"At the beginning of the second half of the game, both teams played with all the main forces, looking at the lineup, in the second half, the two teams should have a match."

The offensive battle begins, the opening, the Rocket's possession.

Ron Artest received the ball on the right side, and after receiving the cover, he directly broke through Rick Fox's defense, rushed to the inside, and slammed the dunk with one hand, cutting down two points.

At 48:47, the Rockets overtook the score.

On the Lakers' offense, Bryant singled with the ball, hit his waist with his back, and then turned his back and made a jumper.

Bang, the ball goes in!

Bryant pulled back two more points and the Lakers regained the lead.

The Rockets serve in the backcourt, Steve Francis advances to the front court with the ball, and hands it to Yao Ming in the high post, Yao Ming holds the ball to respond, and Francis cuts inside empty-handed.

The Rockets' sudden change of tactics caught the Lakers off guard, and Samaki Walker could only stare Yao Ming.

But on the other side, Steve Francis accelerated, shook off Derrick Fisher, and then received a diagonal pass from Yao Ming and scored two points on a layup.

The Lakers' offense, Kobe Bryant holds the ball on the outside, and O'Nealka is in a good position on the inside, opening his hands to ask for the ball.

Kobe Bryant didn't hesitate and went straight in.

O'Neal singled inside, turned around and forced the basket guarded by Yao Ming, and missed!

Yao Ming turned around and grabbed the rebound, and the Rockets played a counterattack directly, Ron Artest burst to the front court with the ball, and instantly distributed the ball to James Posey, who was unguarded in the bottom corner.

Posey makes a jumper from beyond the three-point line in the bottom corner, 53:49! The Rockets lead by 4 points!

The Lakers' offense, Kobe Bryant's outside single, failed to find an opportunity, passed to O'Neal, and encountered the Rockets' pinch, and finally, Derrick Fisher took the pot and shot directly, bang, missed.

Ron Artest grabbed the rebound, and the Rockets fought back again.

In the counterattack, Steve Francis broke through for a layup, and at the same time caused Kobe Bryant's foul, scored two points, and added free throws!

At the free throw line, Steve Francis hit another free throw, hitting a three-pointer in a wave, 56:49, and the Rockets' lead came to 7 points.

"Isn't it called a timeout?"

Qiao Hai turned his head and glanced at Rick Carlisle on the other side, he felt a little strange, the Rocket's wave of 10:2 in the second half was a small Gao chao, with Carlisle's adjustment style in the first half, it should have been called out for a timeout, but until now, Qiao Hai has not seen Carlisle's timeout.

However, this time the Lakers made a substitution, and Samaki Walker came on and replaced Robert Horry.

"It looks like Rick Carlisle thinks Robert Horry's presence is affecting the Lakers' defense." Stanrefour analyzed a wave.

Qiao Hai didn't have any ideas, the Rockets started so well, and they must make persistent efforts next.

After the Lakers made the substitution, they scored immediately.

Bryant singled on the right side, attracted a pinch shot and then distributed the ball to the left side, Derrick Fisher received the ball, shook Steve Francis, and burst into the interior to throw and score two points.

On the Rockets' side, the ball was controlled to the front court and Yao Ming was given a high post again, but then his share of the ball to the inside was stolen by Derrick Fisher.

The Lakers then countered, Fisher rushed into the box and missed the shot under James Posey's interference, and Ron Artest then grabbed the rebound.

The Rockets' offense made a comeback, and it was still Yao Ming's high-post strategy, but then, the Lakers suddenly contracted their defense, Yao Ming couldn't pass the ball in, he could only choose to come by himself, and the high-post direct jumper was unguarded!

Swish!

After a crisp sound of wiping the net, white nets appeared.

The Rockets scored two more points, 58-51, and the Rockets continued to lead by seven points.

The Lakers' offense, the ball goes inside, O'Neal singles, and the Rockets hit it.

O'Neal then split the ball, and Rick Fox hit a mid-range shot from the outside to score two points and narrow the gap to five points.

Then, Ron Artest hit a jumper.

On the Lakers' side, Kobe Bryant broke through the inside, made a foul, and went to the free throw line to make one of two free throws, with a four-point difference.

The Rockets' offense, the ball was given to Carlos Boozer in the low post, the Lakers shrunk the defense again, the ball was given out by Boozer, and James Posey, who went to the sideline first, had no chance.

Posey continued to give out, and then to Yao Ming, who made another high jumper.

Swish!

Still hits!

The Lakers' offense, Kobe Bryant broke through the outside, attracted the pinch shot, the ball was divided to Fisher on the other side, Fisher jumped directly, Steve Francis counterattacked the defense, pounced fiercely, and directly saved Fisher.

Fisher sat on the floor with his head covered.

Beep beep!

The referee blew the whistle and stopped the game, and then the referee walked to the sideline and began to watch the video, and it seemed that Steve Francis's foul was a bit serious.

When the game was stopped, Rick Carlisle seized the time and pulled his players to make adjustments.

Qiao Hai didn't make any moves, he was more concerned about the referee's final decision.

Soon, the referee watched the video and turned around and made a gesture.

"Ordinary foul!"

Joe Hai breathed a sigh of relief that Francis was able to continue playing, while Derrick Fisher also returned to the free-throw line.

At the free throw line, Derrick Fisher hit both free throws, and the Rockets had four points left in their lead.

After Derrick Fisher's free throw, the Rockets' offense, Steve Francis advanced to the front court with the ball, beckoned for a pick-and-roll, and it looked like he was going to hit Fisher.

But as soon as Francis broke through, he was caught in the flanks.

At the same time, Yao Ming suddenly cut in, took the basketball with his hand, and threw a mid-range left and right, hit!

In this way, when the Lakers OK combination broke out and chased points frantically, Yao Ming suddenly broke out and hit three shots in a row, helping the Rockets stabilize the crumbling situation.

Yao Ming scored again, and on the Lakers' side, Samaki Walker's close-range shot missed, and Yao Ming grabbed the defensive rebound.

A wave of offense that turned, Yao Ming responded with a high position, Steve Francis went around the inside line, went around to the other sideline, received Yao Ming's pass, jumped three points, and hit!

The Rockets instantly led by 9 points, and the Lakers played a wave of counterattacks, O'Neal couldn't score inside, but Samaki Walker's rebound was successful, and the difference narrowed to 7 points.

The Rocket's offense, Steve Francis broke through on the right side, burst into the middle and was squeezed out, in desperation, Francis gave the ball to Boozer in the low post, Boozer singled in the low post, turned around and made a foul on Samaki Walker.

At the free throw line, Carlos Boozer hit both free throws.

The Lakers' offense, Fisher received an assist from Kobe Bryant and returned a two-point shot.

The Rockets' offense, Steve Francis scored another three-pointer from the outside.

In this way, the Rockets' lead quickly extended to 10 points.

Qiao Hai turned his head again and glanced at the Lakers bench, Rick Carlisle still did not pause, the Lakers' offense, Kobe Bryant hit the iron with two points, and the Rockets further widened the point difference, this ball, Yao Ming responded to Steve Francis, Francis assisted James Posey again, Posey finally scored a layup, and the difference was 12 points.

Beep!

Rick Carlisle's timeout, which he had been pinching, finally called out at this point.