Since the new century, the Lakers have never been so passive!

Even when they were eliminated by the Spurs last season, they were not so passive. It was entirely because of Duncan's performance in the playoffs last season that was comparable to that of Jordan and O'Neal at their peak, so the Lakers lost to the Spurs.

At the beginning of the game, the Lakers were dunked by Raheem, and Liu Mang, who was anticipating some possible situations, led his teammates to target. Kobe's continuous single attack was blocked, paralyzing the entire Lakers team's offense.

For the Lakers, the good thing about the start is that they tightened up their defense in the last game, and they had the same enthusiasm and teamwork on the defensive end as they did in the last game. Except for the dunk by Raheem at the beginning,

It happened all of a sudden, and a while later, I started a blacksmithing journey with the Eagles again.

The Eagles, on the other hand, carried out a determined defensive battle this time, even more fiercely than in the last game. Facing Kobe, who had teammates taking the initiative to support him in pick-and-rolls in the first half, they defended even more fiercely.

Due to the high-intensity confrontation triggered by the previous game, the confrontation in this game became more fierce.

It's just that in the last game, although Kobe was tough, he still had a few assists, and he cooperated with O'Neal's direct pass to score three times. But in this game, after Payton dribbled the ball past half court, he passed the ball to the goalkeeper.

Kobe and Kobe are all in singles. That is to say, except for Payton who passes the ball to O'Neal when O'Neal has the physical strength to attack aggressively, O'Neal can score in singles. At other times, O'Neal can hardly catch the ball! The same goes for Malone.

The same situation, but Malone's power play efficiency is average and his mid-range face-to-face is more accurate. Payton has to pass the ball to Kobe, trying to let Kobe use his containment to organize the offense.

However, in the half of the game, except for passing an open three-point opportunity to Wang Zhizhi, and Wang Zhizhi making a goal, Kobe had no other assists! There were only 6 passes in the entire half, and three of them were unnecessary passes!

Fortunately, for most of the first half, both O'Neal and Malone had a good impression of Kobe's impressions from the first three games. They took the initiative to pick and roll Kobe, help Kobe block people, and give Kobe a better chance to shoot.

, the Lakers only scored 41 points in the first half, of which Kobe took 21 shots in the half and made 8 of them. He scored 22 points with a shooting rate close to the previous game. O'Neal received the ball from Payton and scored in a single.

8 points, 2 of 6 free throws and two points, 10 points in the half, Wang Zhizhi scored 3 points, and the others scored 6 points combined.

As for the Hawks, they still focused on defense in the first half, and they were very determined to let the Lakers continue to maintain high-intensity physical exertion.

The Eagles only scored 44 points at halftime, and it seemed that there was not much difference between the two teams.

However, at the end of the first half, until the Lakers' last attack before the end of the first half, after the Hawks counterattacked successfully, Kobe did not pass the ball to O'Neal, who stayed in the frontcourt and had no time to return to defense, but instead passed the ball to himself.

He moved to the center line and threw a three-pointer with two seconds left.

From this moment on, O'Neal sensed something was wrong.

That blacksmith is trying to grab the boss position again!

It's just that in Kobe's first three games, even the first two games he lost, if he hadn't been angered by Liu Mang, Kobe wouldn't have grabbed the boss position at this time, which made other people in the Lakers think that Kobe has no problem now.

Kobe played like that in the opening game. Because Kobe always played like that, they didn't get too suspicious. The game was originally a matter of lightning. Kobe is famous for being open when defending with two men, and considering passing the ball when defending with three men. O'Neal

Malone and Malone were actively grabbing offensive rebounds from the beginning, and O'Neal also got 6 free throw opportunities. Although Malone only scored two points in the first half, his offensive rebounds attracted the opponent's blockers and helped O'Neal get several

There was an opportunity for an offensive rebound, but I just didn't take it well.

But now, even an innocent man like O'Neal can see it!

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After returning from the second half, Liu Mang found that the Lakers' defense seemed to have collapsed. The enthusiasm in the first half seemed not to have appeared before. Moreover, he also clearly felt that most of the Lakers players, especially

Malone, Payton, and O'Neal, the three veterans, have all slowed down!

The opportunity has come!

Sometimes things like strategies are really not planned from the beginning. Sometimes an opportunity that will affect the entire finals suddenly appears in front of you.

