In the past two years, there have always been people who have compared Harden to Kobe, and even this year, most people think that Kobe is old, Wade is injured, and the first quarterback is James? Harden up. With Kobe's arrogance and stubbornness, he naturally scoffed at this, and every time he met the Rockets, he fought Harden to the death.

Therefore, as soon as today's game came up, Kobe Bryant continued to impact Harden. Harden naturally did not give in when he met Kobe.

After all, Harden is young, and Bryant can't break through Harden's defense smoothly, but Bryant keeps hitting the Rockets' basket with his jump shots. Especially his step-back jumper, even if Harden didn't lose his position when defending, he still couldn't defend it, so he could only look at the ball and sigh.

So in the middle of the quarter, the Lakers already led by more than 10 points.

At this time, when Kobe Bryant and Harden were pitting each other, another member of the Rockets came out. He is naturally Wen Hao.

Kobe Bryant and Harden pinched, this is the highlight given by the experts before the game. Now that the two have been on the bar, the fans are extremely excited, and Harden and Kobe Bryant are also enthusiastic, vowing to defeat each other.

But Wen Hao didn't understand the charm at all, after he dribbled past half court, he didn't give the ball to Harden at all, but howard on the inside. Howard didn't pick up the Lakers' interior and easily threw it into the basket.

In the next ball, Wen Hao turned around and passed the ball to Da Yao after playing with Da Yao. Da Yao was four meters away and hit the shot.

On the defensive end, Wen Hao told the Twin Towers to guard the inside line and let the Lakers shoot on the outside. No matter how good the Lakers' shooting is, it is not as high as the Rockets' interior shooting percentage.

As a result, the Lakers' offensive efficiency really dropped, while the Rockets kept putting the ball in the basket.

Lakers coach De? Anthony saw that Kobe's fitness had declined, so he also replaced Kobe.

Harden felt a little unhappy with Wen Hao. This was originally a match between him and Kobe, and the two were having fun, but they were disappointing by Wen Hao.

But fortunately, the Rockets' style of play has brought the score difference closer, otherwise he would have made Wen Hao look good.

After Bryant went off the court, McHale thought that the Rockets had one less obstacle and immediately asked the Rockets players to speed up the pace, and the Rockets have always been a team that likes to be fast-paced.

But McHale didn't take into account that the current Lakers are all young players except for Kobe, and if they want to get fast, they are not weaker than the Rockets at all. As a result, the Lakers won in chaos, and even played a 12-3 **, widening the difference to 15 points.

Seeing this, Wen Hao suggested to McHale: "We can't compare with these young people of the Lakers when we play fast, and our best way is to put the twin towers on the court and play steadily." In this way, the quality of defense has also come up, and the offense is also assured, and it should be able to catch up with the score. ”

McHale now has no doubts about Wen Hao's basketball IQ, and since Wen Hao said so, he also felt the need to change his style of play, and immediately replaced the Twin Towers on the court.

Such a substitution, the effect is immediate, although the pace of the Rockets chasing points is not fast, but steady and steady, at the end of the second knot, the difference was narrowed to 9 points. And the Lakers can only watch the point difference gradually shrink, and there is nothing they can do.

But the Lakers are not a weak team after all. At halftime, Bryant was furious in the locker room, scaring the Lakers players into not daring to say a word. In the end, Kobe Bryant said angrily: "If we can't win the game today, we will all practice until two o'clock in the evening." ”

The Lakers players immediately got their spirits up and played again. It's not that they're afraid of those hours of practice, it's that the boss is angry. No one knows what the consequences will be if the boss gets angry, but in short, it must be something they can't bear.

So as soon as the third quarter came up, the Lakers players worked together to continue the game with the Rockets. Although it failed to open the score, it did not allow the Rockets' twin towers to chase the difference closer.

Just when the Lakers players breathed a sigh of relief and Kobe's eyes softened slightly, Wen Hao suddenly broke out. When the Lakers weren't guarded, he hit three three-pointers from the outside. He kept breaking through to the basket, and then used his magician-style passing to tear apart the Lakers' defense again and again.

In the entire third quarter, Wen Hao actually passed as many as 8 assists and scored 18 points. Such efficiency made Kobe Bryant a little surprised.

Under the leadership of Wen Hao, the Rockets players are in full swing. And the Lakers Kobe Bryant seems to be a little unable to keep up with his physical strength, and his performance is a little flat.

Finally, at the end of the third quarter, the Rockets took a 12-point lead over the Lakers.

As soon as the fourth quarter came up, without Kobe Bryant's presence, the Rockets played smoothly, played three minutes, and extended the difference to 16 points.

At this time, most Rockets fans thought that the Rockets had won the game, and even the seasoned commentators on the sidelines thought that the Rockets had almost won the game.

But Wen Hao did not relax, he knew that with Kobe's surname, he would never admit defeat, and he would definitely fight back. Wen Hao also kept reminding the Rockets players that they must be on guard against Kobe's counterattack.

