After the timeout, the Eagles attacked. Liu Mang didn't know how effective the alienation card would be. The finals can suppress many conflicts, but let's give it a try.

After advancing to the frontcourt, Liu Mang saw that the Lakers were still defending the zone and waved Ostertag to come out for a pick-and-roll.

Ostertag didn't expect that his offensive role would actually increase. This made him happy. He ran out to help Liu Mang block Kobe. Other Eagles players saw Liu Mang and Ostertag.

Pick and roll, immediately open up the space.

O'Neal can't defend the pick-and-roll, so the power forward usually switches defense with him. Wang Zhizhi immediately switches from Rasheed Wallace in the right corner. O'Neal also blocks the right baseline near the corner and prepares to release Rasheed-

Wallace's catch-and-shoot game.

The Lakers' defense changes were still so quick, and O'Neal was so active. During Liu Mang's pick-and-roll breakthrough, he had been observing the Lakers' movement and found that the Lakers didn't seem to have any difference due to the effect of the separation card.

Liu Mang accelerated to break through from Wang Zhizhi's right side, Kobe Bryant ran to the right corner, O'Neal reached the right edge of the three-second zone, and the Lakers changed defense very quickly.

At this moment, Jason Terry actively ran towards the top arc. Liu Mang immediately threw the ball towards the top arc. Ostertag helped Jason Terry block the chasing Payton. Jason

-Terry caught the ball and shot a three-pointer directly...

Missed!

Fortunately, Liu Mang snaked his way past Wang Zhizhi and O'Neal into the basket, and actively tipped the ball into the basket.

One shortcoming of the matchup zone defense is that in terms of defensive rebounds, the rebound defense is average. Liu Mang made good use of this this time. He did not place all his hopes on the alienation card and was always observing the Lakers.

Potential vulnerabilities.

72 to 65, the point difference came to 7 points again.

The offense and defense transitioned, the Lakers attacked, and Payton advanced the ball to the frontcourt.

It was not passed to Kobe, and Kobe did not ask for the ball. Instead, he led Prince to move without the ball.

Payton's strengths and weaknesses are obvious, and they become even more obvious as he gets older. He basically has no open three-point ability. He is very similar to Michael Jordan, whom he considers his old enemy. When he plays without the ball, outside scorers will be double-teamed.

Just like now, Payton is so angry. When Liu Mang takes a step away from the free throw line, his eyes keep glancing towards Kobe. The more he looks, the more angry he becomes.

But Kobe went to play without the ball, and Payton also suppressed his anger, preparing to use breakthroughs to attract Liu Mang's defense and contain the defense for Kobe and Wang Zhizhi's off-ball pick-and-roll.

Just when Payton was about to break through, he saw O'Neal suddenly leaning on Ostertag to ask for the ball!

Kobe was already prepared to pick and roll with Wang Zhizhi, and Fisher was also prepared to take advantage of the core to attract the opponent's attention and sneak into position. The Lakers started in the second half of the second quarter of this game.

The team's overall survival depends on the appearance of the rational department.

However, others were not surprised when they saw O'Neal asking for the ball. O'Neal was still the first offensive choice. When he was in good physical condition, he should be given singles. He was so active on defense just now.

The entire Lakers team stretched out to give O'Neal room for singles inside.

Ostertag fought hard to resist O'Neal, who seemed to be a little violent. Although he did not suffer a loss, O'Neal was not in a good position, but Ostertag did not dare to relax at all. The opponent was O'Neal!

Liu Mang saw Payton passing the ball in, and saw O'Neal receiving the ball with a murderous look on his face. He was about to vomit blood. How come this fat man became more active!

Seeing O'Neal struggling to squeeze Ostertag out of a little space, his huge body was extremely flexible. He turned around in three big steps and slipped through the little space on the baseline with his toes, and passed the ball from bottom to top on the other side of the basket.

Dunk into the basket!

Ostertag tried his best to hinder O'Neal, but he was not as flexible as O'Neal. When he turned around, O'Neal had already smashed the ball into the basket.

The point difference has narrowed to 5 points again!

Seeing O'Neal taking a dominant step amidst the boos of the audience, Liu Mang did not expect that O'Neal could still be so ferocious at this stage. Liu Mang expressed despair at the role of the alienation card. He did not expect that O'Neal would become even more violent!

Now, what we have to do is to withstand O'Neal's irritable time! Before the end of the third quarter, the Lakers cannot close the point difference! The 5-point advantage must be maintained.

When the Eagles attacked, Liu Mang saw that O'Neal became more active than before in blocking Ostertag, allowing Ostertag to come out for a pick-and-roll, and O'Neal moved actively on the baseline.

It's really a big headache. Liu Mang used Ostertag's pick-and-roll. Payton was watching Jason Terry very closely this time. Kobe switched to guard Rasheed Wallace's corner three-pointer and beat O'Neal.

Released back to the basket.

Liu Mang could only choose to stop and shoot a jump shot against Wang Zhizhi's defense at the free throw line. He shot the ball with his body sideways and bounced twice on the neck of the basket, narrowly falling into the basket.

Still 7 points difference!

Then, O'Neal once again succeeded in a single against Ostertag and made a small hook shot towards the front basket, which turned around on the line.

Looking back at the Eagles' attack, Liu Mang did not continue to pick and roll with Ostertag, but passed the ball to Jason Terry. Jason Terry faced Payton's defensive three-pointer and missed!

Liu Mang was feeling pain in his balls. Shouldn't he pass it to Jason Terry? This guy's forced shooting efficiency was really poor today, but something unexpected happened. Ostertag actually grabbed an offensive rebound over O'Neal's head.

