The second tactic, which was arranged by Qiao Hai before the game.

The No. 1 tactic is to attack the inside, the No. 2 tactic is completely different from the No. 1 tactic, O'Neill continues to stand on the inside, but the center of gravity of the attack will fall to the outside, and the point is that as long as there is an opportunity to counterattack and break quickly, it must be seized.

Therefore, the core of the second tactic is to counterattack and break fast.

Open up the game by countering fast breaks to get easy scores.

If you want to play a counterattack, the most important thing is defense, on the court, the Spurs' offense, Robert Horry pushed in front of Duncan, Duncan opened his hands to take the ball, and turned his back to the basket.

It's still Duncan's singles, what the Spurs want to see is the Lakers' pinch-and-shoot defense against Duncan, so that the Spurs' offense can really open.

The Lakers obviously won't be fooled, Qiao Hai directly put Robert Horry to defend Duncan alone, no matter whether Horry can prevent it or not, the Lakers' defense is considered a success.

In the face of Robert Horry's single defense, Duncan has already missed a ball, this time he still did not wait for the Lakers' attack, so Duncan's back hit instantly became very resolute, his back was strong to crush Robert Horry, and he took two steps back, Duncan turned his back and shot at 45 ° mid-range.

With a bang, the basketball hit the board and bounced into the basket.

Ball in! This is Duncan's stunt, 45° shooting from the board, with an extremely high shooting percentage, this ball Duncan is obviously guaranteed to hit the shooting rate, and he seems to intend to use his personal offense to break down the Lakers' defense.

The Lakers served in the backcourt, and the counterattack and fast break could not be played, Scott Pippen controlled the ball to the frontcourt, observed the Spurs' defense for a while, and broke through directly.

Against Mario Alley's defense, he made a mid-range shot.

Bang, striking iron.

David Robinson grabbed the rebound, the Spurs continued to suppress the rhythm, Duncan took the ball again and singled, shot from mid-range, Robert Horry raised his hands high to interfere, and it was successful!

With a bang, Duncan also struck iron.

In this way, the Lakers' chance comes.

"Rebound!"

Shaquille O'Neal withstood David Robinson, the game had just begun, O'Neal was already feeling the pressure from the Spurs' twin towers, whether it was offensive or defensive, O'Neal was somewhat suppressed.

The rebound had to be won, so O'Neal killed David Robinson, and on the other side, Kobe Bryant rushed to the basket and jumped up to grab the rebound.

After landing, Kobe Bryant faced directly to the front court and ran wildly.

Aggro! Counterattack!

Kobe Bryant was not greedy, chose to pass the ball, and passed to Derrick Fisher, who rushed to the front.

Fisher made a direct shot in the frontcourt, and Avery Johnson, who couldn't defend himself, could only watch Fisher hit the shot in the fast break, and it was tied 2:2!

The Spurs served in the backcourt, and Avery Johnson controlled the ball and advanced to the frontcourt, and the tempo slowed down again.

Greg Popovich had already stood up from his seat, and the basketball came to Duncan again, and Duncan singled in three consecutive offensive rounds, Robert Horry single-defense, Horry's single defense was not top-notch, but it was also qualified, so Duncan only hit one shot in three shots.

The Lakers have not been able to flank Duncan, and if the Lakers continue to adhere to the strategy of not pinching Duncan this time, perhaps the Spurs will have to change their offense.

The Spurs' offense began, and the Lakers really didn't flank it.

Popovich walked to the sideline and whistled.

Duncan attacked with the ball, and after hitting the middle distance, he suddenly passed the ball, and when Qiao Hai saw this scene, he knew that the Spurs' offense had changed.

Avery Johnson cut to receive the ball, the basketball did not stay in his hands, he directly pushed it, passed to the penalty area, and went around the outside line himself, but Derrick Fisher had followed Avery Johnson closely and did not relax at all.

David Robinson catches the ball, turns and goes straight to the basket.

O'Neal flared his teeth and claws, the Admiral's layup was slightly off, the rebound was taken by Scott Pippen, who arrived later, and the Lakers fought back with another wave of fast breaks.

Kobe Bryant dunked in the frontcourt fast-break, 4:2, and the Lakers took the lead.

