After putting away his complaints, Zhang Hao retreated to the backcourt and was about to go to the top arc for Anthony Hardaway to push forward. Doug Christie, who ran back slowly, patted his arm.

Zhang Hao understood and left the top arc and followed Denis Scott who had just run over.

After Anfenny Hardaway advanced to the frontcourt, he saw that the defender had changed, becoming a slower Doug Christie, and decided to change direction and break through to the left!

However, Doug Christie was not as easily passed as when she met Anthony Hardaway last year. Anthony Hardaway felt that discomfort again, but he had already known the reason and was used to it. He could not pass it directly. However, his threat made him successfully let the Lakers inside defender move the position as soon as he made a breakthrough move.

Seizing the opportunity, Anfini Hardaway passed the ball to Hores Grant who moved to the right side of the three-second zone. Hores Grant's open mid-range shot was quite threatening. When the Lakers players' defensive attention was attracted by Hores Grant, Hores Grant made another ball and passed to the left bottom line. Anfini Hardaway quickly moved wherever he received the ball and jumped at the bottom line... he entered!

X-shaped pass cooperation! Zhang Hao, who has rich running knowledge, suddenly realized that this was the tactic of the Bulls' first three consecutive championships!

At the beginning, Anthony Hardaway was indeed extremely unacceptable to speed, but over time, he also found a way to deal with this problem.

In fact, I met Doug Christie, otherwise Anfini Hardaway would not have played so complicatedly.

Just like when he was playing Zhang Hao, he had some ways to find shot opportunities.

However, although Doug Christie's speed is not as fast as Zhang Hao, his ability to defend and break through is much stronger than Zhang Hao. He is tenacious, has high enthusiasm, and has a better defensive awareness... These things are the key to Doug Christie's ability to defend most of the league's outside.

However, as long as you don't have the ball in your hand, Anthony Hardaway will have a particularly good movement speed advantage against Doug Christie. After just passing to Hores Grant, Anthony Hardaway accelerated and rushed to the bottom line to receive the pass.

Doug Christie asked Zhang Hao to move away from him to defend, but he couldn't defend himself from being scored by the opponent, but he was not discouraged and didn't even feel that he was not defending well just now.

He made Anfini Hardaway do more!

He saw that Anfenny Hardaway had slowed down last round. This was a difference that was difficult to see when watching the video. He guessed that he could consume more than Zhang Hao to Anfenny Hardaway.

This is true. When Anthony Hardaway faced him, he did not choose to turn around and step back and jump shot like he did when facing Zhang Hao, but chose to play tactics.

The slower speed of Anfenny Hardaway is reflected in the biggest reflection of the slower speed, not the straight line acceleration, but the slower movement speed. For example, breakthroughs become more skillful. Doug Christie is best at defending, which is the skill. He did not defend at the beginning because he did not defend well with the pure fast.

In short, as long as Anfini Hardaway does not attack in the best way and allows the Magic to have more passes, Doug Christie's goal will be achieved!

When the Lakers attacked, Kenny Anderson grabbed Anfenny Hardaway's weight gain and moved sideways worsened, preventing the breakthrough from becoming worse, and taking the ball and starting to score a sudden score.

Both Zhang Hao and O'Neal restrained their desire to attack. Zhang Hao chose to run and use the space of Barkley and Doug Christie to restrain their shots. Kenny Anderson broke through and chose to shoot first, and Zhang Hao second, and feed O'Neal the ball when he had the chance.

O'Neal mainly focuses on robbing.

The three of them had never discussed it, but they had a consistent style of playing, and at this moment, they showed an unprecedented tacit understanding!

The Lakers seized a loophole in the opponent and made every effort to amplify the loophole in the opponent.

Conversely, the Magic team's cooperation gradually increased in mistakes.

Magic players are not good at playing too complicated cooperation. When they won a lot of goals in the past two years, Anthony Hardaway and O'Neal took turns to score singles. Although the record this year is not as good as previous years, Anthony Hardaway is still playing singles scoring tactics on the court.

