On May 31, 2001, at 8 o'clock in the evening, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, as the whistle blew, the referee on duty threw the basketball in his hand into the air, and O'Neal and Duncan rose from the ground almost at the same time, and the sixth game of the Western Conference finals between the Spurs and Lakers officially began.

"Tim Duncan beat O'Neal to jump the ball successfully, and the basketball went to Meng Xu's hands." With the sound of O'Neal and Duncan colliding in the air, Duncan, who was slightly higher than O'Neal, threw the basketball in the air to the Spurs' half.

"Meng, pay attention to controlling the rhythm of the game and consume as much physical strength as possible from that big fat man." Looking at the Lakers' still somewhat scattered defense line, Meng Xu also frowned slightly, the Lakers' messy defense line is a good time to play fast attack, but before the game started, Popovich repeatedly told Meng Xu that he must slow down the pace and consume as much physical strength as possible, especially the big fat man.

"Is that challenging?" When Meng Xu advanced the ball into the half court, he protected the ball sideways, looking at the Kobe Bryant, who was almost the same as himself in terms of footsteps, movement, strength, etc., Meng Xu licked his lips that were a little dry, a big scene like today's may not be encountered again in the future.

After continuous flashing and changing direction, but failed to get rid of Kobe, Meng Xu took a step back directly, and at the same time that Kobe Bryant followed and pasted over, Meng Xu, who had already jumped, threw the basketball in his hand in the direction of the basket.

O'Neal, who was stuck with David Robinson under the basket, instantly turned around and jumped after seeing the basketball flying over, but just when O'Neal almost touched the basketball that Meng Xu was still heading towards the basket, a black figure flew directly from the other side of the basket, and smashed the basketball into the basket in front of O'Neal.

With a loud bang, Duncan hung on the basket with one hand, and Hores Grant, who was responsible for defending Duncan, was directly ridden by Duncan under the crotch, and after Duncan rode Hores Grant, the entire Staples Center instantly became quiet.

"It's too violent, it's very violent, Tim Duncan actually dunked Hores Grant, it's horrible." With the replay of the footage on the big screen in the center of the stadium, Michaels shouted incoherently. In the attack just now, Duncan, who was originally going to pull up for Meng Xu's blocking, immediately turned around and rushed towards the basket after seeing Meng Xu's passing intention, and Hores Grant, who was defending Duncan, was first directly knocked away by Duncan, and then the thief-hearted Hores Grant, and Duncan jumped up at the same time, trying to block Duncan, but the difference in bounce and strength between the two was too big, and Hores Grant, who was hit by Duncan in the air, After landing before Duncan, he was ridden directly on the head by Duncan and completed the dunk.

"El, you need to know Tim's nickname, but the Vic Forest Flying Devil, it's not difficult for him." Although Magic Johnson also wants to praise Duncan's dunk, but this is Staples, and the identity of the Magic is too sensitive, and being able to maintain neutrality between the Spurs and the Lakers is already the limit of Magic.

Looking at the embarrassed Hores Grant and the Duncan who pretended that nothing had happened, O'Neal is also very angry now, as the boss of this team, when his little brother is humiliated like this, O'Neal really can't say anything if he doesn't say anything.

"Derek, give me the ball." After the switch between offense and defense, O'Neal didn't get to the basket yet, and he reached out directly to Derrick Fisher for the ball.

"David, you shouldn't stay here any longer, it's time to go back and recuperate." After pushing away David Robinson who defended himself very easily, O'Neal did not forget to provoke this old opponent who was once as famous as himself.

David Robinson did not respond to O'Neal, but went up again, but at this moment David Robinson's heart was a wail, with the increase in age, and continuous injuries, this season David Robinson is really no longer able to take O'Neal, especially in this round of the series, O'Neal is even more wanton to ravage David Robinson, the admiral who once called for wind and rain, has quietly come to the end of his career.

