The ball was scored, as if saying: Don’t pretend anymore! I’m showing off!

Popovich's face turned even more ugly.

After coaching for so long, he fought wits and courage with old Nelson, Phil Jackson and other old opponents. He wanted to break his head but never expected that he would be fooled by O'Neal for a day...

This made him feel that his historical status fell to the Mariana Trench.

16 to 8!

The key is the score on the court. After he was fooled for a while, the Lakers still took the initiative completely.

This is very important when two teams with close strength fight.

When the quarter reached 7 minutes, the score on the field was 22-12, and the Lakers firmly grasped the situation on the field.

At this time, the Lakers began to substitution, and Phil Jackson replaced Payton and O'Neal with Finley and Morning.

Popovich's expression was slightly relieved when he saw this.

Last season, Phil Jackson was still doing multiple-choice questions that should give O'Neal more time to win or lose the game, or reduce his playing time to protect O'Neal.

After O'Neal's weight gain this season, Jackson has no choice.

O'Neal's current physical fitness can only last about 30 minutes in a game, and there will be no more.

To convert, one section looks like seven or eight minutes.

So for the Spurs, this is a good opportunity for them to catch up with points.

In the first leg of the substitution, Ginobili scored a layup with a signature snake-shaped breakthrough.

After the Lakers advanced to the frontcourt, the Spurs began to expand their defense from outside.

Sun Hao's double-team shot was interfered with Duncan's long arm and missed it. Mohamed's excellent positioning protected the defensive rebound.

"Run! Run!"

Popovich walked quickly to the sidelines and waved his hands and shouted.

The Spurs played a defensive counterattack, and Ginobili received a pass from Parker and then stepped on.

But the moment he took action, he felt a dark cloud covering his head.

Fortunately, he reacted quickly enough and dodged in the air before dodging the block.

Although he completed the shot before landing with his excellent waist and abdomen ability, a series of operations made him lose his good shooting angle.

The ball flew directly over the basket and came a standard "bridge crossing".

At this moment, the man who almost blocked him grabbed the defensive rebound.

Mooning!

When Ginobili's butt landed and looked up at the person who was grabbing the board, an incredible look appeared in his eyes.

Mo Ning is still fighting for rebounds in the frontcourt, but he has already rushed back to the backcourt in a blink of an eye?

That is, Ginobili entered the league late, and Mooning averaged 3+ blocks per game before kidney transfer, and those were not completely obtained from positional battles.

After Mooning took the rebound, he turned around and gave Walker a retreat. Antoine fast break engine Walker turned around and fought against the Spurs' fast break.

Finley received a pass from Walker and scored a layup.

Sun Hao gave Mo Ning a thumbs up at this time.

Not to mention the 4-pointer in and out of the offensive and defensive round just now, just the successful pursuit and defense just now suppressed the Spurs' momentum of chasing points.

Compared with Divac and Anderson before, Mooning, who has recovered his form, can be regarded as the substitute center that the real champion team should have.

In the positional battle between the Spurs, Duncan assisted the free throw line, Parker cut into the basket, and Mo Ning turned around and made a layup when facing the assisting defense.

He was rejected when he learned three-pointers from Sun Hao, but then he practiced hard to break through. This gyro layup became his strongest weapon.

"Bang!"

However, Parker also underestimated Mooning's defensive ability, just like Ginobili.

Moreover, he was even worse than Ginobili, and he was directly blocked by Mo Ning!

In terms of defensive ability alone, Mourning is not inferior to O'Neal!

This block, Popovich's head buzzed.

He is different from Parker Ginobili on the court. He has witnessed Mourning's peak.

In other words, he was not surprised by Mo Ning's ability, but he did not expect that Mo Ning could recover to this level!

You should know that Mo Ning was the same as Hill in the first two comebacks. After a few games, he fell back.

But this season, the Lakers returned to the Lakers, not to mention that they played 60 games in the regular season, but they were so lively in the playoffs.

Does the Lakers have a miracle doctor?

Unfortunately, Popovich did not travel through time like Sun Hao, otherwise he would have known that he had misunderstood.

In history, Mo Ning's physical condition was not bad after his third comeback. He had 60+ appearances in the Heat for two consecutive seasons.

Now he is on the Lakers. The Lakers are strong. He plays less in the regular season and is physically abundant in the playoffs.

But if this is the case, Popovich felt the malice of the world.

Because this means that it will become difficult for the Spurs to catch up points in the substitute connection!

After the first quarter, the score on the field was 29-18, with the Lakers leading the way.

Popovich was given a camera on the spot. He was always calm and had a rare feeling of annoyance.

It is obvious that he was fooled by O'Neal tonight and his whole body was in a bad mood.

The Lakers did not let the good opportunity slip away, and they played steadily in the last three quarters. In the fourth quarter, Sun Hao made a personal wave and took the game away in advance.

In the end, the Lakers defeated the Spurs 109-95 at home, winning the first victory of this year's playoffs.

On the Spurs side, Duncan scored 25 points, 11 rebounds and 3 assists.

On the Lakers side, Sun Hao easily scored a game-high 33 points, O'Neal played 25 minutes and contributed a double-double with 19 points and 12 rebounds. Finley scored the most 17 points on the bench, Payton scored 12 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists, and Moon scored 6 points, 7 rebounds and 4 blocks.

This is a typical Lakers-like victory this season.

The post-match press conference welcomed the Lakers with an extremely relaxed atmosphere.

"Shake, how are your toes feeling now?"

The reporter also cared about O'Neal's toes.

Before the game, the media cares about what he said about his toes being sore.

"Great, I feel my toes are amazing, never that good."

O'Neal's words made Sun Hao happy.

This murder killed someone and sprinkled another handful of salt on Popovich's wound!

"How do you evaluate Mooning's performance tonight?"

The reporter then asked O'Neal again.

"He performed better than me tonight!"

"Many people may have forgotten that Alonzo and I entered the league in 1992. I am the No. 1 pick and he is the No. 2 pick. If Shaq's ability is 10, then Alonzo will be 9, so I'm not surprised at all by his outstanding performance tonight."

O'Neal is really a big treasure.

"I think Phil must like him very much, because with him, Phil can only let me play for only 20 minutes in one night."

His words continued to make Jackson laugh.

After the press conference, Sun Hao and O'Neal walked towards the locker room together.

"Why would I discuss with Phil and I go to play as a substitute in the next game?"

O'Neal tasted the sweetness and came up with a bad idea.

Sun Hao waved his hand. Popovich was very smart. This trick was useful to him at one time, but only once.

It is impossible for him to succeed if he uses the same trick again.

"We'd better go back and watch the live broadcast early, don't forget that we have a small bet."

Sun Hao continued.

O'Neal also became interested when he heard this.

The two of them returned to the locker room and didn't even take a shower. They went straight to the lounge and lie down and watch the live broadcast.

The team doctor came over to help O'Neal's toe ice compress, which was just a kill of two birds with one stone.

The Mavericks and the Warriors have played more than one quarter, and the score on the field is 43 to 38, and the Mavericks are leading.

"This score is high enough."

O'Neal glanced at the score and said.

Sun Hao smiled.
To be continued...