One Year Left to Play

Faced with Zhang Hao’s defense, Grant Hill aggressively drove forward with his old moves: a sudden stop, a step back, and a mid-range shot that tormented his knees and ankles... Just as he was about to release the ball, Grant Hill abruptly leaned back, but it was still a beat too slow!

Zhang Hao took a gamble, betting that the opponent would handle it himself and choose a step-back, so he pursued him with the intention of blocking, directly pressing up, disregarding whether Grant Hill would break through to the inside.

This time, the bet paid off!

Zhang Hao jumped up with full force, and as Grant Hill leaned back, the ball was still touched by Zhang Hao’s fingertips!

The ball reached its highest point and came down, clearly not heading toward the basket.

Barkley crucially protected the rebound!

Jerome Williams actively interfered with Barkley’s outlet pass; on offense, he could do nothing except for easy baskets, but defensively, he was versatile and extremely aggressive, effectively single-handedly restraining the Lakers’ counterattack.

By the time Barkley passed the ball to the receiving Kenny Anderson, Ratliff had already retreated.

Falling into a set play, of course, the key player Shaquille O’Neal is given the opportunity to go one-on-one.

O’Neal received the ball effortlessly, not allowing an off-ball double-team, but as soon as he received the ball, Grant Hill closed in.

Barkley quickly stepped out to block Jerome Williams, and Zhang Hao moved to the left side near a 45-degree angle at the top of the arc, receiving a pass from O’Neal!

Facing a challenge from Joe Dumars, Zhang Hao completely ignored him, caught the ball, and shot a three-pointer...

Another basket!

points in a single quarter!

Zhang Hao’s personal score rose to 43 points!

Zhang Hao’s scoring alone reached a value of 43, while Grant Hill’s combined three sets of data totaled only 44.

But at this point, Zhang Hao’s attention was no longer on that, just thinking about how to win!

Tied at 118!

As soon as O’Neal entered... mainly with the full-force output of O’Neal, his inside presence made Grant Hill opt for a mid-range shot, started strong offense, and his offensive threat gave Zhang Hao a pass for a receiving three-pointer, together they scored a 5 to 0 burst!

Next, both teams went for outside shots, each missing in a round.

The Pistons were wary of O’Neal’s inside defense, while the Lakers had O’Neal being double-teamed inside, Zhang Hao being fronted on his reception, Doug Christie missed a catch-and-shoot three-pointer.

With no inside scoring opportunities and poor outside shot chances, during the Pistons’ attack, Grant Hill chose to drive inside, avoiding Zhang Hao’s chasing block but couldn’t evade O’Neal.

O’Neal made a crucial block, and the ball was swatted in the direction of Zhang Hao!

Zhang Hao caught the ball and launched a fast break!

Unable to catch up! The Pistons players chased with everything they had but could only watch Zhang Hao successfully dunk on a fast break.

to 0!

The Remy Martin Duo is starting to show their prowess!

Although there are still issues with coordination, and role players haven’t quite adapted or not yet skilled enough to provide support.

But their partnership has directly turned around a 5-point deficit to take the lead!

Pistons coach Doug Collins watched the impressive talent cultivated by his brother, really... as long as Zhang Hao polishes his perimeter defense and reaches a passable level in help defense, the twin towers with O’Neal promise an unbeatable future!

"Did the Magic players disappear into the sea when they visited Los Angeles? The Grant and Aix duo should be better than Aix and O’Neal’s pairing... should be..."

Doug Collins, having a player like Grant Hill under his command, naturally aims for the championship, and if not one or two years, he’s willing to wait three to five years.

Attracting Zhang Hao to join after his contract expires is one of the main plans.

The subtle discord between Zhang Hao and O’Neal was long foreseen.

If it weren’t for O’Neal making 5 out of 9 free throws earlier, Doug Collins would really want to continue with hack-a-Shaq.

But with a fifty percent free throw success rate, hack-a-Shaq wasn’t applicable, especially when his team’s offensive rhythm had already been disrupted.

Seeing his team being beaten out of sorts by the opposing Remy Martin twin towers, Doug Collins steadied himself, called his players together, and loudly laid out their tactics.

Yelling is the simplest and quite effective way to stimulate...

Compared to the Pistons being somewhat disoriented, the Lakers were explosively excited!

From leading by nearly 20 points to being overtaken, realizing it only after they’ve been surpassed, they were indeed a bit panicked.

Then, Zhang Hao led the team to hold their ground.

But with the score continuously lagging behind, as they began to entertain thoughts of a slight collapse, Zhang Hao and O’Neal easily regained the lead together.

With 45 points for Zhang Hao and O’Neal scoring 23 points, 7 rebounds, and 3 blocks in just 26 minutes...

Del Harris figured his team’s aristocratic inclinations might grow more serious, but what could he do?

Nothing to be done.

Moreover, Zhang Hao + O’Neal, so strong!

In Del Harris’s view, neither Zhang Hao nor O’Neal regard each other highly, but at crucial moments, they trust each other.

Since Zhang Hao joined, Del Harris discovered many problems were unsolvable, such is life.

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In the last minute and a half, neither team substituted, the Lakers kept their starters, while the Pistons replaced the average-performing Edith Soper with Jerome Williams to continue playing.

The Pistons’ timeout proved effective, Doug Collins emphasized the inside players stepping out for screens, pulling O’Neal out, and Jerome Williams received the ball inside and dunked successfully.

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