Ahead of the game, the Los Angeles Times ran a quote from Phil Jackson: "The Spurs players will remember the 4-2 win last year, but they shouldn't forget that they lost to us twice in a row." ”

This sentence is exactly what Sun Zhuo said to the Zen master before the Lakers met the Spurs for the first time in the regular season, and the Zen master liked this sentence very much, so he took it to motivate the players.

The Lakers and Spurs are both championship teams, and they have won all the championships in the post-Jordan era, so even the Western Conference semifinals have attracted all the media coverage and attention.

At the Spurs' home stadium, there were fans holding signs that read "HEY, PHIL, ZEN SOME, LOSE SOME" and banners that read "Lakers=Cry Babies", and Phil Jackson didn't take these ridicules to heart even if he saw them.

"Last year, I had a heart bypass surgery, Shaq's big toe was not healed, the small forward group was injured, Fox and Murray were both reimbursed, Devin George also sprained his ankle, we were cursed, that's why we lost to you, but this year, it's completely different, that's right, Shaq and Kobe are still in conflict, but now it's not the finals, there will be no FMVP competition, Kobe and Shaq will still aim to win, we have two veterans Karl Malone and Gary Payton, and Sun, a potential rookie, Greg, you're going to lose to me again this time. Phil Jackson is quite confident in playing Popovich, which makes Sun Zhuo feel that the Zen master is amazing, because in the impression of Sun Zhuo in his previous life, Popovich is the most terrible coach in the league, and no team wants to meet the Spurs he coaches in the playoffs, but the Zen master is not afraid.

Popovich has great respect and respect for Pat Riley, and in the face of Phil Jackson, he will not admit defeat, and said before the game that there is nothing more exciting than meeting the Lakers.

Up and down the arena, everyone was nervous, the players and coaches were under pressure, and Sun Zhuo was the only exception, because he knew the Lakers would win, and all he had to worry about was whether he could play a role.

The game started soon, Sun Zhuo started again, before the official start, Sun Zhuo and his teammates politely shook hands with the opponent, the Spurs five starters, Duncan, Parker, Nesterovich, Bowen, Turkoglou, all with serious expressions, especially when seeing O'Neal, although Sun Zhuo became famous this year, but in the playoffs, few people are really looking at him, this feeling of not being taken seriously, makes Sun Zhuo very unhappy.

"This one must make you remember me! I'm not just going to score points in the regular season, I'm not just going to rely on my teammates to win! I can also control the game! "Sun Zhuo is determined to perform in this series.

At the beginning of the game, the two sides played their old routines step by step, the Lakers played O'Neal, the Spurs played Duncan, and Nesterovich, who defended O'Neal, was a center from Slovenia, with a height of two meters and one three, 115 kilograms, and a single defense could not prevent O'Neal at all.

Similarly, Duncan beats the aging Karl Malone, and he is more dominant in terms of height and footsteps.

Tony Parker and Gary Payton are still very dominant at this point, this guy is too capable of breaking through, and he can break through the whole game, which is a point that makes the second old man uncomfortable.

Bruce Bowen will be pestering Kobe Bryant, one defense and one Although no one can prevent Kobe, even in the playoffs, Kobe Bryant wants to score 30 points, no one can stop him, but Bowen will force Kobe to use a tougher way and more shots.

In the eyes of many people, Tekoglu is also advantageous against Sun Zhuo, needless to say, there is no need to say much about experience, in the starters on the field, everyone is more experienced than Sun Zhuo, and the height of two meters and eight meters is also superior to Sun Zhuo's two meters and three meters, and the physical confrontation is not false.

Everyone thought it would be a close match, and in the first game on the Spurs' home court, the Spurs should have played better than the Lakers, but the result was unexpected.

At the minute and a half mark, neither side scored, and the playoffs were all about defense, and both teams were among the best in the league defensively.

This time, it was the Lakers who attacked, Kobe Bryant took the ball to the front court, and first handed the ball to O'Neal in the high position to transition, but when he was about to ask for the ball again, Bowen suddenly went around and did not give Kobe a chance to receive the ball, O'Neal did not pass the ball at the first time, Kobe Bryant wanted to get rid of Bowen and asked for the ball again, and when Kobe got rid of it, O'Neal looked in the direction of other teammates.

