"Are the Pacers really not going to leave O'Neal behind?" Switching offense and defense, when Gary Payton got rid of Jamal Tinsley's entanglement and hoisted the basketball to O'Neal on the inside, the reporters on the scene found that Larry Bird really did what he said, so he let Mutombo go to defend O'Neal alone, without arranging any situation to pack and assist in defense. You must know that Mutombo was blown up by O'Neal in the finals of the 00-01 season, although O'Neal is now 31 years old and looks like his state has begun to decline, but it is definitely impossible to prevent O'Neill by relying on Mutombo alone.

"John, I think you're going to need to pull out a pen and paper, didn't Larry Bird say you can win $10,000 from O'Neal as long as the Pacers wrap him once? That's a lot higher than the salary! When O'Neill turned his back to Mutombo and hit the hook shot, the Los Angeles Times reporter smiled at the New York Times reporter next to him. Mutombo can't prevent O'Neal at all, as long as O'Neal can keep this state, then sooner or later the Pacers will have to wrap up O'Neal, otherwise with O'Neal's ability, he will definitely spit out Mutombo, if O'Neal and Mutombo are one-on-one throughout the game, O'Neal will definitely score a high score in this game.

"If it had been before, O'Neal would definitely have turned around with Debeken for a dunk, and it looks like O'Neal's state is really not as good as before." Although O'Neal's performance in the first offense is still domineering, Larry Bird on the sidelines is very relaxed, because just from O'Neal's offensive choice, it can be seen that after the Achilles tendon injury this season, compared with the O'Neal in last year's finals, the current O'Neal has obviously declined, which is why Larry Bird dares not to use the bag on O'Neal.

Although Larry Bird does not have a system, but Larry Bird's estimation is really very accurate, after O'Neal missed 17 regular season games due to an Achilles tendon injury, Meng Xu received a prompt from the system, O'Neal's strength evaluation has dropped from 98 to 97, according to the current trend, O'Neal will definitely decline further in the future, starting from this season, the most dominant big fat man, will go down to the top.

Under the-for-tat confrontation between Meng Xu and O'Neal, the game entered a white-hot state from the beginning, and the two teams did not have the slightest temptation or concealment. On the Lakers side, Phil Jackson doesn't seem to have any tactics, that is, let O'Neal continue to play singles on the inside, but when O'Neal attacked with the ball on the inside for the second time, Larry Bird's defensive strategy against O'Neal was somewhat exposed, because this time it became Jermaine O'Neal who defended O'Neal, and Mutombo went to change the defense of Karl Malone, obviously, Larry Bird was ready to use a wheel war against O'Neal, so that Mutombo and Jermaine O'Neal took turns, Even if O'Neal will have a high success rate in the early stages of the match, his stamina will definitely be depleted very quickly in front of Mutombo and Jermaine O'Neal.

"It's despicable, shameless, and 。。。。。。 scumbag" After seeing through Larry Bird's defensive strategy, the Los Angeles Times reporter immediately scolded that Mutombo and Jermaine O'Neal's defense against O'Neal is not just a simple wheel battle, Mutombo and Jermaine O'Neal's defensive strategy against O'Neal is completely different, Mutombo is simply withstanding O'Neal behind his back, jamming him, and fighting with O'Neal. And Jermaine O'Neal is to use his advantages in movement speed and explosiveness to defend O'Neal in front, while trying to lower his body center of gravity, and use his body to rely on O'Neal, although these two defensive methods can not effectively limit O'Neal, but whether it is Mutombo or Jermaine O'Neal, their purpose is only one, that is, to let O'Neal score in a more difficult and physically demanding way, in this case, O'Neal will definitely be in a dilemma, if he insists on attacking the inside, under the continued attrition of Mutombo and Jermaine O'Neal, O'Neal's physical strength will definitely not last in the fourth quarter, but if he doesn't attack, won't he fall into the hands of the Pacers?

