Any game, the final game will be in the second half, and it can also be extended to the final moment of the game. No one knows what the result will be until the end. Not to mention the advantage of leading, even if it is more than ten points, twenty points, and the final reversal is not without precedents.

All the main players who played in the game were resting, while the coaching staff was discussing and setting up the tactics of the second half. Relatively speaking, the Spurs with advantages were easier and there were more options. On the Heat, the only few players must allocate their playing time to avoid physical strength problems like the first half again.

This job is quite difficult. As the saying goes, it is hard to cook without rice. For Pat Riley, there are only a few players who want to properly match them, just like a cook without rice. In fact, the eight-player rotation lineup is basically the regular rotation lineup of ordinary teams. But the Spurs are in a ten-player rotation lineup, and there is no eleven-player rotation lineup. Except for Udic, there is basically no formality playing field. Brent Barry does not play much playing time, but the rest of the people are basically the normal playing time to substitute players.

In the finals, due to technical style, Mohamed's playing time was occupied by Oberto. Mohamed's defensive effect against O'Neal and Mooning was not as good as Oberto, but in the previous game, Mohamed was the team's starting center.

The opponent's inside and outside power have surplus, but the Heat are very short of money. There are not many players who can play, including Sandon Anderson, Michael Doriac, a center and a shooting guard. Unfortunately, they are all unhelpful guys, as well as this year's rookie Wien Himion, the 29th selected rookies from the Heat.

Unfortunately, Wien Himian's growth was far from meeting Pat Riley's expectations. When Van Gundy was the coach, he still had some playing time. As soon as Pat Riley took over, he immediately let him sit on the bench. Originally, the Heat chose him because they fell in love with his immediate combat power.

But Wien Himion has been unable to show it for a long time. He was called a body that can compete with professional players in college. Now, he still has only body and no skills. If he had chosen Stephen at that time, he would not have to worry about it now.

Stephen can act as a starting small forward, then serve as a substitute for Wade, and occasionally play inside. Such a player is more suitable for the current situation of the Heat. It's a pity. Who said that he was wrong at the beginning? Every time Pat Riley sees Wien Hemien, he feels extremely annoying, and what's even more tragic is that he has to give him a salary of more than two years.

Pat Riley finally decided to put O'Neal and Wade on for five minutes to see if they could gain some advantage, and then let them go down and rest, and wait until the second half of the fourth quarter to play. For most of the quarter, it depends on their substitute players. If they really can't do it...

In addition to O'Neal and Wade, Haslem went down to rest. Antoine Walker played power forward. The small forward was James Posey and point guard Jason Williams. In this lineup, Antoine Walker faced Robert Horry. Both of them were the kind of small forwards who were as tall as power forwards, and they were also a match for the opponent.

In other aspects, the Heat are not at a disadvantage, just don’t know what lineup adjustments the Spurs will make. The Spurs have bigger cards and the adjustable range is larger. Pat Riley has long stopped thinking about what **Vic will do.

However, the Spurs replaced Stephen and replaced Bruce Bowen. The others were still substitutes. **Vict already felt that limiting Stephen to the task of defending Wade was a bit too wasteful of his offensive talent. Although Wade is very important to the Heat, Stephen is not much worse, and in just one quarter, how many points can Wade get, tens, and twenty?

**Vicci felt that he was too arrogant to Wade. Judging from this and a half game, Wade's threat was not as high as he imagined. It would be better to let Stephen rest on the court and perform better in the fourth quarter.

The lineups of both sides returned to the court. After seeing each other's adjustments, Pat Riley felt strange about how Stephen was coming off. It was obvious that **Vic's strategy of using Stephen to defend Wade was successful, so why didn't **Vic continue to stick to it.

But **Vicci didn't find anything strange. There were not many players who could rotate the Heat, and there were naturally not many options to adjust. The Heat's lineup was not beyond **Vicci's expectations, so **Vicci would naturally not be surprised.

This lineup did not surprise **Vic, but the development of the game surprised **Vic. After playing, Wade did not show his power because the defense replaced Bruce Bowen, but O'Neal, who was in the inside, began to explode like a ferocious demon.

