The Godfather of Basketball

Yao Ming flicked the ball from Gasol back to the Rockets' half court. Amidst the cheers of nearly 20,000 fans at the scene, Billups held the ball across half court, kicking off Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals.

The Rockets still used the infinite air-cut tactics they played for a season.

This opening game was McGrady's 2nd position with the ball at the top of the arc.

The Rockets Billups and Pietrus made consecutive cuts to the basket, and after they came out, Billups and Millsap cut again.

The strength of this Lakers team is offense, and the defense can only be regarded as the middle of the league. Bynum is absent and Gasol is on the top of the center. While the defense is further weakened, facing the infinite air cut that the Spurs can't stand, it will soon appear. Defensive out of position.

This is also the main reason why the Rockets can still stalemate with the Lakers for more than three quarters without McGrady.

Billups got rid of Wharton, who was helping to defend, and rushed to the basket. McGrady immediately passed to the ground.

"Snapped!"

After Billups received the ball, he squeezed past Gasol for a layup.

The Rockets take the lead!

The fans cheered loudly.

The Lakers' offense, Gasol, Fisher and Kobe pulled to the right, Odom and Radmanovich wandered on the left.

Gasol asked for the ball in the high post, and after Fisher gave the ball in, he went to the weak side to cover Kobe for the pick-and-roll, Kobe went into the basket, and Fisher ran to the three-point line.

A typical triangle offensive tactic.

The triangle offense is a free offensive system, but there are two general principles. One is to allow the stars to get more one-on-one opportunities, and the other is to reduce the five-on-five full court to a three-on-three regional offense, so that Create advantageous one-on-one opportunities.

The Rockets and the Lakers have played against each other many times in the regular season, but before Gasol joined the Lakers, the triangle offense basically stayed at the first one, but after Gasol joined, this system is basically complete.

At this time, Gasol held the ball high and leaned against Yao Ming, turning left and right to prepare for back hitting.

A well-known team player, he lifts the ball while turning his head back and forth to see where his teammates are.

After Kobe cuts, he hits the ball beautifully when he turns to attack.

Kobe caught the ball and directly dislocated it to Billups.

Pietrus quickly recovered the basket, and the Rockets were prepared.

Kobe faced a double-team, didn't pass the ball, but directly chose to stop and turn around for a fadeaway jumper.

"Shua!"

The basketball passed over the two defenses and passed through the net.

Kobe's touch was very good as soon as he came up.

Phil Jackson was chewing gum with a smile on his face at this time. It seemed that what he said in the pre-match interview was about to come true. Kobe's hand feeling tonight was obviously better than the previous game.

The Rockets' offense was still smooth, but this time Pietrus, who caught the ball, failed to make an open three-pointer, and the rebound was taken off by Odom.

The Lakers counterattacked, and Kobe stopped for a three-pointer in the fast break.

There was a commotion at the scene.

Kobe's opening performance was a bit explosive.

The Rockets' offense, Tracy McGrady passed the ball to Billups in the air cut, Billups hung the ball inside Yao Ming, Yao Ming turned around and passed Gasol to score with a hook.

Looking back, Radmanovich missed a three-pointer from the outside. Odom rushed to grab the offensive rebound and gave it to Kobe. Kobe turned around and made a jumper against Pietrus' defense!

Score 7 points in a row in the opening game!

Three goals, two are difficult!

This kind of performance deserves to be the peak Kobe. You must know that he averaged 28.3 points per game in the regular season this season. Since entering the playoffs, this data has soared to 30.6 points!

Compared with the season, the last game was actually considered abnormal!

Tang Tian stood up from the bench at this time, made a tactical gesture of 5 to the players, and then shouted at McGrady: "More responses!"

In the matchup on the court, among the strengths of the Rockets, Yao Ming and Billups have advantages in matchup, but neither of them is a star. McGrady has the most advantage when facing Radmanovich.

Billups advanced to the frontcourt and then handed the ball to Yao Ming.

Yao Ming supported from a high position. After seeing McGrady's air cut, he immediately passed the ball with a flick of his hand.

After McGrady received the ball, he pressed Radmanovich and rushed directly to the basket.

The Lakers insider Odom came out to help defend, and McGrady directly chose to make a jumper with an emergency stop.

Radmanovich obviously couldn't keep up, McGrady stopped, and he couldn't stop the car and took two steps back, even bumping into Odom who was coming over.

"Shua!"

McGrady's emergency stop made a steady hit.

The scene cheered loudly.

In the last game, Yao Ming couldn't support himself alone, and now McGrady is back to help!

In the triangle offense of the Lakers, Radmanovich held the ball, Gasol blocked one for Kobe, and Kobe took the ball and then shot.

"Shua!"

Still in!

This feels hot to the touch!

9 to 4, Kobe is going 1 to 5.

For the Rockets' offense, Yao Ming passed the ball to McGrady again. After the pass this time, he directly set a big pick and roll for McGrady, blocking Gasol and Radmanovich.

After McGrady received the ball, he quickly withdrew to outside the three-point line and shot directly.

"Shua!"

There was also a crisp sound, and McGrady scored a three-pointer!

The cheers of the fans at the scene could not be stopped at all.

The battle between the two sides was quite enjoyable!

And the key is the confrontation between the two outside superstars!

You have the peak department, I have the peak wheat!

For the Lakers' offense, Tang Tian signaled Millsap to assist in the defense. Kobe was double-teamed and Odom caught the ball from the outside and missed.

The Rockets' offense, McGrady was also double-teamed by Odom, and the ball was given to Pietrus in an air cut, but the latter missed a layup.

The defensive intensity on both sides was very high, and the role players hit the iron for a while, and the score was stalemate for a long time.

The two sides played for more than five minutes, and the Lakers led the Rockets by 1 point 12-11.

Phil Jackson couldn't sit still, he stretched out his hand and called a timeout. After the timeout came back, he didn't let Gasol play the pick-and-roll again, but let everyone else pull away, let Kobe land on the right high post to play petrus.

This is the easiest and most effective scoring mode to start the triangle offense.

Pietrus was very tough in the confrontation, and Kobe's continuous back-ups did not advance much.

The strong attack failed, Kobe turned around directly, and Pietrus got stuck to the right ahead of time, but this turned out to be a false move by Kobe. He turned back quickly, and then made a drifting shot with a lean back.

"Shua!"

Let's go again with a chic posture! Kobe Bryant scored his 9th point of the game!

The fans at the scene couldn't sit still, it seemed that Kobe was going crazy tonight.

The Rockets' offense, Billups passed the ball to McGrady, and Kobe quickly made up the defense.

At this time, the other positions of the Lakers were closely following. McGrady took a look and leaned directly against Kobe.

After scoring consecutively for a while, McGrady and Kobe directly talked to each other!