I think he's been avoiding me when he's attacking?" ”

"Isn't it more terrifying to have physical talent and be able to use your brain to play, to know that you can pursue advantages and avoid disadvantages, avoid real and false, and attack opponents from weak links? It's not that he can't beat you, but he thinks it's easier to beat Beverley in a misplaced position! Harden cleared Ariza's doubts.

After receiving Howard's serve, Harden took two steps and saw that Ariza was almost down to the frontcourt, and quickly got on the ball again, Ariza received the ball and dribbled forward a big step and threw a three-pointer directly on the wing. As the saying goes, punching the master to death, Hoggist is good at defense, but the Rocket's chaotic style of play caught him off guard. However, Ariza's hand was not good, although there was enough shooting space, but the three points he shot ended in iron, which is worthy of his nickname of iron tie.

The Reeds jammed Beverley's position, and Bryant gave the rebound to Turner. Turner handed the ball to Haugist and the group ran to the front court together. Haugist crosses the court diagonally to the other side of the basket. Yi Jianlian and Turner were both on the weak side, the strong side of the reeds moved along the free throw line to the weak side, Kobe Bryant moved from the weak side to the strong side, the Rockets' defense fell into chaos again, Kobe Bryant went around the cover and went into the paint area, but Harden didn't follow, Hoggist threw the ball directly from Ariza's head to the basket, Kobe Bryant received the ball and turned around and jumped up and put the ball directly into the basket.

At 19:15, with 5 minutes and 58 seconds left in the first quarter, the Rockets called a timeout and replaced Capela with Motel. Lawson replaces Beverley. The Lakers made no substitution changes. The game started again, Harden received the ball near the sideline, gave it to the wing Ariza, Ariza dribbled horizontally, twice Buff Jr. wanted to shake up Haugist, but he also knew it was futile, after rushing across the free throw line and still failing to get a chance, Ariza distributed the ball to Motai in the bottom corner.

Motai received the ball and wanted to shoot, but Yi Jianlian raised his long arms high and stuck to death, Motai didn't have a good chance to shoot, so he had to return the ball to Ariza who came to the wing. Ariza was still shrouded in the defensive range by Haugist, and after a wasted fancy dribble, he reluctantly returned the ball to Motai in the bottom corner, and with only 5 seconds left on the offensive time, Motai had to force a three-point shot.

Motai's three-point shot was hit by Yi Jianlian's interference, and the rebounds were included in Turner's bag, and it is estimated that Turner's rebounds today will break his personal record.

Haggist dribbled to the paint area, and in the face of the Monster's frontal defense, he turned back and gave the ball to Kobe Bryant on the wing, Kobe Bryant received the ball and shook his hand Harden, and then broke through to the basket, and Hoggist withdrew from the paint area to the top of the arc. Kobe Bryant burst into the paint area and threw the ball backwards to Hoggist at the top of the arc, who received the ball and shot a three-point jumper, but he couldn't make it.

Howard dialed the rebound to Harden, Harden dribbled to the frontcourt, Kobe Bryant saw that he was lazy and wanted to reach out for a steal, but unexpectedly, Harden at the moment when Kobe Bryant stretched out his hand, he collected the ball with both hands and sandwiched Kobe's arm in the middle and slammed it into the sky, and the referee blew the whistle directly, but did not give a shooting foul, just an ordinary foul.

The Rockets restarted the ball, Harden sought cooperation on the wing, Motai came up to cover, but the quality was very inferior, and he didn't block the opponent for Harden at all, Harden had to give the ball to Ariza in the bottom corner, I don't know why, Ariza was obviously guarded tightly by Haugist, but Harden always liked to pass the ball to him.

Hougist reached out to interfere, and the ball was deflected out by Haugist and fell into the hands of Motel, who pulled away to the top of the arc, and Motel made a mistake with a three-pointer, but continued to miss the iron.

Horgist picked up the rebound, dribbled to the frontcourt, handed the ball to Turner in the high post, and Bryant failed to shake off Harden after several disguised back-and-forth on the wing, then retreated to the top of the arc to receive the ball, and then used Turner's cover to burst into the interior for layups. Caused a blocking foul on Howard, who made up the defense.

Kobe missed the first free throw, and the Lakers used the foul dead ball to replace Yi Jianlian with Randle, and then Kobe Bryant hit the second free throw. The Rockets drove the ball, and Harden's dribbling was still so lazy, but this time Kobe Bryant was faster and successfully broke the ball.

Horgist was the first to react, quickly participated in the quick down, stepped out of his long legs and easily shook off everyone, rushed into the paint area first, jumped in the air and turned his back to the basket, received Kobe Bryant's pass and dunked the ball back into the basket.