This striker is a bit of a monster

Chapter 352 Shark Dreams Back to the Peak
It is conceivable that after the end of this 2000 million annual salary contract, O'Neal has a high probability of fading out of the league. In fact, in the NBA, players who are older than O'Neal or even at a similar age can almost use their fingers. The numbers are counted. If James cannot be sent to the top, O'Neal's joining this time will mean failure for the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Older fans will also feel sad in their hearts, the destructive big shark, after all, lost to the years.

At the end of the half, 56-49, the Bobcats scored in double digits in a single quarter.

The Bobcats set off a frenzied momentum of chasing points in the second quarter. On the Cleveland Cavaliers side, except for LeBron James, who was on fire, everyone else's offense was slightly sluggish. The absence of Mo Williams also made the The Cleveland Cavaliers lack a consistent second offensive point.

The Bobcats have already seen the possibility of the first record in the league.

However, how could the Cleveland Cavaliers give up the top spot so easily.

At the beginning of the second half, O'Neal, who was not reconciled to his old age, finally gave up the idea of ​​using his explosive power to teach Roy Hibbert a lesson. Instead, he squeezed from the low post honestly, and then put the balls into the basket one by one with a soft hook. Basket, the first half was closed, and the move to control time allowed O'Neal to have some inside control at the beginning of the second half, and it coincided with LeBron James' continuous outside hits.

LeBron James, who only made 33% of his three-pointers this season, has made three three-pointers in this game.

LeBron James is indeed a player with a strong learning ability. In last year's playoffs, LeBron James' three-pointers were simply terrible. After the series, his three-pointers were less than 25%. In the playoffs, an important reason why the Cavaliers fell under the Bobcats.

A LeBron James with long-range three-point shooting ability is naturally much stronger than last season. Today, James seems to tell Zhou Lin and the Charlotte Bobcats, can I win the game by shooting three-pointers?That's a thing of the past.

O'Neal played a lot longer than expected in the third quarter. According to normal rules, O'Neal's appearance time in this quarter is about 3-5 minutes. The first three games combined are controlled at about 13 minutes. Between -15 minutes, the last quarter depends on the situation, and it will probably play 7-9 minutes, which is the feeling of fighting for the last time.

But O'Neal really can't play. These cats of the Bobcats are all aggressive on the offensive end. It's like a tug of war. Once the Cleveland Cavaliers relax a little bit, the Bobcats will Can take the game away with a wave in the third quarter.

Moreover, in the third quarter, O'Neal also staged a flying jump to the ball. After O'Neal saved the ball, the players and fans in the area where he fell down were sprinting fast. With the impact coming from here, who can withstand it!

This is really embarrassing for O'Neal. Now O'Neal has lost control over his body, but he still misses the feeling he had when he was young.

In the third quarter, O'Neal played a full 8 minutes and 24 seconds, which was almost equal to the sum of the first half.

Although O'Neal failed to perform a tyrannical slam dunk, the threat of the interior still caused multiple fouls by the inside players of the Bobcats, and also scored 11 points in a single quarter.

This is already O'Neal's highest score in a single quarter this season.

Also because of O'Neal's split in this quarter, the Cleveland Cavaliers not only were not taken away by the Bobcats in the third quarter, but also approached the score. 79-83, the Bobcats led by 4 points and entered the fourth quarter.

"Look at O'Neal, how long has it been since he played like this? It's really embarrassing for this shark that has lost its teeth! So far, O'Neal has scored 19 points and 8 rebounds in three quarters, and he really feels like a peak O'Neal."

Not only the American media, but even the Chinese commentators applauded O'Neill's behavior in this game.

The spirit of this competitive sport is really to be appreciated.

As for O'Neill, he was panting constantly, and there was no dry place all over his body.

"Shaq, are you okay?"

The assistant coach of the Cavaliers, Hanke, came over. To be honest, he was a little worried that O'Neal would be overtired by playing like this.

"Is it the All-Star Weekend next?" O'Neal asked.

Hank nodded and said, "Yes, the All-Star is held in Dallas."

O'Neal asked again: "Then I shouldn't be selected as an All-Star."

