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"The last game of the season is about to begin! The starting players of both sides have already stepped onto the court." After reviewing the exciting first six games of this series, Kenny once again brought the audience's attention back to On to tonight’s game itself!

"Tonight, the coaches of both sides still haven't changed their starting lineups!" Barkley followed: "These two outstanding coaches who are known for their bold employment and changeable tactics have not changed them in this entire series. The starting lineup!”

"And it is worth mentioning that in the first few games of the series, the coaches of both sides will also adopt multi-person rotations to let as many players on the court as possible to try their hands."

“But I don’t know when in the series, both head coaches became cautious!”

"In the sixth game, the Lakers' top five starters all played more than 40 minutes. Only 8 players from the team played. The Pacers' Lin Tian and Carter played the entire 48 minutes!"

"The situation in the fifth and fourth games was similar. The playing time of the main players of both sides increased significantly, almost all of them were more than 40 minutes! When the game entered the current situation, the coaches of both sides obviously proved one thing. "

"In the most extreme and top-level duel, the upper limit of the lineup is far more important than the lower limit!"

Kenny said: "O'Neal and Big Ben once again stood in the center circle, and they were about to start jumping the ball! Let's see who can win this time! Let's also see who can win for the team tonight. Get the championship!”

"Dudu!"

The referee blew the whistle and the basketball flew into the air.

This time, O'Neal, who was fully focused, did not give Big Ben any chance and easily won the first wave of ball rights for the team.

Kobe held the basketball and began to direct his teammates' movements. By this time in the series, Fisher had completely transformed into a 3-point shooter!
Advance? organize?
It has nothing to do with him!
Kobe resisted Christie's defense and came all the way to the frontcourt. The Lakers' opening tactics were still a trick to show their strength.

Partial 2 versus 2! Rely on the powerful abilities of Kobe and O'Neal and the shooting skills of other players to win the game!

O'Neal was holding the ball, but the Pacers still didn't step forward to double-team him. After observing it, O'Neal immediately released the ball and started playing with his back!
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

After three violent impacts, even though the veins on Ben's head were stretched so hard, he still retreated steadily in the face of O'Neal's absolute power. In the end, he was knocked away by O'Neal's big elbow and watched O'Neal explode with one arm. succeed!

Kenny immediately said: "Beautiful! O'Neal! He showed the dominance and dominance of the Sharks at the beginning! So far in this series, O'Neal has averaged 34.6 points, 16.5 rebounds and 3.5 blocks per game. He will walk The inside line of the Warriors was rubbed and beaten again and again, and they were simply unstoppable!"

The Pacers' offense is still focused on Lin Tian and Webber's double pick-and-roll. Lin Tian holds the ball at the top of the arc, and Webber steps forward to cover. After the two stagger, they cut into the inside at the same time. The Lakers' defense immediately became turbulent. shrink almost simultaneously.

Then the basketball in Lin Tian's hand disappeared again! When the basketball appeared again, it was in the hands of wing Christie!

No one on the court could see how Lin Tian delivered the ball to Christie's hands in a flash of lightning, but what they could see was that the basketball passed through the net and set off a wave of netizens!
3: 2!

Next, Kobe was still responsible for organizing the Lakers' offense, but this time he chose to cooperate with O'Neal in a pick-and-roll. Then Kobe drove straight to the basket, forced a jump with his hands on the basket and missed the layup.

Fortunately, O'Neal Jr., who followed up, quickly took off and hit the backboard, which was regarded as the basket!

The Pacers' offense did not change the routine like the Lakers. It was still Lin Tian and Webber's high pick and roll, but this time after the two pick and roll, Webber bounced to the wing, and Lin Tian charged with the ball.

Near the three-second zone, Lin Tian made a fake fax to pass the ball to Weber to deceive Fisher and O'Neal in front of him, and then made an easy throw, scoring 2 points for the team!
Then the Lakers' offense once again led to O'Neal. This time O'Neal's low singles finally attracted double teams! Carter, who was closest to him, quickly stepped forward to help defend, but O'Neal's passing speed was really fast enough. He passed it to Rice waiting outside the 3-point line with one hand. Rice took the ball and threw it directly. !

