The game is about to begin.

The Rockets' home court is again narrated by Matt Bullard and "Glider" Drexler.

Drexler said: "The Lakers and Rockets are at a disadvantage compared to the overall strength. However, due to Maddy's absence, the Lakers' guard line has the advantage, and in terms of point guard, Alston vs. Smush Parker, two figures who have dominated the New York Street court, have their own strengths. Bryant is far greater than Bunch-Wells, Azubuke and others......"

Matt Bullard went on to say: "Small forward Shaun Battier vs. Luke Wharton, both of whom are the team's third point and offense. Battier has a heavier defensive task and is one of the most experienced players in the league in defending Kobe. Bryant's average of 30 points this season is down from last season, but he still holds the top scoring position. I don't know if the Rockets will send Hayes and Battier to flank Kobe Bryant like they did today. ”

"I don't think so." Drexler laughed: "James and Kobe Bryant's styles are different, James offense is mostly to break inside and rely on physical advantages, Hayes can defend." But in addition to Kobe Bryant's sharp breakthrough, he was even more helpless. If Hayes were to defend Kobe, it would be very difficult. Moreover, Odom is also a very powerful player, and he has to be guarded, and Hayes is difficult to separate. ”

"On the inside, the Rockets have an absolute advantage, Yao Ming vs. Kwame Brown, and the Chinese giant is definitely not comparable to the parallel champion. I don't know how much trouble Brown and junior Bynum can cause Yao Ming, which should be another key to whether the Lakers can win this game. Matt Bullard said.

Drexler smiled: "The Lakers have a very interesting year, they can even win the Spurs and Jazz when they are serious, and they can lose to the Bucks when they are in a slump, and the Lakers have achieved good results this year, and they have only lost four games so far, namely the SuperSonics, Pistons, Bucks, and Hornets. I think they're going to go all out to win this game. The Lakers' offense is good, however, the Rockets are currently averaging more points per game than the Lakers, and are the best defensive team in the league, the only team to concede less than 90 points. It's hard for the Lakers to win on the road. ”

Maddie's concussion was not serious, and she also appeared on the sidelines in a suit today, with a relaxed face.

Seeing this scene, Drexler smiled: "Maddie just played 20 games, gradually recovered his form, and was injured again. However, it seems that this injury did not affect his heart, and his back spasms are really a big problem, but fortunately this time it is his waist. The Rockets signed two free agents to fill his void, one of whom was a freshman, Jamario Moon. The other player is Van Weaver, a shooting guard who was recently cut by the Lakers. Hehe, I don't know if this player has a chance to play today. ”

Matt Bullard laughed: "The newspaper said that Weaver went to Hayes to go to the team and was then recommended to the team by Hayes, and his jersey is No. 45, one more number than Hayes, hehe, I don't know what special meaning it is." ”

At this time, Kobe Bryant walked to the sideline and hugged Maddie cordially and said hello, which attracted a round of applause from the audience.

The two were good friends when they first entered the league, and when Maddie first debuted, he often found Kobe Bryant to practice together in the summer and lived at Kobe's house.

"Tracy, can you play in the next game?" Bryant asked. His expression was like saying, "I'm going to win this game."

"The team doctor said that I couldn't play for two weeks. However, don't think you can win the rocket, without me, and Yao Ming and him. Maddie pointed at Hayes and smiled.

Kobe glanced at Hayes beside him, didn't speak, smiled at Maddy, and turned to walk in the direction of the Lakers.

"He doesn't like to talk." Maddie explained to Hayes that Kobe Bryant's surname is relatively withdrawn, and he rarely speaks to the Lakers internally, let alone takes the initiative to talk to opponents.

"I know, I'm not interested in talking to him, I just want to beat him." Hayes sneered.

Maddie pursed her lips, and when Hayes smiled like that, he tended to become unusually ferocious.

Before going on the court, Hayes said to a serious-looking Weaver: "Fan, don't be nervous. I remind you. If you have a chance to play, don't waste it, break through again if the opportunity is good, want to keep the rocket, defend well, defend desperately, do you hear? ”

"I see." Weaver nodded earnestly.

Odom, you're dead. I'm going to blow you up today. Hayes was furious.

Recently, because of Maddy's hot hand, Hayes has reduced his shots, and has played more of a role in blocking and grabbing rebounds, and only occasionally catches and scores on the spot. He's not scored 20 points in a row.

Now that Maddie is injured, he's going to go on a killing spree.

His opponent, the Lakers' "second leader" Odom, is actually a player with All-Star strength.

Odom has always been known for his all-round skills, the height of a power forward, the ability to shoot from a medium to long range, the ability to dribble and break through, and the ability to score singles with flexible feet under the basket, but the strength is a little worse than that of many interior muscle men.

His defense is also good, for example, he defended Marion very frustrated in the playoffs last season, and Odom's defensive ability is more than enough when dealing with a player like Marion who is super physical, but relies more on assists from defenders and has average offensive power with the ball.

Odom is a typical all-round striker, and although his style of play is on the soft side, he is also gorgeous. But he has never been selected as an All-Star, is the NBA forward in the first 10 years of the 21st century too luxurious?

No, let's just say he's too unlucky.

In the 03-04 season, Odom played gorgeous statistics of 17.1 points, 9.7 rebounds and 4.1 assists in the Heat, and teamed up with Wade to reach the second round of the playoffs, but still failed to be selected as an All-Star. This year's backup All-Star forwards were Kenyon Martin (16.7 points, 9.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists), the guy who would only stand on Kidd's shoulder for dunks, and Artest (17.7 points, 5.1 rebounds, 3.6 assists), a tough defense and an ugly man who played ugly. None of them are as gorgeous and efficient as Odom.

