When the people below were almost laughing, the atmosphere of the press conference also reached a peak.

After joking, Tang Tian laughed, and then said seriously: "To be honest, I don't think it's a good thing to let players play the whole game in this kind of high-intensity game, it can easily lead to injuries, as far as I am concerned, I will think more about the player's career." ”

Tang Tian's words were obviously said to Phil Jackson.

The Rockets are really good role players right now, but he wasn't as big a player last season when the team's role players were poor.

Every NBA player has his potential, it depends on how you tap it, just like Millsap at the beginning, he was not able to take on big responsibilities from the beginning, even Novak, who didn't use the system, was trained by him to be a qualified rotation player.

If you are a dead player, firstly, you have no technical content, and secondly, as he said, you are not responsible for the player's career.

Tang Tian's words passed through the mouth of the reporter and quickly reached the hands of Phil Jackson.

During the team's daily training, in the face of questions raised by reporters, the "Zen Master" seemed a little indifferent.

"Everybody's desire to win is different, and I don't think even if I wanted Kobe to sit off the court, he wouldn't agree."

That's Phil Jackson's answer, and it's his attitude, and victory is what he values most.

After a two-day break, the fourth game of the series between the two sides resumed in Los Angeles.

The script of this game was the same as the last game, and the three cores of the Lakers played the whole game, and the lack of physical strength in the final moments led to the final loss.

Bryant's 37 points didn't help as the Lakers trailed 3-1 by the big score.

Tang Tian saw that Jackson was indifferent, and he didn't say anything except sighing.

Back in Houston, Game 5 of the series was the Rockets' match point, and the Rockets players were also full of confidence before the game.

But I don't know if it's my own basket covered, the whole team of the Rockets played very abnormally in this game, Maddy only made 5 of 23 shots, Yao Ming couldn't shoot in various ways on the inside, and many balls went in and out of the frame, even the most stable Billups, outside the three-point line, was 4 shots and 0 shots.

The Big Three's collective dysfunction gave the Lakers a chance, and Bryant scored another 46 points to lead the Lakers to a hard-fought 106-96 comeback.

However, some sharp-eyed fans noticed that Kobe Bryant limped when he left the court, and he didn't know if he was injured.

An unexpected loss didn't have much of an impact on the Rockets' morale.

In fact, on the night of the loss, almost the entire Rockets team took the initiative to practice, and I can feel that this team is far better than last season in terms of spirit.

On May 26, U.S. time, the Rockets will go to Los Angeles again, where the two sides will usher in Game 6 of the series.

Despite trailing 3-2 by the big score, Los Angeles fans are more supportive of the home team than ever before, with slogans of fan support everywhere outside the Staples Center.

"Win, then tie seven!" "You're champions!" "For Los Angeles! ”……

Not only fans, Los Angeles is the location of Hollywood, and many Hollywood superstars came to the stadium that night, "Spider-Man" Tobey Maguire, "Iron Blood" Stallone, "Terminator" Schwarzenegger......

In this battle, almost all of Los Angeles is putting pressure on the Rockets.

As one of the largest arenas in the league, the Staples Center, which can accommodate 20,000 fans, was also in an absolute state of explosion that night, as if it was about to drown the visiting team.

When Tang Tian and the team members of Team Rocket came out of the passage, they were all a little shocked by this momentum.

Amid deafening cheers, the home team's debut ceremony ended and the game was about to start.

"Play at the usual pace, and hit the basket more if you don't feel good." At this stage of the game, tactics are already secondary, as long as the players put their mentality down and play, the Rockets have an absolute chance of winning.

"Team Rocket!" Tang Tian raised his right hand, and the members of Team Rocket formed a circle and put their hands on it one by one.

"Victory!"

With a group of powerful shouts, the Rockets players then began to take the stage.

Tang Tian was about to sit on the bench at this time, but at this moment, he caught a glimpse of someone in the front row of the audience who was constantly waving at him.

He turned his head to look at it suspiciously, and then realized that it was Swift who beckoned.

She went to the Staples Center to watch the game, and she hadn't said hello to him yet.

Tang Tian knew that he couldn't be distracted at this time, so he ignored Swift, and then walked to the middle of Thibodeau and Cole and sat down.

Seeing that Tang Tian ignored him, Swift pouted, leaned forward slightly, and dragged his chin with his hands supporting his legs.

"Toot!"

At this time, the time of the game came, and the starters of both sides appeared one after another.

The Lakers continued with their previous starting lineup.

Kobe Bryant, who was worried about injury before the game, was not absent and still appeared in the team's starting lineup.

On the Rockets' side, Tang Tian replaced Petrus with Battier.

The game started quickly, and as soon as Maddie came up, he received Yao Ming's pass and hit a three-pointer, and he seemed to be using this way to tell everyone that his touch had been recovered.

On the Lakers' side, Kobe Bryant was also full of adrenaline, and he played a 2+1 dunk when he came up, although his steps looked a little floating when he walked, but this did not prevent him from scoring.

"Defend! Defend! ”

The shouts at the scene were deafening, and the momentum was even better than the Devil's home stadium in Salt Lake City.

It's as if the power of the whole of Los Angeles has been concentrated in this voice, like an invisible air pressure directly into the hearts of the Rockets players.

For the Rockets, it's not just a game, it's against the whole of Los Angeles.

On the Rockets' offense, Yao Ming missed a hook shot under the basket after receiving a pass from Billups, but he immediately squeezed away Gasol to score a rebound.

Here Kobe Bryant assisted Gasol to score a layup, and Billups over there immediately responded with a breakthrough layup.

Odom's layup caused a foul on Millsap's beater, and Maddy's fast-break one-on-two pull-up made the crowd scream.

The Rockets lost their hands in the last game, but they immediately got it back.

However, Odom, who has been iron for almost the entire series on the Lakers' side, also found his touch in the battle of life and death.

The situation between the two teams was scorched from the beginning, and neither team was able to pull the score away.

In the midst of anxiety, the Lakers still insisted on the three main players not to get off the court, while the Rockets were still in the normal rotation.

The game unconsciously reached the decisive stage of the fourth quarter.

At this time, someone noticed that Kobe Bryant had scored 43 points, which was only 7 points away from his personal playoff scoring record.