"The OK combination is two of the most important points for the Lakers and their absolute core! With our lineup, it's hard to completely guard against O'Neal, but we can guard against Kobe! So this time, we're putting our defensive focus on Kobe! ”

"I can accept O'Neal hitting 25+15, or even 30 points and 20 rebounds! But Kobe, you have to hold it down! I want him to shoot less than 40 percent, I want him to score no more than 20 points! Stop him completely! Lin, Doug, Vince, including Chris, you can always get on the bag when you need to! ”

"Ben, you don't need to, you just take care of the shark! I want you to be behind him all the time, to consume him, to torture him, to make him uncomfortable! ”

"Understood!" Several members of the Pacers nodded in agreement at the same time.

"Apart from these two, the only guy we need special attention is Glenn Rice, just three years ago, this guy was the third top scorer in the league, and now he is willing to play support and almost become a point shooter, but his firepower is still not to be underestimated!"

He scored 16 points per game in the regular season, and in the playoffs, that number dropped to 12 points, but despite the decline in scoring statistics, his 3-point shooting percentage has increased from 35% in the regular season to 40% today! His shot on the outside must be paid attention to and must not be underestimated! ”

"As for the rest of the players, Robert Horry was a member of the Rockets' two-time championship that year, with a lot of experience and strong mental quality, although the strength is average, but when it comes to the shutdown time, he is likely to give us a fatal blow! Then there was Brian Shaw, Rick Fox, and Derrick Fisher, who played well in the Western Conference Finals. ”

"These three guys are the kind of guy who doesn't have anything particularly powerful, but he's very confident, he dares to shoot when he gets the ball, you dare to let him go, and he can really shoot! So although we want to cover Kobe Bryant, we must not let go of these guys, at least not too big! ”

"Now there's the guy we can let go of in this series, Lin, he's also your old acquaintance, Ron Hubble!"

"This guy used to have a very brilliant resume, but now he is not a scorer who averages 20 points per game, although he is still the Lakers' fourth leading scorer, but his 3-point ability is negligible, and the offense is basically based on hitting the basket for layups!"

"Lin, you know what I mean by that."

"Understood! I'll pick the right time and help Kobe Bryant at any time! ”

Bird nodded with satisfaction and said: "The way this Lakers team plays is to revolve around O'Neal and Kobe, with their personal abilities as the core, constantly creating opportunities for them to play one, and the rest of the players are scattered, ready to catch and shoot at any time!" ”

"This is actually the core of the so-called triangle attack, which is one to one!"

"This tactic requires the core players to be strong enough, the role players to be mentally strong enough, and the core players to have a good vision of the ball when they are trapped! And the Lakers have done a great job in these points! Even to the extreme! That's the biggest reason why they can win 67 wins! ”

"So, when dealing with them, we have to be careful, they are completely different guys from all our previous opponents, we have to forget all the achievements we have achieved before, take out everything, and fight them to the death!"

"Relax? Think you can easily win it? Then we will have setbacks! We're going to be beaten by the Lakers! Even this time, even if we were 3-0 up, even if we were 15 points ahead in the final quarter, we couldn't relax! Because Angelenos will never give up! ”

"If you don't kill them completely, they'll come back again and again, you know?"

"Understood!"

The Pacers players chanted in unison again, shouting the slogan of victory.

"Well, finally!" Bird let out a long breath and said, "We don't fight positional battles like we did in the last round, or deliberately suppress our rhythm!" The Lakers don't have the Heat's defense, and their playmaker Hubble, although experienced, is not at all at the same level as Payton! ”

In addition, although O'Neill is very talented, if he runs up, his physical strength, will, and willingness to defend will definitely decline rapidly over time! So this series, let's keep running! Chris, Ben, look for a quick pass after getting the rebound! Lin, Vince, Doug, see the right time and run at any time! ”

"Also, when defending their perimeter players, bring me up the fight! Pull up the intensity of the defense for me! High pressing, trapping after setting traps, and pressing all over the court, these tactics are handed over to you Lin, according to the timing, call tactics at any time, and let your teammates run at any time! ”

"Okay, do you still have any questions about our overall tactical thinking for this finals?"