Hank nodded. The fans who are voting now probably have forgotten that there is an old shark in the league.

The position of center is not very popular in the All-Star voting. Even O'Neal, who was once all-powerful, is easily forgotten. Impossible to be picked into by the coach.

You must know that O'Neal was the second most voted center in the Western Conference after Yao Ming was voted by fans last season.

In the end, he was selected as a substitute for the Western Conference All-Star.

But although he is still ranked second in the East this season, it does not mean that he has absolute dominance. He only has 80 votes, and Kevin Garnett and Chris Bosh, who were not selected as starters, But each has 119 million and 198 million votes, and the data and appearance time of these two people are far stronger than O'Neal's, and they are more convincing.

Even if Mike Brown is expected to become the head coach of the Eastern Conference All-Star, it is impossible to open the back door and pull O'Neal into the All-Star team first when the other two 2.1-meter-long men have not been selected as the All-Star starter.

A few days ago, both sides had been selected. Chris Bosh and Kevin Garnett, two players who could play at the fifth position, were selected as All-Stars, while O'Neal was not selected.

In other words, O'Neal will miss the All-Star Game this year.

"I have many days off to rest." O'Neill smiled.

O'Neal, who is about to turn 38, has long felt that he is still an All-Star player. He played so hard against the Bobcats in this battle, and he is more or less complaining that he cannot be an All-Star.

"I don't have many games where I can release my energy, so let me play it, Hank, I feel like I'm okay."

O'Neill patted assistant coach Hank on the head and said with a smile.

Anyway, there will be no games for the next 3 or 4 days. Even if I want to fly to Dallas to join in the fun, I don't need to keep my physical fitness.

It is impossible for him to go all out for more than 30 minutes throughout the season, but once in a while, it is still possible.

"Well, you are in charge of the fourth quarter. Of course, we will also observe your game status. After all, this is just a game."

Mike. Brown still agreed to the request of this historic center.

"Oh, O'Neal didn't rest, O'Neal's physical condition is good today!"

O'Neal has been on the court for 17 minutes and 46 seconds. You must know that O'Neal averaged only 23.2 minutes per game this season. Just over 5 minutes left.

"Hey, little ones, join me in a carnival."

Nothing to worry about, O'Neill's mentality is getting wider.

And he wanted to dunk one, and finally at 8 minutes and 23 seconds into the fourth quarter, he completed an alley-oop dunk with LeBron James.

Although the height of the jump is not enough, although this is a simple dunk with no one in front of it, but for O'Neal, this is already a beautiful goal.

After dunking, O'Neal made a surprised expression.

"Oh my god, my god, from afar, I can dunk, I can dunk!"

In the CCTV live broadcast room, Su Qun also said: "O'Neal really felt like he was dreaming of returning to the top in this game. Now he has scored 21 points and 9 rebounds. In this game, he got a 20+10, or even It’s 25+10, so it shouldn’t be a big problem, O’Neill, in front of young players, he still looks a bit unwilling to admit defeat!”

After O'Neal's dunk, the advantage of the Bobcats has only 1 point left.

Today's O'Neal really taught Roy Hibbert, Yi Jianlian, and Chuck Hayes consecutively. If this is a series, it is impossible for O'Neal to play like this, but it is a single game , this situation is unexpected and reasonable.

"If you want to do whatever you want on my head, it's too early!"

As soon as the adrenaline came up, O'Neill had a feeling that he had returned to his youth.

Larry Brown simply took Roy Hibbert down. Today Hibbert's restriction of O'Neal is not particularly good.

How should I put it, Hibbert feels a bit silly, while O'Neill looks carefree, but in fact, he is delicate and even a little cunning.

Hibbert could be a decent player, but his IQ and physicality limit his ceiling.

To win Hibbert, the Bobcats are demanding fast. Hayes and Yi Jianlian are players who move faster in the interior, and they are players who can run with Zhou Lin and Roy.

And O'Neill's threat is still the destructive power of positional warfare.

O'Neill's current physical fitness is entirely supported by adrenaline. He is more excited today, but this is far from enough.

The body must be honest!

