Not long after, the second quarter began, and Billups and O'Neal Jr., who had played the entire first quarter, came off the court to rest, and the players on the court became Ji Liang, Cage, Newman, Kidders and Armstrong.

Among them, Chi Liang and Ao Pang are opposed!

On the other side, the Lakers fielded a lineup of Fisher, Rick Fox, Rice, Robert Horry and O'Neal.

As for Kobe Bryant and Harper, they stayed off the court to rest, among which Harper had the idea of retiring, and the Lakers had arranged for Fisher to take over.

Even if there is no Kobe, as long as O'Neal is there, coupled with a few qualified players, the Lakers are a strong team.

Peak Ao Fat, in the restricted area can be said to be rampant, and the little O'Neal, who was opposite him in the first quarter, was almost abused and cried.

Regardless of height, weight, strength and even bounce, O'Fat has an advantage, and he takes his physical advantage to the extreme, hitting O'Neal Jr. without fighting back.

In the offense, O'Neal Jr. was even more depressed, O'Neal Jr. was so big, but he had incredible flexibility, but his offense was still very average, and he was completely limited by O'Neal, and he didn't play much in the first quarter, not to mention, he ate O'Neal's two blocks.

Now O'Neill Jr. can only sit on the bench and watch Chi Liang play against O'Neal.

According to the jump ball rule, the Nets are in possession of the ball, and when Armstrong is moving forward with the ball, Ji Liang has come to the front court and began to play against O'Neal.

Seeing O'Neal, Chi Liang was full of fighting spirit, in the entire NBA, his favorite centers are Olajuwon and O'Neal, the former can be said to be the best skilled center in the NBA, and the latter is the best physical center.

"Ball!"

After Armstrong passed half-time, Ji Liang stuck O'Neill in the low post and raised his hand to ask for the ball.

Seeing that Ji Liang took the initiative to ask for the ball, Armstrong did not hesitate, and after using a feint to confuse Fisher, he passed the ball to Ji Liang.

At the same time, Armstrong and the rest of the Nets began to pull, drawing away opposing players and leaving room for Ji Liang to play alone.

O'Neill stood behind Chi Liang and said, "Hey, come on, I've wanted to fight you for a long time!"

After receiving the ball with both hands, Chi Liang leaned on O'Neal, in terms of strength, even though Chi Liang was not as good as O'Neal, it was not much worse, especially his lower body strength was very strong and he could stand firmly.

Feeling the strong pressure from behind, Ji Liang's center of gravity sank slightly, his shoulders shook from side to side, and then quickly took his right foot as the axis, and his left foot stepped to the right.

After aligning with Chi Liang, O'Neill was obviously a lot more serious, and immediately took a step towards the overlord and blocked Chi Liang's breakthrough direction.

At this time, Ji Liang raised his right foot, took advantage of Sikma step, turned from the back basket to the face basket, opened up the shooting space, and made a jump shot.

O'Neal didn't completely lose his position, he subconsciously jumped, although he was huge, but he had excellent jumping, and with the advantage of height, this was also the reason why he was able to complete blocks often.

It's a pity that after O'Neal jumped up, he found that Chi Liang didn't shoot, but collected the basketball, took a step forward, and easily put the ball into the basket.

The Lakers' offense, Fisher just passed halftime, O'Neal had come to the front of the penalty area, and asked Fisher for the ball with his open hand.

Fisher dared to disobey O'Neal's will and immediately hoisted the ball to O'Neal.

Facing O'Neill, Chi Liang specially pressed his center of gravity extremely low, and pressed his right hand against O'Neal's waist, not daring to relax at all.

The next moment, a huge force surged from in front of him, even though Chi Liang had expected it, but O'Neill's strength still exceeded his expectations, and he couldn't help but take a step back.

In terms of strength, O'Neill is not much stronger than Chi Liang, but in terms of weight, he is dozens of pounds behind, even if Chi Liang deliberately lowers his center of gravity, it is still difficult to resist.

Even so, it was better than O'Neill Jr., and there was no immediate rout.

Boom~

The second time, Ji Liang couldn't hold it anymore, staggered back two steps, was almost knocked to the ground, and was unable to maintain defensive movements, so he saw Ao Fat rise from the ground and pour the ball into the basket hard.

This ball, Chi Liang could only shake his head, helpless!

In the next round, Ji Liang received the basketball again, his low feet were very good, and he completed the turn the moment he received the ball.

Without hesitation, Ji Liang lifted the basketball, his legs were bent, his eyes were on the basket, and his movements were realistic, forcing O'Neal to take a step forward and raise his right hand high.

O'Neal had to do this, but Chi Liang's shot was too accurate, and the shot was too fast, even if it was really a feint, he still defended it. As long as he shows hesitation, Chi Liang can completely fake the show and take the opportunity to shoot.

At the moment when O'Neal stepped forward, Chi Liang withdrew the basketball and took a step to the left, his right hand against O'Neal, and his left hand made a hook gesture.

Seeing that the situation was not good, O'Neill hurriedly jumped up, wanting to block Chi Liang's hook hand.

It's a pity that this is another feint!

Without hesitation, Ji Liang stepped forward and made a close shot before Hori helped defend.

Twice in a row, O'Neal was fascinated by Chi Liang's footsteps, which also made O'Neill feel extremely helpless, Chi Liang's movements were too deceptive, all the feints were like the real ones, and it was difficult to distinguish clearly, which gave O'Neill a feeling like facing the peak Olajuwon in the 1994-95 finals.

At this moment, Ji Liang gives people the feeling that he is completely a super center.

Not long after, O'Neal hit Chi Liang again and scored a slam dunk. For a while, neither of the two could help each other, and they completely showed a trend of mutual explosion.

54:48

In the second quarter, the duel between the two accounted for most of the space, of which Chi Liang scored 19 points in a single quarter, and O'Neal also performed well, scoring 18 points, which also caused the difference between the two sides not to be widened.

"Fast, we have to be faster, speed up the pace of attack and defense, we are younger than them, as long as we persevere, we may not be able to overtake the score, do you understand?"

At the end of the first half, Coach Rivers pointed to the tactical board and yelled that the Lakers have Harper and AC Green, plus O'Neal's weight, as long as the offensive and defensive rhythm is raised, the more the game is to the end, the Lakers' physical fitness will be affected, and finally there is a possibility of being out of shape.

Not long after, at the beginning of the third quarter, the Nets were not the Suns of the future after all, and they themselves were affected first, and their shooting rate dropped significantly.

In addition, the Lakers took advantage of the Nets' poor hand and executed a tight package on Chi Liang, even if Chi Liang distributed the ball to an empty player, he might not be able to score.

In addition, on the defensive end, the Nets are still unable to contain the Lakers' offense, in addition to O'Neal, in addition to O'Neal, Rice has also shown a very high competitive state.

Now Rice is still in his heyday, and in this game, his performance is even stronger than Kobe. Even if Newman tried his best to defend, he still couldn't restrain Rice, and was almost blown out by Rice.

As a result, there was almost a one-sided trend on the field, and no matter how hard Chi Liang tried, he was powerless to prevent the expansion of the score difference.

By the end of the third quarter, the Nets were trailing by a full 18 points, with only one quarter left, and it was extremely difficult to reverse the Lakers.

There is no accident, due to the lack of strength of his teammates, even if Chi Liang exerts his strength in the fourth quarter, he is still powerless to change the situation on the court.

In the ninth minute of the fourth quarter, seeing that the recovery was weak, Coach Rivers withdrew the main force early and began to save strength for the next game.

In the end, the Lakers sat on the home court and ended the Nets' seven-game winning streak.