Ben Wallace grabbed the rebound, he was too short, he was blocked by a group of big men from AC Green and Campbell, and Zhou Quan and Barry Jr. couldn't see the outside, and immediately handed the ball to Campbell.

Campbell handed it to Bowen again, and at this time the opportunity for the fast break was gone, and Zhou Quan came back from the front court to receive the ball and stabilize to play a positional battle.

He reached the top of the arc with the ball, paused for a moment, suddenly moved three steps to the right wing, and then changed direction to break down.

It's just that the breakthrough speed this time is not too fast, not only Kobe Bryant kept up with the rhythm, but also gave Ron Harper the opportunity to help defend.

Harper was only two meters away from Zhou Quan, and decisively began to wrap up.

Zhou Quan took two strong steps downward, and when he burst into the right elbow area, he was trapped.

But just as Harper pounced on the right side, his right hand flicked the pulled ball back, and the ball flew towards Barry.

"Not good!"

Harper wanted to turn around and go back to defense, but it was too late.

At 45 degrees from the three-point line, Brent Barry received the ball and calmly made a jumper.

"Empty seat!" Zhang Li shouted.

On the sidelines, Barry Sr. and a few Barry Jr. also looked closely at Brent Barry.

In the G1 game, Brent Barry was very brilliant, just jumping from the free throw line to dunk twice, as a family, they also hope that Brent can shine again today.

"Brush!"

There was a splash and a three-point shot.

"Yay!"

Old Barry's family instantly raised their arms and cheered.

"Rick Barry was very bored when he played, but I didn't expect to be older now, but more lively." Bill Wharton quipped.

6:7, Lakers attack.

O'Neal rested again, and instead of going to O'Neal's left wing, Bryant came to the right wing, and after receiving the ball on the three-point line, he called AC Green's pick-and-roll.

Green is shooting 49.4 percent from the field in his career, but now that he is nearing retirement, his shooting ability has weakened a lot, and he is only 44.7 percent in the regular season this season.

But he has a two-point shooting percentage, and the mid-two and near-two points are only two or three percent shots, but the far two points can still be maintained at 44% this season, so his pick-and-roll effect is actually good.

Zhou Quan naturally knew the details of the Lakers' main power forward, AC Green, and saw Kobe Bryant calling for blocking and dismantling, and without waiting for Green to come up, he immediately began to force Kobe Bryant closely, forcing Kobe to only transfer.

Bryant first took two steps down the three-point line, and then suddenly pulled back with an emergency stop, and at this time Green arrived, he bypassed Green and rushed in, switching to left-handed control.

Zhou Quan didn't go around Green, so Kobe Bryant would get an open shot at the three-point line, and he chased after Kobe.

And Campbell, who came out, blocked Kobe Bryant at this time, and Kobe was forced to slow down and break through from the left side.

But at this moment, Zhou Quan saw the opportunity and broke the ball.

"Smack!"

Leaning over from behind, he grabbed the ball that bounced off the floor, then turned around and started to go down.

"Bang Bang Bang ......"

The central gymnasium immediately gave Zhou Quan a warm applause for the steal.

And Kobe didn't know what was going on at the first time, until he continued to rush forward, but the ball was gone, and when he turned around to look for the ball, he found that Zhou Quan was holding the ball quickly.

"My ball!"

In a fit of rage, he hurriedly pulled out his feet and chased after him, but he was already four or five meters behind.

"Bang!"

Zhou Quan went from his left elbow to the paint area and played a one-handed loop split with a rotation of 360 degrees, which detonated the gymnasium.

Bill Wharton said excitedly: "If Kobe Bryant can't break through the iron fist with the ball, then he can't tear through the supersonic defense and create opportunities for O'Neal, and the Lakers are dangerous."

Even if O'Neal hits the basket, how many points can he score? Under the three supersonic meat shields, how long can you hold on to fighting? ”

Ranbir said proudly: "Since Isaiah, this is the era of guards, the era of center is gone, there is no good outside cooperation, no matter how powerful the super center is, it is useless."

Of the four super centers, only David Robinson grabbed a championship after retiring with Iron Fist and Michael Jordan.

The current center wants to win the championship, and the outside line around him has to face a guy like Iron Fist, and without the strength of Michael Jordan, he can't even think about winning the championship. ”

Bill Wharton laughed, shook his head and said, "Brother Bill, I agree with everything else, but one thing you said wrong, the guard era started with magic." ”

Ranbir said angrily: "He's not an orthodox point guard at all, he's playing center, the No. 1 substitute for Skyhook." ”

"Haha......" Bill Wharton laughed.

"Two idiots!"

Jordan in front of the TV was not convinced, why did the guard era start with assassins and magicians, obviously it started with me Michael Jordan.

At 6:9, the Lakers attacked.

"It's up to me."

O'Neal did another half-court turnaround run and then ran to the basket.

It didn't work, and Ben Wallace blocked a step below the free throw line.

"Damn muscle sticks!"

