Chapter 109: Shark's Blood
Caught up with the right time and place, the Knicks were in the Staples Center, and the Lakers played evenly for the first time after halftime, and the Knicks only trailed by three points at halftime. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
But whether the winner or loser is good or not, many people know it, and all this depends on what the tallest guy on the field means.
What does O'Neill mean now? After many years, O'Neill recalls that time and again, the feeling of being cleaned up in the finals, over and over again, he hates this feeling, no matter what others say, but Shaquin O'Neal is always a person who really longs for victory!
O'Neal interrupted Phil Jackson's halftime speech, and contrary to his usual playful style, O'Neal said seriously, "In the second half, just give me the ball." The shark is a fish, he is an ectotherm rather than a homeothermic, and O'Neill, who has always had a little less restlessness in his blood, seems to have gone back many years ago, when there was a big man with number 34 opposite, and he vowed to make everyone look good.
After the start of the second half, the Knicks' good mood did not last long, because they saw how the real sharks forage, and three minutes into the second half, Mo Xi was directly hit by O'Neal for two fouls, and Van Gundy had to take Mo Xi down and use Ewing and Johnson to form a "age defense". In the face of Ewing, who has a better defense, O'Neal also has to have a lot of tricks, probably, it will take two more minutes.
O'Neal took five minutes to make Ewing two fouls in a row. Van Gundy's heart tightened, but he didn't replace Ewing, this was only the third foul, and Ewing still has a strict time limit for use, so let Ewing hold it for a while.
O'Neal's strong impact brought a lot of free throws, but this is O'Neal! For a while, the offense of both sides was a little sluggish, and for this situation, the point guards on both sides invariably looked at their boss.
Ewing, who was beaten several times, was the first to respond.
Ewing received the ball on the left bottom line, Ewing did not go up, O'Neal did not rush to paste it, O'Neal also played with Ewing at his peak, although O'Neal won the scene, but in fact, Ewing's hand turned over and jumped shot, it looks very monotonous, although it is indeed monotonous, but it is a rare offensive skill in the league that can be called inexplicable, after Joe's gang leader retired, Shi Buddha has not practiced the board jump shot so speechless, and the boss has not yet made a picturesque shot, Even Jason Williams is just up-and-coming, the more troublesome offensive skills at this stage are almost all back-to-back shooting skills, Ewing, Mashburn, Payton, as for others, such as Olajuwon and Barkley, are no longer in their prime, although there are occasional flashes, but this back-of-the-back shooting is indeed not as graceful as it used to be, Ewing was originally in this pile, but who made him, he is the Knicks boss, and the author is now writing about the Knicks?
Ewing shook slightly, and gently stepped out of an inside cross-step starting posture, but neither O'Neal nor Ewing had the intention of making the next move, O'Neal knew that Ewing was not the type of slippery water slippery that kind of skill play, even if the game is more mellow and penetrating now, but many times, some things are really difficult to change, plus this ball needs good explosiveness, O'Neal believes that Ewing, who is now riddled with injuries, is still a little reluctant to make such a move.
There was a stalemate for nearly two seconds, and in the end, Ewing was even less dominant, and Ewing saw that O'Neill was indifferent, so he really crossed over.
Ewing with his right foot a little in front of him, suddenly dribbling vigorously, taking advantage of the momentum to break directly from O'Neal's left-hand side, Ewing is indeed not the kind of skilled center, but this cross-step is not standard.
However, just like O'Neill just thought, the cross-step thing is very explosive, Ewing's body is not as good as in the past, and he forcibly took the first step, but he was directly intercepted by O'Neal, and O'Neill relied on his powerful body to block Ewing.
Ewing's attack was blocked and had to stop, but Ewing's pause was only a moment, Ewing quickly turned around after stopping, turned over directly, and pulled back, O'Neill was already guarding against Ewing's turnover, and took an early step forward to block Ewing, clinging to it, blocking his shot angle. But Ewing's set of moves has been practiced many times, and there is no stagnation due to O'Neal's interference, if O'Neal comes up and directly gives him a big hat, it may be possible to stop his shooting, but if this happens, it will be very difficult to block Ewing's turnaround jumper.
Ewing turned over and shot in one go, completely ignoring O'Neill's defense, and shot directly, cleanly.
The basketball went straight to the basket without the slightest hesitation, which was one of the few places in the entire game where the Knicks stole points from O'Neal on the inside.
But soon, O'Neill returned the color directly.
Although O'Neal is a representative of the power faction's back-to-back offense, it does not mean that O'Neal lacks interior offensive skills, O'Neal's missing part is just shooting, and it is mainly free throws.
O'Neill is directly in the 45th degree position, for the power faction, in fact, which position is the same, there are no special requirements, just put the ball in his hands.
O'Neal pressed Ewing with his back and began to chisel under the basket, although O'Neal's offensive routine turned over and over again just a few times, but there were really few people who could put it down.
O'Neill's body sank, squeezed in, and felt Ewing have increased his strength to fight against him, O'Neal suddenly loosened his strength again, and when Ewing leaned up, O'Neal suddenly exerted force, pushed Ewing away, turned around, and hooked his hand.
The past few years can be regarded as O'Neal's peak time, a center forward, he was at his peak when he was around thirty years old, coupled with O'Neal's physical strength, even if he stands up, there may not be a significant decline.
O'Neal scored strongly, and the Knicks were still a little difficult to resist in the face of O'Neal's indiscriminate bombardment, but what made them even more difficult to resist was that Glenn Rice and Horry, who had been mediocre throughout the playoffs, began to play, and the two took over Kobe's offense after the Lakers' outside offense began to affect the Knicks' outside defense, and the Knicks began to have some signs of unsupport.
In the fourth quarter, the Lakers suddenly broke out, coupled with O'Neal's successive matches, the Lakers actually played a wave of powerful offense, directly bringing the situation from the original state of equal distribution directly to the stage of the Knicks' collapse.
In the second game of the finals, O'Neal retired from injury in Kobe, Horry and Glenn Rice took over the outside line, and at the same time, O'Neal broke out, scoring a 40+20 record for the first time in the finals.