The Raptors, who do not have a meat shield center, even if they resolutely adopt a flanking tactic against O'Neal, may not have the same good effect as the Jazz back then.

Because the key to the Jazz's pinch-and-shoot tactics is that Ostertag can use his tonnage to limit O'Neal's receiving area to the low post as much as possible.

And once O'Neal is allowed to receive the ball in the low post, even the Jazz of the year will not be able to stop this fathead fish.

Because unlike forward defenders like Su Feng and Jordan, attacking O'Neal in the low post is likely to result in a 2 plus 1 hammered by this goods.

Therefore, on the court, in the case of O'Neal's two consecutive attacks, one is to avoid too many fouls by Big Ben, and the other is to get a touch of O'Neal's mentality, Davis decisively replaced the "professional shark cutter" Williams.

Ha!?

Could it be that "cutting sharks" also has a professional meaning?

Of course.

Before the game, in order to study how to "cut the shark" rationally, scientifically and sustainably, Williams and his teammates conducted a lot of exercises.

As one of the founders of the former Bulls dynasty, after following Boss Joe to win the triple crown that year, Williams has always adhered to the professional concept of "uniform strokes, healthier".

However, this season, under the "mouth fragrance" of Boss Joe, Williams, who feels that he has regained his youth, found that the original ......

His original intention has always been there.

On the court, after the Raptors made a substitution, the game continued.

And as soon as he came up, Williams showed what a career is.

The moment O'Neal received a pass from his teammates, Williams, who felt that he couldn't fight O'Neal in the low post, directly hugged O'Neal.

It seems that a foul on O'Neal can be done by any individual.

But in fact, because O'Neal is extremely flexible, as long as you don't time your foul well, it is easy to be scored by him with the ball.

And the timing of Williams' foul just now can be described as just right.

Even in order to prevent the referee from seeing his foul, Williams deliberately found a perspective where the referees could notice him.

On the court, because the number of fouls by the Raptors has not yet arrived, O'Neal's ball did not form an offensive frame, so the Lakers continued to serve sideline balls.

As a result, although O'Neal, who was a little distracted, received a pass from his teammates this time, his hesitation also gave wing Su Feng a chance to pinch him.

Before O'Neal gets into the low post, the Raptors' bag and clamp tactics can only get the most out of O'Neal's clamping at a position that is still a certain distance from the basket.

Because even O'Neal can't do a dozen or two in this position.

After all, under Su Feng's harassment, in this position, O'Neill couldn't even dribble and hit his back, so he couldn't just throw Su Feng off with one elbow, right?

Wake up, in that case, you're going to be whistled for an offensive foul.

In desperation, O'Neal, who held the ball with both hands, chose to pass the ball to Rice, who was standing on the outside.

It's just that just when Rice was setting up Pose and preparing to sanction the Raptors with a three-point shot, Su Feng, who had just harassed O'Neal under O'Neal's elbow, had already quickly pounced in front of Rice.

In the case of a well-chosen pinching location, Su Feng's ball showed his amazing one-defense and two-defense ability.

Although Les still completed the shot in front of Su Feng, he was frightened by Su Feng's defensive speed, but when he shot, his movements were deformed.

Wow——!

In the restricted area, Big Ben, who no longer had to top O'Neal, breathed fresh air while protecting the rebound for the Raptors.

On the court, the Raptors counterattacked, the "old hooligan" took the lead, and on the Lakers' side, Kobe, who retreated the fastest, was stunned.

Because looking at Su Feng, Maddie, and Jordan, who was in charge of dribbling at the same time, Kobe hated at this moment for not having a shadow doppelganger technique, and he couldn't defend three.

At the last moment, the tangled Kobe Bryant still chose to block Su Feng's fast route.

So, Jordan, who was advancing with the dribble, shook his hands, and on the other side, Maddie jumped high and won the dunk in the air.

Bang Dang——!

8 to 10!

