O'Neal got a chance under the basket this time, and Big Ben and Kevin Willis knew that they couldn't stop the big shark, and when O'Neal received the ball and shot, he decisively took a foul.

But it was too late, O'Neal's strength was too great, forced the two to squeeze away, and at the same time fouled the upper body, he completed a heavy dunk and also dunked the veteran Willis.

"Tick!"

Big Ben and Kelis raised their hands at the same time, and the referee gave the foul to Kevin Willis, which was considered to be merciful to Big Ben's men.

"If O'Neal destroys all of the SuperSonics' interior today, the Lakers will also have a chance to win." John Moore said.

"John, actually, just beat Ben Wallace down." James Worthy said.

"Now Ben Wallace is still twice, Kevin Willis is also twice, Ewing is twice, McCoy twice, and the four inside players add up to eight fouls." John Moore said.

O'Neal gasped and stepped onto the free-throw line, took the basketball thrown by the referee, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and began to aim at the basket.

"Bang!"

The ball smashed on top of the basket and, in O'Neal's disappointed eyes, jumped twice before rolling in.

"Oh!"

O'Neill jumped up excitedly, then immediately turned around and ran to the backcourt.

"Two plus one, now it's 36:27, a 9-point gap." James Worthy said.

"Kobe Bryant's point is firmly controlled by the Iron Fist King, and it is really difficult to rely on O'Neal alone." John Moore said.

James Worthy said: "And Rick Fox, Robert Horry can also get a lot of open spots. ”

"Bowen has been doing well defending Fox and he hasn't had many chances," John Moore said. The No. 4 position is good, the power forward has to pack O'Neal, and that position can be expected. ”

Zhou Quan advanced in the backcourt, suffered a loss last time, and this time no one came to wrap up, only Kobe Bryant did not follow.

Zhou Quan changed direction sharply, bypassing Kobe Bryant and then speeding up from the left wing into the frontcourt, where Bryant chased closely on the right side.

He hit the three-point line without any slowdown, and with a change of direction, he killed it.

The starting lineup is not enough three-point strength, only Bowen can shoot three-pointers, and the ability to pull away is insufficient, the Lakers just started to wrap him, and he estimated that he would definitely be caught up if he broke in, so the next moment, when Kobe Bryant was struggling to accelerate to catch up, he suddenly stepped on the brakes.

"Squeak!"

The sound of his shoes rubbing sounded, and he stopped one step in the three-point line.

"Squeak!"

Kobe Bryant also braked suddenly, but he didn't brake, his front leg knelt down directly, and his right hand supported the floor so that he didn't go down.

"It's over!"

He was so anxious to look back, just in time to see Zhou Quan take a step back to the three-point line, and he had time to look at him, so angry that he had green smoke in his nose.

"Three points?"

Zhang Lili shouted.

"Brush!"

There was a splash and a three-point shot.

"Beautiful! This kind of big vacant ball, Zhou Quan can throw as many as he wants, and there is no waste at all. Xu Jicheng said excitedly.

"The Lakers are obviously starting to wrap up Zhou Quan, but Zhou Quan's pull-up jump shot is one of the best weapons to deal with the package strategy. There is also the sharing of the ball, which directly assists teammates. Zhang Li said with a smile.

On the NBC commentary bench, James Worthy shook his head and said, "Kobe Bryant doesn't need to press all over the court. ”

"With the Iron Fist King's ball control skills, this kind of full-court tightness really doesn't make sense, it's just a waste of your physical energy." John Moore said.

Next, the Lakers relied on O'Neal's offense to continue to kill the superSonics' interior line, and the effect was good in the first few minutes, but when they hit the back, they ran out of physical strength and couldn't move.

On the supersonic side, Zhou Quan used a lot of stop-and-go jump shots and breakthrough shots to crack the Lakers' bag tactics, and his own shots were better, and he lost a few empty balls that were passed.

After the second quarter, 58:47, the Lakers trailed by 11 points and lost by 4 points in the second quarter.

At halftime, Zhang Li said: "Zhou Quan shot 8 of 13 in the first quarter, 1 of 2 three-pointers, 2 of 2 free throws, and scored 19 points, 4 assists, 3 steals and 1 block.