I thought that O'Neal was going to pass, but also to Gary Payton, who was closer, but who knows, O'Neal saw Sun Zhuo suddenly running towards the bottom right corner, and directly made a long pass and threw it to the bottom right corner!

"What? Passed to the right side? ”

The Spurs players were a little surprised, O'Neal's pass was a bit risky, O'Neal and Sun Zhuo's direction was a bit far away, and if you want to hit Sun Zhuo, you should also pass through Payton to make a transition.

Therefore, Tekoglu also had no prediction of this pass, and was completely thrown away by Sun Zhuo, Sun Zhuo came to the bottom corner, the ball arrived, and after receiving the ball, he aimed at the basket and shot at the first time, without any hesitation.

"He actually shot directly?"

Spurs fans and Tekoglou, who defended Sun Zhuo, were a little surprised, Sun Zhuo is a very bold newcomer, and Karl Malone even hesitated to shoot when he had the opportunity.

"Grab the rebound!" Tim Duncan immediately stuck in position, denying the burly Malone a chance to get the rebound.

Swish!

The basketball went into the net and landed at Duncan's feet.

Sun Zhuo made the first three-pointer of the game.

"Haha." O'Neill was overjoyed when he saw it, he saw Sun Zhuo in the bottom corner of 10 8 out of 10, 9 out of 10, and had absolute confidence in Sun Zhuo.

Karl Malone also stepped forward and praised: "Well done, just keep it this way." ”

Phil Jackson also nodded, if Sun Zhuo can transfer the shooting rate in training to the official game, it will really completely liberate O'Neal and Kobe.

Kobe didn't know the magic of Sun Zhuo's corner shooting percentage, and Fisher and others didn't tell Kobe, so he thought to himself: "It must be that after losing to me that day, he trained for a three-point shot, which is not bad, and it looks like a little progress." ”

Sun Zhuo is not just a little progressive, the next time the Lakers attacked, Kobe missed the shot, Karl Malone received the rebound, and he wanted to play a second offense, but he realized that Sun Zhuo was on his right, and now the Spurs did not pay enough attention to Sun Zhuo's defense, so Malone also passed the ball to him.

Sun Zhuo was in almost the same position, and after receiving the ball, he made another three-point shot!

"What? Cast again! ”

"He's too daring to make a move!"

Swish!

Again!

"Oh my God, it's been a few days since Game 5 between the Lakers and the Rockets, how can his three-point touch that day continue until now!" Spurs fans were suddenly in a panic.

In the case that it was so difficult for the stars of both sides to score 1 point, Sun Zhuo easily scored 6 points, which made Popovich very angry, and Tekoglu also felt ashamed, because Sun Zhuo was positioned by Artest to score 10 points per game in the playoffs.

The Spurs quickly called a timeout, and Popovich reprimanded Turkoglou, who was defending Sun Zhuo.

After being reprimanded, Tekoglu said to Sun Zhuo as soon as he came on the field: "Boy, you are lucky, but you will not score any more points in the future." ”

Sun Zhuo said: "I have heard such words many times, but each time it has not been fulfilled. ”

It's time for Sun Zhuo to lead a wave of rhythm!

Didn't you just call a timeout? Didn't you just score a good goal to stabilize the situation? Then I'll let you break down again!

On the left side, O'Neal asked for the ball in the low post, was trapped, and gave the ball to Kobe Bryant outside the three-point line at a 45-degree angle in front of him, Kobe Bryant was ready to play by himself, and as soon as he dribbled, he was suddenly shocked, "Hell, why did Tekogluu come to defend me!" ”

Kobe Bryant thought he was being trapped, and at this moment, a figure wearing the same jersey floated behind Kobe Bryant and raised his hands and shouted that Kobe Bryant wanted the ball.

"Sun!" Kobe Bryant was shocked, it turned out to be Sun Zhuo running over.

Since Sun Zhuo asked for the ball, Kobe Bryant also quickly passed the ball over.

Turkoglu desperately followed Sun Zhuo, but Sun Zhuo shot too decisively, and Turkoglu still didn't get Sun Zhuo's shot, but hit Sun Zhuo's arm when he reached out to block it.

Swish!

Three points into the net!

And one more free throw!

Sun Zhuo has to score 10 points in a single quarter!