When the first quarter of the game was only 4 minutes into the game, the Lakers asked for a timeout again, which was two consecutive timeouts within two minutes, and Phil Jackson, who has always disliked calling a timeout, actually called two times in a row in the first quarter, which made all the Lakers fans on the scene a little uncomfortable, and at this time they could only expect Phil Jackson's timeout to save the decline and reverse the team's current unfavorable situation.

"Boys, well done," Zhuang Fei said with a smile to the Timberwolves players who came down from the court, and it can be said that before this timeout, the Timberwolves completely suppressed the Lakers.

"Haha, coach, I think it should be the credit of Wang, his performance in the first quarter was very good" other Timberwolves players said with a smile Zhuang Fei also smiled and did not speak, of course, this is a lot of Wang Zhizhi's credit, but more importantly, the Timberwolves players on the court The kind of cooperation ability is very good, the Timberwolves are only able to suppress the Lakers now, mainly to suppress O'Fat Neal, and suppressing O'Neal is just Wang Zhizhi's alone, it will definitely not work, Even if Wang Zhizhi uses the power absorption potion, it is not enough, O'Neal is not a reckless man who can only brute force, it can be seen from the pass he gave to Kobe Bryant in his second attack, he has improved very well in addition to strength, even if he can't push Wang Zhizhi away now, he still has enough means to score, but because the Timberwolves still have one person on the inside, O'Neal was almost dumb in the first half of the first quarter, Wang Zhizhi's top and Garnett's seal are very well combined, This almost made the Timberwolves' interior line form an airtight net. Garnett's movement speed is also fast enough to take care of AC Green's defense.

"We performed very well in the previous game, but we have to hold on in the next game, the Lakers will not give up so easily, we need to pull the score away now, open up big enough, and make them completely desperate" Zhuang Fei shouted at the players, and the Timberwolves players who had been laughing just now also became serious.

"Coach, don't worry, we're going to win this game. And it must be won from start to finish"

"yes, the Lakers are nothing more than that, how can we possibly lose"

Zhuang Fei looked at the group of excited Timberwolves players and nodded with a smile.

"Karim, I have the impression that this is the first time O'Neal has scored two points in the first quarter of the game, and it is only two points from the free throws, and there is no score at all in the athletic battle, which is far from his goal of 80 points," said the ABC commentator looking at the benches on both sides, O'Neal's performance in the first quarter was quite struggling, almost no play. The combination of the Chinese center and Garnett's defense left him at a loss.

"Well, Shaq really struggled in the first quarter, the Chinese center on the other side made him uncomfortable, and Garnett was very good at helping to defend. I really didn't expect the Timberwolves' interior line to be so strong" Abdul-Jabbar also sighed, he was absolutely optimistic about O'Neal before the game, but who knew that the game had something almost impossible like Wang Zhizhi.

"Now I think the whole league should revisit the issue of bench depth for the Timberwolves, in addition to Wang Zhizhi's surprising performance, Bruce Bowen is also very good, this guard has been familiar since the game in New York, and now his performance is getting more and more consistent" Michaels continued: "Maybe the Lakers need to rely on their own supplement lineup now, but similar to the Lakers, the Timberwolves' backup lineup is also a few in the league"

When the game resumed at the end of the timeout, the Lakers made a substitution adjustment. The Timberwolves also made a substitution, the Lakers removed Kobe, and the Timberwolves removed Bowen, as if the two sides had agreed, Zhuang Fei knew that Phil Jackson would let Kobe lead the second team. When the game resumed, Lakers fans found that their team still didn't have much to do but go down with one person. O'Neal's offense is still very tangled, but fortunately, his points are not bad, and Glen Rice has been continuing to score points for the Lakers, but the difference between the two teams is still widening. At the end of the first quarter, the score was 28-20, and the Timberwolves actually led the Lakers by eight points. …,

"Now it's a battle between the two sides of the second team. On the Timberwolves side, center Jermaine O'Neal, power forward Lewis, and small forward Jackson. Scoring guard Bruce Bowen and playmaker Mobley were left in Minnesota by Ginobili for the game, while the Lakers were Kobe Bryant with Robert Hawley, Derek Fisher and Rick Foster and John Sely.

Phil Jackson does want to use the team's complement lineup to chase the score back, this season's Lakers' patch lineup has performed extremely well, and many times it can even compete with the opponent's main lineup, which is why the Lakers have maintained a 20-game winning streak, because even if the team's main force is not in good shape, Phil Jackson can make up for it, it can be said that Phil Jackson is full of expectations for his performance at the beginning of the second quarter. Especially when he saw Zhuang Fei replace Garnett and Pierce with the two main players, Phil Jackson was even more confident.

