After the start of the second quarter of the game, our Lakers' bench players are still in quite good shape, especially under the leadership of Eddie Jones and Byron Scott, they have maintained a pretty good competitive state, which makes the Timberwolves' bench players a little difficult to handle, to be honest, the overall strength of the Timberwolves is indeed a little different, after all, their entire team configuration has some problems.

In the current Timberwolves, although there are still good rookie players, there is a lack of main core players, especially the main players in their twenties.

And on the other hand, the Timberwolves also lack older veteran players, many times the role of veteran players in a team is really not simply visible, speaking of which veteran players will have a more positive effect on the team psychologically and in the whole process of the game.

Our Lakers team is actually really good in this aspect, there are older players, there are main players in their twenties, and there are potential rookie players, it is precisely because our Lakers team has such a good lineup that we can make the overall strength of our Lakers team reach such a relatively good situation.

Of course, this is indeed a very rare thing, and the Timberwolves have a lot of time when they are playing games and their players will make some decisions that are not so right, which is a series of problematic manifestations from the players to the team's management to the coach, and there is no way to simply change this bad state.

To be honest, teams like the Timberwolves actually have a lot in the entire league, but there are relatively few who can really go to the next level, and such teams often have to choose another path to reform, one of which is to keep messing around, and then get better draft picks through messing, and only after doing so can they have a little chance to help them change the fate of the team.

Sometimes the fate of the team is like the fate of each of us, full of all kinds of impermanence and tragedy, and how to say it, we human beings are always faced with all kinds of tragic fate, and we always have some kind of tragic thoughts that are difficult to resist, and these tragic ideas are sometimes good and sometimes bad.

In fact, not all tragic states will necessarily bring bad consequences, we can see that in the face of difficulties, a large part of us human beings are still able to make very good changes.

Therefore, when facing difficulties, each of our choices will lead to different final results, so in fact, tragedy does not mean that there is no way to fight at all, as long as we work hard to challenge fate, we will find that one day hope can still return to us.

Each of us works very hard to face the challenges from fate, although not all of us can be lucky to become the ultimate success, but in this process, we have really worked hard after all, so no matter what the final result will be, we are actually clear conscience.

This is very crucial.

Just like the difference between me in my previous life and my current me, although I may have made a lot of efforts in my previous life to change something, when the time is not so ripe, maybe the efforts we put in may not necessarily be able to gain much.

It's not that you will definitely gain if you put in the effort, but if you don't want to stand up and challenge fate, if you don't even have the courage to challenge fate, or if you lose this courage, you will find that you are actually missing something in your life, this feeling is very special, but it is also very real.

Now I gradually have some deeper understanding after reviewing the experience of my previous life, no matter what, now when I recall those things, those past years, I find that I can see some deeper things through the surface situation, I don't know what I can do after knowing these things, but our fate is often so impermanent, if we can really continue, everything about us will undergo some unusual changes.

Soon the time for the bench was up, and once it was the turn of our Lakers starters, it was a process for us Lakers starters and it was a hard thing to say, we would go through different games every day, but the games themselves might not be so pleasant for us.

With the final minutes of the second quarter remaining, and with both teams fielding their best players ready for a desperate battle against their opponents, Shaq was particularly excited, as if he wanted to do something similar because of my successful dunk over Garnett's head.

The Timberwolves' first offense was to choose to attack by Marbury at a high 45-degree angle, but I found that the Timberwolves seemed to have adopted another tactic at this time, Garnett stood near the free throw line, and Marbury moved from the baseline to 45 degrees to make a block for Drexler, and Drexler used this block to quickly move to the baseline.

Oh my god, this seems to be the Timberwolves' version of the triangle offense, and I know that because I didn't keep up with the glider Drexler in the first place, he's going to attack our basket directly from the baseline.

My forward path was blocked by Garnett near the free-throw line, so I couldn't get to the best defensive zone in the first place, and the only one who could stop the glider was Shaq.

Although Shaq's defensive reaction was quite good this time, blocking the glider's offensive path before he entered the box, Olajuwon cut inside along the free throw line and easily received a ground-hitting pass from the glider Drexler to score a dunk.