When he was with the Lakers, although the Spurs were their biggest opponent in the West, O'Neal did not look down on the Spurs very much. He believed that as long as the Lakers could perform normally and as long as the kid named Kobe did not make trouble with him, the Lakers would not lose to anyone. But that guy was always unwilling to be inferior and always tried to grab his own boss position.

The old guy still wanted to coax himself, but he didn't think about it. Is his reputation as "Great Aristotle" in vain? When he wanted to coax him, he would feel that he had listened to his words and no longer wanted to be settled by him. Even if he was talking about it was useless.

Who knew that while I was forcing the team to the palace, the brat was also forcing the palace, but the team chose that guy, but because that guy was a few years younger than me, I made up my mind to make them regret it. Now, I was still standing on the stage of the finals, and the glorious Lakers, haha, it was so exciting that I couldn't even get in the semi-finals.

However, since I have come to the finals stage, I have to prove my ability and value, and prove it to those guys who don’t know anything. I am still the unstoppable shark, and the guy they chose is nothing but who can only score himself.

With this thought, O'Neal turned against his previous work but did not work hard. In fact, his symptoms were not obvious. Everyone knows his laziness on the court. Not only the team, but also the fans know that they have to rest for more than ten games every season. Although everyone understands it, fans spend money to buy tickets to see you perform, not to see you rest. This is one of the reasons why the Lakers gave him up.

O'Neal's selective rest is certainly because of his own career, but he also has no desires and no desires after achieving success. Three consecutive championships are enough. With his performance and fame, it is easy to enter the top 50 of the Hall of Fame and other things. He also gets the maximum salary. Is there anything else to pursue?

Therefore, O'Neal rarely goes all out in the game, even in the finals, but was given up by the team. After arriving at the Heat, proving his motivation to the Lakers management gave O'Neal a little effort, but he was used to being lazy, even if he performed, it was only a moment.

That's why he generously handed over the position of the team's boss to Wade, because he was old and came here to assist him. In fact, one is that he realized the reality, and the other is that he didn't want to bear so much responsibility. Pat Riley also knew O'Neal's fault and would hit him from time to time to make him full of motivation again.

This time, Pat Riley was at halftime. Facing a five-point lead, Pat Riley has always emphasized that he must equalize the score as soon as possible, strive to get the main players out of the game, lead the score and expand it as much as possible. While saying this, Pat Riley has been looking at Wade with encouragement.

It gives people the feeling that this task can only be accomplished by Wade, which makes O'Neal feel despised and thinks he doesn't have the ability to do so. So he made up his mind to take a good look at Pat Riley, who is not old yet.

If Pat Riley directly praised Wade, O'Neal might not have been so angry, because Phil Jackson had used this method even more times. He had long been immunized to this level of provocation. However, Pat Riley's unclear attitude clearly showed that his actions made O'Neal rekindled his fighting spirit.

He knew that this was Pat Riley's excitement, but O'Neal wanted to prove himself in this way and prove it to the team. He was still the omnipotent O'Neal, and no one could stop him. So after the opening, O'Neal forced himself to beat Oberto, turned around and squeezed Oberto out of the baseline, and at the same time he shot the ball.

Because of his turn, O'Boto's move to pull the jersey was exposed, and O'Neal also got a free throw. O'Neal, who became serious, made the free throw much more accurate. The ball hit the basket very accurately, and the gap between six points suddenly became only three points.

Ginobili and Robert Horry picked and rolled the pick-and-roll, but unfortunately Ginobili's shot deviated from the basket. O'Neal roared and squeezed Oberto aside and took the rebound. After coming back, Wade was about to hold the ball and wanted the ball, but O'Neal firmly stretched out his move to ask for the ball, so Wade had to hand the ball to him.

After receiving the ball, O'Neal followed the trend and leaned against Oberto, just like Stephen relied on him to squeeze into the inside line. After reaching the position, he easily hooked the basket and scored two points again, with only one point gap.

Robert Horry hit a mid-range shot on the Spurs, but O'Neal once again asked to attack the basket. This time, in order to stop O'Neal, O'Botton paid the price of foul, but it was still useless. The ball still entered the basket, and another two plus one. O'Neal accidentally hit another free throw to tie the score.

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