"Shaq, are you okay now?" The battle between the Heat and the Pacers for the strongest battle in the East, which ended up like this in the first half, was a little difficult for everyone in the Heat to accept. When the whole team returned to the locker room, Heat head coach Stan Van Gundy walked directly to O'Neal's side and asked O'Neal about his physical condition.

Throughout the first half, the Heat were very embarrassed, although O'Neal was able to score all the time on the inside, but his efficiency was never high, only 8 of 21 shots in the entire first half, in other games this season, O'Neal shot more than 20 times in several games, O'Neal scored more than 35 points, and today O'Neal only scored 21 points, but in this case, Stan Van Gundy can only choose to rely on O'Neal, because in this Heat, At the moment, only O'Neill can lead the team out of the quagmire.

"I'm fine!" Looking at the manager's concerned gaze, O'Neal responded with a smile, in today's game, O'Neal has really done his best, not only to face Jermaine O'Neal and Mutombo on the offensive end, endless entanglement, but even on the defensive end, O'Neal has not slackened in the slightest today. In order to defeat the Pacers, as the boss of the team, O'Neal naturally has to set an example, but as a result of not being stingy on both offensive and defensive ends, O'Neal was extremely consumed in the first half, and he has been off the court for three minutes. Although it was already 15 points behind the Pacers at the end of the first half, no one was willing to lose today's game, whether it was O'Neal or Stan Van Gundy, or even the Heat players on the floor, so even though O'Neal's physical exertion was already very large, O'Neal still said that he would continue to play at the beginning of the third quarter, because according to the situation on the court, the Pacers will definitely replace most of the main players after the start of the third quarter, and this time is an excellent opportunity for the Heat.

"Okay, hurry up and rest, we still have to rely on you to get it back in the next game." After O'Neal said that he had no problem, Stan Van Gundy also nodded at O'Neal, Stan Van Gundy is really big now, if he made a tactical mistake by himself, he was suppressed by the Pacers, which is okay to say, but the Heat's tactics are not a problem, most of the offense, the Heat's tactical cooperation is very good, but on this last shot, not only O'Neal, but other players of the Heat, the shooting rate is also low and outrageous.

After Stan Van Gundy and O'Neal communicated and heard what the head coach said to O'Neal, the rest of the Heat players in the locker room subconsciously lowered their heads almost at the same time, especially Dwyane Wade, who clenched his fists tightly, for today's game, Dwyane Wade really had some ideas before the game, Wade, who was not afraid of tigers as a newborn calf, also wanted to perform in front of Meng Xu, but the result made Wade very disappointed, no matter how Wade struggled, There was no way to get rid of Meng Xu's defense.

In the halftime period, Stan Van Gundy did not have much tactical arrangement, but was doing psychological counseling for the players under his command, constantly encouraging them, after all, in the first half, the Heat's tactical arrangement is no problem, as long as the team's few outside lines can find their feel in the second half, then the Heat still have a chance.

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"Erwin, do you think the Heat will change the team's tactics in the third quarter, or make changes to the players on the court?" At the end of the intermission, the Pacers and the Heat players walked out of the player tunnel one after another, as the commentator of the game, Michaels is still very much looking forward to the second half of the game between the two sides, in fact, Michaels's heart is very much hoping that the Heat can fight back in the third quarter, and then the two sides will fight to the death in the fourth quarter, after all, for today's matchup, ABC TV network has invested a lot of resources and manpower and material resources, if the Heat is slaughtered by the Pacers at home, or the end of the third quarter of the game, There is no suspense in this game, so the ratings of today's game will definitely not be ideal.

"Probably not." After a little thought, Magic Johnson replied in the affirmative, how can the Heat change now? For the Heat, there is no need to adjust at the tactical level, giving up O'Neal and letting Dwyane Wade, or Eddie Jones lead the offense? Although O'Neal's shooting percentage in the first half was a little lower, at least O'Neal could continue to break the Pacers' defense to score, and these two guys were completely sleepwalking in the first half, Eddie Jones shot 3 of 8 and scored only 6 points, and Dwyane Wade shot 1 of 5 and only scored two points.

Just when Michaels and Magic Johnson were still discussing, the game had already begun in the third quarter, the Heat, all five main players played, and the Pacers sent a full bench lineup, although the depth of the Pacers' lineup this season is much different than last season, but NN Hilario, Jeff Foster, Tyshawn Prince, Kenny Anderson, Kendall Gill, this set of old, middle-aged and young combination of bench lineups, when encountering the rotation lineup of most teams in the league, it is not a loss, Especially these veterans who have been hugging their thighs by the Pacers this year often jump out and turn into thighs. The Pacers visited Minnesota, and in the game against the Timberwolves, Meng Xu and Jermaine O'Neal's performance was not satisfactory, and the Pacers' winning streak was about to be ended by the Timberwolves, Kenny Anderson and Kendall Jill, two veterans, after coming off the bench in the third quarter, one shot 8 of 11 and one shot 7 of 9, and the two scored 36 points in the second half, and the Timberwolves, who led the Pacers by 7 points at the end of the first half, lost to the Pacers by 9 points after the game.

After the start of the third quarter of the game, the Heat's tactics really did not change, the main point of attack is still O'Neal, and on the Pacers' side, after all the main players are off the court, there is no tactic on the court, and even the cooperation between each other is not so tacit, especially important is that NN Hilario and Jeff Foster are two, there is no way to restrict O'Neal everywhere like Jermaine O'Neal and Mutombo, O'Neal can't stand up to Jermaine O'Neal and Mutombo to complete the dunk, He could only shoot with a hook hand not far from the basket, but O'Neal was able to force a turn and complete the dunk with Nn Hilario and Jeff Foster almost already hanging on him.

"It's horrible, Shaq's performance after the start of the third quarter is so horrible that the Pacers' two bench interior players can't stop him at all." In the first two minutes of the third quarter, O'Neal made 4 of 5 shots and 2 of 4 free throws, scoring 10 points in a row, and the 15-point difference between the two sides was quickly narrowed to less than 10 points.

It's a bit of a card today, so let's write so much first.