Chapter 454: Breaking into Overtime! Meat grinder battle

G6, end of the fourth quarter! There are 21 seconds left in the race!

Lakers 90:88 Houston.

Houston possession, they opted for a timeout.

Kobe was sweating like rain, and in the heat of late May, there seemed to be heat rising above his head.

Olajuwon, on the other hand, was panting like a bellows, and his steps were a little staggering.

But the spirit of the two people seemed to be more sufficient, and they looked at each other in the air with high morale.

Their opponents are no longer the opposing players in front of them, but the point guards and centers with the biggest difference in positions in basketball.

This is not only a competition of physical exhaustion, but now the confrontation between Kobe Bryant and Olajuwon has entered the spiritual level!

In the most tiring game, Kobe Bryant and Olajuwon have both played more than 40 minutes, and their shots have soared to more than 30 times!

Bryant finished with 41 points, 6 rebounds, 8 assists and 4 turnovers on 16-of-31 shooting.

Olajuwon finished with 38 points, 13 rebounds, 3 assists, 5 blocks, 2 steals and 2 turnovers on 16-of-30 shooting.

Equal performance!

So far in the game, no one can fail to call the performance of Kobe Bryant and Olajuwon great!

Great game!

Great players!

Veterans don't die! Before this round of the series, no one could have predicted that Olajuwon would be able to cut 30+ or even 40+ in a row as young. Olajuwon's dominance at center in the regular season has declined, but in the playoffs he has proven that he is the best center.

O'Neal just didn't play as well as Olajuwon in this series.

There may be a lot of reasons, such as Big Ben's drag on the offensive end.

For example, the average height of the Houston BUG level.

For example, defending Olajuwon consumes too much energy.

For example, the right to shoot was heavily occupied by Kobe.

But everyone will only look at the result, not the process.

O'Neal's challenge to Olajuwon was a failure.

However, the battle for the center throne is not necessarily a failure, the performance data is not as good as the opponent, as long as the team wins, it is still a win!

Russell has never surpassed Chamberlain in statistics and performance, but the king of the inside line in that era was not Chamberlain, but the king of the rings, Russell! There is only one reason, and that is victory!

As long as you can win! O'Neill doesn't count!

He clearly understands this, so even if he sacrifices his position as the boss of the team at the critical moment, he has to resist the situation and hand over the final stage to Kobe!

Outside superstars have an advantage over inside superstars at the last critical moment!

Hold on!

Defend Olajuwon's ball!

O'Neill's muscles trembled slightly, and his inside line was far less calm than his expression.

The whole world knows that this moment is when the Houston Rockets will get the ball into Olajuwon's hands. It's like the ball at the Lakers' critical moment will always be in Kobe's hands.

They are born killers!

As long as they defend against Olajuwon's last attack, the Lakers win!

Win the G6 and win the series! Take the throne of the king of the center forwards!

I can! I can!

O'Neill cheered himself up like crazy, he knew that the big dream was already at the end of his power, and his physical energy was absolutely exhausted.

And a center forward, who loses his physical strength and loses strength, has a devastating impact.

The Lakers are ahead, the opponent's physical energy is exhausted, as long as you defend it, it is a victory!

Olajuwon's eyes narrowed, his physical energy was exhausted to the extreme, but he still wanted to win!

Must enter!

This ball!

Went into overtime!

Lose and lose all hope of winning the championship!

Barkley and Drexler looked at Olajuwon from the sidelines.

Barkley also wanted to shoot the last shot, and Olajuwon missed out on the Lakers in the regular season.

But he gritted his teeth and swallowed what he wanted to say.

Here, not my team.

When the big dream Olajuwon is to carry the eyes of the world and withstand all the pressure.

Staggered onto the court, took a pass from Drexler, who had run out of time, hooked the ball in, and Houston went crazy!

"Overtime! Hakim hit! ”

"Hook hands! A hook hand at an incredible angle! O'Neal's interference was already very strong, but Olajuwon still hit! ”

"Olajuwon fell to the ground! He staggered off the pitch with the help of his teammates. ”

"Incredible performance! This is the strength of the king of an era! ”

"O'Neal's mouth opened wide in disbelief, he's still tender, whether he wins or loses this series, O'Neill will learn a lot from Olajuwon, not only technically, but mentally."

"From the moment Olajuwon is unsteady on his feet and still scores the ball, he has achieved greatness!"

There was no time for O'Neill to regret it, and the game went into extra time.

Kobe Bryant is also exhausted, and under such an intensity of confrontation, under the rotation of round after round of wheel battles in the Houston forward group, Kobe has never been so tired.

In overtime, O'Neill seemed to be stimulated, and continued to press Olajuwon, who had lost physical strength, to force an attack.

O'Neill's offense conceded two goals in a row!

He had some problems with his form today, and he was very stable under the basket with a small hook and a small toss that just missed.

Olajuwon had run out of gas, but he still gritted his teeth, withstood O'Neal's onslaught again and again, and tried his best to prevent O'Neal.

Greatness, this is the greatness of the king of kings in the era of the inner line in the last ten years.

Kobe fed O'Neal two balls, and if the effect was not good, he immediately attacked by himself!

Kobe Bryant's steps are also faltering! He gave possession to Horry.

Take a walk through the halfway with your own old steps!

This way of recovering physical strength is also conducive to the rich grandfather-style play after the Achilles tendon rupture.

After half the game, it has to be in place.

Three threats, shoot directly before the bag!

Hit!

"In! Kobe Bryant is in! ”

"The Lakers' first score in overtime!"

And Drexler also stood up at this time!

The greatness of legendary superstars, the more critical the time, the more they can reflect their abilities!

Drexler rolls over and jumps, **Bowen, overtake!

Then the two sides come and go, and under difficult circumstances, point by point, tearing each other up.

In overtime, both sides hit rock bottom, and both sides were on the verge of breaking down in fitness and will

At this time, the comparison is who can survive better!

O'Neal was 1 of 2 and Kobe Bryant was 1 of 2.

Barkley was 1-of-3 and Drexler was 2-of-4.

None of the other players finished scoring!

Both Eddie Jones and Olajuwon gave up attacking and focused on defending after striking iron!

Strangling!

Meat grinder-like battle! The intensity of the fight in extra time was even greater than in regular time.

It's finally time for the game!

Lakers 96:97 Houston.

8 seconds left!

Lakers timeout.

Lakers ball possession!

One shot!