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Chapter 578 O¡¯Neal¡¯s free throw

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    After the Western Conference semifinals with the Jazz ended, everyone in the Lakers breathed a sigh of relief.  After getting over the Jazz hurdle, the Lakers found that the remaining two opponents in the West, whether it was the SuperSonics or the Rockets, did not seem to be that difficult.  In the playoffs, all teams use their strong points more specifically. If the opponent has a strong point that they cannot solve, it will be really uncomfortable.  The overall strength of the Lakers is higher than that of the Jazz, but because of Malone's strong point that cannot be completely solved, the Lakers played very awkwardly.  It¡¯s so awkward that after the series ended, Rodman didn¡¯t go to the nightclub to drink beer for the first time in a long time, and he was actually practicing extra.  However, for those media, the Jazz's 0-4 defeat was simply impossible to make them feel how much trouble the Jazz really caused to the Lakers.  At best, Malone caused trouble for the Lakers!  Therefore, after this series, these American media began to report vigorously on the topic of who will end the Lakers' winning streak in the playoffs.  Or, will the Lakers win continuously this year?  We can¡¯t blame these media for having such thoughts.  It is really the focus of this duel between the Lakers and Jazz. The 4-0 score is really amazing!  Before the start of this series, the Jazz were considered to be perhaps the strongest team after the Lakers and Bulls!  The Jazz¡¯s record in the second half of the regular season is second only to the Lakers and Bulls, and is better than the Magic, SuperSonics and Rockets!  In addition, USA Today has ranked Malone third in the strength list of active players.  In addition, the Jazz¡¯s lineup is deep enough, and the team¡¯s chemical reaction is also excellent.  Such a Jazz was actually beaten 4-0 by the Lakers led by Lin Han in the playoffs!  This year¡¯s Lakers are really powerful and terrifying!  "Compared with last year, this year's Lakers have added Mutombo, Joe Dumars and other powerful players, so there really are no shortcomings.  In contrast, the Lakers' opponents, whether they are the Bulls, Magic, Rockets or SuperSonics, all have a lot of problems of their own.  For example, this contest between the Eastern Conference champion Bulls and the Eastern Conference fourth-place Knicks.  The Knicks are certainly no match for the Bulls.  The Bulls are indeed the only team in the league that can challenge the Lakers.  But in the second round of the Eastern Conference, Jordan was still using a lot of his step-back three-pointers!  Jordan has actually reached the playoffs and is still developing his three-point shooting skills!  What does this mean?  This represents his imperfect sense of urgency about his own strength!  ¡°A lot of players will develop their skills in the playoffs, and there¡¯s no problem with that.  The problem is, the energy used to develop skills!  And the goal of developing skills to what level!  Looking at this series between Jordan and the Knicks, even if he loses, he still has to develop his step-back three-pointer to the extreme.  When Jordan is preparing to face the Magic or the Pacers in the next round, he must do this!  But, facing the Magic or the Pacers, if Jordan does this again, will he be able to pass?  Perhaps, the Bulls, the biggest threat to the Lakers, will be killed by Jordan in the hands of the Magic!  This is a crisis for the Bulls!  However, the Bulls still fully support Jordan's behavior of improving himself.  Those media experts and Bulls fans who support the Bulls have no choice.  "I am not yet perfect and I will only lose when I take the Bulls to face Lin Han in the finals. If I really lose to the Magic or the Pacers in the Eastern Conference Finals, I will lose." "Lin Han has a saying that is right.  The runner-up is the biggest loser. I don¡¯t want to be a loser, let alone the biggest loser!¡± This is what Jordan said in an interview after leading the Bulls to eliminate the Knicks 4-2.  Based on the strength comparison between the Bulls and the Knicks, the Bulls do not need six games to eliminate the Knicks.  ?According to many people's opinions, the Bulls can sweep the Knicks out in just five games at most.  Especially after Lin Han in the West led the Lakers to sweep the stronger Jazz 4-0, Jordan's elimination of the Knicks with a score of 4-2 will be particularly conspicuous.  However, Jordan doesn¡¯t seem to care at all about these public opinions.  Lin Han has always been in contact with Jordan. After entering the playoffs, Jordan really had a lot of fun playing against the Heat and the Knicks.  Lin Han could also feel Jordan¡¯s retreat.?