When the Lakers clearly understood that the Magic had only Hores Grant's high and low passes, the defense had a focus. Anthony Hardaway was double-teamed when he received the return pass, cutting off the route of passing again. The Magic's pitcher position was fixed, and Anthony Hardaway or Hores Grant began to make frequent mistakes.

Finally, halfway through the first quarter, Anthony Hardaway and Hores Grant made two mistakes in one row, and the Lakers made a 4-0 counterattack.

20-11, the Lakers' lead expanded to 9 points, and the Magic called a timeout!

Originally, the Lakers scored 16 points in half of the first quarter, 5 points behind, and the Magic could still accept it.

Indeed, Anfini Hardaway performed very well in shooting tonight, scoring 6 points and 2 assists from 3 of 5 shots. Before the Lakers had experience in defending him to pass the ball, he also passed an assist to Ronnie Sekali and Nick Anderson.

It's not much to fall behind, but in just 30 seconds, he was stolen twice by the Lakers, and Zhang Hao succeeded in both counterattacks!

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Anthony Hardaway, who returned to the bench, was very frustrated. Is there such a big gap in strength?

Anthony Hardaway's heart was filled with depression, but thinking that O'Neal was not as active as he was fighting for a single in the first half of the quarter... he felt resentment in his heart again. Soon, this resentment surpassed depression.

Although O'Neal's hands on the Magic are also active, they will not be as active as they did when they played with the Lakers. They are not as active as they did without the ball rights!

Thinking of O'Neal's attempt to compete with him when he was on the Magic, he went to the Lakers, but succumbed to the power of the second grade...

"I'm not worse than that guy!"

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Kenny Anderson scored 7 points and 2 assists, Zhang Hao scored 6 points, 1 rebound, 1 assist, 2 steals and 1 block, O'Neal scored 4 points and 3 rebounds, and Barkley's 2+1 picks to catch Zhang Hao's pass, 20 points in the half quarter... After Del Harris entered the official timeout, he reluctantly replaced this lineup.

Even Doug Christie, who scored 0 points, played a major role in defense, and Barkley turned a blind eye to the outside world and devoted himself to the way of paddling.

I really don’t want to bear it. I met the Magic Team where Anthony Hardaway was interested in Zhang Hao and O’Neal wanted to take revenge. Otherwise, it would be too difficult to see the players so united and actively fight.

But there was no way, it was time to rotate. Doug Christie and Barkley were replaced, Kenny Anderson, Zhang Hao, and O'Neal continued to play, and George Lynch and Byron Scott came on the court.

The Magic replaced Kenny Smith, Anthony Hardaway, Denis Scott, Derek Strong and Hores Grant.

Strengthen space restraint and enhance forward athletic ability. Just like other teams facing the Lakers, the Magic also chose to strengthen their offense.

From a certain perspective, this is also the manifestation of the Lakers' dominance in the era of the most powerful iron-blooded style of play, forcing the opponent to attack.

It's just a little more special.

Come back with a timeout, the Magic attack.

George Lynch went to the top arc to defend Anfini Hardaway, but was passed by Anfini Hardaway with a hesitation!

Although they have better physical fitness and are actually very good at defense, there is obviously a gap between George Lynch and Doug Christie. In Anfini Hardaway's eyes, they are like sieves.

Anfenny Hardaway broke into the inside line, O'Neal had moved to the right side of the three-second zone, and Zhang Hao also retracted, but was cutting off Anfenny Hardaway's pass-and-receive line on the left.

At this time, there was a short power forward Derek Strong who was empty by Zhang Hao at the high position. If it were the same, Anthony Hardaway would at least pass it out to help his teammates, with O'Neal in front and George Lynch in the back...

But this time Anfenny Hardaway did not pass, jumped towards O'Neal, and threw the ball against the mid-tug rod...

Enter!

The referee whistle sounded, the goal was valid, and O'Neal's foul was made!

This goal can actually be scored!

Zhang Hao is ready to grab the rebound, and Anthony Hardaway actually beat O'Neal 2+1!

