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Chapter 122 Blame O'Neill for being too strong!
The Lakers copied the Heat's defensive tactics and began to shrink the inside.

O'Neal sits in the penalty area, Ben is responsible for sweeping, and Kobe and Bowen use their mobility on the outside to pile up on the strong side, forcing the ball holder to stay away from the basket and shoot.

Hardaway's breakthrough faced the problem of no breakthrough space.

If you rush forward, you will immediately fall into double-teaming.

At this time, Mourning pulled to the horn area and tried to play pick-and-roll tactics with Hardaway.

O'Neal didn't make a save, Mourning caught the ball and made a mid-range jumper...

Boom-!
The Heat attacked and failed to make it.

Immediately threw himself into the defense, and also contracted the restricted area. O'Neal received a pass from Billups and was immediately flanked by three people. He continued to distribute the ball, and Bowen made a three-point jumper...

Swish-!
"Continue!!
Bowen's three-pointer made consecutive shots.

Will the Heat's flanking tactics continue? "

On the court, the transition between offense and defense is still the pick-and-roll tactics of Hardaway and Mourning.

Finally, finally, Mourning's mid-range shot hit.

8 to 10! !
Looking back, the Heat continued to stare at O'Neal persistently.

No way, if O'Neal can't be guarded, it will be difficult for the Heat to beat the Lakers.

If the Lakers break out from the outside, the Heat can only admit it.

Not to mention, Bowen continued to hit three-pointers next.

The 3-point shot made 3 of [-] shots, making him the most beautiful boy on the field in an instant.

With the outbreak of Bowen's offense, the Lakers achieved a lead.

It's just that, as if the Heat were determined, they flanked O'Neal as always and let the Lakers shoot outside.

Kobe was put on the snake, he didn't shoot a three-pointer, but made a breakthrough, made a stop, made a two-pointer, and shot a fadeaway jumper...

Boom-!
Missed a hit.

Billups arched Hardaway, using his body to force him, step by step to the sweet spot of the shot, turned around and made a two-point jumper...

Swish-!
Have it.

It's a pity that the Heat's mobility is also quite strong. Billups can occasionally eat one or two, but he can't beat the 183 Hardaway.

At the same time, Bowen was flustered by his own three-point shot.

Some people can only play a supporting role, if you give him the leading role, his own mentality will break the defense.

The same is true for Bowen, and his three-point shooting percentage began to plummet.

With Kobe's off-ball tactics, the Heat did not chase and defend, but switched defenses in areas, tightly guarding the penalty area.

Kobe directly transformed into "four Yanghua three irons", and Billups, the "iron Lu", the iron Bao after a panic shot, played a symphony of iron strikes on the outside.

The Lakers' offense is not going well, and the Heat, which is not good at offense, is not very efficient on offense.

After the first quarter, the score was 24 to 21, and the Heat led the Lakers by only 3 points.

奥尼尔仅仅4投2中，罚球4中2，拿到了6分2篮板。

Bowen made three consecutive three-pointers at the start, but he had no choice but to go all-in. He made 6 of 3 shots in the first quarter and scored 9 points.

In the second quarter of the game, Li Mu let Kobe stay on the court to change his hand, and replaced Fisher, Rice, Lewis and Horry.

When Riley's bench strength is not as good as the Lakers', he can only play the main force, let Mourning and Mashburn continue to play, and replace three unknown role players at the same time.

The game started, Mashburn and Kobe began to soar points.

Mashburn used his beast-like body to break through inside, carry the defense, and blast the basketball into the basket.

In other words, James' best rookie template is Mashburn.

Also using his incomprehensible body to overwhelm the defense, Mashburn has become one of the top ten small forwards in history.

James is stronger, more perverted, and more durable.

Kobe fought back. Although his shooting was still very strong, he still managed to score a goal with a sharp breakthrough.

Relying on the strength of Mashburn and Mourning, the Heat played against the Lakers in the first 5 minutes of the second quarter, and they were evenly matched.

