In the 9th minute of the first quarter, at 20:20, the two teams were tied, and the SuperSonics called a timeout.

Zhang said: "O'Neal scored 7 points on 3-of-7 shooting, 1-of-2 free throws, ate two hats, and missed two shots. Bryant scored 5 points on 2-of-5 shooting and also ate a hat.

Rick Fox did well, shooting 1-of-2 from Bowen's head and causing Bowen to foul and 2-of-2 free throws to score four points.

On the supersonic side, the scoring was relatively average, and Zhou Quan did not attack with all his might, shooting 3 of 4, with a three-pointer, 2 free throws and 2 of 2, scoring 9 points, 2 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 block.

Lewis was average today, shooting 0-of-3 and scoring nothing. Margeti was okay, scoring four points on 2-of-3 shooting. Bowen hit an open three-pointer and Zhou Quan assisted.

Zhou Quan's current assist ability is really strong, 4 assists in 9 minutes, which is stronger than before, and the vacant positions of teammates can't escape his vision. If Lewis is in form, there will definitely be more than a draw. ”

Xu Jicheng said: "Kobe Bryant is good today, and he performed better than when he played against Zhou Quan before. ”

Zhang Li said with a smile: "The strength has improved, and he got rid of Zhou Quan in his first attack, but he was lucky and didn't shoot."

The second attack ate Big Ben's hat. The third offense was a three-point shot after a jump ball, which was thrown, but the defender was not Zhou Quan. The next two attacks were played in front of Zhou Quan, and one was thrown.

In the five attacks, except for the third attack, the defenders of the remaining four attacks were Zhou Quan, and two were scored, which is really good.

His first and second attacks were actually with the help of O'Neal's blocking and dismantling cover to get rid of Zhou Quan's defense, but he was not very lucky, one threw and the other was capped.

In fact, from the point of view of reasonableness, these two failed attacks are more reasonable than the next two attacks, the last two are one-on-one heads-up Zhou Quan, and it is lucky to score a goal. ”

"But it's right to be able to throw in, so Zhou Quan should not be careless." Xu Jicheng said.

On the Lakers bench, morale is good.

Phil Jackson said to Kobe: "Kobe, the first two offenses played well, and the next two offenses should continue to use the cover of teammates to get rid of the Iron Fist King." ”

Bryant nodded silently and did not speak.

Phil Jackson didn't know what Kobe Bryant was thinking, he looked at Kobe for three seconds, and then gave up and continued to preach.

At the end of the timeout, the two sides brought on some substitutes.

O'Neal sat on the bench and didn't get up, and under the fast-paced offensive and defensive tactics of the supersonic speed, his physical exertion was still very high.

The Lakers are without O'Neal, and the interior is partnered by Robert Horry and backup forward Mark Madsen.

On the outside are Brian Shaw and Tyronn Lue, as well as Kobe Bryant.

The supersonic interior is partnered by Ewing and Campbell, and the outside is Desmond Mason, Shamond Williams, and Zhou Quan.

"Compare the bench lineup, whether inside or outside, the supersonic will blow up the Lakers." As a Lakers celebrity, James Worthy sighed.

He was right, and the SuperSonics unleashed a 9-2 attack wave in three minutes, giving them a seven-point lead at the end of the first quarter.

Ewing made 1 of 2 shots, while Mason and Williams scored one goal each on a fast-break break.

Zhou Quan scored 3 points on 1-of-1 shooting, still a three-pointer, and made another steal of Kobe Bryant, and assisted Williams on a fast break in the counterattack.

James Worthy said: "Bryant scored seven points on 1-of-3 shooting in three minutes and 3-of-8 shooting in the first quarter for a 37.5 percent shooting rate, which was much lower than when he played the Spurs in the second round.

His first two attacks were covered by O'Neal, and the next five attacks were all single-handedly against the Iron Fist King, and he didn't borrow any more pick-and-rolls. ”

John Moore smiled: "Scored 2 goals in the last 5 attacks, and didn't score in the first two borrowed blocks, haha!" ”

James Worthy was stunned and smiled wryly.

In front of the Lakers bench, Phil Jackson looked at Kobe Bryant and said patiently: "Kobe, don't be disappointed because you didn't play after the first two offenses borrowed the pick-and-roll, that's just bad luck, then it's the right game, I hope you can understand this." ”

Kobe nodded, just wiped his sweat and gasped, and didn't say a word.

Phil Jackson has a headache, are you squeaking? Nodding but nodding, he still singled out the Iron Fist King on the field.

He felt that coaching Kobe Bryant was ten times more difficult than coaching Jordan.

