Because the opponent's fighting spirit will also improve.

However, Zhang Hao saw that the opponent's players were already looking to eat their Lakers, so it would be okay to use them.

It’s a pity... this thing cannot offset the pride that Lakers players have developed due to their strength, record, playoff performance and other advantages. They have fighting spirit. If they don’t win the championship in this way, they will become the biggest laughing stock in NBA history.

But everyone, including the expressions of the opposite players, thinks that the Lakers will definitely win the championship, and there is only the suspense of whether to sweep or not... The pride and complacent mood has reached the first game of the finals and cannot be suppressed.

"But it's good to make the fans on the scene excited..."

Zhang Hao walked onto the stadium with a little regret.

At 8 o'clock in the evening, the referee blew the whistle at the beginning of the game, and O'Neal easily drove the ball away from Rick Schmitz's head, and the Lakers attacked first!

After O'Neal landed, he headed straight to the opposite basket. Rick Schmitz jumped the ball but didn't jump up. He tiptoed and ran directly to the basket. However, facing O'Neal's sprint in the middle, Dell Davisla couldn't hold it!

O'Neal entered the basket, with Rick Schmitz in front of him, and Dale Davis seemed to be defending Zhang Hao's line, but he could turn around and attack immediately, but O'Neal wanted to be slutty at this time, wanting to catch the ball and hit two when he was hit...

“FU*K!”

O'Neal couldn't dodge, and a person flew to the left of the three-second zone!

Zhang Hao put his arms around to prevent Chris Mullin from stealing, received a long pass from Kenny Anderson and rushed straight to the basket, jumped towards Dell Davis, leaned forward... and pressed against the reasonable collision zone, three people squeezed into the ball inside and outside the arc and smashed the ball into the basket with their heads!

O'Neal watched Zhang Hao blow his hand after landing, and turned around and retreated without expression...

Is this little boss so irritable?

The fans on the scene got excited at the first goal at the beginning!

This goal is definitely one of the best goals of the season! One of the best dunks!

The Pacers players were also frightened by this amazing tap, but soon turned into fury!

When the Pacers attacked, the Lakers' defense was obviously loose.

Dell Davis seized the opportunity and cut into the close range to catch the ball and hit the board.

All are two points. The Pacers won't want to be slutty like O'Neal, nor will they want to rely on dunks to boost morale like Zhang Hao. Just make a steady progress.

Angry and unwilling to accept that the Pacers had such an emotion before the finals even began, but they controlled it well.

After watching the first round of the two teams, Buckley, a commentator at T Sports, spoke very sourly but to be honest: "The Pacers' condition is better than I expected. They are well prepared for tactical things, and they are not frustrated or aggressive because of the gap in strength. However, the Lakers are too loose..."

Barkley's vision is indeed fierce, and he can analyze the current situation clearly in just a few words.

Moreover, the development of the game was as he said. As the game unfolded, the situation did not play as the fans on the scene expected. Instead, the Pacers looked better!

The Lakers have the advantage of strength. As soon as O'Neal got the ball on the offensive end, the Pacers couldn't defend it. Rick Schmitz's 224 cm and 113 kilograms in size, 84 strength, and Zhang Hao could push Rick Schmitz's attack box when he didn't have an iron elbow, let alone O'Neal.

The Lakers' offensive strategy is very targeted, starting from O'Neal, and the offense is very good.

But because of this and because of this huge advantage, the Lakers' defensive end is becoming more and more loose. Even Doug Christie, at this time, he felt that as long as he attacked well, he could win at will.

Because from the defense I feel, the Pacers are not as good as the Supersonics, and they are one level stronger than the Supersonics in terms of offense, but the Pacers are only half stronger than the Jazz and Supersonics, and a little bit stronger than the Bulls. The Lakers are undoubtedly one level higher than the Jazz and Supersonics.

This has enabled the Pacers' offensive cooperation to steadily develop...

Zhang Hao also adjusted his playing style according to the current situation. He just tried his best to defend the defense. In fact, their performance on the defensive end was not very bad. He just didn't play at their previous level. He still did the basic defense, and he was not as hard as the first three rounds.

Reduce defensive consumption, invest your physical strength on the offensive end, and deal with the opponent's defense.

Relying on Reggie Miller and Chris Mullin, each of them made a three-pointer in the last minute of the first quarter. After the first quarter, the Pacers fell behind the Lakers by 1 point 29-30 and entered the break!

