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Chapter 77 Advance to the Western Conference Finals!

Los Angeles, Great Western Forum.

July 5, night.

G2 was held as scheduled, and the Lakers played against the Rockets at home.

Li Mu didn't change his lineup, and he still started the battle with the Iron 5 team.

The Rockets also did not change their tactics and sent the main force out.

The first quarter of the game started, the Rockets were in a very bad state, and the offense was very difficult.

Olajuwon lost his CIC, and Barkley also frequently hit the iron.

Instead, it rained three-pointers from the outside of the Lakers, and the shooting was so accurate that it made people chill.

Obviously, the first game had a great impact on the Rockets. They tried their best, but they still lost the game and their morale was low.

You know, they are not young anymore, and they still won 5 games with the Jazz before they advanced.

The first quarter of the game, for the Lakers, was like just warming up, and then the Rockets were hit hard.

After the first quarter, the score was 31 to 12, and the Lakers led the Rockets by 19 points.

Only in the first quarter, the Lakers may have secured the victory.

You can even be a little more confident and remove the possibility.

In the second quarter, Li Mu only let Kobe continue to play and replaced Harper, Curry, Rice, Horry and Brad Miller.

Tomjanovich can only let Pippen and Mobley continue to play, and let the poor Barkley and Olajuwon rest.

The game started, and the next scene was something Tomjanovich couldn't believe.

Pippen's state is also very bad, missing consecutive jump shots.

You know, he made 2 of 0 shots in the first quarter, didn't take many shots, and still missed shots in the second quarter.

The Rockets rely on the Big Three to win, and now they are collectively inaccurate. Is this still alive?

Next, the Rockets continued to be beaten.

After halftime, they were already behind by more than 30 points.

The second half was almost a formality.

比分124比90，湖人队34分狂胜火箭队，大比分取得2比0的领先。

O'Neill performed 'hip stretching' and scored only 21 points and 8 rebounds. After all, he only played 25 minutes.

Kobe had 23 points, 6 assists and 4 rebounds, and his performance was stable. He played more time.

In addition to the OK combination scoring in double figures, the Lakers also scored in double figures with 5 points, playing a multi-point blooming situation where all the people are soldiers.

The Rockets didn't lose unjustly. Just looking at Pippen's data, they knew they couldn't win. They made 7 of 0 shots and 6 of 3 free throws. They scored 3 points, 5 assists and 7 rebounds.

再看看奥拉朱旺10投3中，罚球4中2，砍下8分5篮板。

You call them superstars?
See how he is not as good as a role player?
It's just a scam!

Instead, Barkley showed the best temperament to play that one. He played 30 minutes and scored 19 points and 13 rebounds.

In other words, does this mean that you will work hard if you don't win the championship?
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July 5, night.

G3 moves to Houston, Toyota Center.

In this battle, Li Mu and the Lakers finally understood why Pippen won the championship ring with 6 rebounds.

That's right, the leader of Joe's gang is strong enough to become a god, but Pippen's role cannot be ignored.

In this game, he started the main attack. Facing Bowen, he played singles with his back.

Facing Rice, he forced a breakthrough.

When Kobe came to defend, he either threw a sudden shot or turned his back.

No one can stop his attack.

27投12中，三分球5中3，罚球12中10，轰下了37分13篮板4助攻，其中抢下了5个前场篮板。

This is not the point. The point is that Pippen and the Lakers did everything they could. There was no rest in the game, and they played for 48 minutes, tearing away a victory from the Lakers.

Of course, this is still indispensable for Barkley's performance.

Gangzhen, he is really the strongest thigh of the Rockets, and his performance is always online.

He scored 30 points, 23 rebounds and 5 assists, including 8 offensive rebounds.

With the performance of the two superstars, even if Olajuwon scored 5 points, Mobley 5 points, and Dixon 6 points, the Rockets still scored 105 to 98 and pulled the big score to 1 to 2.

The Lakers are not invincible.

Li Mu shook his head. In this game, the Lakers made a frantic 25-of-4 three-pointers. The whole team only had O'Neal's stable performance of 26 points and 10 rebounds. Everyone else seemed to bring their shooting skills.

Kobe had 16 points, Rice had 13 points, Billups had 11 points, and the rest had no double figures.

Fortunately, after losing the game, the Lakers heard good news.

The regular season MVP lifted the suspense. O'Neal was almost unanimously elected and won the trophy.

The best defensive player is, Alonzo Mourning.

Most Improved Player and 6th Man are the same guy, none other than Darrell Armourst.

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July 5, night.

Toyota Center.

Seemingly inspired by the MVP trophy in the regular season, O'Neal performed very positively, with full offensive firepower. He played 40 minutes, made 24 of 15 shots, made 20 of 10 free throws, scored 40 points, 13 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 Blocked the shot and exploded the Rockets' inside line.

Kobe Bryant 24 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists, the state recovered.

Six Lakers scored in double figures and beat the Rockets with a score of 6 to 121, pulling the big score to 102 to 3 and taking the lead in getting the match point.

Pippen lost his amazing performance in the last game, making 23 of 6 shots, scoring 19 points, 17 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals, and his efficiency returned to ordinary people. Even though Barkley and Olajuwon performed well, they also lost the game.

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July 5, night.

Los Angeles, Big West Forum Ball.

Before the game, Li Mu showed off the trophy for the best head coach of the year.

Then, the Lakers players were very face-saving and didn't mess up the game.

O'Neal knocked inside the restricted area and dunked successfully.

After being flanked, the ball went outside, and Bowen shot a three-pointer from the bottom corner, making a precise hit, and rewarding Li Mu for giving him a chance to start.

Billups had a calm face, but he was the most insidious one.

First, he used a three-point shot to expand Dixon's defense. When the defense expanded, he dribbled the ball to the inside to break through.

He even used back-up singles to force him to beat Dixon, who was facing him, so that he couldn't hold his head up at all.

Kobe started off without the ball, showed an all-round performance, connected the team to attack, even if he had a solid shot, he still had the bottom line. He was in good form tonight and did not give Barkley a chance to continue his performance. He grabbed 15 rebounds, 6 of which are offensive boards.

The rest is the crushing of the rotation lineup. The Rockets, from the first quarter of the game, have no chance of winning.

With a score of 123 to 90, the Lakers beat the Rockets by 33 points, eliminated the Rockets 4 to 1, and advanced to the Western Conference Finals.

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The Lakers' opponent will be the winner of the Spurs Vs Trail Blazers.

In the first four games, both sides kept their home courts without losing.

In the fifth game of Tianwangshan, the Spurs showed the temperament of a championship.

Duncan and David Robinson defended the inside like an iron wall.

Several star insiders of the Trail Blazers were all suppressed, and then, during the offense, they were slowly worn to death by Duncan and David Robinson, one by one.

After the Spurs won the Tianwangshan battle, they did not give the Trail Blazers another chance. They eliminated the Trail Blazers with a score of 4 to 2, advanced to the Western Conference Finals, and joined the Lakers.

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(End of this chapter)