I still stayed on the court after the second quarter, and Shaq also needed a break during this time, but when the second quarter started, the opponent's defensive strategy finally changed, first of all, using a small forward to counter me, it seems that they found that my back body is quite efficient, so they want to use their height to suppress my offense.

This strategy really limited my offense at the beginning, and when I wanted to play the opposing player like I did in the first quarter, I found that the guy who was playing against me was very good at using small defensive moves, such as removing the bench, using dark energy, or using knees and elbows to interfere with my offense.

These moves are very subtle and fast, and it is difficult for the referee to detect them in a very fast game, so I tried to respond to that, but obviously I was still a little too young to prepare for these moves, so many of the rounds were wrong.

And my emotions were also affected by these situations, when I complained to the referee about the bad actions of the opposing defender, the referee didn't listen to me at all, and the opponent's defender who was defending me was smiling and spewing trash talk at me, which made my anger reach its peak soon.

For the next two rounds I decided to try to get off the ball as much as possible, but my chemistry with the other bench players was so lacking that the pace of the game slowed down when the ball was in their hands, and some of the fast break opportunities and the shots I ran out of the game couldn't get the pass in time, so we wasted a lot of chances.

Time passed quickly, and in fact we were beaten 10-2 by the other side as soon as the second quarter came up, which made the Silver Fox Harris a little crazy, obviously very unhappy with my performance, and I went back to the bench with anger, full of anger but I didn't know where to vent my anger.

The second quarter of the game went quite fast, the offensive and defensive rhythm of the two sides has been greatly improved compared to the first quarter, O'Neal did not play so early, so the Lakers used a large and four small lineup on the court, the ball was mainly in the hands of Van Exel, and he and Robert in the power forward position. Horry had good chemistry, and soon after they hit a three-pointer, the opposing coach couldn't help but call a timeout.

After this timeout, Shaq returned to the field again, and the opposing coach also put the main lineup back on the field, and the battle between Olajuwon and Shaq started again.

Perhaps because of the previous two three-pointers, the Rockets' defensive strategy reverted back to man-to-man defense, allowing Olajuwon to defend Shaq alone, and Shaq finally began to ask for the ball in the low post to single Olajuwon.

However, Olajuwon's defensive experience is indeed sufficient, when Shaq wants to use feints to make Olajuwon lose the center of gravity of the defense, Olajuwon is not fooled at all, no matter what move Shaq uses, he can always predict Shak's next true intention in time, which makes Shaq completely unable to beat Olajuwon through skill, and can only choose to use his brute force to be tough.

And this fell into another strategy of Olajuwon, it turned out that Olajuwon would consciously judge Shak's true offensive intentions when defending Shaq, and when he found that Shaq wanted to get hard, he would withdraw his strength appropriately and let Shak's body lean forward, at this time, if Shaq thought that this was a very rare offensive opportunity, then he would immediately be cut by Barkley who came with him.

Barkley is ruthless and fast, Shaq will not even have time to react before Barkley will directly take the ball away from his hand, and the Rockets' fast-break counterattack is also extremely fast, especially under the leadership of glider Drexler, their fast-break can often be finished with a dunk.

Shaq had to play inside and outside with the outside after being deflated on the inside, but the Rockets also have a set of defensive high post blocking, because Barkley and Olajuwon's interior can be changed at any time, so no matter how Shaq blocks and dismantles the inside cut, there is no way to completely tear up the Rockets' interior defense.

Fortunately, these inside cuts still compressed the Rockets' defensive space to a certain extent, and won enough shooting space for the Lakers' outside players, during this period of time, the Lakers' outside shot consecutive three-pointers, of which Horry hit three three-pointers alone, this guy usually doesn't look good, but he can always be a trustworthy teammate in key games or critical moments, and he usually likes to play dead He can also confuse the opposing defenders, when the opponent tries to contain Shaq and release him, He was able to take advantage of those open threes at times.

Of course, Horry's state is actually relatively unstable, for example, in the first few games, he did not play as well as he did today, of course, the regular season only started a few games, you must know that this guy has won 7 championship rings in his career, and when it comes to the playoffs, he will become more powerful than the regular season, which is a bit like Iguodala of the Warriors later, typical of the regular season playing dead, and then making the playoffs.

