I've been playing in the NBA for three years, and this system is only now showing up?

Chapter 35 O'Neal leaves the game early!

Iverson, who played the entire third quarter, continued to play, clearly intending to play the entire second half.

This is typical for him. In the first 13 seasons of his career, there was only one season in which his average playing time was less than 40 minutes. But even in that year, he averaged 39.6 minutes per game, and he played more than 42 minutes per game for seven consecutive seasons.

With Shaquille O'Neal holding four fouls, the Lakers are resting on the bench while Kobe leads the team in a showdown against Allen Iverson.

Kobe also got another chance to go one-on-one with Iverson.

Unfortunately, Kobe clearly couldn't find his touch tonight.

In the first four minutes of the fourth quarter, he only made one of his five shots and committed one turnover, while Iverson on the other side made three of his five shots and two of his two free throws, including a three-pointer. In four minutes, Iverson scored nine points, bringing his personal score to 46 points and leading his team to take the lead!

81: 86!

When the game entered its first timeout in the fourth quarter, the 76ers had gone from trailing to leading by 5 points!

It's hard to say whether Lin Ze will find an opportunity to become famous again tonight, but Kobe will definitely get a good beating and humiliation from Iverson.

After the timeout, Jackson pinned Kobe off the court and made him watch from the sidelines. O'Neal and Lin Ze came on, and with only 8 minutes left in the game, the Lakers, even if confident, had to hurry and catch up!

The two players executed a beautiful play in their first possession after entering the game. Hubble passed the ball to O'Neal in the low post, and O'Neal deliberately stepped up to create space on the baseline when he was trying to establish position.

Lin Ze immediately understood and, as O'Neal made room, he accelerated and cut towards the basket from the baseline.

Ratliff's recovery speed was faster than a john taking off his pants; he quickly returned to the basket and defended his own little patch of ground.

This guy's defense always uses the same trick: go back to the basket and then try to block the shot.

Lin Ze naturally stopped abruptly. O'Neal's pass arrived in an instant. The fat man's passing ability has improved by leaps and bounds in the past month or so.

The nicknames he gave himself have evolved from Big Diesel Engine and Big Aristotle all the way to Big Maravich.

Lin Ze, who received the ball, pulled up for another shot from mid-range without hesitation.

"Whoosh!"

The gap between the two sides has narrowed to one goal.

Although Iverson's next layup missed, he successfully drew O'Neal's fifth foul!

With Kobe Bryant on the undercover team and Shaquille O'Neal in foul trouble, Larry Brown is 100% confident of defeating the Lakers if these two players are out!

As for Lin Ze? Ha, what idiot would actually consider him an All-Star starter?

But Brown's joy didn't even last 20 seconds.

In the next possession, just as Lin Ze was about to make a cut to the basket, Ratliff retreated to the basket early, giving Lin Ze another open shot.

then……

"Whoosh!"

Another hit!

"Substitute!"

Larry Brown had finally had enough.

Outrageous!

If you really can't defend against it, or you get fooled by feints, then so be it.

Before the other person even had a chance to use a feint, you predicted his feint and got caught off guard. What kind of nonsense is that?

Twice in a row?

Tonight, Brown will not give Ratliff another chance!

In the next few minutes, while Kobe was away, Brown had Lynch George guard Lin Ze, which reduced Lin Ze's opportunities considerably.

This also means that O'Neal in the paint can go on a scoring spree of one-on-one plays.

Hill was battered and bruised by O'Neal's brutal attacks, leaving him almost defenseless.

However, although Iverson was unable to continue scoring for the 76ers, Snow and McGee, who came off the bench, were in good form, each finding opportunities to score, and the score remained quite close.

With four minutes remaining in the game, the 76ers still held a three-point lead.

Then it was Iverson's ball-handling breakthrough again. He shook off Harper once more and drove straight for O'Neal!

He wanted to knock O'Neal down and force him to commit his sixth foul!

But this time, before Iverson could rush to O'Neal's side, a figure appeared first from the side and slapped Iverson's raised arm.

"Hand foul! Two free throws!" The referee blew his whistle quickly.

Lin Ze, panting, said, "Shaq, you can't leave the court! Leave the paint to me. If these bastards dare to come in, I'll slam them to the floor! I've only committed two fouls."

"Good buddy!" O'Neal looked at Lin Ze, his eyes almost red. At the same time, he thought of Kobe. They were both younger brothers, so why was there such a big difference between them?

"I won't let you down, Lin!" O'Neal patted his chest and said, "Tonight, even if Shaq breaks a leg, he'll still bring you back to Los Angeles with a victory!"

then……

"Beep! Offensive foul!"

Seventeen seconds later, when Iverson made one of two free throws and the Lakers passed the ball to O'Neal under the basket, Hill fell to the ground again, and the referee finally blew the whistle!

He finally drew an offensive foul on O'Neal!

At this moment, O'Neal did not protest to the referee, nor did he become angry or feel aggrieved.

He just felt embarrassed.

After all, his impassioned words hadn't even finished before he had to go down to rest.

Utterly embarrassing!

In short, even someone as shameless as O'Neal couldn't help but say to Lin Ze, "Sorry Lin, I couldn't control myself."

"It's okay," Lin Ze patted O'Neal on the shoulder and said, "We can still win!"

Actually, Lin Ze was quite excited at this moment: his chance had come!

Kobe was in poor form, O'Neal went to the bench to rest, the game was close, it was broadcast live across the United States, and the opponents were paying close attention.

When all these things come together, it means that Lin Ze's stage is set. If he can't seize this opportunity, then he's just incompetent and can't blame others for not giving him a chance.

Shaquille O'Neal walked off the court in utter frustration, while Kobe, who had been pinned down by Jackson for most of the quarter, naturally stood up.

Even if O'Neal hadn't committed six fouls, Kobe would have been on the court around this point, let alone now that O'Neal wasn't there!

"Kobe." Lin Ze suddenly called out to Kobe as he walked onto the court.

"I scored four three-pointers tonight, for a total of 25 points."

"If you want to win," Lin Ze said, shrugging. "You know how to play."

Kobe did not speak or respond to Lin Ze's explicit suggestion.

This guy just kept his head down and then started bothering Iverson again.

"Your dad's already out of the game, what are you doing back here?" Iverson immediately launched into a tirade: "Without the shark's protection, you're just a bunch of shrimp! You wouldn't even be enough to fill my teeth."