Obviously Lamar was an accident, something else can make it, but the championship, absolutely not!

"I appreciate your confidence, but you're going to be disappointed today!"

Then neither of them spoke, and each went to his rest area, the final preparations before the battle.

"Lamar, what did that guy just tell you?" Dampott asked, leaning over.

"Provocation!"

Van Gundy waited until the players were back on the bench and took a deep breath: "It's good that it's all true. Now that we're back, boys, this time we must not let the opportunity slip away from us!"

Everyone on the bench was silent until the referee called for players from both sides to come on, and Lamar suddenly stood up and turned back to his teammates: "Follow me, don't leave me behind, brothers!

It's time for the game, and the referee doesn't seem to want the long-awaited fans to wait. After the referee called Darm Potter and O'Neal together, he threw the basketball into the air with a few simple instructions, and the game officially began.

"Smack!" and the basketball was slapped to Lamar by Dampott. With a few tricks he learned from Ben Wallace, Dampotter unexpectedly defeated Shaq O'Neal, giving the Knicks their first offensive opportunity.

Lamar was about to launch a fast break after receiving the ball, but found that Bryant didn't know when to pounce in front of him, and quickly stood on his feet.

At this time, Kobe Bryant's eyes were staring at Lamar's shoulders, and his expression was extremely focused, so that people could not feel any flaws.

Kobe Bryant's concentration in this game is obviously 10,000 times higher than that of other Lakers players. He has long been preparing for a desperate battle with Lamar, but he always pays attention to Lamar's every move, and comes to Lamar the moment Lamar gets the ball, slowing down the Knicks' advancement.

After 8 seasons of fighting with the Lakers, Kobe Bryant's defensive strength is definitely among the best in the league, especially when it comes to one-on-one defense. Although it can't compare to defensive giants such as Karl Malone, he is definitely a first-class master.

Lamar saw that Kobe Bryant was in front of him, and he didn't dare to be careless. Seeing that his good game was hopeless, Lamar had no choice but to control the rhythm and slowly dribble the ball forward little by little.

The master's trick is the concentration, whoever can't hold his breath first, who loses in momentum.

Lamar pushed forward, and Bryant was slowly backing away. Just as Lamar didn't dare to break through rashly, Kobe Bryant didn't dare to make a steal. Although Lamar's ball protection action was not very clever in Kobe's eyes, Kobe Bryant felt a hint of threat, which was clearly a trap.

Finally, when the two of them were entangled in front of the three-point line, Lamar took the lead when Karl Malone stepped forward to change defenses.

Seeing Lamar's left leg take a step forward, Kobe, who originally wanted to change defenses, quickly retracted his original action and subconsciously retreated. But before he could hit the ground, he regretted it.

The sneer on the corner of Lamar's mouth made Kobe sober up and fooled!

Quickly retracting his left leg, Lamar stepped forward, shielded the basketball with his body, and quickly rushed towards the basket.

Although he lost a hand first, Kobe Bryant did not give up, followed closely behind Lamar, tried to block Lamar with his body, and constantly squeezed Lamar outward.

By the time Lamar rushed to the basket, he had been so pressed by Kobe that he basically couldn't see the hoop. Although it was only a little, Lamar did not hesitate to make a move.

The basketball drew a high parabola, over the heads and fingertips of Lamar and Kobe, and then into the basket.

There was no hesitation, no dragging the mud, as if it were all in Lamar's calculations.

In the first battle, Lamar won one game first!

Lamar took the lead, and as a competitor, Kobe Bryant was naturally not far behind.

Less than 10 seconds after Lamar scored, Bryant scored a fast-break layup to tie the score.

Wade, who is responsible for defending Kobe, is keeping up with the speed, but his defensive ability is really not enough. If you are dealing with ordinary people, it is just that, a player of Kobe's level, Wade, who is still immature, is still too far behind.

Perhaps such a result was expected by Lamar, and Bryant's goal did not change his mood much. Lamar beckoned Darmsport to kick off, and as soon as he got the ball, he threw it to Billups, and he started to move towards the bottom of the left three-point line of the Lakers' half.

This time, it was not Kobe Bryant who pounced on the defense, but Karl Malone, who had the strongest interior defense in the Lakers.

As a former enemy, Karl Malone has studied Lamar's technical characteristics in detail as early as the Utah Jazz, although he is not sure of defending Lamar, but at least he is more sure than Kobe.