When Liu Mang fell behind by 11 points in the first three quarters of the last game, he only tried to chase points in the fourth quarter, but was immediately beaten 6-0. The 17-point difference made the game basically lose suspense.

, when Liu Mang played two minutes in the fourth quarter, he just wanted to struggle. Because O'Neal made 3 of 4 shots at the beginning of the fourth quarter, most of the Eagles lost their desire to struggle.

But just when Liu Mang was struggling, he suddenly discovered that the Lakers had a feeling that they couldn't wait to finish the game immediately. It was obvious that the Lakers were holding on, just because the Eagles had no way to break the Lakers.

The team's strong defense means that if his teammates can't make a shot, Liu Mang alone can't do anything about it.

Therefore, Liu Mang's first reaction at that time was to use the Lakers' defense to dig holes for the Lakers, allowing them to maintain full-court defense and consume their physical energy.

However, during the one-day break in the middle, Jackson took the entire team on vacation without even having a meeting. During the meeting, there would be too much contact between players, especially the contact between Kobe and his teammates, so as to prevent Kobe, a training madman, from destroying the already old Lakers team.

Teammates who lost their teeth were brought into the quagmire of training.

Jackson is very good at utilizing the star's physical strength, otherwise he wouldn't have indulged O'Neal so much in the regular season. O'Neal weighs so much, and if he played the same in the regular season as he did in the playoffs, he might have been disabled long ago.

Therefore, the Lakers' physical fitness has still recovered to some extent. If they continue to maintain the teamwork and enthusiasm of the last game, it is not impossible that the recovered physical fitness can last the entire game.

However, when they don't have the enthusiasm of last season, or lose that enthusiasm for some reason, this kind of physical fitness is not enough.

Sometimes consciousness will push the physical limit. If the Lakers continue to hold in their breath, just like in the first half, they can still rely on that breath to push their physical limit in the second half, and the Eagles will still have a hard time playing.

However, when others discovered that Kobe only took action for his own benefit without considering his teammates, the enthusiasm of his teammates also dropped.

During the halftime break, there was time to think about the problems of the first half. The teammates quickly understood what Kobe's mentality was, and the tone was relieved.

Of course, the Lakers still have to defend, but the tone is gone. Although their defensive attitude is there, their physical fitness suddenly cannot keep up.

At the beginning of the third quarter, Liu Mang used Rasheed Wallace to throw three three-pointers in a row. Malone's defense was unable to actively make up for it. Liu Mang made two of his three three-pointers in the opening game!

Jackson quickly called a timeout. Although Kobe was tough in the first half, the Lakers defended very well. Not only the fans at the scene, but Jackson also didn’t see any problems. There were no players to report or anything. In addition, the Lakers in the first half

The rest of the team was setting pick-and-rolls for Kobe, and Jackson was a coach who was willing to let the players control the situation on the court. He thought this was what the players had negotiated, so he thought everything was under control. When O'Neal started to show off,

OK connection, nothing is a problem.

But in the third quarter, Kobe continued to throw, but he had no teammates to help him pick and roll. Kobe was blocked by Liu Mang and Prince and made all three shots. Liu Mang scored two three-pointers in a row. The Lakers ended with 41.

Trailing 50 by 9 points, and seeing the gap reaching the 10-point mark, Jackson couldn't calm down anymore. He lost the game and was given the match point by the Eagles!

0 to 2 and 1 to 3 are completely different concepts!

When trailing 1 to 3, there has never been a reversal in the finals. Even if it is extended to the entire playoffs, the NBA has nearly 60 years of history. So far, there have only been 6 1 to 3 reversals.

, in all the best-of-seven series in the NBA so far, the chance of completing a 1-3 reversal is less than 3%!

The Lakers have a big problem, that is, the superstars, mainly between Kobe and O'Neal, have not let go of their grudges and chatted for a long time. They can't talk to each other more than once a year. They rely on Zen Master to deal with the situation between the two.

Keep the two of you fairly cooperative.

But now, the Zen master wanted to communicate with Kobe, and Kobe just walked away.

Winning all year round brings many benefits. For example, in the last game the Lakers still maintained a winning mentality even though they were 0-2.

But for most people who have paranoid ideas about honor and team control, consecutive victories are the inducement that makes their self-confidence so strong that they cannot control it.

The victory in the last game made Kobe feel that the Eagles were like that. As long as they defended well, the Eagles were no match for him.