After waiting for dozens of seconds and seeing that the players stopped asking questions, Bird continued: "Then next, let's analyze the Lakers' common offensive routines!" Let's take a closer look at how they play! Rick, you're in charge of analyzing the footage for everyone! ”

With that, Bird handed Carlisle the remote control in his hand.

Obviously, he is giving Carlisle a chance and paving the way for Carlisle to take over as head coach in advance.

Carlisle was not polite, coughed, and stepped forward to analyze the Lakers' tactics for the players.

In the hotel where the Lakers stayed, Jackson also gathered all the Lakers players in the training hall provided by the hotel, but there was no basketball, no fitness equipment, and even the players were not wearing sneakers.

Everyone removed their protective gear, sneakers, and tight-fitting vests, everyone put on the most comfortable and relaxed clothes, and everyone sat in a circle next to Jackson.

Jackson had a tape recorder playing soothing music at his hand, and he himself sat with his eyes closed, doing some yoga movements.

"Come, relax! Everyone, relax completely, feel your body, feel nature, feel all the creatures around you and those inanimate objects, imagine what it feels like to be one with them! Inhale, exhale."

"Okay, then, lie on the ground, relax, but don't fall asleep, and remember what we've been through this whole season! Exhausting training, maddening failures, painful weight loss and injuries. ”

"To remember the wonderful moments when you won the championship before, or to imagine what it would be like for you to win in two weeks, how exciting it would be, what a proud thing, well, again, breathe in."

The day before the game, Jackson came up with his signature spiritual journey training method, he asked the players to do yoga, so that the players were completely relaxed, so that they were in a relaxed and comfortable state, so that when it came to the finals tomorrow night, the players would not be nervous!

After all, although there are AC Green, Robert Horry, and Ron Hubble in the team, who are experienced and have won many championships, these are not the team's main scorers, and among the team's most important players, O'Neal played a Finals and was swept.

As for the others? It's basically a finals virgin!

Keeping the players calm and keeping their bodies and minds in balance is Jackson's usual routine.

It's just that he used to like to lead the team to watch movies or read books, but maybe he found that this group of semi-literate people in the NBA prefer to watch movies and playboys and the like, so Jackson changed his strategy this year and let the players do yoga.

This new trick has a mixed effect.

The bad news is that O'Neill is snoring and the guy is sleeping soundly.

The good news is that at least O'Neill did completely relax himself and could fall asleep here.

In any case, the coaches on both sides have come up with their last magic weapon to use on the players, just so that their teams can maintain a perfect state at the start of the first game of the finals tomorrow!

When it comes to the finals, neither side will have the idea and mentality of losing away and getting it back at home.

By the time it came to the finals, the thinking of both sides from top to bottom had completely changed: no one at home could be lost, and all of them must be defended! If there is one away from home, you have to play a life-long fight, even if you can't fight it, you have to let the opposite side lose two layers of skin!

Every game, every session, every minute of the finals is extremely important! It will be related to the success or failure of the team and the players this season, and whether their efforts this year can be rewarded in the best way!

"Hello audience friends! I'm your old friend Charles! ”

"I'm Kenny!"

"Welcome to TNT's live broadcast of Game 1 of the NBA Finals!"

"Kenny, what do you think of this game?"

Barkley and Kenny have been running in and partnering for a year, and now they are becoming more and more skilled together.

As soon as you say a word, you quickly bring the topic into the game.

"I'm bullish on the Pacers! In the first home game, they will definitely not lose, and now they are waiting for work, sweeping their opponents compared to the Lakers, who are in danger of grabbing seven, but after almost a week of rest, they have a physical advantage! ”

"But in this series, I'm bullish on the Lakers, they have O'Neal! And although the Pacers have the advantage on the outside, no one on the inside can match O'Neal! Ben Wallace? He's great! But he is only a little over 2 meters after all, and he adds the height of his hair! ”

"Someone else? Davis? He's going to have to get another 20 kilograms of meat! Weber? He couldn't even stop Mo Ning. Perkins? He has to be at least 15 years younger to be able to fight O'Neal, and now he will be broken by O'Neal in 2 minutes! ”

"The Pacers' interior thickness is not comparable to that of the Trail Blazers! And another statistic, I guess even more telling! During the Eastern Conference Finals, although the Pacers swept the Heat, they did not defend the Heat's twin towers at all! Mourning averaged 22 points and 17 rebounds per game in 4 games, and Malone had 20 points and 14 rebounds! These two guys can hit almost 40+30 data together! ”

"If the Pacers score two fewer goals in the Eastern Conference Finals, it's hard to say what their final trend will be in this series!"

