It is not true that O'Neal has slowed down, but it is just that it is slower than before. When the speed of the attack is released, there is no sign of too many changes in the movement speed, and the physical fitness is outrageous.

But this little gap is a very big loophole in the eyes of the opponent in this level of competition!

The Supersonics seized the opportunity to make a big shot inside and outside. After only 2 points in the first two minutes, they scored 31 points at the end of the first quarter, and scored 29 points in the next 9 minutes!

The Supersonics' climax came very early and very fierce, and the ability to seize opportunities was very strong.

Fortunately, O'Neal played twice in the last two minutes of the first quarter, and drew the ball through the 216-centimeter center on the opposite side. Although one of them was extra free throws, it made the offensive deterrent. After the first quarter, the Lakers trailed the Supersonics by 3 points 28-31.

After entering the break between the festival, Zhang Hao returned to the sidelines and was speechless when he thought of O'Neal's two more unstoppable low-level singles just now.

I just gained seven or eight kilograms and was invincible with the low-level back!

Although there was no solution before, there was still a gap compared to the current 122-kilogram big center who could not pull it.

What is talent?

That's it!

O'Neal felt Zhang Hao's sight and turned his head and roared: "I understand! I can lose weight! You don't need to remind me!"

“…”

Zhang Hao was confused - Did I say what I just said?

Did you say it?

He probably said something without knowing what he said, otherwise Dafa wouldn't have been so angry.

But indeed, their lineup structure and team playing style are now the right thing to lose weight in the regular season. O'Neal, who is less than 25 years old, does not need that big weight.

Of course, if O'Neal can't lose weight, then make adjustments to O'Neal's new playing style.

O'Neal's side is not obsessed with the invincible attack in the past two rounds. He could have achieved similar effects before he was fat. Now that he has been affected by the start, he feels uncomfortable with the good singles effect.

It's true that when he was on the court, Zhang Haotang led the team to a 9-2 start. As soon as he got up, he was 3 points behind and ended the first quarter. It was so embarrassing.

The key point is defense. O'Neal is not a fool. He felt that there was something wrong with his short-distance burst.

"It's about 10 pounds, it's a shame. Just eat two pounds of less food every day..."

...

The second quarter game began. Zhang Hao did not stay on the court as he did during O'Neal's absence. Even if the score was currently behind, Del Harris would have to let him rest for a while at the beginning of the second quarter.

What the Lakers management and coaching staff are most worried about is Zhang Hao's health problems. Although there is nothing wrong with the examination, Zhang Hao averaged 41 minutes of playing time during O'Neal's absence... It's not a big problem for a second-year player, but Zhang Hao is different from other second-year players. Those second-year players who can become the strongest scorer of a team like Zhang Hao are at least twenty-three or four years old, and Zhang Hao is only twenty years old.

"What if the dead child is injured and the management blames me? O'Neal has returned and has to reduce his playing time... Well, when he comes on the court, he can't make this dead child so easy."

Del Harris' rotation is very good. Since he can't defend himself, he will fight for the offense. James Robinson, Byron Scott, Brian Shaw, Jason Williams, and O'Neal's lineup will be on.

James Robinson and Byron Scott were waiting for opportunities on both sides, O'Neal played back from the low post and Brian Shaw responded to pass the ball.

If Kemp doesn't defend well on the defensive end, then shrink the inside line. The opponent has no way to make a shot. When he can't make a shot, Jason Williams uses O'Neal to block the man and defend the defensive rebound.

By the halfway point of the second quarter, the Supersonics had already scored 48 points, and the Lakers' lineup was no chance of defending.

But in this case, the Lakers narrowed the gap by 1 point! They fell behind by 46 to 48 and entered the official timeout!

With 7 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists, the Supersonics players looked at O'Neal's performance in the past half quarter and were speechless.

After playing for 16 minutes in the first half, O'Neal had 15 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists!

It wasn't defended, and there weren't many rebounds, but the stronger singles and more solid positions... O'Neal's body looks much bulky and still strong!

Moreover, judging from O'Neal's situation where he ran and counterattacked in one round, O'Neal's speed did not drop much, and was still faster than most centers in the league, but he had not adapted to the defensive end.

Fortunately, at least O'Neal has not adapted tonight. If such a large weight continues, O'Neal's health will be worrying. It will take time to fully adapt after it continues...

This is also what Lakers coach Del Harris is worried about.

