On November 15, 1997, the Rockets welcomed their seventh opponent of the new season.

The Los Angeles Lakers, the league's biggest team, have begun to recover after a few years of silence.

They are also seen as strong contenders for this year's NBA championship.

Let's see who they are.

25-year-old 'Shark' O'Neill.

26-year-old Eddie Jones.

19-year-old Kobe Bryant.

28-year-old Fox.

26-year-old Van Axel.

29-year-old Campbell

23-year-old Fisher

Such a young team, as long as they are given 1-2 years, they can build a dynasty.

A dynasty that once again belongs to Zijin.

In the future of the original plane, they did.

Three consecutive championships for the Lakers.

Now, though, they're up against a team that's completely different from the original plane.

A team that is already strong enough to change the league, the Houston Rockets.

Not to mention this, before the start of the game, O'Neill complained to the media.

Said the rocket inside line completely composed of two muscular men.

Big Ben and Big Bus are not much inferior to the 'shark' in terms of strength.

With the addition of Garnett, who is full of hard bones, the 'Sharks' have been the losers in all previous battles between the Rockets and teams with 'Sharks'.

Will the sharks change that this time?

No one can be sure.

Before the start of the game, 'Shark' hugged 'Big Dream' because he knew that if 'Big Dream' was 5 years younger, he would basically have nothing to do with himself.

Thankfully, though, 'Big Dream' is 34 years old and his time is running out.

After the game started, the Rockets didn't let 'Big Dream' start.

Instead, Ben Wallace took the place of 'Big Dream' to defend O'Neal.

Although this approach made Olajuwon a little dissatisfied, he also knew that it was the protection of the coach and the boss.

It's obviously impossible for you to let a 34-year-old guy and a 25-year-old go to the inside and fight hard.

Look at this guy who has been entangled with himself for a year last year.

involuntarily said: "I said brother, can't you be so entangled." "'Shark' is helpless.

"Man, you know, my job is to haunt you when I meet you. There's no way, my buddy got paid for this. Actually, I don't want to entangle with you, you think you are so big, I am willing to engage in hand-to-hand combat with you. "Big Ben is also telling the truth.

"There's really no room for negotiation." O'Neill's face was crying.

"No, man." Big Ben shook his head.

"Well, I'll have to think of something else." O'Neill shook his head and said.

"Whatever you want." Big Ben said with a shrug.

The game officially began, and when it came to jumping the ball, it was clear that O'Neal had the advantage.

The ball was picked up by Van Axel.

Looking at Xcel in front of him, Mark Jackson also scratched his head a little.

Now officially known as Van Axel in the middle of the world, he is called a 'madman'.

And he's a left-hander.

It also increases the difficulty of defense.

However, it is a little comforting to note that on the defensive end, Van Axel is no match for Mark's big ass.

After the game started, as Mark Jackson himself expected, Mark Jackson, who was regarded as a breakthrough, was beaten into a sieve as always.

However, Mark Jackson on the offensive end also made Van Axel a sieve.

And Mark Jackson's way of playing is more reasonable, and the team's offense is more organized.

In this regard, the young Lakers are clearly not very mature.

Watching Mark Jackson pouting his big ass and passing wonderful assists again and again, Lakers coach Harris not only scratched his head.

Although, Xcel can break through Mark Jackson's defense.

However, with the opponent's quick rotation and reinforcement, Van Axel's role was reduced a lot.

Fortunately, O'Neill still has an advantage on the inside.

However, under Big Ben's desperate defense, O'Neal is not so easy to score points like before.

Hold on to the shark and keep him from entering the threatened area.

This was the task given to him by the coach before the game.

Even though he knew it was an almost impossible task, he had to carry it out.

In this way, in the sound of "banging" flesh and body impact on the inside, the Lakers took a 3-point lead in the first quarter.

25：22

The 'Shark' scored 10 points on his own, and although he scored 10 points, the physical exertion was so great that it was also a headache for Harris.

The last resort was to let Sean Rookes come off the bench in the second quarter to replace O'Neal and let O'Neal recover his strength.

The Rockets also replaced Big Ben at this time.

Ao Lao Zhu Wang put on the battle.

With Olajuwon on the court, the situation once again turned to the Rockets.

The strong Rockets bench group also gave Olajuwon strong support.

In the second quarter, without O'Neal on the court, the Rockets went on a 12-2 offensive wave.

At 34:27, the Rockets overtook the score.

It only took 5 minutes.

Olajuwon's dominance and the Rockets' reasonable distribution of the ball have made Lakers head coach Harris admire.

had no choice but to send O'Neill on the field again.

Seeing that the situation of the Rockets was just right, Lao Tang did not replace Olajuwon on the court.

Just tell the Rockets' players to pay attention to the help defense and not let the 'Sharks' score too easily.

After coming on the court, O'Neill didn't test at all after getting the ball, and leaned back vigorously.

Pushing through Olajuwon's defense, a jump step came with a two-handed dunk.