"And O'Neill! He fully deserves the word 'monster' in the playoffs this season! He is the most terrifying monster in the league and a well-deserved No. 1 center! The Pacers' interior line, but it's going to be a bad old sin! ”

"I don't agree with you." Barkley immediately continued: "It's true that the Pacers can't stop O'Neal, but what about the Lakers? Can they hold off the forest? O'Neal is indeed the most dominant and monster-like guy in this year's playoffs, and it's no mistake. ”

"But Lin is the strongest player in this year's playoffs, and you can't argue with that! In the Eastern Conference Finals, facing the Heat's twin towers and Payton, Mashburn, Patterson's and others' rotational defense and packing, what performance did Lin give? 3 games 40+! The only game where he didn't score 40 points was because the Heat gave up and Lin only played 25 minutes! ”

"What about the Eastern Conference semifinals? 4 games all 40+! Eastern First Round? Lin is even more relaxed, using ultra-short playing time to bombard the almost terrifying average data per game! ”

"Lin is also undefensible! Lin is also not a guy that the Lakers can defend! He's going to destroy the Lakers' perimeter, and he's going to continue his horrific playoff run this year until he leads the team to a championship! ”

"Then let's see if Shaq continues his invincible destructive power, or Lin continues his amazing firepower of almost 40 points per game in the East!" Kenny shrugged his shoulders and said lightly, "By the way, it's worth mentioning that tonight's Pacers moved their home court back to City Square Arena!" ”

"This is their home stadium for the last 25 years and they have left so many great memories for the fans here! Today, the Pacers are back here, and they're here to show their mettle! They want to tell everyone that they haven't forgotten who they are! ”

Barkley laughed: "And according to what a friend of mine told me at the Pacers, the slogan of the Pacers this year is not just winning championships, it's not even just '15 games'!" Their slogan this year is: Championship is just the beginning! ”

"Their goal is to create a dynasty!"

On the court, Lin Tian and the others will not be distracted by the bickering between Barkley and Kenny, and they can't hear it at all!

Now whether it is the Lakers players or the Pacers players, they are all shooting seriously in their respective halves and warming up seriously! In this game, neither side wants to lose! They all want to win the game, dominate the series, and they want to set the tone for this round with a win!

"Referee, should you award a technical foul to the Pacers?" O'Neal arrogantly walked to the free throw line and pouted at the referee: "Why didn't they send someone to jump with me?" Do you want to give up? ”

"Oh, sorry, I didn't see it, they sent a hairy mushroom to dance with me?"

"Shut up Shaq, if you can shoot as good free throws as your trash talk, you'll be the MVP this season and last season!" Lin Tian helped Daben on the side and said, "Or are you actually jealous at all?" Because you haven't had a single hair on your head for 15 years! ”

"Ben, how about lending half of your hair to Shaq? Otherwise, he'd dream of your thick hair every night! ”

"I can make him a pillow with my hair and let him cuddle up to sleep every night." Big Ben looked at O'Neill and said, "Anyway, he loves this!" He can't conquer even a girl with a soft egg, he is more suitable to be conquered by pure masters! ”

"This is a vicious statement! Apologies to Shaq! Lin Tianyi said in a righteous manner: "Although one of Shaq's girlfriends said that Shaq's thing is the same size as a primary school student, how can you guarantee that what his girlfriend said is correct?" ”

Lin Tian and Big Ben are singing and harmonizing here, and O'Neal's face is red and white, but he really has nothing to fight back, who let these two bastards tell the truth?

All poked at his sore spots!

At this time, O'Neal couldn't help but look back at his teammates who started with him and wanted to see if they had any options.

Well, in vain!

A.C. Green, a 39-year-old virgin Puritans who spewed trash-talk? He doesn't even know how to spell FUXX! Rice? Rice has been much more honest since he was beaten by Jordan and Lin Tian in the playoffs that year.