Anfini Hardawiga also made a free throw, and the Magic caught the score to 14-20, with 6 points difference.

The Lakers' offense now needs O'Neal to play singles, Kenny Anderson also needs to rest, and Zhang Hao will open the space.

The first time O'Neal received the ball, Derek Strong took it in. When O'Neal knocked Hores Grant back with one impact, Derek Strong was in place!

If it is a stage, O'Neal will pass the ball to Zhang Hao who is free from the bottom line.

But Horez Grant and Derek Strong are equivalent to dunking!

O'Neal forced a jump, dunked two... He was directly grabbed by Hores Grant and clamped his arm. O'Neal's dunk was destroyed, the referee whistle sounded, and Hores Grant made a defensive foul!

Going to the free throw line, O'Neal missed two free throws.

O'Neal's free throw is like this, one good game, one bad game, one bad game, one bad game, one bad game...

The Lakers were prepared, and Zhang Hao retreated to the backcourt as soon as possible. Sure enough, Anthony Hardaway caught the rebound and counterattacked. Zhang Hao held the basket, and Kenny Anderson followed closely to interfere.

Anfini Hardaway slipped around under the basket and ran out.

At this time, all the others of the Lakers retreated and the rest of the Magic also came to the frontcourt. Derek Strong cut into the inside when Anthony Hardaway came out, attracting O'Neal. Zhang Hao ran out with Anthony Hardaway...

The Lakers defended the Magic from the fast attack, but it turned out to Zhang Hao defended Anthony Hardaway alone!

Facing Zhang Hao's defense, Anfenny Hardaway made a strong breakthrough and made a two-pointer strike!

16-20, Anthony Hardaway scored two goals in a row on O'Neal and Zhang Hao's heads!

This made Zhang Hao and O'Neal very angry. Both of them wanted to go to the frontcourt to get the ball and play singles to get the field back, but as soon as O'Neal ran forward, he was pushed by former Rockets point guard Kenny Smith...

The referee whistle sounded, Kenny Smith fouled!

Moreover, after the call was finished, the referee came directly to Kenny Smith to block him.

Because O'Neal turned around and wanted to rush up, he was stopped by Zhang Hao next to him.

After Kenny Smith was traded by the Rockets, his shooting performance this year has become better, averaging 1.5 three-pointers per game, with a shooting percentage of 41%.

I thought he came up to restrain the space, but I didn't expect he came up to chop the sharks! Only then did the Lakers realize that the opponent had already committed three bluffs before!

Moreover, it is definitely not that easy to chop Sharks like Kenny Smith. He used the most foul method that makes his opponent popular without any confrontation!

This is a provocative move, but he was aiming at cutting the sharks and was a relatively famous veteran. The referee only gave ordinary fouls!

Although Zhang Hao's cold face calmed down O'Neal to free throws, after he stepped onto the free throw line, O'Neal's free throw feel was not good, and the depression of being pushed by Kenny Anderson, he was cheated...!

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Originally, the Lakers had the advantage, but encountered the shark-cutting tactic.

Originally, the Lakers did a good job of limiting Anthony Hardaway, but Anthony Hardaway started to come on his own, regardless of the singles.

At this time, the effect of Anfini Hardaway gaining weight was clearly reflected. Although the increase in weight made his direction more pressure on his knees and ankles and had a great impact on his speed, his confrontation has improved greatly compared to the past few years, and he can take a very stable shot after confronting O'Neal at the basket!

This is just like Kobe who turned into Malone after losing O'Neal in time and space!

In the first quarter, he walked to the free throw line for 4 consecutive times. After making 2 of 8 free throws, O'Neal was substituted.

Because of the 4 times O'Neal went to the free throw line, the Magic scored 3 goals!

22 to 22, the Magic tied the score!

All of these four attacks were from Anthony Hardaway alone. Anthony Hardaway's personal scores ranged from 6 points to 9 points... Now there are 15 points and 2 assists!

After the timeout, the Lakers sent a combination of James Robinson, Brian Shaw, George Lynch, Magicians and Zhang Hao.
To be continued...