In the first five minutes of the fourth quarter, Shaq and I could only sit on the bench and watch our teammates play, but fortunately, the Raptors also suffered a scoring drought that lasted for several minutes after the fourth quarter, so although our side was not very efficient in scoring, the score was still close to 6 points.

In the last 7 minutes of the game, the opposing coach called a timeout, and the difference between the two sides was 7 points, which I was quite satisfied with, and I thought that the rest of the matter would be left to me and Shaq, and we would definitely fight back.

Shaq's foul count was well controlled at the start of the second half, and he still had 3 fouls so far, which allowed him to do his best to exert his power after regaining his strength.

After coming up this time, Shaq learned a little bit, no longer going crazy to ask for the ball alone, but took the initiative to come up and play with me to block and pick, I also understood this, and used the block with Shaq to shoot two mid-range jumpers near the free throw line in a row.

In today's game, I rarely tried to shoot three-pointers, and more often broke through to the interior to cause damage, after all, the opponent started to defend my players who were relatively short, but then they sent a forward to defend me, and my offensive options began to gradually expand to the outside.

Now Shaq is finally willing to take the initiative to play with me, which makes the game a little easier, although it is true that Shaq's and I individual singles ability can directly determine the outcome of the match at critical moments, but if we use singles to complete the whole match, then it will be too much physical exertion for us, because I find that many opponents seem to start to play a very high-intensity early wrap-up defense against both of us.

At this time, Shaq's blocking efficiency and I are very important, which can help us break most of the opponent's defensive strategy, make the local situation turn into a one-on-one situation again, and also allow Shaq to get the opportunity to cut inside and easily receive and dunk.

Speaking of which, I actually made some adjustments to some of the later small-ball tactics and added them to my own style of play, in fact, in the game of this era, Shaq is obviously not a center like Capela, but it is clear that if Shaq is willing to become a cake-eating character like Capela for a certain period of time, then his own offensive baggage will be much lighter.

But to be honest, if he hadn't really exerted a lot of physical strength today, I don't think he would have been willing to come over and play a lot of blocking and picking tactics with me, because it would make him feel that his dominance has decreased, and he prefers to receive the ball inside and smash the ball into the basket with two or three defenders on his shoulder.

Regardless, our tactics paid off quickly, with only two points left and the opposing coach calling a timeout with less than three minutes to go.

At this time, Shaq returned to his original appearance, and he kept telling the people around him that he would just hoist the ball directly to him, and we only needed to wait outside, and he alone would be able to completely smash through the opponent's inside.

I can only shake my head helplessly, who called this guy the boss of the current Lakers team, and he always seems particularly stubborn at critical moments, just like a stubborn and willful child, who is unwilling to pay attention to the truth of adults.

After the timeout, our offense went back to the rhythm of letting Shaq hold the ball and play alone, which was very unpleasant for me, after all, I would have preferred the ball to be in my hands at the last moment, and the last game gave me a lot of confidence, and if I had the opportunity to hit the ball again, I would not hesitate to shoot.

It's just that the opponent hasn't had time to completely change the defensive strategy, Shaq played two 2+1 in a row on the inside, but unfortunately he didn't hit the free throws, his free throws in this game were miserable, 20 free throws seemed to hit 6, it was terrible, and he always boasted that he could increase the free throw shooting rate to more than 80% at a critical moment, I think it's very hanging.

Sure enough, the opponent actually started to use the shark slashing tactic directly at the beginning of the next round, the shark slashing tactic has just emerged in this era, and the league has not imposed any rules on this, even if the game has entered the last 2 minutes, the opponent can still foul Shaq unscrupulously.

We already had a three-point advantage with less than 30 seconds remaining, but Shaq was reluctant to follow his coach's instructions to return to the bench for the next two rounds, insisting that his free throws felt like they could be recovered.

However, the fact is that he didn't even grasp one of the next 4 free throws given to him by the opponent, and he has missed one of 10 free throws in a row.

Terrible! It's just horrible!