"How many chances do you think the Lakers have to win?" Not far away, Jordan asked.

"With this bench lineup, the Lakers ......," Abdul-Jabbar said, shaking his head helplessly.

Magic Johnson smiled bitterly: "The Iron Fist King hasn't attacked with all his strength yet, and Rashad Lewis is not in shape." ”

"The Sharks weren't too excited in the first quarter, and Ben Wallace played really well defensively today," Elgin Baylor said. ”

Old man George McCann didn't say much, and said at this time: "The Lakers play the supersonics, which should be the opposite of playing the Spurs, with O'Neal as the main offense and Kobe Bryant as the auxiliary, but O'Neal has not had much enthusiasm on offense since the ball was blown up." ”

"George, aren't you optimistic about the Lakers either?" Magic Johnson asked.

George McCann said: "The bench lineup is not as good as the SuperSonics, and the Lakers' main team has to fill the hole for the bench, so unless O'Neal plays a more efficient offense than the Iron Fist King, and at least hits 40+, Kobe Bryant and Fox have to play a good offense, and the Lakers have hope to win."

O'Neal still has a chance, after all, he has a very big advantage over Ben Wallace. But the Iron Fist guards Kobe Bryant and Bowen guards Fox, and they have little chance of playing a good offense. ”

"That's so hard! Even if you can win one game, you won't be able to win the entire series. The steady play of the iron fist is the ballast stone of the supersonic, and it is useless for the Lakers to occasionally break out and win one. Jordan shook his head.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the two sides still used the bench lineup at the end of the first quarter, but the SuperSonics replaced Ewing and Kevin Willis, and the Lakers had no one to replace, and the lineup was not as thick as the SuperSonics.

After playing for two minutes, Zhou Quan defended Kobe Bryant's two shots and hit zero, and the SuperSonics led by 10 points, and the Lakers replaced O'Neal.

O'Neal went all out to attack on the court, Campbell and Willis couldn't stop it together, and he was dunked and penalized, played two twos and ones, and all three offenses were successful, scoring 7 points in a row.

The SuperSonics actually played not badly, throwing two mid-range shots and leading by 7 points.

"Remember, Ben, don't let O'Neal get close to the basket and force him to shoot outside, or pass out." Westphall hurriedly replaced Willis and went to Big Ben.

Big Ben and Campbell's two big meat shields sat on the inside and immediately stabilized their position, O'Neal failed to get close to the basket on the fourth offense, and missed the nearly two-point hook.

Big Ben grabbed the rebound, Supersonic took the opportunity to play a counterattack, and Zhou Quan scored a dunk, widening the gap to 9 points.

O'Neal stopped after four consecutive offenses, and Bryant took over.

"Kobe Bryant......"

Phil Jackson shouted as he raised his right hand and pointed to his head.

Zhou Quan kindly reminded: "Kobe, he means to tell you that you have to play with your head, you have to have an iron head, and you can't play well without an iron head." Got it, he told you to keep singleing me out. ”

Kobe Bryant gritted his teeth and ignored Zhou Quan's trash talk, and he called O'Neal's block.

O'Neal was still very cooperative, running up from the low post on the left wing to block Kobe Bryant.

With his shooting, the blocking effect is definitely not good, and after dismantling, he can only go down, unable to pull away from the defense, and the person who breaks through with the ball is easy to be trapped.

But with his physique, the effect of making a wall is very good, so Kobe Bryant successfully used his cover to temporarily get rid of Zhou Quan.

But Big Ben changed his guard very quickly and kept up with Kobe, and Zhou Quan also caught up later.

Kobe Bryant didn't choose a pull-up jump shot, and when he hit the left elbow area in two steps, Big Ben stuck to his left side, and the confrontation was generated, his speed went down, and the pressure behind him also came up, he knew that the Iron Fist King was behind him, but then he saw the vacancy of his teammates.

Big Ben followed, and Campbell could only drop Horry back to the basket, and Horry was empty in the bottom right corner.

"Whoosh!"

Bryant jumps and the ball flies straight to Horry.

Horry received the ball and immediately jumped without hesitation, without giving Campbell and Cory Magetti above him any chance to make up for it.

"Brush!"

There was a splash and a three-point shot.

"Ouch, Horry's usual shooting is average, the efficiency is not very good, and he dares to shoot at critical moments!" Zhang Li exclaimed.

"Bang bang bang......" Phil Jackson applauded happily.

"Ben, O'Neal didn't shoot, you don't have to follow it completely, just keep the ban and let Kobe get in." Zhou Quan said to Ben Wallace.

"Yes, Boss." Big Ben nodded hurriedly.

"Brush!"

