In the third game, Guojian was able to win, and Yao Ming must have told the Rockets' brothers the classic story of Han Xin's "fight against the water". The Rockets, standing on the edge of the cliff, interpreted their infinite attachment to life with their immense momentum, so they won the first home court and gained a glimmer of hope.

In the Rockets' first home game, the whole team obviously deeply understood the essence of "fighting with the water". When there is no way out, when there is only a chance to fight for life and when there is no choice, the morale of Rocket players is infinitely improved and raised to the limit.

Therefore, the classic battle examples from more than two thousand years ago were staged in Houston. The Clippers played Zhao Jun once, and the Toyota Center Stadium became the "shui water" that the Rockets faced.

However, the reality is cruel. The Rockets played well in the third game, but this is not a game that determines the outcome. Morale can only save the Rockets a victory. The rules of seven games in the playoffs make the Rockets survive for a while. In the face of the Clippers' absolute strength, the so-called back-to-back battle can only make the Rockets die heroically.

"Grandma, what a bear!" Yao Ming covered his face in Yao's restaurant after the game, and was so angry that he opened three bottles of Lafite, who was said to never be finished. Of course, the money for the meal was counted on the two brothers. Could it be that he would treat him?

"You two don't be proud. It's not impossible to turn the tables in 1:3. We will definitely win the next game. You two are dead." Yao Ming drank some wine. The dead duck was stubborn and his face was not very good. He looked like he was hitting someone. Ji Guomo was a little scared and worried that Yao Ming would beat him up with the alcohol. Who is that?

"What are you afraid of? Let's beat him one of us. There is no problem on the court or under the court." Ji Guochou felt sorry for his wallet at this moment. Yao Ming was in his restaurant today, and he was so worthy of beating!

The next day, the entire Clippers team returned to Los Angeles. At this moment, the Los Angeles media were evaluating this key battle with the title "The Rockets were sad to go to the moon after turning the tables, and the Clippers were just swept and lost their heads in the third battle."

The Clippers are still one win away from the Western Conference Finals. The Animal Brothers and their Los Angeles Clippers will win another game. They will be able to enter the Western Conference Finals for two consecutive years. In this crucial match, Ji Guomeng scored 40 points and 10 rebounds, helping the Clippers defeat the Rockets 102-93.

Just as Yao Ming said, as long as Ji Guomo wants to score points, 40+ is really not a difficult task for him to reach the top. He feels good, shoot more three-pointers, and then stand on the free throw line a few more times, and you will get 40+.

The next game between the two sides will be back to Los Angeles, and the next game for the Rockets is: either continue or go home.

On May 12, another semi-final match between the West. The Los Angeles Lakers and the San Antonio Spurs also came to the fourth game. In the previous series, the two teams played 2:1. The Spurs lost one home game and then won two games in a row to lead the Lakers 2:1.

In the fourth game, the Lakers faced the same embarrassment as the Rockets. If they could not hold on to the home court, they would get the match point by the Spurs. The expectation that the Spurs would miss both home games, even Lakers fans would not believe this probability, so for the Lakers, this game would be either to continue or go home.

In the first three games, the Spurs used their experienced defense to trap the contact between Kobe and Davis. The Spurs' tactics were very clear. Either Kobe attacking and Davis watched the show; or Davis attacking and Kobe watched the show. **Vic made the two star point guards of the Lakers lose contact, thus finding out a strange victory over the Lakers in two consecutive games.

In these two games, the Spurs not only showed novel hybrid cutting defense, but also showed their textbook-like positioning cover, strong and weak side-to-side cutting and slipping, and empty cuts on the bottom line. They used such perfect tactical rounds to kill the luxurious purple gold in a crushing posture.

In the fourth game, Phil Jackson also took dangerous moves. If you divide my guard, you will definitely not be able to double-team Kobe anymore. So the Lakers won the victory in "Bryant's way" and also retained suspense for themselves and the entire series.

At home, not to mention the referee factors, the victory ultimately came from their leader Kobe's solo performance in the last 3 minutes.

The game was full of twists and turns. The Spurs controlled the situation most of the time and once forced the Lakers into a desperate situation. In the end, Kobe led the whole team to survive, and the boss was just a slap.

In the third quarter of the game, the Lakers fell into a passive position and fell behind by more than 10 points at one point. Under the Spurs' chain-like defense, Davis was unable to stand up. Gasol was beaten by Duncan in the series, and Chandler even let Jamison fly kites all over the field.

