Faced with the changes in the Rockets, Li Mu was still unmoved.

On the offense, just let Kobe run without the ball and connect with his teammates. Moreover, Olajuwon cannot keep O'Neal from receiving the ball.

If the external advantage is too great, Li Mu adapts to the situation and accumulates advantages bit by bit.

The Rockets are not anxious either, they want to control the rhythm on the field.

Pippen patiently organized the basketball to allocate the basketball to teammates who have the chance and the advantage.

If his teammate's chances are not good, he can also force his opponent to hit Bao Wen in front of him.

After the last battle, he also understood Bao Wen's pros and cons.

The defense against the basket is very good, and the defense is like a candy-style defense. He can use his strong body to force himself to eat, which can be used as a trump card.

However, it seems that Pippen doesn't need to perform on the offensive end, but the Rockets' offensive operation is very good.

Especially on Barkley, although Wallace can't move his butt, he makes good use of the combination of CFI technology and rhythm changes to create a lot of offensive space.

The offensive effect is also very good. In addition to height, Da Ben has excellent physical talents. However, he is now more of his body defense. When he is attacked like an old monster like Barkley, it will be very difficult to get it thoroughly.

By the way, with Barkley's personal singles as a tough game, the Rockets' outside players' opportunities gradually came.

Mobley stood up first, adapted to the NBA rhythm, and faced Kobe's defense, he used his agile speed to catch the ball and break through, break into the penalty area, stop and pull out his hands, and can also make a layup and pick up the basket.

You can even pull to the bottom corner three-pointer and be a fixed-point three-pointer shooter.

As long as he is not standing in front of him, he will be very brave to take action and his shooting rate is not low.

As Mobri played on the outside, Dickson also played.

Both of them have the characteristics of being in a draw. When they are in good condition, they choose to shoot offensively, which is completely unreasonable, but their shooting rate is so high.

In this game, the Rockets' double guns in the backcourt actually broke out together.

On the court, the Lakers and the Rockets started to attack, and they played in multiple points of attack, with the whole nation being soldiers. The offensive firepower was faintly suppressing the Lakers to fight.

The team led the field, and fans outside the court cheered.

The Lakers' offense from the outside was not smooth and seemed to be a little silent.

Bobby and Billups tried to fight back with three-pointers but failed to score.

Finally, O'Neal was unstoppable, picking one and two, still scoring frequently, and the free throws seemed to have good shooting percentages.

This did not allow the Rockets to establish a big lead.

After the first quarter, the score was 25-31, O'Neal made 7 of 11 shots, 4 of 7 free throws, and scored 18 points in a single quarter, and then he was only 6 points behind the Rockets.

In the second quarter, Li Mu asked O'Neal to continue playing. Of course, he just did a restraint and would play when he had the chance to finish the game. If he didn't have the chance, he would score a goal for his teammates.

Substitutes, Harper, Curry, Rice and Horry played.

This is a one-star lineup, but it falls into Tomjanovic's eyes, but it has a headache.

The Lakers lineup is where the rotation lineup is, and the core players inside and outside are all there, which is better than the starting lineup of most teams.

The Rockets' starting lineup has reached its peak and has also opened up a situation.

Now that I want to defeat the Lakers, I have to find a way to solve their "rotating lineup" that they can compete with the starting lineup.

No.

Can't think of it.

Tomjanovic could only find a way while playing, allowing Pippen, Barkley and Mobley to continue to put on the court, and the substitutes replaced Matt Marlonni and Osella Harrington.

In this game, the Rockets cannot lose, otherwise they will be much weaker in their hearts when they meet the Lakers in the playoffs.

Therefore, Tom Janovic decided to fight the main players to the death, take advantage of the Rockets' lead in the starting game to support the second quarter, and then, in the third quarter, he will fight the Lakers to win and lose.

The second quarter started, and Pippen played Barkley again.

Sure enough, Horry had no power to resist Barkley's butt and soon lost it, well, lost the defense.

Barkley received the ball and arched his back, step by step, to the shooting area, and Horry lost his center of gravity. Then he turned around and took a layup. When the Lakers' repair defense was not in place, he threw the basketball into the basket with a swish.

25 to 33!!

