The game between the New York Knicks and the Lakers was also broadcast live in the United States, and after O'Neal arrived with the Lakers, the Lakers were second only to the Bulls and Knicks in the number of live broadcasts in the United States.

This is a clash of two popular teams, and the strong pairing of 34-year-old Patrick Ewing and 24-year-old Shaq O'Neal is also worth looking forward to. In this era where the inside line is king, and the four centers dominate the league's interior line. The duel between the old and new four centre-forwards always attracts a lot of attention.

Ewing has been in the league for 11 years, and although he has been selected to the All-Star or All-Star team every year, he has always been held down by dynastic teams. When it first debuted, the Celtics dominated the East, then the Pistons' Bad Boy Army, and then Jordan's Bulls dynasty. As a result, he has not been able to touch the beauty of the O'Brien Cup so far.

This year's Knicks are strong and aiming for the championship. Their staffing is indeed enough to compete for the glory of the General Administration.

Ewing knew that this was the end of his peak. If you can't win the championship this year, then your deteriorating physical condition will never have a chance to win the trophy again.

Although Ewing is the iron man of American professional basketball, he has played an average of 75 games in 11 seasons and has played almost every season. But Ewing feels the decline of the body, and he may not usually feel it. But when it came to the crucial moment of the game, there was no longer the physia to kill the game. Ewing, who is at his peak, can average 28.6 points per game on 55 percent shooting, while Ewing only scored 22.5 points last season despite the team's lack of scorers.

The game kicked off in the hand-to-hand fight between Ewing and O'Neal, which is not a ferocity that fans of this era can hardly imagine in this era. Prehistoric behemoth-level giants are the norm in this era.

O'Neal first received a pass from Kobe Bryant and dunked under the basket. Ewing is a turnaround jumper and scores. Two top centers were inextricably linked in the first quarter. The rest of the players have become supporting characters around them.

The score in the first quarter was very close, the Lakers 25:22 Knicks. The Lakers' bench had a slight upper hand, under Kobe's lead. Starks on the Knicks bench struggled to make a difference. O'Neal scored eight points on 4-of-8 shooting in the first quarter. There were no free throws, Ewing's defensive scale was very good, allowing O'Neal to play awkwardly while not winning free throws.

Ewing was 3-of-6 and also scored 8 points, and Ewing had no way to force O'Neal under the basket. I had to use the jump shot in the middle distance, and the jump shot was very eating the player's hand. Ewing felt very good today, even if O'Neal gave a strong physical confrontation, Ewing still maintained the shooting rate and threw into the mid-range shot.

Bryant still plays a playmaker and defender role in the starting lineup, but when he leads the bench. He handed over the organizational power to Fisher, and himself acted as an offensive and defensive arrow at the same time.

Under the guidance of Van Gundy, the Knicks played steadily and did not give Kobe Bryant a chance to play an offensive and defensive transition.

At the end of the first quarter, Kobe Bryant and O'Neal went off the court at the same time.

Harris experimented with PG Derek Fisher, SG Van Exel, SF Ceballos, PF Ben Wallace C Tyrese lineup. Harris is considering removing both Van Axel and Ceballos from the starting line-up and wants to see how they perform.

Unexpectedly, this lineup was penetrated by Starks, and Starks burst out to shoot. scored points in a series of attacks, and Ceballos was still hot on the offensive end, and Harris had no choice but to change to the starter. At this time, the score difference has been overtaken.

The Lakers 32:36 Knicks, and the second quarter is already halfway through. This is the score gap when Kobe Bryant plays again, and the situation has come to the Knicks' side.

Ewing saw that there was no sticky ball, and played an inside and outside ball-splitting tactic. Alan Houston actually hit two three-pointers in a row under the defense of Eddie Jones.

Kobe Bryant saw that the momentum was not right, and called O'Neal to mention. With the help of pick-and-roll, the three-point shot is also colored.

Bryant's defensive duties in this game were light, and his Charlie Ward was just a dribble guard. A dribble guard is a defender who dribbles the ball across half court and hands it over to the team's boss to organize the attack.

This kind of guard has a decent ability to handle the ball and three-point ability, and Charlie Ward can shoot 1.4 threes per game with a 38.6% shooting percentage.

Kobe Bryant has no way to interrupt the ball from Charlie Ward, who is only 1.88 meters tall, and must always keep an eye on him, afraid of his three-point defense.

So Kobe Bryant began to exert his strength on the offensive end, Charlie Ward's defense is still good, and the point guard of the New York Iron Gangs cannot be a defensive hole. But Kobe Bryant can easily score points from him, Kobe Bryant only needs to use O'Neal's block, or run to a suitable position himself, jump up and shoot, Charlie Ward can't interfere with Kobe's jump shot.

The score stabilized after Bryant's strength, and the halftime ended. Lakers 49:52 Knicks. O'Neal and Ewing were the protagonists of this half, with O'Neal scoring 14 points and eight boards, while Ewing had 11 points and four boards.

It can be seen that the old Ewing has a slight advantage in front of O'Neal, although the scores of both sides have been exchanged for a large number of balls, but O'Neal's scoring efficiency and rebounding protection are more than a step better than Ewing.

The trail occurred in the time when Kobe Bryant was off the court, and without Kobe's lead, Alan Houston and John Starks hit the Lakers' soft underbelly with their hot touches.

Alan Houston was 5-of-9 from the field and 2-of-3 from three-point range to score 12 points at halftime. Starks, on the other hand, was defended by Van Exel, and scored 8 points and 4 assists in a short period of time.

Bryant played 13 minutes and scored 11 points and 4 assists, but his plus/minus of +8 still made the Lakers lose slightly.

The Lakers in midfield were a little depressed, and they fell behind at halftime for the first time of the season. The New York Knicks' luxurious lineup can take advantage of every hole in the Lakers' defense and slam it, with the likes of Ceballos and Van Exel.

O'Neill had a small advantage against Ewing but couldn't dominate the box as he had in previous games. When O'Neill can't dominate the box, the question of how the team will adjust is in front of Harris.

There are quite a few teams that have the ability to limit O'Neal, not to mention the other four centers. The mainstream teams in the league have at least hoarded a big man with a big weight on the inside. Add in the pinch and the bag, and O'Neal tends to struggle. It's also a problem O'Neal has already faced in his four years in Orlando, with several sweeps due to O'Neal's inability to dominate the box and the team fell into disarray.

The New York Knicks, who have Ewing and Oakley, have taught Lakers players a lesson that O'Neal is not invincible.