As O'Neal expected, after Zhang Hao discovered the other party's strategy, he took the initiative to make adjustments. Although the last quarter had just begun, C was the one who should be C!

Zhang Hao's playing style just now had two medal bonuses, one was the "strongest first step" and the other was the "magical ending hand". There was a bonus, but the consumption should be brought by the fastest start and confrontation.

However, tonight, Zhang Hao was in excellent physical condition. He only played 27 minutes in the first three quarters, and only had 16 successful shots in total, with 9 of 16 shots, including 3 of 5 three-pointers, plus 7 of 9 free throws to score 28 points.

The data is very good and the physical consumption is controlled very well. Zhang Hao sucked his jersey before the start of the fourth quarter. His current physical strength is the same as when he first played in the third quarter!

86 to 85, as Zhang Hao's score increased to 30 points, the Supersonics helped stabilize the situation.

When the Lakers attacked, Payton made a jump shot from the outside again, but failed to make a goal. O'Neal grabbed the offensive rebound, causing Zhang Hao to foul and went to the free throw line.

Paul Westfal, who has strong on-the-spot judgment ability, suggested that Jordan and Artest be replaced at this time. Ben Wallace and Doug Collins adopted this opinion and replaced it with the starting lineup.

O'Neal made 2 of 6 free throws in the front, but in the final quarter, he actually made both free throws, improving his free throw performance to 4 of 8 free throws!

87 to 86, the Lakers took the lead again!

When the Supersonics attacked, Jordan supported himself from a high position, Zhang Hao ran more actively and quickly. He received the ball from Jordan at the bottom line and followed the momentum of sprinting on the bottom line. He received the ball and took off, turned over, took off...passed the ball!

Artest slipped into a step outside the top arc of the reasonable collision zone. At this time, O'Neal was already blocking Ben Wallace and preventing Ben Wallace from robbing. Artest received the ball and pushed it into the basket and hit the board!

Triangle Attack!

This is the tactical cooperation that Kukoc helped the Supersonics coaching team to support Jordan at a high position.

The Bulls also had similar tactics back then, with Pippen supporting the arc and Jordan running without the ball, but Rodman completing the attack after receiving the ball.

It’s hard to say that consciousness is something. Rodman and Artest both said they didn’t understand during tactical training, but they always had the right position during the game.

After 5-0 from the Lakers' fourth quarter, the two teams were in a tug-of-war.

At 4 minutes and 22 seconds, the Lakers relied on O'Neal to make a single dunk and made a three-pointer with Pierce, making a 5-0 move to 94-90.

Immediately afterwards, before entering the official timeout, Zhang Hao cut off O'Neal's steal and turned around and raised the ball, counterattacked and made a three-pointer. Jordan and Cassel made a pass error. In the next attack, Cassel made a breakthrough and threw a throw.

The Supersonics team returned a 5-0 wave.

95 to 94, the Supersonics continued to maintain a 1-point lead and entered the official timeout stage!

In this game tonight, fans who spent a high price to buy tickets feel worthwhile!

Zhang Hao scored 35 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals, 2 blocks, O'Neal scored 30 points, 11 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 blocks, 1 steal.

Lakers fans and Supersonics fans are constantly arguing about who is the strongest superstar. They were arguing last season and this season. At the same time, both sides have to work together to argue with fans of superstars such as Duncan, Iverson, Garnett, Anthony Hardaway...

Tonight, seeing the two performing in such a high-level game, Lakers fans can say confidently that the first person in the league will definitely be in tonight's game!

In addition to these two, Kassel scored 15 points and 7 assists, Jordan scored 14 points and 3 assists, Ben Wallace scored 7 points, 10 rebounds and 2 blocks, Dell Curry scored 9 points... Pierce scored 23 points, Payton scored 18 points, 6 assists and 3 steals...

Both teams have almost achieved their best performances since the season!

...

The official timeout came back, and both teams knew very well. Now, it depends on which side can be better.

The Supersonics, in terms of stability, have already created a prototype in the first month of this season. The rest strategy in December has kept the veterans' state at a very high level. In the first half of the season, the system has been built, and the stability is comparable to the Jazz.

However, in the second half of the fourth quarter, the Lakers also played extremely high stability with the three major stars!

Young is the greatest capital.

Pierce, 23, Payton, 32, and O'Neal, 28, are indeed powerful!

Payton is stronger than Kassel, and there is nothing wrong with this. He can be on the offensive side and can also limit Jordan on the defensive side. Pierce is young, has good physical strength, and O'Neal's dominance is unparalleled.

O'Neal turned around and pressed his body to the extreme and hooked the defender to cut the hook. Jordan made a jump shot and counterattacked.

Pierce made a single mid-range shot, and Zhang Hao turned around and took a step back and scored a jump shot.

Payton gave an assist, and Kassel made a jump shot within one step of the free throw line from the free throw...

The three major Lakers stars were really dead. In the fourth quarter, 10 minutes and 55 seconds, Payton completed a steal against Jordan, who grabbed the defensive rebound, but made a mistake in passing. He was about to go out of bounds, O'Neal made a jump shot on the sideline and drove the ball back. Pierce received the ball and made a three-pointer, 110-107. The Lakers took advantage of Payton's snatch the ball, and Pierce made a three-pointer and gained a three-point lead!

Jordan, who was intercepted, showed an extremely angry expression. He had to play a single ball after halftime. The Lakers' defensive attention was attracted by Jordan's expression that only had a basket in his eyes.

