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Chapter 248 The Mighty O'Neal

In any game, the decisive game is in the second half, and it can also be extended to the last moment of the game. Before the end, no one knows what the result will be. Let alone the advantage of a few points, it is ten or twenty points. The reversal is not without precedent.

All the main players who played are resting, and the coaching staff is discussing and arranging the tactics for the second half. Relatively speaking, the Spurs, who hold the advantage, are more relaxed and have more choices, while the Heat Here, the few players who have had to allocate their playing time to avoid the physical problems like in the first half.

This job is quite difficult. As the saying goes, a good woman cannot cook without rice. For Pat Riley, there are only these few players. If you want to deploy them reasonably, it is like cooking without rice. It is the regular rotation lineup of ordinary teams, but the Spurs they met had a ten-man rotation lineup, not an 11-man rotation lineup. Except for Udic who basically didn't play, and Brent Barry didn't play too much. Everyone else's is basically the normal playing time of the replacement players.

In the finals, due to technical style reasons, Muhammad's playing time was taken up by Oberto. Muhammad's defensive effect against O'Neal and Mourning was not as good as Oberto's, but in the previous games, Muhammad was the team's starting center. .

The opponent has a surplus of inside and outside strength, but the Heat are stretched. There are not no players who can play. Shandon Anderson, Michael Doriak, a center and a shooting guard are unfortunately useless guys. There is this year's rookie Wayne Simien, the 29th rookie selected by the Heat.

It's a pity that Wayne Simeon's growth is far from reaching Pat Riley's expectations. When Van Gundy was the coach, he still had a little playing time. When Pat Riley took over, he immediately let him sit on the bench , Originally, the Heat selected him because of his immediate combat power.

It's just that Wayne Simien has been unable to show it for a long time. When he was in college, he was known as a body that could compete with professional players. Up to now, he still only has body and no skills. If he had chosen Stephen at that time, it would be great, and he doesn't need it now. Worry about this.

Stephen can serve as the starting small forward, and then serve as a substitute for Wade, and occasionally he can also play inside. Such a player is more suitable for the current situation of the Heat. It's a pity. Who told me to be wrong at the beginning, Patley Every time Leigh sees Venn Simien, he feels extremely intrusive, and what is even more tragic is that he has to pay him more than two years' salary.

Pat Riley finally decided to put O'Neal and Wade together for 5 minutes to see if they could gain a little advantage, and then let them go to rest and wait until the second half of the fourth quarter to play again. Most of the time will depend on these substitute players. If it doesn't work, then...

In addition to O'Neal and Wade, Haslem went down to rest, Antoine Walker played the position of power forward, small forward James Posey, point guard Jason Williams, Antoine Walker played against Robert Howe in this lineup. In the game, both of them are the kind of small forwards with the height of power forwards, and they can be regarded as equal opponents when they meet.

In other respects, the Heat don't suffer too much, but they don't know what lineup adjustments the Spurs will make. The Spurs have bigger cards and a wider range of adjustments. Pat Riley has long since stopped I wondered what **Vitch would do.

The Spurs replaced Stephen with Bruce Bowen, and the rest were still on the bench. **Vich already felt that restricting Stephen to the task of defending Wade was a bit of a waste of his offensive ability. Well, although Wade is very important to the Heat, Stephen is not far behind, and it is only one quarter, how many points can Wade score, [-], [-] points?

**Vitch felt a little bit overwhelmed by Wade. From this game and a half, Wade’s threat was not as high as he imagined. It’s better to let Stephen take a good rest on the court. There will be better performance in the fourth quarter.

The lineups of the two sides returned to the court. After seeing each other's adjustments, Pat Riley felt strange why Stephen was off the field. Obviously, Vitch's strategy of insisting on using Stephen to defend Wade was successful, so why didn't Vitch Keep going.

But **Vich didn't find it strange. The Heat didn't have many players to rotate, and naturally there weren't many options for adjustment. **Of course Vitch would not be surprised.

This lineup did not surprise Vivic, but the development of the game surprised Vivic a bit. After playing, Wade did not show off his power because the defense replaced Bruce Bowen, but O'Neal on the inside began to look like a vicious Erupted.

