Chapter 115: Crazy

After the timeout, the Lakers changed to the full main lineup, and O'Neal, Robert Hawley, Fox, and Ron Haber, who had put on their training uniforms and waited for the end of the game, had to return to the court. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 Info Spurs are no exception, David Robinson, Tim Duncan, Jaren Jackson, Avery Johnson are also back on the court, after all, the team has a glimmer of life again.

After Ron Haber dribbled the ball through the middle circle, he handed the ball to Fox on the right without the slightest pause, Fox moved slightly laterally after receiving the ball, and handed the basketball to O'Neal near the free throw line, O'Neal rushed directly to the basket with the ball, but this time it became Duncan who defended O'Neal, although Duncan did not have any advantage in the face of O'Neal, but it was still a little stronger than David Robinson, O'Neal's offensive ability was not strong, and after encountering Duncan's blocking, O'Neal still chose the back-to-back singles that he is good at, and after topping Duncan twice in a row, David Robinson's bag was in place, O'Neal did not hesitate at all, and directly passed the ball to Ron Harber in the area above the free throw line, Harbour did not choose to shoot by himself, but chose to continue to transfer the ball, Kobe Bryant on the weak side has been entangled by Meng Xu, and called Hawley's cover, at this time the only passing option is Fox in the three-point line on the right side, Haber's pass caught up with David Robinson's defense and passed to Fox's hands, after receiving the ball, Fox took a step back and shot quickly, the basketball hollowed into the net, because Fox stepped on the line before shooting, Fox who wanted to shoot a three-point shot only scored two points, even so the Lakers still have a 5-point advantage.

It was the Spurs' turn to attack, Duncan directly beat Hawley, without the slightest suspense, Duncan turned his back and hit the board easily after continuous shaking in front of Hawley, and at the same time caused Hawley's foul, Duncan added a free throw. Surprisingly, the Lakers did not trap Duncan in this situation, but chose to let Kobe and Fox wrap Meng Xu.

99-97, with 2 minutes and 35 seconds left in the clock, the Spurs once again saw the dawn of victory, it was the Lakers' turn to attack, Popovich waved his big hand, the shark slashing tactic began, Duncan fouled O'Neal, O'Neal hit one of two free throws.

At 2 minutes and 17 seconds, the Lakers still did not contain Duncan, Duncan singled Hawley and hit again, 100-99, and the Lakers only led by 1 point. After Duncan scored this goal, Phil Jackson finally couldn't sit still and immediately called a timeout.

After the timeout, David Robinson fouled O'Neal, but this time O'Neal hit both free throws, it is said that after the first game of the series between the Spurs and the Lakers, O'Neal locked himself in the locker room for a long time, and in the final stage of the first game, the Spurs slashed O'Neal, and as a result, the Lakers were hacked to death.

After O'Neal hit both free throws, when he passed by the Spurs bench, he didn't forget to show his muscles to Popovich.

This time the Spurs' offense, the Lakers finally began to trap Duncan, after passing the cover with Mario Elie, Meng Xu got rid of Kobe, after getting rid of Kobe, the basketball passed from Duncan, through Avery Johnson and finally to Meng Xu's hands, but this time Meng Xu failed to hit this ball,

Fortunately, Duncan grabbed the rebound and scored a rebound.

"Greg, do you continue to foul O'Neal?" 1 minute 05 seconds, 104 to 101, O'Neal once again hit both free throws, but this time the Spurs were not able to chase the score again, following the last shot of iron, Meng Xu's shot also failed to hit, under the strict defense of the Lakers, Duncan and David Robinson did not have a good chance, and Popovich's tactical requirements have always been that anyone can't shoot as long as they don't have a shooting opportunity, even Duncan, since Popovich took office, The tactics that have been implemented in the Spurs are that no matter whether it is a main player or a role player, no matter who has the opportunity, no one in the Spurs has unlimited firing rights, and occasionally Popovich will be allowed to let some people be willful in a certain game.

