The Bucks adjusted their interior line at the four minutes of the first quarter.

Christian Leitner and Robert Horry come on for Mutombo and Mason. Others may think that this is the regular rotation of the Bucks, but they have seen how the Flying has ravaged O'Neal's Lakers, but they know very well what the point of replacing these two is.

Phil Jackson's eyes were deep, as if he was thinking about the Bucks' intentions.

After thinking about it, there seems to be no other reasonable explanation other than satisfying Yu Fei's need to torture O'Neill on the field.

However, even if you have to deal with O'Neill, it's too early, right?

This is not in line with the old routine.

In the past, the Bucks would always play a few tricks with the Lakers decently, and only make this move when they established an advantage or the situation was deadlocked, and the results were also effective.

It's only been a few minutes now, the situation is still unclear, there is no good or bad side at all, but the bucks directly played the hole cards?

No, we'll have to look at it again.

Thinking so, Jackson nodded O'Neal in front of him.

Yu Fei called the No. 5 position to block and dismantle, and Malone came out to block and dismantle instead of O'Neal. This is a palliative rather than a cure, because then there is a No. 4 block.

O'Neill was so angry that he grinded his teeth, he knew too well what Yu Fei was going to do with this set of combos.

But what could he do? Run out to change the guard? That's impossible!

Staying in the paint area as a shrunken turtle can also pray that Yu Fei has a bad hand, and if he pretends to be a mobile interior and runs out to prevent blocking and dismantling, Yu Fei will pass him in one step, and then hold a slam dunk contest under the basket.

Since O'Neal couldn't hold on, the Bucks' No. 4 blocking tactics successfully created opportunities for Yu Fei to go straight into the restricted area.

Naturally, he won't force O'Neal to challenge O'Neal in the restricted area while using the pick-and-roll to create open shooting opportunities, but he can humiliate the opponent with a coquettish half-volley from a position where O'Neal is able to do his best but refuses to move.

"Huh!"

Even Malone expressed disappointment with O'Neal's defensive attitude.

Yu Fei calmly mocked and said: "I said that he is a piece of shit, and the defense stinks." ”

After Yu Fei said this, O'Neill became angry.

But what if he's angry?

Judging from the style of play, Yu Fei restrained O'Neill too much.

This is not to say that Yu Fei is a better player than O'Neal, but from the perspective of technical style, there are few outside cores in the league who can restrain O'Neal to this extent.

The rampaging O'Neill wants to save face in the low post.

As a result, he was sent to the free throw line with a rough foul by his old teammate Horry.

Horry, who was cruel to O'Neill, did not feel guilty at all, and in his eyes, it was O'Neill who was sorry for him.

Last summer, the Lakers aggressively recruited Malone and Payton after Kobe's accident. No one in the player camp is more eager for Malone to join than O'Neal, and he knows that Malone can bring more help than Horry.

This made Horry feel like all the dedication of the past few years had been fed to the dogs.

So here for a foul on O'Neal, he feels justified.

"Don't touch me with your dirty hands!" O'Neill was stimulated by Yu Fei to delirium, and he also spoke ill of Horry, "You unpopular cheerleader!" ”

The two had a conflict on the inside, but fortunately, they were both the kind of superficial conflicts that scolded dirtily on their mouths and did not have any out-of-character movements on their hands.

Boos erupted in the Staples Center.

O'Neal finished messing around, played steadily at the free throw line, lost both free throws, and Yu Fei picked up the defensive rebound and was about to play fast, but was fouled by Payton.

"Hey, want to attack quickly?" Peyton said smugly, "I know what you're trying to do in the blink of an eye!" ”

Yu Fei blinked: "What do you think I want to do now?" ”

Peyton didn't talk to Yu Fei and ran away.

If you take it seriously, Payton did stop a counter-attacking fast break for the Lakers that could be converted into a score.

But stopping this fast attack made Yu Fei put his focus back on positional warfare again.

Yu Fei, who has a 5 OUT lineup, is unlikely to let O'Neill go.

and then to the frontcourt, it is the fourth and fifth position to block and dismantle.

O'Neal still doesn't go out of the door, Malone lacks skills, and Yu Fei passes back to Horry after tearing through the Lakers' defense.

Knowing Horry's three-point threat, the Lakers' old teammates were interested in helping the defense, but it was too late.

Horry made a three-point shot and hit a hollow shot.

I saw Horry put on a dick and cool villain expression, and the Bucks' lead came to 8 points in one fell swoop, and the Lakers asked for a timeout.

Staples booed throughout the room.

Now, Phil Jackson needs to seriously think about how to defend the Bucks' pick-and-roll at the fourth or fifth position.

O'Neill certainly still can't go out, but he can't keep shrinking either.

Jackson's defensive demand that players other than Ray Allen abandon their opposing players to switch defenses whenever they encounter a pick-and-roll, which is still a palliative way to fill O'Neal's hole with defensive resources.

And Jackson didn't want to just protect O'Neal, the offensive end had to give the ball to O'Neal, even if he was fouled by the opponent, it was a kill.

Then, Jackson made some changes in the lineup, replacing Kobe, who was not playing against O'Neal, and replacing left-handed shooter Karim Rush.

