: 60 seconds, 12 minutes! A miracle occurs! A devastating winning streak! [Please subscrib

Chapter 90: 60 seconds, 12 minutes! A miracle occurs! A devastating winning streak! [Please subscribe]

Robinson remained silent and did not handle the ball on offense.

He wasn't the tough or fierce type to begin with.

Now that I'm older, that little bit of competitiveness I had to begin with has completely disappeared.

The current Robinson is fine with bullying newbies, but he really doesn't have the will to go up against someone like Lin Ze who actually dares to punch him in the head!

In the first possession, the Spurs didn't give the ball directly to Duncan. Instead, they had Porter direct traffic, getting the players running and setting screens for each other. After a series of dense and somewhat monotonous runs, Duncan somehow got a mismatch opportunity to isolate and isolate Harper in the low post!

Although Duncan's destructive power was nowhere near that of O'Neal, he played Harper with absolute ease, putting the ball into the basket with a simple flick of his wrist.

After scoring, Duncan neither celebrated nor trash-talked; he simply swung his long arms and ran back towards his own half.

"This guy is so boring," Lin Ze remarked. "He can't even bring himself to dunk."

"What right do you have to criticize him? You don't dunk either!" O'Neal walked to the baseline and inbounded the ball: "I remember you didn't even dunk 10 times last season!"

"Not that many," Lin Ze said as he walked towards the frontcourt, "but I've dunked a lot this season! In over 20 games, I've already dunked almost 10 times! That's more than I did in the entire previous season!"

"I can dunk 20 times in one game!" O'Neal said, then suddenly stood at the top of the key and turned to block Robinson for Lin Ze.

Lin Ze immediately turned and drove to the basket. Hubble's pass was comfortable and timely. After receiving the ball, Lin Ze was only one step away from the three-second zone. However, after seeing Duncan under the basket, he did not choose to force his way to the basket. Instead, he stopped abruptly and then pulled up for a shot!

"Whoosh!"

After the crisp sound, Lin Ze scored on the first two attacks, scoring over the heads of the Spurs' twin towers.

"Tim, you need to come up when you're guarding me! What's the point of hiding under the basket? I'll shoot you to death!" After scoring, Lin Ze looked at Duncan and trash-talked him.

"Thank you, I'll be more careful from now on." Duncan was quite polite, befitting a high-achieving student who had completed four years of regular college.

"You—never mind." Lin Ze had a second sentence in mind, but seeing Duncan's expression, he swallowed it back.

Why bother arguing with him?

Wouldn't it be better to use that saliva on a girl?

"You softie blocking my way!" Lin Ze, who was on the defensive, couldn't hit Duncan, but he got excited as soon as he saw Robinson. He went over and gave Robinson a very subtle little kick.

You old bastard bullied me last season.

Robinson was hit and immediately turned to look at the referee, spreading his arms in protest.

Unfortunately, the referee completely ignored him.

However, the Spurs' offense did not stop there. Duncan set a screen for Anderson and then passed the ball to the team's current leading outside scorer for a shot.

Although the 3-pointer was a resounding thud, the Spurs' tactics were quite clear.

"Focus!" Jackson yelled from the sidelines. "They won't keep missing shots!"

On offense, the Lakers continued to implement their pre-game tactics. This time, Lin Ze came to the low post, boxed out Robinson, and reached out for the ball.

The basketball came into his hands, and he once again took advantage of Robinson's lack of lateral movement speed, turning around and dribbling past him. Before Duncan could come to help defend, he jumped and shot, scoring another 2 points!

"Lin's in great form tonight!" Wilmarcus exclaimed. "Remember his feud with Robinson last season? He's got his revenge tonight!"

Smith said, "Jackson also trusts Lin a lot, giving him unlimited shooting rights in the early stages! And he did a pretty good job. Now Popovich is going to have a headache. What will he do? Continue to have Robinson guard Lin? Then Lin might break some career record tonight."

"Let Duncan guard Lin? O'Neal could probably tear Robinson's old bones apart."

Wilmarcus said, "Maybe we'll have to try having others help defend; the Spurs' rotation speed is very fast!"

As they were talking, the Spurs scored, and it was Duncan who scored again, netting a layup from mid-range to give the team 2 points.

The next possession, when Lin Ze got the ball, the Spurs' help defense came right away!

