Spurs' offense, Popovich has been standing on the sidelines.

The Lakers seem to have suddenly changed their tactical strategy, which is very bad, which means that the current Lakers are unknown to the Spurs, and Popovich wants to make adjustments, but in a short period of time, he can't see the specific changes in the Lakers, so Popovich has to wait.

Duncan singled, this time finally scored, he leaned on Robert Horry, suddenly turned, passed Horry, entered the restricted area, and faced O'Neal's defensive layup to help the Spurs pull back 2 points.

On the court, the Lakers' offense began again.

Greg Popovich clasped his hands to his chest and watched carefully.

He found that the Lakers' ball would still pass through Scott Pippen's hand, but the second drop point was no longer O'Neal on the inside, but Kobe Bryant.

Kobe Bryant singled again, and Mario Alley struggled to defend.

By the time Kobe Bryant broke through to the free throw line, Mario Alley was about to lose, and in desperation, he could only call his teammates to help defend.

The current Kobe is no longer Kobe, he is equivalent to the peak Michael Jordan, if the peak Bruce Bowen is now in the Spurs, the Spurs have no chance to defend Kobe, not to mention that Mario Alley is not as good as the peak Bruce Bowen at all.

Duncan stepped forward to make up for the defense, and Kobe Bryant felt that he was in good shape, and raised his hand to shoot.

Duncan pressed up directly, with a double bag, looking at it, he felt that the ball was a little difficult, jumped up, and suddenly changed the shooting hand to the passing hand in the air, a pass, directly to O'Neal on the inside.

Duncan came out to pinch Kobe, Marik Rose couldn't get out, and O'Neal found a single opportunity inside.

One-on-one David Robinson, O'Neal can still be crushed, he directly hit a strong one, followed by a turn, and forcibly dunked.

Bang! Not only did the dunk dunk, but it also forced David Robinson to foul.

With a beep, the referee blew the whistle and fouled! Penalties!

O'Neal's free throws were never hopeful for the Lakers, and McBrin and Mav Albert on the commentator bench were watching the excitement.

"I haven't seen the shark hacking tactic for a while, and China Joe is the inventor of the shark hacking tactic, and he is very handy with this set of tactics, knowing when to replace O'Neal, and knowing when to let O'Neal play to avoid the shark hacking tactic......" McBrin praised Qiao Hai.

Marv Albert stared at O'Neal on the court, who was already raising his hand for a free throw.

"It's said that Shaq has been practicing free throws, and I don't know how effective it is." Albert had a smirk on his face, but he stopped halfway through the laugh.

Because on the court, O'Neal made a free throw, smashed on the inside of the basket, and actually plunged into the basket.

Entered!

O'Neal's free throw actually went in!

Hit a free throw, 7:2, and the Lakers led by 5 points at the beginning.

Popovich already had the urge to call a timeout, but after a glance at the time, the game had just started 2 minutes, and it was too early to call a timeout at this time, and after a moment's hesitation, Popovich still gave up.

The Spurs attacked, and Avery Johnson had the ball on the outside and couldn't find a chance.

In the end, he could only continue to give the ball to Duncan and rely on Duncan to solve the offensive problem.

But in continuous singles, Duncan's efficiency is also very poor, especially in the opening stage, he feels cold and has not found the feeling, this ball is still the same, turned around and failed to shake Robert Horry, and directly forced a shot, which was interfered with by Robert Horry, and hit the iron in the middle shot.

Scott Pippen flew to grab the rebound, and the Lakers were about to push the counterattack again.

Popovich was in a hurry, and shouted directly on the sidelines: "Retreat, retreat!" Hurry! Fast! ”

Avery Johnson and Mario Alley's reactions were quick enough, and Mario Alley also blocked Kobe Bryant's face, but Kobe still received the ball, rushed into the penalty area without a center guard, jumped high, and shook a backhand dunk!

With a bang, Kobe Bryant abused the frame again, and the Great Western Forum Arena had become a sea of cheers.

9:2, Bryant scored 7 of 9 points, and his state was incredibly hot.

The Spurs' offense, Duncan hit a mid-range shot to pull back two points.

But then, Bryant made another step-back jumper from the mid-range position and continued to hit!

McBrin all exclaimed, "Consecutive hits!" Kobe Bryant is reminiscent of Michael Jordan, he plays too much like a basketball god, scoring all kinds of singles, scoring twice on a step-back jumper, and with the assistance of Scott Pippen, this seems to be Michael Jordan! This seems to be the god of basketball! ”

Kobe's style of play itself is like Jordan, but now he has the ability to reproduce Jordan, and after a few balls in a row, McBrin already treats Kobe as Jordan.

After 12:4, the Lakers led by 8 points, and although the game had just reached the third minute, Popovich couldn't wait, walked directly to the sidelines, and called a long timeout.

If this timeout is not called, Kobe Bryant really wants Michael Jordan to possess him, and he will blow up the Spurs in the first quarter.

On the commentary bench, Marf Albert also summed up: "In three minutes, the Lakers scored 12 points directly, which is too efficient, completely different from the first two games!" If the Lakers continue to be in this form, this game may turn into an offensive battle! ”

Marv Albert had always wanted to see an offensive battle, and now, he was about to get his wish.

Popovich called a long timeout, and there was no way, the change in the Lakers' tactical play only revealed the tip of the iceberg, and the Spurs obviously needed time to study.

"They seem to have added Kobe Bryant's outside singles, or ...... Increase the pinch attack on Kobe Bryant and make him dumb? One of the Spurs' assistant coaches suggested.

Popovich shook his head directly: "And then? Did the sandwich Kobe Bryant give Shaquille O'Neal a chance on the inside? ”

Herein lies the problem, Kobe Bryant exploded, he almost killed the game, and helped the Lakers establish an eight-point lead in three minutes, and the Lakers have another superstar who can kill the game, and that is Shaquille O'Neal.

In any case, the Spurs can only send five players on the court, and they are already defending O'Neal in the pinch attack, and if they pinch and defend Kobe Bryant, then the remaining one will have to defend the remaining three opponents, which is obviously impossible.

But Popovich thought about it carefully, maybe he could really only flank Kobe Bryant first.

Kobe Bryant is obviously in a burst of state, if Kobe Bryant is not solved, this game will really be killed by Kobe, so the only way for the Spurs is to pinch Kobe first, ignore O'Neal, clip Kobe to death, clip Kobe's hot state, and then return to normal defensive alignment.

This is the only way, and Kobe Bryant can't be allowed to continue to wreak havoc.

So, Popovich sighed helplessly: "Let's hit Kobe Bryant first......"

The assistant coach who proposed before had a bit of a grudge in his eyes, and Popovich finally came as he proposed, but before that, he was also rushed by Popovich, which was a little embarrassing......