But victory is often paralyzing and prevents people from seeing things for what they are. The Rockets players think that from the third quarter, Kobe's physical fitness has dropped very much, and even if there is an explosion in the fourth quarter, there is a big hole of 16 points there, how can he fill it alone?

But, as one famous person said, never underestimate the heart of a champion.

Especially the heart of a champion like Kobe.

When he came on the court in the fourth quarter, he suddenly turned into a killing god. The offensive end is omnipotent, and the breakthrough is much sharper than before, and every time he breaks through, his eyes are so sharp. The jump shot is even more crisp, and the confidence at the time of the jump shot is extremely strong. On the defensive end, he completely limited Harden to death. Although he is not as fast as Harden now, he is taller than Harden, and his twenty years of experience are incomparable to Harden.

Under the leadership of Kobe, all the Lakers soldiers are also full of morale. With a lot of momentum, the difference was reduced to 9 points.

Even if McHale called a timeout, it wouldn't help. When they returned to the court, the entire Lakers team was like a different team, and the momentum was like a rainbow.

In the end, the Rockets' home court, after trailing by 16 points in the fourth quarter, was successful.

It was only then that the Rockets players realized that they were underestimating Kobe. Even though he is already a veteran who is close to 40 points, even if he is still suffering from injuries, he still has that ability to turn the tide as long as he wants to.

Harden finished the game with a somewhat lost sight. This season, everyone says he's the No. 1 point guard, and he's sure he's the No. 1 point guard in the league today. Although Kobe Bryant is there, after all, Kobe is already old, and he has no comparable surname with himself.

Unexpectedly, Kobe Bryant was so fierce that he almost single-handedly turned the situation around in the fourth quarter. As long as he wants, he is still the black mamba of the year.

Wen Hao's mood is also very low, he already attaches great importance to Kobe Bryant and knows that Kobe has superhuman abilities. didn't expect that in the end, he still underestimated Kobe's ability.

Defeated by Kobe Bryant on his home court, everyone on the Rockets was so depressed that no one even went to the press conference after the game. McHale had no choice but to bite the bullet and participate. At the press conference, he briefly responded to a few reporters' questions and left the venue.

Perhaps it was this low mood that affected the Rockets, who lost the second game, although they also had a stalemate with the Lakers.

The Lakers, led by Kobe, returned to Los Angeles with two wins at the Rockets' home court.

The outside media has already begun to comment at this time: In these two games, Kobe Bryant averaged 39.2 points, 10.8 assists and 6.9 rebounds per game, and was the biggest contributor to the Lakers' victory. Once again, the spirit of the Black Mamba has shocked the world.

Mamba is not old!

And for the Rockets, those media are no longer merciful. In these two games, the Rockets simply didn't play the momentum of the regular season, and their twin towers were too slow to keep up with the pace of the Lakers. Harden was limited to death by Kobe, while Wen Hao averaged 12.5 points and 8 assists per game, and his performance was very different from before. What happened to Team Rocket?

Although Wen Hao didn't care much about these comments from the outside world, after all, the Rockets lost two games. I thought the Rockets' playoffs would be much smoother than this, but I didn't expect to lose two games against the Suns and two games against the Lakers. And they all lost at home, which is really unacceptable.

And Wen Hao couldn't agree with his performance in these two games at all, and he didn't know what was wrong with him. Not to mention, his shooting percentage in these two games was only 39.2%. This may be barely acceptable to other point guards, but for Wen Hao, who has the heart of a point guard, it is so bad that it can't be worse.

And he couldn't find the reason why he played so badly in these two games. He obviously tried his best to attack and defend, but he couldn't play a satisfactory state. What's going on here?

Just when Wen Hao was scratching his head over and over again and being bored, the phone rang.

Wen Hao was depressed, and his voice was not quite right after answering the phone: "Which one." ”

"It's me, Wen Hao." On the other end of the line was Carter's voice.

"Oh, little Carter." Wen Hao's voice raised a few points, but his mood was still not very high.

"Kobe Bryant isn't very powerful." Carter Jr. said excitedly.

Wen Hao secretly scolded this bear child in his heart, he still said such things at such a time.

Carter Jr. continued: "I said a long time ago that Kobe Bryant is amazing. Now you can see it. By the way, I see that you are not in good shape in these two games, so it's fine, right? ”

"What can it be? I've been concentrating on preparing for the fight, and God knows why I'm suddenly not feeling well. Wen Hao said.

Little Carter seemed to think for a while, but he couldn't think of any reason, and said casually: "It doesn't matter, no matter which player, there are times when he is not in good shape." Even Kobe Bryant is no exception. Some nights just don't go well, no matter how much you throw, you can't make it. God favors these people and gives them a strong scoring ability, but it always has to make them unable to shoot for a night or two. Otherwise, it's too unfair to other people. ”

When Wen Hao heard this, his heart moved...... (To be continued.) )