TNT, Smith said: "The Raptors played a textbook defensive counterattack, and I think those who think the league is giving Sue the best defensive player in the league to Sue can shut up.

Because if such Sue doesn't deserve the best defensive player, then I really can't think of anyone else in the league who deserves the best defensive player. ”

CCTV, Director Zhang said: "It seems that the ball is the last to complete the empty catch, but in fact, if there is no Su Feng's defense, the Raptors' counterattack will not be possible at all." ”

On the side, Su Junyang also smiled: "This is also the reason why Su Feng was able to win the regular season MVP, his performance on both offensive and defensive ends of the court this season has conquered everyone." ”

In front of the TV, Riley regretted it.

Why do you say that you are so cheap, you have to turn on the TV to watch the finals and look for abuse?

And at the Canadian Route Center Arena, Carter, who was replaced by Williams, began to tremble uncontrollably when he noticed that Maddie had dunked twice tonight.

On the bench, Davis, who noticed Carter's strong desire to fight, smiled and patted him on the shoulder, "Don't worry, Vince, I'll replace you soon." ”

On the court, looking back, the "Zen master" who likes to let the players adjust themselves continue to practice meditation.

And this time, the "professional shark cutter" Williams completed a more refined shark cut.

In the low post, at the moment when O'Neal turned around and was about to attack the frame, the quick-eyed Williams used all his strength and directly cut O'Neal's attack with a "hand knife".

And even a man as strong as O'Neill couldn't help but widen his eyes at this moment.

I TM......

Your arms are swollen from you, brother!

Look, what is called a professional shark cutter.

Professional shark slashing is that if you are not ruthless when you attack, then you can only be ridden by O'Neill to wreak havoc on the top of your head.

Beep!

In this way, Williams, who received his second foul, successfully sent O'Neal to the free throw line.

Compared to O'Neal's efficient low-post offense, it can turn his otherwise secure two points into free throws the moment he completes the offense......

It has to be said that Williams did put a lot of effort into how to cut sharks.

On the court, at the moment when O'Neal walked to the free throw line, the Canadian fans in the arena at the center of the route also booed in unison.

Before the game, because he knew that the Raptors would cut the shark 100%, O'Neal deliberately practiced free throws.

But......

On the first penalty, O'Neal made a three-way shot.

In Su Feng's original time and space, O'Neal's free throws in the playoffs were worse than his free throws in the regular season.

Especially in the 98/99 and 99/00 seasons, O'Neal's free throws in the playoffs did not even shoot 47%.

Because the confrontation in the playoffs is more intense, it is easy to deform the technical movements of the players in the game.

And O'Neal, who was already a free throw loser, was even more difficult to get his free throws right after all kinds of hand-to-hand combat.

Tonight, it was a pivotal moment for O'Neal, who reached the finals for the second time in his career.

After all, at 27 years old, he is no longer young.

And before, when ESPN ranked O'Neal as the first of the new four centers, many experts were talking about the broom that O'Neal received in the playoffs.

Therefore, in terms of the desire to win, O'Neal's desire to win is definitely not much less than that of Su Feng and Jordan.

O'Neal's free throws, however, were his Achilles heel.

In the second free throw, O'Neal took three deep breaths calmly before throwing the basketball.

And then......

Wow——!

As we all know, in basketball, the only difference between a missed free throw and a mistake is that you manage to get a foul on one of your opponents.

However, what if Williams, who is a "professional shark cutter", is sent off for six fouls?

One of them fell, and on the Raptors' bench, there were thousands of him!

On the court, Big Ben, who grabbed the rebound, handed the ball to Jordan's hand, and Boss Joe launched a transition attack again.

And now, the Raptors also showed their true colors tonight.

In the opening tentative stage, the Raptors' fast break was still a little conservative, but after the opening tentative ended, the Raptors were going to run to the end tonight.

In Su Feng's previous life, even if O'Neal's power was amazing, it was impossible for the Lakers to leave every attack to him.