When he was with the Lakers, although the Spurs were their biggest opponent in the West, O'Neal didn't think highly of the Spurs. He believed that as long as the Lakers could perform normally, as long as the kid named Kobe didn't mess with him, then the Lakers would be fine. He won't lose to anyone, but that guy is always unwilling to be inferior, always trying to snatch his boss' position.

That old guy still wanted to coax himself, and he didn't think about it, did he get the title of "Great Aristotle" for nothing? When he wanted to coax him, he would feel that he had listened to him and that he would When you don't want to be dealt with by him again, even the hype he said is useless.

Who knew that while I was forcing the team, that brat was also forcing the team, but the team chose that guy, just because that guy was a few years younger than me, and I made up my mind to make them regret it , Looking at it now, I am still standing on the stage of the finals, and the glorious Lakers, haha, failed to even make it to the semifinals, it is really exciting.

But now that I have come to the stage of the finals, I have to prove my ability and value, to prove to those guys who don't understand anything, that I am still the unstoppable big shark, and the guy they chose , but apart from scoring, he can do nothing.

With this in mind, O'Neal turned his back on his previous lack of effort. In fact, his symptoms are not obvious. Everyone knows his laziness on the court, not only the team, but also the fans. Rest for ten or so games, although everyone understands, but the fans paid for tickets to watch your performance, not to watch you rest, which is one of the reasons why the Lakers gave up on him.

O'Neill's selective rest is certainly for the sake of his own career, but he also has no desires and desires after becoming famous. Three consecutive championships are enough. With his own performance and reputation, he has entered the ranks of the top [-] in the Hall of Fame. It's all easy, and the salary is the maximum salary. Is there anything else to pursue?

So O'Neal rarely goes all out in the game, even in the finals, but was given up by the team. After arriving at the Heat, he proved his motivation to the Lakers management so that O'Neal worked a little bit harder, but he has become used to laziness For him, even if there is performance, it is only for a moment.

That's why he generously handed over the position of team leader to Wade. The reason is that he is old and he came here to assist. In fact, one is that he has recognized the reality, and the other is that he does not want to bear so many responsibilities. Yes, Pat Riley is also very aware of O'Neill's problem, and he has to beat him from time to time to make him full of motivation again.

This time it was Pat Riley, who was facing a five-point lead during the halftime break. Pat Riley has always emphasized that he must equalize the score and overtake as soon as possible, strive to be the main player in the end, take the lead and try his best. Possibly expanded, Pat Riley kept looking at Wade with encouraging eyes when he said this.

It gives people a feeling that this task can only be completed by Wade, which makes O'Neill feel underestimated, thinking that he does not have this ability, so he made up his mind that he must take a good look at Pat Riley. not old.

If Pat Riley directly praised Wade, O'Neal might not be so angry, because Phil Jackson has used this method countless times. He has long been immune to this level of provocative method, but Pa Trelley's unspoken, but clearly expressed attitude made O'Neill rekindle his fighting spirit.

He knew that this was Pat Riley provoking him, but O'Neal wanted to prove himself in this way, and also to prove to the team that he was still the omnipotent O'Neal, and no one could stop him, so after the opening, O'Neal Just force Oberto, turn around directly, squeeze Oberto out of the baseline, and at the same time make a shot by himself.

Because of his turn, just exposed Oberto's action of pulling the jersey, O'Neal also got a free throw. O'Neal, who was serious, also made a lot of free throws. The ball hit the basket very accurately, and the six-point gap suddenly became Only three points.

Ginobili and Robert Horry pick and roll, but unfortunately Ginobili's shot deviates from the basket. O'Neal yelled, pushed Oberto aside and took off the rebound. After returning, Wade was going to He wanted to attack with the ball, but O'Neal firmly extended his motion for the ball, and Wade had to give him the ball.

After receiving the ball, O'Neal followed the trend down, leaning on Oberto, just like Stephen leaning on him, and kept squeezing to the inside. After reaching the position, he easily made a small hook at the basket and scored two points again. There is only one point difference.

For the Spurs, Robert Horry hit a mid-range shot, but O'Neal asked to attack the basket again. This time in order to stop O'Neal, Oberto paid the price of a foul, but it still didn't help. The ball still entered the basket, and another two Plus one, O'Neal accidentally made another free throw to tie the score.

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