"Shh!"

After the goal was scored this time, the Pacers' signature counterattack appeared again!
Weber came to the basket and made a one-armed long pass to Lin Tian, ​​who had already rushed to the midfield. After taking the ball, Lin Tian only took one step forward and threw the ball towards the basket again.

"boom!"

This time it was Carter's turn for the Pacers to score! He came down quickly, received Lin Tian's ultra-long-distance precise guidance pass in the air, and dunked with both hands to score another point!

In the next two rounds, for the Lakers, Fisher pushed away Carter and hit a long-range 2-pointer, and Kobe Bryant hit a 3-pointer from outside the 3-point line!
The Pacers grabbed offensive rebounds to score points. Weber and Lin Tian picked and rolled again and then passed the ball and directly attacked the basket and scored. At the same time, O'Neal Jr. was fouled and scored 2+1!

12: 12!

Less than 4 minutes into the game, both sides showed a terrifying competitive state and strong confidence at this stage! The success rate for both parties is astonishingly high! Regardless of the Lakers or the Pacers, in the past few rounds, every attack has made a gain!

Although their shooting rate is not 100%, their round goal rate is 100%!
A goal is scored in every round!

"Excellent! A wonderful offensive battle! It's dizzying. Apart from clapping and applauding, I really can't find any words to describe this series!" Barkley shook his head and clapped his hands, praising from the bottom of his heart.

"This is called meeting an opponent in chess and meeting a good talent!" Barkley snorted and said disdainfully: "It can also be called Mars hitting the earth or the highest level of offensive confrontation in basketball! Or it can be called mythical: Thor vs. Ares. Zeus fights Odin, Lucifer fights Surtur!"

"In short, I can think of more than 20 adjectives for them to describe these few minutes of the game! Kenny, you are the resident commentator of the top TV stations in the United States. Take my advice and read more books and newspapers. ,It's good for you!"

"If you continue like this, I will have no choice but to apply like above to find a new partner who is truly worthy of me and worthy of commentating on the nationally broadcast games!"

Buckley was so angry that Kenny really wanted to slap his bald head!

How many pounds does Sir Charles weigh? If others don't know, how can I not know?
Are you pretending to be culturally friendly with me?

You drank too much last night!

Kenny and Charles were attacking and teasing each other, but their offensive efficiency suddenly dropped again!

There were obviously no changes in the offensive options, tactics, field personnel and the opening stage of both sides, but in the entire 8 minutes from more than 3 minutes left in the first quarter to only the last 5 minutes left in the first quarter. , both sides suddenly missed the ball at the same time!
It's as if the score in the opening minutes is just a bad movie with all the great scenes edited into the trailer!
After the fans watched the wonderful trailer with great excitement, when the movie entered the main part, without any warning, the two sides fell into a continuous blackmail battle.

From Lin Tian, ​​Webber to O'Neal Kobe, they all have difficulty sending the ball into the basket!

In this full 5 minutes, both sides scored 4 points each, and the score of the two teams was 16:16!

Although the score is tied, you can tell just by looking at the score how inefficient the sports battle between the two sides was during this period. The Pacers scored 2 goals and the Lakers only scored 1. All 4 of their points came from free throws, and It was all O'Neal's penalty!

Then, after 5 minutes of such a difficult and poor performance, both sides suddenly regained their touch after a timeout!
In other words, some people have found the feeling!

The Pacers' side is Miller. After this guy came on as a substitute, he first hit a 3-pointer directly after receiving a pass from Lin Tian, ​​and then he hit another 3-pointer through a screen and a hand-to-hand pass with Brad Miller!
Miller scored 6 points in two rounds, but the Pacers only led by 1 point!
Because Fox, who just came on the court for the Lakers, scored a 2+1, and then O'Neal grabbed an offensive rebound again after one round and made a tip-in, adding 2 points to the team!
After a few consecutive points between the two sides, the efficiency of both sides suddenly improved again!