Don't say that he doesn't spew trash talk at all, but his aggressiveness has long been reduced to almost zero.

Hubble? If Hubble had the heart and idea of trash talk, he would not have completely turned into an assistant as soon as he arrived at the Bulls, and the 28-year-old who was not injured or sick would have been cut in half and directly degraded from a quasi-star to a role player.

Bryant? Kobe Bryant is hard enough, but his mouth is not good.

Just Kobe Bryant, if he wants to spray someone, you have to give him a teleprompter!

At the very least, he has to memorize the words three days in advance, and then recite them all in person like singing!

At least usually on the Lakers bus, when the big guys play freestyle together, Kobe's play is very unstable, this guy doesn't participate in this game for most of the time, and then participates once in a while, it must be a big kill, and the whole team has no power to fight back!

At first, O'Neal and the others thought that Kobe Bryant was a real rap god, and they usually just disdained to play with them.

It wasn't until one time that Fisher accidentally opened Kobe's locker and looked at the small note that fell out of it, that the whole team knew: This thing is to write words first and then memorize, pure cheating clichés!

And the reason why sometimes the level is high and sometimes he doesn't open his mouth is purely because the words he memorizes sometimes completely conflict with the free topics of his teammates and are not used.

If you don't need it, then don't participate!

This kid is tsundere and competitive and paranoid!

So, if O'Neal tells Kobe today that you have to spew trash talk at Lin and them, then Kobe Bryant will come back to the room after the game, and he will be able to write words for half a night, and then memorize them well tomorrow, and finally find a chance to squirt a lot on the court.

It's far away again.

In short, O'Neill took a look at his teammates and found that if he had a verbal fight with the opposite side, the rest of the people would not have any combat effectiveness except for himself on the field!

A bunch of slag!

Thinking of this, O'Neill also raised his head, and said to Lin Tian and Daben with his nostrils: "Play cleanly, simply be a man!" That's my motto! Playing ball is playing ball, Lao Tzu doesn't talk nonsense with you! Winning is the last word! ”

"Shameless dead fat man!" Lin Tian and Big Ben stretched out a middle finger at O'Neill at the same time, and then stopped paying attention to him.

Because the referee glanced at the watch again, and then warned a few people with his eyes.

Just now, the game didn't start, and you guys sprayed and played, but now the game is about to start, one by one, let me be careful!

Otherwise, you will be in good hands!

The referee wasn't sure if the group had received the message he wanted to convey with this look, but the bastards were quiet anyway, so it proved useful!

So, after glancing at his watch again and determining the time for the game to start, the referee finally officially took the basketball, came to the center circle, and threw the basketball into the sky.

"Smack!"

O'Neill easily and without any suspense defeated Big Ben!

He has the current dominance, not only because of his weight of almost 300 pounds.

He also relied on all the inside lines in the history of the entire league, which can be called the first gear of bounce, flexibility, feel and running speed!

Well, the running speed mainly refers to the years when he weighed just over 130 kilograms during the magic period, and now his running is just like that!

But despite the weight gain, when he jumped the ball, he still didn't give Big Ben any chance, and easily tossed the ball to Hubble!

Lin Tianshi immediately rushed up, blocked Hubble from the front, and from the backcourt, he added confrontation and body to Hubble!

"Ron, how long have we not seen each other?" Lin Tian lowered his center of gravity and saw the right time to dig towards the basketball.

Hubble and Lin Tian have been teammates for two years, and he knows best what Lin Tian is capable of, but he has watched Lin Tian start from a role player and grow step by step into the core of the team, an All-Star and even an MVP!

He turned around the moment Lin Tian came up, pressed against Lin Tian with his back, and advanced cautiously, dribbling with great caution.

He knew too well that if he was not careful, he might make a mistake immediately!

Seeing that Hubble closed his mouth and ignored himself, Lin Tian also knew that for this kind of old fritter who had played professional games for more than 10 years, two or three trash words could not make them lose their minds, so he simply kept his mouth shut, but defended Hubble with all his might.

Hubble clearly knows his strength, and he is also a guy who is good at retreating from difficulties, otherwise he would not have felt comfortable going to the Bulls to play Pippen at his peak, and he would not have degenerated from an excellent scorer averaging 20+ per game to a pure role player in just one summer, but he has no complaints.

