"Erwin, have you counted how many 3-pointers the Pacers have made in those few minutes?" When the whistle blew for the official timeout in the fourth quarter, looking at the players of both teams who were leaving the court and the scores on the scoreboard, Michaels rubbed his eyes with an expression of disbelief. The lineup of the Pacers after the start of the fourth quarter really scared Michaels, in the face of the Lakers with O'Neal, the Pacers completely gave up the small ball tactics inside, originally in Michaels' opinion, the Pacers will definitely be a rout, but now the result makes Michaels obviously unacceptable, 96-92, the Pacers beat the Lakers 23-15 in less than 6 minutes in the first half of the fourth quarter.

"7 of 13 shots, 7 3-pointers in the first quarter, the Pacers' shooting efficiency is too high, if they can continue to maintain this feeling in the second half of the game, then this game, the Lakers will be really difficult to play." After hearing Michaels' words, Magic Johnson said, shaking his head. As a famous legend of the Lakers, perhaps the greatest player in the history of the Lakers, Magic Johnson's voice at the moment is full of regret, regret for the Lakers, the Lakers performed very well today, from the 2nd quarter, they completely suppressed the Pacers, and the 3rd quarter led by 12 points, but the Pacers after the opening of the fourth quarter A wave of 3-point rain made the Lakers' lead almost come to naught. What especially makes Magic Johnson dissatisfied, is the head coach Phil Jackson, Phil Jackson's on-the-spot command in this game was blown up by Larry Bird, when the Pacers rained 3 points, Phil Jackson either sat on the sidelines in a daze, or could only call a timeout, but did nothing, can only expect the Pacers' hand to cool down, although the Lakers still have a 4-point lead, but Magic Johnson can clearly feel that the Lakers can no longer control the situation on the court.

On the offensive end, Meng Xu continued to break through with the ball, and after attracting the Lakers' bag, he immediately passed the ball to the outside, and the Pacers were implementing this tactic throughout the first half of the fourth quarter, and several of the Pacers' outside feel good enough to shoot any team, but Phil Jackson was still very stubborn and refused to change his defensive strategy. On the defensive end, the Pacers used Meng Xu and James Posey to clip and wrap around O'Neal, although Meng Xu and James Posey together couldn't withstand O'Neal, but they relied on excellent footwork and movement speed, and used constant forward to limit O'Neal from receiving the ball, and also did a very good job, so that the connection between the Lakers' inside and outside lines was almost blocked, but Phil Jackson had no good way to do this, so he could only transfer the Lakers' ball to the outside, pinned the last hope on Kobe, and Kobe Bryant scored 8 points on 4-of-7 shooting in 6 minutes, which was good enough, but compared to the Pacers' crazy 3-point shooting rate, it still seemed a little insufficient.

Just when the two sides were seizing the time to arrange tactics, Magic Johnson was also constantly thinking about what kind of tactics and strategies he should use to deal with Larry Bird when facing Larry Bird's tactics, in order to save the unfavorable situation on the court, the Pacers' lineup, except for Reggie Miller, who is slightly older, the remaining four players are all young players under the age of 25, they are full of physical strength, rapid offensive and defensive rotation, and very strong athletic ability. And their 3-point is also very accurate, so if you want to limit them, the first thing is to slow them down and constantly disrupt their rhythm. The Lakers' interior line has comprehensively suppressed the Pacers' interior throughout the series, and O'Neal is very strong in deterrence at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, so once the Pacers slow down, it is basically impossible for the Pacers to defeat the Lakers in a positional battle.

Before the start of this game, almost no one was optimistic about the Pacers, after all, in two consecutive games, the Pacers were comprehensively suppressed by the Lakers, even if the Pacers won the first game, the Lakers were always ahead of the Pacers until the last few minutes of the game, and the number of times the Pacers led the Lakers was limited. And as soon as this game opened, the Pacers surprised everyone, Reggie Miller's 15 points in a single quarter, let people see the hope of the Pacers winning again, but with the Lakers' strong counterattack in the second and third quarters, the Pacers once again returned to their state in the previous games, and there was almost no room for resistance under the suppression of the Lakers, and they were pushed to the edge of the cliff little by little, just when everyone thought that the Pacers were going to end, a sudden 3-point rain once again made the Pacers see the hope of winning.

Again, in Michaels' opinion, the game was a bit incredible, a game that was largely unsuspenseful, not intense, but full of ups and downs, and on the underdog, now looked like there was hope of winning, and the hope of winning was not small.

When the timeout ended, all the players on both sides reappeared, perhaps O'Neal's angry behavior of throwing a towel when he got off the court gave Phil Jackson inspiration, and the Lakers obviously changed the strategy of the game after re-entering the game, the biggest change was to replace Brian Shaw with Robert Hawley, and the Lakers' signal to strengthen the interior offense has been very obvious. In this round of the Lakers' offense after the opening, it was true, after having Robert Holly's cover under the basket, Meng Xu and James Posey took care of O'Neal when they were wrapping up O'Neal, after all, Robert Holly's ability is not comparable to Brian Shaw, especially Meng Xu, when he saw Robert Holly on the court, his eyes immediately focused on him, for fear that Robert Holly would suddenly disappear from his sight, and then quietly give himself a fatal blow.

When the game started, Fisher, who was holding the ball, was forced by Jamal Tinsley without the slightest superfluous action, and directly handed the basketball to Rick Fox, who had covered with him, and Rick Fox tried twice in a row and failed to get rid of Reggie Miller, and immediately called Robert Holly's block, and after completing the block, Rick Fox did not choose to shoot by himself, but directly handed the ball to Robert Holly, allowing him to misplace and play Reggie Miller.

Seeing Robert Holly holding the ball, Meng Xu was a little uneasy, although he has only won 3 championships now, but Robert Holly in the system is famous, praised by the system as the most successful role player, and has won 7 championships in his career more than Jordan.

Although the Lakers still have a 4-point lead, once Robert Holly fails to score this attack and the Pacers score the next goal, then there is only one breath of difference left between the two sides. Robert Hawley, who held the ball and faced Reggie Miller, obviously didn't have so many ideas, and after shaking in place for a while, Robert Hawley was very decisive to shoot near the free throw line, and when he was 10 cm taller than Reggie Miller, Robert Hawley basically didn't jump much, and he got enough space to shoot to complete the shot.

"Reggie, it's not your fault, attack quickly." When the offense and defense were switched, Meng Xu found that Reggie Miller's expression was obviously a little unnatural, and he saw that the team was about to catch up with the score, but Robert Holly made a mid-range shot in front of him, which widened the difference to 6 points again. Although this is not Reggie Miller's fault, because even if he is replaced by any defender, when defending a big man like Robert Hawley, he will face the dilemma that Reggie Miller just now, but at this moment, Reggie Miller feels a little remorseful in his heart.

"Meng, pass the ball to me this time." Just after covering Meng Xu and successfully getting rid of Kobe and Rick Fox's sandwich, Reggie Miller suddenly shouted at Meng Xu, who was advancing with the dribble.