Chapter 746: Powerful Coconut Shark Showdown!

"Yes, 42 points at halftime!"

"Shaquille O'Neal had 20 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists in half the game!"

"Another exciting coconut shark showdown!"

When the halftime game between the Sonics and the Cavaliers ended, the audience in front of the TV, who had been shocked by the first half of the game between the Sonics and the Cavaliers, finally came back to their senses amidst the excitement of the commentators from various countries!

Looking at the half-time statistics of Yes and O'Neal played on TV, the shocked expressions that had just dissipated on the faces of these spectators who had just come back to their senses reappeared on their faces again.

"This data!"

"It's incredible!"

Oden and Gasol, Carter, Battier, Lowry and others around him looked at the half-time statistics played on TV and it was really incredible.

"We have known that the Cavaliers are very strong. The Cavaliers' tactics almost did not waste any of O'Neal's energy and time on the court. O'Neal scored 20 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists in just 13 minutes in the first half. The data!"

"O'Neal in this game is stronger than when he played against us, both offensively and defensively!"

Gasol was praising, really praising, that they lost the game against the Cavaliers this season.

The almost invincible inside combination between him and Oden was destroyed by O'Neal in Cleveland.

As the Grizzlies, who along with the Lakers are considered one of the strongest teams in the Western Conference this season, they know what their own strength is.

This game against the Cavaliers was not an unexpected loss. The Cavaliers did not defeat them upset due to some accidental circumstances.

They can feel that if the Cavaliers play 10 games with them, they will win at most five games. In other words, their strength is 50-50 with that of the Cavaliers!

Normally, the Cavaliers' strength is 50-50 with them, but in this game, O'Neal and the Cavaliers are not in their usual state!

However, the current score on the court is that the SuperSonics are in the lead. The SuperSonics, which is considered to have fallen by the way around the world, actually leads by 2 points, 66 to 64!

The reason why this situation occurs is entirely because Yes!

When playing against them, neither Carter nor Oden nor himself could defeat the Shark. In the first half, Yes was outscored by at least 30 points!

"Yes's 42-point halftime performance was shocking, but what's even more shocking than these 42 points is that most of his points were consciously looking for O'Neal!"

"Most of Yes's points were scored against O'Neal, and they were extremely difficult points."

"Yes knows that O'Neal is the core of the Cavaliers' offense and defense, just like Howard of the Magic. As long as he defeats O'Neal like he defeated Howard, the SuperSonics can win this game!"

"Tactically, no one, whether it's the Seattle SuperSonics or other teams in the league, can defend O'Neal when the Cavaliers stopped him. O'Neal is now invincible on the offensive end, and the Cavaliers' tactics rely on O'Neal's offensive invincibility. Up."

"Tactically, the Cavaliers and O'Neal are invincible, but psychologically, that may not be the case."

"Yes wants to find the psychological loopholes of the Cavaliers, just!"

"O'Neal is not Howard!"

"So Yes and O'Neal gave us a wonderful 'Coconut Shark Showdown' in the first half!"

The atmosphere in the Grizzlies locker room is very lively now.

This season, Oden has become the future No. 1 center.

At this time, listening to the discussion of his teammates, and watching the scene on TV of Pippen beaming and praising his teacher, he felt a little fascinated for a while.

In the first half, he saw O'Neal's invincible defense. He could defend every attack of his master. At the same time, he also saw his teacher's invincible offense. No matter how strong O'Neal's defense was, he could hit the ball with very high efficiency. Go in, and the Sonics, who should definitely lose, won by 2 points in the final half!

The first half was a duel between an outside player and an inside player!

"On the basketball court, when a player's strength is really strong to a certain extent, the difference between the inside and outside is not so obvious. At that time, the position is not the difference between the two players, but the strength is the real difference. the difference!"

This is what Pippen is saying now, and Oden thinks it is very correct.

Because the past half of the game between the Cavaliers and the SuperSonics was a direct duel between the teacher and O'Neal!

And the final result looks like there is no winner!

In this world, the only person in this world who can compete directly with his teacher without deciding the outcome is probably O'Neal.

