The next day, although the Jazz magically defeated the Spurs and regained home-court advantage, the two teams are currently in a fierce battle, with a 2-2 score entangled, and the Lakers' opponent in the Western Conference Finals is the Spurs or the Jazz? At present, it is not easy to make a judgment.

Both teams have reasons to win in terms of lineup and staffing, and it is estimated that they will have to fight seven games in the end to get a point, and who loses and who wins in the end, only fools know.

In contrast, the Bulls have been grinding their fists and waiting for their opponents to come on the court and die.

In the fourth game between the New York Knicks and the Chicago Bulls, on the one hand, the physical strength was high, and on the other hand, the fatigue division was weathered, and the gap between the two sides widened again due to fatigue and injury, fighting spirit and desire to win, and the balance of victory and defeat had already been tilted in favor of the gang leader and his new Bulls.

Unsurprisingly, the Bulls picked up the decisive point of the series on the road, with a 3-1 aggregate score meaning they only had to go through the motions when they returned home.

The situation in the semifinals of the East and West has since become relatively clear, and when the Heat also beat the Pacers the next day to get a crucial one-point, except for the Jazz and Spurs to continue the fierce battle, the remaining three groups of battles have already locked up the qualifying team.

Game 4 of the Eastern and Western Division semifinals is still only one day off, the fourth matchup between the Lakers and the Clippers is coming sooner than fans expected, and the media has not waited for the third game of the eight teams to be covered, and a new round of games has begun.

"I think he should regret coming here now, the floor of the Western Conference Finals is not so easy to touch."

Zhang Qi's pre-game complaint made O'Neill very uncomfortable to hear, who made him really not even touch the floor of the Western Finals, this kind of irrefutable attack can only endure no matter how painful it is.

But in fact, even Zhang Wei knows that O'Neal's statistics in the playoffs have not declined. Conversely, most of his stats have improved significantly in the playoffs, including true efficiency values. Moreover, O'Neal's performance at key moments is not bad, he does not lack the ability to kill the game, and he also has enough influence on the game in key stages, and can even burst some potential in some key games, such as the last game, he performed better than before.

However, Zhang Mao also has these qualities, and each of them is a little better than O'Neal, which makes the fat man very embarrassed.

O'Neill didn't dare to show a message to the outside world, that is, he was a little unconfident in himself now, and occasionally the thought of "I can't beat this opponent" occasionally rose in his heart, and his self-confidence has been gradually eroded by Zhang Mao in the past two years. In some ways, though, this isn't entirely a bad thing, as Zhang Qi is also inspiring him to be stronger than on another plane.

Now fans of both teams know that the series between the Lakers and the Clippers should be said to be over, even if the Clippers pulled back a city for dignity today, but the premise of 0:3 can completely allow them to continue to despair.

At this moment, the only reason worthy of the Clippers' struggle is dignity, but Zhang Mao doesn't want the Clippers to get dignity, don't look at the fact that he doesn't mention winning the championship, in fact, he has always wanted to get this achievement in his heart, so if he can sweep him, he will never let the game drag on to the fifth game.

Before the game, Zhang had already noticed that the attributes of the Clippers players had declined compared to before, and it seemed that the reason to maintain dignity was not enough to drive them to fight against the water.

In fact, recall carefully that last year's Rockets pulled one back in the third game, and if they were also beaten 3-0 by the Lakers at the beginning, they would not have the fighting spirit to continue to resist in the fourth game.

Of course, the Zen master knows this truth, and no matter how poisonous the chicken soup is at this moment, it can't make the Clippers players suddenly high-spirited, he can only instigate the players to concentrate their hatred on one person, so the Clippers' primary goal today has become to limit Zhang Mao's play.

That goal wasn't enough for the Clippers to win, but it could put the Clippers players into a state of bitterness. Sure enough, the Clippers in the first quarter finally let Zhang Mao's performance decline under the orders of the three armies, but they still couldn't stop the Lakers' offense.

Zhang Qi was caught by three people as soon as he came up today, which is a defensive strategy that most teams dare not use, and the Clippers are obviously ready to break the jar.

Kidd certainly won't be as offensive-free as his new nickname, and the Lakers' first offense was a two-point layup by Kidd, and then a mid-range shot from the corner using a positional cover, and the Clippers' over-the-top defense of Zhang made Kidd feel like he was playing an innocuous regular season.

Zhang Yu also counterattacked, since you tried to use three people to defend me and let me not score points, then don't blame me for using others on the defensive end to treat others in their own way.

