Li Fei and Bellucci's World for Two!

Scottie Pippen, the league's ultimate perimeter defender, was assigned to guard Kobe Bryant.

Pippen's defense was like an airtight net. His long arms, anticipation, and lateral quickness were the nightmare of every perimeter scorer.

But tonight, Kobe was like an incomparably sharp blade, slicing through that net again and again.

With three minutes left in the fourth quarter, the score was tied at 101.

Kobe held the ball at the right-wing forty-five-degree angle, facing Pippen's tight, body-to-body pressure.

He went through several between-the-legs dribbles in succession, lowering his body like a cheetah, his eyes sharp as an eagle's.

Suddenly, he feinted an explosive drive to the right, only to yank his body backward with a hard pull. He stopped on a dime and stepped back, instantly creating a full body's worth of separation from Pippen.

Pippen's reaction was already as fast as it could possibly be. He immediately shifted his weight and lunged forward, his long arms nearly blocking all of Kobe's sightlines.

But in that split second, Kobe's body unfolded in midair, his core strength displayed to perfection. He rose for a picture-perfect fadeaway jumper, flicked his wrist lightly, and the basketball traced a flawless arc before swishing cleanly through the net!

Swish!

103:101! The Lakers had taken the lead!

The shot was practically a carbon copy of Jordan, and it sent a chill through Houston Rockets head coach Tomjanovich on the sideline.

That night, Kobe became the key to breaking the deadlock.

With one unstoppable isolation after another, he tore apart Pippen's defense and made the Houston Rockets pay a heavy price for their strategy of double-teaming O'Neal.

When the final buzzer sounded, the score stood at 110:106. The Lakers had narrowly won Game 5.

Statistically, Kobe Bryant led the Lakers with 31 points, along with 6 rebounds