NBA: I just want to play soy sauce, you let me win the championship

Chapter 339 Shaq, wait to die! ([-]-in-[-])

Of course there is a fifth set of tactics, which is "consumption"!
The moment Phil Jackson began to make up his mind to play hard with the main force, this set of hidden tactics was launched.

Perhaps in the eyes of many people, the playoffs should be a game between 6 players and 7 players.

Why do you need so many rotation players?
Isn't it stupid?

Why not let stronger players stay on the court, but instead put players who are not as good as them?
Grit your teeth and survive this game, isn't it a victory?
As for physical loss, after playing this game, there are still two or three days of rest. With the physical fitness of NBA players, they can recover quickly!

It's not a long regular season, one game after another. If you don't take a good rest, there will be a great risk of injury.

The Lakers' strategy of ruthlessly manipulating the main force quickly paid off. In the third quarter, the Lakers kept chasing points. Although the Kings had strong offensive firepower, the score was slowly caught up.

74:72, the Lakers were only 2 points behind.

Huge win!
The fans at Staples Center burst into deafening cheers when they saw their home team slowly regaining the score after falling behind by more than ten points.

The cheers of "defense" and "defense" never stopped.

Who said that only Arco Arena in Samurai is the Devils' home court?

Our Staples Center can also be the home court of the Devils!

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, O'Neal had to take a rest. He carried the team forward throughout the third quarter, and all offenses had to pass through his hands to be threatening.

At this point, it’s time to take a break.

The main force can't be beaten hard without letting people rest!

The Kings took advantage of the absence of O'Neal and Kobe to open up the score again. When the Lakers twins returned to the court, the score difference was 8 points again.

In just over 2 minutes, the Kings' rotation defeated the Lakers' rotation by 2 points!
But it doesn't matter, the backbone of the Lakers is back, and the pursuit of points has begun again.

When it came to the last 2 minutes of the game, the Lakers tied the score for the first time in the game.

92: 92!

The real critical moment has arrived!

O'Neal and Kobe were covered in sweat and panting heavily on the court. Battier and Billups were not much better, looking exhausted.

On the Kings side, Divac, Weber, Stojakovic, Lu Yuanzhi and Bibby were also sweating profusely, but their breathing was relatively steady, unlike the Lakers players who looked like they were about to be overwhelmed. .

After all, the hole dug in the first two quarters was too big. If the Lakers wanted to fill the hole and complete the lead, they would have to put in double their physical energy.

But no one knows whether the Lakers' appearance of running out of energy is just a symptom.

No one can ignore the power of human will.

In the heartfelt cheers of 18897 Staples fans, what kind of energy can the Lakers players burst out.

"Keep this goal!"

O'Neal rarely gives orders on the court.

The Lakers players were also in high spirits. Although everyone felt very tired, they tied the score at the last moment. There should be great hope for this game!

After all, we have Shaq!

In this league, no one can be more reliable than Shaq at critical moments!
The Kings' main attack this time was initiated by Webber.

Although Stojakovic has proven in previous games that he can beat opponents in the mid-range, the Kings still had the inertia to give the ball to Webber.

Weber picked up the ball with his back at a high position at a 45-degree angle, and then began to observe the dynamics on the court.

Horry held his hands behind him, careful to guard against Webber's strong attack.

At this time, Webber's support ability can no longer be taken into account. At the critical moment, if Webber scores this goal, the Lakers will be in a very disadvantageous situation.

Divac did not position himself inside. He knew that once he entered the basket, facing the highly alert O'Neal, he would lose all threats. It was better to pull to the outside and provide a screen for his teammates, and he could also make sudden cold arrows. Use a mid-range shot to punish O'Neal's retreat.

Lu Yuanzhi, Stojakovic and Bibby began to run wildly, covering each other and pretending to sneak to the basket.

The Lakers players also opened their legs as if they were filled with lead and worked hard to pursue the defense. They would never let go at this moment.

O'Neal did not dare to be careless at all. Although he was confident of intercepting most of the attacks, at this critical moment, just one oversight could lead to a big mistake.

The players on both teams were a little tight.

Seeing that his teammates were not in a good position, Weber no longer hesitated, released the ball and started to beat Horry hard.

With an arch, Horry took a step back.

Another arch, Horry took another step back.

At this time, Webber had already entered the 3-second zone. Webber made one last arch. The moment Horry was bounced away, Webber quickly gathered the ball, turned around to the other side, and shot a fadeaway jumper.

No one can stop Weber's goal, except - the hoop!
With a bang, Weber's smooth post-up shot was ruthlessly rejected by the basket.