However, it wasn't Duncan who helped defend Lin Ze, but Anderson.

As soon as Lin Ze was double-teamed, he immediately passed the ball to Kobe. Even though Kobe was not open when he received the ball, they had already sent Anderson to help defend Lin Ze, so they couldn't send another person to help defend Kobe.

Kobe easily blew past Elliott, and with Duncan in the air and perfectly positioned, he pulled off a layup and forced the ball into the basket!

"The Lakers' approach is really simple and direct!" Smith exclaimed. "They just let their stars bombard your defense! They just use their talent to bully you!"

"Perhaps none of the Lakers' trio can match Jordan's absolute ability, but in terms of offensive power alone, each of them is no less than Pippen!"

Wilmarcus said, "I think you're being a bit conservative. If we don't consider things like defense, playmaking, and experience, and only talk about individual offensive ability, each of these three is better than Pippen! Pippen's strength lies more in his all-around game."

"In terms of scoring ability alone, these three Lakers players are all top-tier offensive forces capable of racking up 40+ points at any time!"

"This Lakers team, playing in the simplest and most basic way, is enough to crush their opponents!"

On the court, the Spurs' rotation was completely unable to keep up with the Lakers' high-intensity offense, which was back and forth between the three players. There were open shots and opportunities everywhere.

Midway through the first quarter, not only were the Lakers' Big Three unstoppable, but Harper and Fisher also started scoring.

The Lakers had an explosive shooting night, scoring as many as 40 points in the first quarter!

The Spurs, on the other hand, scored 25 points, which exceeded their season average, but their resistance was still negligible in the face of the Lakers' terrifying firepower.

Then, in the second quarter, the Spurs failed to demonstrate their advantage of having a deep rotation and many capable players. Facing the Lakers' bench led by Kobe, they were unable to catch up. Instead, Kobe scored continuously with inside drives and outside shots.

When Lin Ze and O'Neal came on, the gap between the two sides had already reached 20 points!

After these two entered the game, O'Neal dominated in the paint, and the Spurs dared not leave out the hot-shooting Lin Ze, so they could only let O'Neal go one-on-one with Duncan in the low post.

But without double-teaming, even Duncan couldn't withstand O'Neal's powerful one-on-one attacks.

There was a clear difference in size between the two. Duncan not only failed to stop O'Neal's offense, but also committed his third foul by O'Neal with 3 minutes left in the second quarter, forcing him to leave the game early.

So by the end of the first half, the Spurs were already down by 27 points to the Lakers!

Smith couldn't help but exclaim, "The Spurs, the top team in the West, have been completely stunned by the Lakers!"

Wilmarcus was quite excited: "Those teams that beat the Lakers in November should be thankful they were lucky to have faced the Lakers at their worst, but the Lakers are clearly in form now, and they will be difficult to beat for the rest of the season!"

After gaining a huge advantage in the first half, the second half became a mere formality.

Jackson is now using an open strategy!

I have three great scorers, each of them can score and each of them can pass. You can't guard me one-on-one, and if you double-team me, I'll pass the ball.

What will you do?

At least for tonight, Popovich has not found a solution.

He could only watch as his team was blown out from one point until their final defeat.

However, after the Lakers had built a 35-point lead by the end of the third quarter, Jackson called it a day.

As a result, the Spurs did not suffer a massive defeat that would go down in history.

In the end, they only lost by 23 points, which is negligible in the vast history of the NBA!

But for the entire league, a Lakers team in its best form has only just begun!

After easily defeating the Spurs, the Lakers traveled to Houston, not far from San Antonio.

Although Hakeem Olajuwon is still around, the Houston Rockets have already begun rebuilding. Young guard Steve Francis and veteran Mobley will become some of the most popular and beloved stars among Chinese fans in two years.

Hakeem Olajuwon, now 38, has seen his performance plummet after suffering a stress fracture in his left foot last season. Olajuwon, who was a member of the All-NBA Third Team in the 98-99 season, is now averaging only 11 points and 7 rebounds per game.

He is no longer the team's first choice, or even the third choice.

He completely degenerated into a blue-collar player.

With Hakeem Olajuwon aging completely, the Rockets team once known as the "Texas Cockroaches," characterized by toughness, resilience, and an indomitable spirit, has disappeared. They are only one step away from a complete overhaul.

