"Bruce, good defense." When Hill hit Bowen again for a difficult layup, Bryant gave Bowen a thumbs up.

"Just guard it off!" Harris shouted from the sidelines.

Bowen, who was a little depressed, seemed to be energized again, and my teammates and coaches saw my efforts.

Hill's first move was so fast that even Kobe Bryant couldn't hold off every one of his attacks, and it was good that Bowen could keep up with him.

It can be said that the current Hill, without a bag, will not have 5 players in the league who can limit him to less than 50% shooting, which is really terrifying.

And once he is packed, has a wide field of vision, and has excellent organizational skills, Hill can immediately lead the entire team's offense.

This is the piston of the pistons.

A conspiracy built on Hill's unsolvable first step.

Hill has no solution, and O'Neal is also unsolvable for the Pistons.

When Bryant stuffed the ball to O'Neal inside again and again under the interference of Joe Dumas, the Pistons' defense collapsed.

The Pistons' interior lineman, Otis Thorpe, is too old, and Theo Latliff is too immature. There is no way for the two and O'Neill to be on top.

That gave O'Neal a chance to make a big splash, as he scored 14 points and four boards on 6-of-8 shooting and 2-of-5 free throws in the quarter, dominating the restricted area.

It can be said that the first quarter was a duel between Hill and O'Neal, Hill was 5 of 7, scoring 11 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist. The Lakers' resolute one-on-one defense didn't keep the entire team together.

Bryant scored on just one fast-break layup in the first quarter.

The rest of the players on both sides were basically in a match-up scene, with Campbell and Thorpe tangled together. Dumas and Jones were entangled. Kobe Bryant and Lynch Hunter didn't make a move, and they were organizing the offense together.

The two-way team strategy is very obvious, which is to let the superstar play alone and play until you are in the trap.

And the two sides have not been packed, and at this time, it is who has a higher scoring efficiency than the superstar.

The first quarter ends at 25:24. The Lakers lead by 1 point.

The Lakers came off the bench with three muskets, and Van Exel, Fisher and Horry all went wild, allowing Grant Hill, who had only a three-minute rest, to put on the game again.

Hill faced Horry's defense, or one step!

A simple acceleration cleaned up Horry and led the team to a substitute to overtake the score.

At the end of the second quarter, both sides changed all the starters at the same time.

Kobe Bryant looked at the score and trailed by three points at 42:45 with six minutes left.

Dumas saw that Kobe Bryant was just passing the ball in the first quarter, and he couldn't contain Kobe Bryant when he passed, so he couldn't help but relax his defense against Kobe.

Kobe Bryant saw Dumas's slackness at a glance and made a three-point shot.

Shoot and score, equalize.

Switching offense and defense, Grant Hill tossed and turned, broke through and scored a dunk under the basket.

Bryant found that Hill's movements were becoming more and more cumbersome, as Bowen had become more and more accustomed to simple movements and techniques, and Hill's advanced techniques would inevitably consume more of his physical energy.

After attracting Dumas's attention, Bryant returned to stealth again, and when Dumas was distracted, he immediately attacked again.

This made the aging Dumars, who was originally the Pistons' No. 2 attacker, need him to step up and share the offensive pressure of Grant Hill.

But Eddie Jones defended very well against Dumas, Eddie Jones was 7 centimeters taller than Dumas, and his defense was known for his physical talent.

Excellent lateral movement, agile speed, and the advantage of height and reach make Dumas very uncomfortable.

Add to that the fact that you have to defend Kobe Bryant on the defensive end, which is too difficult for a 36-year-old veteran.

"Isaiah, you're doomed." With three minutes left in the second quarter, the Pistons still led by two points, but the Magic decided the outcome of the game.

"Not necessarily." Thomas can certainly see the situation, Hill and O'Neal have won and lost each other, but the rest of the team has been completely suppressed.

Bryant controlled the pace of the game, like a patient killer waiting for the beast to struggle, exhausting his physical strength to reveal a flaw in the moment, and a fatal blow.

This way of playing is too old and spicy, isn't it supposed to be what young players should do?

Thomas feels that he is not as old as Kobe Bryant's style of play before he is 30 years old.

"Kobe Bryant is the player who is most like me, and Allen Iverson, who is most like you, was also repaired by Kobe the day before yesterday." Magicians are so happy that they can beat their old rivals in a verbal fight.

"Kobe Bryant is like you dead fat man, he is obviously more like Jordan!"

"Maybe it's more like Jordan playing point guard."

The second quarter ended safely under Kobe's control, and the Lakers trailed by 3 points at 55:58.

But this is already a battle of trapped beasts, and both Ciel and Dumas are showing fatigue.

Hill finished with 21 points, three rebounds and three assists on 8-of-12 shooting in the first half.

Dumas, on the other hand, only scored seven points and one assist on 3-of-8 shooting.

Thorpe scored 4 points and 6 rebounds on 2-of-7 shooting, and Campbell finally hardened for a while.

That corresponded to O'Neal's 18 points and five rebounds on 8-of-12 shooting. Unfortunately, he only made 2 of 6 free throws.

Kobe Bryant scored 9 points and 7 assists on 4-of-6 shooting! This is his new half-time assist high, and I believe that the assists will inevitably be double-doubled at the end of this game.

Bryant asserted that if the Pistons' second-in-command was the aging Dumas, then they would not have had a chance to break through the second round.

The strengths and weaknesses of the piston are all too obvious.

The advantage is that they have a near-insoluble Grant Hill.

The disadvantage is that as long as Hill can be defended alone, the Pistons' offense will stagnate, and it is impossible for the aging Dumas to liberate Hill from the strong team alone.

The third quarter started quickly, Kobe Bryant firmly controlled the offense and defense, the pace was not fast or slow, it happened to be a positional battle, and it would not give Hill much rest.

Playing a fast attack, O'Neal's lethality will be reduced by 2 notches, and the pace is too slow, and Hill can conserve his stamina.

This degree is very difficult to grasp.

Fortunately, Kobe Bryant has 20 years of professional experience, and under his control, O'Neal continues to play bravely.

On the other hand, Hill also hit back-to-back difficult goals in front of Bowen.

Grant Hill played the full third quarter and was even ready to play the fourth!

Hill, of course, knows that the Lakers' strategy for him is to exhaust his physical strength, and Kobe Bryant will take it away in waves.

But he is convinced that he can play well enough! And stifle Kobe's counterattack at the end!

It's the confidence of a superstar, the confidence of a Hall of Famer.

The next break is out of the question, and the substitutes will give up their hard-earned lead.

If you don't want to lose, then play a big enough score difference when the Lakers' main team rests!

At the end of the third quarter, Grant Hill threw punches in the face of Horry's buzzer-beating three-pointers, which he was not good at.

The score was frozen at 73:84. The Pistons led by 11 points.

That's a big difference in the pace of the game right now.

Hill stared at Kobe Bryant, who was sitting firmly on the bench.

So now, is this script still what you want it to be?