O'Neal played 9 minutes in the first quarter and scored 7 points, Kobe Bryant played 12 minutes and scored 6 points, and the Lakers only scored 17 points as a team!

In the other four points, Ryder stepped back to score two points, and Tyronn Lue seized the opportunity to counterattack and scored two points on a layup.

The opposing veterans shot 0 of 7 from close range, as if the basket had been covered.

The Clippers players were surprised by this situation, and Gentry was also surprised by the adjustments, but everyone was extremely excited!

When the break was about to end, Li Ao received a task prompt......

In the second quarter, the Clippers continued their previous style of play.

Li Ao and his teammates trust each other.

Teammates trust Li Ao's mid-to-long-range shooting defense against Kobe, unless Kobe Bryant breaks inside, otherwise it will all be handed over to Li Ao.

Trust Li Ao's inside contraction, focus on blocking the opponent's veterans' mid-to-long shots, actively block the three-second zone, and prevent the opponent's two wings from passing.

Li Ao also trusted his teammates and handed over the offense to O'Neal Jr. and McGinnis.

His teammates really need to play alone, so he will go to the back and back to play an iron to cheer up.

When his teammates needed someone to shoot the basketball, he went to play an iron to help the momentum.

On the offensive end, he moved less when he could, put his energy into defense and play longer.

In the first quarter, he thought that if he moved slowly, Kobe's attention would be drawn away by the side with the ball, and he could take the opportunity to run to catch the ball and shoot.

As a result, the explosive head stared at him, and he didn't go to help defend him.

But it's nothing, McGinnis's style of play, O'Neal Jr.'s passing ability, unless the head coach arranges passing, otherwise Li Ao feels that even if he runs out of opportunities, he can't receive the ball every time, and it's better to contain Kobe.

He has thought about consuming Kobe Bryant by running...... But in the end, I chose to continue to take a walk.

Kobe Bryant now has no obvious signs of insufficient physical reserves, and if he goes to consume Kobe, this exploding head will definitely laugh.

Trust, hard work, pay off!

The Clippers seized the opportunity presented by the inconsistent mid-season form of the Lakers veterans!

The score was 21-22 in the second quarter and 20-26 in the third quarter.

The counterattack of the OK combination became more and more ferocious, with Kobe Bryant scoring 7 points and O'Neal 11 points in the second quarter, and Kobe Bryant scoring 12 points and O'Neal scoring 8 points and 3 assists in the third quarter.

However, the Clippers relied on the efforts of the whole team to firmly implement the offensive and defensive strategies, although they were beaten 16-9 in the first half of the third quarter, and the score was overtaken by two points, but in the second half of the quarter, the Clippers played a score of 11-10, which did not allow the Lakers to continue to open up the difference, and narrowed the gap to 1 point!

At the end of the third quarter, the Clippers trailed the Lakers 64-65.

It's the end of the quarter, and it's time for the Clippers!

In the second half of the third quarter, the Lakers team has shown fatigue, the Lakers team can't play the team offense tonight, and the first three quarters of the offense rely purely on the OK combination of 51 points, and the veterans can only play with their lives to contribute on the defensive end.

In terms of defensive ability, tacit cooperation, and experience, the Lakers veteran team beat the Clippers.

But than physical strength......

In the last quarter, the young players of the Clippers are still running, and the veterans of the Lakers can't keep up!

The OK combination, which scored 51 points, also lay down in the first half of the last quarter.

The Clippers made 10 of 12 in the first quarter, Boykins and Big Q scored 7 goals in the counterattack, and the temporary Boykins scored 11 points in the counterattack and led the team to bombard the Lakers with a wave of 24-8!

88-73, the Clippers took a 15-point lead!

However, before the Clippers were happy, after the official timeout came back, O'Neal, who had recovered his strength, took the lead in digging and hit two single hook shots, and then Kobe Bryant made a force, singled Li Ao, scored two step-back three-pointers, plus a breakthrough layup 2+1.

Kobe Bryant, who threw a terrifying deterrent, attracted Li Ao to defend, he took the opportunity to burst into the interior and passed two balls to O'Neal, O'Neal hit 1 layup, 1 step hook caused a foul and hit both free throws.

The OK combination made a force and played a wave of 17-4 in more than 4 minutes, relying purely on individual ability to help the Lakers chase the score to 90-92 and narrow the gap to two points!

