O'Neal's departure seems to have become the clarion call for the 76ers' offense, Foster, who replaced him, felt that the pressure on his body was more than ten times greater than before, and the opponent's continuous offense overwhelmed him, and Grant had to recycle to the interior to help him defend, but this gave the 76ers shooters more room to shoot.

Kobe Bryant's heart is quite bitter, he has been scoring, but every time he scores, it takes a lot of effort to do it, after all, he has to face the double bag of Bell and Snow, and the pressure is also very high, and it can even be said that if he doesn't have his own super scoring skills, then now his score doesn't need to think that he can continue to rise.

In contrast, the 76ers' offense is more relaxed, often with just a few passes they can tear through the Lakers' defense and then unscrupulously attack the interior. Foster quickly picked up two personal fouls, and his rim-guarding ability was completely unmatched to O'Neal's, and being able to pick up just two individual fouls was enough to show his caution.

But his caution didn't help the Lakers' defense, and in fact he was much better off carrying a few more individual fouls than watching his opponent burst to the basket and score right now. In other words, he couldn't intimidate the 76ers' tiny men at all, and the meaning of existence for Iverson and them might just be a wooden stake on the way forward.

Taking advantage of O'Neal sitting on the bench, the 76ers played a wave of 12-4 scoring climax, you must know that their previous lead is not small, this wave of scoring climax instantly allowed them to stretch the difference to 13 points, and there are only more than 5 minutes left before the end of the game, which is undoubtedly bad news for the Lakers, because there is little time left for them to turn the tables, and from the current situation on the court, such a possibility is quite small.

The Zen master sat on the bench with a blank face, and no one could see his eyes behind the lenses. Although he had already won seven championship rings as a coach before, he would never mind another one, and he didn't think the 76ers could pose a threat to him before the Finals, but now he realized that he had been wrong, and he was very wrong.

Although the Lakers are the defending champions, the 76ers' overall roster is no worse than the Lakers, and now they are only one step away from their third championship in team history, and the Zen master is not sure that his team will come back to win. He looked at O'Neal beside him, this big guy who had always liked to be funny had a mixture of anger and sadness in his eyes, the Zen master knew that he wanted to play, but if he did, he would be the target of the 76ers' attack, which made the Zen master feel a lot of headaches.

Until the last 3 minutes and 17 seconds of the game, the Zen master couldn't take it anymore and asked to replace O'Neill, knowing that if he didn't change it now, he would never have a chance. Before O'Neill came on the field, the Zen master didn't say a word, he knew that this guy knew what he was going to do when he came on the field, and if he couldn't save it, then he would be defeated.

O'Neal added a scoring point to the Lakers after he came on the court and relieved the pressure on Kobe, but O'Neal didn't dare to rampage under the basket like before, for fear that Mutombo would give him a negative blow and take him off the court. So every time he attacked, he used his good little hook to score, but this gave Mutombo a chance to interfere.

O'Neal is more worrying on the defensive end, he no longer dares to force a break from Iverson and Snow, and will only defend when he is 100% sure. But how is it possible on the basketball court to have a 100% chance of defensive success every time? So most of the time, O'Neal can only watch opponents score layups.

Seeing the home team occupy an absolute advantage on the court, the 76ers fans are getting louder and louder, as long as the 76ers players receive the ball, they will burst into MVP shouts, and the Lakers players have to endure overwhelming boos when they receive the ball, which makes them even more upset when they are already very anxious, and the movements in their hands involuntarily get bigger, except for O'Neal who still has some scruples, others have become very tough on the offensive and defensive ends, and they are not far from fouls.

The 76ers players naturally want to fight back, but fortunately, Snow stopped everyone in time, in Snow's view, as long as they can play steadily, then the championship will definitely be in the bag, in case of a conflict with the opponent and someone is sent off, it is difficult to say what will happen next. Even if no one is sent off, it's not good to get injured and even affect the rest of your career when a conflict breaks out on the basketball court, and that's an important lesson the league teaches rookies when they first enter the league.

Chang Wei also breathed a sigh of relief, Snow's role on the field is actually much greater than that of others, he is the captain of the team, and he is very cautious, and it is difficult for others to get up for anything under his suppression. Chang Wei is against on-court violence because it is likely to have very serious consequences, and Rockets legend Tomjanovic is a good example.

As time ticked by, the fans of the First Union Center Arena stood up, waving all sorts of things in their hands, shouting slogans and even meaningless words, and the whole arena seemed to be boiling. Feeling the energy of the thousands of fans behind him, the Zen master sighed softly, he knew that he was powerless to return to the sky in this game, and the matter of defending the title was over, and the second champion of the "OK group" did not know when it would come.

In fact, the Zen master is quite optimistic about the combination of Kobe and O'Neal, although their playoff journey last season was very difficult, but they still won the final championship, the Zen master thought that this season's more mature, more perfect run-in "OK combination" can win the championship without pressure, but now they have met a real opponent, and it is still in the most critical finals. At the beginning, his idea was to have a large group of various functional players around Kobe and O'Neal to support them in all aspects, but the 76ers' player configuration and tactical system told him that the Lakers now need a real three-master, a three-leader who can take on the scoring load.

In the Zen master's view, the Lakers' current scoring task is completely on Kobe Bryant and O'Neal, and others are simply unable to share, as long as the opponent hits their soft underbelly, there is no way to save the team, maybe this offseason should have some big moves!