O'Neal played very well in the first quarter, with 8 points, 2 assists and 1 steal, and performed well, and also played very well. He also had a 360-degree turn and dunk in a counterattack. The 134 kilograms of large weight could still dunk like this, and the scene was very exciting.

However, after the first quarter, I saw that I had only one point lead... The Lakers players were very surprised!

Only then did they realize that they did not gain an advantage in the first quarter!

Zhang Hao scored 9 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 block, O'Neal scored 8 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal. The two played the whole quarter and were only 1 point ahead of the opponent!

There were three timeouts in the first quarter, all of which were called by the Pacers. When entering the timeout, the Silver Fox also emphasized defense, but the Lakers were just perfunctory in responding.

Now, Silver Fox emphasized again that the Lakers players have reacted that they may not be able to control the opponent's attack!

...

Come back after resting during the holidays.

The Pacers sent a combination of Travis Best, Reggie Miller, Jaylen Ross, Dell Davis and Antonio Davis.

The Lakers sent a combination of Kenny Anderson, Brent Barry, Rick Fox, Jason Williams and Zhang Hao.

O'Neal and Doug Christie went down to rest. Even though Kenny Anderson played in the first half of the second quarter with Zhang Hao after resting for half a quarter, the Lakers quickly fell into a disadvantage after the start of the second quarter.

As Lakers players talked about during the break during the holidays, the Pacers' offensive state has been played!

Not only that, the Lakers gave the Pacers a chance in the first quarter, allowing the Pacers to complete the thing they need to do most after reaching the finals and the Lakers' game rhythm.

The Eastern team's style of playing in the playoffs is very different from that of the Western team in the playoffs. Generally speaking, when the two teams face each other, the weak side always adapts to the rhythm of the strong side. This time, the Pacers tried to guide the game to their rhythm at the beginning, but they couldn't do it. Although the Lakers played loosely, the offensive end was too strong, so the Pacers chose to adapt to the rhythm, and the Lakers also gave them a chance.

The Pacers are also a strong team for many years. In addition to having a funny show last season, they have made it to the playoffs four times in five years and three times in the Eastern Conference Finals. They have rich game experience and have a stable core lineup for a long time, have a high tacit understanding and strong adjustment ability. When they give them a chance, they quickly got used to the rhythm of playing the playoffs with the Lakers.

The Pacers players became more and more courageous as they played until nearly half of the second quarter. In 5 minutes and 22 seconds, the Pacers scored a 17-12 wave, overtaking the score to 46-42, leading the Lakers by 4 points!

Just as the Pacers were about to continue to work hard to widen the gap, Zhang Hao first turned around and made a mid-range shot from outside the free throw line, and then quickly moved the baseline to make a drop in Antonio Davis's throw, and rushed into the opponent's basket during the counterattack, causing Travis Best, who was chasing and defending, to foul, and easily put the ball into the basket.

Halfway through the second quarter, Travis Best was unable to stop Zhang Hao from scoring and making a foul. The referee stopped the game and entered the official timeout stage. Zhang Hao scored 4 points in a row to tie the score, and there were additional penalty for confiscations.

In this half of the game, Zhang Hao held on with 8 points, 1 rebound and 1 block!

The Silver Fox jumped up directly after Zhang Hao put the ball into the basket. He held on his shoulder and did not replace O'Neal in advance. However, when the Pacers widened the gap to 4 points, he regretted it, but it had already played for more than 5 minutes. It was not worth it to be called a timeout, so he could only continue to hold on.

Then, the dead child surprised him!

17 points in 18 minutes, and there was another penalty. The finals! The opponent's momentum has already started. Although the inside combination of the double Davis cannot deal with O'Neal, O'Neal is not there. The Pacers played a 17-12 wave. At this time, Zhang Hao turned the tide with his own strength!

They are all 94 abilities evaluation, but this time the more versatile 94 abilities evaluation is definitely better than when they played against the Knicks.

But if you want to score points and break the entire team from one click, it is far inferior to when you played against the Knicks. It is completely different from the same level. At that time, when you only look at shooting, impact, and invincible levels.

However, with stronger comprehensive abilities, there are more choices to make. If the top limit level of that form is limited, there is really no way to do it. This time, the more comprehensive top limit level has allowed him to open up the situation by himself in the past half quarter when the whole team was restricted by the opponent in a miserable manner.

Originally, the Lakers did not play a clear advantage in the first quarter. O'Neal rested for half a quarter in the second quarter, and the Pacers' offensive state had already been played and the game rhythm had adapted. This should be when the Pacers played a score advantage.

But Zhang Hao's strength made the Pacers unable to convert the opportunity for this half-quarter game time into the advantage of the score!

