Although he is leaving the Lakers after this season, in order to find a good home and get the last big contract of his career, Shaq feels that he has to be strong.

Bryant and O'Neal are just not satisfied, and Karl Malone's feelings for Jackson can now be called hateful. Because Jackson didn't say a word to him the whole time, didn't even look at him. This made the old postman feel as if he had been neglected and forgotten, which made him very unhappy.

The reaction of every Lakers player, Jackson saw in his eyes, but didn't say anything. He played this game as if it was his last battle, and he didn't care which player he offended or which player he was unhappy about.

After a simple arrangement of tactics, Jackson was not in a hurry to make substitutions, and he is still very satisfied with the staffing on the court now.

Van Gundy's side has already made the first adjustment, but the decision to replace Battier made Battier a little dissatisfied. However, he seems to have become accustomed to such substitutions, and every time the team needs to make substitutions, he is the first to be replaced, which has almost become a routine.

The game restarted, the Knicks' offense.

Billups carried the ball through the half court and then passed it to Darmsport on the inside. After the latter leaned on O'Neal and pretended to play twice, he saw that Joe Johnson had the intention of covering the defense, and quickly passed the ball to the hands of Lamar on the outside.

After Lamar receives the ball, he raises his hand to shoot.

Seeing this, Malone hurriedly jumped up to cover it, but when he jumped up, he knew that he had been fooled. Malone wants to make amends, but after all, he won't fall into a thousand pounds, and it is impossible for his body that has already flown up to play a horizontal drift.

After successfully fooling Malone, Lamar quickly shortened and accelerated towards the basket. But as soon as he took a step, a figure suddenly flashed in front of him. Lamar wanted to stop, but his strong inertia made him unable to stop, so he could only let his body crash into it.

"Beep beep beep!"

The referee's whistle blew and his finger was pointed at Lamar, who had also fallen to the ground. No doubt about hitting people with the ball!

Although the fans at the scene were a little dissatisfied, they couldn't help it. Everyone could see the scene that had just happened, and before Lamar could crash into it, Gary Payton had already appeared and taken his position.

Gary Payton sneered while rubbing his chest that was hit with pain: "Lamar, I won't give up so easily!"

Lamar also shook his head helplessly, just now all his attention was on how to break through Malone's defense, and he didn't notice Gary Payton's position at all.

Bryant walked over and pulled Payton up, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Well done! Gary!"

With Gary Payton's defense, the Lakers regained the opportunity to attack.

The basketball went straight to Bryant, and Black Mamba and Devin Wade exchanged hands at the top of the three-point arc for the first time.

Bryant's shoulders shook twice, then suddenly moved sideways to the left.

Wade tried to follow, but was stopped by O'Neal, who came out to block the demolition.

Bryant quickly stepped into the free throw line, and Darm Porter hurriedly stepped forward to make up for it.

Kobe Bryant didn't choose to hit it hard this time, jumped up and turned around and pushed the ball towards O'Neal with both hands. The latter received the ball, faced with an unguarded opportunity, and easily shot and dunked.

With 7:32 left in the first quarter, the Lakers once again took the lead.

18：20！

"Don't worry! Don't worry! Take your time!" Van Gundy shouted as he crouched and clapped his hands. Although he told the players not to worry, but looking at his appearance, I'm afraid this guy can't calm down at this time.

The situation of falling behind did not last long. After Lamar's brilliant breakaway, he distributed the ball to Billups from beyond the three-point line. The latter hit an easy shot, and the Knicks instantly overtook the score.

21：20！

Not to be outdone, O'Neal received the ball at the top of the arc of the free-throw line, and after attracting the Knicks' defense, passed the ball to Kobe Bryant, who was running backwards along the baseline. The latter turned his back to the basket and scored the ball with a backhand layup, which was already a foul on Wade and hit the free throw.

21：23！

But before the Lakers had time to cheer, Lamar tied the score again with a one-arm slam dunk after a chase attack and a 360° air turn, and by the way, the atmosphere at the scene reached another high.

23：23！

Lamar gave the fans an adrenaline rush with a brilliant slam dunk. As the main competitor, Kobe Bryant naturally refused to let Lamar be alone.

In turn, Kobe Bryant responded with the same chase fast break, a pull-up back slam dunk after throwing and grabbing.

Although Kobe Bryant's speed is not as fast as Wade, his skills are more proficient, and the change of direction between the marches is more bizarre, making the inexperienced Wade unable to defend even if he wants to.