After that, Harrington and Best both scored in the last 2 minutes of the first quarter!
The Lakers' Fox and Shaw did not disappoint Jackson. These two scored consecutively after coming on the court, helping the team maintain the suspense of the game!
Such a section is very fragmented in terms of rhythm, style, and success rate. It is not like the styles and states of the two teams playing continuously in a short period of time!
The gap is really huge!

Continuous scoring at the beginning, crazy strikes, and then continuous scoring!
The players' status has gone up and down, but the only thing that remains unchanged is that the score between the two sides is always tight!

24: 25!

After the first round of the game, the Pacers are temporarily 1 point behind the Lakers!
But it’s really only temporary!

At the beginning of the second quarter, Lin Tian dribbled the ball to the frontcourt and immediately changed direction and accelerated. He rushed past Hubble, who came on the bench, and passed him cleanly. He also hit the inside line and hit a layup, which gave the team Overtaken the score again!

Looking back, Hubble got a chance to shoot from a wide open position with Lin Tian shrinking inside to help defend O'Neal. This guy also has very strong hands and he didn't hesitate to throw up his hands.

"Boom!"

But unfortunately, there was a muffled sound, and the basketball bounced out of the frame. Miller was just about to protect the rebound, but was knocked aside by O'Neal with an arm behind him. Then O'Neal held the basketball in the air with one hand and smashed the ball directly into the basket. !

In this round, both Jackson and Carlisle were very dissatisfied and immediately made substitutions!
Fisher, who has greater shooting confidence, came on to replace Hubble to improve the team's outside deterrence.

The strong Ben replaced the skilled Miller to prevent O'Neal from relying on brute force to easily wreak havoc at the basket.

The speed at which coaches from both sides changed was so fast that Barkley was amazed!
"It deserves to be a tiebreaker, and it deserves to be the ultimate battle between the two sides! At this point in the game, the coaches on both sides are completely afraid to relax."

Kenny agreed: "Yes, both sides are extremely cautious. They are afraid that someone on the team will be used as a breakthrough by the opponent due to ability, condition or other reasons. As long as there is a problem, they will immediately replace the rotation players." Next, replace the main players!”

"I think tonight is another game with a tight score, a small number of rotations, and the main players have to play for a long time."

Then another round was played. When Fox was defending Christie, he took a fake move. Christie dribbled into the inside and succeeded again. Harrington on the Pacers side was deceived by Kobe because of his rash defense and appeared. A foul.

As a result, the coaches of both sides changed again, and Weber and Rice followed closely. At this point, except for Reggie Miller and Brian Shaw, the remaining eight players on the field had all become A starting player!
As the two commentators said, the main players may have to play a lot of time in this game!
However, although both sides have shortened their rotations and barely allowed their main players to rest, the offensive success rate of both sides is not high!
Maybe the game was too critical and the players were somewhat nervous. The shooting accuracy dropped significantly compared to the previous games. When the shooting accuracy dropped, both players and coaches chose the same method. Come and compete.

Reduce shooting, choose to charge inside as much as possible, get inside whenever there is a chance, and try to shoot closer to the basket to increase your success rate.

At the same time, put all your energy on the defensive end and go all out on the defensive end to block the opponent's offense. Also, after discovering that the opponent's shots were inaccurate, relying on breakthroughs to cause damage, and both choosing to shoot from close range, the defensive areas of the players on both sides were significantly reduced.

Except for Lin Tian, ​​Miller, Kobe, and Fisher, who are the top shooters who have a decent touch tonight, the others no longer even defend on the 3-point line, but all shrink to the free throw line area. Waiting for the opponent's breakthrough.

Under this situation, the offensive efficiency of both sides cannot be high. At the same time, the interior is full of people. When the enemy and we are making fuss and attacking around the three-second zone again and again, the physical contact between the two sides is becoming more and more intense. many.

Along with physical contact, the number of turnovers and fouls on both sides has increased rapidly.