I held my chin up off the pitch and thought that I wasn't good enough to create a good chance against a more physical player.

Although the Lakers' outside line is open to be able to hit three-pointers in a row, but the point difference has not been widened, the two sides played back and forth in the second quarter, the score rose alternately, and each of them led four or five times in a short quarter, the reason why this is so is because the offensive skills of the Rockets' Big Three are too diverse, with the dream footsteps of big dreams and Barkley's big ass back hitting on the inside, and the unsolved mid-range shooting and fast-break counterattack dunk of the glider on the outside.

Both sides scored high points throughout the second quarter, the Lakers scored 35 points, and the Rockets even scored 37 points in the second quarter.

However, the reason why I say this is not because both sides are not defending, but because they can't defend each other at all, and when both sides are in very good offensive condition, instead of wasting their physical energy on defense, it is better for everyone to attack wildly together, at least this can provide the audience with more exciting offensive moments.

At halftime, I felt that the atmosphere in the locker room was quite lively, and the outside players who had a bad hand were still in good shape today, of course, they may not be surprised that they conceded 65 points at halftime, after all, the Lakers also scored 67 points in the half, which was two points higher than the opposite side.

As for the coach Silver Fox Harris, he didn't say much meaningful words, I found that he is sometimes very fond of pretending to be mysterious, and many tactical explanations are not very understandable to the players, maybe he has a very subtle study of tactics deep down, and constantly calculates all kinds of powerful tactical moves in his mind, but in terms of how to implement these tactics in real games, it is clear that he is not particularly successful.

During this period of time, this game can be regarded as the most active offensive run of the players on the field, in the final analysis, it is because they feel hot and feel that they can shoot goals, and in the first few games, when they feel sluggish, they are like being sucked dry by some monster, and it is like a leisurely stroll on the field, except for singles is singles, the whole team has no tactical discipline at all, and the silver fox Harris has not come up with any effective ways to improve this, except for pouring some irrelevant chicken soup, it is really nothing.

Soon the break was over, and when the third quarter began, the Rockets took the lead in a fierce attack, and Barkley showed his very fierce side, roaring against Robert. Horry's defense rushed inside and smashed the ball into the basket, this dunk was powerful, and immediately brought the atmosphere of the audience in the entire game to the highest point, at least at this time, the fan atmosphere in the Toyota Center was no less than that of Staples, and the earth-shattering shouts made me a little upset, I really wished I could get on the court and fight earlier instead of sitting on the sidelines as a high-level spectator.

In the face of the Rockets' tidal offensive momentum, Shaq was also completely aroused to fight, as the boss of the team, he also began to show his own housekeeping skills, that is, the shark dance steps that kill all sides, speaking of shark dance steps is actually a strong center sinking bottom step, in fact, Shaq, who weighs nearly three hundred pounds, can also be regarded as a flexible fat man, especially his baseline after turning around can often easily replace the defender behind him, and then easily smash the ball into the basket.

In the previous games, when facing super defensive interior players such as Camby and Mutombo, Shaq's move was not able to fully exert its power, and today when he encountered the technical defensive interior dream Olajuwon, he did not use this skill at the first time, I don't know if he forgot, but it shouldn't be too late to think about it now.

I have to say that Olajuwon's defensive skills are really good, but after all, his weight and height are still at a loss in front of Shak, and when Shaq is about to die on the inside today, even Olajuwon has no way to stop this rampaging shark.

I saw Shaq stuck in a deep position in the low post, and then Eddie Jones on the outside quickly hoisted the ball to the inside, at this time Barkley, who was defending Horry on the side, quickly reached over to intercept the pass, but Shaq showed amazing athleticism at this time, and saw him take the ball in mid-air like a monster flying in the air with a slight jump.

Barkley then immediately began to double the Shaq, but Shaq's reaction was very agile, and before Barkley and Olajuwon formed an effective encirclement for him, he used a low post and turned around, so that Olajuwon and Barkley were left behind by Shaq, and the basket was pulled up and down and shook because of the huge force, as if it could be crumbling at any time.

This ball greatly boosted the morale of the Lakers, and Olajuwon and Barkley were obviously a little discouraged by this ball, Shaq did not forget to spit trash at Barkley after completing the dunk, I can't hear what Shaq said specifically, but from a long distance I can feel the anger in his heart through Barkley's subsequent body movements.