¡¯s ball-holding three-point skill has probably been upgraded from lv1 to lv2!  In terms of difficulty, the step-back three-pointer is definitely no worse than his pull-up three-pointers.  It is impossible for ordinary people to have a stable hit rate!  Even a player cannot take 10 such difficult step-back three-pointers in a season!  But what about Jordan?  In his sixth game against the Knicks, he hit 10 of these stepbacks in one game!  When Jordan can hit 10 of these incredible step-back three-pointers in the game, then cooperate with his purple-level ball control and purple-level mid-range.  Throughout the entire court, from inside to outside, his offense really did not have any blind spots!  It¡¯s so horrifying!  Even more terrifying than his attack!  If he combines the 50-50 schoolbag with a pull-up three-pointer, then his Kobe-style back-turn mid-range shot will depend on the weather.  If he turns around and leans back like Kobe with his 50-50-yuan school bag, then his move will be to watch the sky.  It seems that he has no blind spots in his attack.  But in fact, there are still blind spots! ??????????????????? In the final analysis, the difference between his way of improving strength and Jordan's has resulted in the difference in his and Jordan's styles.  He admitted that after Jordan developed the purple-gold level step-back three-pointer and upgraded this skill to lv2, Jordan's offense was already number one in the league!  However, although Jordan's offense ranks first in the league again, when it comes to comparing the strengths of the two sides, Lin Han feels that he is still stronger than Jordan.  ¡°If Jordan¡¯s purple-gold three-point skill is upgraded to lv3, and then the purple-gold is further upgraded to purple, then he really won¡¯t be able to suppress Jordan.  However, this is difficult. How can a purple skill be so easy to achieve?  Purple Skills - Purple Gold Skills with Purple Characteristics - Purple Gold Skills have three levels, like a natural chasm!  The game between the Bulls and the Knicks made many media experts who support the Bulls in the United States very dissatisfied.  I think Jordan was joking in the playoffs.  But no matter what, the Bulls eliminated the Knicks 4-2 and became the second team to enter the conference finals.  Compared with the Lakers and Bulls who have all advanced, the Magic and Pacers, Rockets and SuperSonics have all reached the tiebreaker.  When the Magic led by Hardaway and O'Neal faced the Pacers, most people originally felt that the Magic should not play so hard.  After all, the Pacers lost Dale Davis, the defensive core who was said to be able to withstand O'Neal.  Now the Pacers simply don't have anyone who can match O'Neal.  Coupled with the Magic and Hardaway and other strong players, the Pacers' record took off after joining Barkley in the second half of the regular season.  However, Larry Brown¡¯s leadership style is defensive. If he is allowed to lead an offensive team in the playoffs, no one is sure how much strength he will show in the end.  Therefore, most people feel that the Magic should be able to kill the Pacers within six or even five games.  It is true that the Pacers have no one who can deal with O'Neal, but the Magic have no one who can deal with Barkley!  As for whether Larry Brown will make a trick to reduce the Pacers' strength.  Larry Brown wanted to do it, but Barkley and Reggie Miller, who was led astray by Barkley, didn't listen to him at all!  It should be said that I listened to it off the court, but I will not change it on the court!  This style is exactly the same as the Pacers' general manager. He listens to Larry Brown, but he just doesn't change.  In the end, Larry Brown could only watch with his hands on his hips, just to see what kind of game Barkley and Reggie Miller would play with this group of offensive Pacers.  The final result is that Barkley completely liberated himself without meeting Lin Han. That is really strong!  In the first game between the Pacers and the Magic, Barkley and the Pacers almost killed the Magic.  In the first game, Barkley made 12 of 22 shots, 3 of 6 three-pointers, and 10 of 13 free throws. He scored 37 points, 16 rebounds, and 5 assists.  Coupled with Reggie Miller who made 11 of 18 shots and scored 28 points.  Magic was really frightened and broke into a cold sweat.  In the end, the Magic relied on two overtimes to defeat the Pacers!  In the second game between the two sides, the Magic ultimately lost at home.  In the second game between the two teams, the Magic lost to the Pacers 88-93 at home.  This game is an OlympicsEarl and Barkley still showed no difference in victory or defeat.  Hardaway and Reggie Miller's performance on the offensive end is also indistinguishable.  