After entering the official timeout, Del Harris puts his worries aside. It is important to play this game well. If you win tonight, then the pressure will not be that great in the next fight. At least you can guarantee that the regular season matches will be mixed, and there will be no psychological pressure in the playoffs.

That is, Byron Scott had a big gap and failed to score two points, otherwise the score would tie, and he would still be old! He was the man who could score with Larry Bird and Jordan back then.

O'Neal was replaced, Zhang Hao, Barkley and the Magicians came on the court, and Brian Xiao continued to stay on the court. After thinking about it, Del Harris replaced Fisher, which was better than Kenny Anderson and James Robinson.

Anyway, try every outside line to see who will defend Payton, and the effect will be slightly better. The first few outside lines that appear are not good.

...

Zhang Hao went to the technical desk to apply some magnesium powder and walked onto the court.

The Supersonics sent Payton, Nate McMillan, Schramf, Sam Perkins and Kemp.

Zhang Hao could see the opponent's purpose at a glance - to strengthen the attack.

As second in the Western Conference, the Lakers averaged 104.4 points per game, which is nearly three points higher than the opponent's Supersonics' average average of 101.5 points per game.

However, their Lakers averaged 112.1 points per game, which is also unique in the league.

After the timeout, the Supersonics attacked.

Zhang Hao watched Nate McMillan advance and quickly glanced at the players on the court. There were a lot of future head coaches of their two teams!

With his divergent thinking, Zhang Hao followed Kamp who was running over, a little crazy.

Although Kemp is currently counted as being on his head, Kemp, who has scored 14 points on the court in more than 18 minutes, has scored only 14 points! It is second only to O'Neal in the whole game!

After the timeout, Kemp wanted to play a single from the spherical frame at close range, and the frame was pushed back and turned around and made a layup!

The Supersonics have set up McIlvay's starter, and this has been the case this season. Even though McIlvay only averages 18 minutes per game, only averages 3.4 points and 4 rebounds per game, he has always been the starter, and it has been the case since the beginning of the season.

In fact, McIlvay has extremely high blocking efficiency after gaining weight, can withstand the impact of the outside line and withstand most centers. He averaged 2.1 blocks per game in 18 minutes, which is very efficient, and it is not a bad thing to make him start.

But as far as tonight's situation is concerned, O'Neal didn't play in the starting stage, and McIlvay's starting stage did affect the Supersonics' starting attack.

Now, the Supersonics are following the Lakers to attack, and no longer struggle. They sent out three inside players who can play No. 5, all at 206-208 cm. The offense has been qualitatively improved. The tall guy is indeed a natural inside control point, but the weight of 216 cm + 122 kilograms not only prevents the opponent from scoring at the basket, but also prevents teammates from scoring at the basket.

Without McIlvay on the court, Sean Kemp's powerful face-frame singles ability was even better.

Offensive and defensive conversion, Lakers attack.

Zhang Hao picked up the ball and sent it to Fisher, and ran to the frontcourt.

Kemp has only scored two points on him so far, but this state has been played after O'Neal played, so it is difficult to prevent it.

After pushing to the frontcourt, Fisher passed it to Zhang Hao, pulled it to the bottom corner, completed the task, and waited for cutting or receiving the ball and shooting.

Zhang Hao did not play singles on the outside, but instead hung the ball to Buckley who leaned against Sam Perkins in the low post, and Buckley was digging!

Seeing O'Neal comeback, he had been buckled three times, and Barkley couldn't help but feel lonely. After turning around, he jumped up and buckled his hands!

After landing, Barkley pushed Sam Perkins up, and the two looked at each other and smiled, turning around, one went to pick up the ball and the other retreated.

Sam Perkins, who is also the top five picks in the 1984th and is also an inside player, has never been a match for Barkley, who is the fifth pick in his career.

Sam Perkins is in trouble. As the fourth pick, there is Jordan in front and Barkley behind. He was selected for the first team of the Best Rookie, but his career honors are extremely bleak compared to Olajuwon, Jordan and Barkley. Another 84 Best Rookie first team player Sam Bob, who is no one remembers, has retired in 1995. Now he is the only one of the five brothers who are forgotten.

The worst thing is that in 1991, he played against Jordan in the finals as the Lakers starting power forward. No one knew that he was also a player in the 1984th class and was the fourth pick after Jordan.