Knowing the difficulties and retreating, his style of play is very steady, there are not many mistakes, there are almost no moments to get up, and there are few brainless misattacks.

But his problem is that there are almost no highlight moments, especially after accepting his position as a role player, this guy has almost become a 'basketball civil servant', clocking in and out on time, never working overtime, and never working hard.

Millions of wages in a season, what kind of life!

This sentence is definitely Hubble's motto!

After dribbling past half court, Hubble quickly gave the ball to Kobe, and then moved to the far end, away from the side of Kobe and O'Neal, and then spread his hands, indicating that this round has little to do with him!

Kobe Bryant didn't rush to attack after getting the ball, Kobe Bryant in the 00 season is far from the peak of his career, his skills, body, and ability are all in the growth period, plus O'Neal at this stage is not the dead fat man who likes to be lazy, can't control his weight, and takes a break for ridiculous reasons at every turn.

Now O'Neal is a perfect leader and crazy motivated, bent on winning the first championship of his career 'Super Shark'!

So, after a few dribbles to attract Christie's attention, Bryant hit the ground quickly and gave the ball to O'Neal.

This is also one of Kobe's tricks that is easily overlooked.

Although Kobe Bryant is not as good as Kidd, Payton, and Lin Tian as genuine organizational guards as pure organizational ability, passing ability, and vision ability, but if you talk about giving the ball to the interior center, Kobe Bryant is definitely the top in the NBA!

Not even one of them!

He fed O'Neal the ball, and it was very comfortable!

After O'Neal got the basketball, his shoulders shook slightly, and after feeling Big Ben's defensive position, then his head and shoulders quickly made a feint towards the line, which deceived Big Ben's center of gravity to move half a step towards the line, but O'Neal next was a very fast turn, directly erased from the baseline into the 3-second zone!

Even if Big Ben tried his best to catch up with O'Neal, he was still squeezed to the side by O'Neill's turn, and with O'Neal's big elbow, Big Ben was completely pushed away by O'Neal.

"Boom!"

Then there was a bang, O'Neal's signature hands smashed the basket, and the basket was shaken and screamed! The visual explosion of his dunk and the terrifying power that destroyed the world are definitely the first in the history of the league!

"What about your mushroom head?" After O'Neal scored, he picked up a hand and looked to the left and right a few times, looking like he was looking for a big book.

"Where's the fat man in basketball?" Big Ben had a gloomy face and ran towards the front court quickly, and after his reminder, O'Neill noticed that Webber didn't know when he had quickly picked up the baseline ball and threw it towards the front court, while Lin Tian, Carter and Christie had already run towards the front court!

The Pacers' three-line fast break is back on the court!

Lin Tian holds the ball in the middle, Carter and Christie are on both sides!

The Lakers' retreat defense has obviously gone through a lot of drills, and they have also retreated very much, except for O'Nealto at the end, the rest of the 37-year-old Green or Kobe, Hubble and Rice's three outside linemen, all quickly retreated to the defensive position.

Hubble vs. Lin Tian, Kobe Bryant and Rice vs. Carter and Christie, and Green quickly returned to the basket without looking back to guard the basket!

The Lakers' defensive formation was also formed in the blink of an eye.

Lin Tian glanced left and right, and then suddenly the cat's waist lowered his center of gravity, and then accelerated incredibly again, flashing past Hubble in the blink of an eye, and killing Green under the basket!

Green under the basket is ready, low the center of gravity, and is ready to teach Lin Tian a lesson!

But after Lin Tian hit the basket, he didn't get up directly to go to the basket, but after a change of rhythm, he turned around in the three-second zone, and deceived Green's center of gravity was twisted and crooked, and he couldn't find the timing of Lin Tian's jump and shot.

As for Lin Tian, after going around for half a circle, he suddenly passed the ball behind with one hand and passed the basketball towards the middle!

Ben Wallace!

The big book that was just deducted by O'Neal was to hit the front court at full speed, and after getting the basketball, he only took a step, and then he pulled it up, wanting to dunk it with both hands, so as to repay the hatred that he had just been deducted!