Because there are so many people, if you are not careful when you break through, you will rush directly into the crowd, and then there will be a bunch of big hands snapping at the basketball. For such intensive steals under intensive defense, unless it is really too much Obviously, otherwise the referee really doesn't call it much.

In addition, when the space shrinks and everyone gathers inside, even O'Neal, even though this big shark has the league's top destructive power and dominance, he can't display it at the moment.

There are too many people, and there is no room for him to dribble and hit from behind!
With this sense of space, as long as he dares to dribble, at least 6 arms will immediately greet his lower third without hesitation!
With both arms covered with bloodshot eyes and looking miserable, O'Neal's temper and movements became increasingly louder and louder. Once, when the guy turned around, he stopped moving at all because he was hit by someone. Then an elbow hit O'Neal Jr. directly in the chest.

Little O'Neal let out a muffled scream in pain and lay on the floor for a long time before he recovered.

As for the Pacers, Lin Tian and Miller tried several mid-to-long-range shots at the beginning of the second quarter, but as if they were infected by others, their shots were all booming. A feast for the ears.

As a result, these two most accurate guys stopped shooting and began to click outside the 3-point line. Then they took the ball and rushed inside to create physical contact, create fouls, and take shots closer to the basket. to increase the success rate.

As for the result
Not worth mentioning.

Throughout the second quarter, the score between the two sides was still extremely tight! Neither side expanded the point difference to more than 5 points even once. The scores of both sides were staggered, complicated, and slowly improving.

Both sides' offense encountered great difficulties in this quarter. The Pacers' shooting percentages were 23 of 5 and the Lakers' 25 of 6.

Despite the extremely low shooting percentage, fortunately, the confrontation between the two sides was still extremely fierce, with a series of fierce physical contacts in every round! Even if the referees choose to turn a blind eye to many actions, there are still many actions that they cannot ignore or call.

In the second quarter, the Pacers made 11 free throws and hit 8 goals, and the Lakers made 13 free throws and hit 7 goals!
Among them, Miller and Ben each received a technical foul because they were dissatisfied with the penalty. The Lakers' O'Neal also received a technical foul for rushing to the front when O'Neal was overturned.

This quarter of the game lasted for more than 40 minutes due to too many free throws, players constantly falling to the ground, and some controversial penalties!

43: 45!

At the end of the first half, the gap between the two sides was still only one goal!

At the same time, due to the large number of fouls and the short rotation of both sides, almost all of them are playing with the main players. The playing time and number of fouls of the main players of both sides are already very considerable!
For the Pacers, Lin Tian had 23 fouls in 2 minutes of play, Ben had 21 fouls in 3 minutes, and Webber and Christie both played 20 minutes and each had 2 fouls.

In addition, Miller and Carter each played 15 minutes, and each had one foul. On the Lakers side, O'Neal and Kobe, the two core players, have both been fouled twice. O'Neal Jr. and Fisher have both been fouled three times because of the greatest defensive pressure!
In the second half of the game, the absolute core number of fouls and physical strength of both sides may become the target of the opponent's attack and become the weather vane of this game!
During the halftime break, in the Lakers locker room, Phil Jackson changed his previous calmness and demeanor. He no longer spoke in a calm tone like a magic stick, but gave an extremely rare impassioned, yin and yang speech. A frustrating and passionate speech!

"It's the seventh game! Think about our failure last year! Think about how badly we were beaten by them last year! This year we have made great progress! This year we have pushed the Pacers into a desperate situation! There is still a lot to be done. , just a little bit!”

“想想林那个混蛋对我们的侮辱！98公牛、99尼克斯、96超音速？这些球队凭什么比我们强？凭什么？我带过98公牛，老子揍过96的超音速，老子也看过99尼克斯队的无数场比赛！”

"I'll just say one thing: Bullshit Jordan, Ewing and Payton! Bullshit Bulls, Knicks, SuperSonics! We are the strongest this year! Shaq is the strongest player I have ever led! This year This Lakers team is the best team I have ever played for!”

"These words, no matter who asks me, I will say this, no matter it is Michael, Scott or anyone else, no matter who asks me on any occasion and under any circumstances, this is my answer!"