Although they are opponents, since Kobe Bryant has given such a wonderful performance to the fans at the scene, the Knicks fans will naturally not spare their applause.

23：25！

It's just that tonight, Lamar looked like he really wanted to torture his opponent hard. Kobe's wonderful slam dunk has not yet been erased from the hearts of fans who are still in the aftertaste, and Lamar once again gave people a good feel for why basketball is called a men's sport.

"Boom!"

After a roar, Lamar hung in the air with one hand on the basket. Falling at his feet were Malone and Joe Johnson.

25：25！

"Beautiful! Wonderful! It's so beautiful, it's so exciting! Hell, didn't Lamar and Kobe Bryant give their all in the previous games? What are they trying to do? Do you want to cause a fan riot in this game?"

"I've only heard that at MJ concerts, fans often faint because of their excitement. I think if this game continues to develop like this, it will happen sooner or later!"

The Knicks have Lamar on their side, and the Lakers have Kobe Bryant on their side.

These two men have completely taken the game under their control at this point, and the game is basically going on around these two people. Now the comparison between the two sides is not at all about tactics and will. The comparison is who can keep going like this, and the comparison is who can't hold on first and loses control of the game.

When the game reached the tenth minute of the first quarter, Jackson couldn't sit still. The old man stood up and called a timeout. The Lakers are actually in a good situation right now, but they have never been able to take the lead, which makes him have to start moving.

When the concentration no longer exists, whoever makes the first move will take the first step.

Now Jackson has made the first move.

After the timeout, Jackson replaced Gary Payton with a more impactful Fisher, and replaced Joe Johnson, who had previously done nothing, with Rick Fox to strengthen the outside defense.

Van Gundy's side just replaced Dampot, who had consumed a lot of stamina, with Anderson.

Although Kobe Bryant is still playing the leading role on the court during this time, O'Neal's role in the Lakers' offensive tactical system has been highlighted again.

Although Dampoter's defensive ability under the basket is strong, it is still a little difficult to deal with the talented O'Neal.

Van Gundy's purpose in replacing Anderson at this time is to allow this defensive titan to drain O'Neal's physical strength.

In the final period of the first quarter, the offensive efficiency of the two sides dropped a lot.

After the restart, the first two attacks by both sides ended in failure.

With only twenty seconds left, the score was still tied at 30:30, and the final offense fell to the Knicks.

Lamar controlled the ball and slowly moved forward, and Malone half-squatted and moved backwards little by little, reaching out from time to time to interfere with Lamar's dribbling.

The fans at the scene also stood up at this time, as if they hadn't sat down since the game started, and everyone was shouting in unison for Lamar: "MVP!mvp!mvp!"

This season, because of the ban, Lamar missed out on the regular season MVP. However, the MVP of the finals looks like Lamar is already in Lamar's bag.

From his debut to now, Lamar has won almost all the honors in the league, but Lamar, the MVP of this finals, has never tried. The first time he participated in the finals, the MVP belonged to O'Neal, the second time it was O'Neal's, and now it's finally Lamar's turn.

If it were anyone else, it would have been inevitable to be a little nervous at such a critical time, but Lamar obviously didn't have such a negative effect. The experience of his previous life gave him a big heart, and the bigger the scene, the more excited he was, and the more critical the moment, the more relaxed he became.

"Look at your steps, aren't you an iron man? Do you feel tired too? Why else would your legs look like they're stuck together? It's not like you at all! Come on! Grab the ball! See if you still have what it takes?"

As if to deliberately irritate Marlon, Lamar slammed the ball around his body like a juggler while talking unnutritious trash talk.

Several times the basketball flew past Malone's eyes, but when Malone reached for the ball, the basketball was behind Lamar.

"Boy, don't get complacent too soon! It's a tie now, whoever loses and wins this game, it's too early to say! I won't lose again, I'm going to disgrace you in front of these New Yorkers, and I'm going to lose it completely! I get excited at the thought of you kneeling down in front of these New Yorkers and bowing your head in repentance. Not to be outdone, Malone was not to be outdone.

How can trash talk be weak from that iron-blooded era to the present? In the past, Ma Long was just about to retire and pay attention to his self-cultivation, but after being sprayed by Lamar for a long time, no matter how good his self-cultivation was, it was thrown out of the clouds!

One of the two people slowly pushed forward, and the other slowly retreated, and the distance between them was constantly shrinking.