Zhang Reasonable said: "It is certain that O'Neill's last quarter is really no longer moving, his dominance has decreased, and his lethality has been greatly reduced.

In the third quarter, the SuperSonics still spared no effort to contain him, shooting 2-of-5, only one basket attack, and the remaining 4 were nearly two points, scoring only one.

There was also 1 of 4 free throws, and the free throws were not as good as in the first half. He only scored 5 points in the final quarter, and now it's 40 points, which is already a high score for him. ”

"The Iron Fist King was still without the ball in the final quarter, very efficient, 6 of 10 shots, 2 of 2 free throws, scored 14 points in a single quarter, and now he has 59 points, and he will definitely break 60 points today and play his third single-game 60+ in the playoffs." Yu Jia said excitedly.

Zhang Li said with a smile: "No matter what sports, physical fitness is really king, and in the end, physical fitness determines everything."

Zhou Quan can still play an efficient performance in the end, but O'Neal can't, because what, because Zhou Quan's physical fitness is stronger than O'Neal's, much stronger, Zhou Quan's current technical movements are not deformed, but O'Neal's technical movements have been deformed and can no longer enter the basket. ”

On the Lakers bench, O'Neal was wheezing like a cow, beads of sweat the size of his fingers kept flowing, and he poured two energy drinks in a row.

Kobe Bryant was also wheezing, sweating like rain.

Opposite Zhou Quan, his physical consumption is very large, following Zhou Quan to drill around in the restricted area, repeatedly starting to accelerate the emergency stop, and the same as the switchback run, the consumption of physical energy is greater.

He is different from Zhou Quan, Zhou Quan is too good at exploiting loopholes, he won't, he needs to squeeze around in the restricted area, and under a lot of physical contact, the physical consumption is very large.

The OK team is in a different mood now than at half-time, when they saw hope, and now there is no hope, and they are still five points behind when they have the home whistle, which makes them very depressed.

And they know very well that with the offensive ability of the Iron Fist King, it is very difficult to catch up with 5 points, and the Lakers have never achieved a comeback on the supersonic body when they are behind in the playoffs.

Phil Jackson said: "Ben Wallace has five fouls, he doesn't dare to mess around, Shaq, you have to get into the basket." You don't have to shoot, but the team needs your attraction under the basket to create space for others. ”

O'Neill gasped and nodded.

Phil Jackson continued: "If Shaq doesn't have a chance under the basket, we're going to play Robert Horry's open spot, and Kobe Bryant will draw him in the defense and pass to him. Kobe Bryant, you should try to stay as far away from Robert as possible, so as not to let the Iron Fist King have a chance to defend him.

Also, Kobe and Robert go to the left flank, and Robert is ambushed in the bottom left corner. Rick, you and Fisher play together on the weak side and run the open position. Kobe, you also have to pay attention to the weak side, if there is an open space, you can also pass the weak side. ”

The timeout ended at this point, with the Lakers on O'Neal and Kobe, Rick Fox, Fisher, Robert Horry, and the SuperSonics on Ben Wallace and Jerome James, Bowen, Zhou Quan, and Arenas.

Arenas was very excited because he had the trust of the coaching staff in the most crucial moments.

And Lewis was very disappointed, even a rookie was trusted, while he, a man who had been in the supersonic for several years, was never trusted.

In fact, it is not as complicated as he thought, McMillan continued to let Arenas play, just because the team's backup point guard is not only Shamond Williams in addition to Arenas, although Arenas is a rookie, but the talent is better than Williams, and now the strength is stronger than Williams, and the psychological quality is better.

O'Neal tried hard to get into the basket, but he was in the middle of a double bag every second of the game, and every second was a physical confrontation with three meat shields, and he really ran out of energy.

Seeing that the big shark couldn't get close to the basket, Fisher, who was holding the ball, could only pass the ball to Kobe Bryant on the left wing.

