Chapter 914
Hilario has broken out of the cocoon, and it's time for the whole line to be amazed. O'Neal, who was sitting on the Lakers' bench, watched the Knicks' performance on several insides, and his eyes suddenly lit up. Obviously, these high-quality interior lines of the Knicks also aroused the desire of the big shark to fight for a long time!
After retreating to his own half, Hilario immediately clung to Karl Malone, who had a very strong attacking power, but his attacking power was based on Stockton's passing. To be honest, the old postman's offensive ability with the ball is actually not very strong, which has always been a sore foot for his criticism.
However, Malone's sense of running is good, and with this, coupled with the tacit cooperation between him and Stockton, it has created the Utah Twins, who once dominated the league. It's just that at this time, without the assistance of his old partner Stockton, and facing the defense of the extremely focused Hilario, Malone couldn't find an opportunity to attack the basket directly for a while, and Payton's pass naturally didn't come back.
Without Stockton's assistance, on the offensive end, Malone's function is almost the same as Hilario's blocking just now! And Malone's current legs and feet are really not as sharp as Hilario's, coupled with the various small actions of Hilario who follows the defense, so Karl Malone's proud blocking did not have any effect, but disrupted the Lakers' mature triangle tactical running.
This made Phil Jackson on the sidelines jump to his feet in a hurry.
"Hey, old fellow, I didn't expect you to be so weak, it seems that you are really useless without Stockton!" Hilario followed Karl Malone like a shadow, and trash talk was non-stop.
"That's better than you, a native of the Brazilian jungle!" Kalmarone was depressed, and it was naturally more and more unpleasant to see Hilario.
"Oh no, old fellow, I'm a cannibal from the Amazon rainforest, and it's our tradition to eat people, the kind that swallows even the flesh and bones in our mouths and chews them!" Hilario grinded his teeth and said, "You can't pee in fear, do you?"
Hearing Hilario say this, Carl Malone's spine was inexplicably cold, and he just wanted to talk back, but found that Hilario quickly squeezed past him and ran towards the basket. Bryant had just drawn Wade and Lamar to get the ball to the unmarked Scola, who was about to shoot after receiving the ball.
Hilario took advantage of Karl Malone's stunned efforts and hurriedly squeezed over. Before Karl Malone could tell to be careful, he found that Hilario had jumped high and pulled down with the ball.
Scola couldn't afford Hilario to toss unguarded, and when he was hit by the Brazilian like this, he staggered to the ground, holding his waist and wailing.
At this time, the fans of the Los Angeles Lakers finally booed Hilario frantically, because Hilario is not their own person after all, and he also deals with his own players roughly, so it is strange not to boo.
The referee also immediately blew the whistle and signaled for a foul on Hilario, and Scola made two free throws.
"Don't pretend to be b, you traitor, softass, liar!" Hilario glared at Scola, still babbling to himself. He didn't think he was going to let Scola go for so long. And Scola has been with the Knicks for so many years, as a teammate, Hilario certainly knows how good this guy's acting skills are, so naturally he won't believe him.
Luis Scola has a good temper and is guilty, and it is inevitable that he will get angry at this time. Between Scola a carp fight, he jumped up, and his anger was bursting, and he was going to have a real PK with Hilario.
Hilario didn't give Scola this chance at all, rolled his eyes and turned away, dropping a sentence: "I knew you were a liar pretending to be B!"
Hilario fouled twice, Van Gundy and Lamar were willing to support him on the position, and at this time they had to replace him for the sake of the game. Anderson came on and Arenas also stepped in, replacing Billups at point guard.
"You're a bastard! You'd better restrain your damn temper next time. Lamar scolded with some hatred.
In the face of Lamar's accusation, Hilario said with a grin: "Lamar, sometimes when people are excited, it is difficult to control themselves!"
With Hilario and Billups down, Lamar, who was in control of the ball, finally started his own mode. On the Lakers' side, Karl Malone was a little depressed by Hilario, and Kobe Bryant naturally took over the game.
Two superstars, one is the NBA's top name, and the other is the best guard on the surface of the earth, the collision of these two people naturally caused a burst of jubilation among the fans at the scene.
After Scola made two free throws, the Knicks attacked, and after Lamar dribbled through the half, Malone posted it at the first time.
"Old fellow, you're so confident!" Lamar looked relaxed, and Malone's slow pace and porous defense didn't interest him at all.
