This is a very difficult game to play, although in the original history, the 76ers won this game, but it was after 52 minutes, played an overtime before narrowly winning the victory, and now it is difficult to say anything about changing a set of lineups, not to mention that the 76ers won such a game, and then they were directly beaten a wave of 4:0, ending the battle. Luke didn't want that.

However, the current lineup of the 76ers is basically prepared to solve O'Neal, Big Ben, Rashid, and Rodman are all players gathered to resist O'Neal, so Luke is a little relieved.

But now Luke suddenly sees a problem that he has completely failed to notice, a man Horace? Grant.

Luke hasn't been with him all this time, but that doesn't mean he doesn't know him.

Horrace, nicknamed "Cobra," was not only a key member of the Bulls' first three-game winning streak, but also the No. 3 scorer, and built one of the most powerful Big Three of all time with Jordan and Pippen - of course, Grant is still nowhere near the other two of the Big Three, but his role in the triangle offense is irreplaceable.

After Jordan retired for the first time, Grant became the second leader of the Bulls, but later did not renew his contract with the Bulls after the contract ended, but became a free agent, came to the Magic, and partnered O'Neal to reach the Finals. Although he lost to Olajuwon that year. He arrived at the SuperSonics in '99-00 and straight to the Lakers a year later – where he caught up with the start of a three-game winning streak...... In the year the Magic reached the finals, a replica of his signature sports glasses was placed at the City Memorial in Orlando.

Although his scoring ability is not the strongest. The rebounding ability is not the strongest, the assist ability is not the strongest, just like Rashid, he is all-round, and this is the best place.

And now, as the main force of the Lakers, he will play as the starting power forward.

"Damn it!" I forgot about him. Luke was rather annoyed.

But there is good news. Horace? Grant is different from Robert Horry, Horace? Grant is a bit more traditional inside, and although he also has the ability to shoot from the middle, he is different from Robert Horry in that he doesn't always take it on the outside. It also takes the pressure off the 76ers. After all, what if Rashid goes out to defend Horace? Grant. It would be unrealistic for Big Ben to completely prevent O'Neill from playing at full strength! And Horace? Grant's not being dead on the perimeter like Robert Horry also made it easy for Rashid to assist Big Ben in defending O'Neal, even if O'Neal passed back to Horace? Grant, Rashid don't have to worry about losing their position either. Even if you miss a position, other players can make up for it. Rotate defense. That's the best bit.

Luke goes up to play small forward. Defend Rick Fox. And Allen and Reed will swap positions when they defend, Larry asked Reed to defend Kobe Bryant and Allen to defend Fisher. Both Allen and Larry are now dismissive of Fisher. For Fisher's offense, in terms of skill alone, there is not much worth talking about except for the left-hander's super-large arc outside projection, not to mention that his passing is not sharp, the breakthrough is not tricky, he will not cut empty, and he rarely passes the ball with one hand, and the biggest feature is to help the team take the ball through the half, which is why Larry is relieved to hand him over to Allen. But Luke knows he's not easy, at least, he has a big heart in attack. His decisiveness in open space and even in the face of defense makes his killer nature shine through. Luke will never forget the Western Conference semifinals between the Lakers and the Spurs in the 03~04 season, Fisher took this trait to the extreme, and with only 0.4 seconds left in the game, the theoretical shortest time to shoot, a nearly impossible two-point shot from the "small fish" helped the Lakers turn defeat into victory.

So even though Aaron felt no pressure, Luke stepped forward and reminded him. "Aaron, be careful with Derek."

"Oh, Luke, you're fine, if I can't even prevent him, what face do I have to get mixed up in this alliance!" Aaron said. Allen has always looked down on his fellow guards, except for a few players such as Marbury, Kobe Bryant, and Ray Allen, he doesn't think they can surpass him in terms of player performance. So Allen almost ignored all the defenders, at least in his heyday.

"Be really careful yourself!" Luke reminded again when he saw that Aaron didn't listen at all.

"Got it, got it, Luke, you're more wordy than Larry! I still want to see beautiful women, don't stop me! Aaron said.

"Okay......" Seeing this, Luke also knew that there was no way to convince him now, only to help him fill the hole at the critical moment.

Unconsciously, the time has come to eight o'clock, all the spectators have already entered the stadium, and the game is about to officially begin.

"Beep-" The referee blew the whistle for the start of the game, and the first game of the 2000-20001 NBA Finals officially began.

Both sides jump the ball. Big Ben vs O'Neal match.

The two sides are old rivals with deep grudges, and of course they will not give in to each other at such a time.

But it was a playoff game, and O'Neal played at full strength and took the ball away.

"Damn it!" Big Ben scolded secretly, but chose to go back to defense, after all, O'Neal's ability is too great in this era. Get back to your defensive position quickly and wait for the Lakers to attack. Fisher picked up the ball picked out by O'Neill and patiently organized the attack.

In fact, it sounds good to organize an attack, but to put it bluntly, it is actually waiting for O'Neill's position. But he was right to do this, after all, there is such a big killer weapon, no need to use it in vain!

O'Neill quickly found his position and started asking for the ball.

O'Neill is 2.16 meters tall, while Big Ben is only 2.06 meters, a difference of 10 centimeters in height. I could only watch as Fisher's lob ball passed inside.

O'Neill stood on the left side and easily received a pass from Fisher with his left hand.

After receiving the ball, he turned around directly. Next up is the face-frame attack.

Although O'Neal expressed his disdain for the 76ers before the Finals, he still did his homework. He knew that the strength of the player defending him on the opposite side was quite good, and he had already tried it in the game before, but O'Neal's back hit did not work well against him, so it was better to attack the basket.

O'Neal is not only good at back-to-back attacks, but also has a very good face frame ability, especially when he accelerates instantly, he doesn't look like a center forward. Coupled with his probing steps, how many interior players have been shaken off. It's the same with Big Ben.

O'Neal easily got a better shot angle, so he chose to shoot directly.

Big Ben can't do anything about it, he is defending a guy who is taller than him, weighs more than him, and still has the initiative, and there is no way to cover this ball, at most it is to interfere.

Although he couldn't cover it, Big Ben still did his best to interfere with O'Neal's shooting vision.

But I don't know if it was a bad hand today, the energy was not fully invested after a long rest, or the interference of Big Ben played a role, anyway, O'Neal's first shot hit the iron.

The basketball hit the iron and bounced to the other side, just as he met Rashid, who was waiting for his chance.

Rashid, who was calm and steady, grabbed the rebound directly. The tragedy did not happen. Originally, the 76ers' defense was quite miserable.

Tyrone Hill, who had just entered the game, was too nervous and didn't hold it steady when grabbing the rebound, and was almost beaten by Horace on the side? Grant snatched it, but fortunately the opponent went out of bounds in the end, and the ball returned to the 76ers.

But that's not needed anymore. Because Rashid had already caught the rebound steadily, no one could snatch it. The rest of the Lakers' players have no choice but to defend when they see the situation.

Defense isn't the Lakers' strong suit, but that doesn't mean they won't defend.

Fisher has a thick body with great awareness and a steady footwork, otherwise Phil Jackson would not have let him start.

The defense of the others is not bad, even if they can't defend it, isn't there still O'Neal? No matter who it is, as long as he dares to enter the inside line, O'Neal will definitely dare to fan him down, regardless of whether he commits a foul or not.

And the speed of the Lakers' retreat is quite fast, and the 76ers' fast break opportunity is gone, so they can only play positional battles.

As long as it is a positional battle, the 76ers have no advantage. (To be continued......)