Suddenly, Jordan, who was doing a back-playing move, passed the ball from his waist to his back. Zhang Hao's running movement also attracted defensive attention, and Kassel caught the ball and made a layup!

109 to 110, the Supersonics did not give the Lakers a chance to widen the score at a critical moment.

When it comes to the Lakers' offense, O'Neal plays singles.

This time, Payton did not choose Pierce, who had just made a three-pointer, but chose O'Neal and made a mistake in his choice.

O'Neal scored 36 points, 13 rebounds, 6 assists, 4 blocks and 1 steal in front. He was already very tired, otherwise Cassel's layup just now would not have been indisturbable.

But the ball was in his hand, O'Neal still had to play, turned around and hooked up... and was slapped by Zhang Hao!

"Isolated and helpless (gold) triggered, wearing player Zhang Hao's back-on singles bounce speed +5..."

In the past, O'Neal was able to forcefully suppress Zhang Hao with his strength and made a brutal performance of 14 of 25 shots. However, this time, O'Neal was unable to use his strength to separate the space when he jumped. Zhang Hao's arm held it tightly and finally completed the blocking!

Jordan, who had retracted, grabbed the ball and protected it this time, and Peyton, who had pressed up, completed the steal again.

There are 33 seconds left, and in theory, both teams have another chance to attack, and the Supersonics didn't call a timeout!

After Jordan protected the ball, he turned around and advanced. When he arrived at the frontcourt, he saw an amazing scene.

Zhang Hao stood on the right side of the free throw line, Pierce and Rick Fox were defending in front of each other, and Brian Xiao, who followed Cassel, was also looking at Zhang Hao. O'Neal was guarding the basket and was also on the right side of the three-second zone.

In addition to Payton in front of him, Jordan saw that the four opponents' defensive attention was on Zhang Hao alone!

At this time, Zhang Hao looked at Jordan and started running with the two. Jordan understood and raised the ball and passed the ball... Passing the ball Kassel!

Kassel received the ball on the right side of the three-second zone, turned around and entered the three-second zone, took off and made a layup...

When Jordan passed the ball, Zhang Hao was cutting to the basket. O'Neal realized that the person who received the ball was Cassel, and turned around and pressed it up... knocked Cassel down, but he still couldn't stop Cassel from taking action!

The referee couldn't help but not give this ball to the whistle. With the whistle, Kassel made a layup by the board!

111 to 110, the Supersonics overtook by 1 point, and Kassel had extra free throws!

The overwhelming booing of the fans at the scene soon turned into a regret of "Oh..."

Kasselga also made a free throw, 112 to 110, with 16 seconds left, and the Lakers called a timeout!

Jordan didn't know how to describe his mood when he got this assist.

Zhang Hao’s deterrence against the Lakers is too outrageous!

The Lakers' defense just now is simply unreasonable! It's not like the defense that a team with the highest record in the league after playing for two months should have.

But the Lakers really implemented such an unreasonable defense!

...

Pause back.

The Lakers sent a combination of Payton, Dan Marley, Pierce, Rick Fox and O'Neal.

The Supersonics sent a combination of Muchi Breckle, James Posey, Artest, Zhang Hao and Ben Wallace.

If you have one-on-one single defense, Jordan is good at physical strength now. It's time to play, and his single defense efficiency will definitely be inferior to any of James Percy, Artest, and Much Brecklelo.

Muchi Breckle is far less physically strong than Jordan, but he has not played for a long time and is in good physical strength.

With 16 seconds left, the Supersonics chooses the strategy of single defense + pinched shots of the ball-holding player.

If the opponent asks the character player to shoot, if he really enters, the Supersonics will accept it.

That's why some character players are famous for their key balls.

Defensive strategy is about gambling.

The game began in the last 16 seconds, and the Lakers scored in the frontcourt.

Payton received the serve and found that it was Zhang Hao who was guarding the top arc! Ben Wallace who was guarding the basket!

Don't worry, Payton needs to wait for the opportunity, and it will take time.

But Zhang Hao's position... is almost retreating to the free throw line!

His gloves were at least the top three-pointers last season... Although his shooting percentage was not high, he was still able to shoot three-pointers this season, averaging 1.3 three-pointers per game, and Zhang Hao directly let out!

Hold on!

Payton forced himself to resist the urge to shoot directly, it is best to end the regular time when scoring the goal. As for two points or three points, adjust according to the tactics and the situation.

With 11 seconds left, Zhang Hao spoke: "Mr. Payton, hurry up and throw the ball in. I'm waiting. I'm going to show you what a kill is."

As he said that, Zhang Hao walked back a step.

Including Zhang Hao's final hit this season, he has made 17 of 21 shots in his career regular season win.

Payton looked at Zhang Hao's calm face, combined with Zhang Hao's final resume, and felt that Zhang Hao had no pride in the sky!

This is really an opportunity. The opponent really gave it a chance. Feeling Zhang Hao's arrogance, Payton couldn't help it anymore, grabbed the ball and made a three-pointer...

Just as Payton took off and threw the ball out, he saw Zhang Hao bounced up quickly... and he didn't get a cap, but the speed of the pounce really scared Payton!

In addition, Payton could see that the arc he threw was high! Hurry up and pressed it.

Payton's shot was very positive, but his strength was too strong!

The ball hit the corner between the neck of the basket and the rebound, and bounced out, and it bounced far away. O'Neal jumped hard, but it was still one palm away from the ball that popped out.
To be continued...