"I didn't expect us to meet on this occasion!" Lamar distracted the old postman with unnutritious words as he circled around Carl Malone beyond the three-point line.

Carl Malone still bluffed and followed Lamar expressionlessly: "I thought of it a long time ago! I know you have the ability to stand on this stage, but now I am sorry that I am going to kick you down." I'm the one who lifted the O'Brien Cup this time!" said Carl Malone, with great confidence.

The reason why he left the Utah Jazz after nearly 20 years of fighting was because he was disappointed in the Utah Jazz.

As he got older, Karl Malone felt that he was getting farther and farther away from the championship. The once-strong Utah Jazz are also getting weaker and weaker, and they desperately need fresh blood to rebuild. And these veterans who have made great contributions to the Utah Jazz have become the biggest obstacle to the team's rebuild.

So Karl Malone chose to leave and continue his championship dream in a more promising place.

Malone's defense was very tight, and Lamar couldn't shake him off several times when he changed direction. Even if Dampoter comes out to block the pick-and-roll, Malone will entangle him again at the first time and not let Lamar get rid of him.

This season, under the guidance of Phil Jackson, Karl Malone has become more experienced when defending Lamar. Phil Jackson used to be Lamar's mentor, and he can be said to know Lamar's technical characteristics well.

The Knicks' strongest spear vs the Lakers' strongest shield.

The battle between the two All-Star power forwards has attracted the attention of countless fans from the beginning. Fans want to see what the outcome of the rivalry between the two rivals with a grudge will have.

In the end, Lamar seized a chance and received a pass from Billups with his back to Karl Malone. After a few more seconds of stalemate between the two men, Lamar stood up straight and leaned against Karl Marron, while the postman's two thick arms pressed against Lamar's back, preventing Lamar from entering.

After a stalemate, Lamar used his very good back-to-back singles. Lamar started from the three-point line and squeezed the living space of Karl Malone little by little, constantly pushing inside.

"Lamar, you can't win me! You can't win me! You coward who escaped, you don't have the heart to win a championship at all, so you can't win me for the rest of your life!" Although he is also a muscular man, he is old after all. As the saying goes, boxers are afraid of being young and strong, which is the truth.

So in terms of power, Karl Malone is clearly no match for Lamar. Under Lamar's squeeze, Malone's defense line kept moving back. However, the old guy refused to lag behind in momentum, and still insisted on holding on to his teeth.

After Lamar dribbled the ball a few times, he saw that Joe Johnson of the Lakers had an attempt to come up and trap it. As the opponent moved, Lamar's dribbling hand flicked hard behind him, and the basketball passed through the gap in the crowd and reached Battier's hand.

At this time, Battier had already attacked the inside, and after receiving the ball, Battier, who was unguarded, naturally would not let go of such a good opportunity, and jumped up with both hands to dunk and score the ball.

"Good pass!" Batillo didn't forget to give Lamar a thumbs up after he landed.

Lamar just nodded and stepped back.

"Don't you even have the guts to fight me?" Karl Malone said coldly, obviously unhappy with Lamarna's almost the same choice of escape.

Lamar glanced back at Karl Malone and replied with a blank face: "Old fellow, you can't expect me to be a reckless man all the time! ”

No matter how simple Karl Malone is, he can hear Lamar's off-strings. The old guy was furious, and when the Lakers attacked, Payton just took the ball over the halfway line, and he couldn't wait to reach for the ball.

Gary Payton was stunned for a moment, and when he saw Karl Malone nodding secretly, he passed the ball over.

After receiving the ball, the momentum on Karl Malone's body immediately changed, and after two false shakes, he still decided to use his strength to decide the winner. He doesn't have the power to match Lamar, but he believes his back-to-back singles skills are definitely much better than Lamar's.

As Karl Malone slammed into his arms, Lamar felt as if he had been hit by a speeding locomotive, and his blood swelled. If Lamar hadn't been prepared for the impact, he would have fallen to the ground on his back.

But just keeping backing is not a way, Lamar wants to stand on his heels, but after losing the opportunity to take the lead, he can only let Karl Malone push and keep retreating until the basket.

"Huh!"

With the basket in sight, Carl Malone couldn't care about that much anymore.

With a shout, he knocked Lamar away, and Karl Malone was about to dunk with a basketball held high with one hand. But at this moment, a hand waved very abruptly, and a slap hit the basketball right on top. 2k reading web