This Rockets team was no match for the Lakers. Olajuwon's aging body was almost completely dismantled by O'Neal. That night, O'Neal exploded for 45 points and 18 rebounds, which was a small revenge for being swept in the Finals years ago. Olajuwon, on the other hand, only managed a pitiful 7 points and 4 rebounds.

With O'Neal completely dominating the Rockets' interior defense, the Lakers naturally secured another easy victory.

Then they returned to San Antonio. Who knows why the league wouldn't let them play two games in San Antonio directly, instead forcing them to travel back and forth between the two cities. This extra journey will obviously make the Lakers players even more tired.

In their second game against the Spurs within a week, the Lakers didn't perform as well as in the previous game. At the start, they still had Lin Ze attacking Robinson, but Lin Ze's touch wasn't good at the beginning of the game. Although he had several opportunities to turn around and shoot after backing down opponents, he failed to make any of them.

All teams' tactics are interconnected and linked. Lin Ze's failure to gain an advantage at the start caused a chain reaction in the Lakers' subsequent arrangements, affecting everyone's performance to some extent. As a result, the Lakers were unable to overwhelm the Spurs as they had in the previous game.

In the first quarter, the score was 24-25, with the Spurs leading the Lakers by one point.

The San Antonio fans cheered wildly, celebrating their lead. They felt their team had found a way to limit the Lakers and that they were on the right track!

Even though they are only leading by one point.

But Spurs fans have this confidence because this team is widely recognized as the best in the league at playing close-quarters games and at pulling opponents through difficult stretches.

They have a deep roster with many capable players, and the longer the game goes on, the greater their advantage will become.

At the start of the second quarter, the Lakers were still led by Kobe alone. His shooting touch was also relatively poor tonight, missing three consecutive shots at the beginning of the second quarter. The Spurs took advantage of this and scored two baskets, extending their lead to 5 points!

Jackson sat motionless on the bench. Apart from his eyes seeming to be squinting a little smaller, he was no different from usual. He wasn't in a hurry at all and continued to rotate and play according to the pre-game tactics.

In the second quarter, the Lakers' ball possession began to clearly concentrate on Kobe and O'Neal. However, both Kobe and Lin Ze had an average shooting night, so the Lakers relied more on O'Neal to score.

However, O'Neal's individual scoring was clearly no match for the entire Spurs team, so the Lakers gradually fell behind the Spurs in the second quarter. With 1 minute and 12 seconds left in the second quarter, the Spurs' lead had reached 11 points!

The San Antonio fans were even more excited, celebrating wildly. As the team with the fewest comebacks and the lowest probability of being reversed in the entire league, they had boundless confidence the more they were in a winning situation!

"The Lakers are in a bad state," Smith said. "The Spurs have led by 10 points at halftime 15 times this season."

In matches where the score was above 1/3, they achieved a record of 14 wins and 1 loss in these 15 games!

"The only game we lost was because McGrady suddenly exploded in the second half, scoring 29 points in the first half, which led the team to a comeback victory."

"Can the Lakers become the second team tonight?"

As they were talking, the Lakers launched their attack!

Kobe received the ball at the top of the key and then passed it to O'Neal in the low post. O'Neal took the ball and probed Duncan's defense behind him. Just then, Lin Ze suddenly ran towards Kobe, and the two of them executed an off-ball screen beyond the three-point line.

Kobe used a screen to quickly rush from the middle to the inside, while Lin Ze moved towards the sideline.

The sudden screen by the two players caused a momentary lapse in the Spurs' defense. Robinson and Elliott failed to communicate properly, and both chose to chase after Kobe, who was posing a greater threat in the paint.

Lin Ze got his chance in the area below 45 degrees.

Because he and Kobe were running in completely opposite directions, the gap was quite large, and the Spurs simply didn't have time to recover and fill it.

O'Neal's pass arrived immediately, Lin Ze received the ball, pulled up, and took a 3-point shot!

"Whoosh!"

After a crisp sound, Lin Ze hit a three-pointer!

"Goal!" Wilmarcus exclaimed excitedly. "Lin's first three-pointer of the night! He was 0-for-2 from three-point range before!"

Now that their shooting touch is back, the Spurs are in for a headache!

With 55 seconds left in the game, the Lakers narrowed the gap to 8 points.

