Every team has their own accustomed pace, and while the strong teams have no problem switching attacks or positional battles, their style of play still has a clear bias. After the 76ers were forced to slow down the pace of the game, everyone began to be a little confused, and the fast-transition offense they excelled at hadn't been in the game for a long time.

Brown couldn't do much, he looked at Mutombo who was gasping for breath and trying to recover his strength as quickly as possible, with a helpless expression on his face. Now there is no other way for the team to return to the original rhythm of the game except for letting Mutombo play in advance to control the rebound, in fact, even if Mutombo plays, he can't completely reverse the decline, this game O'Neal is very aggressive on the inside, Mutombo can only barely resist, and it is completely impossible to suppress.

But Mutombo hasn't relented yet, and letting him play early is likely to leave him with no physical strength to help the team at the end of the game, and the question of whether to choose to solve the temporary dilemma or look at the last critical moment is a serious question. However, Brown did not hesitate, he continued to let Mutombo sit on the bench, in his opinion, the Lakers have not opened up the difference for the time being, it is already a very good situation, as long as this balance of power can be maintained.

However, the Lakers won't give him a chance, and O'Neal won't give him a chance, and Makloch's disadvantages on the inside have been revealed, and O'Neal will obviously not give up this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Of course, even Mutombo will hardly cause him any major problems, but it will always take some time to deal with Mutombo, and taking out Macloch is more like a matter of effort.

By the time Brown finally couldn't help but put Mutombo on the court, the Lakers were already leading by 12 points, and in that time O'Neal had already cut down 8 points and 4 rebounds, and his super dominance under the basket was the key reason why the Lakers were able to pull away the difference. While the 76ers are still scoring, they have lost their rhythm, their sharp breakaways and three-pointers are gone, and many times they can only rely on the mid-range of Iverson and Reed to score hard.

When he was replaced by Mutombo, Makloch finally breathed a sigh of relief, and a relieved smile appeared on his pale face. Fighting against O'Neal is indeed not something that normal people can do, although Makloch is the second height in the 76ers, but his strength is like an abyss compared to O'Neal, during this time he is simply pressed to the ground and rubbed, Mutombo can still carry it under the basket, Makloch is really the floor flow of O'Neal There is nothing to do.

After Mutombo came on the court, the 76ers' rebounding improved significantly, although he was not as good at the basket as O'Neal, but he could rely on his years of experience to judge where the ball landed, so that he could grab the rebound before O'Neal got it. With rebounding guaranteed, the 76ers' offense is slowly starting to recover, or at least they're starting to dare to shoot from the outside.

Reed and Lewis hit back-to-back three-pointers to bring the deficit back to six, which left Brown nodding his head in relief and no longer walking around anxiously on the sidelines like ants on a hot pan. But O'Neal is still a big problem he can't solve, he turned the river under the basket and the 76ers have never been able to equalize the score, so far O'Neal has only missed two balls under the basket, the rest of the shots are all hit, and the personal data has come to a quasi-double-double of 23 points and 9 rebounds.

In addition to his excellent performance on the offensive end, O'Neal is also a nightmare for every small player of the 76ers on the defensive end, he has made three blocks under the basket to rank first in the game, and the biggest victim is Iverson, O'Neal's three blocks were given to him, and the other was given to Snow after the 76ers rotated the lineup.

By the end of the second quarter, O'Neal's stats had officially reached a double-double — 25 points and 11 rebounds, which is a statistic that many interior players can only get in a game, but O'Neal did it in just half a game. What's even more surprising is that he didn't take a minute off in the first half, but still maintained such an efficient performance, which is simply unscientific, in the eyes of many people, maybe only the ancient god Chamberlain has such a perverted physical fitness, right?

Thankfully, the 76ers hit back-to-back shots in the last two minutes of the second quarter, which didn't give the Lakers too much of a lead, and they still trailed 52-57. However, this margin is completely within Brown's tolerance, and in his opinion, as long as he continues to improve his outside shooting in the second half, he can tie it in a few rounds, which is not a big deal.

However, after the start of the second half, Brown's eyes couldn't help but widen, he couldn't believe what he saw, O'Neill was still on the field! What is the rhythm of this? Is this inside monster going to play 48 minutes in this game? Brown feels that the whole person is not good, and now the Lakers are obviously staring at the interior to play, and O'Neal's physical strength can support such consumption, so the Zen master naturally continued to put him on the court, hoping that O'Neal can cause more damage on the inside.

The 76ers' interior line obviously doesn't have the physical strength of O'Neal, not to mention that their rotation only has two people, Mutombo and Makloch. Although Brown can also put the tough and hard-working Teylon Hill in the No. 5 position, his height is undoubtedly a disadvantage, and O'Neal can play with the ball under the basket in a single shot.

Perhaps because the halftime break was too long, the 76ers' shooters had to start slowly looking for their touch, while the Lakers, led by O'Neal, took the opportunity to pull the score away. Brown was anxious on the sidelines, he really didn't want the game to drag on to the tiebreaker, and even though it was their home game, Brown didn't have the confidence to win the championship.

Chang Wei is also a little uneasy, if O'Neal continues to do whatever he wants under the basket, there is no doubt that the series will be dragged into the tie-breaker, and the 76ers are far inferior to the Lakers in the seven-tiebreaker. Although the Lakers rarely have a chance to steal seven because of their strong strength, they have a lot of veteran players and are quite experienced, while the 76ers are still a little too young, they are completely relying on one breath to reach the Finals, and there are still certain problems in terms of age structure.

However, the 76ers still have a chance to win the game, although being young means inexperienced, but it also means full of momentum, as the saying goes, punch the master to death, as long as everyone gives a little effort, it is not inevitable to grab seven.