And similarly, the only person who can compete with O'Neal in such a direct confrontation is the teacher!

At the very least, he, Gasol, and Yao couldn't defeat the invincible O'Neal who was not lazy in the game and went all out. Even fighting against each other was a bit reluctant.

Recalling the wonderful duel between O'Neal and the teacher in the first half, and listening to the heated discussion between his teammates and the TNT team, Oden really wanted to join such a duel!

He now has the upper hand in the competition with Howard as the future No. 1 center.

But he knows very well that his current strength is still not enough to compete with O'Neal and his teachers.

These two people are his future goals!

"Coconut Shark Showdown!"

This was what every Cavaliers and Sonics player in the locker rooms on both sides was thinking about during the halftime break.

O'Neal's invincibility in the first half left a deep impression on all SuperSonics players.

The SuperSonics insiders, Milicic, Millsap, and Gasol were really blown away by O'Neal in turns!

The team's inside team, which has performed very well this season, was so vulnerable in this game in front of O'Neal's invincible power!

In the first half, Yeez's continuous pull-ups and hits in front of O'Neal also shocked the Cavaliers players to the point of horror.

They felt more clearly than the audience next to them or in front of the TV that Yes was deliberately looking for O'Neal.

"The statistics are out. Of Yes' 42 points in the half, 32 of them were scored against Shaq!"

"Shaq played 13 minutes in the first half, and Yes played 20 minutes. It can almost be concluded that if Yes doesn't play Shaq, they almost don't want to score!"

Hearing the team's assistant coach say this, O'Neal looked quite uncomfortable.

Yes, this guy really doesn’t give him any face!

He was like this when he was with the Heat, and he was still like this when he was with the Cavaliers, just to catch him!

Did Yes not watch the great Shaq play this season?

Doesn't Yes know how low the shooting percentages of outside strongmen like Carter and Iverson are when they break through the Cavaliers' outside defense and get in front of the great Shaq this season?

Yes must know the miserable situation Carter and the others faced when facing the great Shaq, but they still dare to challenge this shark like this. This kid is so stubborn!

but!

This kid is not only tough-minded, but also really strong!

If he hadn't known it was impossible, when he saw Yes's shooting percentage in the first half, he would have even doubted whether he was an undercover agent of Yes, cooperating with Yes in the game. Damn, facing him, he could push Carter to the limit. With a help defense with a shooting rate of less than 35%, Yes was able to shoot 80% in half the court against him!

Damn it, this shooting rate is higher than his efficiency in playing the SuperSonics inside team!

Coconut shark showdown!

Sure enough, it’s a coconut shark showdown!

In today's NBA, the only one who can compete with the current Ben Shark is Yes!

His current overall strength is of course incomparable to that at his peak.

But he can clearly feel that his destructive power under the basket is stronger than at his peak!

In the past few years, he has been stimulated by Yes. His training volume has not been much less, and his physical condition has been maintained well. Although his speed and athletic ability are not as good as those in 2004 that he always likes to talk about in the media, his athletic ability Compared with 2004, physical ability is not much different.

His destructive power at the basket has become stronger, and his physical functions have not completely deteriorated, which allowed him to reach a career peak again this season.

If it weren't for the fact that his physical strength is irreversible and he is not so powerful, O'Neal even thinks that the Sharks of the 2008-2009 season with sufficient physical strength can explode the Sharks of 1998-1999!

This is definitely not an exaggeration!

Now he can guard the 1998-1999 Sharks at the basket!

And the Sharks of 1998-1999 will never be able to guard against the Sharks of today!

As for the Sharks' strongest athletic ability and agility in 1998-1999, they may have been very useful for the Lakers, but in the Cavaliers, with Mike Brown and other players cooperating with him to interfere with the opponent's defense in the area around him, it was Can be ignored.

It can be said that under Mike Brown, his strengths were maximized and his weaknesses were minimized.

His dominance on the court was naturally maximized.

Mike Brown's specific tactical ability is not that strong, or even very weak, but this guy is really very accomplished in using stars and maximizing their data and energy.