It was useless for Gentry to call a timeout continuously, the wave in front of them was 24-8, purely because the opponent's veteran could not keep up with the speed and counterattacked, and the positional battle really couldn't be beaten.

When it came to the Clippers' offense, Ron Harper defended well at the last moment, keeping up with McGinnis's footsteps, and McGinnis singled out a pull-up jump shot!

However, Li Ao cut into the inside line, took advantage of O'Neal Jr. and Cherokee Parkes to rush and contain, and hit a rebound at a critical moment!

94-90, the Clippers lead by 4 points!

Looking back, the Lakers' triangle offensive position, O'Neal received the ball, blocked the basket, Kobe Bryant turned his back and ran back to receive O'Neal's ball, Li Ao followed very closely, Kobe did not shoot hard, at the critical moment, he believed in the man.

Horry went around to the top arc, received Kobe Bryant's pass from the three-point hand with a big gap in the front, and hit the hollow!

93-94, the Lakers narrowed the gap to 1 point!

The Clippers had already called out a timeout when the OK pair was surging for 17 points and continued to play.

McGinnis singled or ironed, but this time the Clippers stepped up again, and Li Ao cut in to attract O'Neal's attention, and O'Neal Jr. got the offensive rebound and pulled a small ring layup under the interference of Hores Grant.

96-93, the Clippers lead by 3 points!

When it came to the Lakers' offense, the Zen master still did not pause, and the OK combination played just right.

Kobe Bryant broke through with the ball on the outside, took the initiative to lean on Li Ao while traveling, turned his back to separate the space, and when the rhythm was sparsely fragmented, he pulled up and hit a shot, 95-96, and the Lakers chased the difference to 1 point.

With 31 seconds left, the Lakers players quickly stepped back to defend and defend in the next round, and they were about to win.

That's how confident they are, because they have Kobe Bryant!

When it came to the Clippers' offense, at the last moment, McGinnis suddenly coaxed, he didn't dare to shoot after hitting two irons in a row, and after hesitating for a while at the top arc, he hoisted the ball to O'Neal Jr., who was in the left middle distance of the three-second zone.

O'Neal Jr. unexpectedly received the ball at this time, but reacted quickly, and immediately leaned sideways against Hores Grant, protected the ball, and did not give the opponent a chance to steal.

Seeing this, Li Ao came to the right side of the free throw line, and O'Neal Jr. saw Li Ao's movements, leaning on Hores-Grant and slowly moving outside the three-point line at a 45-degree angle.

McGinnis hurriedly ran back to the top arc from the right 45-degree angle to respond, and Bryant stuck to Li Ao, ready to defend his back.

Kobe Bryant knew that Li Ao couldn't play on his back, but he just learned a prototype with very standard and professional movements, but he didn't dare to be careless when the big spider's shooting was accurate.

Just when O'Neal Jr. grabbed the ball and pushed it out, and Kobe Bryant was waiting for McGinnis to receive the ball and transfer it to Li Ao, Li Ao, who had been working backwards, suddenly turned left!

Kobe Bryant, who was facing forward, pounced forward carelessly, and when he stopped his feet and turned around, he saw that Li Ao had already received the ball!

O'Neal Jr.'s pass was not to McGinnis, but directly to Kobe Bryant's left back!

Li Ao took the ball and jumped and threw his hand, no one from the Lakers came up to make up for the defense, and no one expected this scene!

'Catch and Shoot Expert Level 5' triggered, Li Ao hit the ball in the middle of the catch!

At 98-95, the Clippers once again took a three-point lead.

When the ball fell into the basket, there were only 9 seconds left in the game, and by the time Li Ao's ball fell into the frame, the attack took a full 22 seconds.

The Zen master finally called a timeout!

Li Ao excitedly rushed up to hug little O'Neill to celebrate.

He just pointed to the left side of little O'Neill's head with his hand, and the other party tacitly understood what he meant!

He felt O'Neal Jr.'s strong trust in him, and there were only a few seconds left in the attacking time, and the other party still boldly chose to cooperate with him.

This ball also made him understand another use of the back body technique, which is more suitable for his back body application method at this stage.