In the Spurs' possession, they once again initiated a complex tactical movement. Robinson held the ball at the free-throw line, facilitating the offense. Watching his teammates move, Lin Ze didn't give him any space to handle the ball, immediately sticking to him: "Were you lost just now? Why weren't you playing defense?"

"So you're giving the younger generation a chance to shine? What a thoughtful senior, David! But too bad, I'm much worse than you. I love pinning weak and incompetent old men like you to the ground and beating them!"

"Just three points? You think you've won?" Robinson, not one to back down, glared at Lin Ze and said, "Look at your stats! How many goals have you scored so far?"

"Two out of nine shots, five points in total. What's up?" Lin Ze said with an innocent smile, "Is this your best defensive moment ever? Should I print out my stats, bind them together, and put them in a frame to give to you?"

"Then you can put it in the most prominent place in your living room! After all, this is the highlight of your career."

"Shut up, kid!" Robinson said, finally deciding to teach Lin Ze a lesson. He suddenly lowered his center of gravity and dribbled the ball hard with his right hand. Then, he immediately turned around in the opposite direction, making a 360-degree turn before trying to drive into the basket.

In the past, this was his signature move, and few centers in the league could keep up with him.

But the problem is: things are not like they used to be, and Lin Ze is no longer a center!

Robinson's turn was still smooth and elegant, but his subsequent step-back was somewhat lacking in power, with both speed and range clearly not as good as in his prime, especially since O'Neal was already ready in the paint.

Robinson hesitated for a moment, considering whether to attack O'Neal or pass the ball, when Lin Ze caught up from behind. He reached out and snatched the ball from behind Robinson, and the basketball immediately slipped from Robinson's control.

O'Neal reacted quickly, grabbed the basketball, and threw it towards the frontcourt.

Kobe and Harper sprinted towards the frontcourt simultaneously, one on each side.

The Spurs' defensive speed is also among the best in the league. They retreat quickly and immediately divide the roles clearly: those protecting the rim, those closely guarding the ball handler, and those guarding off-ball players.

Their discipline is impeccable.

But it was precisely because of their excellent discipline that they overlooked one thing—

The Lakers are not a team that relies on discipline to play.

This team plays very casually!

For example, Kobe, who was driving to the basket, suddenly changed his mind and instead of showing off his fancy layup skills in the air, passed the ball to Lin Ze, who had just run to the opposite corner.

Lin Ze received the ball again outside the three-point line, in the same spot where he had just hit the three-pointer. He glanced at it and realized that no one from the Spurs was marking him, and no one seemed interested in defending him outside the three-point line.

This team has no one who would attempt a three-pointer, so they subconsciously assume that the opponent won't either.

Prioritizing discipline is a good thing, but it can sometimes lead to habitual thinking.

Lin Ze pulled up and took his second consecutive three-pointer!

"Whoosh!"

A second time!

"Do you need my stats? 3 for 10, 8 points now." After scoring, Lin Ze immediately found David Robinson and said with a smile, "By the way, how many points did you get? Five points?"

As Lin Ze spoke, he turned to look at the large screen above the court that was displaying statistics continuously. He said, "6 points and 4 rebounds! That's impressive, David! You're only second to me. How about we put our stats together? You can brag about it to your kids later."

"You're about on par with me!"

"Shut up!" Robinson cursed again, but he didn't choose to fight Lin Ze one-on-one in the next round.

Because O'Neal was under the basket, he didn't go to the basket. Instead, after coming to the frontcourt, he kept going back and forth to set screens for his teammates and create opportunities for them.

After a series of runs, the basketball was back in his hands. Lin Ze didn't have time to help defend, as the Spurs had too many screens and picks, and Lin Ze couldn't catch up.

With only 3 seconds left on the shot clock and 10 seconds remaining in the game, the Spurs had almost exhausted their 24-second shot clock!

Robinson, with an open shot, pulled up for a mid-range jumper, his signature move, which flew towards the basket but unfortunately missed!

There's not much to say about this goal, except that he failed to capitalize on the opportunity.

But a few seconds later, when the Lakers executed another fast break, and Lin Ze received the ball in the same spot for the third time in a row, Robinson couldn't stay in position.

He showed a level of determination rarely seen in recent years, charging towards Lin Ze outside the three-point line to receive the ball, who was already kneeling and ready to jump and shoot.