The Clippers quickly spotted the red-eyed Koala's ferocity when defending with all his might, and the Clippers were always making mistakes after the opening game, with Zhang delivering two steals and a block in the first five minutes.

In the last 2 minutes and 35 seconds of the first quarter, Zhang Mao sent another murderous block - when O'Neal pushed Mutombo with his ass and was about to stage a violent incident against the basketball hoop, a red-eyed koala came from the flank and shot O'Neal from the sky with both hands very ferociously.

O'Neill screamed, only to see that after Zhang Yu slapped the basketball away, a hand inadvertently seemed to shoot the corner of O'Neal's eye, and the blood suddenly gurgled out, and the poor fat man was sent back to the locker room for treatment on the spot.

"I really didn't mean to!"

Zhang Yu said innocently, he was absolutely unintentional at this time, who made O'Neill's resistance too fierce at that time, if he didn't do his best to block, it was easy to be staged by the ferocious shark to stage a tragedy of being separated from people, and then the injured person may become him.

The referee understood this, so the ball didn't even give the batter a foul, good hat!

"Bang Bang"!

Don't get me wrong, it's not O'Neill's stretcher that collapsed, but the sound of the Zen master stomping on the floor in anger on the sidelines.

Originally, stomping his feet would not have caused any major incidents, but the Zen master accidentally affected the knee injury after pretending to be forced to dunk yesterday, and sat on the floor with a butt in pain, and then was carried back to the locker room with O'Neill.

"Nani? Did the koala baby use internal strength to shock the Zen master? ”

"It's so brutal! This hat actually fanned down with the head coach? ”

"Chinese Kung Fu! This must be Chinese Kung Fu! ”

"The power of a hat, and even that?"

“…………”

This last sentence did not come from the mouth of a Chinese fan, but a sigh from Duncan, who was playing "Heroes of the Three Kingdoms".

The Clippers suddenly had such a change, and in the last two minutes of the first quarter, they naturally couldn't trap Zhang Qi anymore, and the koala baby still got 5 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks in the first quarter.

When Zhang Yu went off the break, even he was frightened by such data, and a word began to generate in his mind: five pairs?

To be honest, although Zhang Fu has been the "triple double king" for three consecutive years, usually taking a triple pair is similar to flying with the young lady, but the further "four pairs" don't seem to have been won yet. Now jumping to such a terrifying achievement as "five pairs" seems to be a bit too much of a cheat?

With a score of 23:18 in the first quarter, the Lakers scored less today, but the Clippers seemed to score less.

O'Neal has been paying attention to the situation on the court in the locker room, and couldn't help but rush out of the locker room after a short treatment, although his role on the defensive end is far less than that of Mutombo, but as long as the Clippers have him under the basket, Zhang Zhu has to be a little scrupulous about jumping, so he still has a great role in limiting Zhang Mao on the court.

However, the Zen master did not follow O'Neill out of the locker room in the second quarter, and it stands to reason that his injury should not affect coaching on the sidelines.

Zhang Wei also learned afterwards that it was O'Neill who was in a hurry to go out, and accidentally bumped into the Zen master again, who accidentally bumped into the chair next to him, and the knee injury suddenly worsened.

Looking at it this way, the lethality of the OK combination is really extraordinary, but I don't know if the head coach of the Blood Sacrifice can help them win this game?

In the second quarter, O'Neal, who was returning quickly, suddenly felt that he was in better shape than before the corner of his eye was broken, and in the first attack of the quarter against Mutombo, who sealed his eyes, the fat man actually scored the ball outside the box with a trademark long-range hook from outside Abdul-Jabbar.

"Good guy, you are playing with me like this? If you have the ability, you can do it again! ”

Mutombo was a little upset, he knew that O'Neill's hook shot was not far away, let alone outside the box, and it was not very reliable to be a little further away in the box, and this goal should just be luck.

"Hmph, play and play you!"

O'Neal felt his hand suddenly burst into the net after hitting the ball, and less than a minute later he shot the ball into the net closer to the free throw line.

"Don't be complacent, it's just shit luck, if you have the ability, you can shoot me again in this position?!"

Mutombo was really emotional at this point, and he didn't believe that O'Neill could shoot him three times in a row from such a distance.

O'Neal himself didn't believe it, and the third time he received the ball at the free-throw line and made a turn, but after attracting Mutombo and Zhang Qi's bag next to him, the fat man actually collected the ball, squeezed into the basket with a nimble turn, and finally scored the ball with a guard-like flying layup.

"Where is the referee, this is not a sentence, are you blind?"

How could Zhang Yu endure being broken through and scored by a 300-pound fat man from between the two, and turned his head to the referee.

