The Godfather of Basketball

When the people below were almost laughing, the atmosphere of the press conference reached a peak.

Just kidding, after Tang Tian laughed, he said in a serious manner: "To be honest, I don't think it's a good thing to let players play the whole court in this kind of high-intensity game. It can easily lead to injuries. Personally, I will think more about the player's career."

Tang Tian's words were obviously for Phil Jackson to hear.

The current role player of the Rockets is indeed very good, but when the team's role player was poor last season, he was not so dead.

Every NBA player has his potential, it depends on how you tap it, just like Millsap at the beginning, he was not able to take on big responsibilities from the beginning, even Novak, who has no system, was trained by him A qualified rotation player.

If the main force is dead, firstly, it has no technical content, and secondly, as he said, it is irresponsible for the player's career.

Tang Tian's words, passed through the reporter's mouth, soon reached Phil Jackson's hands.

During the team's daily training, "Zen Master" seemed a little indifferent to the questions raised by reporters.

"Everyone's desire to win is different. I don't think if I wanted Kobe to sit on the sidelines, he wouldn't agree to it."

This is Phil Jackson's answer and his attitude. Victory is what he values ​​most.

After two days of rest, the fourth game of the series between the two sides continued in Los Angeles.

The script of this game is exactly the same as that of the last game. The three cores of the Lakers played the whole game, and the lack of physical strength at the last moment led to the final loss.

Kobe scored 37 points again to no avail. The Lakers trailed their opponents 1-3 by a big score.

Seeing that Jackson was indifferent, Tang Tian didn't say anything except emotion.

Back in Houston, Game 5 of the series was the match point for the Rockets, and the Rockets players were also full of confidence before the game.

But I don’t know if it’s because the basket was covered. In this game, the Rockets played very abnormally. McGrady only made 5 of 23 shots. Yao Ming couldn’t make any shots in the paint. Even Billups, the most stable, made 0 of 4 shots from beyond the three-point line.

The Big Three collectively performed abnormally, which gave the Lakers a chance. Kobe scored 46 points again and led the Lakers to regain a victory 106-96.

However, some sharp-eyed fans noticed that Kobe was limping when he left the court, and he didn't know if he was injured.

An unexpected defeat did not have much impact on the morale of the Rockets.

In fact, on the night of the loss, almost the entire Rockets took the initiative to practice extra. It can be felt that the mental outlook of this team is far better than last season.

On May 26, US time, the Rockets will go to Los Angeles again, where the two sides will usher in the sixth game of the series.

Although trailing by 2 to 3 in the big score, the support of Los Angeles fans for the home team is unprecedentedly high. Outside the Staples Center arena, slogans supporting fans can be seen everywhere.

"Win, then tie-break!", "You are the champions!", "For Los Angeles!"...

Not only fans, Los Angeles is the seat of Hollywood, many Hollywood superstars came to the arena that night, "Spiderman" Tobey Maguire, "Iron Blood" Stallone, "Terminator" Schwarzenegger...

In this battle, almost all of Los Angeles is putting pressure on the Rockets.

Staples Center is one of the largest arenas in the league. This arena, which can accommodate 20,000 fans, was absolutely bursting that night. The endless golden ocean seemed to drown the visiting team.

When Tang Tian and the members of the Rockets came out of the tunnel, they were a little shocked by this momentum.

Amid the deafening cheers, the home team's appearance ceremony ended, and the game was about to start.

"Play according to the usual rhythm. If you don't feel good, hit the basket more." At this stage of the game, tactics and so on are secondary. As long as the players play with a calm mind, the Rockets have an absolute chance of winning.

"Team Rocket!" Tang Tian raised his right hand high, and the members of the Rockets formed a circle and put their hands on it one by one.

"victory!"

Accompanied by a group of full-fledged shouts, the Rockets then began to appear on the stage.

Tang Tian was going to sit on the bench right now, but just at this moment, he caught sight of someone in the front row of the auditorium waving at him.

He turned around suspiciously, and then found that the person waving was Swift.

She actually went to the Staples Center to watch the game, and she didn't say hello to him.

Tang Tian knew that he couldn't be distracted at this time, ignored Swift, and then walked to sit between Thibodeau and Cole.

Seeing that Tang Tian ignored him, Swift pouted, leaned forward slightly, and dragged his chin with his hands on his legs.

"beep!"

At this time, the game time is up, and the starting players of both sides have appeared one after another.

The Lakers followed the previous starting lineup.

Kobe, who was worried about being injured before the game, was not absent and still appeared in the team's starting lineup.

For the Rockets, Tang Tian replaced Pietrus with Battier.

The game kicked off quickly. As soon as McGrady came up, he caught a pass from Yao Ming and scored a three-pointer. He seemed to be using this method to tell everyone that his touch had returned.

Kobe on the Lakers side was also full of adrenaline, and he hit a 2+1 dunk as soon as he came up. Although his footsteps looked a little floating when he was walking, this did not prevent him from scoring.

"Defend! Defend!"

The shouts at the scene were deafening, and this momentum was not in vain even compared to the devil's home court in Salt Lake City.

It's as if the power of the entire Los Angeles has been concentrated in this voice, like an invisible air pressure pressing directly on the hearts of the Rockets players.

For the Rockets, this is not just a game, but against the entire Los Angeles.

The Rockets' offense, Yao Ming missed a hook at the basket after receiving a pass from Billups, but he immediately squeezed away Gasol and scored a tip-up.

Here Kobe assisted Gasol for a layup, and Billups immediately responded with a breakthrough layup.

Odom's layup caused a foul by Millsap's thugs, and McGrady's one-to-two big tie in the fast break made the scene exclaimed.

The Rockets lost their touch in the last game, but they got it back immediately in this game.

However, Odom, who has been on the Lakers for almost the entire series, also regained his touch in the battle of life and death.

The situation of the two teams has been anxious since the beginning, and no one has been able to open the score.

In the anxiety, the Lakers still insisted that the three main players will not end, while the Rockets still have a normal rotation.

The game unknowingly reached the decisive stage of the fourth quarter.

At this time, someone noticed that Kobe had scored 43 points, which was only 7 points away from his personal playoff scoring record.