This is the first time that the Timberwolves have used this tactic in these two games, and there is no doubt that we are not mentally and tactically prepared for it, but in fact, as a team with top players in three positions, the Timberwolves play a very powerful triangle offense, unlike the Bulls' triangle offense, everything is centered on Jordan, and the Timberwolves' triangle offense has at least two points with strong ball handling ability and two points with strong offensive initiation.

Despite this, I was able to tell that this was a triangle offensive tactic at the first time, which seems to indicate that my tactical literacy has been greatly improved in another aspect, and I have often watched the video of the Bulls and Jordan games since the beginning of the game, and I am indeed quite familiar with this offensive tactic.

Shaq, who originally wanted to dunk one angrily in front of Olajuwon, instead let Olajuwon dunk one in front of him first, and in the next offensive round, Shaq carried the big dream with his back and waved his arms hard to ask for the ball, Shaq's key position was very solid, and it was impossible for ordinary people to interfere with his key position, and the only thing to pay attention to was the forward steal from other people around him.

However, the way I pass the ball to Shaq is generally fast, and the start is more hidden, trying to pass the ball to Shaq before the other defenders notice, which also allows him to find better offensive opportunities in the first place.

Shaq held the ball with his back and first carried Da Meng twice, Da Meng couldn't bear Shak's huge strength, so he could only take two steps back, but Shaq did not continue to exert his force back, but glanced at his high position with his eyes, Da Meng Olajuwon followed Shak's gaze for a short hesitation time.

At this time, Shaq made his best shark turn, and hit the innermost part of the penalty area with a back turn in the direction of the bottom line, at this time the big dream Olajuwon just reacted, but his speed is really amazing, reaction speed, movement speed, and bounce speed are much stronger than ordinary interior players.

However, he was facing Shaq, who was above him in height, strength and weight, and in the face of absolute strength, the speed of Big Dream was not enough to make up for it, okay, and finally let Shaq get his wish and slam a dunk on the top of Big Dream's head, and the cheers that rang out in the Staples Arena were endless, no less than the cheers that sounded when I dunked successfully.

Shaq is still strong enough, in fact, he can still occupy a certain advantage in the face of the tough dream Olajuwon, his real problem is that he always can't catch the core point when defending Olajuwon, of course, this can't be blamed on Shak, after all, with the all-round skills of Olajuwon and the extremely high basketball IQ, Shaq doesn't know which means the next attack of the big dream will take, so the confrontation between them is more often a mutual explosion, and no one can limit anyone.

And in this case, it is their teammates who decide the direction of the game, of course I will not be the one who drags my feet, but to be honest, the gold content of this game is much higher than the last game at the Toyota Center, first of all, the level of investment and attention of both sides in this game is not comparable to the previous game.

Our Lakers team had a rare tactical drill before the game, not to mention what kind of level the tactical literacy of the entire team was improved all at once, but at least it can be said that many Lakers players finally understood what some of the tactics of the silver fox Harris were all about, of course, as a professional player, many tactics are actually well known, but the chemistry generated by different types of teammates together will be different, and sometimes it is not enough to just rely on the court to find tacit understanding, Special tactical drills are also needed to make the players think more clearly during the game.

As for the Timberwolves, many of the tactics they used today are completely different from the last time they played against us, although it is impossible to say which tactics are better, but there is no doubt that the Rockets are trying not to let us figure out their real game routines, these tactical changes fully show that their players themselves have a very high tactical literacy, and the three core veterans have been in the league for many years, and the use of various tactics in various situations is also a matter of handy.

Big Dream Olajuwon was forcibly deducted by Shaq but did not show any displeasure, it seems that all this is just a sparse and ordinary thing, it is also a monster like Shak, it is not news for any inside player, even the inside gate Mutombo, who is taller than Shak, has to be ridden by Shak, which is actually normal for Dameng, whose real height is only two meters and eight.

In fact, Shaq can find one or two goals of self-confidence in Da Meng after a game, compared to other inner players, Dameng Olajuwon's defense of Shaq is already very good, not that Shak's shooting rate has declined much, but in the defense of Shak is very good when receiving the ball, so that Shaq can not attack at the first time after receiving the ball many times, with the rapid emergence of follow-up packs, forcing Shaq to make direct mistakes or pass to give up the attack, so Shaq has a strong desire to attack, But it's rare to really find a good attacking opportunity like the one just now.

