Unable to defend against the Supersonics, the Lakers chose the easiest way - to see who can't hold on to the attack first!

Zhang Hao, Barkley, and Kenny Anderson, the first thing is Zhang Hao and Barkley taking turns to play back. Kenny Anderson is responsible for the singles when the two need to slow down.

When Zhang Hao and Barkley were playing singles, the other went to the other side to receive the high position on the three-second zone, and handed the basket to Jason Williams to grab or eat cake. Byron Scott was preparing to receive the support on the same side as the player behind him.

Simple and crude!

On the defensive end, Zhang Hao didn't go to defend against Kemp anymore. He couldn't score. As long as he was on the court, the Lakers scored more than their opponents. With this style of play, his back scored must be higher than that of Payton.

He focused on winning the game with these problems.

Kemp is really strong. Except for the year he was hacked, his playoff data was better than the regular season almost every year. He played the game with the Lakers as the playoffs, and led the team to play 16-17 with the Lakers in the first half of the third quarter!

Zhang Hao and Barkley worked hard for a long time. Zhang Hao scored 7 points and Barkley scored 5 points and 1 assist, only narrowing the gap by 1 point, and still 9 points behind 75 to 84.

After the official timeout, Payton took a good rest for half a quarter and was preparing to lead the team with Kemp to establish the victory. They saw that the Lakers had replaced Barkley and Kenny Anderson! This is an opportunity!

Then, the combination of James Robinson, Brian Xiao, Zhang Hao, Magician, O'Neal continued to chisel!

O'Neal was the main attack in the second half of the third quarter. No matter what else, as long as you have strength, you will be chiseled and don't worry about the others.

What does it mean to break ten goals with one force? O'Neal used his strong back to fight and eat to let the Supersonics experience it.

The Supersonics played very hard on the offensive end and were also trying to figure out a way on the defensive end, but O'Neal hit McIlway twice and turned around and hooked, and dunked directly after three hits. Double-teamed out, Zhang Hao and James Robinson can take the shot, and Brian Xiao and the Magic can transfer.

When O'Neal chiseled several rounds in a row and needed a rest, the Supersonics felt relieved, Zhang Hao came again...

They are all bulldozers, and the consumption is more tiring than back-shot jump shots. Barkley and O'Neal both need to rest. Zhang Hao looks quite expensive, but Zhang Hao doesn't feel slowing down at all. The Supersonics are going crazy - this guy doesn't consider how to play in the fourth quarter?

Fortunately, the duo of Payton and Kemp are very strong, and the Supersonics pitchers performed well tonight. Although the Lakers scored 18 points in the second half of the third quarter, the Supersonics scored 1 and 3 points.

35-29 in a single quarter, the Lakers caught the score to 93-97 after the third quarter, and the score difference narrowed to 4 points!

...

O'Neal is still a little uncomfortable with his current career high weight. When playing singles, he can actually use smaller strength to complete the same offense as before. But he is not used to it and cannot control it well. He chiseled 6 times in the second half of the third quarter, shot 4 times, got a foul once, made 3 of 4 shots, and when he is needed, he is really accurate, and he made 2 free throws with 2 free throws, and he scored 8 points and 1 assist, which is really tiring.

Normally, O'Neal counts the fouled free throws with 2 shots in a game, plus the number of successful shots, and only 25 shots in a game. Among them, the number of singles is 6-10 times in a game, and it is still scattered. In this half of the game, he almost gathers the number of singles in a game. His efficiency is high, but after the third quarter, he sits down and rests for a while, and he really has to have a good rest.

In the fourth quarter, the Lakers sent Zhang Hao, Kenny Anderson, Barkley, Jason Williams and Byron Scott again.

On the Supersonics side, Payton led the team to play for a while, and George Carl gave Kemp some rest.

The Lakers attacked first, Barkley took the lead in starting the strong attack mode, and Payton also used a high-post back-attack to fight back.

At the beginning, Payton really competed with Barkley and had a slight advantage. At the beginning of the fourth quarter, he scored a 7-6, 104-109. The Supersonics finished the first five rounds of the fourth quarter, widening the gap by one point.

When it was the Lakers' offense again, I saw that Barkley did not ask for the ball again, but opened up the space, maintained the threat of mid-range shots and rushing, and the Supersonics felt that the opportunity had come!

Payton is in excellent offensive form now and has confidence in the defensive end to put a lot of restrictions on Kenny Anderson. He feels that the time has come again to widen the score gap!

But... Barkley pulled away, not to make room for Kenny Anderson to make breakthroughs, but to give up space for Zhang Hao to play!

Everyone thought that Zhang Hao had already scored 28 points in three quarters tonight, and most of the scores were obtained by back-playing, and it was a bulldozer-style playing style. Why should he tend to lose his energy at this time?

However, when Zhang Hao played 9 minutes in the third quarter, he waited for O'Neal to hit the back four times and continued to hit the back, he was already sweating!

