But in any case, Toney's role on the court is obvious, at least the Lakers stabilized the situation, and moreover, they also recovered a few points difference, which made Harris's ugly face gradually relax a lot. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

At the end of the second quarter, the Lakers trailed by just five points, 50-55.

"Toney, continue to defend O'Neal in the second half and limit him as much as possible, I know it's tough, but there's always someone on the team who needs to take that responsibility, and the offensive side of things, just leave it to Kobe." In the Lakers locker room, Harris admonished Toney.

Toney nodded, he knew that he needed to sacrifice the ball for the sake of the team's overall situation, and he spent too much energy on the offensive end in the first half, and naturally worked a little less on the defensive end.

And he also trusted Kobe Bryant to take on the team's offensive responsibilities in the second half, and he could put all his energy into defense in the second half.

There was a half-time break of about half an hour, and both sides seized this time to recover their strength as much as possible in preparation for the next tough battle.

......

Amid the frantic roar of the live commentary, the two sides began the second half of the game.

O'Neill has been playing half a game in a row, and he is still on the field in the second half, after all, after a break of about half an hour, his physical strength has recovered a lot.

Magic's ball possession.

The Magic's tactics are similar to the previous Lakers' tactics, which is to send the ball to O'Neal as much as possible, and let O'Neal decide whether to attack or pass.

It's a simple strategy, but it's very effective because that person is O'Neill.

However, this time O'Neal felt that Toney's defensive intensity had improved qualitatively, and his offensive difficulty had increased a lot, but this still couldn't stump him, and the difference was nothing more than spending a little more effort.

O'Neal made a hook hand against Tony's body, but he pushed a little too hard, and the basketball smashed into the neck of the basket and bounced out.

A funny scene appeared.

As soon as the rebound appeared, Campbell and Grant were in a scramble, Campbell's position was better, and he had some advantage in grabbing this rebound, but Grant was also very hard, and he kept interfering with Campbell to win the rebound.

Grant's desperate stance made Campbell unable to control the rebound at the first time, so he had to use his hand to light the falling basketball again.

However, by coincidence, the basketball that was re-lit by Campbell actually flew back to the basket.

Under everyone's gaze, the basketball flicked on the basket and fell into the net.

Own goal......

Seeing this happening, Tony, who had just stopped O'Neill's goal and was relieved, suddenly looked confused.

What is a pig teammate, what is an undercover agent, and what could be more appropriate for Campbell than these words?

"It seems that the Lakers' game today is hanging, and there is an undercover agent on their team! Ha ha! Seeing this scene, the Magic's home commentator was stunned for a moment, and then burst out laughing, Campbell's goal amused many people.

Harris looked at everything that was happening on the field with a blank expression, and his expression looked a little incredulous.

Campbell couldn't believe what had just happened, he looked at his hands and shook his head helplessly.

It was just a small episode, and the game didn't change much, but the Lakers' margin was already seven points.

Lakers' ball possession.

Fisher kept looking for teammates, but the Lakers didn't have the right chances, and the clock was ticking by and it was almost 24 seconds.

At this time, Kobe Bryant squeezed a way out of the crowd, and Nick Anderson, who was marking him, clung to him, and Fisher had no good way, he could only pass the ball to Kobe, who was not in a good position.

Bryant didn't hesitate at all, he just turned around and threw the ball as soon as he received it.

Anderson tried his best to interfere with Bryant's jumper, but Bryant forced himself to make a shot with a slight leaning stance.

"Bell!"

The ball was always too reluctant, Kobe Bryant's strength was a little bigger, and the basketball smashed on the neck of the basket.

But fortunately, the rebound landed right on Toney's head.

Tony grabbed the rebound and jumped straight away, trying to put the ball in the basket.

However, he suddenly noticed that O'Neill's huge body had appeared on his head.

Toni didn't even have a chance to make a move before O'Neal slapped the ball down.

The Magic's home court suddenly resounded with a tsunami-like cheer, and O'Neal's block looked extremely destructive and ornamental, which undoubtedly stimulated the nerves of everyone present.

Tony cursed, he didn't expect O'Neal to know how to wait for an opportunity, but he was agile enough to grab the ball again.

This time Tony learned to be obedient, he first feigned shooting lightly, and O'Neal was naturally fooled at such a close distance.

Seeing O'Neal jump, Tony dribbled the ball to let O'Neal's body go, and vigorously dunked with both hands!

His dunk was so hard that the entire basket trembled, and there was a possibility that he could be dunked by Tony at any moment, and he was clearly trying to get revenge for the block O'Neal had just given him.

With this violent dunk, the audience that was still cheering at the Magic home court suddenly fell silent, they didn't expect Tony's slap in the face to come so quickly.

But to the joy of all the crowd, the dunk was Toney's only score of the game, and he focused on defense for the rest of the day.

At the end of the third quarter, the Lakers still trailed by 6 points at 72:78, but Harris was not in a hurry, because Kobe Bryant's condition looked good, he was on fire throughout the third quarter, scoring 9 points in 4 of 6, and Toney's defense of O'Neal also played a role, O'Neal was 3 of 7 in the third quarter, scored 6 points, and the shooting rate was less than 50%, although he had 2 other free throw opportunities, but none of them were missed, and free throws have always been a pain in O'Neal's heart.

During the short timeout before the fourth quarter, Harris once again emphasized the aggressiveness of staying defensive, and the Lakers did a good job of defending the defense, and he said this only to keep the players from letting their guard down in the most critical fourth quarter.

He didn't say much about the rest, he thought that the fourth quarter was the time to fight defense, and the other things were not so important.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Lakers had the ball.

The Lakers habitually pulled away space and handed Kobe Bryant a single.

Kobe's singles ability has won everyone's trust even in his rookie season, and even Eddie Jones, who was the strongest player in the Lakers, has to admit that Kobe can do many things that he can't do, and because of this, Kobe Bryant's singles have gradually become a regular tactic for the Lakers.

Nick Anderson was no match for Kobe Bryant, and he was beaten by Kobe Bryant in almost every corner of the three-point line in this game, and this round was no exception, Bryant first dribbled the ball in a casual manner, and then easily passed him with a very quick change of direction.

In the face of Brian Shaw's supplementary defense, Bryant shot directly.

This time, Bryant's hand was not deflected again, and the basketball fell into the basket steadily, and Brian Shaw's height could not effectively interfere with Bryant.

However, after Kobe Bryant hit this ball, his touch disappeared inexplicably, and in the next round, he shot 4 times, all of which hit the iron, but fortunately, the Lakers' defense was good, and the Magic did not complete a few points.

Tony only made two shots in the final quarter, hitting one shot, but his restraining role on O'Neal on the defensive end was not negligible, and he also grabbed two offensive rebounds, and the Lakers also relied on Toney's deterrence on the defensive end to tie the score in the final moments of the game.

With O'Neal's last shot grazed by Tony and missed, the Lakers dragged the game into overtime at 97-97.