Everybody that have thought the Houston Rockets will be finished in the series without their best player Yao Ming in the game was proved wrong when the Rockets made a 98-87 win over the Los Angeles Lakers to tie up the semifinals of the Western Conference of the NBA at 2 games each making the next game a deciding one.

Aaron Brooks scored a career high of 34 points and Shane Battier nailed 5 three-pointer balls and scored 23 points. Luis Scola had 11 points and 14 rebounds giving the Houston Rockets the team spirit thy needed to compensate the absence of their ace player Yao Ming. Pau Gasol and Kobe Bryant scored 30 and 15 points respectively for the Los Angeles Lakers. It was not that the Houston Rockets were too strong to stop, but the real problem is that Lakers’ players have taken the game lightly and probably, they have earned their lesson.

For the Houston Rockets, they have found out that team spirit is the key to win even if in such a pinch. And as for the Los Angeles Lakers, an important lesson has been learned by them-treating every team in the conference as a threat to their road of success.