Phil Jackson demanded that the ball carrier must pass the ball immediately after Robert Horry got an open spot.

At the same time, he also asked to strengthen the running position without the ball, make people and the ball move according to the tactical requirements of the triangle attack, borrow more blocking and dismantling, and make every effort to tear apart the opponent's defensive system.

He told Robert Horry not to stand in one position waiting for the ball, but also to improve his run, because the supersonic will block the ball carrier and his passing angle, and once he runs, the supersonic can't block it.

After the timeout, the Lakers attacked.

Rick Fox received a pass from Fisher on the left flank, and Bowen immediately showed close defense, sticking to his opponent like an octopus.

Fox was very annoyed, he hated Bowen the most, this bastard didn't do anything else, just did one thing, pestered him.

Robert Horry, who was then freed, ran along the bottom corner to the bottom left corner, which was his best position for open shots.

Seeing Horry's run, Rick Fox closed the ball with his back, first shook to the left, and then quickly turned right to pass the ball to Horry.

Ben Wallace, of course, also noticed Horry running by, and he immediately followed, standing on the outside of O'Neal, two steps from the bottom left corner, and if Fox gave O'Neal a pass, he could immediately make a trap, and this position also allowed him to cover Horry.

Fox was on his back and didn't notice Big Ben's movement, so the ball was passed to the bottom left corner.

As soon as Horry received the ball, the fierce Big Ben had already arrived in front of him, a pair of fierce eyes were staring at him fiercely, his offensive skills with the ball were not very good, and he hurriedly passed the ball to O'Neal who was asking him for the ball, first made a feint, shook Big Ben, and then the second time was the real pass.

Although the second jump ability of the shaken Ben was not as good as Rodman's, it was not bad, and with another flick of his foot, he just pointed the ball into the sky, and then quickly stuck in position and snatched the ball into his hand.

"Beautiful! Big Ben forced Horry to pass the ball and made a steal, and this time the defense was very beautiful. Yu Jia said excitedly.

Zhang Li said with a smile: "This successful defense, first, the double bag makes O'Neal have no chance, second, Bowen forces Fox to have no chance, and then Big Ben's supplementary defense."

The SuperSonics have the best defenders in the league inside and outside, and are the team that has conceded the fewest points per game this season, and defense is not fun. ”

"Yes."

Yu Jia nodded, and said: "Even if Big Ben didn't cut the ball just now, the Iron Fist King on the right wing also began to make up for the basket, and O'Neal received the ball in the low post on the left wing, and he may not be able to hit it." ”

At this time, Zhou Quan broke through by blocking and dismantling, and when he hit the left waist, he made a quick stop jump shot and hit a ball.

"The Iron Fist shot 4-of-5 and scored 10 points, and the Lakers couldn't stop his offense. At 8:18, the supersonic lead is now in double digits. Yu Jia said with a smile.

Zhang Reasonable said: "Single defense, no matter how good Kobe's defense is, it is impossible to defend against Zhou Quan." The Lakers have a lot of problems, and the key point is that they can't prevent Zhou Quan, and they can't play their own offense.

At the same time that Kobe Bryant was limited by Zhou Quan, O'Neal was caught by a double bag, it was difficult to catch the ball, the OK combination was limited to death, and Horry's vacancy utilization rate was not high, Fox was strangled to death by Bowen, and there was only one Fisher who had little ability, so the Lakers' offense couldn't play at all. ”

Lakers offense.

Fox holds the ball, puts his left hand on Bowen and passes the ball with his right hand to Horry in the bottom left corner.

Ben Wallace was quick to get in place, and this time Horry managed to hoist the ball towards O'Neal and not be disconnected.

"The lob, the quality of the pass is not high." Zhang Li said immediately.

"Iron Fist!" Yuga shouted at the same time.

Big Ben immediately turned around and pounced on O'Neal, who had just received the ball, and O'Neal, who had just received the ball, suddenly pushed the ball towards Horry's side, and out of instinctive reaction, Big Ben couldn't help but make a sharp stop.

The next moment, O'Neal suddenly turned up, and the shark turned and burst through the meat shield Jerome James and dribbled into the paint area.

"Smack!"

When the ball bounced off the floor, Zhou Quan, who came from the right wing, was quick to move, and his right hand staggered past O'Neal while taking away the opponent's ball.

