Chapter 371 The Score Difference Is 19 Points!

"Wow haha! Brother Gao Ren!"

Listening to Sakuragi Hanamichi's triumphant shouts and movements to pass the ball, O'Neal was shaking with anger and felt his brain hurt.

TM was cut off again...

This, this abominable liar, liar players, liar team! Can't they just have an upright showdown with themselves?

This dwarf, this liar, this brat!

What a shame, what a shame!

O'Neill's temper was so hot that he immediately exploded with anger.

He reached out and picked up Hanamichi Sakuragi, who was still holding the ball, from where he was. He instinctively wanted to vent his anger and throw this disgusting thing far away, but after all, he was not bad at heart, and he immediately realized that his The action is a bit excessive, but after you have hugged me, you can't put it down right away. How cowardly and embarrassing is that? I simply got so angry that I just swung it in a circle.

Sakuragi Hanamichi felt like the world was spinning, just like riding a 5x speed carousel in an amusement park. He instinctively grabbed O'Neal's hand, but Haruko Akagi on the sidelines and the audience in the arena were severely frightened. .

Fortunately, O'Neal didn't really throw it. He picked up the 'thing' and threw it around to vent his anger, and then let Sakuragi Hanamichi land smoothly, but...

beep!

The referee blew the whistle mercilessly, crossed his arms and grabbed his wrist: "Lakers No. 34, first-level flagrant foul! Two free throws and one throw!"

A flagrant foul refers to unnecessary extra actions made by the defensive team against the offensive player in order to prevent the offense.

Phil Jackson's face turned pale with fright on the sidelines. Not only him, but Kobe and other Lakers players on the court were also shocked.

A first-level flagrant foul, this is because O'Neal did not really hurt anyone. Otherwise, it will be called a second-level foul, immediately expelled and suspended for 7 games, then the Lakers will really be finished immediately.

O'Neal was also startled, his whole body trembled, and then he felt a mixture of shame and anger: "I just stopped him, it was a common foul!"

He explained to the referee.

"Shaq!" Kobe roared in time and rushed forward to grab him, interrupting his argument with the referee.

It would be even more unfair if he had to commit a technical crime.

"This bastard..." Phil Jackson on the sidelines looked angry, but he walked to the referee's seat helplessly.

beep!

Lakers substitution!

No. 0 Somai LS Marco is on, No. 34 Shaquille O'Neal is off!

Admittedly, only a few minutes into the game, the Sonics are already leading by 9 points, 11 points including two free throws, and they still have the ball. This is already a huge disadvantage. Substitute center Sama As a second-round pick the year before last, Coe couldn't replace O'Neal's role at the basket.

But what other good ideas can Phil Jackson have?

If O'Neal continues to stay on the court, with this guy's current mood, even if he can barely restrain himself from committing a foul, his mood is in chaos and his emotions have collapsed. He will not be able to calm down and think about how to deal with the Sonics' No. 10. He will stay on the court. Shangya just continued to be beaten.

Let him calm down, let him stand on the sidelines from God's perspective, and carefully observe how to break the defense of No. 10.

As for the court, I can only leave it to Kobe for the time being...

Seeing the Lakers' most ferocious weapon being replaced, the entire Key Arena burst into deafening cheers.

And looking at Sakuragi Hanamichi on the court, he jumped up with excitement, bumped shoulders with Lin Dong, high-fived Lin Dong, and laughed excitedly. Hearing tens of thousands of people in the Key Arena chanting Sakuragi's name, he felt that the entire arena was surrounded by Sakuragi. The kind of atmosphere it brings.

Akagi Haruko was so excited that she couldn't help but cover her mouth.

It's hard to imagine that just a few summers ago, Sakuragi was a rookie who didn't know anything about basketball.

Thinking about what I and my brother expected from Sakuragi at that time, they just wanted to defeat Hainan and dominate the country, but now...

Sakuragi is great! He has really become the top basketball star in the world!

"Sakuragi!" She couldn't help but shout happily from the sidelines: "Come on!"

"Hahahaha!" Sakuragi Hanamichi no longer had the previous restraint. He turned his head towards her excitedly, gave a thumbs up, and then grinned and showed his white teeth: "No problem!"

"Kill him while he's sick!" Lin Dong gathered everyone in the Sonics while preparing for a free throw: "O'Neal won't stay on the sidelines for too long, and he will never be beaten to death like this. , before he comes back, try to open up the score!"

"good!"

——With the obsession to open up the score, and with the burning feeling at this time, Sakuragi Hanamichi once again hit two free throws. The score has reached 15:4, SuperSonics have the ball!

For the Lakers, who have lost O'Neal under the basket, this inside line is just like paper...

The No. 0 center Somaila who came on the bench was a second-round pick selected by the Nets in 2000. He only played one season with the Nets before being laid off. In the 2001-02 season, he even had no ball to play and was idle for a year.

The Lakers drafted him this year purely for the sake of cheapness. After all, with O'Neal, a monster who can crush any team's interior for 48 minutes with his physical strength, the Lakers don't need any backup center at all. On the contrary, they have both O'Neal and Kobe have made the Lakers very tight on salary this season, for the sake of convenience... Can you believe a center with an annual salary of only $120,000? This is already an unlimited breakthrough in the league's salary limit, which is cheaper than raising a handyman who mops the floor.

