Riley was unhappy with O'Neal because the three-time Los Angeles superstar had never been a hard-working professional and was at odds with the Heat's ethos — the hardest-trained, best-fit, most ethical, most selfless, toughest, dirtiest, least desirable team in the league.

While O'Neal responded to Riley's desire for him to lose weight in February, deep down he has consistently rejected Riley's philosophy that he doesn't see the game of basketball as a symbol of war or masculinity. For him, it's a game.

O'Neill loves to dress himself up at parties as his favorite movie character, Scarface, who also plays a role in the film and serves as the U.S. Lieutenant Magistrate, and his life is the same as the movie Back to the Past, a childlike adult life full of fun.

Riley can't change that, he's long since he's used to Ewing and Mourning's style of confronting the world through "black rage," but he can't force O'Neal to accept his ideas.

But at the very least, there is one thing to be happy with for the Heat, and that is that O'Neal and Wade's relationship will never evolve like the former's other two predecessors.

O'Neal spoke to Sports Illustrated ahead of the playoffs about the differences of working with Wade: "When I play with other players, it's all about me. Young Shaq had to take control. Center Shaq and young Kobe: But what about Shaq Sr.? I'm not going to stop him. Just like The Godfather, Penny is like Fredo, Kobe is like Sonny, and Dwayne wants to be a real man. He's like Michael, so it's time to say, I've decided to let you do what you have to do, and I have to do it because I'm slowing down. ”

Anyone can say nice things, but how do you do it?

Riley looked at the score, and already had a plan in his heart for O'Neal, who was slowly walking off the field.

"Shaq, we have to adjust the existing style of play and tactics." Riley said.

O'Neill nodded puzzled, adjust tactics? Did Riley care about his opinion when he thought about such a thing? It's weird.

He didn't know what was hidden in it, he just looked at Riley.

"You have to be more dedicated than you used to." Riley said.

"Of course." O'Neill said, "I'm like Rudy [the protagonist of 'Dream Chaser' and I can give everything. ”

Riley said, "It's not enough. ”

O'Neill became less and less incomprehensible.

"Rudy gave everything in four years to get on the pitch in the game, and I haven't seen you do anything like that." Riley said, "Do you really want to be like Rudy in order to win? ”

At this moment, if Riley's face was replaced by Yu Fei with the Y face swapping technique, O'Neill would be able to understand why he felt so uncomfortable.

"What the hell are you trying to say?"

O'Neill asked directly.

"The Bucks know you too well." "They're going to stop you with fouls and then hit you with pick-and-rolls, and you know, it always works, and if you want to beat the Bucks, if you want to get a real win against Frye Yu, you've got to do something that you wouldn't do on a normal day." ”

It's like Sadako suddenly crawling out of O'Neill's TV.

He knew what Riley was trying to say, and he knew what Riley couldn't talk about.

Yu Fei has been saying that he is Wade's dog, and now, Riley actually wants to make this a fact?

Are you kidding? He can take a step back and give up the responsibility of leading the team to Wade, but when he is a cow and a horse, he even provides services to Wade on the inside like the group of dogs around Yu Fei? No way! That's impossible!

Enraged, O'Neill said to Riley: "What I won't do before, I won't do now, and if you think I can do something like that, all I can say is, Pat, you're looking at the wrong person!" ”

It would be unrealistic to expect O'Neill to accept the arrangement until the team is in a desperate situation.

O'Neill is not Ewing and Mourning, he has had success, so he will not be instigated by Riley like these two.

The only thing that might drive him to change was his hatred for flying.

is like the blackened female No. 2 in a vulgar TV series, whether she can't ask for the male protagonist, or whether she is envious and jealous of the female protagonist, in short, once the self-proclaimed female No. 2 is blackened, they will practice themselves in unimaginable ways.

Riley couldn't use his authority to force O'Neill to change himself, that would be counterproductive.

Therefore, he can only wait.

That could mean a fiasco tonight, or even two in a row.

If necessary, he will even cooperate with the Bucks and let Yu Fei do what he wants to do, so that O'Neal will be reminded of the humiliation he once had.

At the end of the timeout, the only change for the Heat was to replace Jason Williams with Gary Payton.

It looks like a smart change, replacing the poorly defensively white chocolate with a defensive veteran would be more conducive to stopping the Bucks' offense.

The Bucks have changed a lot.

First of all, Kwame Brown was replaced by Udonis Haslem, and then Pachulia was replaced by Mutombo, who was the star of O'Neal at the 2001 Finals.

O'Neal, who refused Riley's request, was noticeably more expressive than before.

When he saw Mutombo, he was even more energetic.

Position, catch, and then a rough foul by Haslem, who was in place in time.

O'Neill glared at Haslem, "You villains! ”

No matter how many times, Yu Fei is not used to watching Haslem play against the Heat in a Bucks jersey.