But Big Ben had just jumped up, and before he could smash the basket with both hands, he suddenly felt a huge force coming from behind him!

"Smack!"

There was a crisp sound, and the force was completely beyond Ben's imagination, and at the same time, he could no longer control the basketball in his hand, and the basketball came out of his hand and smashed towards the rebound.

O'neill!

This giant beast of about 300 pounds followed Big Ben all the way after the dunk, and actually really caught up with Big Ben and completed a chasing blood cap!

Then, O'Neal's terrifying weight seemed to be completely shaken off gravity, and after landing, he didn't need to bend his knees to breathe back at all, he jumped directly on the spot, grabbed the rebound, and then glanced at the court, and threw the ball towards the front court with one hand!

"A quick counterattack? The first pass after getting the ball? Sort of a fart! After O'Neill came out of the ball, he didn't forget to sneer at Big Ben and Lin beside him

What about Lin Tian?

O'Neal, who reacted, hurriedly looked for Lin Tian's figure, but found that this guy had also run wildly towards his half, and when Kobe Bryant got the basketball and was about to jump and dunk, he rushed to Kobe, and the two of them jumped almost at the same time!

Both of their arms are stretched straight, one wants to prove himself with a dunk, and the other is desperate to block the other's dunk!

"Smack!"

Then there was another crisp sound, Lin Tian faced each other, slapped Kobe Bryant's inevitable dunk blood cap out, Kobe Bryant sat down on the ground in embarrassment, and Lin Tian became the second monster on the court who completely ignored gravity, did not need any buffer after landing, grabbed the basketball, and launched another wave of counterattacks towards the front court!

This time, Lin Tian fought all the way to the outside of the 3-point line, and after a slight setback to recover the strength of his legs, and at the same time deceived the center of gravity of Hubble's defense, Lin Tian accelerated again!

After the signature continuous start-stop breakthrough, Lin Tian was fearless and rushed directly towards the basket guarded by O'Neal!

"Lin! Come on! Let's see how Uncle Shaq arranges for you! "O'Neal under the basket started with a dunk and a hat, and he was in the most excited state at this moment! Now he is not afraid of anyone!

O'Neill is not afraid, and Lin Tian is naturally not afraid! He went straight to O'Neill and took off!

"Bang!"

After another muffled sound, Lin Tian collided with O'Neill in the air, and then Lin Tian felt a terrifying resistance appear, Lin Tian, who had always been known for his small steel cannons and guard line tanks, felt that he had collided with not a person at all, but an adult mammoth!

He even felt that he was going to be bounced back directly by O'Neill!

This fat man, whether in strength or tonnage, is indeed ahead of the rest of the alliance!

What's even more terrifying is that in addition to his strength and tonnage, he also has terrifying bounce ability.

A true Elder Behemoth!

Lin Tian is very sure that if he insists on shutting O'Neal with this ball, what awaits him must be a blood cap!

So in the blink of an eye, Lin Tian retracted the basketball from the top of his head to his waist, and at the same time passed the ball from behind him in the air, and passed the basketball from behind to Daben who was missed next to him before he landed.

"Boom!"

After a bang, Big Ben finished smashing the buckle with both hands! It's a small revenge for being O'Neill's blood cap + buckle just now.

2：2！

The fans at the scene let out bursts of crazy shouts and cheers!

The first two rounds are really crazy, bloody and exciting!

Although the score is only 2:2, the players bring more passion to the fans than many teams play until 20:20!

"It's wonderful! The offense and defense in these rounds are so exciting! Barkley said: "Extreme offense and defense!" Both sides played an all-out offensive and defensive feel, the intensity and rhythm from attack to defense came to the extreme, and every player on both sides gave it their all! Two dunks, two blocks! ”

"This is the Grand Final! That's the intensity of the finals! ”

Kenny also said: "At present, O'Neal's point is probably difficult for the Pacers to solve, but the Lakers seem to have a little way to Lin Tian!" At the very least, when O'Neal was under the basket, Lin was not as fierce and steady as before when he hit the basket, and he also chose to pass! So although it's 2:2 at the moment, I think the Lakers have the upper hand for the time being! ”

Barkley hurriedly said: "Lin's breakthrough is indeed a lone league, the absolute existence at the top of the pyramid, but don't forget Lin's shooting, his mid- and long-range shooting is also a killing weapon!" How the outcome of tonight's game will depend on Lin's shooting touch! ”

After 1 minute of adrenaline rush at the beginning, the rhythm of the game between the two sides finally slowed down a little, and they no longer played so crazy!

