Chapter 181 The farce ends

O'Neal scored a game-high 40 points and 15 rebounds in this game.

The "Lonely God of War" Averson on the opposite side scored 35 points with injuries, plus 6 assists and 3 steals. This kind of data is common for him.

If Chen Cheng hadn't put some restrictions on his defense, he would have definitely easily scored 40 tonight. After all, he was so familiar with the Lakers.

O'Neal's face on the bench was very ugly.

It comes from both the body and the heart.

The serious injury was first recovered. After being treated for such a long time, his physical strength was greatly affected.

But physical fatigue cannot withstand the inner "trauma".

The sadder he was, the happier Chen Cheng was.

I even had the urge to go to the door to set off a firecracker to celebrate.

Since the game has been played, the outcome has completely lost the suspense. In order not to be stuck in the middle of the road, some viewers chose to leave early.

Coach Els saw that the situation was hopeless, at the beginning of the fourth quarter, he sent out the main lineup to play for less than 3 minutes before he stopped the troops.

A pure substitute lineup replaced with Yishui.

On the Lakers, O'Neal is determined not to rest, just to play the whole game.

Everyone could see that he just wanted to win points tonight and wanted to earn back the lost face.

In the end, the Zen master agreed to his request and replaced him with a substitute and O'Neal to appear.

Chen Cheng was already off the court at this time. He "performed poorly" tonight, scored only 14 points, made 4 of 7 three-pointers, 1 of 1 two-pointer, and played for about 20 minutes, but his efficiency was amazingly high.

The home commentator also praised Chen Cheng's performance.

"Although he had some discomforts when he was just on the court, he adjusted in time and provided help to the team with his tough defensive attitude and extremely high offensive efficiency."

"That's right, he never occupies much of the ball when he is on the court with O'Neal. This is very valuable for a newcomer who has performed well before. Moreover, his only few active attacks tonight were very beautiful. I can't wait to see the top ten NBA goals tonight!"

But just as I was immersed in a joyful and peaceful atmosphere, a conflict suddenly broke out in the venue.

O'Neal, who was "suppressed" by Chen Cheng tonight, could only spread all his anger on local players.

He "has a heavy punch" at the 76ers' substitute center Hamilton. When he turned around, he slammed his elbow into the opponent's face, but after he was in, he pushed the poor guy out.

Hamilton was unstable and fell under the basket.

This move immediately aroused dissatisfaction among the 76ers players on the sidelines.

The Lakers have already led the lead with a big score, and the 76ers have replaced all the main players, leaving a pure substitute lineup on the court.

However, the Lakers still kept O'Neal on the court to score points, which was already a sign of disrespect for the opponent.

However, he was still aggressively using these meaningless small moves to bully the opponent's players.

O'Neal's arrogant and domineering behavior completely angered Iverson.

"Hey, Shaq, don't bully my little brother, you come to me if you have the affair!" As he said that, Everson stood up, pulled off the ice pack on his shoulders and knees, made a substitution gesture at the referee, and rushed towards the switch area, and his teammates pulled his arm tightly.

Other players stood up and condemned O'Neal's despicable behavior.

O'Neal's disrespect for his opponent not only failed to attract support from home fans, but also completely attracted boos and abuse from the fans of the 76ers and Ai's loyal fans.

"Big man, what's the point of bullying this guy? Do you still remember how Ai beat you up?"

"You coward, you are the coward who dares to score points in garbage time."

"You're just a trash, Shaq!"

“shaq    sucks!”

“shaq    sucks!”

In an instant, the fans of the 76ers team on the field and ai fans began to curse O'Neal in unison.

Not even a few fans at home came forward to help O'Neal retaliate.

Hamilton, who fell to the ground, climbed up from the ground, rushed to O'Neal and the two of them pressed their heads, and a fierce verbal conflict broke out.

The referee stopped the game and the teammates of both sides stepped forward to separate them.

Under such a scene, O'Neal also knew that he could not continue to play.

The hope of breaking his single-game scoring record to grab the headlines was also shattered. His score in this game was finally frozen at 44 points and 15 rebounds.

O'Neal, who was replaced, received sparse applause from the field, mixed with curses from some fans.

In his original vision, he would accept the audience standing up and cheering at home tonight, and walk back to the bench with the treatment of MVP in unison.

Unexpectedly, this was the situation.

A long-planned "Shark Return" night ends in the form of a farce.

Let the relatives and friends invited to watch the joke.

O'Neal was pulled back to the bench by Grant. A popular man returned to the bench, pinching a bottle of drink with three fingers, and filling it with clean air. His eyes looked at Chen Cheng at the other end of the bench from time to time, and then he used his big hand like a dustpan to ravage the empty drink bottle in his hand, clattering the bottle.

As time goes by, the referee whistle blew and the game ended.

The Lakers defeated the visiting Eastern Conference underdog 76ers 107:82 at home.

After the game, Iverson directly ignored O'Neal's behavior of voluntarily shaking hands, and refused all media interviews, leading all members of the 76ers to leave the stadium.

After the game, in the news interview room, 76ers head coach Els bluntly criticized O'Neal for disrespecting his opponents, and expressed his disappointment with the Lakers, a former dynasty team.

Iverson kept silent about O'Neal, and even put down his harsh words. See you in Philadelphia!

However, he fully affirmed Chen Cheng's performance tonight, saying that he had left a deep impression on him from defense to offense, especially several goals replicating his offensive actions. He liked the way this guy paid tribute to him very much.

Ai, who is born unruly, rarely praises others in public. Even the media has not expected that Chen Cheng would be able to give such a high evaluation today.

The atmosphere in the Lakers' locker room was a bit heavy, and there was no pleasure in winning the ball.

O'Neal hurriedly packed everything, but didn't even participate in the post-match interview and left the stadium directly.

He knew very well that this behavior would receive a ticket from the league, but he would always be stimulated by the interview again. He didn't want to hear someone mentioning the word Chen Cheng in his ear.

And the day after tomorrow, that annoying guy Kobe is going to return to the team.

He had to find a way to reverse the unfavorable situation.

(End of this chapter)
Chapter completed!