On the commentary stage, Mike Bryn commented, "I didn't expect this game to be like this. Just look at the first half, it was undoubtedly the Rockets who were ready and the Lakers looked down on their opponents a little.

It seems like verifying the heart of never underestimating the championship. If the Lakers meet this Rockets and continue to play like this, it is really hard to be sure who will win the series.

The Lakers are indeed as powerful as dinosaurs in lineup, but the Rockets are also growing, accumulating strength drop by drop, and integrating a good lineup.

Especially in the head coach position, when the Lakers lose too much, the suspense between the two sides will come back."

On the court, the Lakers attacked, and on the court, the players on the Lakers seemed to be leading the way, attacking without any rush.

Harper handed the basketball to O'Neal, and then, suddenly hit Harrington and was knocked out of the bottom line.

Bang-!

27 to 33!!

Too easy!

The Rockets have no meat shield inside the inside, and Olajuwon has a break from the court, and there is no way to attack O'Neal.

Next, Pippen created an opportunity for Mobri and gave him the opportunity to fight Curry alone.

He knew that Curry had a problem with his defense and knew in his heart that as long as he grasped the flaws in the Lakers' power forward and point guard positions, no matter how luxurious the Lakers' lineup was, it depends on whether he could perform efficiently. After all, there was only one.

Sure enough, Mobri's agile speed instantly broke through Curry's defense, entered the inside, and made a close jump shot...

Swish—!

27 to 35!!

The Rockets took the initiative and steadily pressed the Lakers to play.

The Lakers' three-pointer finally broke out after the offense and defense transition.

The Hornets' double guns in the backcourt were too strong. Curry and Rice even made a cover and cooperated. Finally, Rice took the knife and hit a steadily three-pointer with a swish.

In the second quarter, the score difference between the two sides was only 4 points.

Tom Janovic then replaced three starting lineups, replaced Olajuwon and Dibson, as well as a forward substitute.

When Li Mu saw the opponent's substitution, he remembered O'Neal who scored 24 points in the first half.

Swap Kobe, Billups and Big Ben to the field.

There is no way. Horry was too disadvantageous to face Barkley. The defense could not stand it, and it also affected his shooting mentality during offense. He could not see the characteristics of a big-hearted player in a big scene.

Horry, the condition is too unstable.

Next, the Lakers played a small lineup, rushed up, and ran for a while with the 36-year-old Olajuwon, and the two sides still played back and forth.

At the end of the first half, the score was 58 to 55. Although the Rockets spent a lot of effort, they finally brought the 3-point lead to the second half.

Moreover, it is indeed very gratifying to have survived the Lakers' horror rotation lineup.

...

When Li Mu returned from the second half, he replaced Les and replaced Bowen's small forward position.

The main lineup has become Billups, Kobe, Les, and Ben Wallace.

Finally here!

Tom Janovic's face became solemn and solemn when he saw the Lakers play their strongest trump card.

Next, the Rockets could not withstand a set of lineups of the Lakers, which was the key to winning this game.

It seems that there is a plan to prepare for Tomjanovic, who asked Pippen to change defense against Les, and then Mobri, who targeted Kobe.

The third quarter started, and the Rockets actually held on strangely in the first 6 minutes, and the score was still 2 points ahead.

Although O'Neal was allowed to kill all sides in the penalty area, the Lakers' stronger outside line did not explode compared to the Rockets.

Mobley and Dickson, the backcourt combination, does not seem to be worse than the Lakers Kobe and Billups, which is the backcourt combination.

But, just when Tomjanovic was full of joy.

On the court, the Lakers attacked, Billups controlled the ball in the frontcourt, and O'Neal, who had just scored 31 points, broke through and pulled out of the penalty area and came to the wing to cover Rice.

Olajuwon couldn't keep up with O'Neal's idea and stayed in the penalty area and did not follow.

“Hey!

The sharks swam ashore, which was very rare, and Les came out of Pippen's defense and received a pass from Billups.

This is a very dangerous sign for the Rockets!”

On the court, outside the 65-degree three-point line on the right, Les took the ball basket, jumped up gently, shook his right hand, and drew an arc in the air.

Swish—!

Enter!

Three-pointer hit!!

In this game, except for the first few minutes of leading, the Lakers overtook the score for the first time.
To be continued...