Now, his physical condition is almost the same as at the beginning of the second half!

The closer you get to the basket, the easier it is to score points. This matter makes sense on the basketball court. The Supersonics are accurate. Their three-pointers are powerful in this era, but three-pointers serve cutting, even in the small ball era 20 years later. The core purpose of shooting three-pointers is still to expand the space!

In the fourth quarter, 5:22 and 5:57, the SuperSonics divided the ball to the outside line under the Lakers' contraction defense. The SuperSonics missed two consecutive three-point shots, and the offense was cut off! During this period, Zhang Hao made a close-range jump shot and caused Schramff to make a 2+1 foul. Barkley made a strong breakthrough with a back-turned shot with a strong jump shot against Kemp.

The Lakers played a 5-0 wave, and the two teams tied at 108!

The Supersonics were forced to call for a timeout, but after the timeout was back, O'Neal made a comeback...

It's almost halftime, and the Lakers have no other style of play. O'Neal comes on again, Barkley is replaced, Kenny Anderson, James Robinson, and Byron Scott are replaced, and the Supersonics can be sure that the Lakers will continue to chisel!

There is no solution! Even if their Supersonics sent McIlvay back after this official timeout, it would only cost O'Neal a little more.

If Zhang Hao and Barkley had played back in the previous stage, they would have sent McIlvay to the two of them, and they could even form a stronger defensive encirclement at mid-to-close distance.

But then, when O'Neal was on, they couldn't even have any obstacles. After gaining weight, McIlvay did have the efficiency of blocking and frame protection in the first few days of the league, but it also greatly reduced his physical strength. It's not a joke to increase the weight by more than ten kilograms. It would be nice to play 20 minutes per game.

The key is that O'Neal's 6 free throws tonight made the Supersonics dare not even use the tactics of cutting Sharks!

No suspense, after the official timeout, O'Neal led the team to a 7-4 wave, and the Lakers overtook the Supersonics 115-112 three-pointer!

There is no hurry in the first half of the third quarter, and there is no panic in the second half. The Supersonics team, which is getting more anxious in the first half of the fourth quarter, is now really panic!

When they panic, they wanted to fight hard to get their morale back. Payton and Kemp both felt that their teammates were almost stunned by the Lakers.

When the Supersonics attacked, Payton and Kemp passed the pick-and-roll, Kemp broke into the inside, continued to catch O'Neal's start and hit it slowly, leaned forward, forced a layup and wanted to make a foul!

Just as O'Neal was about to become the background, a Lakers player wearing a No. 8 jersey rushed out from the side and racquetted Kemp with one palm!

The referee was about to whistle. When he saw Zhang Hao dropping the racket, he immediately held the breath he had inhaled and didn't blow! Kenny Anderson cleverly grabbed the defensive rebound. Zhang Hao and O'Neal had already made a fast break. Kenny Anderson quickly advanced quickly, and the two pitchers followed up from both sides to meet.

The free throw line position is the fastest, Payton and Sam Perkins, who is outside the 45-degree three-point line, retreats the fastest, and they start to retreat when the opponent makes a three-pointer. Jose Hawkins also blocks Byron Scott's follow-up. Although he is a little panicked, the Supersonics' defensive discipline is still very good.

However, the retreat was fast enough to prevent Zhang Hao from defending him, and Zhang Hao's fast attack was just the word "fast".

But the Lakers have another player who is even more invincible and quick-drifting player - O'Neal!

Indeed, O'Neal started slower, but it was only slower than before himself, and only compared to himself before. What Zhang Hao saw was that O'Neal's speed dropped from 86 to 83, down by a level, but it was still a first-class downstream speed!

Zhang Hao stopped outside the three-point line and received the ball, waiting for O'Neal to rush in from the top arc. When he reached the free throw line, Zhang Hao made a three-pointer with a chase... but missed!

The Supersonics players at the basket dispersed directly, and they didn't dare to grab the defensive rebound. O'Neal jumped at the dotted half-dollar end of the free throw line, jumped high, and pressed the ball back to the basket!

So brutal! The fans on the scene couldn't help but exclaim at the ball!

With a 140kg sprint button, the entire basket is shaking!

After O'Neal landed, he quickly avoided the ball, and the referee quickly signaled the fans and players near the basket, and the reporters and others moved away and asked the staff to conduct an inspection.

The game was forced to be suspended!

The Lakers players definitely have no objection. Their playing style, the three frontcourts, need more time to rest. The fans on the scene were beeping after the dunk this time, and even the Supersonics had no objection, safety was the priority.

There is no way, O'Neal has a criminal record, and even if the basket rack is reinforced again, this situation still scares them.

When O'Neal dunked the basket for the first time, the league urgently notified him to repurchase a stronger basket. However, more than two months later, O'Neal dunked the basket again. In the summer of 1993, the league re-engaged the designer to design a new specification of nearly integrated frame basket for customization. This has not happened in recent years.