However, the Bobcats ran a fast break and gradually made more mistakes. Although O'Neal was consumed, Kyle Lowry, who had not fully adapted to the team, led the lineup to the final stage, but made two mistakes. , Relying on these mistakes, the Cavaliers evened out the point difference and overtook the score.

However, O'Neill is also a bit to the limit.

At 3 minutes and 25 seconds, after O'Neal failed to make a strong hit inside, the Bobcats ran here, and O'Neal could only stare blankly.

Seven minutes into the fourth quarter, and O'Neal, who almost always ran back and forth with the Bobcats, still reached the limit.

The Cleveland Cavaliers can only let O'Neal take a break.

At 1 minute and 23 seconds, the Cavaliers and Bobcats drew 101-101.

The Cavaliers had the ball, and O'Neal came back again.

As soon as he came back, O'Neal got the pass. After turning around inside, he skillfully put the ball in with his left hand.

"O'Neal scored 27 points, 12 rebounds and 2 blocks. It's a dream to return to the top. Today really made the inside of the Bobcats really hard!"

27 points is also O'Neal's personal high this season.

"Win the game!"

O'Neill shouted loudly, and ran to the frontcourt.

The 300-jin meat mountain is moving!

But for the Bobcats, at the critical moment, Brandon Roy was relentless.

"Three points! Brandon Roy, the Bobcats' killer hidden in the dark, Brandon Roy, who was selected as an All-Star for the first time this season, made a three-pointer! 104-103, the game time remains 42 seconds down, the Cavaliers have the ball, um, do you still want to play O'Neal?"

The Cleveland Cavaliers felt that O'Neal was in really good condition, so they continued to feed him the ball.

In this game, Roy Hibbert, who had abused O'Neal so badly, finally got tough once, and directly pressed O'Neal's ball down.

O'Neal's legs were almost inseparable from the ground, and Roy Hibbert got a backcourt rebound when he wanted to bounce again. O'Neal had no choice but to foul.

"O'Neal really tried his best, not to mention 10 years ago, but 5 years ago, a player like Hibbert, O'Neal saw one and abused another. It can only be said that time is ruthless, and sharks will grow old!"

Roy Hibbert made two free throws, and the point difference came to three points.

The Cleveland Cavaliers replaced O'Neal. The last attack of the Cavaliers must be to shoot a three-pointer.

The fans at the scene also gave Shaquille O'Neal applause without hesitation.

"The applause is also what O'Neill deserves."

For the Cleveland Cavaliers, Gibson missed a three-pointer, but Varejao scored.

106-105.

With 12 seconds left in the clock, the Cavaliers failed to make a steal and gave Zhou Lin a free throw.

Amidst the shouts of MVP all over the sky, Zhou Lin steadily hit two free throws.

108-105!

The scene shot was quickly shown to Shaquille O'Neal. O'Neal shook his head over there. He was probably thinking, if only he was a few years younger.

For O'Neill, this is really the best game.

LeBron James didn't pass the ball again in the end, and he shot a three-pointer by himself. Unfortunately, it finally popped out of the frame, ruining the possibility of tying the score and entering overtime.

The red light comes on and the race is over.

This tug-of-war finally came to an end.

Even if LeBron James went all out and Shaquille O'Neal dreamed of returning to the top, they still couldn't prevent the loss of the game.

The Charlotte Bobcats beat the league-leading Cleveland Cavaliers 108-105. They also tied for the league's No. Game, the top position in the league.

In this campaign, the three Charlotte Bobcats scored 20 points, Zhou Lin scored 21 points, 7 assists and 9 rebounds, Brandon Roy scored 26 points, 4 assists and 3 rebounds, David Lee scored 20 points and 6 rebounds, In addition, Lowry scored 11 points and 6 assists, and Yi Jianlian also scored 9 points and 6 rebounds.

而克利夫兰骑士队那边，除了勒布朗.詹姆斯砍下36分12篮板8助攻的准三双数据，出场28分钟的沙奎尔.奥尼尔也有27分12篮板2盖帽的数据。

With this game, Larry Brown will counterattack Mike Brown's position as the Eastern All-Star head coach.

(End of this chapter)