On the other side, the Pacers bench.

Larry Bird was a little overwhelmed. They had already played an advantage, but were forced to be suppressed by Zhang Hao.

Larry Bird is even more eager to beat the Lakers than his players.

Looking at Zhang Hao's performance tonight, Larry Bird felt a little furious!

The strength Zhang Hao showed is even stronger than what he saw in the first three rounds of the playoffs this year!

A big scene appeared in his mind of an adjective player!

However, at least for the moment, the situation is very beneficial to them when they are away.

The atmosphere at the scene was originally tense because of the backward score, but Zhang Hao overturned the score with his own strength. It was obvious that the fans on the scene were excited again.

As the top player in NBA history, the top general manager and the top coach, Larry Bird analyzed it... "We didn't take advantage of the short half-quarter game, but if we look at the whole game..."

...

The two teams made adjustments and rotations, and the Lakers sent a combination of Fisher, Doug Christie, Rick Fox, Zhang Hao and O'Neal.

The Pacers sent out Mark Jackson, Reggie Miller, Chris Mullin, Antonio Davis, and Rick Schmitz.

After the official timeout, Zhang Hao made extra free throws and scored 18 points in 18 minutes, helping the Lakers gain a 1-point lead again with 47-46.

Which team in the league today admires Larry Bird the most and is most convinced?

Not a Celtics player, but a Pacers player.

Reggie Miller has played against Larry Bird of the player era and knows how strong his player era is.

During the period when Larry Bird was only the general manager, 95% of the operations were very good. The most wrong decision was that they did not renew their contract with Mark Jackson, but they did not care about face later and traded Mark Jackson back and stopped the losses in time. Now, after Larry Bird coached himself, his operations as the general manager seemed even better. Pacers players now understand that they lost the tiebreak in the 2007 and 2005 in the tiebreak, which was largely due to the lack of ability of the head coach at that time.

In today's coaching era, Larry Bird proved that he was much better than Larry Brown as soon as he came on stage.

When Larry Bird smiled confidently during the official timeout, the players under his command suddenly felt confident and continued to fight! Try to get the home advantage as soon as they came up!

On the Lakers, the players have become alert and the Pacers are more difficult to deal with than they thought!

The Lakers players are arrogant, but not stupid. Not only are they not stupid, but they are also very smart. Judging from the performances of the Pacers in the past quarter and a half of the game, they know that the Pacers are indeed half a stage better than the Supersonics. In the Western Conference Final G2, the Supersonics are in a state of sadness. After changing to the coach Paul Westfal, who has excellent on-the-spot adaptability, the Lakers even have hatred for George Carl and are in excellent condition, they are still 3 points behind the Supersonics in the first three quarters. They still rely on Zhang Hao and Kenny Anderson to score 20 points in the final quarter to complete the reversal.

At least tonight, the Pacers played a stronger form than the Supersonics in that game.

However, the Lakers wanted to tighten up, but the loose defense in the first quarter had already allowed the Pacers to play in form. Moreover, the Lakers' defense was loose before, and it was too difficult to tighten up temporarily. Even if they have been invincible in the playoffs so far, they can't do it.

In addition to playing well in offense, the Pacers also have targeted adjustments on the defensive end. If O'Neal can't be defended, there is nothing we can do, but try their best to limit Zhang Hao's catch shots and occasional singles, main defense of two-wing shots, empty other Lakers' shooting above the free throw line. If the Lakers' area keeps shooting, they can't do it either. However, in the previous quarter and a half of the game, except for Zhang Hao, other Lakers' other shots made 1 of 4 shots from a long distance in the area above the free throw line. This was well utilized by Larry Bird.

So, at this stage, even if O'Neal went on, the Pacers still rely on the motivation of anger transformation, the head coach made strong adjustments, and the super tacit understanding after years of cooperation took the initiative.

However, whenever the Pacers are about to succeed, Zhang Hao will be able to shoot the ball in some deadly moments by relying on singles, whether it is one-to-two or one-to-three!

In the eyes of others, Zhang Hao's condition is so good tonight!

The Pacers used Antonio Davis, a coolie-type All-star player with super athletic ability, top defensive strength and top-ranking enthusiasm to guard Zhang Hao. Chris Mullin, who always tends to shrink and attack O'Neal at any time in the middle, also attacked Zhang Hao as soon as he received the ball.

If Zhang Hao, who simply raised his shooting and cutting into the offensive frame and got the overall rating of 94, would have really been fooled.
To be continued...