The third quarter is a very important section in the basketball game, because after the confrontation between the teams in the half, the opponent's routines at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends have been basically figured out, and the difference in the strength of the players between the enemy and the enemy is more clear.

Regardless of whether the first half was a lead or a temporary deficit, but the first half was a difficult or dull game, the third quarter was a pivotal moment for both teams, and as long as this moment comes, then both sides will definitely put in great effort.

As for our current Lakers, the third quarter of the game is a complete victory in the game, because the advantage of our Lakers team is already obvious at halftime, as long as the second half starts to further expand the score, then the Magic team will basically have a kind of abandonment attitude towards this game.

Of course, our Lakers team actually wants to play the game into garbage time earlier, which is very meaningful for a long season, because on the one hand, it can reduce the playing time of starters, so that starters can avoid the accumulation of fatigue and the danger of injury.

On the other hand, it is also possible to let the substitute players do more exercise on the field without risk, and if the starters are injured in some cases or unable to play for other reasons, then the combat effectiveness of these substitute players can also be replenished relatively quickly, so in fact, it is really meaningful to drag the game into garbage time earlier.

At this time, the Magic team on the court is almost 20 points behind our Lakers, if they play according to the current state of the game, then there will be no suspense about the outcome of this game, and even before the end of the third quarter, our Lakers team may replace the substitute players, and then let the bench players play until the end of the game.

Of course, if this is the case, the home fans may be a little unhappy, because they buy the ticket price to let your star players play the fourth quarter, not to go down and rest early, of course, from another point of view, maybe the fans are also happy to see the team clock in early to end the game, because it at least means that the players they support and the team are indeed worthy of their support, and they do have extraordinary strength.

This means a lot of things, one of which is to create a winning rhythm and atmosphere, or a winning culture.

This is a very difficult thing to do, because in fact, it is not so easy to be a winning general in the NBA, and if someone really thinks that he is a winning general, then he will inevitably encounter greater resistance and resistance than other teams when facing different opponents.

Because any team in the league will compare itself with the best team in the league, so many times most teams will often have two different attitudes when facing the team with the first record, one is to go all out to play with it, so that if you win, it is a very huge boost to the team's morale, and the other is to give up the game directly, and rest some main players before playing against this kind of strong team. Save your stamina and strength to play against a team of equal strength.

Both of these strategies seem to be fairly common and easy to justify, given that most team managers need to assess what kind of form they are in during the long season and what that means for their team.

Whether it is the head coach or the general manager, or the owner of the team, there will be certain criteria for judging in the process of supporting and evaluating the team, but this criterion is likely not to be static, but a criterion that has gradually formed over the course of a long season, so sometimes these criteria may not always be so objective and effective.

The Magic team must not feel that they may not even be able to enter the playoffs this season before the start of the season, maybe it is true that the loss of Shaq has greatly reduced their interior strength, but after all, most of the players who entered the Finals before are still there, and the other core player Hardaway is still in the lineup.

But as the season progresses, they'll find it unwise to drop a top interior player in the Hall of Fame or even at an all-time level.

Of course, they may not have a chance to correct such a mistake at all, because in fact they will soon find out that although there are so many good interior players in this era, there are very few really top interior players, and if you don't have a top interior player and other teams have a top interior player, then the pressure you have to face when playing against them is going to be very great.

After all, it is not so popular to shoot three-pointers in this era, and in this case, if the three-point shot is missing, the influence that interior players can achieve at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends is really not what ordinary people can imagine.

At this time, Shaq was on the inside of the Magic team, and when the game entered the third quarter, I no longer competed with Shaq for the ball, I am a man of words, since I told Shaq that I would give up the ball in the third quarter, then I will definitely give up the ball in the third quarter, so that Shaq can kill all sides in the third quarter.

At this time, the Magic's defense of Shaq has become dispensable, because I played well in the second quarter of the game, so the Magic team did not dare to give up my defense when I was on the court, because my scoring efficiency when the defense was not so strict was also very terrifying.

The most important point is that my physical strength is better than Shaq's, and my speed is faster than Shaq, so my scoring explosiveness is better, and I can score more points in a shorter period of time, and in this short period of time, it is simply not enough for the Magic team to change their defensive strategy, so once I turn on this crazy scoring mode, the Magic team will be more difficult to accept, because my crazy scoring will make their defense appear more vulnerable, and more points in a short period of time will also make them encounter more psychological pressure.

At this time in the third quarter, even if I don't make much effort, just relying on Shaq's power alone is enough for the Magic team to have no power to parry, after all, at this time, after they experienced the first half of me and Shaq's rotation of crazy attacks, their defenders are already tired of me and Shaq, which allows us to establish a very big psychological advantage, in the game such a psychological advantage can sometimes really decide a lot of things, You may not know exactly what this psychological advantage means, so let me tell you what it means.

When you have these mental advantages, no matter what you do, there will be a lot of psychological pressure on your every move, even if you don't participate in the offense at all now, as I do now, I barely have the ball in the third quarter, but the Magic players still remember your crazy performance in the second quarter of the game, and still don't exclude you from the list of key defenses, and that's what I'm trying to achieve.

That is, as long as I'm standing in the basketball game, even if I don't run, even if I don't hold the ball, even if I don't attack at all, then the opponent still needs to take care of me, because for the Magic, they will always worry that with my scoring explosiveness, I can go from a completely scoreless guy to a scoring maniac in a very short period of time, just like the kind of transformation I made from the first quarter to the second quarter.

Of course, my state naturally helped Shaq, because the attention I attracted on the offensive end kept Shaq from being as crazy as the first quarter in the third quarter, which also laid the groundwork for him to score high in the third quarter.