"We are the strongest team! Our lineup configuration has almost no flaws! We have top players in every position, and our chemical reaction is extremely perfect. Even though we have extremely talented people, we can train better than anyone else. They are all fierce, more ruthless than anyone else!"

"We are the most talented team in this league! At the same time, we are also the most ruthless team in this league!"

"Tell me, I want you to tell me, why do we lose? Why do they win?"

"Now, as long as we work harder, we can withstand the last 24 minutes! Kill those Hoosiers! Let's send those rednecks back to the country to dig sweet potatoes! Let's kill Bird, that damn green-haired country bird! Let’s make Lin, the bastard who doesn’t take us seriously, regret it!”

"Finally, lastly, let me help you imagine your future!"

"Winning tonight, Shaq, you are the number one center in history! You averaged almost 40+20 in a Super Series! No one can compare to you!"

"Kobe, you locked up Vince Carter, who is also known as the best in everything with you. Except for having good luck in the last game, this bastard spends the rest of the time eating your shit! He does nothing but eat your answers. Won't!"

"Continue to risk your life and let everyone know that you are not Shaq's little brother, you are not anyone's little brother, you are not Joe Bryant's son, you are not some talented high school student that West has chosen."

"You are Kobe Bryant, you are the best shooting guard in the league!"

"Derek"

In the Lakers locker room, there was a burst of enthusiasm and joy. Listening to Jackson's roar and words of encouragement, the entire team was secreting adrenaline like crazy and looked eager to compete with the Pacers. !

It can only be said that the fact that Jackson, who has always been gentle and elegant, suddenly becomes like this is definitely much better than those chicken-soup coaches who do this every day!
Although chicken soup is good, if you drink too much, you will become immune!

Jackson only comes here once or twice a year, and the results are absolutely outstanding!
At this time, the atmosphere in the Pacers' locker room was a little strange.

"Derek, after this series, you will be the most famous shooter in this league! Maybe you won't be an All-Star, but no opponent will dare to let you go! When they mention you, Everyone will say that you are the hero who scored two three-pointers in the last minute to save the team! "

"Jermaine, you must hate people calling you O'Neal Jr. or O'Neal No. 2, right? What I want to say is, kill the Indiana bumpkin, lock up Chris's flashy showmanship, and show off your toughness and ferocity!"

"After tonight, you are Jermaine O'Neal! You are the starting power forward of the Los Angeles Lakers and one of the top forwards with the most potential in the league! You will compete with Elgin Baylor, Jamaal Wilkes, James Worthy and others!”

"You are all the greatest forward players in Lakers history!"

In the Pacers' locker room, Lin Tian stood in the middle, walking around, constantly touching his non-existent beard and glasses, while squinting and looking at the team like an old fox. everyone.

"You can ask the Lakers guys later to see if Phil did this during halftime! From what I know about him, this kind of scene is 100% going on in their locker room! "

"This old fox is usually calm, calm and personable, but at times like this, he will suddenly burst into powerful momentum and spray at the players! He will pour the chicken soup into the players' stomachs."

"With a large dose and a large dose at one time, when those Lakers bastards come out in the second half, the burps in their mouths will be filled with a strong smell of chicken soup!"

Lin Tian's words caused the entire Pacers locker room to burst into laughter. At least the tense atmosphere that had returned in the first half was made much more relaxed by Lin Tian's few words and a burst of cosplay.

After helping his teammates relax, Lin Tian clapped his hands again, looked at his teammates and said: "Then, the last 24 minutes will be a real fight to the death! No matter how clear I am and how disdainful I am of Phil's routine, I must not What I don’t admit is: this thing works!”

"The Lakers will definitely have a more powerful counterattack and fighting power in the second half of the game!"

"To this, I have only one thing to say: In the world of basketball, can you think of anything more satisfying than coming back and winning the championship at the Staples Center, with the whole world and Los Angeles watching? "

"Okay, yes, it might be better to win in Madison in a tiebreaker, but who told us to also be in the Eastern Conference?"