In fact, he is not weak either, Sam Bob is not weak either. His peak period is all the inside players at the edge of the All-Stars, and his career and peak period are long enough, but the other three are so dazzling!

Moreover, Stockton, who has accumulated a lot of strength in the same class, has four pairs of men, Elvin Robertson, and Kevin Willis, who has the All-Star + Best Defensive Team...

There were too many amazing people in that class, such as him and Vaughan Fleming, Addis Thorpe, Michael Cage, Sam Bob... and so on, even Michael Knight had the rebounding champion in the 1980s, but players who have played for so many years have become embellishments of that class.

However, Sam Perkins still did not give up and tried hard to become another champion of the 84 generation. Moreover, his competitor is Charles Barkley in front of him!

The Supersonics attacked, Zhang Hao could not defend against Kemp. When Kemp received the ball and broke through strongly, Barkley immediately took it back and withstood Kemp's breakthrough. Barkley blocked the bottom lane, Zhang Hao covered the air, Kemp had no chance to turn around or shoot, but Sam Perkins pulled to the bottom corner.

Kemp passed the ball, Sam Perkins received the ball from the bottom corner, and before the Magicians made a save, he raised and shot, and made a three-pointer!

In the first nine years of his career, Sam Perkins only made more than 100 three-pointers, but after joining the SuperSonics, because George Carl needed him to shoot three-pointers, he had trained three-pointers to the top level. In more than three seasons, in early January, his three-point shooting percentage had exceeded 500 times in his career, and during the SuperSonics, his three-point shooting percentage was as high as 38.9%!

53 to 48, the Supersonics continued to lead by two points!

When the Lakers attacked, Kemp chose to switch to Barkley.

After Zhang Hao received the ball in the frontcourt, he saw that it was Schramff defending and passed it to the Magician who pulled out. Whoever Kamp defended, he would not play. Zhang Hao and Barkley took turns to hit the other two inside players.

Unlike Barkley who knocked away the opponent and turned around and broke through and dunked, Zhang Hao was simpler and more crude. He hit Schramf under the basket with a fierce force, and knocked Schramf, who was currently weighing only 96 kilograms into the reasonable collision zone in just a few seconds. Kamp had quickly retracted it, but he was still a beat slower. Zhang Hao started to force the ball on the line of the reasonable collision zone and smashed the ball into the basket with one hand!

O'Neal bumped, O'Neal bumped, O'Neal bumped, O'Neal bumped, Barkley bumped, Zhang Hao bumped, and then bumped... The Supersonics inside felt that he had been having sex tonight!

It was fine when McIlvay was there, and Barkley had to work harder and use more clever skills. Now, McIlvay has come out, and the Supersonics' offense has improved, but in contrast, the Supersonics' inside defensive deterrence has dropped sharply. Before, he was afraid of McIlvay's blocking ability, so Zhang Hao did not go back to play, but only Barkley, who is skilled and brave, goes back to play. Now Zhang Hao and Barkley are taking turns!

It was the Supersonics attack again, and Kemp was hit by a pincer when he received the ball. He passed the ball. Sam Perkins almost got intercepted when he received the ball. Fortunately, he was protected and Brian Shaw made up for the first time!

Sam Perkins had a certain passing ability and quickly reached the left side of the free throw line. Nate McMillan received the ball and shot... The chance was very good, but unfortunately he didn't make it.

Barkley received the rebound. The Supersonics' lineup was very fast and quickly retreated and defended in place, preventing Barkley and Zhang Hao from rushing to fight against each other.

But when the Supersonics fell into the positional battle, the Supersonics also felt a headache. Without the big center, the two of them had no pressure to fight back!

Kamp's defense is very strong, with a defensive efficiency of 5.9 this year. All players in the league who have played at 12th place per game. They are definitely a good defensive player and are extremely outstanding in the playoffs attitude.

But he was the only one, and if he could limit Zhang Hao, he could not limit Barkley.

Relatively speaking, Kamp is more afraid of Barkley's low-post back attack, and it is easier for Zhang Hao to attack him.

Now, Zhang Hao hit the back from the low post. Schramph, who is experienced in defense, used his flexibility to block his turnover and turn space. Although he quickly knocked Schramph into the basket, the opponent contracted early and blocked it after he entered the basket. Sam Perkins' contraction and pinched attack!

Zhang Hao passed the ball to the Magician on the left side of the free throw line, and then ran along the three-point line towards the top arc.
To be continued...