At the free throw line, O'Neal pushed Ben Wallace forward with both hands, took advantage of the momentum to stand and turned to lean, arching inward while opening his hand to ask for the ball.

In the backcourt, Ron Harper, who was advancing with the ball, saw O'Neal's action in the front court, and quickly pulled the ball up, and prepared to pass the ball after closing the ball.

At this moment, seeing Harper close the ball, Barry Jr. immediately stepped up to force it and almost poked the ball away.

Harper didn't pass the ball out, and instead the ball died in his hand, he quickly turned to protect the ball and then looked for the target of the pass.

Bryant and Glen Rice rushed back to catch the ball.

In the frontcourt, O'Neill saw that there was no chance, so he could only come out of the paint area first.

Kobe Bryant received the ball, but before he could turn around, he was stuck by Zhou Quan from behind.

However, by this time, Ron Harper had gotten rid of Barry Jr., regained possession, and relieved the pressing crisis at the back.

But when he received the ball, it was almost eight seconds, and there was no time to push through the halfcourt, so he could only pass the ball directly to the front court.

O'Neal received the ball in the high post and was held up by Ben Wallace in the back, but he turned around with a nimble shark and swung left and right, and Ben Wallace was shaken and successfully dribbled to kill.

"It's going to be bad!"

Zhang Li couldn't help but lose his voice.

O'Neal burst on the edge of the reasonable collision zone after closing the ball, and Campbell returned to the basket half a beat slower, jumped from the side to block it, was directly knocked away, and fell to the ground.

"Bang!"

Under the heavy clasp of O'Neal's hands, the entire basket instantly sank and collapsed, making the audience exclaim.

"Ouch, this ball, originally the backcourt pressed well, Barry Jr. defended well the first time, but the second time he didn't keep up with Harper in time and let him pass it." Zhang Reasonable shook his head.

"O'Neal singled Ben Wallace, it was really easy. It's not that Ben Wallace's defense is bad, it's that the big sharks are too strong. Xu Jicheng sighed.

"The name is wrong, but the nickname is not wrong. Strength, agility, is the characteristics of the big shark, look at his shark turn, more flexible than Ben Wallace, he should be the most flexible fat man in the world. Zhang said reasonably.

8:9, supersonic offense.

"Don't worry, let's fight one."

Zhou Quan did not rush to advance after receiving the ball, but stabilized the mood of his teammates first.

No matter how strong O'Neal is, his tonnage is there, his physical fitness is limited, and it is difficult to score consecutive bursts like a guard, and it is not easy for him to score 50 points.

O'Neal has played 50+ three times in the regular season and not once in the playoffs after so many years of his career.

Kobe Bryant can't play enough under his defense, and O'Neal alone can't support the Lakers' offense, and slowly grinding him will grind him to death.

At the end of the first quarter, at 24:28, the SuperSonics led by 4 points.

O'Neal scored 15 points on 7-of-9 shooting, 1-of-5 free throws.

Kobe Bryant was 1-of-5 shooting by Zhou Quan and scored only 2 points.

Zhou Quan shot 7 of 11 in the first quarter, 1 of 1 three-pointers, 3 of 3 free throws, and scored 18 points, 1 rebound, 4 assists and 2 steals.

"The big sharks played 10 minutes in the first quarter, which was efficient enough, but they were tired." Zhang said reasonably.

"Zhou Quan still continued to lock Kobe, so that the OK combination could not play the effect of internal and external cooperation, although the lead is not much, but O'Neal's physical energy is consumed, and the Lakers' bench lineup is not as good as the supersonics, and the advantage will be bigger and bigger." Xu Ji became a Taoist.

Zhang Li said with a smile: "Kobe Bryant's side can't provide scoring, let's not talk about the tactical losses, just one point, O'Neal must take on more offensive tasks, which is too expensive for him, his shots are kept around 20 times, rarely more than 25 times, too many shots will be exhausting, and the efficiency behind will not be high." ”

"So Kobe Bryant can't stand up, and it's not easy for the Lakers to win the SuperSonics." Xu Ji became a Taoist.

Zhang Reasonable said: "It's not that there is no chance, Kobe Bryant can't do it, and other people can also stand up, such as Glen Les."

But Bruce Bowen is really good, no wonder let him play the starting small forward, although he can't prevent Glen Les, but it also makes Glen Les not play well.

Glen Les is a pitcher who can't handle his offensive ability with the ball, and Bowen's kraft candy defense makes him very uncomfortable.

In addition, the Lakers' opportunity is that the supersonic side does not play well, but so far, Zhou Quan's play is very stable, as long as he is stable, the supersonic will not be chaotic. ”

Xu Jicheng said: "After Kobe Bryant was locked by Zhou Quan, the Lakers lacked an offensive core with the ball on the outside, Harper and Rice were not good, and O'Neal looked a little isolated. ”

"That's it. You can let O'Neal score, but every time he scores, it consumes a lot of physical strength, and when he can't play, the Lakers will lose. Zhang Li said with a smile.