"Iron Fist?"

O'Neill was so anxious that he reached out and grabbed an empty one.

"Beautiful! The Iron Fist King broke the ball for the third time in the first quarter ......" In the cheers of the fans, Yu Jia shouted excitedly.

"The hanging ball gave Zhou Quan enough time to make up for the basket, O'Neal also made a feint and wasted a little time, and O'Neal didn't see Zhou Quan's defense when he broke through with the ball, let alone Kobe's big vacancy." Zhang said reasonably.

Zhou Quan slowed down the pace and didn't play a fast attack.

The SuperSonics did not specifically emphasize the fast-break tactics in this series, because O'Neal was not last year's O'Neal, he lost weight successfully, his speed and physical fitness were better than last year, and the fast-break tactics were not as effective as last year.

Just approached the top of the arc, Kobe Bryant began to come up to force, Zhou Quan didn't stop, turned around directly, Kobe hurriedly retreated, Zhou Quan dribbled to the left and moved a step to the left, and Kobe Bryant opened the distance.

"Not good!"

Kobe Bryant hurriedly pounced, but where was the time?

At the top of the left arc, Zhou Quan jumped calmly, and after the ball flew out, Kobe Bryant pounced and jumped to block it, and the rhythm was completely slowed down.

"Brush!"

The water splashed and the basketball hole went through.

"That's right! This kind of open ball after getting rid of defenders, Iron Fist rarely misses. Yu Jia said excitedly.

"Zhou Quan's shooting skills are so good, the most perfect shooting textbook." Zhang Li said with a smile.

"The Iron Fist King is only in the first quarter, with three blocks and three steals, and today the defense is absolutely explosive, 5*5 is very likely. Now the score is 8-21, and the Lakers are 13 points behind. Barkley said.

Kenny Smith said: "The Iron Fist King singles Kobe Bryant was too easy, turning around and shaking Kobe Bryant and then moving sideways, easily getting rid of Kobe Bryant and getting the empty spot.

When the Iron Fist King attacks with the ball, no matter who the defender is, he can play how he wants, pass the ball when he wants to, break through when he wants to break through, shoot when he wants to shoot, and treat the defender as if he is nothing. ”

Barkley also had to sigh: "How to prevent the top of all the top in the sudden throw?" Back then, the Bulls were useless when they wrapped him on the outside. ”

Kenny Smith nodded, "This is the existence of the only gear!" No one in the league can beat the hypersonic without an opponent who can match him.

I think even if the SuperSonics don't have Ben Wallace, it's just not so easy to win, and the Iron Fist King can beat any opponent, including this Lakers. ”

"Not necessarily."

Barkley began to contradict and said: "Without Big Ben, the interior defense is sparse, the Big Sharks can easily average 50+ per game, with a shooting rate of 70% or even 80%, how can he win the Iron Fist King?" ”

"All on the meat shield, use foul tactics, and let O'Neal go to the free throw." Kenny Smith smiled.

Barkley was stunned and scolded with a smile: "Foul tactics are not necessarily useful, O'Neal's ability to play two plus one is the first in the league." ”

Kenny Smith shook his head and said: "No, it was O'Neill last year, and now O'Neal doesn't have such a terrifying tonnage, two meat shields up, even if you can't hold him, you should be able to foul him in time when he shoots."

In last year's Western Finals, the SuperSonics used foul tactics against him, and they didn't use foul tactics tonight, first, his dominance under the basket is not as good as last year, and second, the league allows joint defense and can contain people without the ball. ”

Barkley said dissatisfiedly: "The alliance did a stupid thing to allow the legitimization of joint defense, which is to suppress the big shark." ”

“NONONO……”

Kenny Smith hurriedly shook his head and said: "The biggest limitation of joint defense is outside breakthroughs, and the strongest ability to break through with the ball in this league is the Iron Fist King, O'Neal is just involved in the rules." ”

Barkley shook his head and said: "The Iron Fist King's pull-up jump shot ability is so strong, the joint defense is of no use to restrict him at all, I suggest that the league immediately resume illegal defense and cancel the joint defense."

Even like when he dealt with Michael, he specially introduced a rule for dealing with the Iron Fist King, the Iron Fist King Rule. ”

In the ninth minute of the first quarter, the Lakers were already trailing by 15 points and called a timeout again.

