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"Shaq, don't force it, calm down"

On June 1, 2001, at Staples Arena in Los Angeles, Game 6 of the NBA Playoffs Western Conference Finals between the Lakers and Timberwolves was taking place. This game can arguably decide the fate of the Lakers this season, and the team must face a strong Timberwolves in this game before they can expect to achieve a big comeback in the final game of the tie-break.

But the current Lakers don't look like they can turn the score back, and even these players are playing more and more impatient on the court.

O'Neal looked angrily at Garnett, who had just covered his basket with a hook shot, this game the Lakers center once again suffered the treatment of the previous game, Wang Zhizhi was behind him, Garnett and O'Neal Jr. waited for the opportunity to move, which made the Lakers big center who could only move under the basket feel like he was in a cage again.

"Whew" after hearing Fisher's words next to him, O'Neal suppressed the anger in his heart, glared at Garnett fiercely and then turned away, the ball was taken by Garnett, but the ball is still in the hands of the Lakers, Fisher, who served on the bottom line, hoisted the ball to Szebiak at the free throw line, Szebiak did not stop the ball and sent it directly to the basket, O'Neal, who was depressed just now, did not dare to dribble after receiving the ball, turned over directly without making adjustments, and forced the basket against Abdul-Jabbar to complete the small hook, this ball hit, But in this game, O'Neal can play such an offensive opportunity is too few, many times he doesn't know how to deal with the ball after getting the ball under the basket, he can't dribble at all, as long as a dribble will definitely make Garnett or O'Neal destroy it, which makes O'Neal need to make a lot of difficult moves, such a shooting rate can be imagined.

And O'Neal, who is the core of the team, struggled so much in this game that other Lakers players can imagine that Phil Jackson, who was ready to take revenge at home in this game, once again found that his expectations were completely disappointed, and even the current situation was worse than the worst plan in his mind. Even now the situation on the pitch is completely out of his control.

In fact, at the beginning of this game, the Lakers definitely wanted to get back a city at home, and in their opinion, a big reason for the loss in the last game was because they did not estimate Wang Zhizhi, which also caught the Lakers off guard by the Timberwolves in the last game, but for Phil Jackson, his mood after the last game was the same as what he said at the post-game press conference, he still believes that the Lakers have the possibility of turning the tables, and he also believes that Wang Zhizhi cannot be Abdul-Jabbar, That Chinese center can be strong at most, and as a role player, it is acceptable to explode in one game, if Wang Zhizhi is really that good, the Timberwolves will lose two games in front? Can O'Neal Jr. still play this season? All of this seemed to Phil Jackson to be perfectly reasonable, but in this game it was not reasonable.

Wang Zhizhi is still unbelievably strong in this game, especially in the containment of the defensive end and the firepower of the offensive end, in fact, in Phil Jackson's view, if it is one-on-one, O'Neal is definitely not worse than anyone, even any center in the history of the league may not be able to suppress O'Neal on one-on-one, this magical Wang Zhizhi is actually suppressed by O'Neal when he is one-on-one, but the basketball game cannot be a one-on-one offensive and defensive battle, everyone knows this, as the tactical core of the triangle offense, O'Neal is extremely qualified, this is a point that is absolutely strong at any time, if the Timberwolves only have Wang Zhizhi, then Phil Jackson will not think that the team will be like this now, and if the Timberwolves only have Garnett and O'Neal Jr., he is not afraid, but what makes people desperate is that these three people are combined together, judging from these two games, Phil Jackson believes that this is the strongest interior defense in NBA history, and this is a defense that makes him weak. …,

So the Lakers, who were preparing to play a big game in the opening game, only resisted for three minutes and were fully suppressed by the Timberwolves, and Phil Jackson had no way to change any situation on the court even if he asked for a timeout in advance and rearranged his tactics, the team's triangle offense was completely scrapped because of O'Neal's lock-up, and at this time it also reminded Phil Jackson of Jordan when he was the Bulls, although Jordan was a little inferior to O'Neal in absolute one-on-one dominance, but it was absolutely impossible for the basketball god to be locked up, The Bulls' triangle offense is also unlikely to be broken, which also makes Phil Jackson, who has always thought that the Lakers have surpassed the Bulls, once again re-face the strength of the Lakers, and now it seems that the current Lakers are still a little hotter than the previous dynasty Bulls.

