In Game 7, the Lakers still showed the demeanor of a strong team, strengthened defense from the beginning, and let the nervous rockets fall into chaos from the beginning. After the Lakers established a solid lead in the first quarter, they began to play an offensive advantage in the second quarter, mastered the game situation, established a 20-point lead at half-time and ran safely to the end of the game, finally ending the series that was stubbornly extended by the Rockets to the last moment of theory with victory and advancing to the Western Conference finals.

The Rockets still insisted on shrinking in the opening game, but the Lakers wearing white jerseys greatly expanded their defense range, making the smooth cooperation of the Rockets last game useless. The Rockets didn't even organize a successful tactical cooperation for three and a half minutes, and the Lakers quickly counterattacked and started 8-0.

Rockets were forced to suspend, on the one hand, let aaron brooks give the ball to the forward as soon as possible, on the other hand, improve the offensive speed. It's just that the rockets' offensive ability is not as good as their opponents after all, and all the shots are without sight under the interference of the Lakers. Fortunately, the rockets' defense is very dense, and the storm inside the Lakers has never been hit. Brooks fouled the fast break and finally broke through 0 for the Rockets.

Obviously, in this high-profile scene, the Rockets players are more nervous than their opponents. It wasn't until 4 minutes and 42 seconds left in the game that Artest ran to the inside and passed it to Chuck Hayes, allowing the Rockets to make the first shot.

However, although the Lakers failed to break through the inside of the Rockets, they regained their three-point touch. Relying on Ariza and Fisher's three-pointers and long-distance input, the Lakers further expanded the score difference to 17-4. At this point, shane battier successfully hit an emergency stop jumper, and the Lakers immediately called for a suspension of redeployment.

After the timeout, carl landry and Odom replaced Chuck Hayes and Bynum respectively. Landry and luis scola continued to play inside singles to stabilize the Rockets' offense, but Gasol was also released and scored 5 points in a row. The Rockets quickly switched back to Hayes to strengthen their defense.

At the end of the first quarter, the Rockets limited the shooting percentage of the Lakers to 39%, and the effect was good. However, his own attack was chaotic, with only 5 of 20 shots and 12-22 behind.

In the second quarter, the rocket sent a double point guard. Two minutes before the game, they continued to struggle in the defensive mud of the first quarter. The Lakers rely on jordan farmar's fast break, and the Rockets rely on Hayes' rare singles score. Under the half-court intensive defense, there were only iron hits and mistakes.

Or the Lakers' natural advantage has taken the lead. Bynum took advantage of the storm of height advantage and Odom's decisive three points to expand the score to 29- 15. Rick Adelman dare not neglect and ask for a time-out.

After the timeout, Bryant returned to the court and the Rockets immediately sent him back to Battier. Kobe Bryant faced Battier's three-pointer in the air and constantly expressed his dissatisfaction with the referee when he retired. After a while, Kobe made a big move while defending Artest and fell down. Fortunately, both sides controlled the action and there was no conflict. Then Bryant hit it immediately, and Bynum used his height to keep attacking, and the difference expanded to 37- 19. However, when Bynum returned to defense, he knocked down Brooks and was sentenced to a technical foul. He was also replaced.

Adelman changed players frequently, and when the perimeter couldn't hit three points, Von Wafer kept looking for opportunities inside to keep the score for the Rockets. When the attack was already very difficult, the rocket suffered another blow on defense. Battier was fouled by the referee for the third time while defending Kobe Bryant and was forced to leave.

Sure enough, Battier's departure liberated Kobe, and Kobe broke through the defense continuously, creating a murder for the Lakers. However, brent barry's three-pointer brushed the basket for a long time without scoring, and the Rockets' three-pointer dilemma continued.

Barry missed a three-pointer, but he and Weaver were hit hard by Kobe Bryant on the defensive end. After Kobe instigated a fast break to make Ariza dunk easily, the gap behind the Rockets finally broke through 20 points, and the Lakers even had a huge advantage of 5 1-26. Relying on Artest's only three points in the first half and Weaver's eighth point, the Rockets ended the first half with 3 1-5 1.