The Spurs re-attacked, and the young general Avery Johnson was in complete control of the ball, and he kept possession of the ball until the last five seconds, and found Antonio Daniels in the bottom corner, Antonio Daniels had a chance in front of him, he rushed two steps and shot in the middle.

With a bang, I entered.

The two sides are deuced again, the Spurs are actually happy to play at this pace, the offense on both sides is difficult, the Lakers can only rely on counterattacks to score, and the Spurs are even more difficult on their side, either Duncan singles or looks for opportunities through Avery Johnson's organized offense.

It seems that the Lakers have some advantages, but in fact, the rhythm of the game is the rhythm of the Spurs, not the rhythm of the Lakers.

McBrin on the commentary bench also saw this, and he pointed out directly: "Now the initiative on the court belongs to the Spurs, they keep the tempo very low, and the game seems to be turning into a defensive battle. ”

Mav Albert looked unhappy, this game has become a defensive battle, and he is afraid that he will not be able to see the hearty attack.

On the court, the Lakers' offense, basketball to O'Neal on the inside, O'Neal singled, and Duncan hit again.

O'Neal played aggrieved, and in the face of the double bag, he still turned around and played strongly, and forced a layup against the defense of Duncan and David Robinson, but was directly slapped by the big hat.

Qiao Hai is a little helpless off the court, normal positional attack, the Lakers will still give the ball to O'Neal, if the Spurs don't pinch the ball, O'Neal can naturally shoot alone, if the Spurs pinch the ball, then O'Neal's best choice is to pass, as long as O'Neal passes, the opportunity will definitely appear.

But O'Neal doesn't pass the ball, and Qiao Hai can't do anything, a leading star, you can't keep passing the ball, right?

The Lakers' offense was unfavorable, the Spurs turned around and hit the Lakers on a counterattack, Avery Johnson controlled the ball, and the Spurs began to look for some opportunities to counterattack......

The Lakers have no advantage on the court, although Qiao Hai is anxious, but there is nothing they can do, but fortunately, for the time being, the Spurs have no chance to establish an advantage, their offense is even worse, and they are unable to expand the lead at all.

In the second half of the first quarter, the Lakers and Spurs were tied at 14-16, and the Spurs led by 2 points.

Joe Hay made an adjustment, replacing O'Neal, putting Scott Pippen to the No. 4 position, Robert Horry to the center position, and Ruben Patterson, who was better offensively than Bruce Bowen, came out, one big and four small, and Joe chose to fight in the last minutes of the first quarter.

In the last three minutes of the first quarter, the Lakers began to pick up speed.

The small lineup is already a rotation lineup often used by the Lakers, and the Spurs have already coped with it, with Marik Cross coming out to replace David Robinson and Duncan on the inside, and Sean Elliott also coming out to replace Antonio Daniels to strengthen the outside offense.

With such a substitution, in the last few minutes of the first quarter, the Spurs' lineup can also be accelerated, Duncan is up to the center, his speed is not slow, Marik Cross is not tall, weighs a lot, is considered a heavy inside, but very flexible.

Therefore, the Spurs' rotation lineup can keep up with the Lakers' speed.

After the substitutions on both sides, in the last three minutes, the Lakers began to attack.

Marf Albert also spoke more, the Lakers attacked first, and Scott Pippen controlled the ball.

"Scott Pippen had the ball, a quick break, beautiful! Kobe Bryant found his chance, he rushed into the box and caught the ball! ”

"Beautiful dunk, the two teams are tied, now it's the Spurs' turn to attack, the Lakers' big four seem to stimulate their offensive instincts, what choice will the Spurs make......?"

On the court, the Spurs' offense, the little general Avery Johnson's ability to control the rhythm is very strong, even if the Spurs can keep up with the fast offensive rhythm of the Lakers, the Spurs still chose to suppress the rhythm, Avery Johnson did not control the ball much, after the Lakers replaced O'Neal, the advantage of the Spurs inside line is obvious, Avery Johnson passed the ball directly into the inside, Duncan singled Robert Horry to score, and the Spurs continued to lead......

Off the court, Qiao Hai frowned deeply, his substitution was to take some lead in the first quarter, but the old and spicy Popovich countered with a substitution, the Spurs had the advantage on the court from beginning to end, and the Lakers were disadvantaged from beginning to end.