The Godfather of Basketball

Billups took control of the ball to the frontcourt, Yao Ming passed to Yi Jianlian and missed a three-pointer, but the Rockets retreated immediately, not giving the Lakers an easy chance to play a fast break.

The offense and defense of these rounds have also become a microcosm of the first quarter.

Regardless of whether they scored or not, the Rockets seemed unhurried.

The Lakers started the first quarter, but at the end of the quarter, the score of the two teams was 26 to 24. They only achieved a 2-point lead, which was so small that it could be ignored.

Phil Jackson stood on the sidelines, watching the score and kept shaking his head.

Obviously he also knows what such a point difference means to the Lakers.

At the beginning of the second quarter, both sides replaced the substitutes one after another.

For the Rockets, Jordan, Yi Jianlian, Artest, Morrow and Sun Yue.

On the Lakers side, Bynum, Gasol, Luke Walton, Shannon Brown and Jordan Farmar.

The Rockets' offense, Sun Yue organized from the outside, Artest blocked one for Morrow, completely blocked Brown, and Sun Yue immediately passed the ball.

Morrow catches the ball and makes a shot.

"boom!"

The ball is a little short, and Bynum turns around and collects the defensive rebound.

The Rockets retreated quickly and did not give the Lakers a chance to break fast.

After Farmar advanced to the frontcourt, he handed the ball to Gasol in the high post. Gasol played with his back against Yi Jianlian, and he did not push it a few times.

After all, after playing the first quarter, his physical strength was exhausted.

At this moment, Bynum reached out to lean on Jordan for the ball under the basket.

Gasol made a pass inside.

Bynum received the ball, dribbled and hit Jordan directly, preparing for a two-handed dunk.

"boom!"

The two men collided with each other, but Bynum failed to break away.

Unwilling to reconcile, he bumped a few more times, but he didn't grasp the ball firmly and went straight out of the baseline.

Rockets possession.

There was a commotion at the scene, but Tang Tian didn't seem too surprised.

Bynum was still growing in 2009, and his low-post offensive skills had not been developed. What he was most afraid of at this time was that Howard's physical fitness was better than him.

Although Jordan is not as good as Howard, he is also a type of player.

In the Rockets' offense, Sun Yue and Yi Jianlian played a pick-and-roll in the high post, and the ball returned to Yi Jianlian after the roll.

Yi Jianlian didn't stop the ball, and then sub-distributed to Morrow, who was picked and rolled by Artest.

Morrow catches the ball and shoots.

"Shua!"

There was a crisp sound.

This time he finally made it.

The Rockets overtook the score 27 to 26.

The Lakers attacked, Gasol organized in a high position, and seeing that his teammates had no chance, he turned around and played Yi Jianlian.

Yi Jianlian's defensive position was stuck very well, and he interfered a bit when he made a shot.

"boom!"

The ball went out of the basket, and Jordan jumped high to grab the defensive rebound.

After receiving the ball, Sun Yue quickly pushed the fast break and passed it to Morrow who followed up, who then made a three-pointer.

"Shua!"

He even went in!

With two three-pointers in a row, Morrow successfully played the role of a surprise soldier in this game.

"Follow me!" Phil Jackson yelled at Shannon Brown angrily.

He knew that the Lakers didn't have an advantage during this period, but he couldn't accept being scored consecutively by an undrafted pick like Morrow.

The Lakers attacked, Gasol sent a beautiful lob, Bynum made an air cut and scored a dunk dunk, finally helping the Lakers continue to score.

Looking back, Morrow was heavily marked, but his off-ball running successfully tore through the Lakers' defense. Artest got an open three-pointer in the bottom corner, caught the ball and swayed Bynum, who was defending, and rushed Going to the basket and scoring a layup, it also caused Walton's thug foul.

In a wave of 8 to 2, the Lakers were directly stopped.

"Keep the rhythm, play outside more on the offensive end, and protect the penalty area on the defensive end." During the timeout, Tang Tian continued to urge the players.

On the Lakers, Gasol's physical strength is limited, and Bynum's strength lies in Bynum. Although Bynum is not yet mature, he still has the deterrent power inside. His arrangements are all aimed at Bynum.

After the timeout, the Lakers replaced Gasol with Odom, and the Rockets also replaced Yi Jianlian with Battier.

Artest added a free throw and the Rockets led 33-28.

Odom organized at the top of the arc and sent a second pass to Walton in an air cut, but Battier retreated quickly and stopped directly outside the reasonable collision zone, drawing an offensive foul by Walton.

Walton jumped up to argue, the scene was booed, and the referee did not change the sentence.

Sun Yue advanced to the frontcourt, found Jordan for a pick-and-roll and passed the ball to Artest in the bottom corner.

Artest swayed Odom, broke through the basket with the ball, and saw Jordan passing the ball directly in the middle.

Jordan took the ball and took a big step. After flying into the air, he dunked directly with one hand and scored.

Vujacic on the side also pulled it down, but he just didn't pull it down.

In terms of physical fitness alone, Jordan may not be much weaker than Bynum.

Staples Center was also silent.

In the past three minutes or so, the Rockets have played a wave of 11 to 2 attacks, and the Lakers have in turn fallen behind by 7 points.

Bynum was a little impatient, leaning on Jordan in the low post and reaching out for the ball directly, and hit back with all his strength.

With all his strength, Jordan couldn't bear it a little bit.

Bynum turned around and pressed the ball directly into the basket across Jordan.

"Boom!"

Although Jordan couldn't hold it, it wasn't air. Bynum's body center of gravity was tilted, and the ball went straight into the air.

Artest jumped up and grabbed the defensive rebound, and the Rockets pushed the fast break directly.

Sun Yue received a pass from Artest in the frontcourt, stopped and chased for a three-pointer.

"Shua!"

The ball crashed into the net.

The Rockets played a wave of 14 to 2 climax!

The point difference came to 10 points in an instant.

Phil Jackson finally reached out and called a timeout.

The Lakers' substitute was blown away.

"Nice job!" Tang Tian and the players who were leaving the field clapped their hands one by one.

After Phil Jackson chose to put Odom in the starting lineup, the current situation was doomed.

Even if they don't have an advantage at the beginning of the second quarter, the Rockets will start the fourth quarter.

Without Odom, or in other words, without the physically strong Odom, the Lakers' bench is still weak.

Back from the timeout, both sides replaced the main force.

The two teams fell into a stalemate again, and the point difference has been fluctuating around 10 points.

At halftime, the Rockets led the Lakers 54-44.

Phil Jackson realized the momentum was wrong in the second half, removed Odom from the starting lineup, and resumed the regular rotation.

Then.

There's no after that.

Although Kobe is still brave, the Rockets are not to be outdone.

After a fierce battle, the 10-point difference was finally maintained until the end.

102 to 92, the Rockets won the third game of the series at the Lakers' home court, leading their opponents by a big score of 3 to 0.

Yao Ming scored 21 points, 11 rebounds and 6 assists, McGrady scored 20 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists. The performance of the dual-core game was average.

But this time the bench exploded, Artest scored 17 points, Sun Yue scored 10 points, Morrow scored 12 points...

A decision made by Phil Jackson perfectly fulfilled the Rockets' bench.