"Larry is right, they're a special bunch of little guys." In a box in Staples, a big bald head with a cigar in his hand stared at the group of familiar, unfamiliar figures in the stadium, was silent for a moment, and continued: "It seems that it is time for me to come back and take on some challenges. ”

"Michael, you, have you decided?" Just after the bald head finished speaking, a man in a crisp white suit next to him trembled visibly, and then took a deep breath, trying to calm the excitement in his heart, but when he said this, his lips were still visibly trembling.

"Hmm." The big bald head nodded affirmatively: "David, don't you always ask me why I am becoming less and less interested in basketball?" ”

"Yes, Michael, this question has always been a mystery in my mind, if you don't choose to retire halfway, your achievements will be greater, your influence will be higher, and you, or we, can get more benefits, so I really can't figure it out."

"Because of the lack of challenges. Basketball is my life, so in my heart, I have always loved basketball and the court. But as Elvin once told me, I was lucky, but I was also unlucky, and in my career, I was always missing an opponent like Ervin and Larry, so as I got more and more accolades, I became less and less passionate about basketball. The big bald head paused slightly, and pressed the burning cigar in his hand into the ashtray: "Compared to me, these little ones are obviously much luckier, and I, now I have found the joy of basketball again." ”

"It was an incredible game." While the conversation in the box continued, the first half of the game between the Spurs and the Lakers was over.

Judging from the first half of the game, neither the Spurs nor the Lakers had any reservations in this game, and both sides were trying to cut the game and interrupt the rhythm of the game, and in the minutes before halftime, both sides even played full-court pressing.

On the Spurs' side, because in this game, Duncan's coercion under the basket is too strong, even O'Neal can't take advantage of Duncan, let alone others, so Meng Xu also expanded his defensive range with confidence, extended his help defense to beyond the 3-point line, and constantly made up for Sean Elliott and Mario Ely.

And on the Lakers' side, the defense is also excellent, O'Neal in this game, showed the world that he is not inferior to Duncan's ability to protect the frame, and at the same time different from the Spurs' defensive tactics of comprehensively casting a net, in this game, the Lakers' main defensive objects are still Duncan and Meng Xu, just when Duncan and O'Neal faced the hard hand under the basket, the Lakers' defense of Meng Xu from the second quarter, from Kobe's single defense, to Kobe and Robert Hawley's sandwich.

"Hores, I don't remember that you're a soft ass, can't you be tougher?" In the Lakers' locker room, before everyone sat down, Phil Jackson directly began to go berserk, which was rarely seen in Phil Jackson's entire coaching career, and the object of Phil Jackson's current madness is still his former proud disciple Hores Grant.

After hearing Phil Jackson's roar, Hores Grant also covered his head with a towel, lowered his head and said nothing, complaining that Phil Jackson was mad, even Hores Grant was very dissatisfied with his performance today, at the beginning of this game, Hores Grant was beaten by Duncan continuously, in the later games, Hores Grant lost the courage to confront Duncan, and even appeared, Hores Grant held the ball in an empty position, But after seeing Duncan rushing towards him, he immediately passed the basketball in his hand. "I just can't control myself." Thinking of this, Hores-Grant was aggrieved, Hores-Grant was covered by Duncan 5 times in the half, and Duncan dunked 3 times on the head, one of which was the opening dunk, and now as soon as Duncan appears near Hores-Grant with the ball, Hores-Grant's legs will tremble a little. And until the end of the half, Hores Grant didn't open, just a dismal statistic of 0 points and 2 rebounds.

"And you, Derek, you're so cowardly, what about your courage?" After reprimanding Hores Grant, Phil Jackson walked over to Derek Fisher again and started his hair dryer again. In this game, the Lakers' five main players, after halftime, two of them did not score 1 point, Hores Grant even if he counted, his positioning and work is O'Neal's bodyguard, and scoring is not his main business. And Derrick Fisher is now the third scoring point in the Lakers' main lineup, and the most consistent 3-point shooter on the Lakers' team, but it is precisely such a player, in the first half of the game, 0 of 6 shots, and even in the last offense before halftime, he didn't even have the courage to shoot.