But Lin Ze suddenly smiled, then dribbled the ball in place to steady his rhythm.

Ruined!

Robinson knew he was in trouble, but it was too late for him to adjust the angle and momentum of his all-out charge.

Lin Ze timed the ball perfectly to the moment Robinson got up and lunged. After Robinson had already jumped up, Lin Ze leisurely jumped onto him, then flicked his wrist and threw the basketball out!

"Whistle! Pushing foul!" The referee's whistle blew quickly, issuing a penalty for the collision.

"Whoosh!"

Then came a crisp crack!

3+1!

Lin Ze faced Robinson and scored a 3+1!

In the blink of an eye, he made 3 shots in a row. If he makes the free throws, he will score 10 points in a row!

"4 of 11 shots made, 12 points now. I'll borrow one point first, you won't be angry, will you, David? After all, I'm not a spineless coward like you, I'm sure I can make the free throws." Lin Ze stood in front of Robinson, leisurely looking at him and said, "By the way, I haven't asked you yet. You just asked me about the stats, what were you planning to do?"

Robinson clenched his teeth and remained silent. At that moment, he wished he could go back to being 26 years old. If he were 26, he would definitely teach Lin Ze a lesson and show him what an MVP and one of the league's top four centers were all about.

Just as Robinson was reminiscing about his glorious past and thinking that he could definitely beat Lin Ze if he were a few years younger, Lin Ze had already made the free throw and then quickly walked to the baseline, immediately blocking Robinson with his body.

He also subtly poked Robinson in the stomach.

He learned these tricks from A.C. Green and Dennis Rodman, and now he uses them more and more naturally, almost as an unconscious action.

"Full press!"

Lin Ze shouted out the tactics. With only 2 seconds left in the first half, the Lakers needed to put some pressure on the Spurs and prevent them from attacking comfortably. Maintaining the 10-0 lead they had just closed was the Lakers' most important task right now.

Although Robinson was in a daze for a while, he wasn't completely stunned; he still knew what the team needed to do.

He quickly moved to the baseline to prepare to inbound the ball, and the Spurs players immediately scattered and ran for a chance to receive the ball. Robinson held the ball and waited for a long time, but unfortunately the Spurs' perimeter players were really not very talented. They ran for a long time but did not get an open shot. Robinson never passed the ball out.

"Five seconds! Five seconds!" Lin Ze suddenly shouted, startling Robinson.

He glanced at the referee out of the corner of his eye to see how many seconds were left, and then he saw that Anderson seemed to have run out of position, so he immediately tried to pass the ball to him.

But before the basketball left his hands, Robinson saw Kobe dodge and block the position again, and he also noticed that the referee's hand had only counted to 3.

At this moment, Robinson's once expansive field of vision became his weakness, as he saw too many things at once.

He wanted to get the ball back and find a teammate, but it was too late because the ball had already slipped out of his hands.

In the midst of this tug-of-war, he passed the ball out, but the pass was weak and began to fall almost as soon as it left his hand.

Lin Ze, who was completely focused, did not let this gift go to waste. He grabbed the basketball, turned around and jumped, and sent the ball into the basket!

"The Spurs built up a lead for the entire first half," Smith said, shaking his head. "And that's it?"

Compared to his partner, Wilmarcus was much more excited: "12 points! Lin scored 12 points in just over a minute! Three three-pointers, one free throw, and a layup after a steal!"

"It must be mentioned that Lin did not dunk on that last play, because if he had, the clock might not have run out, which would have given the Spurs more time to score."

"Lin chose to go for a layup, a bank shot, so the ball bounced off the backboard and grazed the basket, effectively ending the game! A perfect buzzer-beater, the Spurs had no chance to score again."

"First half ends!"

"That last minute became Lin's solo show!"

Smith added, "The Lakers have once again demonstrated their terrifying firepower and explosive scoring ability!"

"What did the Spurs do wrong in that final minute? They did nothing wrong, but they just lost 11 points in an instant."

A lead of 1 point turned into a deficit going into the second half.

Wilmarcus said, "The Lakers have proven it again: they might have short stretches of bad shooting, but if you relax, if you fail to guard them for even a few minutes, they'll make you pay immediately!"

"That's how it is tonight's game. The Spurs won for half the night, but lost in the last minute. I think this will put them in a very passive position in the second half. Their morale and tactical arrangements will definitely undergo a huge change."

