Kobe Bryant wrote down 53 points and brought the Los Angeles Lakers behind a last deficit of 12 points in the regulation, but the rockets at night beat 107-104 of Friday of the additional time.
Yao had 39 points and McGrady added 30, enough ones to surpass fifth of Bryant excursion of 50 points in the seven last games. “It was amazing" Rafer Alston of Houston said, who made a pair of free throw with 14 second left capsular writing down.
Jeff Van Gundy, coach of the rockets said: “I was fine on our defense on Bryant. There's only so much you can do.''
Bryant, who had made slow a dramatic indicator 3 in the regulation to tie the game in 95 and to send it in the regulation, dismissed others threw beyond the arc of the edge and the rockets bounced whereas the additional time finished.
With Los Angeles dragging 88-76, Bryant took the load, writing down 17 points in 4:07 final of the regulation.
“My shots were going long. I took a few deep breaths and regrouped'' said Bryant, who wrote down 25 point of Lakers' final 28 points and finished 19-of-44 from the field.
Yao intentionally soiled the brown one of Kwame with 16 seconds of rest the regulation, and the brown one lacked both free shots. Pero Bryant under the long bounce to the left and made an indicator fallaway 3 of the corner to tie it in 95.
Then McGrady lacked a bridge, with Bryant keeping it, because the time worked towards outside in the regulation. Los Angeles was upon 104-100 with 1:03 remaining one in additional time, but soiled McGrady Bryant beyond the line of 3 points and McGrady made three shots free.
“That was a big play for us because we were down four and we were fortunate enough to get three free throws and knock all of them down'' McGrady said.
Yao written down in layup with 23 seconds went away, then Alston made shots both free. Yao, that had 11 bounces, was 17 of-21 of the free line of shot and 11 of-18 of the floor. McGrady wrote down 15 points of the line, and had 10 aids. But it was 7 of-24 of the floor.
“'Obviously, Tracy was struggling from the floor," Van Gundy said this. “Yao came through in a big way.''
Alston added 19 points.
Bryant scored 50 or more for the eighth time this season and 19th time in his career. He left a game 23 points in a loss 88-86 to Memphis. It had written down at least 40 in the five previous games, including 50 or more in the first four. It wrote down 65 in one of those and 60 in another one. Lamar Odom had 16 points and 17 bounces for the Lakers before soiling towards it go with 15 seconds to the left in in extra hours. The distance Hayes had 14 bounces and six points for Houston. The rockets were upon 75-67 that directed in the fourth trimester after leading 53-48 in of half time.
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