In the second quarter, Zhou Quan only rested for one minute before coming back on the court, leading his substitute teammates to slowly widen the difference.

Watching the point difference being widened little by little, the Lakers felt very painful, like a noose around their neck, and the noose was slowly tightening, and they tried their best, but they couldn't escape the noose.

Zhou Quan scored 15 points again in the second quarter, slashed 33 points and 8 assists at halftime, and also handed out 5 steals and 1 block.

O'Neal was not as physically fit as he was in the first quarter in the second quarter, playing 10 minutes, shooting 3-of-6 from the field and 1-of-2 from the free-throw line to score just seven points and 22 points at halftime.

Bryant played 9 minutes, shooting 2-of-4 and 1-of-2 from the free-throw line, and his performance was stronger than in the first quarter, but he only scored 5 points and couldn't influence the situation on the court.

It's not that he doesn't want to shoot more, it's just that under Zhou Quan's defense, he only got so many shots.

Instead, the Lakers' backup guard swingman Rick Fox stepped up, shooting 2-of-3 from the field and scoring four points in the second quarter.

At halftime, 42:52, the SuperSonics lead reached 10 points.

In the third quarter, O'Neal recovered slightly after a 15-minute break in the middle of the court, and struggled to attack in the first half of the quarter, shooting 3 of 4, plus 1 of 3 free throws, scoring 7 points in a row, just as Zhou Quan missed two three-pointers under Kobe's desperate defense, and the Lakers once narrowed the gap to 4 points.

However, then Zhou Quan strengthened his defense, stealing and blocking Kobe Bryant once, leading the team to play a wave of 8:0 attacks, and widening the difference to 12 points.

This wave of rapid offense and defense almost exhausted O'Neal's physical energy, and in the second half of the quarter, he couldn't make waves anymore, Kobe took over the offense, and hit the iron four times in a row under Zhou Quan's defense, and after the third quarter, the supersonic lead reached 21 points.

"Blacksmith, step up your shooting training in the offseason, your shooting consistency is too poor, and you're a little better than Iverson."

When he got off the court, Zhou Quan said to Kobe.

"I will."

Kobe Bryant, who shot 1-of-6 in the third quarter and 4-of-15 in the third quarter, was not discouraged at all.

In fact, his shooting percentage is not bad now, 46.8% shooting rate in the regular season, which is the highest in four seasons, Iverson is only 42%, and he also has 44.2% in the first two rounds of the playoffs, but now he is in the right to play Zhou, so he can't play efficiently.

He himself knows this, if he wants to stand out and win the championship, he must pass the Iron Fist level, and now this efficiency is not good.

"The last quarter should be garbage time." Xu Ji became a Taoist.

Zhang Reasonable shook his head and said: "I look at Kobe Bryant's appearance, he will not admit defeat, let alone 20 points behind, even if he is 40 points behind, I am afraid he will not give up." He's a bit like Jordan, the technique, the personality, it's all the same. ”

"By the way, Director Zhang, the list of the American Dream Team hasn't come out yet, right?" Xu Jicheng suddenly changed the topic and said.

Zhang was stunned, shook his head and said: "Not yet, it is usually announced at the end of June, after the NBA playoffs are played." ”

Xu Jicheng sighed: "In the last Asian Championships, we were too injured and were blocked out of the World Championships by the South Korean team, and I hope to gain something from this Olympics." ”

Zhang Li thought for a while and said: "Atlanta won the silver medal in 96, I think the pressure on the men's basketball team this time is very great, standing still to win the silver medal, and winning the bronze medal is a regression, so everyone's expectations are actually not too high, so as not to put more pressure on the men's basketball team." ”

"That is, now this group of people is not young, and the injuries are very serious."

Xu Jicheng nodded and said: "Actually, if you don't count Zhou Quan, according to our strength, if the group can qualify, and entering the knockout stage is a victory." ”

This is when the last quarter begins.

Kobe Bryant really didn't give up, played very hard, frequently borrowed blocking and dismantling to get rid of Zhou Quan and then caught the ball, and O'Neal also tried his best to get the last physical, under the leadership of the two, the Lakers did not surrender, but played a wave of Jedi counterattack, narrowing the difference to 14 points in the first half of the quarter.

However, this is also the last afterglow of the Lakers tonight, and then Zhou Quan scored 8 points in a row with two three-pointers and a fast-break dunk after a steal, which extinguished the Lakers' morale in one fell swoop, and with 4 minutes left, the Lakers withdrew their main force.

In the end, 89:107, the SuperSonics won by 18 points and won two consecutive home games.

O'Neal shot 13-of-25 from the field, shooting 52 percent from the field, and 5-of-12 from the free-throw line, finishing with 31 points and 13 rebounds.

Bryant scored 19 points on 7-of-22 shooting, 31.8 percent from the field, and 1-of-5 from three-point range and 4-of-5 from the free-throw line.

The Lakers had three players in double figures, with the third point coming off the bench Rick Fox with 11 points.

(End of chapter)