Hearing O'Neal's scolding of tactical fouls, he only had two words in his heart: comfortable.

Should!

Why are the teams hoarding these inside lines? Isn't it just to send dozens of fouls to the big fat pig when needed?

And, since the Bucks' foul count hadn't yet arrived, Haslem still fouled before O'Neal shot, so there were no free throws.

Immediately afterward, the Heat encountered a worldwide problem - serving the sideline.

Although Payton's serve can't be said to be thoughtful, at least it can be regarded as a free gift, he can obviously safely throw the ball to Wade, but when he saw O'Neal in the low post, he thought, Dwayne is going to give the ball to Shaq anyway, why don't I just do it in one step, right?

This hand is indeed to dredge the channel, one step to the stomach.

Payton sent the ball to Kevin Martin's hand in a very good way.

What followed was a defensive counterattack from the Bucks.

The reason why there are often major accidents on the sideline serve is that the opponent as the counter-attacking side is always in an advantageous position when it comes to mistakes.

After breaking the ball, it is possible to counterattack on the spot, and it is difficult for the side that misses to stop.

If something like this happens at a critical moment, it can completely change the outcome of a game.

The same was true of the Heat's mistake, where Martin grabbed the pass and threw it to Yu Fei.

Even if Wade retreated at full speed, Yu Fei, who was in the lead, only needed to lean on the opponent's body to easily score two points.

"Your big fat dog has a bit of an excess of self-awareness." Yu Fei said enthusiastically, "Let me help you discipline well." ”

Whatever insulting words came out of Yu Fei's mouth, Wade would not be surprised.

Because O'Neal kept asking for the ball like crazy, the Heat's offensive thinking was completely restricted, and there was no second solution except for hanging low.

Wade didn't know why Riley didn't stop this.

Could Riley not be able to see the problem that even he could see?

However, as a third-year player who has not yet fully established himself as the boss, Wade has not yet dared to challenge Riley's authority.

What status to do, everyone has to follow the rules, like Da Fei, a fledgling ruthless person who has a lot of trouble with Da Dan is one in a million.

rebellious like Kobe, and the feud with O'Neal also took 8 years to completely intensify.

There is no harm if there is no comparison, and in comparison, Da Fei is still too perverted.

For a few minutes in a row, as long as the Heat played a positional battle, Payton waited for O'Neal to ask for the ball in the low post.

Even if Wade wanted to play one of his own, Payton ignored it.

It's as if Payton had received some instructions from Riley, and they had to open the door through O'Neal tonight.

But how can this situation be so easy to open?

As soon as the Bucks saw that the Heat only played O'Neal, the defense was much easier.

Combined defense, packing, tactical fouls, combined.

Sometimes, O'Neal didn't want to play, and Payton still directed him to ask for the ball in the low post.

However, O'Neal's offensive efficiency is extremely low.

The Bucks basically didn't give him a chance to play alone, and he was either forced to pass the ball by the bag, made a mistake by the bag, or sent to the free throw line by a tactical foul.

As the offensive leader, O'Neal scored just nine points for the Heat in five minutes, while the Bucks relied on defensive counter-attacks and a handful of positional battles to score 16 points.

Wade was substituted for a break and he didn't understand what the team was doing.

Even if O'Neal is the core, he doesn't have to play low on every ball, right?

Subsequently, Yu Fei was also replaced.

When he was replaced, Yu Fei turned his back to the Heat and said to himself: "Hey, there is such a stupid dog who likes to steal the limelight, no wonder Kobe and Penny don't want it anymore." ”

The most effective thing about the show is that the person who replaced Yu Fei was the original Kobe Bryant and Penny Hardaway.

This is Penny's first appearance in the playoffs, and to say that the Bucks didn't mean it, I'm afraid no one believes it.

Yu Fei's trash talk made this good show of reunion of old people without any warmth at all.

Moreover, under the influence of Yu Fei, the original envy and jealousy of sharks was far greater than the penny of hatred, and now the hatred of sharks has far exceeded the sum of envy and jealousy.

Not long ago, O'Neill added to Penny's disgust by comparing him to Fredo Corleone.

What kind of harlequin is Fredo in The Godfather? A weak man, a clown who was executed for betraying his family, O'Neill actually compared him to this person?

Seeing that the Heat were going to replace O'Neal to rest, Penny was desperate to do something on O'Neal to get angry.

Just like Yu Fei, Penny called 1-5 and named O'Neal.

It's not the way he's used to playing, but hatred can take a person out of a difficult situation.

Penny dribbles with ease, and everyone who has seen him young will lament the passing of his years, and even the most agile swingman in NBA history will have a day when his talent is lost.

Penny didn't show much skill, just made a jumper in front of O'Neal and then said to his face: "Your defense is worse than Frye said." ”

(End of chapter)