"Backboard!"

Kobe yelled.

O'Neal thought that Kobe was just reminding him to grab the rebound, but he didn't notice that Kobe yelled this sentence because Lu Yuanzhi ran away to get rid of his personal defense, turned around and rushed into the inside.

O'Neal judged the right spot and raised his hands to catch the ball, but suddenly found a hand appearing above his head.

hand?
Who the hell dares to grab a rebound from behind Shaq?
O'Neal only regretted that he was a little tired and did not jump fully this time. At the same time, because the shot was too sudden, he did not observe the movements of the Kings players on the court and was unable to lock in position in advance.

Lu Yuanzhi jumped very high.

He doesn't have the same physical issues as the Lakers players.

The Kings, which had a full rotation, did not let Lu Yuanzhi spend too much time on the court. Lu Yuanzhi, who played only 36 minutes in this game, had endless energy at this time.

Enough is enough.

Reach the ball!

Lu Yuanzhi wanted to take the ball into his arms, but at this moment, his body collided with O'Neal.

A huge and unparalleled force came from underneath him.

No!

Can't hold the ball!

Lu Yuanzhi instantly understood the situation he was facing now, glanced at the court, gave up the idea of ​​holding the ball, and instead grabbed the ball and moved the ball to the free throw line on the right, where Divac stood unmarked.

"boom!"

After Lu Yuanzhi touched the ball, he pushed hard. The ball changed direction and flew towards Divac. Lu Yuanzhi lost his center of gravity after the confrontation with O'Neal and fell heavily to the floor.

The moment he landed, Lu Yuanzhi had only one thought in his mind - the referee didn't blow the whistle!

No foul!
Divac got the ball and the Kings got another offensive opportunity.

He raised the ball high, raised his elbows, and rotated his body to guard against the chip that might come at any time.

Billups, who was about to start his attack, saw Divac's action and immediately gave up the idea of ​​cutting the ball, found Bibby again, and stuck it up.

Lu Yuanzhi saw through the dense legs that Divac got the basketball, climbed up and rejoined the running army.

"Steady, steady, score this goal!"

After receiving the pass from Divac, Bibby dribbled the ball out of the three-point line and restarted the offense.

This offensive rebound was a huge blow to the morale of the Lakers.

In a normal game, the Lakers' backcourt rebounds are firmly controlled by O'Neal. As long as he is on the court, the Kings barely get any offensive rebounds, let alone take the ball directly over O'Neal's head.

Before the Lakers could recover from this blow, Webber continued to fall outside the three-second zone on the other side, preparing for a second strong attack.

Although Weber played more than 40 minutes on the court in this game, he seemed not much different from O'Neal and Kobe, but in fact, on the offensive end, due to the sudden emergence of Stojakovic and Turkoglu, he did not consume much Too much physical ability.At this moment, he is much better than the Lakers players who are about to run out of energy!

Weber started his hard eating again.

This time, after taking Horry away for the first time, Webber did not continue to choose to fight hard, but pretended to fight hard, tricking Horry into leaning forward and leaning forward, and suddenly made a deft turn and went directly to the basket.

O'Neal gave up Divac, who was outside the three-second zone on the other side, and came over directly. At more than 300 pounds, he was like a tank running over him.

But since Weber had slipped into the basket, there was no way to retreat.

Even if it was O'Neal who defended him from the front, there was no possibility of retreating!
Weber faced O'Neal, jumped up with all his strength, and used all his strength to smash the ball out.

But Weber's dunk had limited acceleration space and no speed at all. After contacting O'Neal's body in the air, even though Weber was a power forward, he was hit by O'Neal in the air and lost momentum, unable to take another step forward.

Naturally, the ball cannot be smashed out.

He could only change from a dunk to a throw and throw the ball towards the basket, hoping that the referee would blow the whistle and get two free throws.

Of course the referee won't blow it!
In the last 2 minutes of the Western Conference Finals, the game was so intense that they followed the first iron rule of NBA referees - don't disturb the players at critical moments and let them solve the problem on their own.

The basketball bounced off the rim twice, causing the Kings to jump out in disappointment.

Didn't go in again!
"Backboard!"

This time it was O'Neal's turn to shout.

He had already jumped out to defend Webber, and the basket became very empty.

And somewhere he couldn't see, Lu Yuanzhi, wearing the Kings jersey No. 77, and Kobe Bryant, who was guarding him, took off at the same time to compete for the rebound.

Kobe was in a better position, closer to the basket, and stuck Lu Yuanzhi behind him.