"Number 14, watch your tone."

The referee's words made Kobe Bryant's face on the side instantly become extremely ugly, it seemed that he complained about the referee in the last game, but the latter gave him a T without saying a word, but now it is Zhang Mao's turn to say the same thing, why only give a verbal warning? Can you double standard a little more?

The referee said: "Of course"!

Soon, something that Kobe couldn't accept happened, I saw Zhang Mao chattering behind him after being warned by the referee, but the referee did not show Zhang Mao a technical foul as Kobe expected, and he actually ran to the technical table to watch the video.

"Really, the referee did such a, you might as well go home and sell sweet potatoes."

Kobe couldn't help but complain frantically in his heart, which translates to almost this meaning.

Fortunately, the three referees on the scene have not yet been in the bag to the point of really changing the verdict, O'Neill's footsteps are clear enough, and the goal is effective!

O'Neill quietly breathed a sigh of relief, and seemed to have found the key to taking himself further, maybe he also had a hook talent like Abdul-Jabbar, why hadn't he found it before?

The dead fat man broke out in the small universe, but Zhang Zhu's side still couldn't play in the second quarter, although he completed another steal soon after, but Kobe Bryant and Cassel on the opposite side both hit three points, O'Neal made another foul and hit both free throws, and the Clippers not only overtook the score, but also widened the gap in one go.

Harris is not calm now, the Clippers are not in the state of head coach now, and the Zen master doesn't know what is wrong, he didn't come back after stomping himself back to the locker room in the first quarter, if he can't even buy such a clipper, then he can really go home and sell sweet potatoes.

The Clippers players were demoralized, they thought that O'Neal was snapped up, and the Zen master was mysteriously injured, and the team should be dead and alive today. But what I never expected was that after the start of the second quarter, they were like a god, not only O'Neal attacked again and again, but also Kassel and Kobe Bryant also played with their hands.

"Guys, miracles happen every day, and today is the moment for us to make miracles!"

O'Neal found out after a timeout that only the assistant coach was leading the team, and the Zen master's fate was uncertain after being knocked into the air by himself, and now he had to say something to boost morale. But the problem is that not everyone can say such a thing as, and in a hurry, he can only use a line in Forrest Gump's biography to motivate his teammates. Fortunately, the effect of this sentence seems to be good, and everyone's morale is very high.

But Kobe Bryant can assure that everyone's morale was not high because of his speech, but after the start of the second quarter, their state suddenly became hot, not only O'Neal hit consecutive hook shots, but his pull-up jump shot was also like a divine help.

The Lakers' state began to decline, after the timeout, Zhang Zhu missed the shot, Mutombo grabbed the rebound in the front court and still missed, but Zhang Zhu grabbed the rebound again, but unfortunately the shot still missed.

O'Neal finally got the rebound this time, Cassel received the ball and dribbled to the frontcourt, and a wonderful pass assisted the follow-up Kobe Bryant dunked with one hand, and the Clippers scored two more points.

The situation really didn't look good, and the Clippers fans cheered, knowing that the Lakers' next offense would have to be scored to stabilize the situation.

Kidd's goal lived up to expectations, although Zhang Mutombo's state did not look very reliable, but the performance of others on the offensive end was not bad, he used the block to score the ball in this ball, and Xiao Zhengtai, who was resolute in attack, also had two brushes.

However, the Clippers were in really good shape, O'Neal turned around and scored the ball under the bag of Mutombo and Mason, and this time the 2+1 made the fans start to boo, especially when the fat man didn't even miss the free throw, the boos became louder.

Zhang Qi sensed that the situation was wrong, and now he can only congratulate his teammates that they are good enough, even if he can't score for the time being, but Kidd and Jones stood up to help him bite the score, and the Clippers finally didn't suddenly explode on the defensive end, otherwise this game really couldn't be played.

At this moment, the camera temporarily pulled to the Zen master's side, the head coach of the Clippers couldn't bear the severe pain and was sent to the hospital, and he didn't know the live situation for the time being, otherwise he would definitely tell his players that since he had such a good touch on the offensive end, there was no need to use three more people to defend Zhang Mao.

Now the Clippers put too little pressure on the rest of the Lakers, not to mention a bunch of good players such as Kidd and Jones, it is estimated that even CBA players can score a few points under this defensive intensity, and now it is more than enough to change to a double bag, after all, it is difficult to win if you can't defend the score alone.

But the assistant coach of the Clippers didn't dare to change the defensive strategy left by the Zen master, after all, now his own team has the upper hand for no reason, once his arrangement allows Zhang Yi to score continuously, causing the team to lose ground again, in the end, whether it is his responsibility or not, he can't afford to carry this pot.