Although Malone is old and can't keep up with Lamar in footsteps, he has experience, so the old guy has no stage fright when he stands in front of Lamar. Malone is not like other defensive players when defending Lamar, just standing in place like a wooden stake waiting for Lamar to attack, he also summed up his experience in dealing with Lamar, stepping on small broken steps, constantly changing the center of gravity of the body, he knows very well that if he defends according to the routine, he will definitely be Lamar to live without even scum, stepping on small broken steps can allow him to block Lamar, seize the opportunity to take a step.
Although Ma Long thought very well, when he actually operated it, he realized how naïve he was.
Lamar's movements were too fast, and one after another, without the slightest pause in between, as if flowing water, so that Malone couldn't react in time.
After Lamar made a few wrong moves in a row, and then pulled the ball and turned around, and changed hands under his crotch, Ma Long's old slow legs couldn't keep up, even his mind was a little dizzy, and he couldn't find the north, so he staggered back a few steps and couldn't stop Lamar from breaking through.
The Lakers are missing O'Neal's giant on the inside, and a single Scola is not even a fart in Lamar's eyes. Lamar made a deft spinning top and easily dodged Scola's forward pounce before slotting the ball home with a backhand.
"Well done!" Van Gundy jumped up excitedly, waving his arms and roaring loudly. That's what Van Gundy wants to see, with Lamar taking over the game and leading the team to victory, a routine that is about to become a habit for the Knicks.
Although Van Gundy also hopes that someone on the Knicks team can take some responsibility as soon as possible, it is Lamar who can really be relied on in his heart.
Losing to Lamar, and losing so badly, but Malone didn't look flustered at all.
Payton took Karl Malone's baseline ball, dribbled the ball with one hand, and pressed down with the other, signaling his teammates to control the tempo.
Lamar also nodded secretly, worthy of being the top point guard who once shocked the league, and he was really famous, and at the same time secretly reminded himself in his heart that he must be careful and careful.
After half time, Payton handed the ball to Bryant. After Kobe Bryant received the ball, the momentum on his body suddenly changed, and Lamar knew that Kobe Bryant had entered attack mode.
The basketball changed direction back and forth behind Kobe, so that the inexperienced Wade couldn't see through what Kobe wanted to do next.
"Devon, be careful!" Billups, who was on the sidelines, suddenly shouted a reminder.
But it was too late, Kobe Bryant had already started suddenly, although it was not extremely fast, but every step out made Wade feel very uncomfortable, and the space for defense was getting smaller and smaller.
Left?
Wade was startled and was about to pounce to the left, but was blocked by a wall of flesh. Wade looked up and saw Karl Malone grinning at him with his teeth bared, and then looked for Kobe Bryant only to find that this guy had reached the free throw line and was about to shoot.
Seeing this, Lamar hurriedly gave up on Scola and rushed out, and before he could open his arms, he saw Kobe Bryant's arms pressed down, and a struck pass, passed between his legs, and reached Scola's hand behind him, who scored a basketball with one hand.
This terrifying insight even Lamar's heart couldn't help but marvel, in fact, Kobe's passing ability is still good, but this guy is sometimes too confident in himself.
The Knicks attacked again, but Lamar still chose to go it alone, holding the ball and rushing towards the Lakers' basket. The Lakers' two big interior lines also shouted and pounced on the team, and at this time, Scola couldn't care about Anderson, who was eyeing Anderson on the other side.
At this time, Lamar has the chasing Karl Malone behind him, and Luis Scola, who is always ready to fall to the ground, in the small space under the basket, Lamar seems to have been surrounded.
Suddenly, Scola felt a little bad in his heart, with his understanding of Lamar, in this case, if Lamar didn't choose to force a slam dunk, then there was only ?
Pass!
The basketball suddenly flew out of Lamar's hand, and it flew in the opposite direction, and Scola tried to turn around to intercept it, but he was still a beat slow, and could only watch the basketball fly past his cheek.
"Good pass!"
Arenas on the outside received the ball, he didn't even have a defender by his side, and Payton, who was defending him, was already smart enough to run inside to cover Anderson when Scola stepped forward to cover Lamar. After Arenas gave a thumbs up, he calmly jumped and shot.
"Huh!"
Lamar immediately returned the favor and also provided an assist.
"It's not easy!" Kobe Bryant smiled slightly, beckoning his teammates to serve, and the two teams fought together again.
The game was in full swing, although the Lakers had an All-Star point guard like Payton to sort out the team's offense, and a super scorer like Kobe Bryant was charging forward, but the Knicks still relied on Lamar's organization to steadily expand the score.
With three minutes remaining, Van Gundy took advantage of a free throw gap to release Hilario, who had been holding back for more than a quarter off the court.