But Lu Yuanzhi is taller, has a longer wingspan, and seems to be able to jump higher than Kobe this time.

The two reached for the basketball at the same time.

Kobe is going to get the ball.

Do not!
Seeing that he couldn't get the rebound, Lu Yuanzhi stretched out his long arms again, flicked the ball, and the ball flew high into the sky again.

Lu Yuanzhi didn't make any adjustments after landing. He jumped up again and pinned Kobe underneath him. Can he get the ball again?

Do not!
O'Neal had already turned around and was about to take the ball away from Lu Yuanzhi's head.

Lu Yuanzhi didn't know that O'Neal was back, but his center of gravity was unstable at this moment, and he couldn't protect the basketball when he landed, so he directly chose to move the ball to the outside again.

This time the ball was received by Stojakovic who ran to the bottom corner.

Battier just gave up on him, shrank back to the mid-range, and prepared to protect the second landing point of the rebound, thus leaving the Yugoslav woman free.

Stojakovic would not miss this perfect opportunity. After receiving the basketball, he quickly adjusted his body and jumped directly to shoot.

"brush!"

Three point shot!

During the Kings' attack, Lu Yuanzhi grabbed two offensive rebounds, and Stojakovic finally made the ball.

At 95:92, the Kings led by 3 points on the road, and there was less than a minute and a half left in the game.

"Keep this goal!"

"Hold the inside line!"

There was no celebration after the Kings scored, and everyone quickly returned to their own half-court positions to prepare to defend the Lakers' attack.

Billups took the ball to the front court and signaled his teammates to hold on and take their time.

Indeed, the Lakers are now 3 points behind, and the situation is a bit bad, but it doesn't matter.

We have Shaq.

At critical moments, Shaq is the guarantee of scoring.

As long as he gets inside, he can single-handedly destroy the opponent's entire defense.

Divac vigorously competed with O'Neal for position, and pushed O'Neal out of the dangerous area. However, where Divac could not see, O'Neal pointed toward Billups in the air, and Billups understood it.

The next moment, when Divac tried to push O'Neal again, O'Neal quickly turned around and came directly behind Divac.

Because Divac failed to push O'Neal, he used too much force and stumbled forward, directly losing his defensive position.

Billups saw this and threw the ball over the basket without hesitation.

empty link!

O'Neal stared at the flight path of the basketball, adjusted his steps, and prepared to take off for an alley-oop dunk.

"Don't think about it!"

Lu Yuanzhi, who had noticed it a long time ago, quickly came to help defend and put his arms on O'Neal regardless.

This was not enough, Lu Yuanzhi even directly hung his entire body on O'Neal.

Suddenly there was another person on O'Neal, and he was unable to take off. He staggered forward two steps, and at the same time, the referee's whistle also sounded.

"Black No. 77, foul!"

"Two free throws!"

Because they won the championship, the Kings did not turn their away jerseys into ugly purple and still maintained their handsome black away jerseys.

Lu Yuanzhi was too far away from O'Neal. Apart from fouling, he had no way to stop O'Neal.

However, it seems that it is not a loss to blame O'Neal?
O'Neal stepped to the free throw line and used his stiff posture to complete a rare two free throws.

95: 94!

The Lakers trailed by just one point.

There is more than 1 minute left in the game, and it’s still unclear who will win!
After the penalty kick, O'Neal seemed extremely excited and retreated to his own half with a domineering step.

Can you not be excited?
Making two free throws at this critical moment is much more difficult than dunking on Divac.

Lu Yuanzhi looked at the excited O'Neal thoughtfully.

When the referee blew the whistle, he was already in despair.

It was not because of the foul on O'Neal, but because I was not confident at that time. O'Neal still had the possibility to continue attacking.

If it had been before, O'Neal would have definitely been able to take off Lu Yuanzhi, and then throw the ball out for a 2+1!

But this time, O'Neal didn't jump up or catch the ball?
Lucky in misfortune!

Do not!
Lu Yuanzhi clenched his fists.

It's not luck, it's O'Neal who is tired!
This seemingly invincible Big Mac was also tired at this time.

His Overlord Step was just for show, but in fact he was very tired!
That's right, if O'Neal hadn't been very tired, he would never have had the chance to touch the basketball with the previous two offensive rebounds.

Lu Yuanzhi looked up at the timer again. The number on it was 1 minute and 06 seconds.

Shaq, do you want to make it to the end of the game?
After all, there is not much time left!

However, since I discovered your secret, I will never let you succeed!

Shaq, wait to die!

(End of this chapter)