Monterey showed their tenacity and withstood the pressure after a rough start.

Shaquille O'Neal was suddenly constrained by Drew's league-level defense, and Qiao Hai's front and back pinch defense was very effective, compared to O'Neal's perverted shooting rate of 4 in 4 shots in the opening game, and then O'Neal's shooting rate of less than 50% has shown the success of Qiao Hai's defensive tactics.

"If Matt Lee and Spencer were to be swapped for NBA-caliber players, Shaquille O'Neal would have been completely killed by now."

"Qiao Hai is so good, he coped perfectly, and now the two teams are tied, and the winning percentage of the Monterey team is still not very high, but the good thing is that they are not 100 per cent lost."

The on-site commentator did not hesitate to praise Qiao Hai, indeed, only two amateur players were used to limit the big shark O'Neal very well, which is something that many NBA-level coaches can't do, and Qiao Hai did it.

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The score on the field was very anxious, and the Chester team continued to rely on Shaquille O'Neal to score, although the efficiency was not as good as the opening, but the shooting rate of nearly 50% was still very efficient.

Fortunately, the Monterey team is not far behind, and the fast running and bombing are also barely keeping up with the Chesters in terms of scoring efficiency.

The scores of both teams alternated and the situation was scorching.

As time passed, the commentators began to look less favorably on the Monterey team again.

"If we enter the final stage of the game with such a point difference, the Monterey team will have less luck......"

"They lack a decisive star player, especially compared with Shaquille O'Neal, at critical moments, there are still star players who need to step up, and on the Chesterl team's side, Shaquille O'Neal is too star!"

Qiao Hai is not in a hurry, compared to the commentator's praise of Shaquille O'Neal, Qiao Hai hopes that Shaquille O'Neal can play until the end of the game.

Soon, at the end of the third quarter, the Chesters took the lead, but the lead was only three points, and the Monterey team still used their tenacity to bite the score.

Although the odds of Monterey winning are still not high, this does not prevent the on-site commentators from continuing to praise Qiao Hai.

In the third quarter of the game, Qiao Hai's small adjustments were always timely, and the timeouts were also timed, whenever the Chesterl team was about to get up, Qiao Hai would always call a timeout in time to interrupt the momentum of the Chesterl team.

Various small adjustments on the offensive and defensive ends have also been very timely, and it can be said that in this game, Qiao Hai's tactical strategy perfectly suppressed the opponent.

In the fourth quarter, the Monterey team continued to play in the first three quarters.

Finally, the Monterey team used their tenacity to drag the game into the eighth minute of the fourth quarter, with just over four minutes left before the end of the game......

Chester's five-point lead over Monterey, and in the commentator's opinion, the five-point gap, plus Shaquille O'Neal, was enough to help Chester's win the game.

"Shaquille O'Neal, he's got the basketball! The Monterey defense couldn't stop him from receiving the ball, mid-range! There is no choice to shoot! Keep pushing through! Forced layup! Spencer can't stop! Entered! ”

7 points difference!

For more than four minutes, Qiao Hai thought for a few seconds, and the time seemed to be ripe.

Walking to the sidelines, Qiao Hai made a pause gesture, and he decided to sacrifice his hole cards directly.

"7 points difference, China Joe called a timeout, this timeout is very timely, the difference just broke through 5 points, he immediately called a timeout, but the game time is only more than four minutes, continue to adjust and drag on, the Monterey team can't win, they need to fight now."

Qiao Hai is indeed ready to fight, but he has a great grasp of winning this one, at least seventy or eighty percent.

After a pause, he gathered his players and began to set them up.

"Next, let's make substitutions first." Qiao Hai directly announced that he had replaced the team's substitute center and substitute power forward, and replaced two substitutes in a row, and the players were a little unclear.

After announcing the substitution, Qiao Hai immediately began the specific arrangement: "Carrasco (substitute power forward), Rassad (substitute center), then your task is very simple, pinch Shaquille O'Neal, and foul him without the ball, as long as it is the ball of the Chesterl team, immediately foul Shaquille O'Neal, and use up your five fouls." ”

"Also, we lowered the tempo, ran more on the offensive end, and shot in open positions."

It was already the critical moment to decide the outcome of the game, and Qiao Hai decided to change his previous style of playing fast and fast attack, slowing down the pace, playing the success rate, and chasing points quickly.

And Qiao Hai's hole cards are already obvious, the shark slashing tactic, this 21st century is a bit of an abused tactic, in 1998 is still a rarely used tactic, most coaches think that this tactic has a big flaw, more afraid that the target of the cut will suddenly find the free throw feel, but in later generations, this tactic is the most effective way to deal with those free throw bad centers, and even extended to other positions of free throw bad players, such as Andre Iguodala.