"If you have the ability, you go and try it against Meng Xu." Listening to Phil Jackson's roar, Derrick Fisher, although he had a disagreement, did not dare to say it now, so he could only silently bow his head and accept Phil Jackson's reprimand, while feeling the malicious eyes of his teammates around him. For Meng Xu's defense, Derek Fisher is a little afraid in his heart, this guy's height and arm span movement are so good, as long as he presses, he will be unable to suppress the nervousness, and Meng Xu is always elusive and suddenly appears in front of you or on one side, covering the basketball you throw, Fisher is now after receiving a pass from a teammate, he will always subconsciously observe Meng Xu's position first, and then decide whether to shoot or pass. In the last offense before the end just now, the Lakers finally handed the ball to Fisher through continuous passing, and when Fisher saw that Meng Xu was only 2 meters away from him, the unguarded Fisher actually threw the basketball like a hot potato to Robert Holly in the distance, fortunately Robert Holly hit the whistle, otherwise Fisher would be criticized even worse now.

Just when Phil Jackson set off a bloody storm in the Lakers' locker room, the Spurs' locker room was relatively calmer, although the Spurs are still two points behind the Lakers, but for the situation on the court, and the team's performance, Popovich is still very satisfied. For this game, especially Duncan and Meng Xu, Popovich can't ask them more, the only thing to worry about now is their physical problems, in the first 24 minutes, Meng Xu and Duncan did not rest for a minute.

In the previous game, in the case that David Robinson couldn't bear O'Neal, Duncan took the initiative to switch positions with David Robinson, O'Neal, who used to need David Robinson and Duncan to restrain him, today when facing Duncan, O'Neal obviously played very hard, and Duncan was hard with O'Neal at the same time, and by the way, Hores Grant was out of temper. As for Meng Xu, not to mention, in this game, Meng Xu's physical strength does not seem to be exhausted, covering a large area on the defensive end, and the timing and grasp of the choice of assistance defense made Popovich a little surprised, and it was precisely because of Meng Xu's tireless assistance in defense that the Spurs' seemingly crumbling outside defense was solid.

As for the other Spurs players, Popovich can now clearly feel the helplessness and loneliness in David Robinson's eyes, and in two consecutive games, O'Neal has brought David Robinson a blow that is comparable to the 95 playoffs and Olajuwon's series. And Sean Elliott and Mario Eli, these two veterans are slightly better now, although they can't prevent Robert Holly and Derek Fisher, but fortunately, Meng Xu keeps wiping their butts.

"Guys, it's time to step up our offense." Looking at the players around him, after looking around for a week, Popovich picked up the tactical board and walked in front of Duncan and Meng Xu, when the team has done the defense to the extreme, then the key to winning depends on the team's offense, and now Popovich can trust only Meng Xu and Duncan, in the first half of the game, except for Meng Xu and Duncan both scored 20+, the rest of the Spurs all the players who have played, none of them can score more than 5 points.

"The first half of the Spurs and Lakers was really exciting, and it's no exaggeration to say that it was the best Western Conference Finals I've ever seen. For a basketball fan like me, this game is undoubtedly a feast. I'm now desperate for the timeout to end and the second half of the game to begin. As the players from both teams started to walk out of the tunnel, Michaels couldn't wait for the second half of the game to start soon. Today's game, from the moment the game started until halftime, was filled with all kinds of "anser-balls", superstar showdowns between Duncan and O'Neal, Meng Xu and Kobe Bryant, and the rest of the players on both teams seemed to be unable to keep up with their game.

"That's true, in this game, whether it is Duncan or O'Neal, or Meng Xu and Kobe, their performances are very amazing, if I have to judge, the four of them are undoubtedly the four strongest players in the entire league at present." Although he knew that his words would definitely cause a lot of controversy tomorrow, Magic Johnson still couldn't help but say it, because in this game, Magic Johnson felt that amazing power in Duncan, O'Neal, Meng Xu, and Kobe, and it was unimaginable for 4 players of this level to appear at the same time in an era, not to mention that these four players are now gathered in a game.

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