As Brown expected, at the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Lakers' lineup was missing Lu and O'Neal, and Fisher and Foster were replaced. Replace Foster because O'Neill has too many fouls, and replace Fisher only because the Zen master found that Lu has no way to take Iverson now, so it is better to replace Fisher to stabilize the rhythm.

Foster's deterrence under the basket is obviously far from O'Neal, and under Brown's instructions, the 76ers' guards rush to the basket with the ball every round without hesitation, and such an overwhelming offense makes Foster scramble. Although he was known for his defensive skills, this was beyond his ability and he could only watch his opponents score easily.

As the core of the Lakers' current court, Kobe Bryant should have taken over the offensive power, but he soon found that as long as he got the ball, Bell and another 76ers player would be wrapped up in the shadows, passing the ball but not scoring. It's a very different way of dealing with other guards, but now it's Kobe Bryant, and there's nothing wrong with that, knowing that Kobe Bryant is a being who can beat opponents on his own, and instead of letting him score, it's better to force him to give the ball to his teammates to deal with.

Originally, one Bell made Kobe Bryant have a lot of effort, and now with another person, he is a little unbearable. And Brown is deliberately targeting him, most of the time it is Snow who is sandwiching Kobe with Bale, which means that the two strongest outside defenders of the 76ers are used to limit Kobe, which is undoubtedly the treatment of the league's top stars, and Kobe deserves it.

Under the elimination of the other, the 76ers quickly pulled the score away, and O'Neal was dumbfounded, how could he accept the defeat? So O'Neill hurriedly asked the Zen master to fight: "Coach, now I have to play, once the opponent completely controls the situation, we will lose this game." I'll take care to protect myself, please let me play! ”

The Zen master looked at him fixedly for a moment, sighed, and directly applied to the referee for a substitution. He knows that O'Neal is telling the truth, and now Kobe Bryant has suffered a double bag and has to hand over the ball to someone else to attack, but there is no real scorer among the other four Lakers players, it can be said that as long as Kobe Bryant is restricted, the Lakers' offense will be strangled, and O'Neal can't go up at this time, after all, he is the backbone of the team and the team's scoring champion this season.

Before O'Neill was about to leave his seat, the Zen master pursed his lips and said, "Shaq, if the opponent still attacks the inside with all his might, let them score, and we can return it on the offensive end." You have to keep in mind that you've already had four individual fouls on you, it's dangerous to play at this time, and I don't want to be missing you in the decisive moments. ”

O'Neill nodded, but said nothing, and although the Zen master's instructions were very different from his usual style, this time he decided to change his style of playing wide and close to minimize fouls. Just like the Zen master said, he only has the last two fouls left, if he is sent off, the Lakers will undoubtedly be defeated, just look at the current situation on the court, Kobe Bryant alone can't support the whole team, and the "OK combination" is only enough threat if it is combined.

However, after O'Neal came on the court, the 76ers players became even more aggressive, if Billy, who broke through and made three points before, was still 7-3, then now it has completely become 9-1, as long as there is an opportunity, they will hold the ball and rush to the basket, even if the opportunity is not so good, they have relied on their individual ability to score inside. They had only one goal, to get O'Neal's fifth foul as soon as possible, which was the straw that broke the camel's back, and if O'Neal got another foul, he would either have to go off the court until the last minute and not be able to come back, or he would have to wait for his sixth personal foul and be sent off.

O'Neill also saw what the other party wanted to do, which made him shocked and angry, but what could be done? He's already had four individual fouls on him, and now that it's been less than four minutes into the fourth quarter, it's understandable that the opponent wants to let him off early, and the only thing he can do now is help his team score while being more careful on the defensive end.

But sometimes the more you fear something happens, the easier it is to happen, and although O'Neal has been very careful under the basket, even missing a few chances that can barely block the opponent, his fifth personal foul still happened logically. This is still a surprise attack by Iverson, basically every breakthrough of the 76ers in the fourth quarter was completed by him, unless he is ready to slip the bottom line and cut into the air, Snow and Reed will generally give him the opportunity to break through.

Seeing the menacing Iverson, O'Neill didn't want to go up to block it, he even dodged a little bit out of the way, just stretched out his hand and made a gesture. Iverson, who was advancing at high speed, caught a glimpse of O'Neal's small movements, and he rolled his eyes, and instead of going straight to the basket, he turned a small arc and crashed straight towards O'Neal, who had not yet occupied the position. What are the consequences of a collision between a bicycle and a truck? Iverson was directly knocked away by O'Neill's huge body, in fact, this was only because he was too fast, but in the eyes of others, it was quite terrifying, and it was not a fun thing to fly out alone.

The baseline referee blew the whistle without hesitation and motioned for O'Neal to block the foul. O'Neal's eyes widened at such a penalty, and he quickly stepped forward to prepare to reason with the referee, not only him, but other Lakers players also surrounded him, they didn't want O'Neal to be whistled for his fifth foul at this time, which was a huge blow to them.

I have to say that the psychological quality of the NBA referees is very good, even if they are surrounded by a group of big men in the middle, the baseline referee is fearless, he said loudly: "I can see very clearly, this is a blocking foul, gentlemen, please restrain your behavior, otherwise I think the referee will not mind sending you down, if you still want to win, obey my judgment!" ”

Although his words were very polite, it was also true, the league had a zero-tolerance attitude towards stadium brawls, and if there was repeated inappropriate behavior towards the referee, fools would know what kind of punishment they would encounter. O'Neal wanted to continue arguing with the referee, but he was quickly pulled away by someone else, and now it's only his fifth foul, and if he is ejected, it will be over.

The Zen master on the sidelines couldn't help but cover his forehead, he knew that this was the tactic of the 76ers, but what could he do? O'Neal's foul is an indisputable fact, and now he can only let the big shark off the court and prepare for the last two minutes or even a minute.