Robert Horry was ambushed in the bottom left corner, in a big open position, and he did not pass directly to Horry, firstly because Arenas's defensive position was on the left, blocking the passing angle between him and Horry, which was difficult to pass, and secondly, because if he forced the ball, it would give the Iron Fist King a chance to make up for Horry.

He can only pass Kobe Bryant first, and then pass to Horry, Kobe Bryant's passing distance to Horry is shorter, and the Iron Fist has less chance of making up for Horry.

Bryant ran out of the three-point line to catch the ball, then turned to face the basket, and at the same time held the ball in both hands and fell sharply, making a pre-breakthrough preparation.

"Squeak!"

Tentative step, the right foot first took a step to the right front side, and when Zhou Quan retreated, he quickly retracted his right foot and took a step directly to the left without landing.

The technical movements of the entire tentative step are also coherent, but they are not fast in Zhou Quan's sight.

Kobe's first step is not fast enough, this is the limitation of his talent, Zhou Quan predicted that Kobe Bryant is unlikely to force him, in the past few years, Kobe has successfully broken through him very few times, and more is to use blocking and dismantling to break him.

And his nerves reacted quickly, and he reacted the moment Kobe Bryant withdrew his right foot, and immediately took a step sideways.

"Damn it!"

When Bryant's right foot retracted and then stepped to the left front, it was a flash in front of him, and the Iron Fist King was in front of him again, and he quickly braked and dribbled back.

"Pass!"

Phil Jackson was on the sidelines three meters away, shouting in a hurry.

But Bryant stepped back and closed the ball directly, not passing, but jumping directly to shoot a three-point shot.

Zhou Quan reacted too quickly, almost taking a step up at the same time as Kobe Bryant retreated, using a sprint step in the boxing step, and then jumping up the moment Kobe jumped.

"What?"

Kobe Bryant only felt that there was another flower in front of him, and the Iron Fist King was already in the air, but he had no choice but to shoot.

"Smack!"

Under the precise strike, Zhou Quan clasped his hands together and confiscated the basketball that Kobe had just thrown.

"Beautiful! Grab the hat, Tekken grab the hat Kobe. He has 61 points, the third 60+ in the playoffs, which is unprecedented and certainly unprecedented. Yu Jia shouted excitedly.

"With Zhou Quan's current state, it is basically impossible for the Lakers to turn the tables in this game." Zhang said excitedly.

The last bit of time was indeed as Zhang reasonably expected, when the other main players on both sides were physically insufficient, the physical monster Zhou Quan dominated the game at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, and did not let the Lakers turn the tables.

"Alas!"

New York, David Stern shook his head with emotion.

He estimated that the Lakers would not be able to escape the sweep, and they were swept in five consecutive seasons, which was a heavy blow to the Lakers, to the OK combination, to Phil Jackson, and even to the Lakers' ball market.

It's not what he wants to see, but he's already helped the Lakers, but it's a pity that the Iron Fist King is too strong and has everything in control on the court.

……

"The Lakers are about to be swept for the fifth time in a row in the series and the third in a row by the SuperSonics, but the Bulls are still the biggest sufferers for the SuperSonics, and the Lakers are only the second worst players." Detroit Worker Daily.

"The once-strong OK combination is powerless to climb over the Himalayas of the Iron Fist King." New york times.

"The Lakers have to strengthen at the No. 1 and No. 4 positions to have a better overall chance of beating the SuperSonics." Los Angeles Times.

"After beating the Lakers, no team has the strength to prevent the SuperSonics from winning the championship for the sixth time and the Iron Fisters from winning the championship for the seventh time." The Seattle Times.

"The second three-peat, the Iron Fist King's path to godhood." The Seattle Post.

On the 9th, when the media was singing praises to the SuperSonics and Zhou Quan, Lakers general manager Jerry West was handing over to the new general manager Mitch Kupchak.

Magic Johnson is also there, and he has a good relationship with Kupchak, a teammate back then, and it was he who suggested that the team bring in Kupchak in 1981.

