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Chapter 180 The Jedi Counterattack Sun Team
Only 3 minutes after O'Neal and Rodman came on the court, the Magic tied the score.

And another unexpected result is that Ewing got two fouls on his back.

At the end of the half, the Magic had led the Knicks by four points 50-54.

In the third quarter, Pat Riley wanted Ewing to rest.

But in just 3 minutes, the score was pulled to ten points by the Magic.

Without Ewing's pinnacle, the Knicks have no way to compete with the Magic.

D'Antoni secretly clenched his fist after Davis assisted O'Neal to score the goal that opened the point difference to ten.

He knew that if there were no accidents in this game, he should have won it.

After 3 minutes, seeing that the score was likely to continue to be opened, Pat Riley had no choice but to replace Ewing again.

After Ewing came on the court, the trend of the point difference continuing to widen was indeed stopped, but there was no way to catch up with the score.

He struggled against O'Neal and Rodman.

At the last moment of the game, the Magic didn't make any mistakes, they just hit O'Neal's point steadily and scored points steadily.

With one and a half minutes left in the game, Pat Riley looked at the [-]-point gap still maintained on the field, reluctantly replaced all the main players, and announced that he had surrendered.

The Magic were excited to celebrate their first win in the series.

Ewing put his hips on his hips, looked at the generals of the Magic team who were celebrating, and suddenly felt a sense of exhaustion.

He thought of the fear of being dominated by Jordan in the playoffs a few years ago, and the Magic No. 23 in front of him gave him the same feeling as the Bulls No. [-].

Gritting his teeth, Ewing walked to the locker room.

In the next game, you won't be allowed to win so easily again!

奥尼尔下半场的发挥成了魔术队取胜的关键，他全场更是拿下了28分13篮板的数据，迪威斯则拿下了21分9助攻，双子星合砍49分的出色表现让尤因的31分的全场最高分黯然失色。

The Magic game is over, but there is another game today.

The two teams in the West, the Nuggets and the Jazz, started the first game of the series.

The biggest highlight of this game is the inside duel between Mutombo and Malone.

As the current number one defensive center in the league, Mutombo is at the peak of his career. In the first round of the Black Eight Supersonics, his average performance of 5 blocks per game in 6.2 games is still fresh in everyone's memory.

What is even more surprising is that Mutombo also played very well on the offensive end in this game. He made 13 of 7 shots and 10 of 6 free throws to score a team-high 20 points.

However, Mutombo's outstanding performance did not bring his team a victory.

The Utah Shuangsha of the Jazz has now entered a level of cooperation that has not been reached before. The tacit understanding between the two of them is really good.

马龙19次出手虽然只进了9个，但是却获得了11次罚球，拿下25分10篮板3抢断的数据。

The same goes for Stockton, 13 of 5, but got 8 free throws, made 7 of them, scored 17 points, 11 assists and 2 steals.

Although Dikembe Mutombo played exceptionally well on the offensive end, he was hard to beat with two fists and four hands. His teammates couldn't give him much support under the tight defense of the Jazz. In the end, the Nuggets regrettably lost the first game by nine points in the away game.

In the long series, whoever makes fewer turnovers is more likely to win the game. The Jazz only made 12 turnovers in the game, 6 times less than the Nuggets.

The game between the Suns and the Rockets that started the next day confirmed this point even more.

After entering the second round, the difference in team strength is not the only factor that determines the outcome of the game. The psychological quality of the players, team cooperation, and tactical restraint are also key points that affect the outcome of the game.

On the second day, last year's regular season MVP Charles Barkley faced Hakeem Olajuwon, the head of the four major centers of the two consecutive DPOYs.

Neither of the two can limit the other. Although Olajuwon's inside defense is unparalleled in the world, there is a saying that there is only a parallel import champion, not a parallel import MVP.

Barkley used his big ass to rampage inside the Rockets. The two teams played inextricably in the first half. At halftime, the Rockets led the Suns by only one point.

In the third quarter, the situation changed suddenly, Olajuwon's state broke out, and his talent was turned on. What made Davis in front of the TV wondered was that Barkley didn't realize this.

Olajuwon was unstoppable inside, leading the Rockets to score 40 points in a single quarter, while the Suns only scored a mediocre 23 points.

With an 18-point difference, the Rockets entered the fourth quarter with confidence.

In the fourth quarter, the Suns, who were fighting to the death, played a Jedi counterattack that made Davis excited.

Not to mention Barkley's talents and skills, another person became the biggest contributor to the Suns' comeback in the fourth quarter.

AC Green, known as the "Iron Man", grabbed an exaggerated 6 offensive rebounds in a single quarter in the fourth quarter, and Olajuwon, who hit directly, withdrew from the explosive state.

I don't know if the Rockets' habit of collapsing in the fourth quarter is left over now. Facing the Suns' tide-like offense in the entire fourth quarter, they only scored a poor 8 points in a single quarter.

That's right, the record for the lowest scoring in a single quarter of the playoffs just set by the Spurs was set again by the Rockets just a few days later.

When Barkley faced Olajuwon's defense and put the ball into the basket 5 seconds before the end, the entire court showed two completely different situations.

A small number of Suns fans got up and cheered wildly, while the Rockets fans, who accounted for the vast majority of fans, were dead silent.

The victory at your fingertips was abruptly lost by the Suns. With only 5 seconds left, the two teams stood on the same starting line again.

Hornacek's hasty shot didn't even touch the rim.

After entering overtime, Danny Ainge, who had a sluggish performance throughout the game, scored the most important three-pointer of his game.

Before that, he was 9 of 2 shots and 7 of 1 three-pointers.

But he still made the eighth three-pointer without hesitation.

After the ball was scored, the Suns frantically surrounded Danny Ainge in the middle.

The point difference instantly became 5 points.

The Rockets were no longer able to stop the imposing Suns and lost 16-9 in overtime.

It can be said that the Suns, with only 7 players playing, won a seemingly impossible victory in the away game.

巴克利全场出战50分钟，拿下了34分15篮板6助攻3抢断2盖帽的华丽数据。

奥拉朱旺更是出场51分钟，全场比赛只休息了2分钟，拿下了31分17篮板3盖帽的数据。

(End of this chapter)