The Clippers' defensive strategy remains the same, Zhang Qian can only continue to hand over the offensive task to his teammates, and in the face of the Clippers' three-man defense, no matter how awesome he is, he can only watch his teammates attack, if he wants to do something, it can only be on the defensive end.

As a result, the rebounds, steals, blocks and other statistics of Koala baby in the second quarter are still increasing, and no matter how good the Clippers players are, they will not be able to remain efficient and not make mistakes in front of Zhang Mao, who is fully defending.

O'Neal has gradually become the most eye-catching player on the court, and unless Zhang Yu can block or steal continuously on the defensive end, his presence is still not as good as O'Neal, who has been scoring, even if his rebounding, stealing, and blocking statistics are becoming more and more perverted......

Before the end of the first half, the Clippers played another attack wave, and O'Neal scored a dunk in the air after receiving Kobe Bryant's pass, and then hit a three-point success under the siege of three people, and today's O'Neal finally turned into a bloodthirsty shark that is not inferior to Zhang Mao.

Bryant didn't live up to the team's trust, hitting a three-pointer just before halftime, which also allowed the Clippers to stretch the margin to double digits.

Clippers fans were staring at each other in disbelief as their OK team combined to go berserk in the first half, leading the Lakers by double digits in the historic half.

With a score of 60:48, the Lakers actually fell behind by 12 points in the first half. In the impression of fans, the Lakers have trailed at halftime only a handful of times this season, and it is even more incredible to be behind by double digits.

"It's not easy! I finally did it! I'm finally ahead of him! ”

O'Neal wanted to cry at this moment, not to mention leading the Lakers by double digits at halftime, they had never even led the Lakers in this series, and it was incredible to be able to lead the Lakers by double digits at halftime!

"Am I not worthy to talk to you? Am I not worthy of giving you a head-on look? You see who's scoring more now? ”

Kobe Bryant was also excited, not only because he scored more points than Zhang Qi for the first time in the game, although Kobe Bryant's entire career also scored more points than Zhang Qi this time, and only played the first half, but this is a historic breakthrough for Kobe.

Zhang Yu suddenly had a feeling that he couldn't say at the end of the first half, at this moment he had already got a wonderful 7 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists, 5 steals and 5 blocks, but he had a feeling of "losing today" in his heart, and the bullshit OK combination on the opposite side made him feel tricky for the first time.

O'Neal scored a game-high 25 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists in the first half, which has hurt the Lakers, but even Kobe Bryant scored 18 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, which really made the Lakers team calm.

Harris also sensed something was wrong, but instead of criticising his players at half-time, he made excuses for his own players. He did this because he felt that the Clippers were really just lucky today, and that the Clippers made too many shots in the first half that shouldn't have been scored, which caused their morale to get higher and hotter. But based on his 20 years of coaching experience, that won't last a whole game, so the Clippers should be in full shape in the second half, after all, this is a team that even the head coach is missing.

"Really? Is it really just the luck of the other side that is lagging behind? ”

Zhang Yu felt that things were not so simple, he had already found out from the system, the attributes of the Clippers players did not know when they collectively rose by 5 points, such a strange situation is too unusual, he feels that there must be a deeper reason here.

Of course, there is a deep-seated reason, at this moment, on the way to the hospital, the Zen master has learned the shit news of the Clippers' miraculous lead from the phone, and suddenly the angry Zen master was about to tell the assistant coach not to use the three-person bag anymore, when the ambulance sounded a loud "bang"!

"Hey......?"

Before the assistant coach of the Clippers could hear the Zen master's instructions, there was a sudden "bang" on the other end of the phone, and there was a busy sound, and then he couldn't get through again.

The assistant coach didn't understand what was going on, and it wasn't until after the game that he found out what was going on, it turned out that a private car chased the rear of the ambulance, and the Zen master in the ambulance immediately shook off the stretcher, and the big brother in his hand broke down, and the knee injury was aggravated again.

But this was good news for Kobe, because the female driver who used the accelerator as a brake at the time was called Vanessa, a 15-year-old underage girl who secretly drove her stepfather's car.

At this moment, let's talk about this confused assistant coach, he had just finished reporting the first half to the Zen master, and was about to follow the instructions, when the phone was suddenly disconnected, which made him even more unsure of what to do?

In the end, after repeated contacts to no avail, the three-man package could only continue, and he did not dare and could not change the head coach's arrangement without authorization, especially when his own team led the Lakers by 12 points in the first half.