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Chapter 58 The 2 Teams Crazyly Fight the Iron, Koga vs. Yao Mai

Kobe pushed forward with the ball and signaled his teammates to press the time. In the last 10 seconds, he changed direction and accelerated past the defense. The Rockets suddenly double-teamed. , an extreme operation, good luck, the ball fell into the basket, 55:36, the Lakers led by 19 points.

The Rockets attacked, and Alston advanced with the ball to the left at a 45-degree angle. He hit the ground and passed it to Yao Ming in the low post. Hand shot, hit steadily, 55:38, the Rockets chased the point difference to 17 points.

Kobe continued to break through with the ball, Battier stepped forward to lead the defense, and signaled for Li Kang to pick and roll from the top of the arc. A jumper shot from the back, hollow into the net, 57:38, the Lakers continued to expand the point difference.

The Rockets have the ball, McGrady quickly advances with the ball, Li Kang stepped forward to lead the defense, the top of the arc signaled Yao Ming to come up to cover, Gasol switched over, McGrady accelerated past the defense, Li Kang immediately stepped forward to defend, and faced Li Kang The defense, hit the ground and passed to Yao Ming who followed up, dunked with both hands, 57:40, the Rockets continued to narrow the point difference.

On the last attack of the first half, Kobe pushed forward with the ball, Battier and McGrady immediately double-teamed, forcing Kobe to take the ball, the ball came to Li Kang, accelerated past Novak's defense, Gasol came to catch the ball , hand-to-hand to cover, Li Kang ran out of the gap, Gasol immediately passed back to Li Kang, made a three-pointer in the last 1 second, the ball went into the net, 60:40, the Lakers led by 20 points, and the first half ended.

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Guidance Zhang: "The adjustments made by the Lakers were very effective. In the first half, Kobe shot every shot and fulfilled his promise before the game."

Teacher Xu: "The Rockets only have two scoring points from Yao and McGrady, which is far from enough. McGrady played almost the full half of the game, and only took a 2-minute break in the second quarter. His physical fitness was a problem in the second half."

Teacher Yang: "After all, the Rockets still lack a forward defense. The combination of Kobe and Li Kang dominates offense and defense."

Fan a: "The Rockets are going to kill McGrady. Who else can stand up and score besides Yao McGrady?"

Fan b: "Alston must stand up. During the 22-game winning streak in the regular season, he performed very well, especially the game against the Lakers."

Fan c: "Upstairs, didn't you watch the game well? In the regular season, Lao Yu was the main defense. In the playoffs, Kobe is the main defense of Alstom. Will the effect be the same?"

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At the beginning of the second half, the Lakers had the ball. Lao Yu advanced with the ball, marched to a 45-degree angle on the right, and passed it to Gasol at the free throw line. Gasol responded with the ball. Odom asked for the ball at the basket. With a lob to the basket, Odom catches the ball and singles Scola, smack! ! , The ball was cut off by Scola, and finally touched Odom's left foot out of bounds, the Lakers made a mistake and the ball was converted.

The Rockets attacked, Alstom advanced quickly, and the ball was passed to Yao Ming under the basket. Yao Ming caught the ball and turned over to make a fadeaway jumper.

The Lakers counterattacked, Li Kang quickly made the ball, Lao Yu caught the ball and shot an open three-pointer, which also went out of the frame, and Yao Ming grabbed the rebound.

McGrady received the pass from Yao Ming and advanced quickly. The top of the arc signaled Yao Ming to pick and roll. Gasol immediately switched defenses to prevent McGrady from making easy shots. The ball was passed to Scola under the basket. , a black shadow flew over to block Scola's layup.

Li Kang was watching Odom at any time when Scola was playing singles, and was ready to help defend him, but Odom's old habit of distraction happened again, and he flew away in a flash.

The Rockets had possession of the ball, and the ball was fanned out of the baseline by Li Kang.McGrady served the baseline ball and directly lobbed it to Yao Ming under the basket. They double-teamed and prevented Yao Ming from making easy shots under the basket. The ball was transferred to Battier who was open. rebound.

Kobe and Li Kang immediately stepped down, McGrady and Shane Battier retreated quickly, Gasol made a long pass to the frontcourt, Kobe received the ball, and the frontcourt played two-for-two. Battier led the defense against Kobe, and McGrady led the defense against Li Kang.

Kobe dribbled the ball under his crotch, changed direction in front of his body and accelerated, pulled back with an emergency stop, shot a fallback jumper, and bounced out of the frame. Li Kang jumped up and made up the ball through McGrady.

beep! ! , The referee signaled that the goal was invalid, Li Kang made an offensive foul, pushed McGrady with one hand at the moment of taking off for a tip-up, and was caught by the referee, Li Kang shook his head helplessly.

The Rockets had the ball, McGrady quickly advanced with the ball, stopped the ball at 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 go inside. Smashing the basket, Gasol subconsciously dodged for a while, wondering if he used too much force, the ball was dunked, and Kobe accepted the rebound.

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Barkley: "In the second half, the two teams met to play iron together. Four minutes later, the two teams had no results. It didn't look like a playoff game at all."

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Kobe signaled his teammates to press time and scored a goal steadily. The top of the arc let Li Kang come up to pick and roll. McGrady switched to Kobe, Battier switched to Li Kang, and Kobe played McGrady one-on-one. Xiang, swaying from side to side, making an emergency stop, leaning back to make a mid-range shot, facing McGrady's interference, and making a steady hit, 62:40, Kobe finally hit the first goal of the two teams in the second half.

The Rockets attacked, McGrady advanced with the ball, the top of the arc signaled Yao Ming to pick and roll, and used the screen to make a three-pointer. Under the interference of Gasol's long arm, the ball went into the net. 62:43, the Rockets narrowed the point difference to 19 points.

The Lakers timed out with 5 minutes and 10 seconds left in the third quarter.

Back from the timeout, Vujacic replaced Li Kang, Farmar replaced Lao Yu, and Wharton replaced Odom.

Brooks replaced Alston, Novak replaced Battier, Landry replaced Scola.

The Lakers had the ball, Kobe pushed forward with the ball, the top of the arc signaled Gasol to pick and roll, one speeded past the defense, Yao Ming switched to defend Kobe, Gasol cut inside, Kobe hit the ground and passed to Gasol under the basket, one-handed The split was successful, 64:43, and the Lakers stabilized the score.

Looking back, Yao Mai cooperated with the pick-and-roll, and McGrady made another three-pointer. 64:46, the Rockets narrowed the point difference to 18 points.

The Lakers were not to be outdone, Koga continued to score in the pick-and-roll, and Gasol easily scored from the basket, 66:46, and the point difference returned to 20 points.

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70:55, the Lakers led by 15 points, and the third quarter ended.

In the third quarter, the score was stalemate. Koga fought against Yao Mai, neither of them could guard the other, and the two teams exploded.

Guidance Zhang: "The Lakers let Li Kang off the court early to rest, and Yao Mai played the entire third quarter. His physical fitness in the last quarter is a hidden danger."

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