Chapter 118: Champion! New York!
At halftime, the Knicks easily suppressed the Lakers 47:36, but this point difference is very consistent with the Knicks' consistent characteristics of boiling frogs in warm water, which seems tepid.
"In the second half, we stepped up our offense and we were going to kill the game in the third quarter!" In the Knicks' locker room, Van Gundy suddenly made a rare sonorous sound.
Although it was at home, Van Gundy was still very nervous as the head coach of the home team when the whole court was shouting for the championship, but for some reason, at such a time, Van Gundy made an unexpected decision and boldly used offense to press the Lakers.
Since it's at home, since it's going to win the championship, why not be pretty, maybe it's just one time in my life, in their life.
Van Gundy's vision may be a little small, but at this moment, his sudden resoluteness and decisiveness is undoubtedly a huge encouragement to the Knicks.
For a moment, the entire Knicks fell into a huge euphoria.
"Twenty points! We're going to win 20 points! Suddenly, the always humble son, Knicks captain Alan Houston, made an astonishing statement and made an arrogant declaration.
However, no one had a sneer in their eyes, and a fiery emotion burst into the eyes of everyone in the Knicks.
The real bayonet saw the red began.
At the beginning of the second half, the Knicks announced to the Lakers that they were determined to win the championship.
O'Neal hit Mo Xi with his back to the first ball, O'Neal recovered his mentality after half-court adjustments, and did not force Mo Xi to hit Mo Xi hard, but chose to attack with his back to shoot.
It doesn't seem like a good idea, though.
O'Neill resisted Mo Xi, and then he didn't make any moves.
Mo Xi keenly sniffed O'Neill's offensive intentions.
It was a turn-over jumper, and Mo Xi instantly judged O'Neal's next biggest possible move in his heart, and Mo Xi grabbed a step in an almost gambling way.
At this time, O'Neal just turned around, retreated his body, and jumped directly.
"Smack~"
Mo Xi slapped his palm on the ball and sealed it.
The basketball flew out weakly forward, and without even touching the net, it just smashed directly to the ground.
Thomas took a lunge and stepped forward to control the ball. The Knicks quickly switched from defense to offense.
Thomas made a long pass to Sprewell, who hit the ground laterally to Houston, who picked up the basket directly behind Fox, who was back on guard.
The Lakers, who were caught off guard by the Knicks, had long lost their initial temper and continued to attack quietly.
It's still O'Neal, the Lakers' offensive tactics are complex enough, but they are also simple enough, and now it's a simple O'Neal back-to-back single complicated tactics.
The last goal was taken away by Moxi, O'Neill didn't have much emotional fluctuation about it, after all, the two of them have played each other a hundred times in the finals, and the two of them have risked each other for a few minutes during this period, and O'Neill was educated by Mutombo for a few minutes last year, although in the end he won.
Compared to the last time, O'Neal's attack this time is still much more cautious, he is in the low post to withstand the position, asking for the ball. After receiving the ball, O'Neal resisted Mo Xi hard, and began to advance with his weight advantage, although Mo Xi was rooted under his feet, he was also pushed by O'Neal by half a step, but after sliding out of this half step, O'Neal entered the three-second zone, and the distance of an arm behind O'Neal was the basket.
However, O'Neill could only squeeze here, and Mo Xi held on to his last position without wavering.
O'Neill turned around suddenly, and this time there was a faint shadow of regret, and in the constant confrontation between the two people, the mentor integrated many of the other's advantages into his own offensive methods.
However, O'Neal didn't turn around and hook his hand like Mo Xi, because he felt that he was close enough to the basket, so he simply turned around and went straight to the basket with his low hand, intending to pick the ball in from the other side of the basket.
But at this time, Mo Xi suddenly fell from the sky and fanned the ball in O'Neal's hand directly to the ground with great precision.
This time, O'Neill was really shocked, although O'Neill has never been offended, but it has never been a case of being hatted twice in a row like this.
Even the Knicks were a little immersed in the incredible, and for a while, the offensive and defensive conversion speed that the Knicks were proud of was not brought into play.
The Knicks fell back into the position and put the ball directly in the hands of Mo Xi.
In the face of Mo Xi's back singles, O'Neill can be said to be gearing up, you take care of me so much, I naturally can't snub you, I heard that there is a famous dish called hot pot in your hometown, please have a good meal.
It's a pity that Mo Xi didn't appreciate it, and he didn't even want to eat vegetables in O'Neill's hot pot.
Mo Xi suddenly used the "Mo Xi style turn" that appeared frequently in the finals, that is, the back of the man ball.
O'Neill had already reacted when Mo Xi turned around, and took a sideways step to block Mo Xi.
Mo Xi's people have too many balls, so naturally someone will leave a hand to guard against him, but Mo Xi has practiced this countless times in his mind. A hidden elbow pushed against O'Neal, and at the same time, the shoulder was sent forward, grazing O'Neal's body and jumping forward, pushing O'Neal away, just to catch the ball. This is one of the simplest and crudest ways that Mo Xi thought, and speaking of which, he also borrowed a lot from Malone and O'Neill.
Mo Xi took off directly with a three-step basket.
But behind him, O'Neill still chased after him, and he didn't intend to let go of Mo Xi.
But Mo Xi was like a long eye in the back of his head, with a support in his hand, a pull, and a pull directly across the bridge, avoiding O'Neal's pursuit from behind, and sending the ball into the basket from the other side.
After seeing Mo Xi's amazing performance, O'Neill pursed his lips.
The Lakers attacked again, opening with two consecutive O'Neal singles failures, and this time, they handed the offensive ball to Kobe.
Kobe Bryant first made a three-threat feint, and then quickly took a tentative step, and immediately pulled it back, making a fake move of a pull-up jumper, which deceived Sprewell's center of gravity, and Kobe Bryant suddenly bent over and accelerated to break through directly to the basket.
However, this time, Kobe Bryant was not able to completely get rid of Sprewell, although Sprewell fell into the disadvantage at the first step, but he reacted miraculously, blocking Kobe Bryant's continued straight route into the restricted area.
Bryant forced a miss.
O'Neill was the first to predict the landing point and jumped straight to make up for the ball.
But what O'Neal never expected was that he predicted the position of the ball, but another person predicted his position.
"Bang~"
Mo Xi was almost a conditioned reflex, and he didn't even have the idea of blocking, he just watched his arm stretch out, and then slammed it down, and actually took off O'Neill's hat again, this time, it was O'Neill's button.
Three big hats in a row, although there is no O'Neal's strongest back-to-turn dunk, but O'Neal from the front hat one after another, Mo Xi at this moment, can be called a miraculous skill.
Even the Knicks' planned offense at the beginning was not launched, and the Lakers' side seemed to have blown up.