As the game continues to advance, the point difference between the Lakers and the Timberwolves is getting bigger and bigger, and Phil Jackson's mood is getting more and more impatient.

Compared with the nervous Phil Jackson on the Lakers bench, Zhuang Fei is extremely happy now, he has been staring at the Timberwolves players on the court at the beginning of today's game, especially when the team is attacking, the Timberwolves' offense in this game is very beautiful, almost the inverted triangle tactics invented by Zhuang Fei are brought into full play, Zhuang Fei's tactics are extremely demanding on personnel, but the three people on the Timberwolves on the court now are fully in line with the requirements, If Zhuang Fei does not go to the American team in the future, it is estimated that it will be difficult to put together such a lineup to implement his own tactics. Therefore, Zhuang Fei now also cherishes the offensive performance opportunities of the Timberwolves.

Although this game is the home game of the Lakers, it is really torturous for Lakers fans, since the team moved from the Forum Arena to Staples in 1999, the team has rarely lost here, and even if it loses, it is rarely this kind of fiasco, which is almost a one-sided situation in their opinion, which also makes these Lakers fans extremely disappointed, and even when the Lakers players get the ball, there will be some boos over the Staples Arena.

"Erwin, did you hear me, the boos are coming"

Magic Johnson on the commentary bench is not very good-looking, he and Michaels are now sitting in the commentary bench surrounded by the stands, the two of them are very clear about the reaction of the fans around them, and Magic Johnson can also understand the mood of the Lakers fans now, but when the facts really appear, it is difficult for him to accept, it is impossible for such a thing to happen to his players, and what makes Magic even more uncomfortable is that when the Timberwolves get the ball, the whole court actually shouted the sound of heaven hook, sky hook, .

Obviously, in this case, these Lakers fans are ready to thoroughly appreciate the Tiangou performance of the Chinese center in the Timberwolves.

There are many historical-level stars in the NBA who have their own stunts, if Jordan's backward shooting is the first well-known, then Abdul-Jabbar's sky hook is the second that is indispensable, and the backward shooting is different, the sky hook stunt can hardly be replicated, and this stunt also not only represents Abdul-Jabbar alone, but also represents the entire team of the Lakers, this is the most glorious history in the history of the Lakers, a legend, for this skill these Lakers fans have special feelings, So it's understandable that these fans think of this skill and turn their backs.

It's just that seeing his beloved team lose in such a humiliating way at this time makes it really hard for the proud magician to accept.

Lakers fans have defected, which makes Zhuang Fei feel quite fresh, when he went to Boston this season, the fans there also defected, as the two greatest giants of the NBA, it is a miracle that they can all defect for a certain team in a season, after the Lakers fans rebelled, Zhuang Fei can obviously feel that the Lakers players on the court are short again in momentum, which also makes the team fall behind by 16 points at 42-58 after halftime, This is almost an insurmountable gap between the current Lakers and Timberwolves, and the final winner of this game is basically declared at halftime. …,

So at halftime, Zhuang Fei, who has always been extremely serious in this round of the series, also joked with the Timberwolves players in the locker room, and the development of things in the second half was indeed as Zhuang Fei expected, in the third quarter, after halftime adjustment, the Lakers raised some energy, but after holding on for a few minutes, they let it off again, because no matter how hard this group of players worked, the score was getting bigger and bigger, until the score became 90-65 at the end of the third quarter, and the Lakers were already behind by 25 points. This game also completely lost suspense, and in the fourth quarter of the game, both sides also replaced all their substitutes in advance.

After seeing the Timberwolves replace Wang Zhizhi and other main players, most of the Lakers fans on the scene were almost ready to leave the game early when there were 10 minutes left in the game, and there was nothing for them to attract them in this game.

Do you want to watch your opponent lift the Western Conference championship trophy on their own turf?

They really couldn't do it, and the Magic in the commentary seat who saw this scene also lamented again, this is definitely a rout for the Lakers, a heart-wrenching rout.

The final result of this game was 117-91, and the Timberwolves won by 26 points again, and Wang Zhizhi's 22 points and 17 rebounds in this game still beat O'Neal's 16 points and 12 rebounds to win the best game in the game.

The Timberwolves also lifted the Western Conference championship trophy again on the Lakers' turf like last season.

It's just that Zhuang Fei was a little surprised that after the end of this game, a special character found him.

Jerry West, the current general manager of the Lakers, approached Zhuang Fei...... ）