Coming back from the timeout, the Clippers fielded a combination of Big Q, Li Ao, Nesby, O'Neal Jr., and Chris Meme, and Gentry laid out the defense ...... Do your best to prevent it.

On the Lakers' side, a combination of Brian Shaw, Kobe, Rick Fox, Horry, and O'Neal played.

The Lakers served in the frontcourt, but the Clippers failed to complete the serve steal, and the Lakers entered the positional battle, and immediately passed the ball to O'Neal, who was in the low post by Chris Meem, who was in the position, and 'moved in advance' to O'Neal Jr., who was directly under the basket, and did not give O'Neal a chance to make a single move.

O'Neal had long noticed O'Neal Jr.'s movement and split the ball to Horry.

Why do Horry and Fisher have more opportunities at critical moments?

Because the opponent doesn't vacate them, they just give Kobe or O'Neal a one-on-one chance at a critical moment.

The opportunity for both of them to appear was inevitable.

This time, Kobe Bryant was closely followed by Li Ao, who was good at defending mid-range shots, although he singled Li Ao in the last quarter and scored two three-point retreats, but at the last moment, he still trusted Horry, who had a better chance.

But it's a pity that Horry's key ball quota has been used today, and he just scored three points in the last round, and this goal is crooked!

The ball hit the neck of the basket with a "bang" and popped up, and O'Neal Jr. won the defensive rebound and was immediately hugged by O'Neal.

With 3.6 seconds left, the Lakers can only pray that O'Neal Jr., who is shooting 61 percent from the free-throw line, will become Malone.

At this moment, the voices of the fans at the scene turned into cheers and boos, and when O'Neal Jr. hit the first free throw, the Lakers had already accepted their fate.

Although O'Neal Jr. missed the second free throw, the Clippers still led by four points.

3.6 seconds to chase 4 points, the opponent can directly not guard.

But there was one person who didn't give up!

The Zen master didn't call a timeout, Kobe Bryant actively asked for the ball, and after receiving the ball, Li Ao, who aimed at the vicinity, pounced, tilted his body and threw the ball to the scene with one hand...... The ball hit the rebound with a "bang" and bounced to the middle circle, the iron didn't start, Kobe didn't pounce, Li Ao flexibly retreated to avoid, Kobe 'snapped' and fell on the floor, hitting the street......

The ball hit the center circle and rolled back towards this half, and the final whistle blew.

Nearly 10,000 Clippers fans at the scene erupted in violent cheers, completely 'occupying' the Lakers' home court!

99-95, the Clippers beat the Lakers away!

The Clippers players and coaches were more excited than the fans, gathering around to celebrate like the New Year.

While celebrating, Li Ao received a task prompt.

"Congratulations to the host for beating the Los Angeles Lakers, the host's stats for this game: 17 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks, rewarding 520 achievement points."

"Counterattack OK:

Goal 1: The host must score more than the season average tonight.

Reward: 1 basic attribute point. (Host season average: 24.5, match score: 17, lost.) ）

Goal 2: The host must have more blocks tonight than the season average.

Reward: Block times multiplied by 1000 achievement points. (Host average blocks this season: 3.7, blocks in this game: 2, failed.) ）

Goal 3: The host must lead the team to win the match tonight. (Completed)

Congratulations to the host for receiving the reward: 1 random related action pack for back-to-back singles. ”

With the final layup and mid-range shot, he will shoot 40% from the field, and only 6 of 15 shots from the field...... But 5 of 5 free throws, a simple score, he didn't drop the chain.

In terms of assists, he only had two tonight, a career-low one, and he had at least three assists before.

However, the rebounding ball went on double! Shrinking to intimidate the opposing veteran to attack the frame, he didn't get the cap, but his teammates saw him put it in the basket and went to the card position to prevent O'Neal and Hores-Grant from grabbing offensive rebounds, he lived up to the trust of his teammates, got 10 rebounds in regular time, and had a double double for the first time in his career!

In terms of tasks, the first goal, he selectively gave up when he saw it.

The second goal, he did not deliberately block, but used the shrinkage threat as a way to assist in defense, it is naturally good to have a block, and it doesn't matter if you don't have it.

Both of these goals failed, but it didn't matter, we won tonight!

Relying on mutual trust and living up to each other's trust, the whole team worked together, and they seized the opportunity to defeat the OK combination with a combined score of 70 points!

(End of chapter)