Of course, Shaq's scoring explosiveness is not as good as mine after all, because Shaq can't shoot three-pointers, and his offense is basically positional battles, so relatively speaking, even if Shaq has scored a lot of points, the Magic team only regards Shaq's scoring as a very normal part.

In their eyes, my scoring has become an abnormal part at this time, because maybe in their eyes I shouldn't have such a terrifying scoring ability, but if I really have such scoring ability, they will have to find a way to limit me and prevent me from playing the phenomenal performance I had before, even if it costs Shaq a high score.

Of course, I'm not saying that the Magic's defensive logic is necessarily wrong, but it's a very strange or strange idea, but for Shaq, the Magic's idea is undoubtedly quite wonderful.

With Shaq's constant hooks, turns, and secondary offenses, resulting in range penalties, and even a one-stop scoring with the ball in the fast break, these normal or abnormal scoring methods of Shaq have appeared.

The Magic still can't find a good way to limit our Lakers' offense at this time, and it seems that they can only watch their own effectiveness on the offensive end to offset our efficiency on the offensive end.

In fact, at some point in the third quarter, the offensive efficiency of the Magic team has indeed improved to a pretty good level, but this time period is a bit too short, of course, even if this period of time is a little longer, I don't think the Magic team has any chance to chase the score back.

Because after all, when they score, our Lakers team is not playing soy sauce, but also scoring, even if their scoring efficiency is higher than our Lakers for a period of time, but we have a lead of almost 20 points after all, and the time of the game is constantly passing.

Soon half of the third quarter has passed, usually at this time the head coach Silver Fox Harris will replace our starters in advance, but today he obviously does not have that plan, I can see that he actually intends to let our starters on the court directly in the third quarter to completely play the game into garbage time, so that in the fourth quarter our starters can rest directly, let the substitutes play the entire fourth quarter.

In fact, as long as there is a 20-point or 25-point lead at the end of the third quarter, then basically the fourth quarter can be regarded as garbage time, and our starters will not play the entire third quarter, after all, our Lakers will not replace the main team, and the Magic team will not replace the main team.

Once their main players are replaced, it is basically equivalent to a death sentence for their game, because their bench players are even less capable of pulling such a big point difference back, and they are still trying to pull the point difference back when facing our Lakers starters.

This point is decided, what can really be watched in this game is the last half of the quarter, and judging from the current development trend, this half of the quarter will soon lose suspense.

At this time, Hardaway of the Magic team seemed to want to fight hard, because in fact, in this game, as the star of the Magic team, he was really depressed enough when facing my defense, and there was no way to get many scoring opportunities under my defense.

Not to mention whether he can score or not, even the chances to shoot and catch the ball are affected by my crazy defense, I think of him as a Jordan guy or Iverson guy to defend, but obviously he can't reach that level of strength, so he can only be hung when facing my defense.

At this time, he seems to be a little unwilling, after all, he wants nothing in this game, he wants data without data, he wants passion and passion, he wants to defend without defense, whether it seems on the surface or in actual performance, Hardaway's performance in this game is extremely unsuccessful.

So what should he do to change his bad form, I think unless I release the water and let him score easily, but I now feel that after such a long period of high-intensity defense, even if I do release the water, Hardaway may not be able to regain his competitive form in a short period of time, and the reason why I say this is mainly because I can see all this in Hardaway's eyes.

After going through so many regular season games this season, after playing against so many opponents, I naturally have some knowledge and opinions about their eyes, and I can see through their eyes what their real psychological state was like at that time.

At this time, Hardaway was unwilling to fail in his heart, and at that time, on another level, he had already accepted defeat, accepted the fact that I would prevent him, and even accepted the fact that I was stronger than him, so he would definitely lose to me in the competition at the psychological level.

As long as he is in a state of psychological disadvantage and self-doubt, then there is no way for him to show more strength, there is no doubt about this.

Hardaway changed his offensive strategy at this time, and asked the entire Magic team to help him make the ball, which actually had a lot of effect at the beginning, because after all, our Lakers have not done a good job of defending this kind of blocking or multi-person blocking.

It's not just a problem that can arise against certain teams, but it seems to be a problem for almost all of us Lakers in the league against teams.

This is a problem that is more difficult to solve, for reasons I have said before, but the most consistent scoring point in the Magic team is still Hardaway, and in this relatively critical offensive round, the ball will basically be in Hardaway's own hands, and then let the entire Magic team assist his offense.

Hardaway scored nearly 10 points in a row, and he only scored a total of 5 points in the previous long period, so it can be said that Hardaway really broke out during this time.

However, Hardaway's offensive style is not completely unstoppable, but I didn't follow him as hard as I used to when defending him, because I actually didn't believe that he could still score with his hands.

But obviously I underestimated Hardaway's quality at this point, and his mental state was that he was at a disadvantage after playing against me, but obviously not to the point of giving up the game completely.

I was a little careless at this point, and then I took my defense to another level, and my attention was always on Hardaway, not the ball, in the face of the Magic's multi-person cover.

No matter where the ball is, where Hardaway is, I will be there, this kind of kraft-like defense makes Hardaway and the Magic team have nothing to do, because although they implement a lot of pick-and-roll, but the effect is not good, they lack a particularly good pick-and-roll interior player in the team, this defect is actually a very headache, because a guard like Hardaway needs a certain amount of high-quality pick-and-roll to cooperate.

So when he cooperated with Shaq before, he still made it to the finals, but now without Shaq's high-quality blocking, Hardaway's offensive effect has slipped down all of a sudden, and it is obvious that his strength is overrated in some cases.