With this kind of anger, Barkley deliberately rushed to O'Neal's inside line in the subsequent game, and to my surprise, Barkley's size was obviously two laps smaller than Shaq, but when he sat in the low position to beat Shaq, he even felt that the strength was not at all down, and I don't know if this guy's low-post skills are too sophisticated or Shaq is not very powerful.

As a result, Shaq was beaten by Barkley's back single, and it is no wonder that Barkley has been able to dominate the league for so long with a height of 1.98 meters, his explosiveness is really terrifying, even with Shaq's weight and strength, there is no way to take advantage of it when fighting in the low position.

Soon the third quarter of the game went on for 6 minutes, because both coaches did not take the initiative to call a timeout, so the game entered the official timeout, head coach Silver Fox Harris is still satisfied with the team's offensive end, but when it comes to defense, he frowned, he pointed out that the team's attention on the defensive end is not enough, and the mutual defensive cooperation is not tacit enough, so that the opponent's inside Olajuwon and Barkley can play too easily inside the pass and cooperation.

Shaq looked very wronged about this, and he directly told the coach that Olajuwon was like a loach in the water, and any defensive method would be very weak when dealing with the cooperation between Olajuwon and Barkley.

Seeing that Shaq said this, Silver Fox Harris couldn't continue to talk, and the pause ended at this time.

I then came on in place of Eddie Jones and was given another chance to play with Shaq, and this time I obviously didn't stop passing Shaq like I did at the end of the first quarter.

In fact, I also realized that there was no way for Shaq or me to win this match, and we had to put aside our previous suspicions and work together to overcome the strong Big Three on the other side.

Shaq seemed to notice my change and began to take the initiative to play high blocking and pick-and-roll tactics with me, which is very difficult to defend with both of us, and it is unlikely that the opponent will find a solution in a short period of time when we use it, especially when Shaq and I are both at a very high level.

In a pick-and-roll with Shaq, the opponent focused on Shaq's in-cut cut, because I had a few previous pick-and-rolls like this, and finally I hoisted the ball to Shaq's inside-cut cut, so their focus this time became Shaq's defensive object, but they neglected to defend me.

I had already been given enough space to shoot, but I decided to tell the other side with a dunk that I was capable of, so I started to go full speed from outside the three-point line, and it wasn't until near the box that the opposing defenders reacted and wanted to come and defend me.

However, my forward speed was too fast, and the momentum was extremely fierce, so they could do it if they wanted to make up for it, only to see me jump up with one foot high and lift the ball directly above my head, and at this time, Olajuwon, who was originally stuck with Shaq, got rid of the entanglement with Shaq at a very fast speed, and also began to pounce on me.

Neither of us flinched from this ball, and today it was either me who blocked him or he was angry with me.

My whole body was fully spread in the air in a kind of roc wings, and I was about to fly over Olajuwon's head to complete the dunk, but what I didn't expect was that Olajuwon could jump so fast and judge my dunk so accurately, just like LeBron in the 2013 Finals. Just as James hit the Spurs center dunk in the front, Olajuwon also pressed my dunk straight above the front of the basket.

I lost my balance in the air and landed hard and the referee's whistle blew and although I caused Olajuwon's shooting foul, my plan to dunk him head-on fell through.

When I landed, my right elbow rubbed against the smooth ground for a long distance, and I could even feel the temperature of the epidermis where I was rubbing up a lot, and I gritted my teeth and straightened up with the help of my teammates.

Fortunately, Kobe's young body was flexible enough, and such a heavy fall did not cause me much damage, and there was no more discomfort except for pain.

Then I hit two free throws steadily, and with this experience, how dare I go to the inside line guarded by Olajuwon.

Shaq and my high blocking and dismantling are still continuing, and the other side actually has no way to use our tactics, in fact, the Rockets are also constantly using high blocking tactics when playing us, this tactic is simple but practical, we both have no way to take each other's offense, at the end of the third quarter, the score of both sides is even about to break 100, according to this rhythm, the whole game is estimated to be 120 or even more than 130 points.

Head Coach Silver Fox Harris showed his unfathomable expression at this time, and I didn't have the heart to listen to his strange tactical theory, so I grabbed the energy drink on the ground and took a big sip.

I knew the fourth quarter was where the real game began.