Kupchak followed Jerry West to do some management work before retiring, was an intern next to West, became West's assistant general manager a few years ago, and participated in the work of the board of directors, and is considered an old senior in the Lakers, the work of general manager has long been very familiar, and the relationship with the Bass family is also very good.

So the actual handover is very simple, because a lot of things are done by Kupchak, and a lot of the materials are managed by him.

After the handover was completed, the three of them sat down and chatted for a while.

At this time, Kupchak received a call from Dwightmanley, the agent of the postman Karl Malone, who went to the window and answered the phone.

"Harrow, Mr. Manley?"

"Mr. Kupchak, please tell Mr. West that I have informed the Jazz management that we will be in talks with the team about buying out the contract for the final season."

"What?"

Kupchak was shocked and hurriedly said, "Mr. Manley, I just took over Mr. West's work, you can talk to me about it." ”

"What?"

Manley over there was also a little shocked, and hurriedly said, "Congratulations, Mr. Kupchak." That's it, Carl he wants a change of scenery, I wonder if Los Angeles will welcome him? ”

"Oh, of course, we welcome the Postman, who will give us more reinforcement than ever before." Kupchak said excitedly.

Magic Johnson and Jerry West looked at each other in surprise when they heard this, and they were both shocked.

"This guy's good luck!" Magic Johnson said to West.

West smiled and said: "The postman can only join the Lakers with a base salary, and the two super contracts of Shaq and Kobe Bryant have locked up space, and we don't have extra space for him." ”

"He wants to buy out the contract, and he must be ready to take the basic salary." Magic Johnson said.

West took a deep breath and said with a little excitement: "If the Lakers have the Postman, it will be more terrifying than the Spurs Twin Towers, they will completely crush the supersonic on the inside, the meat shield tactics are useless, there is only one job on the outside, just pass the ball in." ”

The magic nodded and said: "The postman is no better than David Robinson, Robinson is no longer good, the postman is still averaging 20+ per game this season, superstar performance." ”

At this time, Kupchak ended the call, came over excitedly, and said, "Jerry, Erwin, you hear me, the postman wants to join us. ”

"Great!" West said with a smile.

"Yes, congratulations, Mitch, for completing a high-quality reinforcement just after taking over." The magician said excitedly.

"O'Neal, Karl Malone, Fox, Kobe, Fisher, we're going to have three superstars to cover, and the Iron Fist King won't be our opponent anymore," Kupchak excitedly imagined. ”

Jerry West reminded: "Mitch, I suggest you still have to be more cautious, the work of digging corners continues, you have to break up their lineup, and cut off some of the supersonics' strength." ”

"Of course, the Iron Fist King's strength is too strong, I won't be careless." Kupchak took a deep breath, suppressed the excitement in his heart, and said calmly.

The three of them talked for a while, and Jerry Bass called and said that he was inviting Jerry West to his house for lunch, and the entire Bath family would participate, and West agreed.

Walking out of this office where he had been for decades, Jerry West couldn't help but sigh deeply.

But he had already thought about it, and the next family was found, and Grizzly asked him to be the general manager, and he had agreed, and he would go over to take office soon.

And the Lakers have such a strong lineup that has been swept for three consecutive years, and his pressure is also very high, leaving the Lakers can just let him let go of the pressure.

The news of the Lakers' change of general manager was not immediately announced, after all, the second-round series with the SuperSonics is not over yet.

On the 10th, Zhou Quan once again scored 52 points, 4 rebounds, 13 assists, 8 steals and 4 blocks, leading the team to defeat the Lakers and sweep the Lakers in the series for the third time in a row.

This is also the fifth consecutive year that the Lakers have been swept in the series, and the third consecutive year that they have been swept by the SuperSonics, completely confirming the name of the swept king.

At the same time, Zhou Quan also played an average of 50+ per game in the series for the third time, averaging 51.5 points, 13.5 assists, 6.5 steals and 3.25 blocks per game.

(End of chapter)