The reason why the Pacers won is because O'Neal's free throws were 4 of 14, while Barkley's free throws were 7 of 13!  O¡¯Neal¡¯s strength is still better than Barkley¡¯s, but O¡¯Neal¡¯s free throw shooting percentage has actually erased the strength that made him higher!  It should be said that O'Neal is very strong, but Barkley is much stronger than everyone thinks!  After more than a season as the second-best player in the Rockets, coupled with Lin Han's downturn, everyone ignored Barkley's strength.  Before, people thought he was the weakest among the eight superstars in the league.  In fact, it is not unreasonable for Barkley to be able to suppress the incomplete Malone and become the league's number one power forward.  In this case, the Pacers and Magic won and lost one game based on O'Neal's free throw shooting percentage.  The Magic and Pacers are of equal strength. The outcome of the two teams really only depends on O'Neal's free throws and shooting percentage.  So, after the Magic and Pacers struggled for six games, the night before the tiebreaker between the two teams, Lin Han received a crying call from O'Neal.  "I want to learn to hold a urinal!" O'Neal, who was very vigilant, finally gave in.  This big man who refused to learn how to carry a urinal was finally ready to snatch the banner of carrying a urinal from his hand.  Lin Han was not sure whether O'Neal was suitable for holding a urinal.  However, as long as O'Neal uses it on the court, he is completely in trouble.  Based on his understanding of this fat man, he is a broken person.  On May 15, 1996, the Magic faced the Pacers in a tiebreaker at home.  O'Neal's version of the urinal finally appeared in front of fans around the world.  When the funny fat guy took the first penalty of the game while holding a urinal, even the Magic players were stunned.  "Shaq is very suitable for this position. When he uses this position, he is very talented and hits the first free throw." Using this special free throw position will damage his image of being wise and powerful. If you can, he is real.  Don't want to use it!  But he hit the first free throw, which gave O'Neal the illusion that I am really suitable for this position?  O¡¯Neal¡¯s confidence greatly increased!  Thinking about the All-Stars, Lin Han could hit three-pointers with his eyes closed because he found the right posture and feeling.  He has now found a suitable posture for free throws, so what is there to be afraid of?  There is no need to worry about being fouled by your opponent!  O¡¯Neal, who was very uncomfortable with the Pacers in this round of the series, played an incredible performance in this tiebreaker game that was related to the fate of the Magic.  O¡¯Neal made 17 of 25 shots and 15 of 18 free throws in the game, scoring 49 points with a true shooting rate of 74.4%!  And his partner Hardaway also scored 36 points on 14 of 27 shots in this game because of O'Neal's huge containment in the paint.  In the end, the Magic defeated the Pacers 115-111 at home!  O'Neal was very excited about the Magic's victory in this game.  If he hadn¡¯t learned the essence of holding a urinal from Lin Han, how could he have a free throw shooting rate of more than 80% in a game!  15 of 18 free throws!  As long as he misses 5 free throws in this game, his team will lose!  It smells so good!  O'Neal feels that for the remaining half of his career, he really can't do without this free throw posture.  "Isn't this fat guy really suitable for this position?" To be honest, Lin Han, who watched the game, didn't know whether it was because O'Neal was really suitable for this position or because of his psychology.  However, in this game, O'Neal's free throws were really accurate!  You know, the Pacers made 50 free throws as a team in this game!  Neither Barkley nor Reggie Miller misses key games.  Reggie Miller usually only takes seven or eight free throws. In this game, he made 15 free throws. Barkley made 16 free throws!  The Pacers caused 32 fouls to the Magic!  Grant was fouled six times by Barkley, and Hardaway also committed five fouls.  If it weren¡¯t for O¡¯Neal¡¯s accurate free throw, the Magic would really have been killed by Barkley and Reggie Miller in this game!  However, in the end the magic worked?Nearly eliminated the Pacers and joined the Bulls in the Eastern Conference Finals.  On May 16, 1996, in the seventh game between the Rockets and SuperSonics, the Lakers' opponent in the Western Conference Finals was also determined.  Last season, the Lakers' opponent in the Western Conference Finals, the Houston Rockets, lost to the SuperSonics 107-111 in the tiebreaker and were eliminated!  The Lakers¡¯ opponent in the Western Conference Finals will be the SuperSonics led by Payton and Kemp!
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