Not long after, the second quarter began. Billups and O'Neal Jr., who played in the first quarter, came off the court and the players on the court became Chi Liang, Cage, Newman, Kidders and Armstrong.

Among them, Chi Liang and Aopang are in a match!

On the other hand, the Lakers sent Fisher, Rick Fox, Rice, Robert Holly and O'Neal.

As for Kobe and Harper, they stayed off the court to rest. Harper had the idea of ​​retirement, and the Lakers had arranged for Fisher to take over.

Even if there is no Kobe, as long as O'Neal is there and with a few qualified players, the Lakers will be a strong team.

At the peak, O'Pang can be said to be rampant in the penalty area. O'Neal, who faced him in the first quarter, was almost tortured and cried.

Regardless of height, weight, strength and even jump, O'Pang has an advantage, and he has used his physical advantages to the extreme, and O'Neal's little fight was not as powerful as fighting back.

During the offense, O'Neal was even more depressed. O'Neal was so big, but he had incredible flexibility. However, his offense was still average and he was completely restricted by O'Neal. Not to mention not having much performance in the first quarter, he took O'Neal's two blocks.

Now O'Neal can only sit on the bench and watch Chi Liang play against O'Neal.

According to the rules of jumping ball, the Nets have the ball. When Armstrong was moving forward with the ball, Chi Liang had already arrived at the frontcourt and began to play against O'Neal.

Seeing O'Neal, Chi Liang was excited to fight. In the entire NBA, his favorite centers are Olajuwon and O'Neal. The former can be said to be the center with the best skills in the NBA, while the latter is the center with the best physical fitness.

"ball!"

After Armstrong passed half, Chi Liang stuck O'Neal in the low post and raised his hand to ask the opponent for the ball.

Seeing Chi Liang take the initiative to ask for the ball, Armstrong did not hesitate. After using fake moves to confuse Fisher, he passed the ball to Chi Liang.

At the same time, Armstrong and other Nets players began to pull away, attracting the opponents, leaving Chi Liang with space for singles.

O'Neal stood behind Chi Liang and said, "Hey, come on, I've wanted to fight you a long time ago!"

After receiving the ball with both hands, Chi Liang leaned against O'Neal. In terms of strength, even though Chi Liang was not as good as O'Neal, it was not much different, especially his lower limbs were very strong and he could stand firm.

Feeling the powerful pressure behind, Chi Liang's center of gravity slightly sinks, his shoulders sway left and right, and then quickly stepping out with his right foot as the axis.

After facing Chi Liang, O'Neal was obviously much more serious and immediately stopped walking, blocking Chi Liang's breakthrough direction.

At this moment, Chi Liang raised his right foot, used the Sikma step to turn from back basket to face basket, opened up the shooting space, and made a jump shot action.

O'Neal did not completely lose his position and subconsciously jumped up. Although he was huge, his jump was excellent. With his height advantage, this is why he was able to block shots frequently.

Unfortunately, after O'Neal jumped, he found that Chi Liang did not shoot, but instead closed the basketball, took a step forward, and easily put the ball into the basket.

For Lakers' offense, Fisher had just passed half, and O'Neal had arrived at the front of the penalty area, and he asked Fisher for the ball.

Fisher dared not disobey O'Neal's will and immediately hung the ball to O'Neal.

Facing O'Neal, Chi Liang pressed the center of gravity very low, and pressed his right hand against O'Neal's waist without any courage to relax.

The next moment, a huge force surged from his body. Even though Chi Liang had already expected it, O'Neal's power still exceeded his expectations and he couldn't help but take a step back.

In terms of strength, O'Neal is not much stronger than Chi Liang, but in terms of weight, it is dozens of kilograms. Even though Chi Liang deliberately lowers the center of gravity, it is still difficult to resist.

Even so, it would be better than O'Neal Jr. and he did not immediately defeat.

Bang~

The second time, Chi Liang could no longer hold on, and staggered back two steps, almost knocked to the ground, unable to maintain the defensive movement, and saw O'Pang rising up from the ground and pouring the ball into the basket with force.

Chi Liang could only shake his head for this ball, and he could do nothing!

In the next round, Chi Liang received the basketball again. His low footsteps were excellent and he completed the turn at the moment of receiving the ball.

Without hesitation, Chi Liang raised the basketball, bent his legs and looked at the basket with his eyes. His movements were realistic, forcing O'Neal to take a step forward and raise his right hand high.

O'Neal had to do this. It was because Chi Liang's shooting was too accurate and the shooting was too fast. Even if this was really a fake move, he still came to guard against it. As long as he showed hesitation, Chi Liang could do it in a fake role and take the opportunity to shoot.

The moment O'Neal stepped forward, Chi Liang took back the basketball and took a step to the left. His right hand pressed against O'Neal and made a hook gesture with his left hand.

Seeing that the situation was not good, O'Neal jumped up quickly and wanted to block Chi Liang's hook.

Unfortunately, this is another fake move!

Without hesitation, Chi Liang stepped forward and made a close shot before Horry assisted in defense.

Two consecutive times, O'Neal was confused by Chi Liang's footsteps, which made O'Neal feel extremely helpless. Chi Liang's movements were too confusing. All the fake movements were as real as it was hard to tell them clearly. This gave O'Neal's feeling, just like O'Lajuwon, the peak in the 1994-95 finals.

At this moment, Chi Liang gave people the feeling that he was completely a super center.

Not long after, O'Neal knocked Chi Liang away again and scored a slam dunk. For a moment, neither of them could do anything to each other and showed a trend of mutual explosion.

54:48

In the second quarter, the match between the two accounts for the majority, with Chi Liang 19 points in a single quarter, and O'Neal also performed well, scoring 18 points, which also led to the gap between the two sides not widening.

"Fast, we must be faster and speed up the pace of offense and defense. We are younger than them. As long as we persist, we may not be able to overtake the score. Do you understand?"

After the first half, Coach Rivers pointed to the tactical board and shouted loudly, "The Lakers have Harper and AC Green, and O'Neal's weight. As long as the offense and defense rhythm is raised, the more the game is at the end, the more affected the Lakers' physical fitness will be, and there will be a possibility of being disconnected in the end.

Not long after, at the beginning of the third quarter, the Nets were not the Suns in the future. After all, they were affected by the rapid pace, and their shooting percentages dropped significantly.

In addition, the Lakers took advantage of the poor feel of the Nets and carried out strict double-teams against Chi Liang. Even if Chi Liang passes the ball to the open players, they may not be able to score.

In addition, on the defensive end, the Nets still cannot curb the Lakers' offense. In addition to O'Neal, Rice also showed an extremely high competitive state.

Rice is still in his heyday, and in this game, his performance is even stronger than Kobe. Even if Newman tried his best to defend, he still could not limit Rice and was almost beaten by Rice.

As a result, there was almost a one-sided trend on the field. No matter how hard Chi Liang tried, he was unable to prevent the gap from widening.

By the end of the third quarter, the Nets were 18 points behind, with only one quarter left, and it was extremely difficult to reverse the Lakers.

No surprises, because his teammates were not strong enough, even though Chi Liang made efforts in the fourth quarter, he was still unable to change the situation on the field.

In the ninth minute of the fourth quarter, seeing that the power of the game was weak, Coach Rivers took off his main force in advance and began to retain his strength for the next game.
Chapter completed!