Reborn in the 96 golden generation

Chapter 455 "Perverted" Sabonis
As the strength of the Lakers' perimeter defense increased, Pippen's breakthrough with the ball became more difficult. In desperation, he had to hand over the ball to Harper, and he played off-ball cuts and interspersed moves.

Of course, Harper's breakthrough with the ball is not as good as Pippen, but this brother has a good view of the overall situation and can always transfer the ball to the weak defense of the Lakers.

After some offensive and defensive battles between the two sides, Kukoc made a quick back run and suddenly shot out from a diagonal stab. After receiving a pass from Harper, it was a fadeaway jumper.

"Madman" was not timely enough to chase and defend, so he could only watch the basketball pass over his head and fall straight to the basket.

Fortunately, this time the Lakers were favored by the "Lady Luck" again, and Kukoc's mid-range shot went out of the frame again.

O'Neal overwhelmed Sabonis to grab the rebound. To be on the safe side, he handed the ball to Zhou Yu not far away.

Zhou Yu slowed down the offensive rhythm at first, and passed the half court with the ball unhurriedly. Seeing that there was a vacancy in the Blazers' inside defense, he immediately sped up and rushed straight to the penalty area.

The sudden change in rhythm made the Blazers a little at a loss. When they recovered, Zhou Yu had already reached the edge of the penalty area, forming a tendency to directly attack the basket.

In the next second, Zhou Yu adopted Olajuwon's "dream footsteps". After turning around and shooting a fake shot, he made a forward layup and successfully scored the ball!
"18:13", the Lakers lead the Blazers by five points.

For the Lakers' continuous scoring, the Blazers are quite helpless. For a team like them that relies mainly on shooting, once the shooting percentage drops, it is tantamount to a disaster.

Forced into desperation, Dunleavy had to ask Wallace and Sabonis to strengthen the inside offense to ensure the shooting percentage.

The ball was first passed to Sabonis. Sabonis singled O'Neal. Although he did not have the advantage of weight and strength, he had an absolute advantage in height.

Sabonis first used a few dexterous turns and inward cuts to distract O'Neal's attention, but unfortunately due to his inferior strength, the results were minimal.

Immediately afterwards, Sabonis took a one-arm overhand shot, using his height advantage to force a shot in front of O'Neal.

Although O'Neal tried hard to block the shot, he still couldn't touch the ball. Sabonis' overhand shot finally hit the basket!
"18:15", the Blazers narrowed the point difference and were still three points behind the Lakers.

"Good job, Sabonis! Just do it, you are no worse than O'Neill!"

Deng Lewei, who was watching the game from the sidelines, was not in a hurry, and couldn't help cheering loudly.

The Lakers' subsequent attack still handed the ball to O'Neill. O'Neill vowed to save face. He swung his fat buttocks and pushed with his back. Take a step and turn around with a small hook.

It's just that this time, it was blocked by Sabonis, which made it even more embarrassing.

After Pippen got the ball, he quickly advanced with the ball, and Kobe and others quickly returned to the defense.

Sabonis quickly regained his confidence through one shot and one block, and even raised his hand to ask Pippen for the ball.

Pippen immediately beamed with joy. If Sabonis opens up this point, it will undoubtedly share a large part of the pressure for the Blazers outside.

After a precise lob pass, the ball fell into the hands of Sabonis again. O'Neal was completely irritated this time, and while defending hard, he whispered:

"Sabonis, you're not done yet, why don't I give you some color and see if you don't know the power of the NBA's leading center."

"O'Neill, your title of 'Chief Center' is self-proclaimed. When I was playing basketball, you were still on the school team. Today I will let you see what a real chief center is."

Sabonis sneered, and replied unceremoniously.

After all, Sabonis turned around suddenly, adopted a face-to-face attack mode, and used his hard-top lateral movement to smoothly flash a trace of shooting space and made a standard fadeaway jumper.

O'Neal, who was at a height disadvantage, failed to block Sabonis's shot despite his prehistoric efforts.

The basketball draws a beautiful arc, and hits the board again into the basket!
"18:17", the Blazers are only one point behind the Lakers!
The Lakers fans who watched the game were horrified. In their impression, it is extremely rare for a center to hit the "Sharks" twice in a row, but Sabonis did it.

Seeing that O'Neill's mood was not stable enough, Zhou Yu hurried over and whispered:

"Brother Shark, don't fight with Sabonis, he is not your opponent at all, but he was lucky enough to score two goals while you were taking a nap."

"Wang, I don't think he's having a convulsion. His flexibility is beyond my imagination, especially when he shoots the ball. I really can't block it."

O'Neill said with a bitter face.

"Brother Shark, hold on, it's okay to let him make a few shots. Your main task is to prevent their outside breakthrough layups, grab rebounds, and leave the rest to me."

Zhou Yu held O'Neill's shoulders with both hands, and said expectantly.

"Wang, your task is also very heavy. I'm always so slow, I'm so sorry."

O'Neill blushed and said in embarrassment.

"Brother Shark, stop talking nonsense, in order to defend the title, we will fight with them!"

Zhou Yu clenched his fists and said loudly.

"Okay, for the sake of defending the title, I will fight them!"

O'Neill's eyes were burning, and he gritted his teeth.

At this time, there are 3 minutes and 03 seconds left before the first quarter, and the competition between the two sides has become fierce. Everyone wants to get off to a good start, and they are all gritting their teeth.

Due to the setback of O'Neal's offense, the Lakers' main attack point shifted to Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu fell to the low post to catch the ball, and was immediately defended by Wallace, almost being squeezed into a "walking foul".

After barely holding his ground, Zhou Yu immediately changed to face-up attack mode, squeezed a little space with his shoulder strength, and suddenly dribbled the ball behind his back, speeding up to the bottom line.

Taking advantage of Wallace's shifting defensive focus, he made another false turn on the line, followed by a side hook, and successfully threw the ball.

The basketball bumped a few times on the rim and slowly rolled into the center of the net!
"20:17", the Lakers led the Blazers by three points and stabilized the situation a little.

At the critical moment of the score between the two sides, Zhou Yu's speed advantage and technical advantage came to the fore, which made the Blazers' inside defense somewhat difficult.

The tactic adopted by the Trail Blazers was still to give the ball to Sabonis, and the others pulled away one after another.

After a few tentative steps, Sabonis suddenly stood up, made a standard fadeaway jumper, and hit it right in front of O'Neal!

"20:19", the Blazers bit the score.

Sabonis' super good touch made Zhou Yu's jaw drop in shock, and the Lakers' inside advantage was gradually being eroded.

Subsequently, Zhou Yu also made a pull-up jumper near the top of the arc. Although he was not covered by "Roaring Tianzun", the mid-range shot went out of the frame.

Fortunately, O'Neal used his prehistoric power to grab this precious offensive rebound and won a second offensive opportunity for the Lakers.

Kobe received O'Neal's pass, and did not take a shot rashly. Instead, with the cover of Van Exel and "Madman", he rushed to the inside of the Blazers.

Zhou Yu and O'Neal moved to the periphery in a tacit understanding, creating space for Kobe to shoot.

When he was young, Kobe really "championed the three armies", jumped up at the right time, and used a powerful one-handed gliding split dunk, across the body of "Roaring Tianzun", and ruthlessly poured the ball into the basket!
"22:19", the Lakers regained a three-point lead!

(End of this chapter)