Kobe Bryant was replaced before he could burst out of his hidden energy, and Jackson's move was undoubtedly showing his heart to Jerry Buss on the scene.

He's still on O'Neal's side, and they don't like Kobe.

The Lakers' internal problems don't mean much to the Bucks, and they still need to find ways to reduce the burden on the interior.

O'Neal knew that the only way the Bucks could limit his interior offense was through fouling, so he did everything he could to squeeze in.

He has to use his power to get an opportunity to finish the shot on the spot as long as he catches the ball.

Lightner naturally couldn't resist, O'Neal came to the basket, and Payton hung the pass.

O'Neal just held off Leitner on one side and flicked the other hand, and there was no easier offense than this.

O'Neill was happy and grimaced while defending himself, but Yu Fei didn't give him a chance to reminisce.

After his teammates served from the backcourt, Yu Fei accelerated all the way and rushed to the frontcourt to let the Lakers let Malone come to the wrong place to interfere.

Yu Fei swayed to the right and stepped into the three-point line to the left.

Although Malone is a superstar who ushered in the peak of defense after the end of his physical peak, the decline in physical function is inevitable due to the increase in age.

When encountering someone like Yu Fei who directly used explosive power to quickly change direction and pull away, he didn't have a move.

Yu Fei created a shooting opportunity, collected the ball and pulled it out, huh!

Phil Jackson has always disliked Yu Fei's style of play, which he believes shakes up some of the old order of the basketball game.

What kind of work is done by players in what position, this is a mature template, but Yu Fei brings another possibility, he is neither a defender nor can he be fully positioned as a striker, but he does the things of the one, two, and third positions, and by the way, he gives his teammates a limited role according to his style.

But Jackson also admits that Yu Fei has been improving, his shooting is becoming more and more stable, and he loves to block and dismantle the inside line of military training, plus the Bucks have many shooters, this combination makes him a real shark killer.

However, Jackson still couldn't believe that O'Neal would be restrained to the point that he had no power to fight back, so he would rather press Kobe Bryant and give O'Neal enough scenes on the offensive end to let him and Yu Fei have fun.

Malone, on his side, wanted O'Neal to invest a little more on the defensive end, "Shaq, you have to come to the high post to help me!" ”

O'Neill saw that this old man had made himself out of breath in order to prevent Yu Fei's blocking and dismantling attack, which showed the great pressure.

Therefore, O'Neill nodded solemnly, but he didn't know how to defend himself against flying when he went to a high position.

Ma Long was shaken away in one step, and when he met him, Yu Fei probably only needed to start the acceleration

This rare lack of self-confidence only stayed in the mind of the self-proclaimed superman of the big diesel engine for half a second.

The Lakers pulled away from the outside, once again creating a strong offensive opportunity for O'Neal.

O'Neal raised his hand high and the ball arrived.

The Bucks' bag was more timely than the previous round, but Leitner's defense also collapsed faster than expected.

O'Neal knocked down Lightner like an ancient god, turned to Horry's foul, smashed the dunk roughly, and heard the whistle blow, something the Staples Center audience was used to.

Since O'Neal arrived in Los Angeles in 1996, he has brought countless blood-pumping brutal offensives to fans.

The call from the scene made O'Neill feel that the people's hearts were available, and this was his place in the hearts of the fans, and he was still the supreme god here.

So, O'Neill roared angrily and made a vulgar "give me money" gesture to Jerry Bass's position.

With Leitner injured in this defense, the game went into a brief timeout.

ABC cut into a clip of an interview with Buss Sr. at the beginning of the season when O'Neal openly made a "money" gesture to Bussby Sr.

Unlike now, Buss Sr. made it clear in the interview that the team will re-sign O'Neal and Jackson.

"I believe that when they sign, they will be the highest-paid players and coaches in the league."

Yu Fei also watched this interview on the big screen.

In his opinion, what is really interesting is the question that should be answered.

"What about Kobe? Will the Eagle County incident affect his future with the Lakers? ”

"No, it won't, Kobe Bryant is like my son." You don't usually hear bosses call their players like sons, but that's what makes Kobe Bryant so special in the heart of old Buss. "Bryant is probably going to be at a level that only two or three players have ever reached. I want to see him reach the top, and that's still a long way to go. ”

Yu Fei asked in his heart: What if someone doesn't want you to witness Kobe's peak, Dr. Bass?

ABC understood, and they quickly cut the scene to Jerry Bass, who was sitting in the front row.

He is not at all happy with the "treasure" of his own star, on the contrary, he presents to the public a solemn face to the extreme.

Yu Fei turned to the sidelines, and Leitner's replacement was Dan Gazuric.

Last season, Da Dan was also the starting center that the Bucks Thunder couldn't play, and this season due to injuries, his form has been up and down, and he has also lost his starter.

But Carl is replacing him now, which is to use his mid-range shot that has a match and does not have a match to continue to cooperate with Yu Fei to block and dismantle.

Yu Fei also felt that the foreplay had almost gone, and since the Lakers coaching staff was so stunned that they could press Kobe Bryant in order to make O'Neal comfortable, then this game would be very simple. Knock down O'Neal as before, and the Lakers' drama of playing treasure with the dead fat man will come to an end.

(End of chapter)