I mean, the highlight of the game came to the opposition, Camby received a difficult lob from Stoudemire in the last attack, and when the first ball was not secured, the second attack also caused Shaq's fourth personal foul, I really can't figure out why he fouled the ball, there are less than 10 seconds left in the game, and the opponent is 3 points behind us, what can they do with these two points.

After the end, Camby hit a free throw, the score between the two sides came to 97 draw, the coach immediately called a stop to the game, I saw that the black line on Shaq's face was very clear, so I didn't dare to touch his moldy head at this time, in fact, no one in the team dared to blame Shaq head-on.

The coach arranged a final attack for me, and I was still confident in it, and I felt that I would definitely make the best choice.

But when the timeout came back, the problem that had plagued the people of the world for many years reappeared, I was not able to receive the serve, the guy who served was simply testing my ability to receive the ball, a long pass to the earth was directly passed to the opponent's hands, I desperately defended, the guy wanted to run long distance and attack our basket directly.

I didn't know how fast I was running, I seemed to be a metre or two behind him when he took off, but as he ascended, my block was already on schedule.

Well, I admit it was a beautiful last-minute block, but it didn't win the game, it just dragged the game into extra time.

At the beginning of extra time, I didn't play, I had to sit on the bench again and watch my teammates play, and I couldn't say anything about it, after all, I'm just a substitute now, and it doesn't seem wrong for the coach to play with all the main players.

The score between the Lakers and the Raptors has been deadlocked, but time flies, and there are less than 2 minutes left in the 5-minute overtime, and the score of the two sides has come to 103 draw, at which time the coach called a timeout again.

"Kobe Bryant will wait for you."

I've been waiting for this for a long time, and I'm smiling a little happily now, but I quickly put it back and put all my attention into the game in front of me, because winning this game is the only way to make us have the last laugh.

In the second half of extra time, almost everyone on the pitch looked very tired, but it was the right time for me, who didn't have much playing time.

Shaq also seemed to be so tired that he was about to catch the ball unsteadily, so I didn't plan to pass Shaq for the next few balls, and I didn't call Shaq to come over to play blocking and dismantling tactics, because with his current physical condition, even if he came to block and dismantle, he couldn't fully exert his power, so I decisively signaled my teammates to pull away and let me play singles.

I turned my back to the inside, and the opponent's small forward who was defending me was a few centimeters taller than me, and he wanted to use his longer arms to pick up my ball, and I completely lowered the center of gravity of the whole person, and the whole basketball was probably no more than 20 centimeters off the ground, and when he wanted to fight hard, it was a good time for me to take the opportunity to start.

He lost his center of gravity because he wanted to break the ball, and I kicked him with my back foot and left him straight behind him, leaving only one defender between me and the basket.

This guy is none other than this year's Marcus. Camby, he saw me rushing towards him and put me ready to take a jump to block me, but what he didn't expect was how determined I was with the ball.

Let you be the leader, and I can only be the 13th pick, I will dunk on your head!

Okay, I'm a little bullying him for not having enough physical strength, but this flat-frame dunk that directly pressed him should also be able to enter the year's best dunk shot highlights, and the title is the 13th pick rookie who actually blocked the 2nd pick of the block genius.

At this time, the entire Raptors' arena was silent, and the previous boos and yelling suddenly disappeared, until the end of the game, the sound in the arena could no longer be heard.

Because in the end, we won the game by 3 points, and the Lakers' season record has reached 4-1, temporarily ranking first in the West, but tied with the Jazz for first place.

Our next game is back in Staples at home against a relatively weak Hawks, where we have a chance to further solidify our position in the West.

While I was still immersed in the joy of the separation, my teammates had already rushed over and threw me into the sky, and I glanced at it out of the corner of my eye, as if I saw a familiar figure.

yes, I remembered the bet Jessica made with me before, but today I put all my energy into the game and completely forgot about my bet with her, and I didn't see her until now, and it looks like I lost this bet.

So, what would she want me to fulfill her wish?