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Chapter 18 Winning the game and losing the data
"Shaq, do you need help from your teammates?" Kaogus first asked O'Neal for his opinion. "No, I will definitely call back." O'Neill shook his head, took a sip of his sports drink, and said firmly.

Seeing this, Kaogus had nothing to do but let O'Neal continue to challenge Olajuwon. He knew that this was not just the outcome of a game, but a very important battle for whether O'Neal could be recognized by the league and fans.

第三节打了6分钟，奥尼尔拿到了4分6个篮板，奥拉朱旺8分4篮板2盖帽1抢断，再次像季前赛一样压制住了奥尼尔。

The timeout ends and both sides continue to play.

O'Neal continued to play hard in the interior, but he still failed to make a strong basket under the defense of the veteran Olajuwon, but the offensive rebound was grabbed by Rodman.

Rodman played against Horry in this game. Although Horry can contribute an average of 10+5 data per game, he is a stable starter, but compared with Rodman, an all-star power forward, there is a big gap in strength. Olajuwon needs to defend O'Neal one-on-one against Rodman one-on-one.Otherwise, the score gap will be even bigger.

Rodman wanted a layup, but Olajuwon, who was back from the defense, blocked another shot and denied Rodman's score.

Between serving, Skiles pulled O'Neal aside.

"Shaq, you can't play like that, you have to play smart. Like the first quarter."

O'Neill nodded, looked at Skiles, and signaled him to continue.

"Your body is better than him. You can limit him more on the defensive end. If the offensive end is blocked, you should let him play from the outside." Skiles is telling O'Neal implicitly, because his inside is unlimited. The efficiency is still very low, which has affected the normal operation of the team.

"OK, I see, I will put more energy on the defensive end."

Skiles stopped talking and began to move.

After Nick Anderson got the ball, he passed the ball to Skiles. Skiles still handed the ball to O'Neal as before, and at the same time gave O'Neal a wink.

O'Neal nodded calmly and began to hit Olajuwon again.

"Are you still determined? You can't beat me inside now." Olajuwon said to O'Neill confidently.

O'Neal continued to arch inward in the usual way. Olajuwon was about to give O'Neal a big cap again, but found that the ball in O'Neal's hand disappeared.

"What?!" Olajuwon was shocked.

The ball just passed to Anderson, who was running to the bottom corner, and Floyd, who was following behind, was firmly blocked by Skiles.

Anderson did not hesitate to shoot and hit a three-pointer, and the score came to 50-44.
"What's the matter, are you afraid? Are you afraid to confront me?" Olajuwon spat trash talk at O'Neill without hesitation.

"Just wait and see." O'Neal didn't talk nonsense with Olajuwon, but ran back to the backcourt silently.

When Olajuwon saw this, the corners of his mouth suddenly twitched undetectably. He felt that the big man with unlimited potential in front of him would be his biggest opponent in the paint.

Here the Rockets continue to focus on Olajuwon on the inside, but Olajuwon found that O'Neal used more strength to support him than before.

Olajuwon's footsteps are invincible, but it is already difficult for him to make moves in this situation. No matter how good the footsteps are, there must be room to display them.Olajuwon rarely stopped the ball inside.

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The Rockets this season are not the Rockets during the two consecutive championships. Except for Olajuwon, the offensive point does not have a very good firepower.

Horry is not yet the key player in later generations, and his career average is around 7+5.

Except for Olajuwon who can contribute 28 points per game so far this season, none of the other four starters on the field has averaged more than [-] points per game.

Therefore, when Olajuwon's offense on the inside was blocked, the Rockets' offense immediately stagnated.

Davis sat silently on the sidelines, watching the Magic slowly catch up, equalize, and overtake the score until they won the game.

"Is this the strength of the league's No. 94 center? The strength of the Rockets' other players is so bad. No wonder Olajuwon would say that since he doesn't feel good, why can't it be me? Even if he doesn't feel good, his performance is much better than his teammates. It is not without reason that the Rockets directly won the second championship after the glider came in [-]. Now Olajuwon's performance, if given him a strong teammate, he can fight even against the peak Jordan." Michael Dewey Si suddenly smiled, "I really can't wait to play against them, just wait for me, Jordan, Olajuwon, Robinson, Ewing, Malone, Barkley..."

第四节魔术队单节打了火箭一个35-22，单节领先12分。最后也以104-92赢了火箭队12分。

奥拉朱旺这场比赛虽然有很多高光表现，但是整体命中率并不高，20投9中拿下了22分13篮板3助攻1抢断5盖帽的全能数据。

O'Neal struggled in this game. After the confrontation with Olajuwon in the first half, he put more energy on the defensive end in the second half. He only took 12 shots and hit 6 goals. So far this season, he has not scored more than 20 points for the first time in his career.Scored 12 points, 13 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and 3 blocks.

Although the Magic won this game, O'Neal still lost in the duel with Olajuwon. Olajuwon's No. [-] center in the league is indeed not in vain.

But after the game, the media and players agreed with O'Neal's performance.

"He is a very talented big man. He restricted me very well. I felt very uncomfortable in this game. This is something I couldn't feel in the confrontation with other people." Olajuwon praised O'Neal when he was interviewed by reporters after the game.

O'Neal said this: "Yes, I feel the gap, his footsteps are very good, like a work of art, but in the future, one day I will surpass him."

Rudy Tomjanovich agreed with O'Neal's performance in the second half: "He is very smart and limited O'Hakeem very well from the defensive end. Although Hakeem still scored 23 points, his shooting percentage was only 45%, which was obviously lower than his normal performance."

这场比赛虽然主角是两大中锋之间的对抗，但是赛后的MVP却给到了魔术队的斯科特-斯凯尔斯，他本场比赛表现非常出色，以18中12，66%的命中率加上6中5的罚球砍下30分3篮板11助攻的完美数据。

Skiles said in an interview with reporters: "It was Shaq's containment of Olajuwon in the interior that gave us so many shots from the outside. Without him, I don't know how many times I would have been blocked by Olajuwon. In this way, Olajuwon also got 5 or 6 blocks. He is simply a natural shot blocking machine."

In terms of others, Dennis Scott and Nick Anderson also played well this time.

前者22投9中罚球6罚全中拿下全场第二高的28分，还有8个篮板进账。

后者18投8中拿下了18分3篮板5助攻。

罗德曼7分16篮板2抢断，斯普雷维尔上场时间不多，仅仅7投3中拿下8分3篮板。

火箭队这边出了奥拉朱旺稳定贡献23分之外，霍里在罗德曼的防守之下表现不佳，14投6中拿下了13分，肯尼史密斯16中8拿下了全队第二的17分。

Although this game is a duel on the inside, the difference in firepower from outside directly determines the outcome of the fourth quarter of the two teams. This is something that no one expected before the start of the game. Although O'Neal lost the data, he won the game.

　Today's Chapter 1 and Chapter 2 may not be finished before 12 o'clock, but there are two more chapters tonight
　　
　
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