"Take a timeout and wait until it's 50 seconds or less before you get fouled." Popovich waved his hand, and Mike Budenholzer immediately gestured to the players on the court, although O'Neal had little chance of continuing to hit both free throws, but the psychological pressure brought by this time is also very high, and Popovich has his own plans.

This offense, the Spurs didn't foul O'Neal, and O'Neal seemed a little uncomfortable.

"When did Shaq's free throws become so good, and if Shaq could keep hitting free throws like this, then the shark slashing tactic would have been swept into the dustbin of history."

"It's impossible for Shaq to keep that touch all the time, but even so, Popovich gave up on the shark slashing tactic."

O'Neal passed the ball again under the bag of David Robinson and Duncan, this time O'Neal immediately passed the basketball to Robert Hawley behind David Robinson after the David Robinson bag arrived, originally Robert Hawley ran directly to the basket from the free throw line along the edge of the paint area, and then tangled with David Robinson on the right side of the paint area for a few seconds, after seeing O'Neal receive the ball in the area below the free throw line, Robert Hawley ran towards the bottom corner, as in the previous game, As long as David Robinson wraps O'Neal, Robert Hawley is empty, but this time Meng Xu did not come to make up for the defense, and Robert Hawley, who was empty, increased his score to 17 points through a mid-range shot, which is also the highest score after Kobe and O'Neal.

With 47 seconds left, 106-101, and with the Spurs trailing by five points, Popovich called a final timeout and began to lay out the Spurs' tactics for the remaining 47 seconds.

After the game restarted, Mario Elie quickly sent a throw-in, Meng Xu received the ball and hung it directly to Duncan on the side of the paint area, and Duncan hit a jumper after receiving the ball, 106-103.

The Lakers sent a baseline ball, Meng Xu fouled O'Neal directly, and at the last moment, the Spurs cut the shark again, this time O'Neal hit only one of the two free throws, and there were 38 seconds left, leaving plenty of time for the Spurs.

With no timeout, the Spurs could only start attacking from the baseline, and this time the Lakers strengthened their defense against Duncan, and Hawley was not as tall or heavy as Duncan, but he still did his best.

"Bastard, don't think about making a shot." After Meng Xu was entangled by Kobe, there was not much he could do, Meng Xu's physical strength was basically exhausted, and now he was completely gritting his teeth and persevering.

The basketball didn't find a good opportunity after two turns, and finally returned to Avery Johnson's hands, seeing that 24 seconds were approaching, Johnson had to shoot outside the three-point line, because Johnson's three-point line was so bad, when Johnson stood outside the three-point line, Ron Haber didn't even defend him.

When Johnson's shot spun around the basket a few times and finally fell into the basket, the entire Alamo Stadium erupted in thunderous applause and cheers.

107-106 with 15 seconds left on the clock, the Spurs have seen the dawn of victory.

When the Lakers sent a baseline shot, Meng Xu hugged O'Neal again, and the moment O'Neal walked to the free throw line, the boos that sounded in the Alamo Sports Institute were enough to puncture people's eardrums.

Under huge pressure, O'Neal made one of two free throws, 108-106, the Lakers gave the Spurs a chance to equalize and kill them, Phil Jackson still pretended to be calm and sat on the bench, corresponding to the Spurs' Popovich, Popovich had long been standing on the sidelines, but Popovich did not yell at the court as usual, but looked at the court very quietly, waiting for the final result.

After the Lakers' retreat was in place, Meng Xu did not run along the three-point line as usual, but waited directly near the center circle.

After Avery Johnson slowly dribbled through the halfcourt, Meng Xu directly stretched out his hand and motioned for Johnson to give it to him, glanced at the sidelines, and after asking Popovich's opinion, Johnson handed the ball to Meng Xu.

"It's finally time for me to perform." Meng Xu stood two steps outside the three-point line and slapped the basketball rhythmically, and now the closest defender to him is also one step away from him, although Meng Xu's three points are very good, and he has also shot twice this season, but at this time, it is absolutely crazy to dare to shoot at such a distance.

Looking up at the timing card, when there were less than two seconds left, Meng Xu dribbled the ball, took a step forward and jumped out directly.