In the second quarter, he also made a lot of shots, 7 of 11 shots, 1 of 3 three-pointers, no free throws, and scored 15 points, 3 assists and 2 steals.

He shot 15-of-24 from the field in the half, shooting 62.5%, and scored a total of 34 points, 3 rebounds, 7 assists, 5 steals, 1 block, 1 turnover, and 1 foul.

In the second quarter, it was basically an outside pull-up jump shot, and the shooting rate was really high! According to his shot, it will be 40 times today, and he rarely has so many shots in a single game. ”

Xu Jicheng said: "Kobe Bryant only scored 5 points in the half, 2 points in the first quarter and 3 points in the second quarter. O'Neal went all out to attack, really sparing no physical strength, shooting 10 of 17 in the two quarters, 6 of 12 free throws, and scored 26 points in the half.

O'Neal shot 58.8 percent, made 12 free throws at halftime, got twice as many whistles at home as on the road, and had unlimited lethality, Big Ben has already committed three fouls, not counting Campbell, and the SuperSonics' other three interior players have also had two or three fouls. ”

Zhang Reasonable said: "Today is Zhou Quan alone and OK combination to attack, and then the defensive end does not let Kobe score, in fact, he and O'Neal fight to attack."

In terms of physical consumption, although O'Neal only has 17 shots, if you look at the number of free throws, the number of attacks with the ball is definitely more than Zhou Quan, plus the huge tonnage, so his physical consumption on the offensive end far exceeds Zhou Quan.

But Zhou Quan's physical consumption is also a lot, O'Neal can be lazy on the defensive end, Zhou Quan can't, he wants to lock Kobe Bryant on the defensive end, and he has to participate in the defense to make up for it. ”

Xu Jicheng said with a smile: "At halftime, you can return a wave of blood, O'Neill should be able to fight in the third quarter, the last quarter is out of oil, the fire will definitely be extinguished, and then Zhou Quan will control the game, Director Zhang, what do you think?" ”

"Haha......"

Zhang Li laughed a few times and said: "It should be like this, Zhou Quan has no problem with 50+ tonight, at least 60+, maybe he can break the record of 65 points in a single game in the league playoffs created by himself." ”

Xu Jicheng nodded and said with a smile: "In the second quarter, the Lakers wrapped Zhou Quan, but under his emergency stop jump shot, the package tactics often gave up halfway, that is, Cory Magetti and Bowen threw a few empty balls, otherwise the point difference would be even greater." ”

Zhang said: "Margety's shooting is average, and so is Bowen. Bowen doesn't have much talent, he relies purely on defense, and his open shots are not very consistent, sometimes good, and sometimes big open shots can be missed.

It's a pity that Rashad Lewis is not psychologically good, and his vacant ability is the strongest in supersonic speed. However, he can't help defend O'Neal either, and he must use a meat shield.

If he goes up, he will definitely be responsible for helping O'Neal defend him, and he will be hit and killed. SuperSonics can only sacrifice a certain amount of outside offense and increase the strength of defending O'Neal. ”

Speaking of this, he suddenly said very seriously: "But supersonic is not without hidden dangers, Campbell's injury means one thing, under the furious attack of the big shark, supersonic may still have someone under his hands at any time." ”

Xu Jicheng was stunned for a moment, nodded and said, "Ewing, Kevin Willis, indeed, these two veterans may be injured at any time." And Ben Wallace and McCoy are young, but as meat shields, the probability of them being injured is actually not small. ”

Zhang said: "If there is one more injury, the supersonic interior line will not be enough, and Rashad Lewis will have to increase his playing time, and the interior defensive intensity will be greatly reduced."

If two more injuries are made and there is a serious shortage of people on the inside, there will really be no defense against O'Neal, at least the meat shield tactical foul tactics can no longer be used. ”

In the home team's dressing room, the atmosphere was very solemn, and there was no one to speak.

O'Neill had been in for two minutes, still gasping and sweating.

Phil Jackson's expression was a bit like a wood carving, he stared at O'Neal, and suddenly asked, "Shaq, can you still do it in the third quarter?" ”

"Of course I can."