The tactics and strategies of the two sides also gradually surfaced as the first quarter of the game progressed.

Crazy bag Kobe Bryant, no bag to O'Neal, let Big Ben and him go head-to-head.

As a result of the Pacers' defensive strategy, Kobe Bryant, who was still in his formative years, struggled very much, and in the entire first quarter of the game, he made a total of 3 shots, only made 1 shot and scored 2 points, while also making 2 turnovers and only 2 assists!

As for O'Neal, he has long proven that he is invincible under the basket and is unique in the entire league.

Single defense?

Regardless of whether it is Morning, Mutombo, Duncan or David Robinson who guards him alone, it is impossible to guard against him!

As for the big capital that has just emerged and has not reached its peak, it is naturally impossible to prevent O'Neill.

5 of 7 shots, 3 of 5 free throws, and 13 points, 5 rebounds and 2 blocks in a single quarter!

That is, Kobe Bryant and Hubble, the two best passers on the Lakers, were held down by Christie and Lin Tian respectively, making it difficult for them to really pass good balls, so that O'Neal did not have so many opportunities to shoot and receive the ball, otherwise, with his efficiency, I am afraid that he could easily score 20 points in the first quarter!

In addition to O'Neal, the Lakers scored five points for Rice, Green scored two points, and Fox and Fisher each scored two points off the bench, and the Lakers scored 26 points in the first quarter.

On the Pacers' side, as Barkley said, with O'Neal squatting under the basket to defend, no matter how fierce Lin Tian's impact is, it is difficult to maintain his lethality and success rate, so Lin Tian began to use medium and long distance to finish more!

Tonight, his hand was really good, shooting 5 of 10 in the first quarter, including 2 of 2 3-pointers and 2 of 2 free throws, and scored 14 points, 4 assists, 2 rebounds, 1 steal and 1 block.

Lin Tian can find his feeling by shooting, but Carter, another player of the Pacers who focuses on breaking, does not have such a good feel.

Carter didn't have to say anything about 1 point on 0-of-4 shooting in this quarter, and because he rushed to the basket to challenge O'Neal, he ate a blood cap.

For the rest of the team, Webber was the best performer, with 5 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, while Christie scored 2 points, Big Ben scored 4 points, and Miller and others who came off the bench did not score 1 point.

The Pacers scored a total of 25 points in this quarter! They are 1 point behind the Lakers for the time being!

"In the second quarter of the game, O'Neill will definitely rest for at least 3 minutes! Otherwise, his physical strength would not be able to last the whole game! Bird foamed at the mouth during the intermission and said, "Without O'Neill, we must seize this stage of the opportunity!" ”

"Hit back! Hit the success rate and rush up! Rush for me! Vince, take advantage of Shaq's absence, and slam me inside! Crush their defenses for me! Lin, fight back and push up! Chris, pass the ball and increase the speed of your passing! ”

"Everyone, decisive! Be decisive! Grasp every second and every round when O'Neal is not on the field! You have to get me the difference out of the way as soon as possible! ”

On the Lakers' side, Jackson was holding his shoulders and squinting: "Shaq rested in the second quarter, you have to charge up for the second half." ”

"And the Pacers will definitely go crazy next! They will do everything they can to quickly play fast and open the score, and they will do their best to take advantage of Shaq's absence! ”

Speaking of this, Jackson looked at Kobe Bryant, squinted his eyes and said, "Do you know what this means?" ”

"It means that they feel that there is no threat to anyone else except Shaq, they are no match at all, they can easily take out us without Shaq, they can beat our rotation!"

"I mean, they didn't take you seriously at all! I'm talking about everyone except Shaq, who is not looked at by them! Everyone here, except for Shaq, is garbage! ”

Everyone on the Lakers knows that Jackson's words are 'Kobe Bryant', and he said this to Kobe.

Who cares about this kind of provocation like a high school student!

(End of chapter)