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On May 2008, 5, the Lakers continued to challenge the Rockets in an away game. The current series score is 12:2, and the Lakers temporarily lead.

This game determined the trend of the entire series. TNT TV broadcasted it live across the United States, and Huaxia Sports Station also sent a powerful commentator team to broadcast the whole process live.

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Lakers starting: Fisher (pg), Bryant (sg), Lee Kang (sf), Odom (pf), Gasol (c).

Rockets starting: Alstom (pg), Tracy McGrady (sg), Battier (sf), Scola (pf), Yao Ming (c).

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Yao Ming and Gasol jump the ball in the middle circle, the Rockets still get the ball, Alston advances with the ball, advances to the top of the arc, passes to Yao Ming in the low post, facing Gasol's defense, turns over and makes a jumper Shot, hollow into the net, 0:2, Gasol's defense is difficult to interfere with Yao Ming's shooting, the Rockets won the first goal first.

Lao Yu advances with the ball, Kobe comes up to catch the ball at the top of the arc, Battier defends close to him, and speeds up with a stride, Battier retreats and defends, Kobe plays singles with the ball behind his back, his shoulders shake from side to side, and he turns to the left and makes a jump shot. Ignoring Battier's eye-closed defense, he made a steady hit, 2:2, and the Lakers responded strongly with a goal.

The Rockets attack, McGrady advances quickly, and the position at the top of the arc signals Yao Ming to come up for a pick-and-roll. Li Kang is blocked, and Gasol immediately switches defenses. Dom receives the rebound.

Kobe and Li Kang immediately made a fast break. Odom passed a long pass to Kobe. Kobe turned around and passed Alston and went straight to the basket. Li Kang on the side, Li Kang caught the ball and shot a three-pointer, hollowed into the net, 5:2, and the Lakers led by 3 points.

Alston advances with the ball, Kobe follows closely behind the defense, the top of the arc signals Scola to step forward for a pick-and-roll, Kobe is blocked by him, Odom switches defenses, Alstom speeds up and throws off the defense, and makes an emergency stop for a mid-range shot , A steady hit, 5:4, the Rockets narrowed the point difference to 1 point.

The Lakers attacked, Kobe continued to push forward with the ball, Gasol raised the cover at the top of the arc, Yao Ming switched to Kobe, accelerated to throw off the defense, went to the basket and succeeded in a one-handed dunk, 7:4, the Lakers led by 3 points .

The Rockets had the ball. McGrady continued to hold the ball and advanced to the top of the arc. He hit the ground and passed it to Yao Ming in the low post. Yao Ming hit Gasol with his back and hit him. Thor and Yao made a small hook shot and hit the net, 7:6, and the Rockets chased the point difference to 1 point.

Lao Yu advances with the ball, Gasol catches the ball at the top of the arc, Odom recovers the basket, Kobe and Li Kang cross-run, Kobe uses Odom to cover without the ball, and runs back to get rid of Battier's entanglement , The bottom line came out to catch the ball, Gasol got the ball, Kobe caught the ball and made a three-pointer, and made a steady hit, 10:6, the Lakers led by 4 points.

McGrady advances quickly with the ball, Li Kang closely follows the defense, marches to the free throw line, singles Li Kang with the ball behind his back, turns around and tries to pass the defense, Li Kang does not lose his position, McGrady stops suddenly and makes a jump shot, Li Kang interferes with his long arm , The ball brushed out of the box, and Gasol received the rebound.

In an instant, the ball flicked forward, and Li Kang and Kobe made a fast break one left and one right. Kobe accelerated again after receiving the pass, and made an emergency stop outside the three-point line. He raised his hand and scored a three-pointer. : 13, the Lakers lead by 6 points.

The Rockets attack, Alston advances with the ball, Yao Ming asks for the ball in the low post, Alston hits the ground and passes to the basket, Gasol suddenly goes around to defend, preventing Yao Ming from receiving the ball smoothly, Li Kang observed that Gasol The defense changed, Alston went to the basket to double-team Yao Ming the moment he passed the ball, and the ball was directly stolen by Li Kang.

Kobe immediately made a fast break, Li Kang passed a long pass to Kobe, Battier quickly followed Kobe to retreat, Kobe caught the ball and went to the basket, faced Battier's defense, pulled the bar and changed hands for a layup. Hit, and foul Battier, beep! ! , the referee signaled that Battier was fouled by the thug, the goal was valid, and a penalty was added.

Kobe made an additional free throw and successfully scored 3 points, 16:6, and the Lakers led by 10 points.

The Rockets requested a timeout with 6 minutes and 50 seconds left in the first quarter.

Kobe made 5 of 5 shots in half a quarter, scored 13 points, and assisted Li Kang to hit a three-pointer.

Adelman: "The offense mainly focuses on Yao Ming, and the defense double-teams Kobe."

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Back from the timeout, Vujacic replaced Lee Kang, Walton replaced Odom, Brooks replaced Alston, Novak replaced Battier, and Hayes replaced Scola.

The Rockets had the ball, Tracy McGrady advanced with the ball, advanced to the top of the arc, and passed it to Yao Ming in the low post. Yao Ming played with his back and pushed Gasol to the basket. A dreamy step swayed Gasol and dunked easily. Success, 16:8, the Rockets narrowed the point difference to 8 points.

Old Fish advanced with the ball, Gasol came to catch the ball at the top of the arc, Gasol went to the free throw line to support, Kobe and Vujacic crossed and ran, Walton raised to Vujacic to cover, Kobe alone attracted the Rockets to defend with two , Missing Vujacic on the baseline, Gasol immediately passed it to Vujacic who was open, caught the ball and made a three-pointer, and made a steady hit. 19:8, the Lakers led by 11 points.

The Rockets attack, McGrady continues to break through with the ball, Kobe leads the defense, singles Kobe with the ball in the low post, changes direction in front of a body, makes an emergency stop and pulls up a jump shot, ignores Kobe's defense, and goes into the net hollowly, 19:10, the Rockets narrowed the point difference to 9 points.

Kobe advances with the ball, walks to the free throw line, one-on-one singles against McGrady, McGrady signals his teammates not to double-team, Kobe makes a tentative step to the left, crosses the dribble, stops right and drifts back to make a jumper shot, facing McGrady's long arm Interference, the ball went into the net hollow, 21:10, the Lakers pulled the point difference to 11 points.

McGrady quickly advanced with the ball, Kobe continued to lead the defense, and marched to the low post. McGrady played with his back and pushed Kobe in, his shoulders swayed from side to side, then turned around and made a jumper with a fadeaway, and made a steady hit. 21:12, the Rockets scored The difference narrowed to single digits.

The Lakers attacked, Kobe pushed forward with the ball, and signaled his teammates to press the time. McGrady stepped forward to lead the defense and marched to the bottom line on the right. The frame went into the net, 23:12, and the Lakers pulled the point difference back to 11 points.

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Kobe and McGrady basically exploded each other one-on-one, and neither could guard against the other, which also answered the result of the original heads-up match from the side.

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科比单节7投7中，三分球2中2，砍下17分。