O'Neill jerked his head and roared, "I can't afford to lose to Iron Fist again this time." ”

Speaking of this, he seemed to remember something, got up and went over and opened the door, leaning out his upper body and yelling outside, "Jamie, Jamie......"

"It's coming, it's coming. Give, Shaq, you want a super beef big burger. ”

There was a running sound, and a staff member hurried over and handed O'Neill a large paper bag.

"Great! Thank you, Jamie, it re-energizes me, I'm so hungry right now and I can't wait to get rid of it. Wait a minute, Jamie, when the third quarter is almost over, you can buy me another one, OK? ”

“OK。”

……

Soon after, the third quarter began.

In this quarter, under Kobe's crazy defense, Zhou Quan's hand was not as good as in the first half, and O'Neal, who had replenished his energy, continued to destroy Big Ben and several of them, Ewing suffered a knee attack in the 5th minute and went off the court with an injury, and the supersonic interior strength was further reduced.

After the third quarter, 83:77, the Lakers still trailed by 6 points, and pulled back 5 points in the first quarter.

Zhang Li said with some concern: "Zhou Quan shot 5 of 10 in the third quarter, 0 of 1 three-pointers, 2 of 2 free throws, scored 12 points, and scored 46 points in the third quarter. O'Neal scored 17 points on 7-of-10 shooting and 3-of-6 free throws, and already scored 43 points in the third quarter.

There was no rush to get the score close, but what I was worried about was Ewing's injury, Lewis played six minutes in the third quarter, and O'Neal shot 4-of-5 in those six minutes. ”

Xu Jicheng said: "O'Neal played 33 minutes in the third quarter, took a one-minute break in the second quarter, and did not rest in the third quarter. ”

Zhang Li suddenly pointed to the screen and said, "Look, O'Neill is eating a hamburger." Good guy, half of it will be gone in a few bites. ”

"What an appetite!" Xu Jicheng said with envy.

Zhang said: "Now there are only five fouls left on the inside line, McCoy with four fouls, Kevin Willis with four fouls, and Lewis with one foul.

It's barely four inside lines, so that no one is available. Lewis advised to play more foul tactics if he was on the court. The foul must be decisive and the attack must be ruthless, otherwise it is easy for the big shark to fight two plus one. ”

Xu Jicheng said: "Today, O'Neal made 17 shots in the first two quarters and 10 shots in the third quarter. ”

Zhang Li nodded and said: "Campbell and Ewing can't play, and the rest of the people are a few fouls, and they don't dare to defend like in the first half."

Besides, this is a series, and we have to play later, so we have to take it easy, we can't all get hurt, and then it's really over. ”

Supersonic bench, the atmosphere is a little heavy.

It's not that the score difference has been narrowed, but that two inside players were injured in a row today, and the fifth main player Ben Wallace committed five crimes, which made people further feel the horror of the big shark.

"Ben, don't you foul, understand?"

Paul Westphal said to Ben Wallace, who was gasping for breath and nodded, but did not speak.

He is the most tired and bitter person in the whole team, after three quarters, he was knocked over by O'Neal at least ten times, after Campbell was injured, only McCoy could help him share some of the tasks of defending against the big sharks, but McCoy's strength was not as good as him, mainly because of his own defense, and now his whole chest has long been numb, and his ribs are faintly painful.

"Iron Fist King, you still have to attack with all your might." Westphal said to Zhou Quan.

Zhou Quan also nodded and did not speak.

There are some scratches on his hands and even on his face and neck, and there are some elbow marks and finger marks on his lower back, all of which were left by Kobe, and that kid is crazy today.

Westphaal then said to McCoy and Lewis, "Gelani, you go up for a while at the beginning of the quarter. Rasade, you're in charge of the weak side of the defense, if you can't do it, you will foul, you only foul once, understand? ”

McCoy gasped and nodded, and Rashad Lewis nodded hurriedly.

"Didi!"

At this time, the whistle of the last quarter sounded.

Players from both sides stood up from the bench, with O'Neal, Robert Horry, Fox, Kobe, Ron Harper on the Lakers' side, and McCoy, Lewis, Bowen, Chris Mullin, and Zhou Quan on the SuperSonics' side.

(End of chapter)