Because if you really let this fathead fish chisel forty or fifty times, then he may not wait for the Raptors to find a way to solve him, and he himself will fall first.

At his peak, don't look at O'Neal's playing time in the finals, but in fact, he has a lot of time, and he stays on the court and rests while playing.

The Raptors made up their minds tonight, which is to focus on draining O'Neal's physical energy.

O'Neill's weight makes it impossible for him to come back every time when he is on the defensive.

In addition, in order to save energy, in Jackson's tactics, O'Neal rarely takes the initiative to pounce on the outside.

So, with this ball, Jordan, who noticed that O'Neal was still retreating, threw the ball directly into Maddy's hand.

Wow——!

And although Maddy's three-point sniping failed to hit, O'Neal, who had just returned to the Lakers' defense area, had to run back to the Raptors' half immediately......

For the Raptors, this kind of conversion is okay even if you can't shoot the three-point shooting, but for the Lakers, if you keep running with the Raptors......

On the Lakers' bench, Jackson was upset at the moment.

Because even in terms of on-the-spot adaptability, the "Zen Master" thinks that he is inferior to John Davis, but if he continues to fight like this, no matter how slow the "Zen Master" is in terms of adaptability, he knows it very well......

Lakers absolute pill.

Beep ——!

On the court, "Pro Shark Cutter" Williams once again fouled O'Neal, who was about to chisel hard.

And this time, although Williams failed to stop O'Neal from completing the shot, O'Neal, who had just made a switchback run, also regrettably missed the opportunity of "two plus one".

Taking advantage of the free throws, O'Neal quickly adjusted his breathing.

Because the instantaneous consumption of a basketball game is very large, even a professional player has to slow down after a few laps back and forth.

However, I don't know if it's because the adjustment time is too long, O'Neal's two penalties ......

Still didn't hit.

And worse than failing to make a free throw, the Raptors' damn transition offense......

Lei again!

If you've ever practiced sprinting and long-distance running, you can probably understand O'Neill's mood at the moment.

Many times, many naïve children's shoes will always think that after sprinting 100 meters with all their might, they will not be as tired as running 1000 meters, but ......

Don't believe it, in terms of physical exertion, sometimes sprinting 100 meters with all your strength is not much easier than running 1000 meters.

Therefore, for O'Neill, who had just adjusted his breathing, asking him to retreat immediately at this moment was not much different from asking for his life.

And in this situation where the rest is not in place, continuing to run back and forth with the Raptors will undoubtedly further aggravate O'Neal's physical exertion.

On the court, the Raptors went down quickly.

After using a look to deceive Kobe Bryant, Su Feng, who slipped to the high position, received the ball and threw it.

This season, after staying in the sewer for a long time, Jordan likes to pass the ball to Su Feng, and the most important reason is because Su Feng doesn't like to spit cakes.

Hmmm——!

Assists in hand, three points too!

8 to 13.

In the Lakers' restricted area, O'Neal, who had just retreated, was tired and unloved.

missed four consecutive free throws, coupled with running back and forth, O'Neal at this moment can be described as physically and mentally exhausted.

It was the Lakers' turn to attack, and on the court, Harper, who saw that O'Neal needed a break, hurriedly handed the ball to Kobe Bryant this time.

And after the transformation of the super button man at the beginning, in order to win, Kobe Bryant was also entangled at this time.

That's it!

He is a dignified Los Angeles magician, how can he be so unaffordable to let go?

Sue, Tracey, Vince......

Wait for me!

This season, in addition to the arrival of the "Zen Master" who liberated O'Neal, Kobe's paranoia in passing is also the reason why the Lakers were able to go all the way to the Finals.

In the early stage of his career, Kobe, who was not skilled enough in back playing, still had many flaws, but at this moment, he was wearing a magician coat......

In the case of five v five, even Su Feng could not predict his offensive line.

On the outside, when Rice received Kobe's pass from Kobe, in front of the TV, the lake honeys climaxed instantly.