In the last few minutes of the third quarter, the Lakers' bench players performed quite well on the court, playing a few very beautiful combinations, but the Timberwolves were actually not far behind, and their bench players quickly brought back the momentum on the court, and the score was close to 15 points, but at this time their bench players were suddenly accurate outside the three-point line.

The Timberwolves shoot three points, then things become different, before the Timberwolves actually had a lot of opportunities on the outside, but they didn't grasp it, after all, three points are the fastest way to score points, first prevent the opponent from attacking, and then chase down a three-point shot, and the gap between five points and even six points inside and out.

Although our Lakers' bench players are still able to maintain a certain shooting percentage on the offensive end, they are still unable to shoot outside three-point shots, and the Timberwolves' bench players have an excellent awareness of protecting defensive rebounds, which does not give our Lakers a good chance to attack.

When Shaq is on the court, he can still grab some second-offense rebounds, but it is still a bit difficult for him to make the current Lakers' backup center grab so many offensive rebounds on the interior like Shaq.

The Timberwolves took advantage of good rebounding protection and quickly launched a couple of pretty good counter-attacks, which were often either direct hits to the interior to kill or looking for three-point shooting opportunities.

Unexpectedly, the Timberwolves scored as many as 11 consecutive points in the last two or three minutes of the third quarter, including three three-pointers and two free throws, and our Lakers scored six points in those three minutes, thus reducing the Celtics' trail from 13 points to just 7 points.

As a result, the Lakers' lead was in the single digits after the third quarter, and it looked like the Timberwolves were still unwilling to give up their efforts.

Maybe the head coach of the Timberwolves has the idea of releasing the water appropriately, but these players, especially the bench players, are quite tenacious and have not given up the opportunity to fight our Lakers to the end.

Speaking of which, we have been able to play two games against Celtic in total this season, one at home and the other away, and for the fans here, this season is the only chance to see these two giants on their home turf again.

No matter what the situation of these two teams is now, for fans, the matchup between these two teams has a sense of fate, full of fans' feelings and memories, not simply a game between each other, but a nostalgia for the glory of the past, and expectations for a new future.

The fans of these two teams are undoubtedly lucky, to be able to be fans of such a great two teams, can give them great psychological satisfaction, whether it is the Los Angeles Lakers or the Timberwolves, they each represent different temperaments, but there is one thing, that is, a kind of self-defeating, dominating the world of domineering exists, looking at the championship flags floating over the home of the two teams and those retired jersey numbers, witnessing the greatness of these two teams.

After the end of the third quarter, head coach Silver Fox Harris was a little annoyed, because the score that had just opened was chased back by the Celtics at this time, but at the beginning of the fourth quarter, he must not be able to replace the main players, at least let the main players rest for about three minutes, otherwise it is difficult to ensure that the back-to-back physical fitness of the away team still has enough physical fitness and shooting rate at the last moment.

I sat on the sidelines and watched the crowd, and finally saw Jessica in the crowd, and saw that a big stone in her heart suddenly fell, and it seemed that she had nothing to do, so I was relieved, and then I was going to play this last quarter well and bring Jessica with a victory.

Our Lakers bench players didn't stop Grant Hill's offense after coming on the court, but they still played well on the offensive end, and Byron Scott and Eddie Jones were able to hit back-to-back shots from beyond the three-point line, so the two sides were evenly matched in the final minutes of the first quarter.

The score also alternated with each other, during which the Pistons briefly overtook the difference, but then our Lakers re-overtook the score again, until the end of the first quarter, the two sides were tied 28-28.

Grant Hill played quite well in the second half, scoring 11 points and three assists in the first quarter, while our Lakers Shaq also scored 15 points in the first quarter, and the rest of the two teams didn't score much.

During the first interval, I briefly went into a meditative state, and what happened during the first quarter flashed back to my mind, when a voice suddenly sounded in my head.

"I don't think you're aggressive enough on the offensive end, you shouldn't have let Shaq shoot so many times, it's clear that the other side really wants Shaq to play alone, and you can't let the other party's plan succeed easily."

This voice is still very familiar to me, it is Kobe's soul talking to me, only in my meditative state can I have a conversation with Kobe's soul, at least for now, I don't know if it will change in the future.