The maintenance time was relatively long. Zhang Hao leaned on the technical table. Seeing O'Neal, who almost buckled the basket, twisted his increasingly plump waist and celebrated the ball with his teammates. He had no expression on his face, but was extremely shocked inside - is this the peak of the future O'Neal?

This is just a semi-finished product!

Indeed, O'Neal is also very strong when he is flexible, but when he meets the peak Olajuwon, he is at a disadvantage. Even if Olajuwon can only barely beat O'Neal a little, he will win a little in every game, which is the real strength gap.

But if O'Neal is in this form and is used to playing with such weight, even if Olajuwon comes, he will have no way to do it, right?

However, at this stage, the Lakers don’t have so much time for O’Neal to adapt. Zhang Hao’s impression is that O’Neal gained weight during the suspension period and adapted to the suspension period. O’Neal was not injured or selected for a while during the suspension period. He was suppressed by Mo Ning. In other words, the adaptation period is still quite long... Fortunately, if O’Neal is determined to lose weight, it will be fast, and there is no big problem. Even if he really needs to adapt... There is still almost half of the regular season in this season, so let O’Neal adapt slowly.

All are pretty good!

The maintenance time took more than 9 minutes, and it was finally confirmed that there was no structural damage to the basket. After reinforcement, the game continued!

These more than 9 minutes are very unfriendly to the Supersonics.

I was already scared by O'Neal's brutal counterattack and the score difference was widened to 5 points and the pressure became even greater. Now I have stopped for so long.

Although the Supersonics coach George Carl arranged detailed offensive tactics during this period, the players also discussed how to play the number. After the game started again, Payton wanted to stabilize the mid-range jump shot and felt cool!

This is the winning key created by O'Neal that fly-knock for the Lakers!

It seems that the supersonics' original hot touch was cooled down, but this off-court factor was done by O'Neal with his strength!

O'Neal grabbed the defensive rebound and passed it to Kenny Anderson, and was about to run to the frontcourt... McIlvay was directly hugged and did not dare to let him fight back!

O'Neal walked onto the free throw line and made one of two free throws, which was pretty good. The Lakers widened the gap to 6 points 118-112.

The previous inspection of the basket was not a timeout, it was not considered a dead ball, and it was not a substitution. When O'Neal walked on the free throw line, Del Harris replaced James Robinson with Barkley, accompanied by two three-pointers, Kenny Anderson and Byron Scott.

When the Lakers were lined up, the Supersonics players who had already played in the back of the three Lakers in the frontcourts had almost half-time games even didn't want to continue playing!

O'Neal's fly-off dunk directly defeated the SuperSonics' mentality that it was about to collapse. In the last 3 minutes, the score difference was only 6 points, but the SuperSonics not only failed to narrow the score difference, but instead made a continuous blow and it was difficult to score a goal.

Although the Supersonics' defensive response was fast and frantically contracted, and the game was paused for more than 9 minutes and had an impact on the Lakers' perimeter shooting, the scramble between O'Neal and Barkley was not comparable to the Supersonics.

In the last three minutes, the Lakers played a 9-4 wave. When the final whistle sounded, the score was frozen at 127-116.

Relying on O'Neal's 33 minutes, he scored 34 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks, Zhang Hao scored 28 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks, Barkley scored 19 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal in 27 minutes, the Lakers defeated the Supersonics with an advantage of 11 points, improving the record to 35 wins and 9 losses, and retaining the second position in the West!

Kemp scored 30 points, 11 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 steals, and played well. Payton also had 22 points and 13 assists, as well as Schramff's 18 points and 7 rebounds, and Sam Perkins's 19 points.

But in the face of the Lakers' ultimate frontcourt trio's crazy performance of 91 points, it was futile! This is not even considered Kenny Anderson who scored 8 points and 8 assists!

“The rain stopped:

The first stage: heavy rain comes.

Goal 1: When Zhang Hao faced Sean Kemp, he limited his score to 10 points against him. (Sean Kemp faced Zhang Hao with one defense and scored 8 points when changing defense, which was completed.)

Goal 2: Zhang Hao's back-to-back singles score must be higher than Gary Payton. (Zhang Hao's back-to-back score 18 points, Gary Payton's back-to-back score 10 points, completed)

Target 3: When Zhang Hao is on the court, the Lakers' score must be higher than the Supersonics score. (When Zhang Hao is on the court, the Lakers' scored 18 points, and the Supersonics scored 99 points, which has been completed.)

Congratulations to the host for receiving the reward: Sean Kemp's 1996-1997 star experience card."

The final whistle sounded, and Zhang Hao received a system prompt and the task was completed!

It's almost a little bit. If Zhang didn't interfere with Kamp's pick-and-roll mid-range shot with more than one minute left, he would have to be in the rain!
To be continued...