On the Raptors' bench, John Davis has already begun to pray.

No way.

Davis is well aware that with Kobe Bryant playing such a good game, the Raptors simply have no other way than to pray that the rest of the Lakers players can't shoot.

As a result, I don't know if Rice was "cursed" from Davis, anyway, this big vacancy, he threw quite outrageously.

Rice, who usually has a three-point shooting rate of nearly 40%, actually threw a "bridge crossing" this ball.

And Su Feng, who received Rice's "pass" from the bottom line, silently gave the Lakers player a capital thumbs up.

Worthy of my Lakers!

Sure enough, as long as you are the opponent of the Lakers, then you can always trust the "other players" of the Lakers.

In Su Feng's previous life, in the 98/99 season, Rice, who was transformed into a fixed-point pitcher, was unable to regain his crosshairs in that season because of his absence from training during the suspension.

Therefore, opportunities are only reserved for those who are prepared.

Because of historical changes, the Lakers reached the Finals a year early, but in terms of preparation for this season, how can they surpass the Raptors?

Compared with the fathead fish who turned the river and the sea in the 99/00 season, O'Neill is still a breath of air behind in terms of fitness and condition.

Compared with the champion tool man who shot more than 60% of three-point shooting in the finals of the 99/00 season, Rice is an out-and-out blacksmith at the moment.

At the Canadian Route Center Arena, under the Raptors' wave after wave of offense, the score of the two teams was quickly stretched to 15-25.

At this time, there were still 4 minutes left before the end of the first quarter.

On the Lakers' bench, Jackson, who finally took a timeout, felt that the Raptors and the Lakers' physical reserves were not at the same level at all.

And what made Jackson even more of a headache was ......

After this timeout, the Raptors completed a wave of Yua Mikami...... Ahh

Smith, Carter, and Nash replaced Jordan, Maddy, and Williams respectively.

It's not just about physical reserves.

In terms of bench reserves, this Raptors team is also far above the Lakers.

At this moment, looking at the Lakers' bench, the "Zen Master" suddenly felt an emotion called despair.

Young Lewis and Wang still need time to level up.

And Fisher, who is familiar with "Scheming", can be replaced with a dozen, but it is ......

On the court, just after the "Zen Master" made the decision to replace the veteran Harper with Fisher, it didn't take long for the "Zen Master" to regret it......

Because unlike Harper, a veteran who is good at defending and can mismatch opponents' point backs, who does Fisher scare when it comes to his height of 185 centimeters?

Tonight, the Raptors haven't taken advantage of the point guard's misalignment to attack Harper, because Harper, who is 193 cm tall, is old, but he is still experienced after being selected to the All-Defensive Team twice.

But, Fisher?

In the center of the route, with the help of Nash, Su Feng, who was changed to Fisher again and again, directly shattered Fisher's "dream of hugging legs" with his ruthless iron elbows.

can't attack, can't defend, and has to be consumed by the Raptors for nothing.

By the end of the first quarter, the score had been rewritten to 20-34.

On the Lakers' bench, during the break, after peeking at the technical statistics on the scoreboard, Bryant, who was covered with a towel, remained silent.

14 points, 2 rebounds, 1 block, 1 steal.

Thinking back to Su Feng's data in the first quarter, at this moment, Kobe Bryant felt that he had been invisibly pulled away by his high school classmates.

On the bench of the Raptors, after peeking at the technical statistics on the scoreboard, Su Feng, who was enjoying a massage from his teammates, fell silent for a while.

6 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal.

Thinking back to Kobe's statistics in the first quarter of the game, at this moment, Su Feng found that no matter how hard he tried, Kobe Bryant could always catch up with his footsteps.

And, if Kobe Bryant keeps being paranoid......

Kobe Bryant in this life will only become more and more difficult to deal with.

"Sure enough, my efforts are far from enough!"

On the bench of the Lakers and the Raptors, on this day, Su Feng and Kobe Bryant expressed such feelings in their hearts at the same time.

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