On the field, Lin Ze, who had just scored the winning goal at the buzzer, continued to mock Robinson: "Do you need me to update the data? If you do, I'll have to do some recalculation, since there have been quite a few goals, and I can't quite remember them all."

In response to Lin Ze, Robinson turned away. He was no longer going to bother with this arrogant and talkative kid; he didn't want to see Lin Ze again.

From an 11-point lead to a 1-point deficit, Robinson bears primary responsibility for the Lakers' run that the Spurs went on, and he may even be the sole person responsible.

He missed his shot, committed two turnovers, was fouled by Lin Ze, and couldn't stop Lin Ze's three-pointer.

It's all his fault.

The San Antonio fans in the stadium fell completely silent a minute later.

They couldn't shout anymore, and they couldn't celebrate anymore.

After celebrating wildly throughout the first half, they were completely silenced by Lin Ze.

A few fans who had just been unable to hold their pee and thought the team was almost won, and rushed to the toilet, were completely stunned when they walked in.

No?

What's going on?

In the time it takes to pee, we went from leading by 11 points to trailing?

What happened? Did God just come and change the score?

The silence and quiet of the fans became the biggest stimulant for the Lakers, especially Lin Ze. He sprayed Robinson away, but he didn't let him go. He was still jumping around him and waving his arms. Looking at the quiet court, Lin Ze continued his attack.

"You San Antonio people are so easily defeated! You scattered after just a little bit of fighting?"

"No wonder they see you as their totem and the soul of the team! Your soft-heartedness is just a natural trait!"

Robinson didn't say anything, he didn't even look at Lin Ze, but quickened his pace, almost jogging, towards the players' tunnel.

Lin Ze laughed even harder!

In other words, the people of San Antonio aren't known for being particularly tough. If Lin Ze were in a place like Detroit or Salt Lake City, and he acted this arrogantly, the fans would definitely curse his ancestors for eighteen generations.

"Great!" As soon as he entered the locker room, Jackson reached out to Lin Ze and gave him a big high-five. "I knew you'd find your rhythm! I've always believed in you!"

"You trusted me, but you didn't give me any special tactics! I earned all those goals myself."

Ok?

Jackson looked at Lin Ze and felt his fist harden.

Has this kid gotten so arrogant?

After his playful banter, Lin Ze knew when to stop and quickly returned to his position. The rest of the Lakers team didn't think it was anything unusual; this was how things always worked within the team.

At this moment, the rest of the Lakers team burst into laughter and started making a ruckus.

"Then in the second half, Lin can rest for a while in the weak-side corner. Don't worry about the offense." Jackson squinted as he walked to the center of the locker room and clapped his hands a few times. "He can score without any tactics."

"Shaq, Kobe, you two will be the main attackers in the second half! We'll start by attacking from the inside."

"Phil!" Lin Ze shouted, spreading his hands, "You're targeting me! This is revenge! Revenge without any limits!"

"Is that not allowed?" Jackson looked at Lin Ze.

"Sure!" Lin Ze quickly sat back in his chair. "I was just asking to see if you'd admit it."

Lin Ze's words drew another burst of laughter from the locker room, and Jackson could only shake his head helplessly.

"But I'm not kidding. Your 12 consecutive points in the first half basically broke the Spurs down. To boost morale, they'll definitely play some kind of game-breaking 'Lin must die, go to hell, be dismembered, be humiliated, be gang-raped by the Vikings, be—' during halftime."

"That's enough!" Lin Ze quickly interjected, "Stop cursing Phil, I'll stay obediently in the corner."

"Very well, then, let's completely thwart their plans and leave them bewildered!"

"Then, Kobe, Shaq, destroy them!"

"Don't worry, Coach!" O'Neal nodded confidently. "I'll handle that big, goofy guy! He's no match for me."

"I'll get accurate too." Kobe nodded in agreement. Lin Ze's consecutive scoring had boosted the Lakers' morale!

After a 20-minute halftime break, the two sides switched sides and started the second half!

On the first offensive possession, the Lakers still had possession of the ball. Lin Ze quickly moved to the low post, backed down Robinson, and reached out for the ball. Hubble, who had the ball, was experienced and immediately noticed that a lot of the Spurs' defensive attention was on Lin Ze's side.