"Want to play bench depth with the Lakers? Hmph," Phil Jackson looked at Zhuang Fei on the other side and snorted coldly.

Phil Jackson does have a reason to be proud, Zhuang Fei frowned when he saw Xiaoyu Fisher unreasonably hitting a three-point dry shot at Mobley face-to-face, and Fisher was in good shape today.

Fisher's state is really good today, Kobe Bryant scored limited points under Bowen's entanglement in the Lakers' second lineup, Fisher and Hawley carried the Lakers' second team, compared with the Lakers, the Timberwolves' second team is also not very inferior, Mobley as the best sixth man last season, this season's performance is still very stable, and Lewis is now more and more decisive, Jackson and Xiao Ao finally came on the court after holding back for a long time, and they were also very active after playing.

"The Timberwolves and the Lakers are indeed the two teams with the most points on the bench this season, and at present, the two teams are difficult to win or lose in the battle on the bench, no, the Timberwolves still have a slight advantage, it seems that the Lakers' plan to use the second team to chase points is difficult to achieve" Michaels said excitedly, the Timberwolves played well in this game, and the Lakers need to find another way.

When the two sides replaced their main players in the second quarter halfway through, the score on the court was 42-32, the Lakers had fallen behind by 10 points, originally wanted to chase the score, but in the end the difference was widened, Phil Jackson's face is not very good-looking now, it is obvious that at present, what he said before the game will be the same as O'Neal's 80 points will become a laughing stock, and even if it goes on like this, the Lakers can surrender after halftime.

"Now the Lakers are on the edge of the cliff" Abdul-Jabbar looked at the players on both sides of the court and sighed, he definitely didn't expect this game to be like this, not only did he not expect it, but the fans who came to watch the game at the scene also couldn't have imagined, now Staples is silent and terrible, and the Buddha is waiting for the end of the world to come, where will there be a little Christmas holiday atmosphere. There are even some Hollywood stars who have already left early, and now such scores and games simply can't make them high.

And in front of ABC's TV, some basketball people who were eating turkey and watching live TV at home with their families couldn't believe that this was the pinnacle matchup they had been waiting for for a long time. It is clear that the situation is now almost one-sided.

"Dad, it seems that we really made an extremely stupid decision" Nelson Jr. looked at the Chinese figure on the TV who was alone against O'Neal and said, originally he was not optimistic about this player, but now everyone will not think that this Chinese can only be a role player. This is the man who can carry O'Neill.

"If you miss it, you miss it," Old Nelson said with a sigh, but thinking of Zhuang Fei's promise not long ago, Old Nelson's heart warmed up again. It seems that this combination of Chinese and Novitsky is already being thought. …,

"Shaq, ball" Fisher dropped the ball to O'Neal on the inside, and then the other Lakers players opened up the space again, this game was in the first half, the Lakers' triangle offense played extremely badly, because the biggest end of the triangle offense O'Neal couldn't finish at all, which made the Lakers' entire tactics almost face collapse, in the final analysis, the triangle offense is the most complicated, and it is also the most demanding for players, and now O'Neal can't open, and the Lakers are uncomfortable with the whole team, which also makes O'Neal breathe, He certainly knew what the 1 reason was, but he found that he couldn't pass the ball anymore and he had to open the door behind him, and only by pushing that door open could the Lakers win.

O'Neill exhaled deeply, he didn't remember how many times he was pushing the door behind him, no matter how he pushed it, the door was closed, he had now completely put away his contempt for Wang Zhizhi, but put him on the same height as himself, at least in terms of strength.

"Shaq still hasn't given up, he started to compete with Wang Zhizhi again, this game has been going on so far, Wang Zhizhi can almost finish beating Shak, I hope this time Shaq can find the result he wants." Michaels said quietly.

"If Shaq still can't push Wang Zhizhi away this time, then there will be no suspense in this game," Abdul-Jabbar also said after thinking about it.

Zhuang Fei was also watching from the sidelines, this was the last attack of the first half, and the Lakers had to break the deadlock and make a difference, otherwise they wouldn't know what to do in the second half.

"Huh, what's going on, how did that Chinese fall"

Just when everyone was sweating for O'Neill again, suddenly there was an accident on the field again, O'Neal's huge force directly caused him and Wang Zhizhi to fall to the ground, and O'Neill pressed on Wang Zhizhi's body.

"Walk" With a gesture from the referee, the Lakers ended their last attack of the first half.

"Ding, after the host player Wang Zhizhi used the power absorption potion, the power stored in the body has reached saturation, and the power absorption potional is ineffective."

When Zhuang Fei heard this electronic sound, he subconsciously said: "Oops"