But Phil Jackson couldn't solve the problem on both ends of the floor, as he was never able to get the OK duo to play the combination he was looking for.

Bryant couldn't get rid of Zhou Quan's defense, he couldn't break through with the ball to attract defense for O'Neal, and he couldn't create a single opportunity for O'Neal.

His own individual offense was not efficient at all under Zhou Quan's defense, and he was blocked twice by Zhou Quan 4 times in the whole game, shooting 3 of 13, with a shooting rate of only 23.1%, plus 1 of 4 three-pointers, 4 of 5 free throws, and only 11 points, 3 assists, 6 rebounds, 1 steal, 6 turnovers and 4 fouls.

O'Neal has always been in the double bag, the number of times he received the ball and attacked was pitiful, and he had nowhere to use his strength, shooting 7 of 15 from the field, shooting only 46.7%, 4 of 10 free throws, and only 18 points, 18 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal, 3 blocks, 3 turnovers and 3 fouls.

And under the superSonics' full defense, Robert Horry did not make high use of the vacancy, shooting 6 of 13, 3 of 7 three-pointers, and 2 of 2 free throws, scoring 17 points.

At the end of the game, 82:109, the SuperSonics won by 27 points.

Zhou Quan played 42 minutes, shooting 15 of 22, shooting 68.2%, 5 of 7 three-pointers, 5 of 6 free throws, 40 points, 6 rebounds, 17 assists, 8 steals, 6 blocks, 2 turnovers and 3 fouls, playing the eighth 5*5 of the playoffs.

Ben Wallace played 41 minutes, made 4 of 8 shots, 0 of 2 free throws, and scored 8 points, 16 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals, 4 blocks, 1 turnover and 4 fouls.

After the game, O'Neal and Kobe Bryant left the court in a state of despair.

Rashad Lewis was also disappointed and left the court in a hurry as soon as the game was over.

He doesn't care about the championship at all now, because there are already two, no matter how many rings there are for him, the dynasty doesn't mean much to him, he is not the protagonist, what he cares about is that he is given up again in the playoffs.

With no performance in the playoffs, how will he get a big contract in the future? He believes in his own abilities, and as long as he is given more opportunities, he will definitely be able to play good statistics.

"Dart, I want to leave."

Back in the locker room, he took out his phone and called his agent.

"Rassad, I have advised you a long time ago, and now you have finally figured it out, it is time for you to leave, many teams want to play, you are the most unique power forward in this league." Dart said excitedly.

The two had been talking for less than two minutes when footsteps sounded outside, and Lewis hurriedly hung up the phone.

Zhou Quan came in, glanced at Lewis first, there was still some aggrieved look on his face, and asked casually: "Rashad, you are nothing, right?" ”

"It's okay, Boss." Lewis hurriedly stood up and said.

"Crybaby, why don't you wait for us?" Corimagetti shouted.

"Cory, don't call me that." Lewis said dissatisfied.

"Okay." Margeti shrugged.

Zhou Quan didn't ask again, he knew that Lewis only played 18 minutes today, a pure pseudo-starter, with the character of this crying young man, his grievances were certain.

But Lewis's performance in the playoffs did stretch his hips, and the shooting percentage in the first round just passed was only in the early 40%, far less than in the regular season, and this kind of performance is difficult to gain McMillan's trust, and it is already a good chance to let him start tonight.

An hour later, the SuperSonics' press conference went ahead as scheduled, but the Lakers' press conference didn't.

In the visiting locker room, O'Neal and Kobe Bryant haven't spoken since they returned, and they're in a very bad mood.

Phil Jackson didn't speak either, and General Manager Jerry West wasn't in the mood to speak.

Lakers owner Jerry Buss and his two children, Jim Buss and Jeanie Buss, were standing outside in an equally bad mood.

This game made almost everyone in the Lakers see no hope and no possibility of winning.

Jerry West was in the locker room for less than a minute before pulling open the door and going out.

Seeing West come out, the old Bass trio looked over.

West gestured for the three of them to follow him to a secluded corner, and after a deep sigh, he said, "Jerry, the team's playoff record is not good, I should be responsible, and after the second round, I will resign." ”

(End of chapter)