In the 05-06 season, Odom played 14.8 points, 9.2 rebounds and 5.5 assists with the Lakers, and the assists were almost as good as the point guard. The result? Veteran Rasheed Wallace was named to the '06 Eastern Conference All-Star bench with averaging 15.1 points, 6.8 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game, and Odom won the stats and lost to the Pistons with the best record in the league.

The All-Star Game selection criteria have always been strange, and the strangest one happened to Rasheed Wallace, whose 12.7 points, 6.6 rebounds and 1.8 assists were selected to the '08 All-Star bench. That year, Pistons fans were already disappointed with his severe dip in form.

In 2006, Odom's life was also quite difficult.

He had a brutal summer: his seven-month-old son died. Odom has long made the impression of pathos. His eldest son's name was Dysny (meaning fate), and perhaps he felt the power of fate when he was named it.

In addition to witnessing the death of his son, he was also close to death. While walking through the streets of Queens, New York, he was kidnapped at gunpoint by a teenage child. The looters fired shots into the air and then snatched Odom's watch and cash, worth less than $5,000.

As he was pointed to the head at gunpoint, Odom felt that he was close to the greatest icon in the world. It wasn't Jordan, it wasn't Guevara or Lennon...... It's Jesus.

Odom was so unlucky. Even his identity is an embarrassing Lakers second leader. If it was for another team, maybe he wouldn't have attracted so much criticism. At the Lakers, people hope that he can also assist Kobe Bryant to win championships like Pippen assisted Jordan. Nadom and Piponbi are obviously too demanding.

Maddy was injured, and the Rockets fielded an incomparably alternative starting lineup. Veteran Juwan Howard started his first game of the season as a power forward, Chuck Hayes played at small forward and Battier played as a starting point guard. Jeff Van Gundy has made the same stubborn mistake of putting Battier in an unfamiliar position and not wanting to start the likes of Bunch Wells. Battier can indeed play a point guard to defend Kobe, but Bunch Wells can start to strengthen the Rockets' offense, and the effect is definitely better than that of Juwan Howard.

"The Rockets' starting lineup is not quite what we predicted, Wells didn't start, and it looks like the Rockets are going to use Battier to defend Kobe Bryant one-on-one." Drexler laughed.

The Lakers' starters were the same as predicted before the game. Smush Parker, Kobe, Luke Wharton, Ramal Odom, Kwame Brown.

Kwame Brown jumped the ball to win against Yao Ming, and although he was watery, he was recognized as a strong man of quality.

The Lakers put the ball in Kobe's hands.

Bryant didn't wait for his teammates to block and dismantle, he broke through to the inside after receiving the ball, and faced Battier's face-sealing defense on the three-second line, and hit the first goal with a stop-and-go jump shot.

0 to 2.

Battier can't help it, no one can completely prevent him from killing a player like Kobe Bryant who can shoot difficult balls, and he can only increase the difficulty of his scoring, so he is satisfied, as for how many points he can score, it depends on luck.

The Rockets offense gave the ball to Hayes, and the Lakers pulled Odom out to defend. With the shrewdness of "Uncle KFC" Jackson, of course, he will not let small forward Wharton and Hayes play against each other. Hayes received the ball high up, dribbled and turned and passed the ball to Howard.

Because of injuries and Hayes' rise, Howard hasn't played a few games this season. Today he is finally back in the starting line-up and wants to prove himself. Odom went to target Hayes, and Howard faced Wharton, who took advantage of his height and turned around to hit a board.

2 to 2.

Hayes was still a power forward when he defended, and he used his power to push Odom outside the three-second zone, Odom shook a few times, missed the shot, and Kwame Brown hit the big luck and grabbed the rebound in the frontcourt.

However, after winning the rebound, Kwame Brown was too excited and immediately made a jumper under the basket, which was covered by a big hat from Yao Ming.

Odom just picked up the basketball, took the ball with both hands, and jumped.

There's someone in front of you!

Hayes was highly focused, and with his quick shot reaction, he predicted that Odom was going to dunk with both hands. He jumped up with all his might, raised his hands together, and used a volleyball net movement to successfully press Odom down with the ball, and Odom leaned on the ground.

Hayes has long wanted to play the Lakers and will meet Kobe, so he is extremely excited. He dreamed of a game last night, and he held back his strength, and now he sent it all out.

It was definitely a good shot.

But the referee doesn't see it so clearly every time, he just thinks the ball is too savage, and the whistle blows a foul on Hayes.

Hayes was trying to reason with the referee when he found Odom sitting on the ground clutching his ankles and moaning, unable to get up.

Odom, who was constantly unlucky, tried his best to maintain his balance when he landed, but he was lame.

The Lakers doctor came up to look at it for a while, and directly asked people to help Odom back to the rest room.

Hayes got cheap and quietly hid to the side.

Drexler laughed, "Hayes was too fierce to open the game. This ball should have been a good ball just now, if it wasn't blown by the referee, it is estimated that it would be the best five again. After Odom left, the Lakers finally didn't have to struggle to find a third scorer, because they didn't even have a second scorer. ”

Lakers head coach Phil Jackson has a gloomy face.

After only one minute of the game, the Lakers lost their second leader, and only Kobe Bryant, the "supreme treasure", was left.

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