However, halfway through the second quarter, with the return of O'Neal and Billups, the gap in bench strength between the two sides was immediately revealed.

As Mourning went off the assembly line, O'Neal began to explode, slammed a few times, dunked the basket, and shivered.

PJ Brown wanted to forcibly hold O'Neal, and then suffered 3 consecutive fouls and 4 fouls on his back.

At the end of the first half, the Lakers entered the locker room to rest with a 50-point advantage at 47-3.

The game started in the second half, and the duel between O'Neal and Mourning became the key to the outcome of the game.

O'Neal received a pass from Billups, suddenly exerted force, and knocked Mourning into the air.

The latter is also very tough. After being knocked out of position, he continued to pounce back and interrupted O'Neal's offense with a foul.

O'Neal goes to the free throw line for a free throw.

Next, the Lakers continued to let O'Neal attack the basket.

In the final analysis, the Heat's style of play is tough and tough, but they don't have a high-quality meat shield.

Mourning's defense is very strong, but playing the center position, with a height of 2 meters, is too disadvantaged.

Coupled with the disadvantage in weight, defending O'Neal gradually became difficult.

At the beginning of the third quarter, Mourning committed 2 fouls quickly and also had 4 fouls on his back.

Mourning is the core of the Heat's offense and defense. If 6 fouls graduate, the game will hardly need to be played.

Riley asked PJ Brown and Mourning to switch positions to defend O'Neal when there were not many big men in the paint.

Then there is no more then.

"Here we go again, sharks are ravaging the restricted area.

The Heat's foul severely destroyed O'Neal's dunk.

The defensive tactics of no-flying in the restricted area are very strong.

However, for this reason, PJ Brown had 5 fouls on his back, plus Mourning's 4 fouls. In this game, the Heat's inside defense was even more difficult.

I don't know if the Heat's inside line can be played to the end..."

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"Nope, PJ Brown fouled again trying to stop O'Neal from dunking.

In this way, there are 6 times, and you can rest. "

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With PJ Brown off the field and Mourning carrying 4 fouls, the Heat's defensive strength quickly dropped.

Kobe began to play without the ball, ran from the left side, used the screen, returned to the weak side, received a pass from Billups, and immediately rushed to the basket.

Substitute Mark Strickland is 2 meters tall and doesn't have PJ Brown's ability to protect the basket at all.

With a bang, Kobe directly scored two points by gliding.The Lakers attacked and started to exert their strength.

The Heat's defensive system collapsed and they could only try to compete with the Lakers on offense.

Hardaway wanted to use his breakthrough to score the ball to open up the situation, but he fell into a pinch.

Mash wanted to use his physical talent to score aggressively, but was also blocked by Bowen, Da Ben, and Kobe who came with the defense.

At this time, another weakness of the Heat was exposed, that is, no outside shots, especially almost no three-point shots.

Also, this team wins on defense, not offense.

After the first three quarters, the Heat have trailed the Lakers by 15 points.

This point difference, for a team like the Heat who averages only about 90 points per game, is simply a dead end.

Sure enough, in the fourth quarter, the Heat couldn't make waves, and the Lakers mastered the rhythm of the court and kept their advantage until the end.

hum~
The buzzer sounds, and the full game time is over.

With a score of 105 to 93, the Lakers had a 12-point advantage and defeated the Heat.

Just looking at the data, 19 points, 11 rebounds and 7 assists, O'Neal's offensive performance is very hip.

However, the killing effect in the restricted area is very significant.

Mourning had 5 fouls on his back, and PJ Brown left the field with 6 fouls.

A Defensive Player of the Year, Best Second Team, Defensive First Team Player.

One was selected to the second defensive team but failed to enter the first defensive team, not because he was weak, but because the teammates around him were stronger.

Such a combination of insiders can be regarded as one of the best in the league in terms of defense. As a result, the Heat were not unjustly defeated by O'Neal.

You can only blame it, Benzema is too strong, no, O'Neal is too strong.

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(End of this chapter)