"Anyway, come on guys, let the whole of Los Angeles cry because of us tonight!"

"Made everyone in Los Angeles cry!"

"Make the whole Los Angeles people cry!" Christie raised his arms and roared!

"Let the women of Los Angeles shed tears for us!" Ben, who became a gangster, also cheered!

"Let the women of Los Angeles flow for us. Hey hey hey!" Miller, a veteran gangster, said this sentence, which immediately caused the entire Pacers team to burst into cheers!

bring it on! Ready!
The second half of the game continues!

Jackson and Carlisle still haven't changed their starting lineups.

The first offense is the Lakers'!

After a burst of rapid ball passing, Fisher gained a huge space outside the 3-point line. The Lakers' most accurate shooter in the playoffs raised his hand and dropped the ball. The basketball missed the basket and successfully assisted the rebound!
Ben grabbed the basketball that bounced out of the frame, then raised a pair of iron elbows fiercely to drive away the Lakers players around him who wanted to steal the ball, and then safely handed it to Lin Tian.

"Don't be in a hurry! This round, let's tie the score first!" Mrs. Lin completely suppressed her own speed and advanced with the ball in a leisurely manner, as if she wanted to have a good positional battle with the Lakers. .

But the Pacers players who are familiar with him know that Lin Tian is going to do something bad!
Almost as soon as Carter heard the words 'take your time and play slowly', he suddenly increased his speed to the extreme, and then rushed towards the Lakers' basket!
His timing of starting was definitely tricky. It wasn't until his speed picked up completely and everyone was already reaching the 3-point line that the Lakers players noticed him!
But it was too late.

As Carter jumped high, the basketball in Lin Tian's hand passed directly across the entire half court and landed in Carter's hands with great accuracy.

"boom!"

After a crisp sound, Carter hit the basket with both arms and successfully scored the first score of the second half for both sides!
"Tied! Tied again!" Barkley shouted excitedly: "This is the sixth time tonight that the two sides have tied! At the same time, in the first half of the game, the Lakers took the lead 6 times, and the Pacers also Taking the lead 8 times! No one can keep away from the other, and no one can completely establish an advantage!"

"All I can say is that this game is so exciting!"

After Lintian Carter's alley-oop connection, Phil Jackson stood up from the bench in a rare moment, opened his hands and roared at the court!
The team's defensive problem this time is too big. Just because Lin Tian slowed down his advancement, everyone slacked off at the same time?

Did the high-pressure chicken soup I made during halftime feed the damn dogs?

Was the defensive focus so unfocused in the first round?
Jackson's extremely rare roar can still have an effect.

At the very least, the Lakers will be much more rigorous in both offense and defense! In the entire third quarter, the Pacers only played this one fast break!

The rest of the time, even if the Pacers are reluctant, they can only grind out positions with the Lakers!
No way, in the third quarter, the Lakers increased their rush for offensive rebounds and guarded against quick baseline balls. The two O'Neals were indeed ahead of the two Pacers in terms of height and hardness in the paint. A level.

After being grabbed two offensive rebounds by the Lakers, Lin Tian and Carter no longer thought about going down. He started chasing the basket more to protect the rebounds with his teammates!
But in this way, the backcourt rebounds are indeed safer, and the Lakers' second offense is blocked again, but the Pacers' quick counterattack is completely impossible!

They can only grind their ground.

In addition, the Lakers did once again increase the scale and hardness of physical confrontation in the second half, and they invested more energy on the defensive end.

Simply put, the Lakers don't play like the Lakers at all! They completely gave up their previous freehand and unrestrained playing style, and started pure hand-to-hand combat and the most primitive duel method!
Anyway, although playing is not my favorite thing, positional warfare is indeed the strength of the Lakers!

Whether it's the strong attack of Kobe and O'Neal or the height and mid-range of O'Neal Jr., the five Lakers together, whether it is playing a triangle or the most traditional one-on-one, or anything else, he is suitable!
Because after all, the personal strength of this group of people is indeed strong!