After successfully smashing the ball, he took his own unique "overlord" step and returned to his own half.

Olajuwon rubbed the muscles in his chest and thought secretly, "This kid has so much strength, it hurts me so much." ”

While thinking about it, he ran towards the Lakers' half.

Mark Jackson was firmly in control of the ball.

After seeing all the Rockets players in place, he used his height to hand over to Olajuwon on the inside in a high-profile manner.

After Olajuwon received the ball, he did not try, and turned around to face O'Neill directly.

At this time, Campbell on the side saw that things were not good, and immediately came up to make up for it.

Looking at Campbell's supplemental defense, Olajuwon slightly flicked the ball to the hoop.

It's not a shot, it's like a pass.

Sure enough, behind O'Neal and Campbell, a black shadow rose into the sky, like a predatory goshawk grabbing its prey, grabbing the basketball and slamming it into the sky.

This slam dunk detonated the Rockets' home court.

The fans of the Rockets shouted loudly one by one.

Let's see who it is.

Kenny Smith, the narrator at the scene, screamed excitedly: "It's our Shanton, it's so beautiful, watch slow motion." Olajuwon turned around, Campbell stepped forward to help defend and let go of Marrick Rose, but instead of going down, Malik blocked people in the opposite direction, blocking Fox, the defender next to Shanton, and just like that, the three players of the Rockets performed such a dazzling dunk. ”

Looking at O'Neill, who was a little sluggish in front of him, Da Meng laughed and said, "Hey, I said boy, my old guy is okay, it's not time to go home." ”

With that, a smiling Shanton Anderson hugged and retreated to his own half.

O'Neill, who had just come back to his senses, gritted his teeth and said, "This old man is really powerful, there is nothing he can't do." ”

I have to say that the cooperation of the rocket is really exquisite.

Big Dream and Shark were in line for about three minutes.

Obviously, in terms of strength, Da Meng suffers a lot, and he is still 34 years old.

Although he did not fall behind in the scene, Lao Tang still replaced the bus on the field.

After adding hand-to-hand combat power on the inside, the Rockets brought on Bodi Roga and Ray Allen for Horry and Mark Jackson.

A bench is starting to compete with the Lakers.

Although the Lakers replaced Kobe Bryant and Fisher on the court, they wanted the Lakers' main force to maintain their strength.

It is also hoped that through the impact of Fisher and Kobe, the Rockets' bench team will compete with it.

It's a pity that the Rockets' bench, under the deployment of Bodi Roga, played perfect team basketball.

The combination of mercury is pleasing to the eye.

Kobe Bryant and Fisher, who were expected to play, did little to defend themselves with Ray Allen and Shanton Anderson.

Kobe Bryant was even better, and he scored a few points against Ray Allen on his own.

Fisher, much less lucky, Shanton Anderson, height, strength, speed and other aspects are above him.

In addition, during the year of the Rockets, he always played against Drexler's breakthrough masters.

Fisher's two hits are really not opponents.

Fast forward to the end of the second quarter, with the Rockets leading the Lakers by nine points at 55:46.

This made Tiger, who was watching the game from the sidelines, very happy.

Today, Amy Adams is not around, and he has recently asked her to audition for some low-budget movies and TV series.

I can also have time to enjoy the rocket race.

I am also very happy to see the rocket play so well.

Looking at the results of my two years, I have slowly achieved results.

The scene is different from the sad rocket and the miserable dream of leaving the rocket, which is very gratifying.

And rockets are small in their own many industries.

But now that I have earned my own money, I don't have to put money into it myself, and I am very happy that it is not very cool to take money from my own pocket. (You're a money junkie.) ）

At the beginning of the second half of the game, the Rockets once again returned to their main facelift.

The Lakers also put their main force away, and in the third quarter of the game, the Lakers also showed their strong offensive power.

Van Eckels, the Sharks, and Eddie Jones, the trio combined for 32 points in the third quarter, which was amazingly efficient.

However, the Rockets also returned with 32 points without making a sound.

At 87:78, the Rockets still led by 9 points.

In the final tiebreaker of the game, the Lakers played very focused and attacked sharply.

But in the face of the old and spicy Rockets, the Lakers still failed to turn over.

At 109:100 in the end, the Rockets firmly held on to the nine-point lead and had the last laugh.

The 'Sharks' had 23 points and 9 rebounds under the Rockets' watch, and it looked like a good result.

But only I know how sad I am.

The two big inside sandbags of the rockets, I really made myself feel good today, and my muscles hurt all night after the game.

Back to the place where you live is two words, sleep.

After the game, some media commented that the rocket used the muscles of the two substitutes and the footsteps of Big Dream to bully a shark well.

The pair each had four fouls and gave the Sharks 16 free throws.

Unfortunately, though, 'Shark' only had a 50% hit rate.

It took 28 minutes for the big dream to score 24 points and 12 rebounds.

Let the young Lakers know that the old guy of the Rockets is not that easy to deal with.

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