"Hores, catch the ball." Just after O'Neal pushed David Robinson away again, Duncan gave up his defense against Hores Grant and turned around and ran over to wrap up O'Neal, and O'Neal also took this opportunity to pass the basketball to Hores Grant behind Duncan, wanting his little brother to get back on the court.

"I will wash away with my own hands the shame you have imposed on me." Hores Grant, who received O'Neal's pass, looked at Duncan's back, and his face was also very hideous at this time, in the cheers of the fans, Hores Grant held the ball and dribbled it, and rushed directly to the basket, and now Hores Grant has begun to imagine the scene of dunking the basketball into the basket from behind Duncan.

But just after Hores Grant jumped less than two meters away from the basket, Duncan, who had already turned around, appeared in the air and was directly in front of Hores Grant, and Hores Grant, who had lost his center of gravity under Duncan's collision, was directly shot out of the bottom line by Duncan with the ball before he threw the basketball in his hand.

In this case, Duncan directly blocked Hores Grant's dunk, although Hores Grant is no longer at his peak, but Hores-Grant is also a big man who is close to 2.10 meters tall and weighs more than 110 kilograms, but it is such a big guy who is like a fly, and Duncan flew out directly. Now don't talk about Hores Grant, who was knocked to the ground by Duncan, even the Lakers fans on the sidelines were stunned, what Duncan did on the defensive end just now was really terrifying.

"What a strong dominance." In just one round, Duncan showed his dominance on both offensive and defensive ends, but Hores-Grant was a little unlucky, first being dunked by Duncan on the defensive end, and then being slapped directly by Duncan on the offensive end like a fly.

Although this game only lasted a few minutes, but the Spurs and the Lakers' two major interior lines, O'Neal and Duncan fully explained to the world what is called dominance, just two minutes, the former All-Star, who has been selected for many times in the best defensive team, Hores Grant was beaten by Duncan to the point of losing his fighting spirit, and O'Neal was also wantonly ravaging David Robinson at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, and David Robinson was like a piece of paper in front of O'Neal. Perhaps not very satisfied with their respective opponents, in the subsequent offensive and defensive plays, O'Neal and Hores-Grant switched positions, and he will directly defend Duncan, and Duncan also replaced David Robinson on the defensive end.

"Duncan was able to move O'Neal?" Seeing that under Duncan's back, O'Neal, who was already a little crumbling, Michaels's mouth was now enough to stuff an egg. Who is O'Neal, O'Neal is the strongest player in the league, but now it seems that O'Neal's strength does not seem to have much advantage in front of the thin Duncan.

"Nice board." Under Duncan's continuous back, O'Neal actually took half a step back, and it was in this half step of O'Neal's retreat that Duncan, who felt that he was already empty behind him, and directly turned his back and hit the jump shot.

"O'Neal had his back to Duncan, very good movement and feints, O'Neal shook off Duncan's defense and hit a hook shot." Just after Duncan threw one over O'Neal's head, O'Neal, who was back on the offensive end, immediately returned it. If Duncan's offense just now showed the world his strength and physical talent, then O'Neal's offense showed the world his technical ability comparable to that of a small forward.

"It's a terrible showdown." 13-14, when the official timeout came in the first quarter, looking at the players of the two teams who had already left the game, Magic Johnson said with some sighs. In the first half of the first quarter, although the score of the two teams was not high, but the two teams played extremely fiercely on the court, O'Neal and Duncan took most of the scores of the two teams, and the duel between the two today is also very ruined. They all push the limits of their talent and technology.

"Erwin, even if it's the pinnacle duel between Chamberlain and Russell, it's just that." For this kind of duel between Duncan and O'Neal, Michaels really can't find any words to describe it, although he has not experienced the peak duel between Chamberlain and Russell, but Michaels also knows that players like Duncan and O'Neal will be the top group in any era.

"Maybe a little stronger." From the very beginning of this game, Magic Johnson felt the power exuded by Duncan and O'Neal, this momentum has only been felt in a few people in Magic's career, and the two most important are his old buddy Larry Bird, and the other is Jordan, the first person in the history of the league.