! Direct tip-in and score two points!

It's not that O'Neal didn't grab it, but that he didn't completely squeeze Ostertag away, and Ostertag got a second chance to attack!

When the Lakers attack again, O'Neal still wants the ball in the paint for singles. O'Neal's two singles just now were so beautiful, a reverse dunk that slipped from the baseline, and a small hook that turned around. It is not a pure rely on the legendary dunk.

A big shark who plays with his body, his hands and feet are sneaky.

Payton continued to pass the ball to O'Neal, and others also opened up the space well. Now is O'Neal's moment of isolation.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Liu Mang was guarding against Payton's air cut, because the space was wide open, and Payton actually cut in, O'Neal made a pass, and Osterta

Ge can't care about what's behind.

But while following Payton, Liu Mang was also paying attention to O'Neal. He always felt that something was wrong with O'Neal in these rounds.

I am very positive, even more positive than usual. Even my offensive skills seem to have improved...

This made Liu Mang feel even more wrong...

At this moment, O'Neal played his third consecutive singles after returning from a timeout. He still couldn't squeeze or hit Ostertag's body that was specially designed to deal with him. He once again chose to rely on his feet and skills, but

, this time Ostertag has already had two experiences. O'Neal's footsteps could not move away from Ostertag, so he could only force a throw and missed! The ball hit the basket, and O'Neal wanted to

He made another tip-in, but the ball was knocked out of bounds by himself!

Liu Mang's eyes lit up when he saw this!

Something is wrong here!

O'Neal obviously hasn't recovered his physical fitness yet. He should be resting now, because before the official timeout, O'Neal just hit two! He was only 1-for-2!

Now O'Neal is playing hard for the sake of performance! He even turned around and slid behind the baseline to perform a back dunk. That action was completely done because he was not strong enough to hit the ball and was forced to do it.

O'Neal is grabbing the offensive role!

…

As Liu Mang expected, O'Neal is indeed taking the initiative on the offensive end.

The Lakers were originally planning to try to tie the score at the end of the third quarter.

Jackson has such confidence because he has an OK combination; Kobe and O'Neal also have such confidence because they are an OK combination; the rest of the Lakers are also very confident because they play with an OK combination that works well together.

In the past five years, since Jordan retired, the NBA's synonym for winning has been OK.

For the current O'Neal, if his physical strength is good, he can play two. If his physical strength is not good, he can stand and compress the opponent's inside defense under the basket to help his teammates create some opportunities. When his teammates can attract the inside defense away, he can receive the ball directly.

Score, this style of play is so comfortable.

When Kobe began to display his strong ability to pass the ball inside, Malone and O'Neal both played very comfortably.

Therefore, O'Neal is now very satisfied with Kobiken's passing style.

As soon as O'Neal stepped onto the court, when Liu Mang used the divorce card, O'Neal suddenly had a thought in his head: That wily Phil, is he going to give up on me to support Kobe?

For the Zen Master, the alienation effect was completely suppressed by the Zen Master's own psychological adjustment ability. Dennis Rodman could be used submissively, but neither Popovich nor Chuck Daly could do it.

Well, only Jackson can do it. The Lakers have so many conflicts this season that they have to switch to a team that also has three All-Star players. It might be difficult for them to make the playoffs, but Jackson uses all external factors and internal factors.

As checks and balances, such as the Hawks' 70 wins, the Spurs' defeat of them last season, and the Timberwolves taking away first place in the Western Conference... and other factors are used to adjust conflicts within the team, and use the strength of the Hawks as a means to suppress conflicts within the team.

The essential.

For a Zen master who has these means, advanced alienation cards will have little effect on him.

But for O'Neal, he was originally a conceited and arrogant fat man who was easily angered. However, as he won one championship after another, when he was still in his prime, very few people dared to anger him.

He did.

Likewise, he was very emotional. Kobe wanted to steal his position as the boss, so he didn't pass the ball to him, and he ignored Kobe.

The conflict between O'Neal and Kobe was nothing more than the fight for the boss, and Kobe was dissatisfied with O'Neal for not helping him speak when something happened, which led to O'Neal being dissatisfied with Kobe, but both of them were very competitive. When the two of them were in a round,

When they paid great attention to their opponents before the start of the series, the strength they displayed can definitely be called the strongest duo in history.

Both OK and Hawks attach great importance to each other, so they put down their conflicts and try their best for this game. This is also the basis for Zen Master to adjust the relationship between the two when they are impulsive.

However... although O'Neal has a good relationship with Zen Master, the fat man is very clever. He has always felt that Zen Master is a smiling tiger, and the relationship between him and the stars under him is not so much a 'master-disciple' relationship between the coach and the players.

The use of players, or mutual use.

This is how O'Neal understands his relationship with Jackson. In the past two years, O'Neal clearly felt that when Kobe became the team's first offensive option, Jackson obviously began to pay more attention to Kobe. This season is because of Kobe's performance.

It was only then that the relationship with the Zen Master reached a freezing point.

Thinking of this, O'Neill's proud heart felt humiliated.

It's not that he can't accept fewer roles, or that Kobe becomes stronger, but he can't accept being used as a stepping stone for another person.

However, O'Neal did not give up the game or go against the team's tactics. Although he liked to be lazy, his competitive spirit was not much worse than that of Kobe. His laziness was just an absolute pride in his own strength.

Therefore, O'Neal chose to rely on strength to prove himself!
To be continued...