However, he forgot one question: why should his teammates serve him? Except for the previous three games, he had never played like a real boss.

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After the timeout, for the Eagles, Liu Mang took the initiative to play without the ball. The combination of Stockton and Rasheed Wallace came on. Rasheed Wallace's pick-and-roll was also good, although there was no Boozer.

Well, Malone is a natural pick-and-roller and so good, but he is not bad. Prince and Ratliff are in the battle, and the main thing is to continue to maintain high-intensity defense.

For the Lakers, Payton, Fisher, Kobe, Malone, and O'Neal continue to play.

Liu Mang began to take advantage of his offensive threat and began to run with his opponents. In the first half, he only scored 9 points, and with the two three-pointers just now, he only scored 15 points. However, he did not greedy for credit;

Use your own offensive threats to create opportunities for your teammates.

On the Lakers' side, the defensive end has completely slowed down. In addition to chasing Liu Mang, they can't care about anything else. Stockton and Rasheed Wallace use Liu Mang to disrupt the gaps in the Lakers' defense.

During the pick-and-roll, the opponent couldn't keep up with the switch. Rasheed Wallace rushed in after the pick-and-roll to attract O'Neal away. Stockton passed to Ratliff. After returning from the first timeout of the third quarter, the Eagles

The main scorer turned out to be Ratliff!

The Lakers still didn't cooperate. Payton gave the ball to Kobe, but Kobe still did it himself. Under the attack of Liu Mang and Prince, his offensive efficiency dropped seriously compared with the first half. In the third quarter, he made 2 of 6 shots.

, only got 5 points.

O'Neal attacked two or three times, but no one cooperated with him. Payton and Fisher were not enough offensive threats, and Kobe didn't pass the ball to him. O'Neal's offensive end was basically useless.

The Lakers made a "bang bang bang" sound for a long time in the third quarter. It wasn't just Kobe. If Kobe was the only one who hit the iron, he would only hit ten or twenty times in one game.

Times, if his teammates hadn't provided him with pick-and-rolls in the first half and helped him contain the defense, he would have been able to successfully take six or seven shots in one game.

The main reason is that without Kobe's organization and offense, the entire Lakers team's offense cannot be opened up. O'Neal guarantees the lower limit of the team's strength, and Kobe is the one who raises the upper limit.

In the third quarter, except for Kobe's 5 points, O'Neal scored 6 points, and the others only scored 5 points combined. The Lakers only scored 16 points in a single quarter.

For the Eagles, Stockton made perfect use of Liu Mang's threat and actively burned the last bit of fuel in his tank. In the first half of the quarter, although the Lakers' physical fitness declined due to that breath, their defensive attitude was still there.

During the period of time, the Eagles' offense was organized tightly. First, Ratliff dunked in an open position and scored 4 points. Then O'Neal refused to come out of the basket. Rasheed Wallace began to catch the ball and faced O'Neal.

Even if you can't make a dunk, you still have to be strong. The offensive efficiency is not high, but you dare to fight and fight hard to consume O'Neal's little remaining physical energy.

In the second half of the third quarter, the Lakers completely lost control of the situation and collapsed!

In the first half of the quarter, everyone else except Liu Mang only scored 9 points. The Eagles scored 15 points in the first half of the quarter, but in the second half of the quarter, the Eagles scored 21 points!

We beat 36 to 16 in a single quarter!

After three quarters, the Eagles led the Lakers by 80 to 57 by 23 points!

Zen Master is also a ruthless person. Seeing this situation, he put the Big Four directly on the bench in the fourth quarter and immediately announced his surrender.

The Eagles replaced Liu Mang in the fourth quarter after confirming that the Lakers had really surrendered. Liu Mang played 39 minutes, making 8 of 20 shots, 3 of 9 three-pointers, and 5 of 6 free throws, finishing with 24 points.

With 8 rebounds and 4 assists, Stockton showed off its strength in the third quarter and scored 6 points and 9 assists. Today, the Eagles blossomed more. Ratliff had 11 points, Kwame Brown had 7 points, and Raheem had 19 points.

points, Rasheed Wallace scored 12 points, Jason Terry dared to play hard in garbage time and scored 12 points in the fourth quarter and scored 20 points in the game. The Eagles defeated the Lakers 106-86 and returned a massacre.
Chapter completed!