As soon as you get the ball, help defense and double teams will come immediately!

So Hubble carried out Jackson's plan, passing the ball to Kobe. Kobe drove to the basket, drawing Duncan's defensive attention, and then tossed the ball into the air. O'Neal emerged from behind Duncan, caught the ball in mid-air, and slammed it towards the rim!

"boom!"

This basket, although it only gave the Lakers a 3-point lead, essentially sealed the Spurs' fate for the night.

They can't turn things around!

The Lakers found a way and they got back on track.

The defense that worked in the first 23 minutes of the first half when the Lakers were having a bad shooting night disappeared in the second half. Kobe's sharp-edged penetration, Shaq's dominance like a warhammer, and Lin Ze's assassin-like threat on the weak side repeatedly caught the Spurs off guard.

After all, it's really asking Elliott and Anderson to compare their success rates with Kobe and Shaq.

If they had that ability, the Spurs would have been the champions last season.

双方的差距一路扩大，从3分、5分、7分，再到10分、12分————

At the end of the third quarter, the Lakers extended their lead to 15 points!

In this quarter, they outscored the Spurs by a whopping 14 points!

It was thanks to Kobe and Shaq who scored 12 and 14 points respectively in a single quarter.

Of course, if we add the last minute or so of the second quarter, the Lakers outscored the Spurs by a whopping 26 points in just 13 minutes!

During the break, Wilmarcus said, "Terrifying firepower, breathtaking teamwork—the Lakers were completely resurrected in the third quarter tonight! If Lin's consecutive scores sounded the horn for the Lakers' comeback, then Kobe and Shaq launched their all-out attack in the second half!"

The outcome of the fourth quarter was no longer in doubt. Although the Spurs were in good form and consistently scored, it wasn't easy for the Lakers to stop them.

But the Lakers' offense was even more unstoppable!

107: 95!

At the end of the game, the Lakers won by 12 points! They secured their third consecutive victory during their three-game road trip in Texas!

In particular, these two wins against the Spurs have dragged the Spurs from first place in the West to third place!

What's even more painful for the San Antonio fans is that they were originally full of confidence that they could make a run for the championship again this season, but these two games have plunged them into despair.

Because the Lakers won so decisively!

They could find no excuse.

They played very well, executed their tactics, had a good touch, and even limited the performance of the opponent's key players. Moreover, both of these games were played at home, and the referee's decisions were also impeccable.

They had all the advantages of favorable timing, location, and popular support, yet they suffered two consecutive defeats without any chance of winning.

This only shows that there is a huge gap between the two teams.

And it was at the press conference after the two victories against the Spurs that O'Neal, full of confidence and having completely dominated Duncan, was extremely proud.

"Last season, we did something incredible. We broke the NBA regular season win record, swept our opponents in the Finals without Kobe, and won the championship!"

O'Neal was furious: "Even so, there are still people who don't recognize us. They think we benefited from our opponents' injuries, that we were able to win the championship because some of them got injured, that we were just lucky, and that we are not the greatest team in history at all."

"But I think, starting tonight, starting right now, no one will say that anymore! We are the strongest team in history! We are the greatest team in history!"

"The only team that can be stronger than us last year is us this year; the only team that can be stronger than us this year is us next year!"

"Shaq, you've got a grammatical error!" Lin Ze, who was standing next to O'Neal, pointed out the problem in his statement: "Then how can a team that's stronger next year than we were last year be considered the only one?"

"Similarly, are you going to say that the only team stronger than us next year is the team we are the year after next? Then will the team we are the year after next be stronger than us this year and last year? So is there really only one team, and how many teams are stronger than us this year and last year?"

Lin Ze's rambling, questioning remarks left O'Neal completely bewildered. The big guy simply pulled out a bottle of mineral water and splashed it on Lin Ze, then laughed and looked at the reporters, saying, "Don't mind this guy. He beat David Robinson tonight and seems to have forgotten who he is."

"What he said isn't important; there's only one important thing."

"We are the strongest! We are unstoppable!"

Lin Ze straightened his posture and looked at the reporters, saying, "Shaq is right. We await the challenge, we welcome the challenge, and we look forward to the challenge!"

This post-game interview can be seen as a challenge from Lin Ze and O'Neal to the entire league, and it is also the Lakers' public declaration of their championship aspirations once again!

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