But this is cheap enough, but at the critical moment, you can see how uneconomical it is to save this money.

During the SuperSonics fast break, facing Kobe Bryant's desperate one-on-one defense, Lin Dong did not choose to play hard, but lobbed the ball high into the paint. Sommera did not play the proper defense against Sakuragi Hanamichi. As a result, he was thrown away with just a counter move, and Sakuragi Hanamichi dunked in an alley-oop.

17:4!

The Lakers had the ball, and the SuperSonics' defensive strategy was similar to that of the Lakers. They also chose to flank Kobe, who was already alone on the court.

Faced with Lin Dong's close pressing and Iguodala's flanking attack, Kobe passed the ball to Fox, who was open on the outside.

It's a pity that when bad luck strikes a person, it's hard to drink cold water. Fox missed an open 3-pointer and the iron bounced.

As for the basket... it was just that he was not as good as before in terms of flexibility and basketball intelligence. At this time, the 213-centimeter big man under the basket was still out-rebounded by the 204-centimeter Sakuragi.

He couldn't grab the rebound position, he couldn't jump as high as Sakuragi, and his explosion was not as fast as Sakuragi. Sakuragi Hanamichi forced him away from the landing position and won the rebound with an absolute advantage.

The SuperSonics immediately defended against the fast break. Kobe seemed to have expected it, and he did his best to defend and block Lin Dong. But the way of single defense, in fact, for both Kobe and Lin Dong, The success rate is not high.

Even if Lin Dong is asked to defend Kobe Bryant alone, it still won't work.

Protect the ball steadily, switch hands for a layup, and then score!

19:4!

Lakers ball.

Kobe didn't dare to pass the ball again this time, with the fire in his eyes shining as he faced Lin Dong's defensive breakthrough. Even if Iguodala came up again, he didn't choose Fox on the outside, but his eyes flashed.

Status 3!

We can't let the score continue to be widened. Once it reaches more than 20 points, even if we wait for O'Neal to come back and reorganize the formation, I'm afraid it will be difficult to have a chance to come back.

Lin Dong also chose to reach the arc of the basketball with an extremely large arc of backwards. However, after suffering a loss last time, Kobe has obviously improved. This ball's parabolic throw is quite high.

Uh-huh!

The goal scored, 19:6, which not only broke the Lakers' scoring drought, but also seemed to finally end the SuperSonics' momentum, making some celebrity Lakers fans on the sidelines heave a sigh of relief.

But before they could relax, the SuperSonics had the ball. Lin Dong broke through and attracted Fisher's double-team, freeing Brent.

Lin Dong scored the ball and Brent raised his hand and shot.

Among the SuperSonics' outsiders, Brent is the most unstable. 3-pointers are sometimes good and sometimes bad. When they are bad, he misses the open space one after another. But when he is good, he has the highest ceiling, even if there are three mountains in front of him. , that is also correct.

Fortunately, he seemed to be in 'good' shape today.

The SuperSonics hit another 3-pointer, 22:6!

The score continues to open up, and it is open so easily.

The Lakers, who had just felt relieved, now felt everyone's hearts were completely tightened.

22:8, 24:8, 26:8...29:10! Another 3-pointer, the point difference has reached 19 points, but there are still more than 2 minutes left in the first quarter.

Facing the momentum of the Sonics and the Sonics rookie who was completely confident and actually dominating the basket, the Lakers were already in despair. No one except Kobe could score.

The SuperSonics' double-teaming caused Kobe to make mistakes, and the guarantee of inside rebounds made the outside more daring to shoot, and the point difference continued to widen.

You will lose! You will lose this game!

All the Lakers looked serious.

The opponent has already got the match point. If they lose, it will be the last game of the series. I am afraid that the dream of four consecutive championships will be ruined and end here!

The huge psychological pressure and the despair of losing suddenly made all Lakers feel like there was a huge haze above their heads.

Huchi, wheeze, wheeze...

Although they had only played for the first 10 minutes, the heavy psychological pressure was already so heavy that they began to breathe heavily.

Phil Jackson on the sidelines also frowned.

Calling O'Neal down, in addition to letting him calm down, actually also wants him to see clearly No. 10's movements and defensive intentions from the perspective of a bystander.

It's a pity... Sommera can't force out the true strength of No. 10 at all. He is as easy as beating a vegetable and does not need any forward defense at all. What can O'Neal learn from this observation?

For the first time in his heart, Zen Master felt huge dissatisfaction with the Lakers' top management. If those guys didn't insist on saving some salary space, if they were willing to find a quasi-All-Star, or at least someone with six or seven years of experience, A reliable backup center with league experience is not to the point where it is now a luxury to even let O'Neal observe the technical characteristics of No. 10.

It is impossible to expect O'Neal to figure out how to deal with it on his own. Fortunately, he is a Zen master after all. With these few minutes of rest and thinking, he has come up with some countermeasures for No. 10's forward defense.

He turned his head and glanced at O'Neal, who had realized that his form was not good and had a serious look on his face. He knew in his heart that this guy had almost calmed down.

He came up with a way to deal with the forward defense. It is not possible to rely on O'Neal alone. It must rely on the cooperation of others.

beep!

The Lakers request a timeout!