Chapter 615

The reason the Lakers had such a large deficit was the conflict between the OK duo.

Kobe wanted to play better than O'Neal, so Kobe kept taking the ball and attacking aggressively on his own.

Even if O'Neal had a good opportunity, Kobe wouldn't give it to him; occasionally he would, but the opponent was a strong team like the Kings, so it didn't quench the thirst.

O'Neal was in great form, but if he couldn't get the ball, it was all for nothing.

And being ignored by Kobe time and time again when asking for the ball, he also felt a sense of frustration.

Especially seeing that Kobe's efficiency wasn't very high, and he himself couldn't attack, that feeling of being stifled and powerless made him gradually lose patience with the game.

Don't want to play?

Don't want to win?!

Then forget it, let's all not play.

With the OK duo acting on impulse, even if the Lakers were strong, they couldn't unleash their power, so it was all for nothing.

During the timeout.

"Kobe, Shaquille, don't be like this; if this continues, this year's championship journey will really be over."

Phil Jackson's face gradually turned ugly, and his tone became heavy.

He couldn't keep a smiling face anymore.

He had to put some pressure on the OK duo to make them temporarily put aside their conflicts and cooperate.

"What's the big deal? Right now, nothing is more important than winning the championship."

The Glove, Payton, also came to mediate.

Karl Malone couldn't watch anymore either; he looked at Kobe and said in a deep voice, "Kobe, I know you want to win the FMVP this year.

You want to prove yourself.

But... if you can't even reach the Finals.

Then even if you play well in these series and your stats are perfect, so what? You can't possibly win the FMVP.

Only by winning the Western Conference Finals and getting the ticket to the Finals will you have the chance to truly challenge for the FMVP.

Therefore.

You must put aside your prejudices now.

You must cooperate with O'Neal; we must unleash the power that belongs to the OK duo, only then can we break into the Finals.

And only then.

Will you have the chance to play better on the Finals stage and prove yourself to win the FMVP."

"Yeah!"

Fisher saw the team falling into deep trouble.

He couldn't do nothing; he had to participate in reconciling the conflict between the two, "Saying more is useless; everything depends on getting to the Finals first."

Almost everyone wanted the OK duo to put aside their grudges and were communicating with Kobe.

Even if Kobe was still very unhappy, he was under considerable pressure.

The key was.

Amidst everyone's earnest persuasion.

Kobe also realized that what they said had some truth; if he kept going like this, if they lost the game, if they couldn't even enter the Finals.

Then even if he played better than O'Neal, what would be the point?

He figured it out.

Kobe reluctantly figured it out.

"I know!" Kobe nodded slightly, then looked at O'Neal without speaking, but extended his palm.

"Slap!"

The two high-fived, which didn't mean the conflict between them was resolved, but at least until they won the Western Conference Finals, they would cooperate and play seriously.

"Nice!"

Phil Jackson saw the two temporarily put aside their grudges and play the game well, and finally let out a sigh of relief.

He understood that as long as the two played seriously, no matter who the opponent was, they would definitely win!

A 12-point deficit?!

Chasing it back in one quarter was not impossible.

When Kobe started passing the ball, the Big Shark's giant energy under the basket was instantly revealed to the fullest.

Dunks, footwork, alley-oops, rebounds, blocks.

As long as he was under the basket and had a certain amount of ball possession, O'Neal was invincible.

And because of O'Neal's terrifying dominance under the basket.

The Kings were forced to shrink their defense to further target O'Neal's performance.

With that, although Kobe's ball possession on the perimeter decreased, his offensive opportunities became better and better, and his efficiency gradually climbed.

The OK duo united.

The Kings were suddenly unable to handle it.

In just 10 minutes and 13 seconds, the Lakers erased the 12-point deficit, and following O'Neal's rim protection and a dunk under the basket.

Kobe hit a three-pointer from the perimeter.

The two joined forces to kill the game.

It took only one quarter to reverse everything and rewrite the series score to a 2-2 tie.

The Lakers playing normally were still invincible.

Not just invincible in this game; in the next two games, the OK duo once again displayed their powerful abilities.

One inside, one outside.

Making the Kings miserable, unable to handle them, and causing them to lose two more games in a row.

What?

The Lakers won three games in a row. They won the series 4-2 against the Kings and successfully advanced to the Finals.

And during the period when the Lakers eliminated the Kings.

Commissioner David Stern thought about the incident where Rasheed Wallace incited a fan to clash with Su Yan, attempting to destroy Su Yan in this way.

Excessive.

No matter how you think about it, this matter was very excessive.

In addition, such a thing was very unfair to Su Yan and very unfair to the Bulls.

This was equivalent to Rasheed Wallace using a fan to destroy the superstar Su Yan and destroying the Bulls along with him.

Even if Rasheed Wallace was sacrificed, Su Yan and the Bulls also suffered a bloody loss.

Such things cannot keep happening!!! **CHAPTER 617**