In the final stage of this game, O'Neal fully felt Popovich's shamelessness, and the darkness of life, all kinds of fouls and consecutive free throws did not score, which simply made O'Neal collapse, and in order to avoid the Spurs from continuing to use shark slashing tactics in the last tens of seconds, Popovich replaced O'Neal with substitute center Tyrese Knight, and was replaced at this moment, O'Neal's anger and helplessness can be imagined. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Spencer, Sean, if O'Neal is still on the court after the timeout, continue to foul him, Meng, you have to pay attention to defend Glen Rice, don't let him shoot threes, let him break through."

"Mario, it's up to you to keep Kobe Bryant. If O'Neal doesn't play, the Lakers' offense will definitely be completed by these two. Another point is to procrastinate as much as possible. Although it was impossible to guess what Phil Jackson's tactics would be next, Popovich was prepared with both hands.

There are not many players in this Lakers team who can shoot 3-point points steadily, the most three-point shots, the most shots are Glen Les, and the rest of the players have three-point ability, and in this case, Phil Jackson can't trust them.

With 30 seconds left, the Lakers are trailing by 3 points, and there are basically two tactics to choose from, the first is to try to consume time as much as possible, ensure that you score a 3-pointer, and then leave a few seconds for the Spurs. The second is to score a quick goal and then defend the Spurs' next leg to give yourself time to kill. Neither option is easy to choose, the initiative of the former option is in the hands of the Spurs, and the latter option is more secure, but the premise is that the Lakers can score a goal in less than 6 seconds.

"It looks like the Lakers are going to attack." Robert Holly threw the ball to the sideline, and after receiving the ball, Kobe Bryant directly shook off Mario Elie and burst inside.

In the end, Phil Jackson still chose the latter tactic, and the Lakers' three-point shooting rate in this game was 2 of 8, and playing unreliable three-point shooting at this critical moment is obviously not Phil Jackson's character.

After Bryant burst inside with the ball, he scored two points with a pull-up layup directly in front of Spencer, and less than five seconds later. After Bryant scored, Popovich quickly called a timeout, and now the pressure has been transferred to the Spurs, whether the Spurs score or not, the Lakers still have a chance to kill.

"Avery try to consume as much time as possible, preferably 24 seconds, Meng, the last shot is up to you." If there is a choice, Popovich will still choose to score two points safely, and the Lakers' three points are also a weakness, even if there is time to kill, it is useless, but Duncan is not there, and the basket led by O'Neal is almost an insurmountable barrier for the Spurs.

After the game restarted, Phil Jackson made a change again, O'Neal returned to the court, because of O'Neal's play, the Spurs' current two interior lines, Spencer and Sean Etellio, were directly completely ignored, and it was a fool's dream to expect the two of them to single O'Neal. Now the Lakers' defensive focus is completely on the outside, Phil Jackson replaced AC Green and Ron Haber, and sent two players with better defensive ability, Rick Fox and Brian Shaw, with the addition of O'Neal and Kobe, the court is basically the Lakers' strongest defensive lineup. As a player known for his defense, Rick Fox has no problem defending the aging Sean Ettrio, while Brian Shaw is much different from Ron Haber and Fisher in his ability to sort out the team, but his single defense ability is much better than the two.

As a player who has been in the best defensive team for a while, Kobe's outside defense is still unquestionable, and Kobe is also very clear about Meng Xu's weaknesses that he is not good at breaking through, so in this defense, Kobe's defensive object is also Meng Xu.

At this moment, Avery Johnson, who was pressed by Brian Shaw, was a little difficult, and all the Spurs players on the field had pulled away, wanting to create opportunities for Meng Xu, but Meng Xu did not have a suitable opportunity, and Spencer, who was obviously vacant, not only Popovich couldn't believe it, but even Johnson himself couldn't believe it.

"Defend, defend, defend." The Staples fans are now all standing and cheering loudly for the home team.

After calling Sean Etlio to cover for himself, Meng Xu finally got rid of Kobe's entanglement in the middle position on the right side of the three-point line, and at the same time received the basketball passed by Johnson.

"Bastard, I'm not going to let you score this." Kobe Bryant tore Meng Xu's jersey behind him, eager to hug him directly.

"Bryant, the basket is as wide as the ocean for me, so there's no suspense that I'm going to hit it." Meng Xu took a step back as he spoke, retreated to the three-point line, and after looking up at the timing card, Meng Xu grabbed the basketball with one hand, waiting for the final moment to come.

"Bastard, you're too arrogant." Seeing Meng Xu pressing time outside the three-point line, ready to execute the last shot, Kobe Bryant was also a little envious when he was surprised, because just now Phil Jackson chose Glen Les instead of himself when arranging the Lakers' last shot.

"Popovich looks like he's going to bet on three points, and as long as that shot makes the shot, the Lakers won't have any chance. But I don't think it's a good choice, and while Meng is very good at three-point shooting at critical moments, he doesn't hit it every time. Regarding the Spurs' tactical arrangement at this moment, Kenny Smith still expressed his opinion and expressed doubts.

"Kenny, while it's safer to score two points from the basket, do you think the Spurs have anyone who can play the basket right now?" Smith's partner picked up Kenny Smith's words.

"If only we were behind now." There were still 6 seconds left, but the system prompt that Meng Xu was looking forward to did not appear, and after thinking about it, Meng Xu also let out a sigh.

"What?" Regarding Meng Xu's sigh, Kobe Bryant was still a little puzzled.

"Because of that, I'll be able to kill you here." Glancing at the scoreboard again, Meng Xu moved, and after taking a horizontal step to the left, Meng Xu jumped up directly and made a move.

At this moment, not only the fans in the stadium stood up, but the players and coaches of the Spurs and Lakers on the bench on the sidelines also stood up.

"Will it hit?" After Meng Xu jumped, Tim Duncan clenched his fists, and at the moment of life and death of the game, Duncan, as the boss of the team, could not play, and only he knew his mood at this moment.

As the basketball thrown by Meng Xu drew a wonderful arc, when the hollow entered the net, the entire Staples was quiet, and Meng Xu stood in place with his hands raised and began to celebrate.

Just a moment later, all the Spurs players on and off the court pounced on Meng Xu's side, 111-107, with 2 seconds left in the clock, and the Lakers had no chance.