In the first half, the Rockets' shooting percentage was only 32.5%, and no one shot more than 40% except Weaver (4 of 6 shots). However, the Lakers fully recovered their attack power in the second quarter, and their shooting percentage increased to 45% at the end of half-time. Third, the insider shot 17 and got 24 points 19 rebounds. Ariza hit two threes and scored the highest score of 13 in the first half.

The first goal in the third quarter, the rocket handed it over to Scola, and played an overall attack; But it was immediately tied 7-0 by the Lakers' expanded defense. Scola consciously increased the number of attacks and once recovered the score; But the Lakers double-teamed him, forcing him to speed up his shots, or take a mid-range jumper. Once he misses, he will fight back and continue to open the score.

Five minutes after entering the third quarter, Brooks began to increase the outside attack. When there was space, he made a direct three-pointer and scored two goals in a row. However, Bynum's inside height is still an irresistible weapon for the Rockets, and the score difference is only reduced to 19, and there is no substantial change. However, in the third quarter, the Rockets completed a single-quarter lead of 19- 18, which did not make the difference in the first half widen all the time.

At the end of the game 12 minutes, the rockets once again sent a full attack lineup led by dual point guards. But the effect of this lineup is still not good. Although the defense is still active, the counter-attack opportunity created is invalid under the interference of the opponent's quick defense. Odom and Gasol's long line at the basket completely blocked the Rockets' attempt to shoot short shots inside, and sasha vujacic and Gasol's 9-2 offensive expanded the score difference to 26 points with half a quarter left in the game. There is no suspense in winning or losing.

Rockets insist on high-intensity defense in hopeless situation. Until 3 minutes before the end of the game, Vujacic's shooting difference expanded to 3 1 minute, and the two sides finally sent a full bench lineup.

Gasol 19 shot 2 1 minute 18 rebounds, which won the cheers of Staples fans. Bynum and Ariza 16 scored 29 points. Kobe Bryant 12 scored 4 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks.

Brooks scored the highest score of the Rockets 13. Plus Artest, Scola and Landry, he made 45 shots, only 13, with 29% shooting percentage. The Rockets shot 37% and made 5 of 20 3-pointers, two of which were thrown at garbage time. Poor attack is the number one reason for failure.

Trivia:

The Lakers will start the Western Conference finals on Wednesday, Beijing time. The home game against Nuggets ... The Rockets continued the practice of deciding the winner in the first quarter of this year's playoffs ... The Lakers played in Phil Jackson for the sixth time. It led to the Western Conference finals ... The Rockets' 70 points tied the fourth lowest scoring record in Game 7 of the playoffs ... The Lakers' home game 7 victory rate increased to 13- 1 ... Phil Jackson's team took the lead in the series for the 50th time. In these 50 times, Jackson's team won 49 series games ... Gasol's 6544.

Voice:

"We are a polarized team." -What did Kobe learn from this series?

"You know, we could have made better efforts in the fourth and sixth games, but I still want to say that the Rockets played very well. The important thing in the series is adjustment, and we have the ability to do it well. We made adjustments and we were fully prepared for the game. No one can erase Houston's efforts, but we could have played harder. " -Kobe.

"I am proud of the way he plays football. He met the challenge. He acts like one of the best players in the world. I'm excited for him! ..... We all know that he can play his role on the offensive end, so what I like most is his performance on the defensive end. He played an awesome game. " -Kobe praised Gasol.

"I think we understand that if we play hard every night, we are ready for the game and we will give ourselves a chance from the defensive end. I hope we can enter the next round in this state and win the championship. No matter what happens, no matter where we play, there are some things that we need to stick to. " -Gasol's championship desire.

"When we came to the seventh game, we knew that they would definitely give us the strongest attack, especially in the first quarter. To be honest, we just don't have the energy to deal with them. After the first quarter, we began to have the ability to fight against them, but the injury had already happened. " -Battier's summary of the game process.

"Obviously, the Lakers are more experienced than us. But I think we are a better team. I think this is a good opportunity for our players to learn experience. They played the seventh game, and most young teams were afraid of being swept out of the house. This experience will really help the Rockets in the future. " Artest