Today, the Lakers in despair obviously need Kobe's score more. In such a passive situation, Kobe did stand up and scored 9 points in a row with unreasonable shots at the end of the third quarter, which once helped the Lakers narrow the gap to 2 points.

But in the fourth quarter, Kobe was in a downturn again, and the Spurs seized the opportunity, and the score difference suddenly became more than 10 points. The Spurs used their machine-like precision offense and defense to make the Lakers' usual casual play hard, especially when there were 6 minutes and 35 seconds left in the game, the Lakers were even behind 75-90, which was the biggest score difference between the two sides in this game. Judging from the situation on the court, the Lakers were completely passive and had little hope of turning the tables.

But the Lakers did not give up, especially Kobe. The boss's eyes are never willing to admit defeat, and they always reveal a signal - Damn, if you have the ability, do you hit me twice?

Kobe stepped forward again in the fourth quarter, first hitting a long three-pointer, and then using the breakthrough to send two consecutive assists to help the Lakers narrow the gap to 7 points step by step. Next, "Kobe Time" was officially staged. With 2 minutes and 32 seconds left in the game, Kobe took action outside the three-point line, the basketball drew a wonderful arc and entered the net, the score became 91-95, and the Lakers narrowed the gap to 4 points.

The Spurs then scored 2 points from Duncan, and the difference became 6 points.

At this time, it was Kobe again. He took action outside the three-point line again, and the ball hit steadily, and the score became 93-96!

Then the Spurs' Ginobi used a snake-like breakthrough to score 2 points, and the difference became 5 points.

Kobe's touch was still hot, and the basketball came to his hand again. He made another three-pointer and still hit a steadily. It was simply amazing! Not only Kobe was crazy at this moment, but the entire Staples fell into madness. Kobe made three consecutive three-pointers in 1 minute and 30 seconds, and the Lakers also narrowed the gap to 2 points, 97-99!

**Vic called a timeout and scolded the Spurs all the outside, but this could not stop the continuation of "Bryant's time". This game was destined to belong to Kobe. Pan returned to the court and faced the Spurs' three-man double-team. He still kept his face and shot three-pointers, and shot one without any touch...

But it doesn't matter. The referee's whistle sounded, and then he sent off the red card of **Vic, who greeted the referee's mother on the sidelines.

Kobe stood on the free throw line and made three free throws, surpassing the score, scoring 12 points in the last two minutes, helping the Lakers overtake the score.

With Parker and Duncan's last two shots, the Spurs had no choice but to use foul tactics, which made Kobe score 4 points on the free throw line. In total, Kobe scored 16 points in the past two minutes and scored 19 points in a single quarter. In addition, **Vic was sent off, the Spurs could only end up in Staples with a grudge.

In the whole game, the God of War played 43 minutes, making 14 of 28 shots, including 6 of 12 three-pointers, 11 of 13 free throws, scoring 45 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals. This is the 10th time Kobe scored 40+ in his playoff career.

After the game, Ke won the best in the game. He said: "What I have to do is lead my teammates to remain calm and calm. Being behind 1:2 is not the end of the world. They have protected their home advantage well, and we know that we must do the same. I have enough confidence and firmly believe that the team can return to home to win the game. All we have to do is play on the court, and I know no one will feel desperate." It is this confidence that supports the Lakers leader who frantically scored 16 points in the last 2 and a half minutes, helping the team perform a Jedi counterattack.

During the entire playoff career, Kobe scored 40+ 9 times, and the Lakers achieved a record of 8 wins and 1 loss. The only game he lost was on May 4, 2006, when Kobe scored 50 points against the Suns. What is more worth mentioning is that in that series, the Lakers once led 3-1, but were eventually reversed by the Suns.

Lakers fans cursed: "Go to yours, let's mention that your sister was reversed. The Lakers will definitely kill the Spurs this time!"

The Zen Master made rare provocative remarks after the game. He believed that if the Spurs could not end the game in five games, they would definitely be killed by the Lakers! The Zen Master said: "They are like a broken car. The Spurs whose team is seriously aging are exposed sooner or later. At that time, the Lakers will solve the opponent in one go and meet with the Clippers in the finals."

Then Phil Jackson did not forget to praise Kobe who scored 40+ today. He said: "Defending Kobe is a chore because you can't defend him at all. When the Spurs lead the opponent by 20 points, or for other opponents, the game has ended early, but for Kobe, you can never underestimate his victory. This kind of fighting spirit of not giving up will infect every teammate, and the team will become more united. Or Kobe uses the energy transformed from his super fighting spirit to end the opponent, or their teammates will stand up to help the team reverse the game. This should be a perfect combination of a leader and the team.
Chapter completed!