Chapter 64 The dream is broken, and it can't be changed back!(1/2)
"Our main core players almost beat the Magic's core players, but as a result, the Lakers were beaten by a group of role players of the Magic.
Can you accept this bad ending? Are you willing to accept this and lose your winning streak?
If you can't, take out all your energy and get back what you lost in the first half!"
In this game, when it became such a strange situation, all Li Mu could do was to give the players a bowl of chicken soup.
Tactics and other things are not important.
The opponent is unreasonable, so if the Lakers want to counterattack the game, they must be even more unreasonable!
So, in the second half, Li Mu took the strongest attack lineup on the field.
Billups, Kobe, Les, Horry, O'Neal.
"Lakemen, this is going to fight to the death!
But don't you think it's too late?" Chuck Daly said with a smile.
He didn't expect that the first half would be such a magical start.
For some reason, the role players of the Magic team exploded, and even the rookie players burst out with strong offensive firepower. It would be too difficult to win this game.
Chuck Daly decided to stabilize the Lakers' counterattack with the start of 5 Tigers.
The third quarter started and Billups continued to catch the ball for O'Neal.
Beep ~
O'Neal opened the offensive space. Austin knew that he could not resist it, so he immediately used a foul to interrupt O'Neal's attack.
O'Neal made a shooting move and got two free throws.
Amid the fans' boos, O'Neal played normally and missed both free throws.
Bang-!
Bang-!
Seeing O'Neal's appearance, the fans and the audience were all happy.
Li Mu also frowned. The Magic Team is having a mentality.
Well, it's not just heartbreaking, but looking back, the Magic scored a goal.
Nick Anderson faced Kobe's defense and hit a mid-range two points.
The gap between the two sides has reached 22 points.
On the commentary stage, Mike Bryn shook his head, not optimistic about the Lakers, and said, "The Lakers' winning streak record is nothing unexpected, it will be terminated tonight.
Tonight's game obviously does not belong to the Lakers.
When O'Neal needed to chase points, the flaws in the free throw were actually revealed.
It's too difficult for the Lakers."
"The Lakers are not without a chance. Although O'Neal failed to make a free throw, the Magic should not feel good. Isaac Austin has already committed 5 fouls on his back.
If he fouls again, the Magic can only count on rookie Michael Doriac to continue to transform into Michael and resist O'Neal's offense on the defensive end.
I think this situation is no different from a miracle!” said Maverick Albert.
Sure enough, in the next game.
When Austin, O'Neal, and the Lakers team all realized that the Magic's starting center had fouled five fouls on their backs.
The content of the competition is very straightforward.
During the Lakers' offense, Billups kept making balls for O'Neal. Austin realized that he had only one foul left and could only fight and retreat, allowing O'Neal to easily make continuous dunks at the basket.
In the next 3 minutes, the Lakers have recovered the gap to 17 points.
Chuck Daly was not satisfied with Austin's soft cotton cotton defense, rushed to the sidelines and shouted at Austin.
The effect is immediate.
Austin suddenly awakened and burst out with powerful power.
Next, in the defense, O'Neal turned around and dunked, and with a clang, he smashed the iron and flew out.
Immediately afterwards, Austin suddenly pulled to the high post and played a pick-and-roll tactic with Hardaway.
Accepted the ball, Austin made a jump shot and made an accurate mid-range shot.
By the way, in college, he was hailed as a postman Ma Long because of his stable central investment.
However, being tough with O'Neal is obviously not a good choice.
Austin suddenly flashed on both ends of the offense and defense, and was immediately punished by O'Neal.
With one move, O'Neal turned around and shook it into the basket. After Austin took off, O'Neal carried the block and strongly knocked the basketball into the basket.
Beep~~
With a two-point dunk, Austin took his sixth foul and officially graduated.
The second quarter was the second quarter, and the 11th overall pick in 1998, Michael Doriac, who scored 17 points in a single quarter, was 2.11 meters tall and weighed 120 kilograms. He only looked at his body and did not seem to be afraid of O'Neal's impact.
Bang-!
O'Neal's free throw feel is not online tonight, and now he has made 2 of 7 free throws, so bad that he has no friends.
“Michael Doriac was put on high hopes to reappear.
Hardaway obviously felt the offensive firepower of the rookie. After breaking through Billups, he chose to pass the ball to the rookie center.
Take a jump shot…”
"Bang--!
The rookie center failed to become Michael, and this offensive round was still the ordinary Doriac.
Well, look at the data, Doriac can now average 6 points and 3 rebounds per game."
On the court, offense and defense are converted, Lakers are attacking, and then Kobe becomes the protagonist on the court.
He lifted the ball from outside the three-point line and flew it, broke through to the inside line, faced Grant's block, and made a slash dunk, making it 2+1!!
The Lakers are only 15 points behind.
Then, Kobe, who had difficulty receiving the ball, played without the ball, circled around, and returned to the weak side, received a pass from Billuspus, broke through three steps and made a layup, and took a look in the air.
The Lakers are only 13 points behind.
After Kobe led the Lakers' offense, he began to focus on the defensive end.
In the third quarter, Nick Anderson only scored 1 of 4 shots, and his shooting percentage was very bleak.
The Lakers played a three-dimensional and all-round attack.
O'Neal dominated the basket, Michael Doriac didn't watch it at all.
Kobe dominated both offense and defense, and could make mid-range shots or layups.
After Rice opened the situation in the OK group, he also made three-pointers outside the three-point line, making 3 of 4 shots, making the Magic team unable to find North.
The score was 80-87. In the third quarter, the Lakers recovered 13 points, only 7 points behind the Magic.
"After just one quarter of the game, the Lakers came back alive, and the suspense of the game came back.
The game was full of ups and downs, like a roller coaster ride.
The Magic can score 19 points in the second quarter, and the third quarter can also return 13 points in the Lakers.
This game is even more dreamy than Disneyland in Orlando,” Mike Blin commented.
...
The game resumes.
Starting from the first minute of the fourth quarter, the Lakers used strong offensive firepower to break the Magic's fantasy of winning.
Curry started with a three-pointer and continued the Lakers' three-pointer.
Billups was crushed by Hardaway in the first three quarters. Facing Darrell Armstrong at 183cm, he directly used his body to force himself to eat and beat him to 2+1!!
The difference between the two sides instantly became only 1 point away.
Next, the Lakers' offensive firepower is still increasing.
That's right, the Lakers' offensive firepower is still room for improvement.
Kobe led the team to kill crazy.
Without three-pointers, Kobe entered the inside and made a mid-range shot to score easily.
At this time, the Magic Team's physical talent weakness was completely exposed.
By the way, in the past three years, the Magic have been in a wave of injuries, and Hardaway has had two left leg surgery alone.
Other players also had a lot of lottery on them.
In the fourth quarter, the Magic had serious physical problems, and the Lakers strengthened their physical confrontation.
To be continued...