Zhou Quan returned with three points, and when he held the ball to the top of the arc, he faked a real shot, shook Kobe Bryant and then shot, and hit a ball.

On the left wing, Bryant called O'Neal's pick-and-roll again.

This time, Big Ben followed to the left waist position and did not come out, still sitting in the paint area, and Campbell followed Horry, guarding the right block.

And Zhou Quan also took a more active defense, forcing Kobe to transfer before O'Neal's blocking and dismantling arrived, allowing O'Neal to run for nothing.

Time is running out, and Kobe Bryant can only make a strong shot.

"Smack!"

Zhou Quan was quick to send the second steal of the game, knocked the ball off when Kobe Bryant picked up the ball after the ball, and then grabbed it in his hand.

At the beginning of the counterattack, Zhou Quan hit Kobe Bryant on the three-point line on the right wing, slowed down slightly, and when Kobe stopped suddenly, he accelerated and stepped past people, and he broke Kobe, which was very easy.

When hitting the right midfield, Bryan Shaw rushed down from the free throw line, but Zhou Quan had no scruples, his left elbow was on the outside, and he flew straight up.

The Lakers are unavailable, although Bryan Shaw plays the No. 3 position, he is actually a point guard, 198 cm, weighing only 86 kilograms, seeing the Iron Fist King flying, the big elbow is on his side, how dare he rush down to find death, and directly came to a sudden brake.

"Bang!"

The next moment, the tomahawk-style splitting buckle, and Zhou Quan's violent buckle was successful.

"Beautiful! Now it's 11 points ahead. Xu Jicheng said excitedly.

"Phil Jackson called a timeout, and it is estimated that all the main forces will be replaced." Zhang Li said with a smile.

Sure enough, after the timeout, the Lakers replaced Rick Fox and Fisher, and Robert Horry remained on the court.

On the supersonic side, they also got on the starting line, but Lewis didn't come up, and Campbell played the No. 4 position.

Westphale didn't dare to be careless, Lewis's mental quality was average, and his performance in the first quarter was not good, so he didn't dare to use it.

O'Neal started to attack again, but the supersonic side played a bag and meat shield tactics, that is, to the death, even if he was knocked away, he did not let him get close to the basket, his offensive efficiency dropped significantly, and in the following time, he shot 1 of 3, 2 of 4 free throws, and there was a mistake.

On the outside, Zhou Quan and Bowen teamed up to limit the Lakers' outside offense.

At 41:56, the Lakers trailed by 15 points after the second quarter.

"It's still the meat shield tactics that have a head, O'Neal's efficiency continues, and the Lakers don't have any chance to turn the tables." Zhang said excitedly.

"Coach Zhang, O'Neal made 4 of 6 shots and 3 of 6 free throws in the second quarter, scoring 11 points, which is actually not inefficient. He shot 7-of-13 from the field in the half, shooting 53.9% from the field and 4-of-8 from the free-throw line, for a total of 18 points, and the performance was okay. Xu Ji became a Taoist.

Zhang Li said with a smile: "It depends on who his opponent is, I mean the supersonic speed is like the last few minutes of the second quarter to defend him." The three offenses he first came on in the second quarter were really fierce, scoring seven points on the three offenses. ”

Xu Jicheng nodded and said: "Zhou Quan shot 8 of 11 in the half, good three-point shot, 2 of 3 shots, 5 of 6 free throws, got 23 points, 3 rebounds, 9 assists, 2 steals, 2 blocks, 1 turnover, 1 foul, the offensive efficiency is really high, the shooting rate is 72.7%, and the assists are also off the charts." ”

Zhang Li said with a smile: "Kobe still can't prevent him." However, it is not surprising that Jordan's defense is better than Kobe's, and he is equally unstoppable.

Kobe Bryant lost weight, a little faster than when he was 100 kilograms, but Zhou Quan was still faster. The most difficult thing about defending Zhou Quan is that he is really the top of the top in the top of the best, and it is difficult to defend the packs, let alone single defense? ”

Xu Jicheng said: "Kobe Bryant shot 4 of 13, shot 30.8%, had a three-pointer, plus 2 free throws and 1 of 2, scored 10 points. He didn't have a lot of shots, but under Zhou Quan's defense, the efficiency was still not high.

His main offensive method is mid-range shooting, not that he doesn't break through to score, but that supersonic has Zhou Power outside and a big capital inside, even if he uses blocking and dismantling to break in, the efficiency is not high. In the middle of the shot, his pull-up jump shot was not stable, and his shooting percentage was average.

But no matter what, his performance is now better than last year's Western Conference final, which cannot be denied. ”

(End of chapter)