Scott Pippen didn't want to give Kobe Bryant because Kobe Bryant had missed two consecutive singles.

According to the Lakers' triangle offensive play, a better choice at this time is to give the ball to O'Neal on the inside, so Scott Pippen controlled it for a while, ignored Kobe's request for the ball, and finally gave the ball to O'Neal.

O'Neal turns inside and dunks, 4-7.

Then, Iverson faced Bruce Bowen's defense, and after another acceleration and change of direction, after attracting a pinch shot, an outward ball, Eriksno's shot caused Kobe Bryant to foul, but the shot that had already been shot missed.

Alex Norn stepped to the free throw line and made one of two free throws.

The Lakers continued to be singled by O'Neal, and Theolatliff tried his best to defend the top, but O'Neal turned and hooked up, scoring another 2 points.

In the face of Bruce Bowen's defense, Iverson missed the shot.

Then, Kobe Bryant got the basketball as he wished, and it was still Iverson who defended him.

Kobe Bryant took a straight step and turned to lean against Iverson.

The height gap between the two is not small, and Kobe Bryant has a certain advantage, but at this time Kobe Bryant is already on the top, and he turns around and makes another backward jumper.

Bang, the ball still doesn't go in.

Qiao Hai on the sidelines began to shake his head, and missed the backward jump shot, Kobe Bryant's hand in this game was obviously not good, and Kobe, who scored 81 points per game and averaged 35 points per game, will suddenly have an explosive iron in two games, and he can't stop it, even Phil Jackson can't stop Kobe's explosive iron.

When the 76ers completed the offense, Iverson attracted the defense, and Matt Geiger on the inside received the ball and scored 2 points, and when the score of the two teams came to 10:6, Qiao Hai called a timeout.

Kobe Bryant is not in good shape, as was the case in the last game, obviously Kobe has not adjusted in this game, but Kobe himself is not aware of this, and he is still constantly asking for the ball and shooting crazy.

Or Kobe Bryant has realized this, but his competitiveness makes Kobe unable to tolerate failure, not to mention that now Iverson is playing so well, as soon as the two sides are compared, Kobe Bryant wants to take more balls and shoot more and prove himself in front of the fans in his hometown.

Qiao Hai would not allow this to happen, so Qiao Hai directly called to pause.

"Kobe, what are you doing? Three step-back jumpers in a row? When you feel bad, you hit the basket more, don't you even think about it? After a pause, Qiao Hai didn't care about Kobe's face, and directly reprimanded him.

Kobe Bryant looked angry, but nodded anyway.

Qiao Hai didn't care about him anymore, and directly made an overall adjustment: "Next, let's play more inside, Scott, give Shaq more balls, Shak, take the ball and play alone, attract defense, pass or shoot, no problem, right?" ”

Shaquille O'Neal grinned, "No problem, coach. ”

Qiao Hai nodded: "Okay, let's play slowly, pay attention to the defense of Allen Iverson, and then play our offense well!" ”

The 76ers also made adjustments, and the old coach Larry Brown was not a fuel-efficient lamp, and the 6 points on the Lakers' side were all scored by O'Neal, so Larry Brown made some adjustments to O'Neal's defense and made direct substitutions.

Theolatliffe couldn't guard against O'Neal, and there was still a Rick Mahon on the bench for the 76ers, and Larry Brown thought about it and directly let Rick Mahon play and replace Matt Geiger.

Rick Mahon, one of the Pistons' bad boy legion, has a short temper, huge power, but lacks jump, and has little skill, so in the NBA, he has always been a blue-collar player, but relying on excellent physical fitness, the 40-year-old Rick Mahon is still the main rotation player of the 76ers.

Larry Brown likes players like Rick Mahon because Rick Mahon defends well and fits Larry Brown's needs.

For example, now, Rick Mahon is playing to defend Shaquille O'Neal.

Although Rick Mahon is very old, with his experience and physical strength, he still has a defense against O'Neal.

The game restarted, the Lakers continued to look for O'Neal, and Kobe Bryant reduced his ball-handling.

In the first quarter of the game, both teams' offense was average.

In the second half, O'Neal was slightly limited by Rick Mahon, and Iverson also began to play more passing, with the top scorers on either side being dumb.

In the end, the Lakers were 23:24 in the first quarter, only trailing by one point.

In the second quarter, Shaquille O'Neal continued to play, Qiao Hai replaced Kobe Bryant and replaced Derek Fisher, and the main two-man rotation of Scott Pippen and O'Neal on the court.

The 76ers also brought on Aaron McGee and Larry Hughes to rest in place of Iverson.

After playing half a quarter, the Lakers relied on O'Neal's outburst to overtake the score until the official timeout in the second quarter, when the Lakers led the 76ers by 6 points at 37:31.

After the pause, the two teams made substitutions at the same time, although they didn't believe in Kobe's current state, but O'Neal played a quarter and a half in a row, and when O'Neal had to leave the court to rest, Qiao Hai could only choose to believe Kobe.

Bryant singled, and this time, the player who defended him became Larry Hughes.

Iverson's height is still too short, the defense Kobe Bryant suffers too much, at the beginning of the first quarter, if it weren't for Kobe's obsession with the step-back jumper, Iverson would not have been able to prevent Kobe, and in the second half of the first quarter, Kobe Bryant also scored two pull-up layups under the basket, which proved that Iverson couldn't prevent Kobe.

However, Kobe Bryant's shooting percentage was still poor in the first quarter, with only 2 of 7 shots, which shows that Kobe Bryant's state today is indeed not good.

In the face of Larry Hughes's defense, Kobe Bryant put the goal under the basket, and Qiao Hai's request was still taken to heart.

A breakthrough, Larry Hughes moved sideways in front of Kobe, and Kobe realized that Larry Hughes, who defended him, was not comparable to Allen Iverson at all.

Kobe Bryant changed direction again and went straight to the basket.

But in the face of Larry Hughes's winding defense, Kobito made a layup, was interfered with, and the basketball slammed into the hoop and bounced out!

Theolatliff grabbed the rebound and gave the ball straight to Iverson.

Iverson held the ball and pushed the fast break, but fortunately, the Lakers' lineup on the court was also a small lineup, and Derrick Fisher reflexively entangled Iverson.

Iverson rushed to the frontcourt, but suddenly used a wonderful 360° turn, shook off Derrick Fisher, rushed inside, and picked the basket.

The Lakers attacked, and basketball was given to Kobe Bryant.

Larry Hughes single-handed, Kobe Bryant's mid-range throw is a step-back jumper.

Bang, strike iron again.

"Larry Hughes has a good defense." Stan Lorefour watched two rounds and made a comment.

Qiao Hai nodded, Larry Hughes' defense is naturally very strong, as this year's No. 8 pick, Larry Hughes is good at defense, and later was selected for the best defensive team with the Wizards and won the steal king that season.

Later, Larry Hughes joined the Cavaliers and got a big contract, also relying on one-handed defense.

Kobe Bryant met an opponent, if it was a normal Kobe, he would not have been prevented so badly.

But it just so happens that the current Kobe is still a Kobe who is in bad shape, and Larry Hughes' defense plays a key role.

And Derek Fisher couldn't stop Iverson.

In the second half of the second quarter, Iverson scored 9 points in a row, and 76ers backup point guard Aaron McGee also ushered in a burst, hitting two three-pointers in a row, and the 76ers took the lead again.

After halftime, the 76ers led the Lakers by 11 points.

Qiao Hai has encountered a big problem, Kobe Bryant is dumb, O'Neal is a little alone, Qiao Hai glanced at Scott Pippen, maybe he can only rely on Pippen.