So, now, as he often said outside, he is back to the top!

But even at his peak, he still couldn't stop Yes!

Not only did they fail to stop Yes, but they also allowed Yes to score 42 points in the half, potentially scoring 100 points in the entire game!

"Shaq, do you want to change your defense against Yes for this game?"

"Need not!"

Mike Brown was asking O'Neal for his opinion, and O'Neal refused outright.

Change the defense, double-team Yes on the outside, and prevent him from driving to the basket?

This can indeed reduce his pressure, but the Cavaliers' perimeter defense will completely collapse and be filled with holes, and his current athletic ability simply cannot fill those holes like Howard.

The Cavaliers' perimeter players do not need to defend the opponent's breakthroughs or shots. The role of the Cavaliers' perimeter players on the defensive end is so that they do not have to fill those holes. All the final attacks of the opponent's offensive players are completed in front of him. In this way He can use his height, weight and body width to limit opponents.

In the first half, the Cavaliers' defense was successful. Most of Yes's attacks were against him. However, in the end, Yes made most of his shots!

"I'm a great shark, don't worry, I will never score 100 points in the game, and he will never have such a high shooting percentage all the time!"

"The protagonist of the league this season is the great Shaq, and the protagonist of this game is also the great Shaq!"

As the most show-off player, O'Neal is putting on a show almost all the time, pretending to be 13. If the Cavaliers had Kobe at this time, many people would be disdainful, and this damn fat guy likes to brag.

But these players in the Cavaliers team can really be stunned by O'Neal!

Even Cavaliers head coach Mike Brown has an expression of excitement and admiration on his face now.

In the current league, there are not many people who can say such things in the face of the threat of Yes, and O'Neal is definitely one of them!

"Even if it really becomes a backdrop again and is scored 100 points by Yes, the great Shaq will never give up!"

"The winner of this coconut shark showdown must be the big shark!"

O'Neal inspired the morale of the Cavaliers players to the extreme in the Cavaliers locker room.

As for Yeosi in the SuperSonics locker room, he is not as good as O'Neal. This game against the Cavaliers actually gave him another chance to score 100 points. This is a real surprise.

He likes the Cavaliers' defense very much. The Cavaliers' zone-filling defense may be one of the few defenses in the league that won't double-team him.

This kind of defense designed specifically for O'Neal may be very powerful for others. Carter, Iverson and even Arenas have all suffered from it. It is indeed not easy for small players to beat O'Neal in the inside area, but He's truly the only surprise in the league.

The key to whether he can score 100 points in this game now becomes whether O'Neal can accept him scoring 100 points!

Can O'Neal let him score 100 points in order to win this game?

Does O'Neal resent beating him that much?

This is the question that Ye Si is thinking about now, especially considering that O'Neal seems to have not defeated him in his career, which makes Ye Si look forward to it.

The intermission ended and the second half of the game continued.

"Neither the Cavaliers nor the SuperSonics changed their tactics at halftime!"

"The coconut shark showdown continues!"

After the start of the second half of the game, I saw O'Neal still brutally torturing the SuperSonics insiders on the court, while Yes seemed to be avenging the SuperSonics insiders and brutally torturing O'Neal. Many viewers at the scene and in front of the TV watched it again. stunned!

Even the two TNT commentators on the scene were sluggish at this time.

"There are other excellent players on both sides of the SuperSonics and Cavaliers, but in this game, everyone is not in the same world as Yes and the Sharks, not even in the same dimension!"

"Coconut Shark Showdown!"

"These two are so strong!"

Are Yes and O'Neal so strong?

Watching the rising score on the TV and watching the two people's increasingly crazy performances on the TV, James in front of the TV even started to doubt his life!

This must be fake!

This must have been done with special effects!

How could Yes score 70 points in three quarters against such a terrifying defense from O'Neal!

How could O'Neal have the ability to score 30 points, 7 rebounds and 10 assists in only 20 minutes in the third quarter!

If this were true, if this wasn't a stunt, would he really be what those who criticized him in the Cavaliers last season said he was. .

So bad that even O'Neal can't carry him? !

Nima’s food!