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The fourth quarter began, the Rockets lineup: Brooks, Tracy McGrady, Novak, Scola, Landry.

Lakers lineup: Farmar, Vujacic, Walton, Odom, Lee Kang.

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The Rockets have the ball, McGrady advances with the ball, Li Kang steps forward to lead the defense, goes to the top of the arc to signal Landry to raise the screen, uses the screen to pull up a three-point shot, Odom comes up on defense, interferes with his shooting, and the ball goes into the net , 78:80, the Rockets narrowed the point difference to 2 points.

Li Kang advanced with the ball, McGrady led the defense, marched to the top of the arc, played one-on-one singles, four teammates cleared one side, one changed direction in front of him to accelerate, swaying left and right, McGrady subconsciously took half a step back, blocking his breakthrough route In the first round, Li Kang made an emergency stop, pulled back and took a three-pointer, and made a steady hit. 78:83, the Lakers responded strongly with a goal.

McGrady continued to advance with the ball, and Li Kang led the defense. Near the free throw line, he held the ball with his back and fought with his upper body. ! ! , Hollow into the net, 80:83, the Rockets continued to narrow the point difference.

The Lakers attack, Li Kang advances with the ball, McGrady continues to lead the defense, marching one step beyond the three-point line, Li Kang suddenly joins the ball and makes a shot, McGrady is a step slower to take off and block, the ball hits the basket and enters the basket, 80:86, the Lakers Leading by 6 points.

McGrady shook his head helplessly. This shot was his fault. He never expected Li Kang to make a shot like that. He thought in his heart that the defense would expand beyond the three-point line next time.

McGrady continued to advance with the ball, and Li Kang led the defense. He went to the top of the arc and held the ball with his back. Li Kang retreated and defended. , the Rockets continued to narrow the point difference.

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The game has completely entered the stage of Li Kang and Mai Di's confrontation. The two of them come and go, facing each other.

McGrady's physical fitness will be severely tested. After all, the Lakers still have Kobe sitting on the court. If Kobe and Li Kang take turns to attack, who can withstand the Rockets?

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The Lakers had possession of the ball, Li Kang continued to hold the ball and McGrady led the defense, and went to the top of the arc. McGrady took a step forward to prevent him from shooting a three-pointer at will. Seeing this, Li Kang accelerated past the defense and went straight to the basket Next, Landry protects the frame to make up the defense, and the ball is immediately passed to Odom who is open. He catches the ball and goes inside and dunks with both hands. 82:88, the Lakers lead by 6 points, and Li Kang's breakthrough scored.

McGrady continued to advance with the ball, and Li Kang led the defense. He walked to the top of the arc and signaled Scola to come up with a pick-and-roll. Dom receives the rebound.

Odom immediately launched a counterattack, Li Kang and Vujacic quickly played down, Odom threw a long pass to the frontcourt, the moment Li Kang received the ball, McGrady defended in place, and Li Kang quickly passed the ball to the open baseline Vujacic, Vujacic catches the ball and makes a three-pointer, making a steady hit, 82:91, the Lakers lead by 9 points, and Vujacic's counterattack three-pointer.

The Rockets timed out with 8 minutes and 24 seconds left in the fourth quarter.

Adelman took a look at McGrady. In just 3 minutes, McGrady's physical energy was too much on both offensive and defensive ends, especially this retreat. In order to prevent Li Kang from directly attacking the frame, he ran back desperately.

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Back from the timeout, Yao Ming replaced Landry, Alston replaced Brooks, Battier replaced McGrady and let McGrady rest for 2 minutes to slow down his body.

Zen Master also asked Kobe to replace Li Kang, Gasol to replace Odom, Lao Yu to replace Farmar, and Mbenga to replace Wharton.

The Rockets have the ball, Alston advances with the ball, Kobe leads the defense, walks to the top of the arc to signal Yao Ming to come up for a pick-and-roll, uses the screen to make a three-point shot, Mbenga switches defenses and throws Alston down, the ball goes into the net , At the same time, the referee blew his whistle, indicating that Mbenga made a defensive foul, the three-point goal was valid, and a penalty was added.

Alston made a steady hit with an extra penalty and successfully scored 4 points. 86:91, the Rockets narrowed the point difference to 5 points.

Kobe pushed forward with the ball, Battier led the defense, went to the top of the arc and passed to Gasol in the low post, singled Scola with the ball behind him, turned over and made a jump shot, ignoring Scola's defense, the ball Hollow into the net, 86:93, the Lakers stabilized their lead.

Alston quickly dribbled the ball across the half court, Kobe led the defense, marched to the left at a 45-degree angle and passed it to Yao Ming who was under the basket. The hand split was successful, and at the same time the referee whistled, Mbenga pulled Yao Ming from behind, and the referee signaled to watch the video again.

beep! ! , The referee signaled Mbenga a first-level malicious foul, there is no need to pull Yao Ming for the last shot, the goal is valid, and a free throw and possession of the ball are added, one free throw and one throw.

Yao Ming made a steady hit with an extra penalty and successfully hit a three-pointer, 89:93. The Rockets continued to close the score.

The Rockets had the ball, Battier served the sideline ball, Yao Ming and Scola double-screened, Alston came out to catch the ball, Yao Ming quickly cut inside to the basket, Alston saw this and directly passed a long pass to Yao Ming who was under the basket, At the same time, Mbenga also recovered the basket, Yao Ming caught the ball for a layup, Mbenga's thug fouled, and the referee signaled two free throws.

Yao Ming made two free throws, 91:93, the Rockets narrowed the point difference to 2 points, a gap of one goal.

During the penalty period, both teams completed substitutions. McGrady replaced Novak, Odom replaced Mbenga, and Li Kang replaced Vujacic.

In just 2 minutes, Mbenga accumulated three fouls, his fifth personal foul, and the Zen master couldn't stand it anymore.

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The Lakers attack, Kobe advances with the ball, Shane Battier leads the defense, marches to the free throw line, holds the ball with his back, shakes his body left and right, turns around and makes a jump shot, Battier closes his eyes to defend, and leans back beautifully Draw, the ball went into the net hollow, 91:95, the Lakers led by 4 points.

McGrady quickly advanced with the ball, Li Kang led the defense, went to the top of the arc to signal Yao Ming to pick and roll, and used the screen to make a three-pointer. Gasol switched and came out with long arms to interfere with the shot. The ball went into the net. Catch up to 94 point.

Kobe quickly advanced with the ball, Shane Battier led the defense, marched to the top of the arc to signal Gasol to pick and roll, one accelerated to throw off the defense, Yao Ming came out to make up the defense, at the same time Gasol cut inside to the basket, Kobe saw this and sent a long pass At the basket, Gasol made a dunk with an empty catch, 94:97, and the Lakers stabilized the score.

The Rockets attacked, McGrady advanced quickly, and passed a long pass to Yao Ming in the low post. As soon as Yao Ming caught the ball, Lao Yu came up to double-team. Steady hit, 97:97, the Rockets equalized, Battier scored the most crucial three-pointer.