After a brief pause, the game resumed.

The Monterey team served, Tom Shiller organized the attack from the outside, he slowed down the tempo, controlled the ball on the outside, and carefully looked for opportunities.

The sudden change of tempo was a bit uncomfortable for the Chesters, and five or six seconds later, Tom Shiller burst through and Kempsauer went around the right side to the top of the arc and was covered by substitute centre-forward Rassad, who instantly got a chance to open the space.

Chester's backup point guard let go of Jack Baldwin and turned to pounce on Kempsauer.

In the next second, Jack Baldwin received a pass from Tom Schiller, he did not shoot directly, but continued to rush two steps inside, in a safe position, directly picked up the basket!

The margin returned to 5 points, but the commentator was a little strange: "The Monterey team suddenly slowed down the tempo, and not only that, but they also replaced the two main interior players, what is going on?" Are they going to give up the game? ”

The commentators thought it was strange, and so did Shaquille O'Neal, but against two weaker opponents, he was ready to finish the game in the final moments.

The Chesters team was about to serve, Qiao Hai, who had been sitting on the bench, stood up, and everything that happened next, Qiao Hai was very concerned, which would determine the final outcome of this game.

Chester's serve, Shaquille O'Neal gets his hands on it.

But in the next second, Monterey's substitute center Rashad suddenly rushed out and directly fouled O'Neal without the ball.

Everyone was blindsided.

Even the referee blew the whistle for a moment.

"Foul off the ball, Shaquille O'Neal on the free throw line!"

The commentator was also a little confused, and a foul without the ball sent Shaq to the free throw line? Isn't this a giveaway?

But soon, when he saw O'Neal at the free-throw line with a constipated expression, he suddenly understood.

"Shaquille O'Neal shot just 50.8 percent from the free-throw line last season, and most of the time, Shaq couldn't make any free throws...... commentator immediately explained what he knew, and before he could finish speaking, O'Neal's first free throw slammed into the rim of the basket and bounced out.

"The first penalty is missed, and this foul by the Monterey team is no longer a loss."

Qiao Hai stood on the sidelines with a smile, it's done!

Shaquille O'Neal's constipated expression made people want to laugh, and his second free throw hesitated to shoot, still slammed on the rebound, and bounced out again.

Rashad reacted quickly and grabbed the rebound.

Tom Schiller took the ball and continued to slow down the tempo, and in the slow-paced attack, Tom Schiller assisted again, and substitute power forward Carrasco cut into the penalty area in the middle and scored 2 points!

Everything went on, and as soon as the Chester team sent the ball out of the backfield, O'Neill, who was slowly walking to the halfway line, was pulled by Tom Shiller.

Beep! The crisp whistle blew again, and the referee motioned for Shaquille O'Neal to step to the free throw line again......

O'Neal wilted, missed two free throws on the free throw line again, the big shark who was about to kill the four sides before the timeout suddenly fell silent, Tom Shiller steadily protected the rebound, the Monterey team suddenly accelerated, pushed up the fast break, and in the corner of the arena, cheers suddenly rang out, it was the Monterey team's bench.

Tom Schiller had already rushed to the box with the basketball in hand, and the Chesters' defense was just taking shape, so it was another easy chance to score!

"Storm buckle! bang！ ”

Another two points are credited, and the difference is only 1 point!

At the beginning, Shaquille O'Neal dunked, and the commentator banged, and now, Tom Schiller's slam dunk he also banged, and then, very surprised, incredulous, said: "The score is only 1 point away!" It's unbelievable that the Monterey team actually played a wave of counterattacks after the timeout! ”

"The genius of China Joe continuously let Shaquille O'Neal go to the free throw line, which actually produced a miraculous effect, Shaquille O'Neal was dumbfounded, and Monterey took the opportunity to chase the points!"

The chase was over quickly.

Rashad sent his second foul and Shaquille O'Neal stepped to the free-throw line again, hitting one of two free throws to give Chester's two-point lead.

Monterey scored three points from Camsauer in the positional battle, and the score was overtaken.

And then it was the stage where the Monterey team expanded the score, and in the last two minutes, Shaquille O'Neal walked to the free throw line in a row, hitting one of two free throws, zero of two free throws, and zero of two free throws......

After a variety of missed free throws, the Monterey team stretched the deficit to 10 points, and in less than a minute, the suspense of the game was lost.

The on-site commentator was dumbfounded, no one expected that the Monterey team would actually win!