Larry was able to come up with this defensive strategy, I have to say that although this is not the most effective way to defend O'Neal, but it is the most depleting defensive way for O'Neal, if the Pacers use such a defensive strategy against O'Neal every round, I'm afraid 35 minutes is the limit that O'Neal can stick to in a game, and the schedule of the Finals is so dense, the more games the two sides play, the more unfavorable it will be for the Lakers. It's just a pity that not every team has two interior players like Mutombo and Jermaine, and such a defensive strategy is not feasible in the regular season. Jeff Van Gundy on the commentary bench was also amazed by Larry Bird's defensive strategy, but this defensive strategy is a natural fit for most teams in the league, and how many of the league's 29 teams can come up with an interior combination like the Pacers?

"Larry, you're a fucking genius!" Johnson, the magic next to Jeff Van Gundy, although he didn't speak, silently praised Larry Bird in his heart.

"I'll go, how can I be so pitiful? It's not going to go on like this! After watching the basketball that was thrown by himself hit the iron again, Meng Xu shook his head a little helplessly, since he started to use the skill of the king of shots, Meng Xu has been looking forward to triggering the continuous hit effect, but after Meng Xu shoots a ball, he is greeted by iron, a ball, a goal, a goal, and this time two consecutive shots are missed, sure enough, this kind of shooting that simply pursues the speed of the shot, is not very reliable, although after the opening of the first quarter, the shooting rate of 2 of 5 shots is barely acceptable, But to count on this shooting percentage to beat the Lakers, don't think about it.

"Boy, why can't you stand it so quickly?" When Meng Xu got rid of Devin George's defense in the next offense, he did not continue to use the kind of medium-distance shooting with extremely fast shooting speed, but handed over the basketball to Hamilton who got rid of Kobe's defense through a back pass, and pulled out O'Neal, who made up for the defense, and said provocatively at Meng Xu with contempt, O'Neal originally thought that Meng Xu would always compete with him, but he didn't expect to miss two shots, and Meng Xu began to choose to pass.

"It's not a laugh now, it's a real laugh at the end, you still have to worry about yourself, don't sit on the bench without physical strength in the fourth quarter!" In the face of O'Neal's provocation, Meng Xu unceremoniously slammed back, the game has just begun, even if the Lakers are leading now, it is nothing.

"Hopefully, after this fight, your mouth will still be so hard."

"That's exactly what I want to say to you!"

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"Meng, Phil Jackson will definitely let O'Neal rest and give the ball to Kobe in the second quarter, so you must pay attention to Kobe's defense in the second quarter, don't give him space to shoot easily, and after O'Neal is off the court, it is the best time for us to chase points, we must seize this great opportunity."

"Reggie, you replace Richard and drag Kobe Bryant with the pace of the game you do best."

"James, you replace Jermaine and go to play power forward, and you and Meng take turns taking care of Kobe."

"Jermaine, rest first, you're going to face that big guy alone in the third quarter." After the end of the first quarter of the game, Larry Bird took the tactical board and quickly arranged the team's tactics in the second quarter, and the personnel arrangement, in the second quarter of this game, Larry Bird was very rare not to arrange the team's bench lineup, but only rotated Hamilton and Jermaine O'Neal, and the other three main players were still kept on the court.

After the game restarted, O'Neal on the Lakers' side really went off the court to rest, and he was replaced by Stanislav Medvedenko, the Ukrainian interior line, and the rest of the Lakers' starters all stayed on the court, after O'Neal went off the court, the Lakers' interior line was instantly at a disadvantage, although Stanislav Medvidenko replaced O'Neal as a center, but his attack range was very outward, and Stanislav Medvidenko had weight but was not strong, and he was more afraid of physical confrontation, James Posey's favorite defense is this type of big man, in the case of Stanislav Medvedenko away from the basket, Karl Malone actually performed the duties of a center, but Malone has been more afraid of being taller than his interior throughout his career, and now has a knee injury, so Malone did not perform well after facing Mutombo.