After being completely suppressed by the Lakers on rebounds and unable to hit the fast break, the Pacers were indeed no match for the Lakers in the positional battle. In addition, their 3-pointers were never opened, and the entire third quarter was even 6 Three 3-point shots, none hit!

If the Pacers hadn't completely ramped up their defensive intensity in the third quarter, and even though they weren't accurate, the Lakers also couldn't make a basket, going 3-for-5 on 0-pointers in this quarter. The Lakers might have already opened the score!
But even so, the Pacers were still at a disadvantage by the Lakers in the third quarter!
There's no way around it. Who makes the Pacers' overall height, strength, and size inferior to the Lakers?
They were able to hold on to backcourt rebounds as much as possible, and did not allow the Lakers to grab too many offensive rebounds in the third quarter when they were rushing the boards. They did not let their own rebounds collapse. This quarter only focused on rebounding. After losing 4 games to the Lakers, he already tried his best, which is worthy of praise!
But it just kept them from falling too far behind.

After all, in the final analysis, the entire third quarter of the game was at the Lakers' pace!

64:68!
At the end of the third quarter, the two sides once again played an ultra-low score. This was the first time in this series that the two sides did not score more than 3 points after the end of three quarters!

This night, the offensive touch of both sides was mediocre and not worth mentioning!
What they rely on is all their energy and desire for the championship!

For the Pacers, perhaps the only good news in the third quarter is that O'Neal got two fouls!
They were one time when Ben wanted to dunk directly after receiving the ball, but O'Neal blocked it, sent him to the free throw line and then made two free throws, and another time when he failed to control his movements when grabbing a rebound, and directly hit Burla, who came on the bench, with an elbow. De Mille's brow bone earned him his second foul in the third quarter!
He has already committed four fouls!

Although the Pacers' comeback will come at a high cost, and Miller will no longer be able to return in this game, at least they have a chance of defeating O'Neal!

For the Lakers, the Pacers struggled under the basket to defend the monster O'Neal. Not only did substitute center Miller leave the game early due to injury, but even the main center Ben had already committed 4 fouls!
If Ben also commits 6 fouls, the Pacers' inside disadvantage will be further expanded, and they are likely to be directly killed by the Lakers with high-flying shots!
Therefore, the focus of the fourth quarter may be on the number of fouls committed by the two starting centers, Ben and O'Neal!

Whichever of the two of them gets fouled first, whichever side will be passive in a short time!
The fourth quarter of the game will definitely still be exciting!
"Beep! Ben Wallace, foul on the thug! Shaquille O'Neal, 2 free throws!"

In the first round of the fourth quarter, O'Neal directly hit the basket, turned around and feinted, tricking Ben into jumping directly. Then O'Neal got close to him before taking action, successfully causing Ben's fifth foul!
"FUXX!"

Carlisle was so angry that his eyes were red!
During the three-minute break just now, Carlisle did almost nothing except telling Ben to pay attention to the number of fouls, pay attention to his movements, and make sure to control the fouls.

But the result?

This bastard was fouled by O'Neal for his fifth foul in the first round!

Carlisle was so angry that he kept taking deep breaths to calm down his anger and resentment. He had to calm himself down and think about what to do.

"Boom!"

O'Neal's hammering sound gave Carlisle a bit of buffer space.

At the very least, this foul doesn’t mean nothing, right?
"Boom!"

After another muffled sound, O'Neal missed two free throws. Ben grabbed the rebound and then quickly gave the basketball to Lin Tian to organize the offense!
This time, Lin Tian put his hand down, which meant that he really signaled everyone to calm down and hit them one by one.

The Pacers really need to calm down and play a few games slowly now. Everyone needs to calm down!
Especially since he just got the fifth foul, this guy is obviously a little over the top now.

When he was called for his fifth foul, this guy jumped up in anger and almost started fighting with the referee! If Lin Tian hadn't pulled him away and drove him away, this guy would have received another technical foul every minute!
Then it is really giving points to the Lakers in vain, and the gain outweighs the loss!

But now the Pacers are still 2 points behind.

How to fight. (End of chapter)